Chapter 261 Emperor Daoguang enters Persia! (Please subscribe, please vote)

"Cheap but effective offshore defense ships, and using them to guard Ali Pasha's heart in the Red Sea is no small feat!"

"It's not that you are being arrogant, but you know that Britain, Rakshasa, and France are not fuel-efficient lamps. If they don't have a few good things to save their lives, they will not be able to serve as great powers."

"Great powers? Just rely on Egypt?"

"Daozi, don't look down on Egypt. Egypt is not weak. Lower Egypt plus Egypt covers an area of ​​no less than 3 million square kilometers. Most of the Red Sea belongs to Ali. If we take Syria and Baghdad, it will be better

Including Najd and Hanjaz on the Arabian Peninsula, the land area is 6 million square kilometers, and among them, Lower Egypt, Syria, and Baghdad have been prosperous and prosperous places since ancient times."

"Shao'an, I didn't expect you to be an expert in Egypt!"

"That's right. I was a military attaché at the embassy in Constantinople. I'm familiar with this area of ​​West Asia and North Africa."

On the battleship Tang Wang, Zhuge Weidao, Li Chenghui, Chen Jian, Guo Xiaobao and others were watching the landing at Qeshm while discussing the terms of the Egyptian Governor Ali Pasha.

Ali's conditions were not addressed to the Persian Gulf Fleet, but to the Ming court. However, the Ming court still asked the Navy Ministry to telegraph the request for military aid to the Persian Gulf Fleet, and asked the fleet headquarters to provide

suggestion.

To be honest, Ali Pasha's requirements are not high, but his ambition is not small either. He is not willing to be a chess piece, let alone a chess board, but wants to turn around and become a chess player!

To be a chess player here in the Middle East, it is not enough to have a relatively powerful modern army, but also a navy that can handle it and can block the Red Sea, a maritime traffic artery, at critical moments - this Ali

Pasha did not choose the Suez Canal, but chose the Red Sea to start, which was obviously something he had carefully considered.

The Suez Canal was not easy to win. Several fortresses were built along the canal, stationed by the British, French, Austrian, Prussian, Rakshasa, Turkish, and Egyptian armies. The Ming Dynasty could also garrison troops, but the Ming Dynasty was still afraid to

Be happy without getting involved.

If Egypt wants to move the Suez Canal, not only will it be difficult to fight, but it will also offend a large number of foreign powers - because once the Suez Canal starts fighting, no one will even think about it!

But if we start on the Red Sea, the situation will be different. The entrances at both ends of the Red Sea are relatively narrow, but the inside is also two to three hundred kilometers wide! If you fight here, you can still get through by taking a detour.

In addition, the length of the Red Sea is more than 2,000 kilometers, and both sides of the strait are either already controlled by Ali Pasha, or they can easily be controlled by Ali Pasha. Therefore, Ali Pasha only needs to deploy a shallow-water heavy gunboat and third-class cruiser in the Red Sea.

, a "small pool fleet" composed of destroyers and torpedo boats can give Ali Pasha enough bargaining chips when competing with the great powers.

With chips, he can win more sovereignty for his Arab Empire! And if a country with millions of square kilometers, spanning two continents of Asia and Africa, and a population of 10 to 20 million people will discover oil in the future,

If we can have true independence, we will definitely become a great power in the future.

However, it is impossible for a "small pool fleet" to win sovereignty for Ali Pasha once and for all!

Because naval technology will definitely develop rapidly in the next twenty or thirty years, even if the Ming Dynasty really gave Ali Pasha good things, it would be impossible to maintain his status as a great power for three to five years.

Today's shallow-water gunboats, torpedo boats, third-class cruisers, and destroyers will all be useless and obsolete equipment in three to five years, even if Ming Dynasty equips them with gas steam torpedoes and airships.

Thinking of this, Zhuge Weidao smiled and said: "Let's do this. We have four Four Heavenly Kings ships that have been converted into shallow water heavy gunships. We can give him two of them, two third-class cruisers, and destroyers and torpedo boats for the court to see."

