It’s already the twentieth century, and decisions from London can reach all parts of the world instantly. Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith ordered the British Expeditionary Force to cooperate with the French army’s actions, while making commitments to the French President and Prime Minister respectively.

Troops from the major colonies have been mobilized and deployed in Europe.

As Lord of the Admiralty, Churchill made a guarantee to France to protect its maritime rights in the Mediterranean, ensure the connection between France and French African colonies, and suppress the naval power of the Mediterranean Allies.

In 1914, the most powerful fleet of the British Royal Navy was the large fleet with the German High Seas Fleet as the imaginary enemy. It was composed of the First Fleet and part of the Second Fleet of the Home Fleet, plus more than thirty ships.

Advanced battleship composition.

Because Italy, which is not weak in the Mediterranean, has declared war on France, it is no longer realistic to expect the French navy to control the sea power in the Mediterranean alone. The total tonnage of the Italian fleet plus the Austro-Hungarian fleet has reached a level of one to one with the French navy.

The situation is more dangerous than what is considered on paper. The French Navy's 800,000-ton fleet is divided into two parts, corresponding to the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. However, as far as the Mediterranean Fleet is concerned, all its naval forces are in Italy and Austria-Hungary in the Mediterranean Sea.

The empire and the French navy were not balanced at all, but had an overwhelming advantage.

If France wants to regain this balance of power, it must pull the entire Atlantic Fleet to the Mediterranean. The British Grand Fleet must also deploy appropriate forces to jointly defend with the French Navy in order to regain its advantage over the Allied navies.

Churchill secretly scolded France for its short-sighted actions in taking advantage of the Italian-Turkish War. Although the combat effectiveness of the Italian Army was impressive, the naval power should not be underestimated. The negative consequences of joining the Allies appeared almost immediately!

But now that the situation is bad, it is not the time for Britain, France and Russia to accuse each other of who has done more and who has done less. Now the British cabinet must admit that it miscalculated Germany's strength. This is an evenly matched war. If it is not

Together, the three hundred years of empire on which the sun never sets will really come to a dismal end.

The British are now telling the French that they must resist with all their might, and it will take time to mobilize troops on their own side. At the same time, they have issued military recruitment orders to various colonies, and even India has received military recruitment orders.

Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, and other colonies all received urgent orders from London, with unprecedented urgency. Citizens of Toronto, Ottawa, Melbourne, Wellington, and countless British colonial cities learned that the British Empire had now arrived.

At the most dangerous time, he walked into the recruiting station with a heart that was thicker than water, and fought hard for his mother country.

"Is even India recruiting soldiers?" Through his relationship with Goa, Sheffield certainly knew the local news in India. When he heard that even India was mobilizing soldiers to join the war, he muttered with a strange expression, "Until the last drop of Indian blood is shed,

The British Empire will never surrender before we do it."

As the British colonies around the world began to mobilize to defend the mother of the British Empire, the United States was also affected. The most direct impact was the slave-owning League of Nations, which no longer clung to the British Empire and reported on this war.

It was really impressive to become neutral, mainly because they were afraid that Germany would really go all out and defeat the Allied Powers.

Once the Franco-Russian alliance on land is broken, who can stop the German army? Do you really think the navy can handle everything?

Sheffield doesn't know whether other people believe that nonsense about a century-old naval tradition. The British certainly don't believe it. If the British believe it, Germany is a continental country and its naval tradition is definitely not as good as that of Britain. Why are they playing with the two-power standard? It's just a pair.

Germany is no match for the British Royal Navy.

In his villa in New York, Sheffield looked at the map of Europe hanging on the wall of his study and calculated the pre-war reserves of various countries and how long it would take to reach the stage of massive blood transfusions.

"What are you looking at?" Edith Rockefeller pushed open the door and asked curiously when she saw Sheffield in a daze.

"Look at the situation on this map. Do the Allies and the Entente look like a poached egg? The Allies are in the middle, and the Entente is on both sides." Sheffield tilted his head and smiled at Edith Rockefeller, "I heard

Britain is recruiting troops in all major colonies, and now it is anxious and ready to fight."

"Yes, many people in Toronto have enlisted in the army." Edith Rockefeller nodded, "It seems that the Germans are much better prepared for this war."

"Well, Germany's military power is too terrifying." Sheffield nodded in agreement and sighed, "I hope the French can stand up to it, otherwise the Allies will be in danger. There is no other country in the world that can wipe the Allies' butt.

Already."

Before the war broke out, Sheffield did not hesitate to lose money to bring in the overall strength of the Allied Powers and the Entente Powers. Italy joined the war. It stands to reason that he should be happy, but this is not the case. Now he is afraid that he will lose the power of the Allied Powers.

