Great Qing Dynasty talker

The most dangerous moment for Constantinople had arrived.

In one day, 20000 rockets were dropped.

At night~
Looking around, the rockets looked like falling meteors.

Even the Wu army observers in the city had lost their confidence. Six of the 15 observers had been killed, and the casualties were purely random.

Under the attack of rockets, there is no place that is absolutely safe except the basement.

……

dawn.

Another massive rocket attack.

The Wu army observer hid in a hollowed-out cave on the back of the city wall, and recalled the same scene at the Rakshasa Bastion that was besieged by his own side several years ago.

Fortunately, the Sultan adopted Wu Jun’s positive suggestions before the war, cleared the city’s fire hazards, and deployed fire brigades in advance.

The ultimate purpose of rockets is arson~
Although the damage caused by explosions and shrapnel is also terrible, it is not on the same level as the power of a city-wide fire.

Grit your teeth and persist.

boil!
Wait until the Wu army comes to help.

Inside the Dome Palace, Sultan Selim closed his eyes devoutly and began to pray, asking for mysterious power.

……

"The city is broken, the city is broken."

Cheers were heard outside the western section of the city wall.

The coalition forces concentrated their heavy artillery to destroy a section of the stone city wall, creating a 4-meter gap.

The mercenary group with the most combat experience took the lead, followed by the cheap Rakshasa soldiers.

Around the gap, both sides fought fiercely, their guns almost pointed at the enemy's heads, and the battle was chaotic and without any rules.

Relying on superior individual capabilities, the mercenary group finally broke into the gap after sacrificing more than 300 people.

The bloody street fighting has begun!

The Ottoman soldiers fought to the death.

The coalition forces continued to increase their troops, striving to control the gap and expand their victory.

At times like this, it all depends on who can hold on longer. If one loses that breath, the whole army will be defeated immediately.

……

Fortunately, the defenders of Constantinople were a truly steadfast group of the empire, a steadfast group that would not have the slightest bit of luck.

Sultan Selim, holding a scimitar, shouted to the palace guards:

"Go, warriors, and die bravely in battle."

The atmosphere became increasingly frenzied.

Some soldiers simply threw away their muskets, holding chain bullets in their left hands and torches in their right hands and rushed towards the mercenaries entering the city.

The mercenaries were terrified and shouted:
"Shoot, shoot."

Lead bullets could not stop these frenzied Ottomans.

Amid the explosions, both sides fell to the ground, covered in blood.

……

40-year-old Ricardo was born in the Kingdom of Naples. He became a soldier at the age of 13 and has never left the battlefield. He has more than 50 people under his command.

now,

He and his brothers held the line.

At the corner of the street, a group of Ottomans rushed over again.

Ricardo pulled out his pistol, bang!
Although the enemy fell, the chain bomb exploded at the same time.

Ricardo was injured, with a shrapnel embedded in his face and severe tinnitus.

……

"Captain, shall we retreat?"

"No."

Ricardo refused, he wanted to defend the honor of the mercenaries. In his decades of service, he had never retreated without receiving orders from his employer.

Reputation is above all else.

Without credibility, there is no job.

In this way, he and a team of mercenaries under his command were nailed to the spot, using bullets, bayonets, daggers, and even fighting to withstand the Ottoman attacks.

Fortunately, the Rakshasa army finally caught up.

The men in gray military uniforms had just drunk a lot of vodka, their nerves were high and their eyes were bloodshot.

……

However, the Ottomans' ultimate counterattack also came.

Several horse-drawn carriages loaded with barrels of gunpowder rushed out of the streets.

The women driving the carts had hatred in their eyes and were muttering to themselves. They were all widows and the men in their families had died on the battlefield.

The carriage hit the barricade and exploded.

Smoke filled the air
The Ottomans' crazy will pushed the street fighting to a level that it should not have reached.

Ricardo crawled out of the pile of corpses and retreated in a panic, using his hands and feet. In the explosion just now, the mercenary group he led was completely wiped out.

After escaping through an alley, he was forced to join the next line of defense and was given a crude musket of unknown manufacture.

……

outside the city,

A fat noble general put down his telescope and shouted:

"Hey, now is the time to send more troops and put all the cards in our hands on the line."

"8000 additional troops have been sent."

"Why are we so cautious? We still have 50000 soldiers and 20000 in reserve. As a frontline commander, we need to be decisive at times like this."

"Ok."

As the order for the general attack was issued.

The coalition forces launched a general offensive, and even the grooms took up swords and rushed towards Constantinople under the artillery fire.

On the sea, several Ottoman warships were also firing, trying to stop them.

The entire battlefield was filled with smoke.

Death is laughing happily~
……

In the city
Sultan Selim looked at the 1000 childish young soldiers in the square.

