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Chapter 1624 Target Constantinople

"Do you think it necessary to help the Hospitallers and the Venetians defeat the Ottoman offensive?"

Facing the matter of the Knights of the Hospitaller against him as the leader of the anti-Ottoman alliance, Chu Yun summoned the officers of the Fourth Fleet, the Imperial Guards Brigade, and the Far West Expeditionary Force to discuss the matter.

This batch of military officers temporarily in the west can be said to be a collection of generals, such as Sun Chuanting, Cao Bianjiao, Zheng Zhibao, Sun Xu, Ruan Youjin, Ruan Youyi, etc. Chu Yun has a large number of officers at his disposal.

"The station of the Hospital Knights is the island of Malta, the military port that our Admiralty wants. If we can take advantage of this opportunity to deal with the Ottoman Empire, our fleet will have the opportunity to stay on Malta Island for a long time. We can regard Malta Island as ours." stronghold in the Mediterranean."

The officers of the Fourth Fleet are supportive. The island of Malta is one of the three important ports where the Admiralty intends to establish military bases in the West. Controlling this place is equivalent to threatening all kingdoms along the Mediterranean coast.

"If we help the Venetian merchants, who control Egypt, we can get the privilege of opening a canal in Egypt, shortening our journey between the East and the West, and then using the island of Malta as a transit point to reach Western Europe, an unprecedented route can be established." Sun Xu said.

Chu Yun nodded slightly.

This is indeed a golden opportunity, the Venetians can help run Egypt, and they are a group of smart guys, with their help to open the Suez Canal, you can shorten the voyage by thousands of kilometers.

The Kyushu Army Navy Department of the Hospital Knights has been coveting it for a long time, and they can't wait to annex it as soon as possible.

The hatred and threats from the Ottoman Empire gave Chu Yun and others a golden opportunity.

If you can lead the Knights Hospitaller and the Venetians to victory, you can get what they want from the Knights Hospitaller and the Venetian merchants-open the Suez Canal and the port on the island of Malta.

"This is still an opportunity to help our merchants enter the Mediterranean Sea, and even open the gates of the entire European kingdom." Sun Chuanting proposed another motive, "The military master wants to do business with ten kingdoms at once, and the whole of Europe is watching One of the ten kingdoms is the Republic of Venice. If we help the Venetians defeat the offensive of the Ottoman Empire, not only can we gain the power to open canals in Egypt, but we can also establish diplomatic relations and trade with them to open up the situation. We let Venice The businessman owes such a big favor, so they can't show it?"

"We can also deter the other nine kingdoms through this battle, so that they have to reconsider establishing diplomatic relations and business with us after this battle." Zheng Zhibao said.

This group of military officers encouraged Chu Yun to participate in the anti-Ottoman alliance, whether it was out of strategy or because they wanted to gain military merit personally, as the savior of the Mediterranean world.

Chu Yun was also very excited about this opportunity from the Mediterranean Sea.He believed that it would not be difficult to help the Knights of the Hospitaller and the Venetians to win with the army under his command.

What he needs to consider is not victory or defeat, but pros and cons and gains and losses. There is a big difference between a long war of attrition and a quick battle.

Chu Yun can't stay in the west for too long, and he doesn't have the energy to fight the Ottoman Empire for several years. He must ensure that the war can end as soon as possible.

"If we form an anti-Ottoman alliance and want to deter European countries in turn, it is not enough to just help the Venetians and the Hospitallers defend Crete and Malta. It is best to do something big to let them Feel the fear—such as the capture of Constantinople, the imperial capital of the Ottoman Empire. There is a large amount of wealth collected by the Ottoman Empire emperors from all over the place, looting such cities, and even after making up for our military expenses, there is still a surplus.” Chu Yun A groundbreaking idea came up.

"Perhaps by gathering the Zhili Fleet, the Fourth Fleet, the Royal Fleet and the fleets of the Mediterranean countries, we can cross the Dardanelles and reach Constantinople."

After the officers came to the West, they usually pondered the situation in the West. They also knew that Constantinople was a fortress located between the East and the West, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it was also the imperial capital of the Ottoman Empire.

Europeans regard Constantinople occupied by the Turks as a terrible existence, but in the eyes of the officers of the Kyushu Army, it is protected by the forts of the Dardanelles, coupled with the lack of land warfare in the Fourth Fleet The army did not dare to sack Constantinople during the First Mediterranean War.

Now that Chu Yun has brought the Imperial Guards Brigade, the Zhili Fleet, and even the Royal Navy and Army of England, it seems that it is not impossible to loot Constantinople.

"According to the Knights, it will take the Ottoman Empire half a year to a year to complete the assembly of troops, not including the time for the cumbersome army to sail at sea. They will arrive in Crete controlled by the Venetians in June of the following year. We just need to arrive at the island of Malta before April or May." Chu Yun had obviously agreed to form a second anti-Ottoman alliance.

"We can ask for reinforcements from England, and when we arrive at the island of Malta, as long as we raise our arms, there are many kingdoms in the Mediterranean that are in conflict with the Ottoman Empire willing to join us, such as the Papal State and the Kingdom of Sicily. When the Pope expedition to Egypt, the Pope Both the Kingdom of China and the Kingdom of Sicily sent people to help." Sun Chuanting suggested.

The Knights of the Hospital, Venice, the Papal State, the Kingdom of Sicily, England, and China, this is the Allied Forces of the Six Nations.Chu Yun thought that the Ottoman Empire was a bit unlucky.

"Be fully prepared this winter. I will borrow a few infantry regiments and some warships from England and enter the Mediterranean Sea. It is best to capture Constantinople and make the Ottoman Empire surrender to us, and we can also deter them at the same time." European countries will open up the markets of Europe and West Asia in one fell swoop."

Chu Yun directly regarded England as a vassal state, and didn't think it would be so difficult to borrow troops here.

The Royal Navy, having gained so much spoils in the First Mediterranean War, should be eager to sack the Mediterranean again.

"Borrowing troops? No problem, but the main naval officers of our Royal Fleet have all gone to attack the Spanish colonies in the West Indies, and they are either still in the Caribbean Sea or already on their way back." Sophia asked her after Chu Yun came to borrow troops. replied.

"...Are you planning to go to war with the Spaniards at this time?" Chu Yun didn't know that Sophia ordered a fleet of the English Navy to quietly go to the Caribbean Sea to fight.

"Don't worry, the Spaniards are fighting against France, even if they know that the colony of the West Indies has been lost, there is nothing they can do." Sophia looked like she was afraid that the world would not be chaotic.

(End of this chapter)