What if we can't withstand the German attack?

The biggest impact of the land battlefield was not how powerful the Italian Army was, but the participation of the Ottoman Empire in the war, which put the Russian Empire under siege. Historically, the Ottoman Empire participated in the war, and the Battle of the Marne was over. And the Ottoman Empire entered the war two months early.

The Ottoman Empire gave Germany more confidence to launch attacks on the Western Front and take a defensive position on the Eastern Front, leaving the pressure of the Russian Empire to the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Ottoman Empire.

If the French army cannot prevent the German army from advancing further, the war on the Western Front will become very dangerous. Who can wipe the butt of the entire Allied Powers? There is no such country at all. At least not in 1914!

Now even if the United States quickly joins the war, it will not be able to quench the thirst. Are you saying that no one understands the national conditions of the United States better than the slave owners, and going to war with Germany? Isn't that asking for death? If you go, you will be used as cannon fodder by Britain and France.

When the United States entered the war in World War I, it was just picking peaches in a standard way, which is completely different from being the main force of one side in World War II.

"Are you calculating the reserves of the countries participating in the war?" Edith Rockefeller was not surprised when she saw the map of Europe on the wall. During the Civil War, her father, Rockefeller Sr., had done something similar and made a fortune by selling military supplies.

A pot of gold, this familiar scene appeared again, which only made her feel that her vision was correct and she had not seen the wrong person.

"The intensity of this war is far greater than any previous war. Their own reserves are not enough. I estimate that even Germany, which has the most complete reserves, can only last three months with its pre-war reserves." Sheffield nodded.

, "Three months later, our factories across the United States will be operating at full speed to transfuse blood for both camps."

While the two were chatting, the phone on the table rang. Sheffield went to answer the phone. The voice of Blair, the CEO of United Bank, came, "Boss, some German-owned companies in Australia and Canada have contacted us. It seems that institutions in the British colonies have contacted us."

The plaintiffs have made some moves against German companies, and we have been in contact with them, and now they want to sell the property to us and hope to cash out and get out."

"This is a correct decision. The British felt the pain and put away their hypocritical gentleman's face." A smile finally appeared on Sheffield's face and he encouraged, "I don't mean to take advantage, but I don't mean to take advantage either.

Will suffer a loss. But the first batch of customers can be fair, and there are other countries. When the German companies in Australia and Canada have been compensated, the big ones will be the ones behind. As the war continues, Germany has too many overseas influences.

The British will definitely suppress any power in Germany, whether it is business or military."

Sheffield was not dazzled by the good news, although it was a huge fortune. But after Germany implemented its world policy, the amount of investment in industries around the world was astronomical. In the entire Americas alone, it was calculated in billions.

, the slave owners did not say that taking over all of these industries, even taking over part of them would be a great good thing.

Therefore, in the early days of the British colonies, Canada, Australia and other places, they could show a high attitude and offer a fair price, and huge profits would come one after another.

"Boss, just leave it to me!" Blair agreed immediately. This was a banker's favorite moment.

After putting down the phone, Sheffield whistled and praised himself, "There are benefits to being an old friend of the German people."

After saying this, he picked up Edith Rockefeller and started making mergers and acquisitions to make money! Based on the current comparison of naval power, these overseas German industries cannot pass the British Royal Navy blockade and transfuse blood for the mainland.

The Battle of the Marne was in full swing. On September 1st, Italy mobilized 35 divisions of troops. A force of 420,000 crossed the French-Italian border to attack France. There were eight French divisions defending the French-Italian border, together with local troops.

180,000, the Franco-Italian War officially started.

At the same time, the French Atlantic Fleet, together with a British task force, headed south and entered the Mediterranean through the Strait of Gibraltar.

In the Near East battlefield, in the Caucasus region centered on Armenia, the Ottoman army finally ushered in its old rival, the Russian Empire. Russian Emperor Nicholas II personally served as the commander-in-chief of the Russian army and appointed Grand Duke Nicholas to form the Caucasus Army Group to be responsible for attacking the Ottoman Empire.

The Empire's Southern War.

At the same time that the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire were at war, Britain, based in Egypt, began to attack north along the Mediterranean line, and the battle with the Ottoman army began in Syria.

The Russian army, which was temporarily frustrated in its attack on East Prussia on the Eastern Front, quickly organized a second wave of offensives. The threat to the German homeland was still not eliminated, and a series of battles broke out at this time. It seemed that the Allies and the Central Powers were preparing to gather strength in one go.

Knock down your opponent and win the war.
Chapter completed!