Chapter 1475: Ottoman Great Cannon

At this moment, Poland.

In the partitioned Poland, Tsarist Russia and the Ottoman Empire initiated a direct conflict.

A surprise attack by the Ottoman Empire, in alliance with Longyan, caught the Russian Army off guard.

The next day, the offensive momentum of the Long-Ao Allied Forces was strictly guarded against by the Russian Army.

The Russian Army hid within the city, defending rather than attacking, which for a time dampened the morale of the Long-Ao Allied Forces.

Although the city wall now had a large hole in it, it did not significantly affect the overall defensive layout of the Russian Army.

Although the Long-Ao Allied Forces had advanced Weaponry and Equipment, they had not reached the point where everyone had a Musket; their Muskets simply had a faster reload speed.

As for the Longyan Cannon, it still exerted a powerful deterrent, but the Russian Army had stretched out the front line.

Utilizing the advantage of their Cavalry, they forced Longyan to be unable to press the attack too closely.

It is known that the siege has now lasted for five days.

Both sides were still in a standoff, and the Emperor of the Ottoman Empire, Hamid, and Prince Yong were looking at this map.

As well as the map of the entirety of Poland.

The city they were attacking, Poland City, was located at the southern end of Poland; although it was not near a port, attacking this city could tear open a gap.

This was a city with a very important strategic position in Poland.

Therefore, Hamid and Prince Yong chose to start their attack from here.

But now they had encountered difficulties; within the Polish territory occupied by Tsarist Russia, other cities had now begun to continuously transport troops and supplies to this city.

Hamid and Prince Yong could not wait any longer.

Hamid glanced at Prince Yong, the expression on his face very complex: "I have a Method to break this city, but the transport of that weapon is too labor-intensive and costly!"

Prince Yong frowned.

The Ottoman Empire had only carried out certain reforms in industry, but the power structure had not changed at all.

It was still an Absolute Monarchy.

Prince Yong looked at the ruler of this powerful Empire and asked, "Your Majesty, we have now reached a very critical moment; whatever Weaponry and Equipment we have should be brought out now."

Hamid sighed: "It is not that I did not want to bring it out before, but the transport is difficult; since our country developed it, this kind of Weaponry and Equipment has not yet been put onto the battlefield."

"Today should be the day it first enters the battlefield."

Hamid said in a deep voice.

Prince Yong felt the ground shake and was slightly stunned, hearing the deafening roars coming from the soldiers in the distance!

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

Prince Yong was startled and rushed out of the military tent; seeing the big guy in front of him, Prince Yong suddenly felt a sense of unbelievable, bizarre surrealism.

"This is..."

Hamid walked out, looked at the outrageously large cannon barrel in front of him, and exhaled: "This is the Great Cannon we developed."

"We call it the Ottoman Great Cannon."

"Because it is too heavy, it is too time-consuming to transport; it takes four hundred soldiers and two hundred oxen to barely push it to move a little."

Prince Yong took a deep breath, listening blankly to Hamid's explanation.

He was already shocked by the incomparably huge Great Cannon before him.

As far as he knew, none of Longyan's ships or Cannons had reached such an astonishing size.

He had not expected that the Ottoman Empire, a country that seemed to be already somewhat strong on the outside but weak on the inside, could build such a big guy.

Hamid looked at the Ottoman Great Cannon, his eyes filled with pride.

Gently touching the cannon barrel and feeling the cool sensation from his palm, Hamid revealed a smile.

"Its range is a full mile; I believe there is no Cannon in the world with a longer range than it."

Prince Yong nodded expressionlessly; if it were a mile, Longyan's current Cannons indeed had not reached this level.

"It is a pity that for such a Great Cannon, the Ottoman Empire exhausted its national strength to produce only five of these big cannons."

Hamid sighed; as the actual ruler of the Ottoman Empire, he was very clear about the current situation of the Ottoman Empire.

Although the current Ottoman Empire possessed vast lands and a powerful army.

And even followed Longyan, not lagging too far behind in technology.

But Hamid could now clearly feel that the glory of this powerful country was fading little by little.

Whether it was Britain in Europe or other countries, they were rising rapidly after experiencing the Industrial Revolution.

Among them, France and Britain were the most outstanding; the actual area of the colonies they established overseas had long surpassed his Ottoman Empire.

The era belonging to the Ottoman Empire was passing little by little, and the wheel of this era was ruthlessly crushing it.

But Hamid had no way to stop it.

This Ottoman Great Cannon might be the last masterpiece of their Ottoman Empire.

Hamid brushed away the bit of sorrow in his heart, smiled at Prince Yong, and said solemnly: "If the Ottoman Empire finally captures Poland City with this Great Cannon, please be sure to tell Lord Liu Zheng that we Ottomans also have very remarkable inventions."

Prince Yong's heart stirred, and he nodded forcefully.

Hamid laughed loudly: "Set off! Let those Russian cowards see what is called unstoppable!"

Hamid set off together with the Ottoman Great Cannon.

With the fast gallop of horses, the Ottoman Great Cannon joined the battlefield.

Boerniefu looked at the approaching behemoth, his heart trembling and his face changing drastically; having fought on the battlefield for many years, he immediately realized that something was wrong.

This cannon did not look simple at all.

"Quick, attack it! Do not let such a thing fire on the battlefield!"

Upon receiving the order, the Russian Army immediately launched an offensive, and the Crossbowmen and Musket Teams densely packed on the city walls unleashed their attacks desperately.

However, the damage caused to this Ottoman 【Great Cannon】 cast from cast iron was almost negligible!

Although the Ottoman cannon moved extremely slowly, it did so in a way that crushed everything in its path.

Where it had passed, it left deep rut marks, like the earth splitting open.

The Cavalry of Tsarist Russia, the Cossack Cavalry, were known as the strongest cavalry in the world.

But under such a behemoth, they could only retreat to avoid its edge; they could cut down the soldiers transporting this cannon, and they could cut down the oxen letting out low grunts.

Yet they had no method to stop such a great cannon from advancing.

It was already less than one mile from Poland City.

These warriors were not unafraid of death, but their king was here; the master of the Ottoman Empire, the Great Hamid, was right here.

"Charge!"

"Let the Longyan also witness how powerful the things we Ottomans have created are!"

"Make those Tsarist Russia cowards remember how they trembled before our Ottoman Empire!"

"Roar!"

The warriors let out a heaven-shaking roar, and the Ottoman Great Cannon, carrying an unstoppable momentum, advanced to within three hundred meters of Poland City.

At this distance, for this great cannon, it was almost pressed against the city wall.

There was no possibility of missing!

Hamid drew his sword and shouted loudly: "Fire!"

The Cossack Cavalry, Tsarist Russia crossbowmen, cannoneers, and musketeers unleashed their maximum firepower the moment they saw the fuse of this great cannon being lit.