Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 887
The most nervous thing in Istanbul at this time is the military minister Enver. As the leader of the Young Turks, he started his career with a coup d'état. For Kemal, who has been singing against him, he has changed from admiring him to disgusted.Enver would not allow any loss of the rights in his hands.The Chinese have already told him about the upcoming coup. Enver himself is a pro-China faction. Now, in order to defeat Kemal’s coup, he can only tie himself to the big ship of China and share with it. advance and retreat.

Enver issued several orders to the army in one breath, strictly urging them to obey the leadership of Chinese officers unconditionally. Without the orders signed by him, Chinese General Li Xianzhou, and General Fenerbahce, no one has the right to mobilize the army.

Of course, this order does not seem to be suitable for the 19th Infantry Division of the Ottoman Empire. More than 7% of the officers and soldiers of this division sincerely support Kemal.The deployment of the [-]th Army in Istanbul also attracted Kemal's attention, but he didn't take it very seriously. He believed too much in the patriotic enthusiasm of the officers and soldiers of the Turkish army, thinking that as long as he climbed up and shouted, everyone would respond.

On November 1916, 11, this was the day when Kemal planned to launch a coup d'etat. On this day, he seemed a little anxious. It was still some time before dark, but Kemal kept opening the window to see the sun outside. It's time to go down the mountain.

"General, don't worry, I believe that the final victory must belong to us." An officer sitting on the side said, and he is also a member of the "Fatherland and Freedom Association" formed by Kemal.

"What I'm worried about now is whether Colonel Gergut can control the gate and let our soldiers rush into the city." Kemal fidgeted and said, walking back and forth.

"Please trust Colonel Gergut." The officer said: "He has a wealth of experience and a calm mind. He will definitely be able to succeed."

While waiting anxiously, the sky finally gradually darkened. Kemal looked at his watch. It was almost 8 o'clock. He calmed down his beating heart and walked out of the door.In the courtyard at the entrance, there stood more than 200 soldiers with live ammunition. These were Kemal's most loyal and reliable subordinates. Like Kemal, they were all fanatical nationalists. The victors of the battle to defend the Dole Strait can lead them to another success.

"The land of the Ottoman Empire is about to be divided up, and there will be only a small piece of land left for Turkey to live in. In the end, even this small piece of land may be divided up." Kemal said with a grim face: "Muhammad V He and Enver completely fell to China. They thought they could stop the decline of the Ottoman Empire by relying on this country. The elements will be defeated! Soldiers, we can only answer tyranny with revolution, freedom is the mother of progress and liberation, overthrow Mehmet V, and support Prince Mahmud as the new sultan of the Ottoman Empire, long live the motherland, long live the Ottoman Empire!"

His speech aroused the emotions of the coup d'état, who waved their weapons frantically in response to their commanders.

Soon after, this band of putschists set out with the confidence that they would win, never thinking of failure, and believing that their uprising could not fail at all.

The streets of Istanbul were awakened by harsh gunshots. Residents didn't know what happened. The timid ones thought that the British and French allied forces had made a comeback and had reached the capital of the Ottoman Empire.

Soon, with the cries of the coup d'état, the soldiers and civilians in Istanbul finally figured out what happened. What surprised them was that their beloved General Kemal actually launched the coup. Why do you oppose Muhammad V who led the Tusman Empire to victory in the war?Yes.What Muhammad V did was a bit absurd, but after all, he led his people and army to achieve a great victory over the British and French coalition forces.Moreover, this is not the first coup launched by General Kemal. In 1910, he organized an "action army" to abolish the then Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid.Everyone wants to restore the former glory of the Ottoman Empire, but can it succeed by relying on one coup after another?

The residents closed their doors and windows one after another, which made the coup d'étatists a little disappointed that the scene they had imagined did not happen.

Kemal was a little upset, and the attitude of the people was like this, but why didn't Colonel Geergut open the city gate at the agreed time?It is impossible to win with only 200 people under his command.

What he could never have imagined was that Colonel Gergut had been detained at this time, and it was Enver, the military minister of the Ottoman Empire, who personally led the arrest.

"Damn traitor, how dare you betray the great sultan." Enver looked triumphantly at the captive in front of him: "Do you really think that your rebellion can succeed? I feel ridiculous for your naivety."

