1495 Everyone Come and Play with the Toy Boat
As mentioned earlier, the defenders of Zabdani City dared to resist the Heavenly Army, which was a death penalty, and a living penalty could not be escaped.
Mr. David, a senior official from the Southeast Army, is a slave trader at heart. It is recognized in the Southeast Army. This guy is so successful that he even sells his white women. He sells white women to two Chinese men and white men to Lulu. He is the most successful slave trader, and he has the same effect as the most successful arms dealer selling arms to attack his motherland!
Those defenders of Zabdani City who fell into his hands are still lucky?!
They became must-have items and sold to red-haired slave traders.
Mr. David sold the whites to Lulu, and sold the greens to Bai people, making the clouds and the rain, which was amazing.
Because he was deeply trusted by Yan Changwu, Mr. David's slave sales career was unaffected and he was extremely prosperous and made a fortune.
Some censors believed that his slave trafficking damages my Chinese image, while the discipline inspection officials found that he was corrupt, but no one could sue Mr. David.
However, later scholars studied Mr. David's life and believed that he was "self-deprecating" because Mr. David was an egg man and a gentleman among Chinese people. He had a good reputation and brilliant talent. In order to avoid the taboo of the king, he made a big deal of slaves, thus causing his life stains and achieving the same light as the dust.
Mr. David presided over the attack on the Ottoman Empire. When he encountered resistance, he decided to kill the leader. All the people were sold as slaves. The prisoners of war in Zabdani were about to be sold by him.
He established a slave sales network, and it was easy to sell them.
The prisoners of war in Zabdani regretted it. They remembered the words of Isav Pasha who had come to the battalion to recruit people: "If you don't join us, you will regret it in a while!"
Regret, it's too late!
The Southeast Army dispatched a large group of troops to surround the prisoners of war camps. As long as the prisoners of war dared to cause trouble, they would suppress them bloodily!
Originally, two meals a day turned into one meal a day, but the prisoners of war were so hungry that their eyes turned green, so they had no strength to rebel.
Under the escort of the army, the prisoners of war left the camp one after another and went to the Mediterranean to "delivery" at the seaside.
Mediterranean?
There is the control of the Ottoman Navy, which has a powerful fleet!
Although they colluded with Chinese and were very professional in doing business, tens of thousands of prisoners of war in their own country were sold to the Red Maiden, which had a great relationship. Even the firm patriots in the Ottoman Empire would never dare to take risks of the world and let them go.
Thinking of this festival, the prisoners of war comforted themselves: "Don't be afraid!"
But when they arrived at the Mediterranean Sea and saw the ships in the blue sea, the prisoners of war's hearts were frozen over the sea!
The seaside was empty and there was no ship of the Ottoman Navy. Instead, the fleet of the Southeast Navy was seen. The flags they were holding seemed to float all over the sea, making the prisoners of war feel extremely dazzling and breathless.
How is this possible!
Where did the powerful Ottoman fleet go?
The sea breeze roared, as if responding to their call: "They are at the bottom of the sea!"
A huge fleet was sent to the bottom of the sea by the Southeast Navy?!
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Long after occupying Syria and Egypt, the leaders, generals and staff members racked their brains to defeat the old empire.
The Ottoman Empire is known as the "Whip of God". It's not a joke. It's a powerful empire with millions of armor. Although it's going downhill, it's a lean camel that is bigger than a horse, so it's not to be underestimated.
One of the many thoughts is that everyone recognizes that "wars are money and food!" The reason why the Southeast Army succeeded is precisely the manifestation of this statement. Some Southeast countries have money, some food, and more weapons. Other countries worry about money and food, and the Southeast countries have realized the freedom of money and food early on.
There is a big problem here, which is how to transport money, grain and materials to the front line.
In the past, when the Southeast Army went to the mainland to participate in the war, they marched along the coast or along rivers, so that they could obtain cover and supplies from the Southeast Fleet.
As for the attack on Southeast Asia, it is always unfavorable with fleet cover and supply.
The expansion of the Malacca Strait, the support of the fleet on the other side of the strait determined the success or failure of the Southeast Army.
Therefore, most overseas colonies in the Southeast countries are built on the beach, which is very at ease.
But there are big problems when marching to the Ottoman Empire.
Open the map and see, if you march from the east, you can walk through the Mesopotamia, but there are dense river networks and the supply fleet is very vulnerable to attack, and this kind of thing has happened before.
To the west is the Mediterranean Sea. The Mediterranean Sea is so good. Walking along the Mediterranean Sea, you will eventually be able to reach Istanbul, and the supply is not a problem.
But the Southeast Navy has no sails in the Mediterranean, and there are only huge battleship formations, so it cannot be sent to the Mediterranean.
If you pass the fleet around the Cape of Good Hope, follow the west coast of Africa to Europe, and enter the Mediterranean through the Strait of Gibraltar?
Haha, the door-to-door delivery is so risky to the Southeast Navy and the temptation is so great for the Red Haired Monster. As long as any Red Haired Monster king is not dizzy, he will definitely gather all the Red Haired Monster fleets and turn the Southeast Fleet!
So what should I do?
The solution to the problem ultimately fell on the former Mr. David. He observed the situation of the party and believed that in order to ensure the victory of the army, the participation of the navy must be required.
The Southeast Army was marching the tactic of shooting guns and firing artillery desperately. Without enough supplies, it would be impossible to defeat the experienced and well-established Ottoman army.
The best way is to attack along the Mediterranean Sea and use fleets to supply.
It's a bit whimsical. It must be noted that the Ottoman Empire had a powerful fleet in the Mediterranean. It was defeated by the Red-Hai Fan in the Battle of Lebanto. The Ottoman fleet was destroyed. However, the Ottoman Empire's Great Vizier said lightly: "You (Red-Hai Fan) just burned my beard (Fleet), but I cut off one of your arms (The Turks captured Malta)."
Its grandeur shows that the Ottoman Navy is powerful!
If the Southeast Army's supply fleet does not escort, they will beat dogs and go without returning.
Mr. David thought of a way. According to the transportation capacity of the existing tracks, a single carriage can transport 30 tons, up to 40 tons. He improved a small warship weighing about 70 tons in the Southeast Army, divided it into two, transported it to Cairo through the track, and then assembled it in the Nile River. It acted as an inland river patrol boat on the surface, but was actually prepared to use them to carry the beam.
The Southeastern country has this transportation capacity and assembly capacity, and soon a fleet was established on the Nile River.
The hull of this warship is narrow and long, with a length of thirty meters, and a length of one to five. The bow is sharp and the V-shaped bottom is not installed. The entire ship uses dense ribs to ensure the structural firmness of the hull.
It is clean and neat, with no superstructure, and only a rear operating table, which is very simple.
There is only one mast on the hull, and two soft sails are hung in triangle shape, one in front and one behind, and the area of sails on both sides is similar. The one behind is the main sail, which is fixed on a cross bar, and can easily adjust the sail to the wind by swinging left and right. The front sail is a corner fixed directly at the bow position, and one angle is hung on the mast through a pulley, and controlled by a sail cable below. It can be adjusted to the left and right sides of the ship's side at any time to obtain wind.
When the admirals saw that Mr. David wanted to challenge the Ottoman fleet with this fragile sloop!
Chapter completed!