Chapter 1060 The Situation Is in Chaos, Osman Asks for Help

The wind and snow have completely engulfed the north, and it's almost November. Chen Ming still hasn't waited for the good news to come. The Russians gritted their teeth and refused to admit defeat. Chen Ming could understand with his toes that the British must have given Russia a massive blood transfusion behind their backs. At the same time, the Ottoman chaos has not subsided, and the Ottoman army has frequently retreated along the western coastline of the Black Sea.

However, few people in mainland China are concerned about the military coup situation thousands of miles away. Just in October, many roads and railways have broken ground in South China. The most important one is the Chengdu-Kunming Highway, which has attracted the attention of all people. ah.

The Chengdu-Kunming Highway connects Xishu and Yunnan, runs through Qianzhou, and stretches for thousands of miles. It is a huge project.

From the beginning of preparations to the confirmation of the construction group, Chen Ming was fully concerned about this project. It's not that he doesn't want to get it right in one step and directly complete the Chengdu-Kunming Railway, but doesn't he lack that level of technology?

The rugged mountain road in the southwest, with Chen Han's current technical level, he really couldn't overcome the railway. It might be easier in a few decades.

For such a huge project, the project budget is 150 million yuan, and the state allocates 50 million yuan. The remaining 100 million yuan needs to be raised by the provincial governments of Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan provinces. It is not difficult for three provinces to collect 100 million in funds. Not to mention a big province like Xishu, even a poor place like Yunnan and Guizhou can scrape together 50, 67, 70 million.

Perhaps compared to other provinces, Yunnan and Guizhou are notoriously poor places. Where did they get this money?

But for the officials and businessmen in these two provinces, this is an opportunity that must be seized. Although roads are not as good as railways, they can still connect the lifeblood of the national economy. For a country, each transportation artery is a large artery that can continuously produce blood.

No matter how hard and tiring the two provinces are, they can easily collect enough money.

Besides, if they are really short of money, they still have the National Engineering Construction Fund to ask for help. Although in the eyes of many people, this project construction fund is just a "toll package" with a different skin, it has indeed solved the problem of tight construction funds for many provinces and localities. If Yunnan and Guizhou provinces lack construction funds, they can apply to them to compensate for the tolls after the project is completed and opened to traffic. As long as they give up a certain amount of decision-making power, the project construction fund can cover all the costs required for the project.

Now the shareholder group of this engineering construction fund has just changed to a group of new people. Many old shareholders have sold their shares because they urgently need money to build their own sites. The supporting force behind this national engineering construction fund must be Those distinguished bosses, otherwise how easy would it be to take care of local local snakes?

This is the best opportunity for Yunnan and Guizhou provinces. The new shareholders have not yet fully adapted to their position, and their backs are not as strong as those of the old shareholders, so their appetite will naturally shrink.

Chen Han seems to be setting off another massive wave of construction in his country, but for countries like Japan and Siam, what they are most concerned about is China's victory in the war with Russia. Because there are rumors circulating that the emperor is about to abdicate. In 15 years, Emperor Chen will abdicate to the crown prince.

Before abdicating the throne, His Majesty the Great Emperor prepared to continue his efforts to launch a new round of war in America and India.

The target of the American war was the United States of America in North America, and the main target of the Indian war was the indigenous Indian princes other than the Marathas.

Japan, Siam, Gorkha and other countries no longer envy the good luck of the Seven Khanates, because as long as America and India are at war, they will definitely be able to get in and get involved. This will be a big deal for Siam and Japan. , although it cannot get direct territory, Nanjing has long said that as long as Japan has the ability, the entire Falklands will be his; as long as Siam has the ability, a second Buddhist kingdom can appear in India.

Yes, Siam, where all the people believe in Buddhism, very much hopes that they can revive Buddhism in the birthplace of Buddhism. This obsession is no less than the Japanese's fanatical idea of ​​devouring land.

Although the spread of this news was very small, limited to the top levels of each vassal state, this news made Chen Ding elated and at the same time made Japan and the four most important vassal states of Siam, Gorkha and Mysore feel at ease. Heartbroken.

In the war between India and America, Japan and Siam can both get involved, and Gorkha and Mysore, the main forces in the Indian war, will definitely be able to bite off a piece of the boss's flesh each. The Sikh Kingdom is already full of food. In this battle, they will focus more on distracting the attention of the Marathas, rather than entering the war and sharing the spoils.

Of course, Chen Ming's mood was not so good. He received a request for help from the Ottomans.

As mentioned before, there was a coup in Ottoman Istanbul. Selim III was killed by the Yeniseri Legion and some Ottoman nobles. Then Mustafa, the son of Abdul Hamid I, succeeded the Sudan. Your Excellency, this is Mustafa IV.

However, the Ottoman reformist leader Alandar Mustafa Pasha did not recognize Mustafa IV's status because Selim III's eldest son Abdul-Meguid was in Mustafa Pasha. Xia's Rhine Army. Mustafa did not desperately mobilize troops from the front line, but rushed to Istanbul with only 50,000 soldiers.

