Soon, the fleet sailed into the Bosphorus.

In order to prevent accidents, the fleet was all sailing about forty meters away from the shore and scattered to both sides. In addition, an iron-armored Batulu was sailing in the front.

In their vision, if two Batulus were running side by side near the two sides of the straits, if there were really iron chains, when the impact angle of the bow of a Batulu was broken (this is Deng Quan's secret, the new ironclad fleet strengthened the impact angle of the bow), when the chain rebounded, although there was a barrier from the hull, its rebound force should not be underestimated.

This is especially true for ships on the other side, so they only arranged a Batulu to emerge from the shore.

The distance between ships is about fifty meters. In this case, it is not easy for the enemy's extremely poorly accurate artillery to hit them. Moreover, once it arrives near Fort Meli, the ship will increase its speed to the maximum, and it will take a few minutes to pass through the narrow sea surface about five hundred meters long.

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The strait is about fifty or sixty miles long, and soon the sudden ship of Batulu arrived near Fort Rumery. At this time, he increased his speed to the maximum!

Strangely, he did not encounter the chains he imagined, and the castles on both sides did not fire shells at him.

When Saiyin number, who had turned back, reported the news to the team behind, Zahatai couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Adil said: "Your Highness, do they really want to set up an ambush in the Dardanelles?"

Zahatai shook his head.

"Obviously not, I just thought of something"

"What's the matter?"

"Adir, do you know why this strait is called Bosphorus?"

"Your Highness, that's Greek, Boss, the meaning of bull, and Prous, the meaning of river. According to legend, there is a bull who carried an important person across this strait, so it has this name"

"Marmara means marble, because the land around the sea is rich in this stone, and Dardanell is the name of the king of the Troy Kingdom near the Sultaniye Castle, all from Greek"

"Although the Ottoman Empire was a Turkic country, there were a large number of Greek speakers in its country, and Greek was also the second largest language after Turkic"

Zahatai laughed and said, "Yes, I heard that when you choose a foreign language, you have also learned Greek in addition to Latin. Is it because of this?"

Adil's face turned red, "Your Highness is joking. Although I know Turkic, I am only loyal to His Majesty the King. I have converted to Changchun religion and have no idea of ​​lurking in the Ottoman Empire"

Zahatai shook his head, "You're thinking a little bit, I just thought, the Ottoman Empire was an ancient country. When it seized Istanbul from the Romans, firearms were not popular, and the tricks they used must be something we could not imagine."

"Forget it, no matter what, I really can't think of any tricks they have. If I can't think of it, I won't think of it anymore. All the ships drive to the maximum horsepower and move forward at full speed, and strive to pass through this strait in the shortest time!"

“Yes!”

The fleet really entered the strait in the early morning. In less than an hour, the entire fleet arrived at the southern exit of the strait, which was the sea surface between Istanbul Castle and Yusqudar Castle on the other side.

The fleet's eyes lit up. The sea here is almost six or seven miles wide, and there is no possibility of chain interception or shelling....

At this moment, a large area of ​​dense stones suddenly flew from both sides of the strait!

Zahatai suddenly thought of something and shouted: "Let all ships drive to the middle of the strait!"

But it was too late, and many ships had stones weighing dozens of kilograms on the first deck!

When the flagship's flagship's flag words passed the command to all ships, the fleet had already passed this section of the sea.

When we arrived at the wide Marmara Sea, all the situations were summarized through flag words.

"Your Highness, the enemy obviously has a dense array of catapults on both sides of the shore. This catapult cannot be placed far away, and it can only hit two or three hundred meters at the farthest. They obviously estimated that we might be driving along the coast, but they did not expect that we would be driving along the coast just forty meters away from the shore"

"Their main attack direction was about 100 meters, but a large number of stones fell on our ship. Fortunately, there were no other personnel on the ship except for the lookout"

"Even so, all ships were attacked by stones. Five of them had their main masts broken, and the lookout hand was killed and four injured. Fortunately, our deck was covered with iron plates, which was very strong"

"In addition, the chimneys of three ships were hit, but they did not affect the driving. If we were traveling a distance of 100 to 200 meters from the shore, the stones thrown there were very huge, and the losses would be even more serious"

Zahatai nodded, "I thought of Bosphorus and the early stages of the Ottoman Empire, but I didn't think of the catapult, so I was careless."

"Since this is the case, they must have such an arrangement in the Dardanelles ahead. Since they have insight into the way we walk, they will definitely notify the ambush in advance."

"Your Highness, can they pass us soon?"

"That's natural. They can ride horses from land to inform. If there is a station in the middle, the speed can reach the maximum speed of our Saiyin number..."