Hearing this, Colonel Gergut was in pain. He didn't take his own life and death seriously. He just felt sorry for General Kemal and failed General Kemal's entrustment, "Enver, the general will not let go." Over you, the final victory must belong to us!" Colonel Gergut looked at Enver angrily: "Sooner or later, you will end up in a disgraceful end!"

After being scolded by him, Enver's good mood suddenly disappeared. He gritted his teeth and said, "Drag out, shoot, shoot. Damn rebel, before I have a good end, I already know your end!"

The operation to suppress the rebellion was proceeding in an orderly manner. A regiment of the 19th Infantry Division that had arrived in Istanbul had been surrounded by the 77th Army before it could react.

It should be said that the soldiers of this regiment were still very heroic. In the face of an enemy several times their own, they did not give in. Instead, they took up the weapons in their hands and launched a tenacious resistance with a brigade of the 7th Army.Gunshots rang out everywhere outside Istanbul. Soldiers of the 19th Division kept falling when they had no superiority in strength and firepower, but none of them surrendered. The battle lasted for two hours. The regiment of the 19th Division A total of more than 700 soldiers were killed or injured.The pile of dead bodies was shocking, and many of the dead soldiers of the 19th Division still maintained their fighting postures.

"Bury them well, and hand over all the captives to the Sultan." Li Xianzhou, who commanded the battle, sighed. He still respects these soldiers. No matter which country they are in, no matter how corrupt and backward that country is, there are always a group of loyal soldiers. exist.

At this time, in the royal palace of Istanbul, Mehmet V was terrified by the gunshots in the city. The warning of the Chinese came true, and a rebellion actually occurred in the capital of the Ottoman Empire.The trembling Mohammed V frantically asked the guards to go out to resist. At this time, the personal guards beside him were the "Thunderbolt Team" of the Dragon Army Special Brigade. Seeing that there were only a few dozen Chinese, Mohammed V The more he thought about it, the more worried he became. He urged the leading Chinese several times to rush out to call for reinforcements, but they were all politely rejected by Shen Zui. He repeatedly told Muhammad V that the rebellion would subside soon.The sultan of the Ottoman Empire really didn't know where the confidence of these Chinese soldiers came from.

Kemal, who couldn't wait for reinforcements anyway, decided not to wait any longer. He began to organize troops to attack the palace, but the guards of the palace were extremely strict. Two heavy machine guns erected at the entrance of the palace became a nightmare for the coup d'état. , A long string of flames formed a tight fire net, making it difficult for the coup d'etatists to advance.

Kemal's mood was extremely depressed. Everything was different from what he had imagined. The reinforcements did not arrive, and the support of the people was not seen. Now even Prince Mahmud's promise to find a way to remove the guards from the palace has come to naught. .

"General, the army has surrounded us from all sides, and we have failed!" A coup d'état ran over panting: "Please retreat quickly, rush out of the city, and go to the 19th Division. The soldiers there are loyal to you." of!"

Kemal watched blankly as his fighters fell one by one, feeling so powerless at this moment.Why, why did his own coup fail so disastrously?

Seeing that Kemal was still hesitating, the soldiers who participated in the coup d'état immediately set him up and rushed out, while the other coup soldiers frantically blocked the chasing enemy.After a sudden gunshot, a coup soldier who had only run a few steps immediately fell to the ground. After several consecutive gunshots, half of the soldiers around Kemal had fallen.The other soldiers held their guns and looked around in panic, but they didn't know where the elusive bullets were coming from.

Kemal finally gave up, and he said to his subordinates: "It's over, my brothers, stop bleeding, there are enemies everywhere, let this uprising end here."

But his subordinates still did not give up their efforts, two of them cleared the way ahead, and two of them protected the general all the way forward.

Soon, the ghostly gunshots rang out again, and the last few coup soldiers fell to the ground. On the huge street, only Kemal stood there alone, and he couldn't tell whether it was Funny or sad.

In the darkness, a voice asked softly, "Boss, do you want to go out and arrest him now?"

Shen Zui spat out the match stick in his mouth: "Arresting people is none of our business, we are only responsible for watching this person and not letting him escape."

Kemal was finally arrested by the guards of Mehmet V who were chasing up. When he was arrested, Kemal remained quite calm.The soldiers of the guard army were also full of respect for the legendary general of the Ottoman Empire. They didn't wear any torture equipment for him, but silently followed Kemal to the palace.

(End of this chapter)