1825 My New Daming

Chapter 261 Emperor Daoguang enters Persia! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)

"Inexpensive but effective offshore defense ships, it's hard to use them to guard Ali Pasha in the Red Sea!"

"It's not that he is big-hearted, but he knows that Britain, Rakshasa, and France are not fuel-efficient lamps. If he doesn't have a few good guys who can save his life, he won't be able to be a great power."

"Great powers? Just rely on Egypt?"

"Daozi, don't look down on Egypt. Egypt is not weak. Lower Egypt plus Egypt covers an area of ​​no less than 300 million square kilometers. Ali's family owns most of the Red Sea. If you take Syria and Baghdad Including Najd and Hijaz on the Arabian Peninsula, the land area is 600 million square kilometers, and among them, Lower Egypt, Syria, and Baghdad have been prosperous and prosperous places since ancient times.”

"Shao'an, I didn't expect you to be an expert in Egypt!"

"That's... I was a military attache at the embassy in Constantiniya, and I'm familiar with West Asia and North Africa."

On the battleship Tang Wang, Zhuge Weidao, Li Chenghui, Chen Jian, and Guo Xiaobao were watching the landing operation at Qeshm, while discussing the conditions of the Egyptian governor Ali Pasha.

Ali's conditions were not for the Persian Gulf Fleet, but for the Ming court.However, the Ming court still asked the Ministry of the Navy to telegram the part about the request for military aid to the Persian Gulf Fleet, and asked the Fleet Command to give suggestions.

To be honest, this Ali Pasha's requirements are not too high, but his ambition is not too small. He is not willing to be a chess piece, let alone a chess board, but wants to turn around and become a chess player!
And to be a chess player here in the Middle East, it is not enough to have a fairly powerful modern army. You must also have a navy that can handle it, and can block the Red Sea, a maritime traffic artery, at critical moments—this Ali Pasha did not choose the Suez Canal, but chose the Red Sea to start, which was obviously well thought out.

The Suez Canal is not easy to take. Several fortresses were built along the canal, which were stationed by the troops of Britain, France, Austria, Prussia, Rakshasa, Turkey, and Egypt.Daming could have stationed troops in the first place, but back then, Daming was still cowardly and happy, so he didn't get involved.

If Egypt wants to move the Suez Canal, it will not only be difficult to fight fortified battles, but it will also offend a large group of powers-because once the Suez Canal is opened, no one will ever think about it!

But it would be different if they attacked in the Red Sea.The entrances at both ends of the Red Sea are relatively narrow, but the inside is two to three hundred kilometers wide!If you fight here, people can still pass by taking a detour.

In addition, the length of the Red Sea is more than 2000 kilometers, and the two sides are either already controlled by Ali Pasha, or they can easily be controlled by Ali Pasha.Therefore, Ali Pasha only needs to deploy a "small pool fleet" consisting of shallow-water heavy artillery ships, third-class cruisers, destroyers, and torpedo boats on the Red Sea, so that Ali Pasha can have enough bargaining chips in the game with the great powers .

Only with the bargaining chip can he win more sovereignty for his Arab empire!However, if a country with several million square kilometers, straddling the two continents of Asia and Africa, has a population of 2000 to [-] million, and will discover oil in the future, if it can have true independence, it will definitely be a great power in the future.

However, it is impossible for a "small pool fleet" to win sovereignty for Ali Pasha once and for all!
Because naval technology will definitely develop rapidly in the next 20 or 30 years, even if the Ming court really gave Ali Pasha something good, it would be the best if he could keep his status as a great power for three to five years.

The current shallow-water gunboats, torpedo boats, third-class cruisers, and destroyers, even if Daming equips him with gas steam torpedoes and airships, after three to five years, they will all be useless and obsolete equipment.

Thinking of this, Zhuge Weidao smiled and said: "Well, we have four Four Heavenly King ships converted into shallow-water heavy gunships in our hands, and we can give him two, as well as two third-class cruisers, and let the court see the destroyers and torpedo boats." You can give him some airships. With so many good things, Ali Pasha should dare to jump out and fight for the future of the Egyptian people as a great power."

