Chapter 128: Intrigues and Schemes

After seizing the Ava Region, the Russian Army did not halt the momentum of war, but went straight for the Bosphorus Strait, a critical gateway to the Black Sea.

If it were a few decades earlier, one could have simply crossed the sea from Constantinople, but not now. With the development of artillery technology, it's too easy for coastal batteries to blockade the strait.

The Allied Forces had also considered launching an attack from the Marmara Sea, but before the outbreak of war, the Ottomans had concentrated all their naval forces there.

There were not many Austrian warships left in the Marmara Sea, and while they could suppress the Ottoman navy, they could not annihilate them.

Facing enemies hunkered down in their ports, it was more convenient to engage them over land; a naval assault would come at too great a cost.