The black smoke ridges covering the sky and the sun covered the entire sea. Looking out from the city of Istanbul, the sea where the southern entrance of the Bosphorus Strait meets the Marama Sea are full of burning ships. Incomparably powerful warships with 40 or even 80 cannons have either turned into bonfires or sank to the bottom of the sea.

For anyone who witnessed this naval battle, they had suffered an unimaginable spiritual shock. In front of them, the huge Ottoman fleet was destroyed, and the sea was shrouded in smoke and flames, like purgatory. Such an impact would even make people doubt the power of the Ottoman Empire.

At least for Victor Sassoon, since the naval battle began, he stood on the rooftop platform of the house near the sea and watched the naval battle. When the sun set, he witnessed with his own eyes that except for more than a dozen ships, the Ottoman team was wiped out, and the maritime power that Sudan had worked hard to manage turned into ashes.

At this moment, he seemed to understand Uncle Adams' choice.

The Ottoman Empire has inevitably fallen into recession. If the Jews want to survive, they must be with the winner!

Looking thoughtfully at the sea like hell, Victor Sassoon got on the ship and Slavic slaves drove him toward the Chinese fleet.

Looking at the Chinese fleet, Victor Sassoon didn't know that in another world, more than a hundred years later, his descendant Sassoon Ben Sely became the chief financial officer of Baghdad. After bringing the Sassoon family to the top, he was persecuted by the new anti-Semitic chief executive, so he could only flee to Bushere, the Persian Gulf port, and later to Mumbai, India. He established a Sassoon foreign company that operates international trade in Mumbai. Since then, the Sassoon family has participated in the opium trade and eventually became a wealthy in the Far East.

The current Sassoon family only escaped from Spain to the Ottomans more than a hundred years ago, and was under the protection of Ottoman Sudan, but this did not prevent Victor Sassoon from making certain choices.

When approaching the Chinese fleet, Victor Sason took a look at the sailing ships, which were captured by the Chinese, with many Turkish prisoners on it. Of course, the largest number of them were paddling slaves. Now those Christian slaves are definitely free.

Freedom... Victor Sassoon silently muttered these two words in his heart. He looked at the Slavic slaves around him. In Istanbul, there were many such slaves, almost every household had such slaves, and he himself was also a slave trader. The Jews never rejected the business of making money. Even if they betrayed the Father, it was no big deal. After all, they had betrayed Jesus.

Finally, I arrived on the Chinese ship and revealed his identity as soon as I met Victor Sassoon.

"General, my uncle is Adams Sassoon, and he is Sudan's secretary, and I think the general should know his identity."

Adams Sassoon?

The Jew who took the initiative to act as a spy and chose to cooperate with the Ming Dynasty? Although he was extremely dissatisfied with these Jews who were treacherous and gratitude in his heart, Zheng Sen still nodded and said.

"Adams Sassoon, is he your uncle? He is a smart and extremely wise man. He made a wise choice in this war, and I think you must be the same."

Jews!

There were a large number of Jews living in all parts of the Ottoman Empire. They were an indispensable part of the Ottoman Empire. Even if their status was low, with Jews, the Sultan could rely on taxation to support his army and tribes, not just robbery. Not only did the sultans of the Ottoman Empire, Vizier, Pasha, and Bey’s housekeepers, translators, secretaries, and doctors were often Jews. Among their shipyards, iron factories, and arsenals, technicians were often Jews. What is the image of the Ottoman in the minds of Europeans?

The Sultans and Pashas were either holding the slander or holding the female slaves to enjoy joy, while drinking and praising the prophet. Behind them were black guards, beside them were flattering Jewish royal merchants, or whistleblowers or dog-headed military advisors. There were also several large plates with the chopped heads of Christians.

It is precisely because of their special identity that the prince decided to cooperate with them. These Jews sold their country but never had any burden. After all, they sold other people's countries, even if they had sheltered them when they were expelled.

"Yes, Your Excellency, my uncle once wrote to us that it is our honor to be able to cooperate with China, so after learning that your army began to attack Istanbul, we immediately mobilized all the forces in the city and collected a lot of intelligence."

For an army that fought in another place, the Leadership Party was undoubtedly extremely important. The Jews might be grateful, but unlike the Armenians and those Christians who were oppressed and enslaved, they were able to access the top leaders of the Ottomans and provide a lot of information to the Ming Dynasty.

"I have brought you the city defense map of Istanbul and military intelligence about the Turks. Now, according to the orders of Princess Turhan, most of the troops guarding Istanbul have been transferred to the Dardanelles. They have deployed a large number of artillery there, in addition to a large number of 32-pound cannons, and many heavy stone-fired cannons are also deployed there. Those artillery may be old, but the shells weighing hundreds of pounds will definitely cause unpredictable damage to the fleet."

The Ottoman Empire's shore cannons in the Dardanelles not only had various cannons, but also cast stone cannons cast in the 15th century, which is the so-called "Jingluo Furious Cannons", which means that they blasted the seemingly indestructible walls of Constantinople. Now the Turks put the old stone cannons on the turrets on both sides of the straits. However, compared with 1453, the huge stone cannons no longer fired stone cannons, but cast iron cannon shells or high-explosive shells that could explode. Even when the British Navy attacked the Dardanelles in 1807, it played an extremely important role. One Ottoman shore cannon shells caused about 60 casualties to British warships.

Moreover, those shells weighing hundreds of pounds can definitely be called real "wood crushers". This old weapon can easily smash the hulls of enemy ships in melee battles. The problem is that the narrowest part of the Dardanelles is only a few hundred meters. This is why they chose to shoot stone cannons.

The information brought by Victor Sassoon made Zheng Sen frown into a ball, and this time it was really a bit difficult.

Looking at Zheng Sen with a solemn expression, Victor Sassoon said.
Chapter completed!