Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1892, The Importance of Fast Transmission of Information

Here is a small port in the Aegean Sea. There are more than 20 warships of the Ottoman Empire moored in the small fishing port. They are avoiding the wolf-like navy of the Ming Empire. Battleships head-to-head.

In a restaurant at the port, many pirates were drinking and eating meat, venting their inner dissatisfaction.

The navy of the Ottoman Empire is said to be a navy, but it is actually a pirate. It is a pirate authorized by the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. In the past, it ran across the Mediterranean Sea and plundered everywhere.

Spain, France, North Africa and other places were frequented by these Ottoman pirates. When they were strong, the prestige of the Ottoman pirates was enough to make children in the Mediterranean coastal areas stop crying in the middle of the night.

But later, with the rise of the Spanish Imperial Navy and the war with the Ming Empire, the pirates of the Ottoman Empire were seriously injured. After these years of recuperation, they finally recovered some vitality.

"Bang~"

"When will we be able to go out and have a good fight with the Ming people?"

"What's the difference between hiding here and hiding here, and a turtle with a shrinking head?"

"Both shoulders carry one head, what are you afraid of?"

"I don't believe that Daming people are made of iron and cannot be beaten to death."

Some pirates drank wine and vented their dissatisfaction.

Obviously there are more than 20 warships and tens of thousands of pirates, the strength can be described as extremely strong.

In the past, with such strength, they would have dared to plunder the port of Marseille in France, but now they can only hide here and drink dull wine.

The Ottoman Empire and the Ming Empire are at war.

The 20 troops of the Ming Empire marched into the territory of the Ottoman Empire from east to west. The Black Sea Fleet and the Mediterranean Fleet of the Ming Dynasty blocked the sea areas and ports of the Ottoman Empire, and they were always looking for the Ottoman Navy.

When the news spread, the entire Ottoman Empire panicked.

Countless people began to talk about the battle more than ten years ago. In that battle, the Ottoman Empire was beaten so dizzy that their teeth almost fell out.

After finally regaining some vitality, now they are fighting with the Ming Empire again.

The cause of the matter is very simple, that is, the Ottoman Empire violated the agreement signed at the beginning, did not allow the Ming merchants to trade freely in the Ottoman Empire, and deliberately defaulted on the payment of compensation.

This angered the Ming Empire and directly sent troops to attack the Ottoman Empire.

There were several firefights between the two sides on land, which ended in the complete defeat of the Ottoman Empire. Wherever the Ming Empire's soldiers passed, they were invincible, attacking the city and breaking the ground like a broken bamboo.

Now it depends on whether the city of Erzincan can block the army from the east, and whether the Bulgarian mountains on the European side can block the attack from the army from the west.

Once these two roads are breached, Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire, will be directly exposed to the artillery fire of the Ming army.

But even if it is blocked, the Black Sea Fleet and the Mediterranean Fleet of the Ming Empire can reach the waters outside Istanbul in minutes and directly bombard Istanbul.

In any case, no one is optimistic about this war.

Because even the most elite army is like a mob when facing the army of the Ming Empire. Under the powerful rifles and cannons, no army can reach the advance of the Ming army.

As for the battle at sea, there is a huge difference in strength.

Although the Ming Empire has only dispatched the Mediterranean Fleet and the Black Sea Fleet, the two fleets also have dozens of large main steam warships. They are huge, have steel coats, and are fiercely fired. They are invincible warships at sea.

In addition, there are hundreds of large and small medium and small warships, speedboats, fast boats, etc., and they can also requisition the ships of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty, and the colonies of the Ming Dynasty in the surrounding waters at any time.

Just relying on these pirate warships in your hands to fight against the regular Daming Navy?
The Sultan of the Ottoman Empire was still very sober, and decisively issued an order to evade.

Don't fight head-to-head with the Ming Dynasty Navy, save strength, wait for an opportunity to sneak attack the rear of the Ming Fleet or harass the passing merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty, etc., so as to continuously weaken the Ming Dynasty Navy.

There are many islands in the Aegean Sea and Sea of ​​Marmara in the southern part of the Ottoman Empire. The coastline is long and tortuous.

As long as they waited for the opportunity, they could bite Daming people back and teach them a profound lesson.

"Don't worry, there will be times when we will show our talents."

"It is inappropriate to confront the Ming people head-on now. Our warships are far inferior to those of the Ming people, and our artillery is also far inferior to the artillery of the Ming people."

"If we fight head-on, we are not their opponents at all."

"Yes, yes, we will definitely find an opportunity to teach the people of Daming severely, and let them know how powerful we are."