As soon as his words fell, the bridge of Tang Wang was suddenly full of joy.

"Success!"

"Landed successfully!"

"The Persian Gulf is ours!"

Zhuge Weidao raised the binoculars in his hand and looked. It turned out that the marines who landed on Qeshm Island had already raised the Sun and Moon flag of Ming Dynasty in a small fishing port on the island.

Although it was the expected result, but after all, it was a breakthrough, and the soldiers' credit books can be recorded with one more contribution!

Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, Dajin Caspian camp.

The Eight Banners are waving, and the warriors are like a forest.

The [-] and Eight Banners, wearing warm hats and neat blue, white, red, and yellow jackets, stood silently.These blue, white, red, and yellow mandarin jackets are the new uniforms of the Eight Banners soldiers. They were bought by Emperor Daoguang for his subordinates after receiving indemnity from the British (Indians).

Although it is still an "ancient costume", it looks much stronger and lighter than the cotton armor gun helmet.

The clothes have been changed, and the equipment is of course much better.Rifles, machine guns, pistols, waist knives, grenades, and all kinds of marching equipment, everything is on the back or hung on the soldiers.

In addition, the establishment and organization of the Eight Banners has also improved. The eighty thousand and eight banners are now organized into four divisions, each of which has two brigades and four regiments. , Supplies Corps, and Cavalry Corps, each division has more than [-] people when it is fully filled.

It is worth mentioning that the division-directed artillery regiments of these four divisions are all very powerful!It's no longer the usual 70mm and 75mm caliber light artillery to make up the number - the original kind of troops can fight a mobile battle in Central Asia, but it's not enough to really fight a tough battle.

By sending mercenaries to participate in the eighth Rakshasa-Turkish War, the Kingdom of Jin already knows how the truly fierce land wars in the world today are fought!
Therefore, Emperor Daoguang spent a lot of time after the railroad track was laid to Xianmenguan (originally this "track" was to be laid to Luocha, but Luocha disagreed, and Daoguang changed his mind, so it was laid to Xianmenguan). A lot of money imported 155 mm caliber towed howitzers from Daming. A division straight artillery regiment has a battalion of 155 howitzers, a total of 12 guns.

In addition, a division straight artillery regiment also has two battalions of 120mm howitzers, and each battalion is also composed of 12 cannons!

Adding one of the four already formed Eight Banners Army Divisions, there are a total of 144 large-caliber guns with a diameter of more than 100mm.As for light artillery and mortars below 100 mm, there are even more of them.

Standing on a high platform with loudspeakers, looking at the [-] elite soldiers and the cannons and machine guns below, Emperor Daoguang was so proud!

With this strength, if the bearded king of Persia really doesn't know what "decency" is, then the Heavenly Soldiers of the Eight Banners will have to teach him to be decent!
After winning Persia, Dajinke has realized its dream of more than 100 years- once again has an outlet to the sea!
Although the Dajin Kingdom has no spare power to build a powerful navy, but with Haikou, is it afraid that there will be no navy?It's just a matter of time.

When the navy is established, Daikin will become a great power!And he, Daoguang, will also become the most outstanding emperor in the history of Dajin!
With him, the great emperor, who broke the dilemma of Dajin, the future of Dajin should not only be Xianfeng, Tongzhi, Guangxu, and Xuantong, right?
Thinking of this, Emperor Daoguang took a step forward, stood in front of the loudspeaker microphone, opened his throat and shouted: "Warriors of the Eight Banners, I just made a divination, and it will be auspicious. The benefit is in the southwest, and the dragon enters the sea." , Megatron in all directions! Our Dajin Kingdom has finally reached the time to rise up and become a great power! Now I order you to wait for the Eight Banners to march to Persia. My Dajin is going to enter the Persian Kingdom now!"

(End of this chapter)