In addition to the Austrian Empire, Turkey was also finished. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Serbia and Austria turned against each other, and it was obviously a great opportunity for Turkey to retake the Balkans, but Turkey really had no strength. The Turkish aristocracy still wanted to control the country with feudalism, but the rising bourgeoisie and the disgruntled lower classes of the country repeatedly used violence against the Sudanese government. The Turkish army would defect in support of the rebels, and the well-mannered citizens of the previous day might plunge knives into the belly of the governor's officials.

While most countries in Europe are stepping up their industrialization, Turkey is in further decline due to internal and external troubles. After the multinational crusade against Turkey in 1798, Turkey's own industrial capacity increased only slightly, and even GDP growth was negative for several years afterward. Although Kurdistan is a small and newly independent country with a small population of not much, it is backed by Datang and can directly obtain various weapons and equipment supported by Datang from Datang Tianfang, and has the guidance of Tang instructors, so it poses a huge threat to Turkey.

The Balkan War can be said to have drained Turkey to the last drop of blood, and when Turkey had to withdraw from the Balkans, there was a mutiny in the Turkish army, and some middle and lower-ranking officers stood up and began a large-scale search for nobles and a bloody seizure of power.

This is a good time to be seen by the Russians. In the last European war, Tsarist Russia was one of the most miserable losers, and the fiasco of more than 100,000 troops made Tsarist Russia recognize the gap between itself and the Tang Dynasty, and even briskly ceded the Far East to the Tang Dynasty to establish the Eastern Hanhai Province of the Tang Dynasty.

After Tsar Alexander I succeeded to the throne, he adopted a more peaceful and stable national policy, with only four words in the central idea, enriching the country and strengthening the army. The tsar took out most of the assets of the royal family, hired outstanding talents from the Tang Dynasty and Europe, and set up factories. He also demanded that each nobleman invest his or her own money in industry, and serfdom was eventually abolished altogether. This series of measures naturally provoked opposition, but Alexander I, with the support of a group of young and middle-aged generals in the army who wanted to work hard, carried out a bloody cleansing of opponents, and the property of the killed nobles was distributed among the Tsar's followers, so that everyone was silent and obeyed the Tsar's orders honestly.

Under these conditions, Tsarist Russia's industrial growth was also very fast, although it was still worse than that of Western European countries, but it was stronger than Turkey.

Turkey's defeat in the Balkans and its involvement in civil war made Alexander I reluctant to take action. The feud between Russia and Turkey, Alexander I was going to make a complete break at this time.

Alexander I gathered nearly 300,000 Russian troops, which was far more than the previous mobilization, almost all the troops that Russia could mobilize, and the reason why Russia was so bold was that it saw this golden opportunity. Russia not only sent troops of its own, but also pulled in the newly formed kingdoms of Yugoslavia and Romania, and their goal was also very big - to drive the Turks out of Europe.

The Russian army entered Bulgaria with the Romanian army through Romania, and the Bulgarian nobles also responded with troops, leaving Turkey, which was already empty in defense, vulnerable. The Russians did not advance as fast as the Germans, but it only took a little more than a month to fight all the way from Romania to the banks of the Maricha River.

The Turkish army was losing and retreating, and the Turkish sultan wanted to negotiate peace with Russia, but how could Alexander I be willing to make peace with Turkey, the Tsarist side had almost no big losses, and significant results had already been achieved, and Alexander I's vision had become to conquer Istanbul and restore the name of Constantinople.

This can be said to be historical for the entire Slavic nation and the Orthodox Church, so the military operations of Tsarist Russia were supported by a wide range of Slavic nationalities and Orthodox forces.

In another aspect of history, Russia also had the opportunity to fight all the way to Istanbul in the 10th Russo-Turkish War, but the British, at the risk of breaking with Russia, drove the Mediterranean fleet to the Sea of Marmara to stop Russia's military operations. In that war, the Russians had already borne 100,000 dead and wounded, a large amount of material and military expenditure, but the Russians had to stop there.

And in this plane, the British can't control it. Although Britain is still stronger than Russia and has bases in the Mediterranean, such as Gibraltar, Malta and Cyprus, Britain is not the world's largest voice in the world. And from the perspective of interests, Britain does not need to engage in any European balance now, Britain's biggest enemy Datang, any strong European country is almost a natural enemy of Datang, so Britain hopes that Russia can further expand to challenge Datang's position in Europe and create a better strategic environment and opportunities for Britain.

As for Datang, Russia does not feel that Datang will intervene at this point in time. Although a few years ago, Datang just took out the United States. But coupled with the previous unification of China, the Tang Dynasty has too vast and advantageous territory to develop, and interest in other international issues has declined to an all-time low. Interest is one thing, ability is another. Datang has the strength to destroy the army of any country in Europe, but why should Datang help Turkey deal with Russia?

European countries have always believed that Datang is an anti-green country that does not pay lip service and has no good impression of Turkey, so Russia should not interfere with Turkey.

It was in this way that the Russian army played all the way, and the Turkish army itself did not have a strong desire to fight, and there were too many broken things in the country, so it was destroyed by the Russian army very quickly.

The Russian army is also a modern army equipped with aircraft and tanks, on the other hand, Turkey, since 1798, only Britain and Germany have imported a total of more than 70 tanks, and even separately equipped in different units. The Russian army does not have much air force, but at least it has a reconnaissance force, which also allows the Russian army to occupy more intelligence advantages than the Turkish army on the battlefield and can fight more actively.

Even in the fortress guarded by the Turkish army, the Russian army also sent artillery and aircraft to bomb, and the efficiency was much higher than in the past. In the new era of warfare, the attacking side is often more dominant, and the geographical advantages and fortress role that defense can rely on in previous wars are becoming weaker and weaker. (To be continued.) )