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Chapter 568 The Tsar Cannon ([-]rd update, please subscribe)
"boom!"

Accompanied by an earth-shattering cannon sound, a heavy cannon with a stubby barrel was instantly shrouded in gunpowder smoke. Amid the orange-red smoke, a huge cylinder flew out with a "swish".

The sound of the shells rubbing against the air when they fly out is a bit harsh, like a locomotive roaring in the air, it screams and flies into the sky, like a train passing through the air, just the sound is enough to tremble people's hearts.

Ten seconds later, the shell landed on a concrete fortress in the wasteland. The top of the fortress first smashed through and then a violent explosion burst out, which directly razed the fortress to the ground.

"This this……"

Colonel Grove stared at this scene dumbfounded, then turned his head and asked.

"Manager Li, what kind of cannon is this?"

"M1871 280mm howitzer, it is a short-barreled rear-mounted howitzer. The barrel is all made of high-quality steel with a reinforced hoop. It uses a partition screw bolt, and it fires a split-type, bagged Ammunition and shells. Its high and low shooting angles: minus 10 degrees - 68 degrees, the horizontal shooting angle is 360 degrees, it can launch 250 kg of pointed iron bullets, and the pointed iron bullets can destroy the stone fortress with a thickness of one meter on the top , Colonel, this is a kind of artillery specially developed for attacking fortresses."

Li Chenqin smiled at Major Grove.

"With the M1871 howitzer, all the fortresses! Whether it is the Turks' Pleven fortress on the Danube or their Kars fortress in the Caucasus, they are all vulnerable. Just throw in a dozen doors and you can turn the long The siege was shortened to a few weeks, maybe even a few days."

The M1871 280mm howitzer is said to be a howitzer. In fact, it should be more accurate to say it is a siege gun. In the history of the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese army used it to destroy the Russian fortress in Lushun. Now the 280mm siege gun that came out a few years earlier gun.

Well, to some extent, it was prepared for Russia - in order to allow them to more easily conquer the Turks' fortresses, with the assistance of siege artillery, blocking the road between Russia and Constantinople , is unimpeded.

a few days!

Colonel Grove looked at the heavy cannon in astonishment. As a weapon engineer, he knew very well the significance of such a heavy siege cannon appearing on the battlefield—all fortresses had become decorations!

And what does this mean?
It means that Russia can avenge the Crimea of ​​that year!

Before Colonel Grove could speak, the accompanying Russian officer asked directly.

"Manager Li, how many doors do we need to purchase before you can transfer its production technology!"

God bless, they arrived in Nanhua, this...is simply the hammer of God!The hammer of God enough to destroy everything!

When Colonel Grove and his party were amazed by the enormous power of the 280mm siege gun and directly requested the introduction of patents, Zhu Xianhai was playing chess with Zuo Zongtang in the gazebo of the Royal Garden in the southern suburb of Yingtianfu.

"For Russia, the direction of their expansion is either the East or the West. Compared with the East, Russia is more eager to attack the West, the Balkans, and Constantinople."

While playing chess, Zhu Xianhai said with a smile.

"In the Crimean War more than ten years ago, as the defeated party, the Russians believed that they lost face and lost their prestige and influence. It needs to find an opportunity to return to the Balkans and restore everything. For that war , Russia sacrificed a tsar, and everyone in Russia is eager for revenge. Not just revenge, but also... Constantinople, once they capture Constantinople, the thousand-year dream of the Russians will also come to an end A dream come true!"

Why in the past two hundred years, Russia and the Turks have fought as many as nine wars, on the surface of the land, but in fact, the real reason is that Russia wants to become Rome!

Since Ivan III married Princess Sophia, the niece of the last emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, Constantine XI, Russia has since believed that it has inherited the religious status and political identity of Eastern Rome, and has replaced the national emblem with the Eastern Roman Empire. double-headed eagle logo.

Constantinople was regarded as their spiritual capital, and the Eastern Roman Empire was the spiritual home of Russia.

Although Russia calls itself the "Third Roman Empire", Western European countries simply look down on this Eastern European barbarian, "Third Roman Empire"?
Where is the rule of law?
"...But once Rakshasa restores Constantine, Russia can take over the legal system of Eastern Rome in a legitimate way, and become the successor of the millennium glory of the Roman Empire, the successor of Caesar, Augustus, and Constantine , become the owner of the city of Constantine on the hill!"

In fact, the plot of Russia's "Eastern Roman Empire" is well known, even Zuo Zongtang knows it, after all, he has inspected in Russia.

"It is true that Russia, whether it is nobles, commoners, or even serfs, they are all eager to regain Constantinople, and eager to hold the Orthodox Mass again in the Sophia Cathedral."

After a pause, Zuo Zongtang agreed.

"Your Majesty, this is the mental preparation you mentioned!"

At the same time, Zhu Xianhai nodded.

"Spiritual mobilization, they have been preparing for four hundred years, and more importantly, the need for interests-Russia is eager to control the Balkans and then control the Bosphorus Strait, the throat from the Mediterranean Sea to the Black Sea, so as to open it and seek its own It has been the only outlet to the sea in the southwest for a long time, so if the opportunity arises, it will surely pounce on Turkey like a wolf—General!"

At the same time as the general, Zhu Xianhai said with a smile.

"And what we need is to create a possibility for Russia that they can defeat the Turks, we export to Russia the latest rifles, artillery, um, everything including airships, even warships if we can, In the end, the morale of the Russian army, will use them to destroy Turkey, Ji Gao!"

Leaning back, leaning on the back of the chair, Zhu Xianhai smiled and asked on the calm lake.

"What do you think will happen when the eagle rises to Constantinople, when Hagia Sophia once again celebrates Orthodox Mass, and when Russian military boots are washed in the warm Mediterranean waters?"

Looking thoughtfully at the lost chessboard, Zuo Zongtang was silent for a while, and then said.

"Britain! Britain will never tolerate Russia's occupation of Turkey, let alone allow them to enter the Mediterranean Sea. By then, Britain will confront Russia, and Russia..."

Looking up at His Majesty, Zuo Zongtang said pleasantly.

"This is our chance! Britain's power will be restrained by Russia, and they may even end in person. In this way, no one can stop our expansion in the Americas!"

(End of this chapter)