If you give me some money, you can also give him some airships. With so many good things, Ali Pasha should have the courage to jump out and fight for the future of a great power for the Egyptian people."

As soon as he finished speaking, the bridge of the Tang Wang suddenly burst into joy.

"Success!"

"Landed successfully!"

"The Persian Gulf is ours!"

Zhuge Weidao raised the telescope in his hand and took a look. It turned out that the marines who had landed on Qeshm Island had raised the sun and moon flag of the Ming Dynasty at a small fishing port on the island.

Although it was an expected result, it was a new territory after all, and the soldiers could record one more achievement in their merit books!

Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, Caspian Camp of the Kingdom of Jin.

The eight flags are fluttering and warriors are like a forest.

The Eighty Thousand Eight Banners troops, wearing warm hats and neat blue, white, red, and yellow mandarin jackets, stood silently. These blue, white, red, and yellow mandarin jackets are the new military uniforms of the Eight Banners soldiers.

Emperor Daoguang bought it for his subordinates after receiving compensation from the British (Indians).

Although it is still "ancient costume", it looks much stronger than the cotton armor gun helmet, and it is also much lighter.

The clothes were changed, and the equipment was of course much better. Rifles, machine guns, pistols, waist knives, grenades, and all kinds of marching equipment were all on their backs or hung on the bodies of the soldiers.

In addition, the establishment and organization of the Eight Banners Army has also improved. The 80,000 Eight Banners force is now organized into four divisions. Each division is composed of two brigades and four regiments. The division headquarters also has an artillery regiment and an engineering regiment.

, baggage corps and cavalry regiment, each division has more than 20,000 men when fully equipped.

It is worth mentioning that the direct artillery regiments of these four divisions are all very powerful! It is no longer the original kind of light artillery with a caliber of 70mm and 75mm to make up the numbers - the original kind of troops used to fight in Central Asia

It's okay to fight in a sports battle, but it's not enough to fight in a really tough battle.

By sending mercenaries to participate in the Eighth Rakshasa-Turkish War, the Kingdom of Jin already knows how the truly fierce land wars in the world are fought!

Therefore, Emperor Daoguang spent a lot of time after the rails were laid to Xianmen Pass (originally this "rail" was to be laid to Rakshasa, but later Rakshasa disagreed, and Daoguang changed his mind, so it was laid to Xianmen Pass).

A lot of money was spent to introduce 155mm caliber towed howitzers from the Ming Dynasty. Each division's direct artillery regiment had a battalion of 155 howitzers, a total of 12 guns.

In addition, a division direct artillery regiment also has two battalions of 120mm howitzers, and each battalion is also equipped with 12 cannons!

Adding to the four already formed Eight Banners Army Divisions, there are a total of 144 large-caliber artillery pieces of 100 mm or more. As for light artillery and mortars of less than 100 mm, the number is even greater.

Standing on a high platform with loudspeakers and looking at the 80,000 elite soldiers below and the cannons and machine guns laid out, Emperor Daoguang felt so proud in his heart!

With this strength, if the bearded king of Persia really doesn’t know what “decency” is, then the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers will have no choice but to teach him decency!

After taking Persia, Daikin realized its dream of more than a hundred years - once again having access to the sea!

Although the Kingdom of Jin does not yet have the energy to build a strong navy, but with Haikou, are we still afraid of not having a navy? This is only a matter of time.

When the navy is established, Dajin will become a great power! And he, Daoguang, will also become the most outstanding emperor in the history of Dajin!

With him, the great emperor, breaking the Jin Dynasty's dilemma, the future of Jin Dynasty should not only include Xianfeng, Tongzhi, Guangxu, and Xuantong, right?

Thinking of this, Emperor Daoguang took a step forward, stood in front of the microphone of the loudspeaker, opened his throat and shouted: "Warriors of the Eight Banners, I have just made a divination, and it is very auspicious, and the advantage is in the southwest, and the dragon is trapped in the sea.

, powerful in all directions! The time has finally come for our country of Jin to rise up and become a great power! I now order you and other Eight Banners athletes to march to Persia together. Our country of Jin is now about to enter the country of Persia!"
Chapter completed!