"If only we had a powerful battleship from the Ming people, then we can go out and fight the Ming people right now."

"Now that the war is going on, the people of Ming Dynasty don't want our slaves anymore. This is a huge loss of income. In the past, we could easily earn dozens of taels of silver a month. We can get whatever we want. Now we only You can have a drink here."

"Isn't it? In the final analysis, it's because of the cloth. I heard that it is because the cloth of the Ming people is not allowed to enter our Ottoman Empire, and because they deliberately defaulted on the war reparations to the people of the Ming Dynasty, the people of the Ming Dynasty are very angry."

"The cloth from Daming people is of good quality and cheap, why not let them in?"

"It seems that the Jews paid attention, saying that it affected the sales of cloth in their weaving workshops."

"My own cloth is so expensive, and the cloth from Daming people is not allowed in. What's the reason?"

"Also, the war indemnity has been paid for more than ten years, and now I don't pay it well, isn't it just looking for trouble?"

"Yes, yes, the Ming people are still very powerful, but they are not comparable to the Persians or Egyptians."

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Numerous pirates drank dull wine and talked about their inner distress.

If they really wanted to fight against the Ming Empire and the navy of the Ming Empire, each of these pirates would have no confidence in their hearts.

Daming's navy is a regular army with well-trained and well-equipped equipment. It is not comparable to the mob like them. They, the pirates, rely on a fierce force to bully merchant ships and attack unsuspecting ports. , Fishing village is possible.

If they were to confront the invincible Deming Fleet, they would have no confidence at all.

The pirates were drinking, discussing where to find women later, complaining that there is no brothel in the small port, and the food is not good.

They didn't notice the port at all, someone was carefully recording every warship in the port.

"Pass this information to the Ming Dynasty Mediterranean Fleet immediately!"

The information was quickly recorded, and then quickly sent to the Ming battleship cruising in the Sea of ​​Love by telegram.

"I said I couldn't find it anywhere, so it was hidden in this remote corner."

Deng Cheng looked at the latest intelligence information and quickly searched for it on the map, and quickly drew a circle on the map.

Daming has established colonies and fleets in the Mediterranean Sea for many years, and the intelligence network is spread all over the Mediterranean Sea. Not only are the merchants and people of Ming Dynasty acting as intelligence informants, but they have also trained a large number of slaves to work for them. intelligence spies.

It also bought a large number of local people to provide information for itself, and at the same time used telegrams to establish a complete information and intelligence network in various places, which can grasp the information and intelligence of various places in the Mediterranean coastal area at the fastest speed.

At the same time, as the most important intelligence agency of Ming Dynasty, Daming Jinyiwei also has a special foreign intelligence agency, which specializes in collecting information and intelligence from various places and major regions.

During wartime, Jin Yiwei will share its intelligence information with the Ming army, and serve the Ming army to spy on important intelligence information.

Of course, this series of layouts is also based on a strong economic foundation. Whether it is Jinyiwei or the Mediterranean Fleet, they all need a lot of money to support them.

At the same time, the use of radio technology also makes the transmission of information faster and easier. Often the intelligence data of the Ming people is faster and more accurate than that of the local people.

This is the speed and convenience of the telegraph era.

What happened on the Mediterranean side can even be transmitted to the capital of the Ming Dynasty at the shortest speed, to the son of the Ming Dynasty and the princes of the court, so that they can control the overall situation and dispatch troops anytime and anywhere.

"The Ottoman Empire has a total of less than 200 warships, of which about 150 are distributed in the Mediterranean Sea and the Marmara Sea."

"Now that we have located a total of more than 130 warships, it is time to launch an attack."

"Pass my order!"

"According to the plan, each head to the target area, and execute the sea breaking operation as planned!"

Deng Cheng calculated carefully, and basically all the Ottoman warships in the Mediterranean area have been found, and it is time to launch an attack.

For these pirates of the Ottoman Empire, Deng Cheng didn't pay much attention to them at all. A group of mobs who could only rob merchant ships and strongholds relied on their barbaric ruthlessness.

Under the powerful artillery fire of the Ming Empire Navy, they couldn't even think about getting close.

"Yes~"

Upon hearing this, many staff officers around them replied in unison, and they also began to get busy quickly, sending radio waves continuously to the Ming warships patrolling all over the Mediterranean Sea.

The emergence of the telegram also made the dispatch of warships of the Ming Empire more flexible, fast and convenient. A radio wave was transmitted, which was very fast and convenient. There was no need to use semaphore or clippers to transmit information as before. .

It is also possible to carry out precise strikes against the scattered and hidden combat methods of the Ottoman Empire.

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(End of this chapter)