Chapter 829 Excavation of the Suez Canal In fact, the Duke of Morales of Spain was not very interested in the war.In the classical period of warfare, equipment and discipline became important conditions for the defeat of the opponent.Since the Macedonian phalanx founded by Alexander the Great, and later the Roman phalanx, the heavy cavalry phalanx of the Byzantine Empire, including the current Spanish phalanx, the Polish hussar formation, and the British linear tactics, in fact, to put it bluntly, have a common characteristic.There is a strong emphasis on soldier discipline and courage, putting oneself in the face of the enemy's attack, and treating oneself as a part of a machine, so as to achieve the goal of defeating the enemy.Spain has fought with the Ottoman Empire, Tsarist Russia, Scotland, England, Prussia, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway over the years, and the battle patterns of both sides are basically the same, lined up in dense formations, and launched attacks until one side can no longer hold on and collapses and admits defeat.The Duke of Morales wanted nothing more than to bypass the Spanish governor of Mexico and trade directly with the Ming Dynasty.Both the Portuguese and the Dutch gained the coveted right to do business freely in the Ming Dynasty, and established diplomatic relations with them.The Spaniards' trade rights need to go through the Mexican Viceroyalty, which is not only a matter of efficiency, but also a matter of being stripped by the Mexican vampires.In the eyes of the Spaniards, Daming is an overseas market with considerable potential, which is a concept that Li Xin instilled in him - a win-win situation.Of course, Morales is just a politician, he doesn't know economics, you must know that anyone who knows a little about economics will not completely open the market with Daming at this time.At this time, it would be hell if the open market can be a win-win situation.Just like Quan Xu, although he controls the trade route with the Ming Dynasty in later generations, but this trade route is not fair, although gold is a good thing, but the goods in later generations are too expensive, and the more high-tech things, the higher the added value.Almost ninety percent of the gold that Quan Xu has obtained over the years has been sent to future generations, a full thousand tons of gold, but if you want to directly copy an industrial Ming from later generations, let alone thousands of tons of gold, even if it is tens of thousands of tons of gold, I am afraid it is far from enough.Therefore, Quan Xu can only grope for the time being, and from time to time pick up some rags and use them.At this time, the Spaniards, who were enjoying the fruits of the Age of Discovery, did not realize what it meant for a backward country to trade freely with a behemoth whose national strength and culture had thrown themselves several streets away.Not to mention Spain alone, even if it is the whole of Europe, Europe at this time is not the Europe with colonies all over the world and outstanding industrial strength, the colonies have not been deeply developed at all, and the whole Europe has nothing to export to make money.However, the silk, tea, porcelain, spices, furniture, steel, machinery, equipment, etc. of the Ming Dynasty were luxury goods that fascinated the whole of Europe, and the demand exceeded the supply.This also means that the so-called bilateral trade is actually unilateral dumping!
This is not the Ming Dynasty knocking on the door of the Spanish Empire with a cannon, but the Spaniards came to the door by themselves, and they themselves wanted to establish bilateral trade relations with the Ming Dynasty.I didn't even want to watch this battle, so I wanted to go directly to Daming to see if Daming was like Zeng Dezhao said, everyone lived and worked in peace and contentment, and gold was everywhere.The whole of Europe will be eclipsed in front of the Ming Dynasty.Standing in front of the formation, looking at the Ottoman Empire's military formation, Li Xin pursed his lips and said with a calm smile: "There is no growth!"
”As early as the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Turkic Khanate was a formidable force, they were angry and strong, coming and going in the wind, crisscrossing the desert, invincible, at the height of their territory across the Eurasian continent, in the east like a giant ancient pressed on the head of the Central Plains Dynasty, pressing the Central Plains Dynasty breathlessly.The Turks are too strong to fight, so let them split, so Yang Jian sent Pei Ju and Changsun Sheng to envoy the Turks, and after some operation, the powerful Turks were divided into five.Then there was the struggle between the five khans, who fought each other for several years, and finally split into two Turks, the Eastern and Western Turks.After the split, the Eastern Turks were still very strong, but their luck was too bad, and when they encountered the rise of the Tang Dynasty, Li Jing's 3,000 elite attacked Yinshan at night, and the Eastern Turks became history.Within a few years, Su Dingfang, a madman who destroyed the country, led the Tang army westward, and defeated the Western Turks in a battle.After the fall of the Western Turks, only Xue Yantuo remained in the Turkic Empire, what should I do?
