sultan's crescent

Chapter 4 Hamid's Legacy
To be honest, Selim is an old fan of the emperor. After all, from the end of the 18th century to the beginning of the 19th century, it was simply the emperor's personal show.

But Selim still had concerns in his heart, he wasn't worried that General Griberwa would not let him go.

After all, he and Louis XVI were old friends. The two had been pen pals for many years, and it was not easy for Selim to find a lieutenant who had just joined the Raphael Artillery Regiment.

But the key is that Napoleon only served for two years, and the original time and space was between 1786 and 1791, and Napoleon also wrote countless articles.

This includes making detailed proposals based on mathematical calculations for improving gun positions and ballistics, researching ways to reduce the cost of transporting shells between arsenals, and more.

It can be said that without the excellent environment of the Raphael Artillery Regiment, Napoleon would never have been so productive.

And let the future God of War leave such a field force prematurely, Selim doesn't know if the God of War will still be the God of War?
But Selim had no choice, it was okay for him to deal with the Austrians, after all Prince of Coburg, Selim thought he could still deal with them.

But Suvorov and Potemkin, forget it, Selim doesn't want to dance in the Kremlin.

It's not that Selim is afraid of them, it's just that excellent generals also need to be polished in actual combat.

As for Yusuf Pasha, the 15 Turkish army was defeated by the [-] Austro-Russian allied forces. Only when Selim converted to fetishism would he feel that he could beat the Russians.

Hassan is stronger than Yusuf, but in front of Suvorov and Potemkin, let him lead the Imperial Navy, otherwise Selim doubts that Ushakov can kill Konstantiniya all the way.

As for land warfare, with no generals available at the moment, Napoleon may become the only straw for the Ottoman Empire.

Suvorov is indeed powerful, but at the beginning of the war, he only had more than [-] people on hand.

Selim, by contrast, would provide Napoleon with an army of one hundred thousand.

Among them was Hamid I's mixed new army of [-] artillery, [-] musketeers and [-] cavalry formed by the French under Selim's bewitching.

The whole army is divided into 3 brigades, including nine regiments and thirty battalions. Each regiment consists of two musket battalions, one artillery battalion, and one cavalry battalion.And Napoleon would get two of these brigades.

Here, Selim had to mention Hamid I's trust in him again, in one sentence: "He is so good, I cry to death."

As the child of the former sultan, Hamid let Selim handle the formation of the new army, and he carried it out.

The first is the artillery reform. Since Frederick the Great took the lead in using the new artillery to overthrow the Habsburg army in the War of Austrian Succession, European countries have launched artillery reforms one after another.

The most successful of these was the French army under the leadership of Gribevois, which was also the basis for Napoleon's sweep of Europe in the future.

Compared with Gribewa's reforms, Selim put more emphasis on the standardization, modularization and generalization of the artillery new army.

By fooling Louis XVI, a large number of French engineers guided the establishment of the artillery factory of the Ottoman Empire to produce 4-pound, 8-pound, and 12-pound field cannons and 6-inch howitzers and their ammunition. main artillery.

At the same time, Selim has also made improvements in terms of artillery vehicles, ammunition boxes, sights and artillery tools, striving to make the deployment of artillery more mobile and flexible.

Followed by Musketeers, the classic two-row line infantry, adopting the future French tactics, each battalion fires in units of companies, sub-battalions, half-battalions, and battalions.The phalanx mainly focuses on dense formation and column formation, and at the same time trains the tactics of shooting on the move and bayonet charge.

"Well, there shouldn't be any problem with Ena's level, right?" Selim took Paul to the outside of Constantiniya. The new army training camp is in the outskirts 25 kilometers away from the city. The person in charge is Hussein. Impasha and General Clario.

The former is Selim's confidant. He had studied at the Paris Military Academy, and he was considered a returnee.

The latter is of course relying on Selim's deceit and wealth of billions. Twelve golden opals, five ten-carat red sapphires each, twenty moonstones, citrines, and emeralds are given to Queen Mary's gift.

As for Louis XVI, a set of bullfighting clothes, two liang of West Lake Longjing Mingqian tea and two liang of Yuqian tea, plus two liang of Lang Yaohong and two enamel colored porcelain.As for why this was given away, it was Selim's publicity. Of course, oriental treasures are also scarce items. Even Selim can't get too many of them. Rare things are more expensive.

Walking into the gate of the training camp, the new army has assembled under the organization of Hussein Pasha, and a Gribewa 12-pounder, 8-pounder, and 4-pounder were lined up in sequence.

Under the sun, the pitch-black cannon shimmered slightly, and the inscription on the cannon was chosen by Selim——I come, I see, I conquer.

