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() On the Danube, the bridge of the flagship of the Austrian River Fleet "Rudolf the Great".

The officers and men of the entire fleet knew that in recent days, their commander's mood basically depended on the direction of the wind.

With the north wind, Jevich is in a good mood, but with the south wind, Jevich is very irritable.

But today is clearly the north wind, but Yevic's mood is abnormally bad.

"General, the Tyrol must go back to Vienna for overhaul, and it can't be delayed any longer."

"No, I only have eight warships left, and I can't lose any more."

"But................"

"Nothing but, let the Tyrol go back to Buda on its own and let the Hungarians in Buda try again, and tell Officer Hohenzollern that if my ship is lost so soon this time Fighting power, I'm going to complain to His Majesty! Even if he just lost his son-in-law, I'm going to complain to him!"

In the past ten days, Jevich has felt that the enemy's resistance on the Danube has begun to grow stronger. This is because the supply and organization of the Ottoman ships are getting better as they get closer to Belgrade.

As Suleiman's attack starting point, material assembly point, and strategic support point for this expedition, Belgrade is guarded by experienced and determined veterans.

Although the resistance organized by him was still destroyed time and time again by Jevich and his men, the Austrian side also began to suffer losses. The Tyrol was not the worst warship. There were already two large sails and ships was sunk.

Tyrol would definitely need a major overhaul if sent to Vienna.Absolutely can't catch up with the next crucial battle.

In fact, if the combat mission was not too urgent, the "Rudolf the Great" should actually return to Vienna for an overhaul.Although Ladislaus' top priority for Buda is to establish the ability to provide maintenance and repairs for his fleet, his priority is even above strengthening his own city defense.

But this kind of work is not something that can be done overnight.

Even though Grand Priest Hohenzollern was in a bad mood because of the death of his son-in-law, he was still working hard. He knew very well that after losing this powerful son-in-law, he had to work harder to improve his own value in order to maintain his status .

It’s just that it’s impossible for him to find enough professionals in such a short time. Buda’s shipbuilding industry has always been in a recession, and most of the local shipyards have been defeated by competitors in Vienna. Under the shipbuilding subsidies of Ladislaus .Vienna was already the only center of shipbuilding on the Danube.

This allows Ladislaus to cancel that subsidy and get a lot of tax revenue, which is the ultimate goal of subsidizing the industry.

Of course, this situation is also harmful. For example, the Austrian fleet cannot be effectively repaired far away from Vienna.

The Ottoman aggression destroyed the last insignificant commercial shipyard in Buda.

"Damn it, it's going to turn into the Drava River tomorrow." Jevich's job is getting harder, and not just because

The battle lines began to approach local territory.It was also because his fleet was about to lose the downstream advantage it had always had.

The Drava River is a tributary of the Danube River originating in the southern foothills of the Alps, and flows into the Danube River in Osijek from west to east.

Osijek is located on the south bank of the Drava River. It was easily captured by the Ottoman army long before the Battle of Mohachi.

Belgrade was clearly stronger, but Osijek was also fairly well defended by this time.

When the Ottoman army arrived on the banks of the Drava River, Osijek's Ottoman officials had already built a fairly strong camp and a large-scale dock.

See the support provided in the rear. Most of the 10,000+ Ottoman army breathed a sigh of relief. Although Osijek tried its best to build a fortress that could only accommodate less than 1 people, only the Sultan and his core guards could be protected by the wall.

But before midnight on the day of arrival, everyone got the long-lost hot soup, and everyone felt that they could not worry about the Austrians for the time being.

The Ottoman nobles certainly had more than just hot soup.The local Pasha of Osiena who came to greet them prepared a nice banquet for them.

"Good job!" Suleiman was indeed very satisfied with the governor. "But I can't keep you here overnight. Please return to Osijek as soon as possible to organize transportation and further city defense work."

