Ming Zuo

Chapter 1790 The Smoke of the Urals
The Ottoman Empire paid a heavy price for its dominance for thousands of years.

When the empire launched a strategy against it, it immediately received the support of countless allies.

These allies launched a siege to the Ottoman Empire from all directions, causing the huge Ottoman Empire to lose sight of one another, and there were loopholes everywhere.

In the European part, the European coalition forces successfully invaded the Balkan Peninsula and approached Romania.

This place has always been the frontier of the confrontation between Europe and the Ottoman Empire. Religious beliefs ebb and flow here, and there has never been a day of peace.

Even though it has fallen into the hands of the Ottoman Empire for nearly a hundred years, the local people have never given up resistance.

In conjunction with the arrival of the European Allied Forces, uprisings were raging everywhere, which really caused huge troubles for the Ottoman Empire.

The front-line troops fought very hard, but the logistical supply lines were constantly being damaged, which seriously affected the resistance of the Ottomans.

In North Africa, the Battle of Ismailia was in full swing.

From the beginning, the Ottoman army did not get any cheap.

Although Mustafa had fully mobilized the troops at hand, the Third Marine Division did not move on the mountain, firmly stuck in the pass where the Ottomans retreated back to West Asia, forcing the Ottomans to attack the defense line of the Third Marine Division again and again.

But the problem is that once the national defense force is determined to defend, it really cannot be shaken by the army of the old era.

Mustafa racked his brains and thought of countless ways.Charges without casualties, continuous night raids, frontal engagements, outflanking, etc., etc., but none of them worked.

Range is king on the battlefield.

The weapons of the Third Marine Division can easily cover the entire battlefield, and the Ottomans have no way to resist the weapons of the Wehrmacht.

Ten days!

A full ten days!

The Ottomans could not move an inch in Ismailia.

Obviously my hometown is ahead, but I just can't get through.

Mustafa also despaired.

He sent a large number of messengers across the line of defense to ask for help in the country.

But what can Muhammad IV do?

The war in the Balkans involved a large number of troops from the Ottoman Empire.

In any case, Constantinople is more important than anywhere and must not be lost.

In addition, in the direction of West Asia, the attack of the National Defense Forces, Persians, and Arabs is also difficult to stop.

On the first day of October, the Wehrmacht officially captured Yerevan, pulling out the most important stronghold of the Ottoman Empire in the Caucasus.

The remaining Ottoman troops retreated all the way west to Erzincan.

This is the only way to the core area of ​​the Ottoman Empire, where the Ottomans intend to establish strong fortifications and carry out the most determined resistance.

Of course, once this is breached, it means that Ankara is no longer safe.

At this time, the Ottoman Empire has realized the seriousness of the problem.

Muhammad IV summoned all senior officials and began to discuss ways.

In the face of life and death, Ottoman's toughness began to waver.If the situation continued to deteriorate, compromise and surrender would be on the table of the Ottoman rulers.

During the siege of the Ottoman Empire, the eyes of the whole world ignored the Ural Mountains.

And here, in fact, is the center of gravity of the empire.

Yes.

Although the Ottoman Empire straddled between Asia and Europe, blocking the channel of communication between the East and the West, the threat of the Ottoman Empire was not very important in the seriousness of the empire.

After all, now that we have entered the age of great voyages, the existence or non-existence of the Ottoman Empire will not affect the business operations of the empire to the world.

The reason why we have to deal with Ottoman is actually just for the Suez Canal.

Once the Ottoman Empire showed an attitude of surrender, the empire could cease fighting.

Only Russia can't.

This country, which is greedy for land, can be said to be the number one enemy of the empire.

For the safety of the northern border of the empire, and to avoid a sharp sword hanging over their heads, Russia must be completely defeated, and their eyes and ambitions to spy on the east must be cut off.

After the Kazakh Khanate was wiped out, Zuo Xuanyan, Huang Sanhu and others began to mobilize troops to the Ural Mountains.

Intelligence shows that Russia's attitude is also very tough, and it does not intend to compromise at all.

Alexei I has issued a mobilization order to the whole country, summoning a large number of peasants and slaves to fill the army and move towards the Ural Mountains.

The First Army under the command of Rugromezin has gone south to the Dnieper River Basin to deal with Liangyue's Xinhua Kingdom full-time.

After Liang Yue annexed the Turghut Ministry, he quickly established contact with the Poles and jointly suppressed the Khmelnytsky uprising.

Unable to resist the attack, Khmelnytsky retreated all the way to the north and joined Rugromezin in the Zaporosh area. He is currently reorganizing his army and may go south at any time.

In order to help Liang Yue, the National Defense Forces transported a large amount of weapons and equipment from the Black Sea, which effectively enhanced Liang Yue's strength.

But everyone knows that the outcome of the war must be in the Ural Mountains and the Volga River.

Whoever wins will own the entire Eastern European Plain.

Alexei I appointed Marshal Popovnia as the commander-in-chief, commanding the Second Army, Third Army, Cossack Cavalry First Division, Third Division, Fifth Division, Royal Artillery First Division and those who returned from the defeat in Siberia. The pioneering army composed of explorers has a total strength of 45.

This can be said to be all the trump cards of Tsarist Russia.

On the National Defense Forces side, there are also large numbers of troops.

Zuo Xuanyan was the commander-in-chief, and Huang Sanhu was the deputy commander-in-chief.

The Northwest Strategic Cluster and the Northern Strategic Cluster are merged into one, with a total force of 37.

The fighting first took place in the Ural Mountains in the north.

After the fourth division finished its rest, it launched a strong attack on the pass in the Ural Mountains.

Their target is Ufa.

The Russian army deployed an army here, about 4 people, blocking the mountain road to death.

The Fourth Division didn't play tricks, it just attacked hard and used cannons all the way to open the way.

Despite the unfavorable terrain, the Russian army suffered heavy losses in the face of powerful firepower, losing 70.00% of their positions within five days.

But I have to say that the resilience of the Russians is very strong.Even so, they still fought to the death.

The generals of the Russian army did not treat the people below as human beings, and ruthlessly piled up troops on the front line, letting the National Defense Forces consume them.

Now, it is better that the ammunition of the Wehrmacht will be exhausted first, or the Russian army will run out first.

The small Sanshan City was completely razed to the ground by the artillery fire of the National Defense Forces, but the Russians resisted desperately among the ruins, causing huge troubles for the National Defense Forces.

When the artillery fire had nothing to destroy, the infantry of the Wehrmacht had to rush into the city and drive out the Russian army corner by corner.

Street fighting began to show the bloodiest and cruelest appearance.

(End of this chapter)