"My children, Constantinople is at its most critical moment. Your death will be celebrated for a thousand years, and your names will be engraved on stone tablets forever."

After a brief encouragement, he stroked the face of his youngest son standing beside him and said loudly: "Ha Youli, take them to the street fight. I don't want to see you come back alive."

Ha Youli exuded hostility and his facial muscles kept twitching.

As the son of the Ottoman Sultan, glory and death coexist. If he does not die in war, he will die in the fight for succession.

A quarter of an hour later~
All 1000 young men died in the battle.

They either rode horses or ran, and each of them carried chain bullets and leather bags filled with incendiary oil. Wherever they went, there were explosions.

The coalition forces entering the city were stunned by the explosion.

The young man is fearless and lives facing death.

Life is death, death is life.

Even the Wu army observers were shocked. They didn't expect that Osman had such a trump card.

……

The 100,000-strong coalition army stopped at the gap in the city wall.

No one can remain calm in front of an enemy who is "fighting for his life". This has nothing to do with the superiority of weapons, but rather a psychological crush.

People, after all, have feelings.

The coalition forces were defeated one after another, and they were terrified when they saw the Ottomans appearing in the streets.

An Ottoman Guard officer with blood all over his face rushed out of the street, brandishing a scimitar and charging at the enemy alone.

On the opposite side, a dozen coalition soldiers dropped their guns and fled.

Ricardo was among them.

He threw away his sword and ran away without looking back.

There is a devil behind.

……

The Ottoman Guards, the cancer of the empire, which had always been known for its lax military discipline, enthusiasm for money-making, and repeated coups, launched a resolute and determined counterattack at this time.

Guided by the military flag, they rushed out of Constantinople in silence.

After a hundred years, the blood and courage of our ancestors are burning again.

The fame of Constantinople once again resounded throughout Europe.

Ricardo was dead. He was caught up, stepped on, and brutally chopped into five pieces by a ferocious-looking soldier of the Guards.

The coalition forces fled for 20 miles before they were able to stabilize their front.

On that day, the coalition forces suffered more than 5 casualties and their morale dropped to zero.

……

The Ottomans cleaned up the battlefield, collected weapons, and repaired the city defenses.

suddenly,

Amidst the pile of corpses, a living person sat up, raised his hands, and whispered repeatedly in multiple languages:

"Don't shoot, we're one."

"I have important military intelligence."

He was then escorted into the city.

Sultan Selim personally interrogated the man and discovered that he was actually a double agent for the Kingdom of Sardinia.

This man joined the coalition as a mercenary. During the attack, he pretended to be killed and fell among the corpses, just to wait for an opportunity to sneak into Constantinople and tell him in person.

"The Emperor of Wu has officially decided to intervene in the war. The Wu army has established an outpost on the southern coast of the Persian Gulf. Constantinople needs to be self-reliant and hold out until that day."

"Emperor Wu swears on his honor that he will rescue you no matter how far away you are."

“But it will take time.”

Although Constantinople withstood this attack, the next one would be even more dangerous. Fortunately, the coalition forces had limited control over the Black Sea, and Constantinople was not an isolated city, and it could always get intermittent supplies from the outside world.

……

Although Osman was dying, he refused to fall down.

This is also in line with the actual situation~
Even the weakest group of people can unleash an amazing will to resist when faced with life and death.

All the staunchest elements of the empire were hunkered down in Constantinople.

So far,

The coalition forces temporarily lost their land offensive capability.

The nobles unanimously agreed to recall the 20 troops who were scattered across the Ottoman territories fighting security battles to deal with Constantinople.

If the war gets to this point, the country will be destroyed.

……

at the same time!

An even more terrible thing happened in the rear of the Allied Forces, but the noble officers on the front line were completely unaware of it.

The revolution broke out in Paris, two and a half years later than expected in history.

Spring comes late.

Because it has been suppressed for too long, the explosive power is stronger.

Three days ago, the Paris bakery industry announced another collective price increase.

A group of citizens in the queue became too excited and smashed the bakery, and were immediately suppressed by the city hall. 12 people were arrested.

The next day.

In front of the Bastille.

300 mounted gendarmes entered the scene to maintain order.

The judge read out the verdicts for the 12 people on the spot.

After the announcement, the execution began to serve as a warning to others.

The first prisoner was brought up.

The poor old man had long lost his will to resist and was tied up by the soldiers like a living dead.

Seconds later, the neck broke.

……

The next prisoner was a middle-aged woman.

She cried and wailed, and even urinated in fear, but the executioner still hung her on the gallows and turned her into a corpse.

The crowd below began to riot.

He was immediately sternly stopped by the mounted gendarmes.

