I, the grandson of the second emperor of the Ming Dynasty, earned 100 million taels at the beginning

"The airships are all supporting the Eastern Front, so they don't have the energy to take care of our side. Tell your brothers, save ammunition, hold on for a while, and new supplies will come."

The commander opened his mouth, and finally heaved a helpless sigh. Later, he calculated how to use the ammunition most effectively.

"Did you ever imagine that you would face such a result?"

After the commander left, Sa Xuer, who was holding a glass of water, stepped forward and stood beside Qi Yuan, looking at the battlefield in the distance.

"No one is a fool. They don't know how to dodge after being slapped. Omurad is a hero. He will naturally grow his memory after suffering a loss."

"We overhauled the civil works in Jerusalem, using all the defenses of Ming Dynasty. Although we tried our best to keep it secret, it's not a small thing. It can be hidden in the pocket of the bed so that people can't see it."

Retracting the binoculars and coming to the command table, looking at the map above, Qi Yuan said in a deep voice: "There is no easy war in this world. You are making progress, and the enemy is also making progress. What we have to do is not to sigh and get angry, but We should consider how to go further so that the enemy cannot catch up with us.”

"It seems you have a solution."

Noticing that Qi Yuan couldn't take his eyes off a certain position on the map, Sa Xuer understood that the other party probably had an idea in his mind.

"I have communicated with the Chief of the Navy. They are currently repairing on the island of Cyprus and preparing for the next step."

"what's the plan?"

Sasher became interested.

Qi Yuan glanced at him and smiled, then turned and walked towards the radio room in the next room.

Just as Sa Xuer was about to follow, she was stopped by Qi Yuan's guards.

"The commander ordered that no one can enter the telegraph room during the battle."

Saxuer glanced at the guard and nodded, then turned around holding the water glass and walked to the observation port, continuing to watch the shelling.

Entering the telegraph room, Qi Yuan pondered for a while and said to the communications soldier: "Send a telegram to Commander Li and tell him that I plan to personally lead the troops to cooperate with him in attacking Fort Standing, and ask him if he would like to cooperate."

If there is no way, then proceed from other places, this is the thought in Qi Yuan's mind at this time.

Aleppo has been built into a strong line of defense by the enemy, and it will take some time to take it down.

Qi Yuan couldn't wait so long, he decided to leave one legion to entangle the opponent, and he took the remaining three main legions to attack Constantinople with the navy.

Destroyed the important military base of Ottoman, and then attacked Nicaea, completely cutting off the enemy's logistics in one fell swoop.

Regardless of whether the enemy will withdraw troops or not, Ottoman's land in East Asia will be completely out of control.

Although this did not achieve the goal of occupying this area, it also completed the plan to cooperate with the Eastern Front.

The Navy responded very quickly.

Li Hu, who was still troubled by the fact that the navy could only launch a sea attack and could not further land and destroy Constantinople, agreed to come down without saying a word after receiving the telegram from Qi Yuan, and also agreed on where to board the ship.

Although a plan to cooperate with the navy was made, the fighting in Aleppo did not stop during the day, and it still gave the opponent a deadly look.

However, until the second day, Omura

De was shocked to find that the Ming army gave up the defensive line that they had managed to grab yesterday, and also erected a defensive line in the distance, confronting them.

"There are not as many people as yesterday?"

In Aleppo City Lord's Mansion, Omurad frowned and looked at the returning spies.

"Yes, Your Majesty, we checked from a distance. Although there are still so many tents, there are not many people inside them and in the trenches."

"And we have also detected around, there are traces of a large group of people marching. According to our judgment, some of their troops may have left yesterday."

Frowning and letting the spies leave to continue the discussion, Omurad folded his hands behind his back and frowned as he looked at the map behind him.

"Ochiben, tell me what you think!"

After looking at the map and thinking for a long time, Omurad, who had no clue, turned around and looked at his most trusted general, Ochbenli.

Aoqigen, who was defeated outside Jerusalem, was not punished when he returned, but was warmly received by Omurad.

In the words of Aumurad: Although you were defeated in this battle, you tested the general strength of the Ming army and learned about the configuration of the Ming army's weapons, which provided great help for future operations.