Then continue to fight, and then it was Li Ji's turn to play, the battle of Nuozhenshui, Li Ji led 6,000 Tang troops to dismount and fight, charging with a lance, and a wave of pigs suddenly defeated Xue Yantuo's 200,000 army, and Xue Yantuo was finished.These achievements sound like a myth, but the problem is that the Tang Dynasty seems to have been born as the nemesis of the Turks, and the Turks of the Tang Dynasty have not been able to make any big waves.Even in the late Tang Dynasty, the Huangchao rebellion captured Chang'an, the Tang army still fought in the north to call the Turkic Shatuo Department to call Dad, when the Tang Dynasty perished, countless Jiedu envoys have set themselves up as kings, separating one side, but the Shatuo Department is still fighting to support this crumbling empire, fighting Zhu Wen, fighting Khitan, fighting ......
In short, whoever dares to touch Datang, they will fight whomever they want, as if they have become the last guardian of Datang.Of course, if you want to talk about the relationship between the Ottoman Empire and the Turks, it is probably Attila, the whip of God, they are indeed a branch of the Western Turks, and after hundreds of years of wandering, they finally achieved the current Ottoman Empire.However, they are still in the era when cold weapons are king, there are almost no artillery, and there are very few muskets, such an army fights against the Ming army?
Are they head irons?
If the Ming army was still an army in the era of cold weapons, with broadswords and spears as the main weapons, then the Ottoman army would not have any problems at all.But the problem is that the current Ming is not the Ming of the past."
And so they charged?"
There was no artillery reconnaissance, no temptation, no detour, just like a huge bull, it crashed into it fiercely."
The Ottoman Empire's leader of the battle should be killed!""
It's just a butcher, and he doesn't treat their soldiers as human beings at all!"
However, from the side of the Ottoman Empire, there was no suspense in this war, and the Ming Dynasty only dispatched six infantry regiments, that is, an integrated infantry brigade, about 9,500 people.The Ottoman Empire, on the other hand, had more than 50,000 men, including more than 18,000 cavalry, more than 30,000 infantry, and more than 2,000 noble officers.When the Ottoman cavalry, which was the first to attack, entered a range of more than 800 meters, the brigade artillery began to fire 120 mm heavy mortars.As the eighteen one hundred and twenty mortars were prepared, the red signal flag was waved heavily, and the shells fell into the chambers, and then with a muffled thud, the shells flew into the air and fell towards the Ottoman cavalry formation."
Boom ......"
The Ottoman cavalry flew into the air like pieces of paper, and the loud explosion of the cannonballs shook everyone's minds to a blank, and everything was as terrifying as a nightmare in their frozen sight.The Ottoman soldiers near the blast site either disappeared in a flash of light from the explosion, or were blown high by the blast wave, and then tore to pieces and fell in a rain of blood.The Ottoman cavalry, who were a little farther away, were swept to the ground by their horses, and they sat down on the ground, they covered their ears with their hands and screamed, but even they themselves could not hear their own voices, and the hot and viscous liquid gushed out from their ears, and a smear of crimson was blood!
They were deafened!
The 120 mortars were followed by 82 mortars at the regimental level, and 60 mortars at the division level, and in addition to the 18 120 mortars, an infantry brigade also had 9 82-mm mortars and 54 60 mortars in each regiment.A brigade has a total of 126 artillery pieces, which is not too weak during World War I and World War II.Of course, the Ming Royal Army is not equipped with heavy howitzers, because there is no need for it at this time, and when it really encounters a city, mortars are enough to solve the battle.At first, Morales really didn't notice the artillery of the Ming Royal Army, thinking that it was the same as the field artillery of the Spanish Empire, in fact, the artillery in the Spanish phalanx was not small, about twenty-four, if the number of three Spanish regiments was about the same as the number of a brigade of the Ming Royal Army.There will also be as many as seventy-two guns, but most of the troops will not be fully loaded.The machine guns didn't even have time to fire, and the 126 guns of various calibers bombarded indiscriminately, and the Ottoman army directly herded the sheep.They covered their ears and screamed in the falling meteors, running wildly, trying to find a safe place to escape the fire.But where can they hide when shells rain down?
From time to time, shells fell into the crowd, and after a loud bang, there was a rain of blood, and broken limbs and rags flew in the air, which was terrible!
The mere shelling had already made them desperate, and in the face of such an opponent, they had no hope of victory, and they could get nothing but destruction!
Some people are like that, they won't be honest if they don't beat them up.In just half an hour of fighting, the Ottoman army of about 50,000 people collapsed, about 7,000 people were killed or wounded, and the rest surrendered on their knees.Those who escaped may have been just Mamluk legions that began to surround the fleeing Ottoman army, and more than 80,000 prisoners were sent to the Ming Suzhou City in just over a day.When Hong Chengchou came to Suzhou City, he was looking at the hordes of captives walking in front of him, these Ottomans were very honest, as if they were sheep."
Congratulations to Yang Shuai, another big victory!"
Hong Chengchou hurriedly reported the good news to Yang Yandong.Yang Yandong smiled faintly: "Lord Hong came just in time, there is an important matter that needs to be handed over to you!"
”Hong Chengchou's brows furrowed slightly: "Digging the Suez Canal?
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