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The Will of the Empire Chapter 872 Unstoppable Ambition

"There must be detailed planning and perfect preparation." Kemal calmed down at this time: "We need the support of the majority of people. Maybe the victory in the Dardanelles seems to be a mistake now. After the victory brought honor to me and my 19th Division, it also stabilized the rule of Muhammad V. Now there are many people who support him in the country, and if we want to succeed, we must have the full support of Prince Mahmoud, otherwise We will face tragic defeat, and the entire Ottoman Empire will face dire circumstances."

"No one will ignore the great power that is coming, and the prince is no exception." Seeing that Kemal has been moved, Gergut said happily: "I hope you can have a good communication with Prince Mahmud. In some You have a lot in common, and I am sure the Prince will support you in the end."

"I'm going to meet the prince right now." Kemal said ecstatically, "Perhaps as you said, Prince Mahmud will stand by our side and fight for the integrity of Turkey and the independence of the nation."

No matter how the situation on the battlefield develops, like a tiger hiding in a corner, China, which is recharging its energy, has stretched out its sharp minions and is determined to intervene in the internal affairs of the Ottoman Empire.As a channel to enter Europe in the future, China will never allow any mistakes in the Ottoman Empire, and all forces opposing this empire will be regarded as enemies by China.

Britain, Germany, France, Italy have been fighting back and forth for their respective interests in this country long enough, and now it's China's turn to take over the Ottoman Empire.

More than 270 people from the Dragon Army Special Brigade secretly drove into Istanbul, and got mixed up in the palace of Mehmet V without anyone knowing it. They shouldered the important task of defending the Sultan.

Muhammad V did not believe the rebellion that the Chinese said at all. It is absolutely impossible for Prince Mahmud and Kemal, the hero of the Ottoman Empire, to betray him. The man's warning was told as a joke to his brother Mahmud.

Mahmoud couldn't laugh at all, because Kemal was at his home at this time.For Kemal's suggestion, Mahmud strongly opposed it at first, but then Kemal described to him a bright prospect of the Ottoman Empire after he succeeded to the sultan, which made Mahmud's heart beat again.

The huge temptation of the "Sultan" eroded his reason like a devil, and he couldn't resist the entire Ottoman Empire in his own hands. Finally, Mahmoud compromised in front of his interests.He decided to betray his brother and control the fate of the Ottoman Empire by himself.

"It seems that the Chinese are already alert." Prince Mahmoud said, "The Sultan has told me about this today. Fortunately, he is not alert. Instead, he finds it very funny."

Kemal was a little nervous: "The Chinese people's sense of smell is too sensitive. I think we have to act early. Now that the British and the Soviets are arguing in Europe, and the power of the Chinese cannot reach here for the time being, even if they We noticed something happened, and we couldn’t react in time. We should close the border immediately and send heavy troops to defend it; we should transfer troops loyal to us from the inside, and attack suddenly while Muhammad V is still in the dark, abolish the Sultan and leave it to you position, and then withdraw from the Triple Alliance, make good friends with the British and the French, so that we only need to focus on dealing with the Chinese."

Mahmud said with some doubts: "It may not be difficult to overthrow Muhammad V, but have you considered the series of consequences caused by it? There are many Chinese and German officers in the territory of the Ottoman Empire, and they have a lot of knowledge. The imperial army will attack us fiercely at any time."

"The territorial integrity and national independence of the motherland are in danger, and only the will and perseverance of the nation can save national independence." Kemal said impassionedly: "Please believe that our army will stand on the side of justice and have With your voice, all imperial troops will unite around you; please believe in the awareness of the people of the empire, with your leadership we will be invincible. The 19th Infantry Division and I are ready, and a regiment of elite soldiers has arrived The outskirts of Istanbul can be driven into the city at any time. My Chief of Staff Gergut has already mixed into the city with hundreds of people. On the day of the uprising, they will open the city gate and let the righteous army roar in. Palace, get rid of Muhammad V and support your enthronement!"

"Well, since you are ready, I...I agree with your plan." Mahmud made his final decision: "For the future of the Ottoman Empire, I will take on this burden without hesitation. Kemal General, now I grant you the military command of the uprising, and promise you that after the uprising is successful, you will be the Minister of Military Affairs and form a new government."

Kemal's face was filled with excitement, and the long-awaited opportunity was right in front of him: "Prince, no, great sultan, I will not disappoint your expectations, please wait for the news of our victory! "

When Kemal left, the expression on Mahmoud's face completely changed, and he immediately called in his own guard captain: "How many armed forces can we mobilize?"

"There are 500 people who can be summoned immediately." The captain of the guard replied: "If necessary, I can find 500 people in eight hours."

