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Chapter 256: The Ottoman Empire Lying Down and Being Shot (Part II)


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Türkiye, Port of Izmir.

Izmir is an ancient city with a long history and has been a famous tourist destination in later generations.

There are many places of interest here, such as the ancient bell tower, the 15th-century Hisar Mosque, and the remains of the Temple of Artemis, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.

There are also world-famous monuments such as the ruins of the ancient Greek city of Ephesus and the last retreat of the Virgin Mary.

The scenery here is also very beautiful.

The green mountains and clear water set off the wide seaside avenue under the palm trees.

The Aegean Sea is slightly rippled, lapping at the long seawall.

Fish such as phoenix tail and silver arrow frequently jump out of the water.

Groups of seagulls Flying between the waves, the water and the sky meet, the scenery is breathtaking.

However, these things are no longer meaningful to the officers and soldiers of the 10th Cruiser Detachment.

Originally, in order to show their gratitude for escorting them all the way, the Ottomans planned to treat them to a few days of fun in the local area.

However, just after a night's rest ashore, an emergency order was received from the country in the morning.

The order stated that the Ottomans were about to be in a state of war and required their 10th Cruiser Detachment to immediately start organizing the evacuation of overseas Chinese.

There is no way, Russia is about to start a war with the Ottomans, and the personnel in the Ottomans must be withdrawn immediately, so as not to be harmed later.

And now that the Tenth Cruiser Detachment happens to be in Osman, this task is naturally given to them.

"According to the information provided to us by the Chinese Embassy in Ottoman, our country has approximately 12,030 permanent staff in Ottoman, most of whom are staff of the Asia-Europe Railway.

Because we need to maintain the normal operation of the railway, these staff are not required All go back.

There are about 4,700 people here for short-term stays such as business activities and tourism, and this group of people are mainly evacuated. " The main officers of the 10th Cruiser Detachment gathered on the flagship Yinghe for a meeting, and now the chief of staff was introducing the situation.

"This evacuation operation will be divided into land and sea routes.

According to arrangements from superiors, most people will take trains to return home via the Asia-Europe Railway.

Only those near seaports and those far away from the railway will be evacuated by sea."

"Currently, our country's embassies and consulates in the Ottoman Empire have notified people who need to evacuate to gather at various gathering points.

The gathering points we are responsible for this time include Istanbul, Izmir, Tekirdag, and Antali.

Asia, Bandelma and other eight port cities” After the chief of staff finished introducing the situation, Li Ang looked at the map again and said: "If we want to evacuate people as soon as possible, it is best for our detachment to split up.

We now have six ships, and we will split up to Istanbul, Tekirdag and other places first. , after picking up the people, we will gather here, then pick up the local people, and finally pick them up in Antalya, and then you can go back."

"I agree, split operations are the most efficient."

The political commissar first agreed with Li Ang's plan, and the other captains had no objections.

At this time, a lieutenant colonel stood up and said: "Captain, our oil tanker can't carry many people."

This was Captain Wang of the "Qingyi Island" high-speed oil supply ship.

This time, because it was an ocean escort mission and also had to take care of the Ottoman fleet, the 10th Cruiser Detachment also temporarily incorporated two auxiliary ships, namely the "Qingyi Island" oil supply ship and the "Longmen Island" food supply ship.

Both of these ships are 10,000-ton ships.

The "Qingyi Island" oil supply ship has a nominal capacity of 15,500 tons, a maximum speed of 20 knots, and can carry 9,000 tons of heavy oil.

The "Longmen Island" catering supply ship has a displacement of 18,700 tons, a maximum speed of 20 knots, a backup water reservoir and food cold storage on the ship, which can carry 3,000 tons of fresh water and 5,000 tons of food.

There is also a seawater desalination plant and a food and beverage processing plant on the ship. , can process and manufacture a variety of foods and beverages such as biscuits, bacon, fish floss, juice, etc.

Although the "Tsing Yi Island" is a large ship of 15,000 tons, most of the space is an oil depot, and people cannot be loaded into the oil depot.

"Well, let's build some temporary houses on the deck with scaffolding, wooden boards and canvas.

You can go to the nearest meeting point.

It won't take long anyway, just hold on for a few days and wait until we meet up."

Li Ang After thinking for a while he said.

After the meeting, everyone immediately started working.

That afternoon, six Chinese warships left the port of Izmir and headed toward their respective targets.

The evacuation was very smooth this time, because there were not many Chinese people here.

Most of them left by railway.

Only less than 1,000 people followed Li Ang and others by sea.

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China's evacuation operation went smoothly, but Osman, one of the protagonists of the incident, was furious.

To say that the Ottomans were really unlucky this time, originally they had no intention of getting involved in the European war.

The neutral countries were the most annoying when it came to counting money and fighting.

The European War is a huge pit, and millions of lives have been trapped in it.

The Ottoman Empire lost more than half of its territory in Europe due to the Balkan War and lost more than 3 million people.