The Yeniseri Legion is a bunch of useless snacks, and the few private soldiers that the nobles have left are even worse than useless snacks.

Mustafa Pasha's army was victorious in consecutive battles. Mustafa IV saw that the momentum was not right, so he quickly sent people to secretly sue Mustafa Pasha for peace, and even tempted him with the position of Grand Vizier. Because he had already taken the position of Sultan and was unwilling to give up his position at all.

As a result, Alandar Mustafa was very loyal to the original Selim III and refused Mustafa IV's solicitation. With the response of the Ottoman Grand Vizier, he easily invaded Istanbul.

After a not-so-fierce confrontation, the entire palace was controlled by the new army led by Alandar Mustafa. Mustafa IV was pressed into prison. If he is lucky, he will spend his life in prison in the future. Live the rest of your life. And if he is unlucky, a glass of poisoned wine will be his final fate.

Abdul-Meguid ascended to the throne of Sultan and became Abdul-Meguid I.

The first order this guy gave when he came to power was a general liquidation. The soldiers of the Yeniseri Legion and their families, as well as the nobles who participated in the military coup, were all purged. The Yeniseri Legion was directly abolished.

Tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians were arrested, but there was no overly bloody massacre, unlike what the Yeniseri Legion did after they took control of Istanbul. Because for Abdul-Meguid I, it all meant money. These people will be sold to the Chinese as criminals.

The turmoil of several months, from the initial transformation of the Istanbul Army to the later purges of Abdulmecid I, lasted only a hundred days, but in these three months, the situation of the Ottoman Army was greatly improved. changed completely.

With the close cooperation of the Austrian army, the Russians defeated the previously arrogant Ottoman army and kept retreating. Abdulmecid I, who had just ascended to the throne of Sudan, sent someone to deliver a message to Russia and Austria to discuss peace. However, the recovery was to require the Ottomans to completely vomit out all the land they had eaten, and also to give up half of the Crimean Peninsula they previously controlled to Russia.

As for Russia and Austria, Russia will naturally give Austria a part of its Polish territory.

The two countries have reached an agreement on the Ottoman affairs. In addition, the Austrian navy in the Adriatic Sea suddenly became more powerful and began to rush out of the Strait of Otranto and began to attack Greece and the Aegean Sea. The Austrians also supported the Greeks. resistance organization, the Ottomans were at a loss for a while.

——The Habsburgs controlled what would later become Slovenia and Croatia, as well as part of the western seaside territory of Albania. This was also the only territory of the Austrian Empire close to the sea.

Austria's naval power was very weak. Until the middle of the 18th century, Austria had no formal navy. Although in the long-term competition with the Ottoman Empire, the former great empire spanning Europe, Asia and Africa, Austria developed water power to fight on the Danube River, and there were also warships to protect the merchant fleet in the Austrian Netherlands (today's Belgium) at that time. However, there is no naval organization in the army, and there is no unified command.

Until the Seven Years War, Austrian merchant ships suffered from privateers because they had no naval protection. So Austria began to form its own navy mainly composed of frigates. In 1797, France and Austria signed the Treaty of Campoformio. The treaty decided that Austria would cede many territories to France, such as the Austrian Netherlands (Belgium), while the Republic of Venice was divided between France and Austria, including Venice, the Istria Peninsula and Dalmatia (today's coastal area of ​​Croatia). belongs to Austria. The maritime power and facilities that originally belonged to the Republic of Venice were subsequently transferred to Austria, and became the basis of the Austrian Mediterranean Navy.

More than ten years have passed, and Austria's Mediterranean fleet has always been huddled in the Adriatic Sea, with no sense of existence. But this does not mean that they have no combat effectiveness at all. The Ottoman Empire's navy is also very weak.

Anyway, the turmoil in Greece and the attacks around the Aegean Sea made Abdulmecid I, who had just ascended the throne, a little at a loss.

Of course, the Ottomans are not willing to spit out the large areas of land they have swallowed, and they will definitely resist vigorously; but at the same time, asking for help from China is also good news for Istanbul, which has just stabilized from chaos and blood. .

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The icy Ukrainian battlefield. The reinforced Russian army is preparing for an attack, and the Black Sea to the left is howling. In winter, the Black Sea often rolls up large waves with a height of more than ten meters, especially in the Ukrainian waters near the northwest. In winter, northerly winds prevail here, and the biting polar cold air keeps coming, setting off huge waves in the Black Sea. The scene is very spectacular. .

The colonel leading the attack is mobilizing:

"Warriors of the Empire, it is time for us to wash away our shame. Mother Russia is looking forward to our victory; His Majesty the Tsar is eager for our victory; the people of Russia are waiting for our victory.

Victory, victory, victory!

Let us hold on to the rifles in our hands and rush into the panicked Ottoman positions with bayonets drawn——"

Grigory Sokolov personally stood in front of the assault troops, doing adrenaline-inducing mobilizations. "Follow me, and come and win the victory we are about to gain..."

The last sentence is very important. It shows that Sokolov is not a coward who only talks about words. He is a brave and fearless officer who will personally lead the soldiers to charge.