Speaking of this, he suddenly thought of something.

"Deng Quan, is the fastest one in our fleet the Saiyin number?"

"Yes, Your Highness, the maximum speed of Saiyin can reach eighty miles per hour, followed by Batulu, about sixty miles, Tengis, Bogda again, about fifty miles"

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Zahatai's expression couldn't help but dim.

"So, there are only two Saiyin ships that can rush through their catapult formation before the enemy is rearranged?"

Deng Quan smiled and said, "Since that's the case, we might as well walk in the middle openly. There are three miles at the narrowest part of the Dardanelles, and the middle distance is 750 meters. In this world, there should be no catapult cart that can throw a huge stone so far."

"Of course, since you have reached the middle position, you have to worry about the enemy's artillery on the shore. The Dardanelles are long longer than the Bosphorus, and cannons can be set up everywhere, but the best position is the Sultaniey Castle. The Ottomans also owned large cannons with the help of the French."

"But they obviously do not have the ability to set up defenses everywhere, so the Ministry of Service suggested that they walk openly in the middle before entering the vicinity of Sultaniye Castle, because the width of other straits is more than six miles, so there should be no cannons to hit."

"There are low hills near Sultaniye Castle. You can watch and observe on the boat. If you find the enemy's catapult formation or artillery array, then judge based on the distance from the shore. Just make a temporary determination whether to continue walking in the middle or walking close to the shore."

"Then what do you think the enemy will choose?"

"There must be a very smart person among the enemy who is familiar with the range of cannons and catapults. He must be guessing what we are thinking. Since we have not suffered a major setback in the Bosphorus, we have also suffered some losses. They also have telescopes in their hands, and they must have discovered this."

"So, in addition to the arrangement of catapults and artillery, there will definitely be unexpected things"

Zahatai laughed and said, "What would that be?"

Adil said: "There are still many such people who are proficient in engineering design in the Ottoman Empire. Although they are old, there are still many such people, but they are not valued by the Sudan."

"There is definitely not one such person. The Ministry of Justice believes that it is mostly two groups of people, one group is specifically used to think about our actions, and the other group is specifically used to realize the ideas of the first group of people"

"In Istanbul, although the Sultan did not set up a university, there were also some very smart people collected in several large temples that were well-known in the Islamic world. They were similar to European seminaries. Although they were mainly used to read, debate, and teach scriptures, there were also some forums like European salons."

"There are people who specialize in the study of mental attacks. They have their own complete logical system. Regardless of whether this logical system is right or not, it is obviously not bad, so..."

"Tell me what you think"

"Yes, I think the Dardanelles ahead are even more powerful in addition to the catapult array, because they are not as tall and steep as the Bosphorus, and the people on the boat cannot see the truth. Both sides of the straits are low hills or flat grounds."

"And they obviously know that we have very advanced long-term vision technology, and the catapults they have arranged on the shore cannot be hidden."

"For ordinary people, since they suddenly encountered a catapult formation near Istanbul, they would subconsciously try to avoid the formation"

"So, they have only one way"

Several people looked at each other and smiled knowingly.

In the afternoon, the fleet sailed into the Dardanelles!

An hour later, the Saiyin number, which followed Tuqian Batulu, came back.

"Your Highness, the situation is completely clear. The enemy did not set up a catapult near Sultaniye Castle, only an artillery array set up on the shore. At the same time, there was indeed a thick iron chain under the sea surface, but it broke immediately under the impact of the Batulu, who made the impact of manganese steel,"

"After the chain breaks, the longer end suddenly jumps out of the sea and sweeps across the sea with a rapid force, and hits the rocks on the shore hard. The momentum is so loud that it is yesterday"

"If it is an ordinary boat, the ship will definitely suffer great losses. At least all masts will break, but after it rebounds, its power will be much smaller and it will eventually fall into the water, causing no damage to our Batulu"

"There are also dense artillery on the shore, but it can be clearly seen in the telescope that they are all ordinary short-barrel artillery, and they are probably only able to hit the middle position at the farthest, but the power of the shells will be the smallest by then."

"Okay," Zahatai suddenly felt relaxed. "I remember when the Russians went to war with the Ottomans, their fleets also passed here, and finally remained unscathed. Since their slow sailing ships could pass through, let alone us?"

As he expected, when they passed through the Dardanelles Strait near Sultaniey Castle, although the artillery on both sides was dense and stunning, it was very powerful and had little influence.

Occasionally, a few shells fell on the ship and the remaining momentum was gone. The Truchens suffered not as much as the losses near Istanbul.
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