Now the country has less than 23 million people.

It would not be a good deal to get involved casually.

Moreover, the most important point is that the Ottomans in this plane did not order battleships from Britain.

Everyone knows that in the history of the original time and space, the important reason why the Ottomans participated in the war was that they ordered two super-dreadnoughts in the UK, but they were shamelessly hacked by the British.

One of the two battleships is the Reis-Sadih class.

As an enlarged and improved version of the Royal Navy's most advanced battleship, the George V class, the Ottoman Navy, which had been waiting for it for a long time, was elated and immediately placed an order for two ships, the first of which was built.

For the Reis Sadeh.

This time, the British were uncharacteristically conscientious and did not thin the armor of the warships like the battleships sold to other countries.

Instead, they gave the Chilean battleship Admiral La Torre, which was under construction at the same time, a full 12-inch waterline armor belt.

The armored belt was only 9 inches thick.

With Niu Niu's integrity, his intentions are very suspicious.

It is estimated that Ya has never prepared to deliver goods to Türkiye, and this is indeed the result.

After the battleship was hacked, it was renamed "Ireland" and incorporated into the British Navy.

The other ship is the "Sultan Osman I", which is the sacred object of the Multi-turret Cult and a unique seven-turret battleship.

This ship was originally ordered by Brazil.

Later, Brazil had to resell it to other countries because of its strong heavy equipment faction within the navy.

The ship was resold to Turkey at the end of 1913 and continued to be built.

After the outbreak of World War I, it was hacked by the British and then incorporated into the Royal Navy and named "Agincourt".

You know, the Turks spent a full 7 million pounds (about 68.13 million yuan) on these two super-dreadnoughts.

Niuniu beat the Ottomans hard in terms of price.

The cost of these two battleships did not exceed 400 at most.

The better 10,000-pound Iron Duke only costs 1.89 million pounds.

This money was the result of Turkey tightening its belt, so it was fine to be ripped off in terms of price, but now even the warships have been hacked, and no one can bear this.

So the Turks were so angry that they joined the Allies camp.

However, things have changed on this level.

Originally, Turkey was planning to order it in the UK, but at that time China's Fuxi-class was launched, and the US Navy also took a fancy to this warship and immediately announced that it would also start building it.

Suffering from this stimulation, Niu Niu and other great powers also adjusted their shipbuilding plans.

As a result, the Turks' intention to order warships was of no concern.

The Turkish representatives who went to order warships were treated coldly and looked down upon in London.

When they proposed to review the drawings, they were not only rejected, but also ridiculed.

Turks also have tempers.

Why should I buy a ball after being treated so humiliatingly?

Come on, you are so awesome about the British Empire.

If I don’t sell out the Turkish delegation, I’ll go home angrily.

In the history of the original time and space, Turkey was also made things difficult by the British, but it was not so serious, and they had no other choice at the time, so they had to hold their noses and admit it.

Why is there no other option?

At that time, there were only a few first-class powers capable of building dreadnoughts.

Countries in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean such as France, Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Russia had no hope.

They would certainly not be willing to add an opponent to themselves.

Germany could do that, but they were too busy making dumplings.

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Their own shipbuilding capabilities were not enough, and it was impossible to free up shipyards for the Ottomans to build.

As for the United States and Japan, they have both ability and leisure, but Ottoman just doesn't like them.

Moreover, Britain's reputation as the world's largest navy is still very bluffing.

But this plane is a little different.

Because of the intensification of the shipbuilding competition, the Ottomans did not hang themselves from a tree.

After they were angry, they were ready to choose from other countries.

China's Fuxi-class has been tested in actual combat, has manufacturing capabilities, and most importantly, does not require cash.

Therefore, after seeing the results of the Sino-Japanese naval battle, Turkey tends to choose Chinese products.

Facts have also proved that Chinese products are indeed more conscientious.

They have successively ordered a fleet in China.

The total cost is only more than 12.1 million pounds, which is far more powerful than the Reiss Sadeh class they originally planned to order.

-class battleship, the unit price is only 3.5 million pounds.

The world's most powerful Fatih-class aircraft carrier has a unit price of only 1.5 million pounds.

Six Minjiang-class light cruisers cost 4.2 million pounds, six Zhuhai-class destroyers cost 1.62 million pounds, and six Type 901 submarines cost 1.38 million pounds.

The most important thing is that these ships only cost less than 5 million pounds in cash, and the rest were exchanged for useless sand and kind.

In other words, the Ottomans in this plane did not have their warships hacked by Niu Niu, so they had no intention of getting involved in the European war.

Now they were very happy just collecting tolls from the Eurasian Railway, not to mention the money they made from selling supplies to the Allies.

But the Allies couldn't see them living a happy life, so Russia came to ask them to lend them a road.

This kind of request is obviously bullying, and Osman will certainly not agree.

So Russia used this as an excuse to declare war on them.

This is simply like sitting at home, and disaster comes from the sky.

It is really like being shot while lying down

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