"You don't need to look any further, 500 people are enough." Mahmoud said with a gloomy face, "I am closely monitoring Kemal, but you are not allowed to participate in his actions. If his uprising fails, then you immediately Find a way to get rid of him, and absolutely can't involve me in the slightest; if his uprising succeeds, he will be arrested immediately for treason and murder of the sultan, and he will be shot directly without any trial. This person is really terrible, And I have too much desire for power, and putting him by my side means that I am raising a tiger every day, who knows that one day he will overthrow me like Muhammad V."

At this point, it should be said that Kemal’s upcoming uprising aimed at overthrowing Muhammad V was doomed to be a tragedy from the very beginning. Not only China has learned about Kemal’s plot and is ready to put an end to the uprising, but even Internally, they also fight each other, thinking about getting rid of each other, and wanting to monopolize power.

When Shen Zui led the Dragon Army Special Brigade into Istanbul, his public identity was an officer of the Chinese Military Advisory Group. He brought not many people this time, but they were all the best of the best he carefully selected.

The task Guan Xuqing gave him and his troops was very simple, to assist Li Xianzhou and Zheng Jiemin to quell the rebellion in the Ottoman Empire, stabilize the local situation, and suppress all possible rioters. The elite soldiers who have fought a hundred battles are full of confidence.

"Now the situation is basically clear." Zheng Jiemin, who has accurate information, said: "The rebellion will take place in two days. Their goal is to open the city gate, attack the palace directly, force Muhammad V to abdicate, and then immediately withdraw from the Three Kingdoms alliance, which would do great harm to the cause of the Empire."

"Just arrest them." Shen Zui obviously dismissed these rebels: "In less than an hour, I can send them all bundled up here."

Zheng Jiemin smiled: "It's easy to catch them, but we have to take care of many things. After the victory in the defense of the Dardanelles, the Ottoman Empire attributed all the credit to Kemal Under the name, he suddenly became a national hero in Turkey, and he has many supporters, so the direct arrest may cause unnecessary turmoil in Turkey, which is not the result we want to see. Similarly, the victory of Dardanelles It also greatly enhanced the prestige of Muhammad V, making him look like a hardworking and promising king."

Li Xianzhou interjected: "The Seventh Army has completed its control of Istanbul. We have purged a large number of supporters of Kemal in the army. Now the entire army is completely in our hands. At the same time, in order to deal with possible unexpected situations, I have asked General Chen Jitang and the Lightning Troops to make emergency preparations, and if there is a change in information, the Lightning Troops will be able to arrive in Istanbul in just two days."

"Then the task of the Special Forces is to protect that so-called Muhammad V, what else do we need to do." Shen Zui is most concerned about this issue.

"Arrest Kemal publicly, and arrest Mahmud secretly." Zheng Jiemin replied: "We want to arrest Kemal in the name of a rebel, but for Mahmud, after all, we have no direct and public evidence to prove that he participated in the The rebellion happened, so we can only secretly control him within a certain range, and we need to inform the Germans and Enver to prepare. The ideal result is that Enver directly suppresses it, and we plan operations behind the scenes."

At this time in Istanbul, the old and new forces were fighting openly and secretly with each other, and both wanted to kill each other at once.In all fairness, once Kemal's coup is successful, it will be of great benefit to promoting Turkey's progress, but it is not in China's interest.

On the road to the rise of a great power, there will never be sympathy and mercy.There are only bloody massacres and conquests, and disgusting political intrigues and tricks.China's gentlemanly demeanor, tolerance and humility for thousands of years will only become the biggest and most stubborn stumbling block on China's road to hegemony!

The leader of a country will determine the temperament of the country. For example, what the rulers of the late Qing Dynasty brought to the Chinese people was backwardness, inferiority, and tolerance everywhere.And Guan Xuqing was undoubtedly very successful in this regard.His sentence "There is no fairness and justice between countries. If you want to gain the respect of other countries, you can only be faster than its knife and harder than its fist!" It has been deeply implanted in every Chinese. people's hearts.

Will of the Empire Chapter 873

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 the "Action Army" to abolish the then Sultan Abdul Hamid of the Ottoman Empire.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.Muhammad V, who kept trembling, frantically asked the guards to go out to resist, and at this time, the personal guard beside him was the "Thunderbolt Team" of the Dragon Army Special Brigade.Seeing that there were only a few dozen Chinese, Muhammad V became more and more worried. He urged the leading Chinese several times to rush out and ask for reinforcements, but they were all politely rejected by Shen Zui. He told Muhammad V repeatedly that the rebellion It will 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.