Deeply moved by Aoqi's ability, after expressing his loyalty to Omurad, he spoke out the various defensive methods he came up with after encountering the Ming army.

With the combination of the two and the intelligence from the spies, Aleppo's defense line was established.

The result was very obvious. The Ming army really suffered a disadvantage in this and successfully blocked the progress of the Ming army.

Aoqi stepped forward, looked at the map buffer and said: "Our defense line is very strong. I have seen their ammunition, which cannot be produced by ordinary handwork. It must be manufactured in a factory. It is very far away from their homeland. The way they play, their stockpile of ammunition won't last long."

"So I guess, if they want to break the situation, they have to find another way."

"Based on their arrangement today, I have a rough guess in my mind. He should use some troops to entangle our main force, and then other troops will break through from other places, completely cutting off our logistics line, leaving us alone and helpless. I had no choice but to retreat, or fight them to the death.”

"But these two options, no matter which one we choose, will lead to a dead end."

"Without a solid line of defense, our weapons are no match for them at all. Once we encounter them in a place without a line of defense, we will definitely lose."

Omurad nodded, looking at the hanging map, lost in thought.

The Ming army wanted to cut off their logistics line, and there were only two ways to go.

First, go around from their west, but the roads there have been controlled by the Ottomans. It is impossible for the Ming army to pass by without moving the Ottoman army.

Second, that is to bypass the Timur Empire.

However, on the side of the Timurid Empire, there are Gobi and deserts. The large army has no logistical supplies, and even if it passes by, it will become a lone army.

And more importantly, after experiencing the black death, within a thousand miles around Aleppo, there are few people except the army.

If the Ming army went around hastily, not only would they fail to achieve the desired results, but the convenience of food alone would probably collapse them.

"Could it be that I was thinking too much, they actually retreated."

After thinking for a long time, he felt that the Ming army hadn't bypassed the possible Omurad, and his brows were tightly knit together.

"Report, there is important news from the Navy."

An officer ran in quickly, and handed a letter to Aumurad anxiously.

Seeing the officer's tense expression, Omurad was startled. He quickly took the letter and read it at a glance.

When he saw the content clearly, his body staggered violently.

"Your Majesty the King!"

Aoqi Benli, who was on the side, quickly supported Omurad.

"The navy was defeated, and the loss was heavy,

Only dozens of ships withdrew back, and all the others were buried in the sea. "

Aumurad's words, like a bolt from the blue, made everyone present tremble violently.

"not good!"

Ochbenli didn't know what he thought of, and suddenly exclaimed, and then said anxiously to Omurad: "Navy, it's the navy, he wants to use the way of naval transportation to launch an attack from other places just like me. "

The reason why Aoqi has such a guess is that he relied on the navy to attack Jerusalem in the first place.

The general on the opposite side, seeing that Aleppo could not break through, or because he did not want to bear greater losses, chose the same method as him to use naval transportation to cut off the logistics of the main Ottoman army from the rear.

Hearing Ochbenli's words, Omurad struggled to stand up, staggered to the side of the map, and quickly searched the map with his eyes.

After looking around, he fixed his eyes on one position, and his eyes instantly turned red.

"Damn it, their target is probably Constantinople!"

It is not a secret that Constantinople is the military base of the Alliance of Allah. If the Ming army wants to investigate, they will definitely be able to investigate.

The navy of the Ming army won the victory and gained control of the sea. If Omurad was the commander of the opponent, he would definitely destroy the military Fort Tandin, an important military base of the Alliance of Allah, as soon as possible.

As long as Constantinople is destroyed, the weapon logistics of the Alliance of Allah will be severely hit. It is simply impossible to establish such a large supply base in a short period of time. Multiple craftsmen to manufacture weapons and ammunition.

Without the supplement of weapons and ammunition, the coalition army led by Omurad had no other choice but to switch back to the previous cold weapons.

Thinking of this, Omurad yelled at Aoqi's skills: "Send people back to Constantinople immediately, and let them move out and retreat immediately! Hurry up, or it will be too late."

Chapter 381: The era of buddies has changed, now is the era of firearms!

"Everyone, please look at my research results!"