"Such a person. He should be the governor of a large province or the manager of a certain central organization. The Osijek province is just a waste of talent. When the Austrians are defeated, I will find a vacancy for him in Istanbul." Watching this The governor took a boat back to the south bank of the Drava River overnight, Suleiman said to Ibrahim Pasha who came to see him off.

"He is less than 40 years old this year, which is the age at which he can best serve you." Suleiman was very satisfied with the Osijek officials who organized all this, and Ibrahim Pasha who recommended him is equally honored .

But he could also hear that Suleiman's statement was somewhat uncertain, and they all knew that Osijek was difficult to defend.

This very capable governor must pass this difficult test before he can have a bright future.

"Are the Austrians still keeping their distance?" After making sure that there were no other ministers around, Suleiman confirmed to Ibrahim that although he knew that the enemy would definitely not accept the battle at this time, he couldn't help but look forward to Ladislau's arrival. Adams will venture in once.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the enemy seems determined to attack when we cross the river. The Austrians have recently won a great victory at Pest, and the Transylvanian army of Zoporai has been severely damaged." The Ottomans also already knew the result of the Battle of Pest. Neither Ladislaus nor Szabo Rai had time to clean up their control area, and Ibrahim's intelligence network was still operating effectively.

"It seems that the Austrians are indeed not comparable to the Hungarian mob." Suleiman had been looking forward to Szabo Raoyi's ability to draw Ladislaus' attention to the east. "Is Shaobo Raoyi's loss big?"

"It is said that the Austrians killed and captured more than 3000 people in total. It is impossible for Shobo Rai to march on the Danube in a short time." In fact, Ibrahim believes that even if Shobo Rai wins, he captures Pest and threatens Buda , Ladislaus will not look back.

In fact, Suleiman also knew this. By now, he felt that Ladislaus' arrangement was very targeted.

In the past few years, Austria seems to be barely coping with France, but the real arrangement is on the Danube side. The inland river fleet is really painful.

"The soldiers haven't eaten meat for several days. This bowl of hot soup is really timely." In fact, in order to show that we share weal and woe, Suleiman canceled all the meat transportation under the condition of insufficient transportation capacity in order to transport more food. He also hadn't eaten meat for several days.

"Yes, Your Majesty, but most officers still think that this banquet is unnecessary."

"Short-sighted, crossing the river in front of the enemy is the most dangerous action. How can we stabilize the morale of the army and show our confidence? Is the delay operation smooth?"

"We distance ourselves a little every day and forge the location of the marching stove. The Austrians have misjudged the distance from us. They have been distanced by an extra [-] miles, which should be enough."

Suleiman nodded, then shook his head again: "Unexpectedly, our good luck seems to be used on His Majesty Louis II. This one from Vienna is really a dangerous opponent."

"It is true, Your Majesty, it is true." Ibrahim Pasha also felt great pressure from the recent follow-up actions of the Austrian army. Although the Ottoman army still has a little advantage in quantity and quality, Ladis Rolls has undoubtedly grasped the initiative.

In fact, most of the top Ottoman leaders now believe that if they do not launch an attack on Hungary, Ladislaus will also launch an attack to claim the throne of his grandfather, otherwise it is impossible to explain the formation of such a powerful fleet under the threat of France.

But both Suleiman and Ibrahim think there may be other reasons.

"Perhaps our conquest of the Knights Hospitaller made the Austrian monarch feel threatened." Recently, the Knights Hospitaller has rebuilt its force in Malta. Still spare no effort to make trouble for the Ottoman Empire.

In the court of every major European country, there are ambassadors of the Knights Hospitaller who are running to call for jihad.

"Perhaps, but motives and such don't matter now, Your Majesty."

Although the content of Ibrahim's words was a bit disrespectful, Suleiman didn't care. He knew that Ibrahim was very focused when solving the problem.

"Your Majesty, during the banquet just now, Duden had already returned from Bolchi..." (to be continued., (.) vote for recommendation, monthly Your support is my greatest motivation. m..read.

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