Ming Zuo

The surrender of the Ottoman Empire really relieved the allies.

In fairness, a big country like the Ottoman Empire is really hard to fight.

Regardless of the fact that the allies have advanced in several ways, the effect is astonishing. It seems that the Ottoman Empire will be wiped out soon, but in fact the allies paid a heavy price.

After several years of fierce fighting, the third marine division suffered more than 8000 casualties.Back and forth, recruits were replaced by veterans, and the state pension alone was as high as one million.

As for the weapons and material supplements provided to the National Defense Forces, there are even more.

And because of the long distance, the cost has increased sharply, to the point where logistics complaints abound.

Zhang Yan once asserted that if the war continued for another three years, the National Defense Forces expedition to the Middle East would run out of supplies and had to withdraw.

Can Constantinople be taken within three years?

Not to mention the generals on the front line, even Zuo Menggeng had no hope.

Apart from the Wehrmacht, the European Allied Forces paid the most.

In order to recapture Constantinople, the Europeans launched the most fanatical attack with the greatest enthusiasm, but the casualties were so high that they had reached the point of bruising.

The British suffered 7000 casualties, the Dutch 6000, the Spanish 1000, the French 6000, and the Holy Roman Empire 11.

It can be said that the whole of Europe has been greatly weakened because of this war.

If it weren't for the fact that Constantinople was close at hand, and it would soon be able to accomplish all its achievements, the European countries would probably give up.

Fortunately, the Ottoman Empire did not know the details of the allies. They only saw a few sieges by the allies, and the whole country was in danger, so they quickly chose to surrender.

In Greece, the cradle of European civilization, representatives of the Allies and the Ottoman Empire signed a peace agreement.

This agreement can be said that the Allies won a big victory.

In order to keep its vitality, the Ottoman Empire paid an extremely painful price.

First of all, everything west of the Bosphorus, including Constantinople, was ceded to Europe.

In other words, the Ottoman Empire has since then been unable to set foot in Europe and has become a real Asian country.

After discussions among European countries, they decided to implement co-management of Constantinople, making it a holy place of pilgrimage for all Christians.

Greece is independent and will complete statehood with the support of its allies.

However, in view of the fact that Greece has been ruled by the Ottoman Empire for hundreds of years and its economy has no foundation, the allies will supervise Greece's industrial, commercial and financial industries, that is to say, economic colonization.

In addition, other parts of the Balkan Peninsula were also divided among European countries.

This is the reward for European countries to send troops, even the empire has to agree.

In addition to Eastern Europe, all parts of North Africa have also completed their independence one after another.

Unlike in the previous life where these places were gradually reduced to European colonies, under the auspices of the empire, European countries and North African countries signed a diplomatic agreement, recognizing the sovereignty and independence of the North African countries.

The price paid by the North African countries is to open the economy, commerce, ports, finance and other fields to all allies.

I believe that it won't be long before the allies will definitely complete their penetration into North African countries with their stronger strength.

There will definitely be chaos in these areas in the future, and colonial and anti-colonial struggles will not stop.

The empire saw it and deliberately ignored it.

This is laying mines.

Compared with European countries, the empire is far away in East Asia, so it is naturally not as far-reaching as European countries' influence on North Africa, and of course it will not cause any harm to North African countries.

When chaos breaks out in the future, if the North African countries want to get rid of European colonization and plunder, they will definitely turn to the empire for help.

At that time, the empire can justifiably intervene in North African affairs and seek benefits.

Countries in the Middle East have also become beneficiaries.

Both Saudi Arabia and the Safavid dynasty acquired a large amount of land, got rid of Ottoman rule, and became emerging countries in the region.

Among them Saudi Arabia is the most sensible.

They are well aware that their own strength is the weakest, and they can easily become fat in the eyes of others, so they firmly hug the thigh of the empire.

Saudi Arabia spent heavily to invite the empire to station troops in the country and to help train them.

The two countries have also signed a large number of infrastructure agreements, and Saudi Arabia is fully open to the empire in many areas.

All of a sudden, the empire became Saudi Arabia's strongest ally, and it also allowed Saudi Arabia to gain a firm foothold in the Middle East.

When Zuo Menggeng learned about this time, he almost died laughing.

He knows the importance of Saudi Arabia best, and he also knows what kind of wealth is buried under the country covered with yellow sand.

Especially now in China, the research on internal combustion engines has actually begun.

Wan Chaosheng, Chen Shuangjin's proud disciple, discovered ten years ago that the energy of fuel deflagration is very considerable, and it may become a new source of power.

His research received strong support from the royal family. Zuo Menggeng personally approved it and provided more than 1 million yuan in financial support to Wan Chaosheng's team.

Wan Chaosheng's team did not live up to his expectations.

With the industrial application of the steam engine, the casting of many mechanical parts has reached the corresponding precision and hardness, and the internal combustion engine has gradually become a reality.

Just when Zuo Menggeng returned to Jinan, good news came from the laboratory.

The first detonation experiment of the internal combustion engine was a complete success. The new type of cylinder withstood the strong pressure of the deflagration of the oil and provided the bearing with a considerable rotational speed.

Zuo Menggeng made a decisive decision and immediately ordered the rubber factory to develop new tires to support land driving.

He has a hunch that maybe in five to ten years, cars will be available.

By then, oil will overtake coal, timber and steel to become the most important strategic resource.

While other powerful countries are focusing their attention on Eastern Europe and North Africa, taking the lead in operating the Middle East will definitely bring huge benefits to future industrial upgrading.

The war for the Ottoman Empire slowly came to an end, and the world's attention began to focus on the Volga River Basin.

The territorial struggle between the Empire and Russia attracted everyone's attention.

When the Russian army arrived in the Volga River Basin, it took Volgograd as a strategic fulcrum and deployed more than 30 troops here.

After more than a year of construction, Volgograd is impregnable.

Brigadier General Asimov, the Russian guard, threatened that Volgograd would be an unbreakable sky city.

"There is no fortress or defense line in this world that cannot be breached. As long as we find the right way, victory will definitely be ours."

Zuo Xuanyan scoffed at the enemy's propaganda.

She had discovered the weakness of the Russian army.

"Order the First Front Army to break through the Don River and go straight to Luhansk within ten days. Tell Le Xinfeng, don't worry about the rear and flanks, I only want Luhansk."

The Russian army wants to fight positional warfare with the Wehrmacht, and use the complete fortifications to consume the Wehrmacht's weapon advantages.Zuo Xuanyan planned to play a strategic detour, making full use of the flat and vast terrain of the Volga River Basin to complete the outflanking of the Russian army before the arrival of winter.

No matter how perfect the fortifications of the Russian army are, if the materials and supplies behind cannot be delivered, sooner or later they will starve to death or freeze to death.