Today's Constantinople is extremely lively. An old craftsman with gray hair gathered in a hall and started a monthly discussion meeting.

As soon as the meeting started, an old man with age spots on his face stood up excitedly.

The people who were communicating stopped talking and looked at him.

I saw that the old man was raising his hand proudly, and in his hand was a bullet wrapped in paper.

"Everyone, after my research on Daming bullets, I have figured out their principle."

The old man first put the bullet in his hand on the table next to him, then clapped his hands, and two soldiers carried a large wooden board to the podium.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, the old man walked to the edge of the board, took out a stick and began to explain.

On the wooden board is an anatomical diagram of the fixed bullets that Daming is currently using. Although the drawing is somewhat abstract, anyone who has seen the bullets of Daming can recognize them at a glance.

"According to my research, their bullets have a total of five parts."

Knocking on the wooden board, the old man proudly said: "The first is the bullet head, which is the main item for killing the enemy, and the second is the bullet casing, which is forged from copper. According to my research, the reason why Daming chose to use copper to make bullets The shell is because the toughness and lubricity of copper are very strong, after the bullet is fired, pulling out the bolt will not prevent the bullet from jamming and malfunctioning.”

"Of course, there may be other factors, but I'm still researching, and I believe it won't be long before there will be results."

"And the third type is the propellant."

As he spoke, he took out a cup and poured out some granular sand.

"Da Ming's gunpowder is not powder type like us, but is made into this granular type."

"According to my research, making gunpowder into particles can make the gunpowder burn better and exert greater kinetic energy."

"I don't know how they did it, but I mixed egg whites with gunpowder and it worked."

"Then there's number four and number five, which is the most important, and that's the firing mechanism."

As he spoke, he took out a model with one side dented.

"This is the magnified shape of the Daming firing device. It contains a white transparent powder. I haven't researched the specifics, but according to my observations, it should be a mixture of several medicines."

The people below were speechless for a while.

You haven't researched it yet, so what a fart.

Ignoring everyone's scornful eyes, the old man continued: "Although I haven't researched what kind of percussion medicine Daming used, I have researched the same item from strong acid and other items. I call it Thunder Mercury."

As he spoke, he took out some powder, tapped it lightly under everyone's gaze, and with a bang, the powder burned instantly.

In an instant, everyone's eyes widened. The Ottoman officials in charge of the management here were beating with excitement.

Seeing everyone's shocked expressions, the old man smiled triumphantly and waved to a soldier. The soldier ran over quickly and handed him a repaired Daming rifle.

"This is a Ming Dynasty breech-loading pistol. I will use it to test the bullets I made."

"I have to say that we are far behind Daming in terms of gun manufacturing. Gentlemen who study guns still need to work harder."

While loading the bullets, the old man also despised the craftsmen who studied guns.

Hearing this contempt, the faces of the old men in a certain area pulled down instantly. It was obvious that they studied guns.

"At first I thought, use the same copper bullets as Daming, I think we can do what Daming can do."

"However, I overestimated myself. Bullet casings seem simple, but they are actually very troublesome to manufacture, because we cannot make a uniform standard."

"Back-loading guns are very strict on sealing. If the bullets are not standard, it is easy to cause air leakage, and the power of the bullets flying out will be greatly weakened, and it may even be inferior to the front-loading flintlock."

"In desperation, I thought of another type of bullet we seized, which is the paper shell bullet used by Daming called the second-generation rifle."

"But the friction of paper is too great. Even if it is made in a standard size, it is very laborious to stuff it into the barrel of a gun."

"So I changed my mind and thought of using oil as a lubricant, and successfully produced a bullet belonging to our Alliance of Allah."

While the old man was explaining, he also loaded the bullet in his hand into the barrel of the gun.

Under everyone's gaze, he raised his gun and aimed at a target that had been prepared long ago.

"boom!"

There was a puff of gunpowder smoke from the muzzle, and a hole appeared in the wall next to the target.

The old man handed the gun to the soldier next to him, and shrugged his shoulders to everyone, "Obviously, I'm not a good soldier!"

"Hahaha……"

A burst of laughter rang out in the auditorium, accompanied by intense applause, cheering for the craftsman who developed the bullet.