Even though it was under the sun, Selim felt a chill coming from the muzzle of the gun. He remembered the words of Louis XIV: "The cannon is the last argument of the king."

Selim walked up to a group of soldiers and shouted loudly: "The first brigade is out, the infantry is in formation, the artillery battalions are on both sides, and the cavalry should protect the two wings." The army began to change its formation, and soon, the soldiers They are lined up.

Selim continued to wave the command flag, "Infantry, shoot, the artillery concentrates its firepower, and bombards the central army, and the cavalry is on the two wings to cut around and cut the enemy artillery."

The soldiers quickly completed the order, and Selim then ordered: "Infantry, shoot on the move, charge with bayonets at a distance of [-] yards from the enemy, cavalry cut the two wings, and artillery bombard the two wings."

So far, today's exercise has been completed, and the site used as a target has been dilapidated.

Selim nodded in satisfaction, and shouted: "Soldiers, in view of your excellent performance, what kind of reward do you hope to receive?"

All the soldiers immediately shouted: "Barbecue, barbecue." At this moment, a rather cunning infantryman took the opportunity to ask: "Your Majesty, will you stay and have dinner with us?" "

The officer on the side immediately wanted to stop him, but Selim waved him away.Selim asked gently: "Soldier, what's your name and which battalion you belong to." The young man suddenly became stiff, and replied: Second Infantry Battalion, Third Regiment, First Brigade, Saladin, Your Majesty. "

Selim smiled and said, "Then today, I will have dinner with the soldiers of the Second Infantry Battalion." The officer who was secretly afraid at the side was relieved.

The soldier shouted happily, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, thank you very much for your generosity. I will go and tell the news to the brothers in the camp." Selim nodded.

The dinner was not long, but all the soldiers were very happy.

Especially for some recruits, although they heard from the seniors that His Majesty often had dinner with the soldiers before, this was the first time for them to have close contact with the legendary Sultan.

After dinner, a group of soldiers started a literacy campaign, and officers at regimental level and above were called to a meeting.

"I am very satisfied with today's exercise, so I decided that after the meeting, the heads of regiments and staff officers will be awarded an opal medal, and the brigade commanders and staff officers will be awarded an amethyst medal. Xia will be awarded the Order of the Imperial Sword, and General Clario will be awarded the Imperial Medal of Honor.

You must have heard about the recent news that the Russo-Turkish war is about to start. I hope you can hurry up and train. The future of the empire rests on you. The meeting is adjourned! "

After receiving the medal, a group of officers thanked the Sudan and left one by one, with envy for Hussein in their eyes.

Hussein Pasha was left alone by Selim.

"Hussein, I estimate that in August, that despicable usurper of Catherine will definitely declare war on the Empire.

At that time, you will lead the second and third brigades to defend against the Russians, and I will take the first brigade to guard against the Austrians.As for your boss? "

Selim smiled playfully.

"What do you think of Napoleon Bonaparte?"

"Your Majesty knows him too?"

Hussein couldn't help but be amazed at Selim's intelligence.

"But Bonaparte is still only a lieutenant, Your Majesty, wouldn't it be too..."

Selim laughed.

"It doesn't matter, I will lead the army, and Bonaparte will command you and the Guards as my deputy."

Hussein replied: "Yes, Your Majesty. I also want to ask, when will Bonaparte arrive?"

"Half a month, I'll let him come to see you then."

After Selim finished speaking, he took Paul with him and left the training camp. After all, Grand Vizier and Grand Mufti were still waiting for him at Topkapi Palace.

Although there was no electricity in this era, the Topkapi Palace is still brightly lit. After all, it is the residence of the Sultan.

When we arrived at the chamber, Yusuf Pasha and Grand Mufti were already waiting here.

Selim stepped forward and said, "My Grand Vizier and Grand Mufti, you have been waiting for a long time. How are the supplies going?"

The two hurriedly bowed and said: "I have seen Your Majesty, we have prepared enough supplies to fight for more than a year and a half, and they are stored in Sofia, Bucharest and Trabzon respectively.

In terms of transportation, Sipahi cavalry and civilians will undertake these tasks. "

"Very well, I knew you would not let me down. War is coming, long live the Empire, long live Allah!"

Selim yelled frantically, and even the two old men beside him also yelled. In the Topkapi Palace in the night, roars came from it, as if the jihad of the Ghazis had already begun.

Ottoman historians of later generations commented on this scene as "thunder before the new moon rises".

After fooling the two old men, Selim went straight to the bedroom and lay down on the big bed that belonged exclusively to the Sultan.

While thinking about when his little Sophia's reply letter would arrive, he complained why there was no telegraph in this era.

Paul on the side covered Selim with a quilt, and guarded Sultan to fall into a deep sleep.

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