The atmosphere at the scene was so depressing, like the moment before a volcano erupted.

The third one, the fourth one.

Hanging is very efficient.

Finally it was the last prisoner's turn.

……

Suddenly a shout rang out from the crowd:
"Your Honor, spare him, he's still a child."

The middle-aged judge wearing glasses looked around the crowd and said sarcastically:

"Child? Your so-called child, at the age of 9, dares to rob bread on the street! At the age of 10, will he rob a bank? At the age of 11, I dare not imagine what he will rob~"

"You damned sans-culottes, watch this nine-year-old robber's fate with your eyes wide open."

"Execution!"

The moment the rope was put around the thin neck.

There was chaos at the scene, and the man without a condom tried to rush onto the wooden platform and snatch the boy away.

bang~
I don't know which military police opened fire.

There was chaos in an instant, and the crowd's anger could no longer be suppressed.

"Kill them."

Gunshots, screams~
Mounted gendarmes were constantly pulled from their saddles by the crowd and beaten to death.

……

The bells of the Bastille are ringing.

Armed guards stood on the stone walls and fired at the crowd outside.

The cannons also fired.

The whole of Paris was shocked. The volcano that had been suppressed for too long finally erupted.

Countless angry sans-culottes took to the streets, rushed into bakeries, town halls, and manors, captured noble lords and hung them on street lamps.

The army is dispatched~
On the Champs-Elysées, armed gendarmes met unarmed crowds.

One side is a black muzzle of a gun.

On one side are the silent sans-culottes.

The lieutenant of the military police drew his sword and shouted, "Shoot."

However, no gunshots were heard.

……

The next moment, a woman walked out of the crowd.

One step, two steps, three steps~
She cried out in tears:
“freedom.”

The military police also collapsed, put away their guns and shouted: "Freedom."

The soldiers and the sans-culottes embraced each other warmly.

The two sides merged~
The lieutenant was disarmed and beaten to death on the spot.

When the news reached the Palace of Versailles, Louis XVI angrily accused his ministers of sitting in office doing nothing and ordered the army to march into Paris to suppress the rebellion.

……

Saint went out to the Seine and Paris became a battlefield.

The sound of gunfire continued all night long.

At dawn the next day, the two sides fought a fierce battle in the city.

The armed Parisians rushed out of the barricades, defeated five elite infantry regiments in succession, and headed straight for the Palace of Versailles.

Louis XVI fled in a hurry under the protection of his loyal guards, and hundreds of the king's locks and tens of thousands of the queen's skirts became trophies.

On the same day,

The Bastille was stormed.

All the political prisoners in custody were released.

The news of the revolution spread like wildfire, shocking the whole country.

Unlike previous history, the Parisians skipped the weak Girondists and the radical Jacobins came directly to the forefront.

……

suburbs.

Wu State Industrial Park.

Count Jia Xiaozhen summoned all the workers and residents around the industrial park and gave a live speech, calling on them to arm themselves to defend the industrial park.

Anyone who wants to invade will be attacked.

Afterwards, Earl Jia fled in a hurry with all the embassy members, leaving this place of trouble.

The revolutionary party is not scary.

but,

The letters sent by the revolutionaries are terrible.

In the letter, Robespierre actually invited Count Jia to serve as the general adviser of the National Convention.

Jia Xiaozhen let out a sharp explosion on the spot.

If the news gets out, how will His Majesty view me?

……

After Earl Jia left, the armed workers spontaneously organized themselves and set up obstacles everywhere.

Male workers form patrol teams, while female workers are responsible for logistics.

For themselves, the factory and their families, they are ready to defend the park to the death.

A painter buried a wooden sign at the edge of the park.

It is written in both Chinese and French:

Any stranger who attempts to enter Wu territory will be shot.

……

Earl Jia fled to Amsterdam in one breath.

The newspaper was filled with reports about Paris from the front page to the back page.

He was shocked to find that the situation in the whole of Europe was completely disrupted.

The newly-elected Jacobins took control of nearly three-quarters of Frankish territory at an incredible speed and formed an army to defend the interim regime.

Many officers, lawyers, doctors, and factory owners took the initiative to join the Jacobins, and the makeshift team became a regular army.

The hearts of the Franks were more united than ever before.

Count Jia also saw an article written by Robespierre himself - "Go Away, Count Jia".

The words are extremely sarcastic.

The article points out that the aristocracy is backward and it is impossible for them to stand up and support justice for the common people.

……

After reading the whole article, Jia Xiaozhen felt quite happy.

Soon, visitors from all walks of life came to the door.

They asked two key questions: Is the Paris Revolution related to your country? What is your country's attitude towards it?

For the first question, Lord Jia’s answer is: NO.

The second question, I have no comment. (End of this chapter)