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Chapter 1654 New Turkish Army
"Heaven favors Her Majesty Queen Sophia! Heaven favors England!"

Prince Rupert drew out a straight knife. Behind him, 1153 English Royal Cavalry also drew out a straight knife. The shining straight knife reflected the light in the sun, which seemed a bit dazzling from a distance.

The royal cavalry launched a brave charge towards the opposite Turkish cavalry, Crimean cavalry and Kurdish cavalry!
Prince Rupert's consistent combat style used the Swedish cavalry's rushing tactics to kill the opposing cavalry with one bang and dense formation!

This cavalry had received training from Sun Chuanting in the English Civil War, was tortured by Sun Chuanting, and won successive victories in the civil war. It can be regarded as the current first-class cavalry in the West. Their imposing wall charge smashed the opponent scattered cavalry.

The confrontation between the two cavalry turned into a one-sided chase. The English Royal Cavalry led by Prince Rupert chased behind, while the Turkish cavalry, Crimean cavalry and Kurdish cavalry fled in front.

"fire!"

Cao Bianjiao ordered, more than a dozen iron cannons roared, white smoke filled the mountains and plains, and the howling shells fell into the Turkish new army, and the explosive bomb exploded, knocking several Turkish new army soldiers around to the ground!
As the most elite troops of the Ottoman Empire, the new Turkish army dared to confront Western European countries and was equipped with a large number of matchlock guns and bronze cannons.They pushed the artillery to the forefront and began to shoot at the imperial guard brigade led by Cao Bianjiao.

"go ahead!"

The 3000 soldiers of the Imperial Guard Brigade followed the drumbeats of their respective columns and began to advance forward. They held their guns and braved the artillery fire of the new Turkish army. No one took a half step back in the formation.

The Imperial Guards Brigade used a shallow horizontal formation with strong frontal firepower.

Because the cavalry led by Prince Rupert repelled the enemy's cavalry, Cao Bianjiao was not worried that the Imperial Guard Brigade he led would be attacked by the Turkish cavalry.

As the imperial guard brigade approached, the new Turkish army on the opposite side was a little uneasy. They were shaken by the shelling of the guard brigade.

When the soldiers of the Imperial Guard Brigade reached a distance of 150 meters, they stopped, lined up in three rows, and fired with muskets!
In the eyes of the new Turkish army, this is unbelievable. It is difficult to cause effective damage by shooting at such a long distance. It is a waste of shooting opportunities.

However, the new Turkish army guessed completely wrong. A distance of 150 meters can already cause terrible damage to the Dreiser rifle, which appeared in 1841 and has an effective range of 600 meters!
Rows of gunfire sounded one after another, and many soldiers of the new Turkish army in the front rows fell to the ground amidst the sound of gunfire.

"The new Turkish army is very powerful. They are the soldiers of the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Their training and combat effectiveness have been a model for the whole of Europe in the past 200 years." The new Turkish army in Constantinople.

"Really? Their performance doesn't look as elite as you say."

As the commander-in-chief of the army, Sun Chuanting was using binoculars to observe the situation on the battlefield. Prince Rupert took the lead in defeating the Turkish cavalry and the Crimean cavalry with cavalry, and was ordered to hunt them down.

The infantry and artillery in Cao Bianjiao also made progress. You can see from the binoculars that the formation of the new Turkish army opposite Cao Bianjiao has become chaotic due to a lot of losses. It does not look like a well-trained soldier at all. The local Ottoman army was better, but not much better.

"The reason why they are called the New Army is because they are newer than the European countries in the Middle Ages, and they used guns and artillery as their main weapons in large quantities 200 years ago. At the beginning, they only had a few thousand people. Marriage is not allowed during military training. But now they have expanded to tens of thousands, allowing marriage, and the military discipline is abolished, which is not so severe." Ludowig said.

"Prosperity and decline, that's mostly the case." Sun Chuanting was slightly surprised when he heard this. Generally, when an empire expands its territory, the combat effectiveness of the legion is the strongest. Later, due to various reasons, the armament will always be relaxed, or it will be out of track with the times. , must guard against.

The Imperial Guards Brigade led by Cao Bianjiao was at its peak, while the new Turkish army on the opposite side was no longer as brave as their predecessors. Under the attack of the more advanced muskets and artillery of the Imperial Guards Brigade, the two sides shot at each other for half an hour, and finally the Imperial Guards The Guards Brigade approached the new Turkish army and charged with bayonets, completely defeating the new Turkish army who pulled out their scimitars in a panic.

The new Turkish army that used to hang over the heads of European countries was defeated. They turned around and fled. From time to time, stray bullets behind them killed them as they fled.

At this time, Prince Rupert led the royal cavalry to chase down the enemy cavalry and returned. They caught the escaped new Turkish army and fought for a while, and blood flowed outside Constantinople.

Some new Turkish troops fled to Constantinople, and some new Turkish troops fled to the mountains near Constantinople to gather the remnants and defeated generals, waiting for an opportunity.

More than 1000 new Turkish troops became prisoners of the coalition forces.

"Arrange them to make ladders and dig tunnels, and we are going to capture Constantinople from the west!"

Sun Chuanting regarded this group of captured prisoners as cannon fodder for the capture of Constantinople.

They used Vauban's parallel siege method, dug a ditch parallel to the city wall outside Constantinople, gradually approached Constantinople in a zigzag shape, and then built a second and third ditch. At the same time, as the tunnel approached Constantinople, the artillery was pushed under the eyes of the city wall, and began to bombard this ancient city wall!
The sound of artillery was continuous, and dozens of artillery erected on land violently vented on the city wall across the moat, ruthlessly destroying the ancient city wall, and the Turkish soldiers inside rushed to repair the city wall under fire.

The coalition engineers outside began to fill up the trenches with soil after their own artillery gained fire suppression!

This is a classic siege battle, with cannon fodder or defenders killed in artillery every minute!
Constantinople was originally a strong fortress. The Ottoman Empire mobilized 10 soldiers to besiege Constantinople, which was defended by 9000 people from the Byzantine Empire. They used a lot of artillery and took it after two months of storming.The current Ottoman Empire has once again strengthened the defense of Constantinople. If it wants to capture this fortress, the coalition forces still need to work hard.

The army led by Sun Chuanting and Cao Bianjiao officially opened the prelude to the general attack on Constantinople from the west, while the naval fleet led by Chu Yun and Nelson poured shells into the city from the east and north!

(End of this chapter)