As a pro-Allied German, Sheffield did not order its newspapers to rub salt into Italy's wounds. First of all, although the French army counterattacked the mainland, Italy did not lose much land. The land occupied by the French army was less than 1,000 square meters.

kilometer.

Furthermore, compared with the Battle of the Marne, which resulted in 250,000 German troops and 400,000 British and French allied forces casualties, the Italian Army suffered some humiliation, but did not suffer heavy casualties. Army units with weak combat effectiveness are often good at retreating, and the Italian Army only paid

Less than 50,000 people were lost.

Furthermore, as long as Italy joined the war, it would have helped the Allies a lot. At least it would have liberated the Austro-Hungarian Empire's million-scale mobilization force, so that the Austro-Hungarian Empire could last longer when facing Imperial Russia.

On the other hand, Imperial Russia will face greater pressure because it is surrounded by the Allies on the Eastern Front.

But the slave owners were killed before, and Rasputin, who made the Russian government a mess during the war, may have less chaos within the Russian Empire. The Russian Empire has also been strengthened, and the current situation has indeed become more balanced.

These are all the contributions of Italy. You must know that although Italy made no achievements in World War I, it also caused the Austro-Hungarian Empire to suffer. In two years, the Battle of the Isonzo River alone was fought twelve times.

Italy, which joined the Allied Powers, quickly mobilized its troops to march to the Karst Plateau and the Julian Mountains, hoping to use speed and overwhelming numbers to break through the Austro-Hungarian Empire's defense lines. However, their opponents relied on their condescending location and strengthened fortifications to repel them again and again.

Their offensive. In the first eight months since the declaration of war, the two armies fought a total of five fierce battles in the Isonzo River Basin, resulting in heavy casualties but no one could break the deadlock.

In the following two years, the Italian army worked tirelessly to cause trouble for the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Both sides suffered millions of losses. Now the Allies could use at least two million potential casualties elsewhere.

"The initiative in the war is still in the hands of the Allies. It can only be said that the Allies have now passed the most dangerous period." The virtue of the League of Nations is weakening, and it is now able to make light and well-founded claims.

After the Battle of the Marne, the Allied Powers and the Central Powers entered a relatively peaceful stage. They were licking their wounds and preparing for the next round of fierce battles. At this time, the factories of the United States began to enter a dividend stage due to the war.

A steady stream of orders floated to the United States like snowflakes, and fell into the hands of slave owners who had been waiting for them.

In fact, since the beginning of the war, the United Company has been preparing for the war, with all the goods ready and waiting for customers to come to their doors.

"I know the British hate me very, very much, but so what? Originally they could go to the DuPont family, but a few years ago I forced the DuPont family out of the arms field. Now the domestic military-industrial complex is under my control

In my hands, I have shares in almost all companies, and the British have no choice at all."

Lying on the sofa, with his head resting on Louisa Morgan's thigh and his feet on Edith Rockefeller's lap, the slave owner lived a very comfortable life and it felt good to make money.

"The Civil War was the key to the rise of the Rockefeller family. Now it's your turn, but you have faced more wars than the Civil War." Louisa Morgan glanced at Edith Rockefeller on the other side and said, "Now it seems that you

It was really powerful to force the DuPont family to exit the arms industry."

"Forget about the Civil War. Our family lost too much in the Civil War. If a group of slave owners hadn't fled to Brazil, the Civil War would have been a money-losing business for the United Company." Sheffield sighed, "I am also doing this for the DuPont family.

Well, using war to do business and selling death will definitely not have a good reputation. I am leaving the opportunity to be a good person to others. I have done all the bad things by myself. I think God is just like this. There are people in the East.

This sentence makes sense, if I don’t go to hell, who will?”

"As expected, the United Company has reached a stage of rapid development again. You have money, and everything you say is right." Edith Rockefeller rolled her eyes at the slave owner, "But if you support the Ottoman Empire, isn't it a loss-making business? One piece

Is this barren land worth your efforts?"

"When we talk about money, we are at a disadvantage. Sometimes, some things are more important than money. I want to protect Christians in the Middle East from being used by the countries participating in the war." Sheffield turned over and his head was facing Louisa Morgan's plump breasts.

With his mind in mind, he said vaguely, "Well, what I want is this sense of oppression."

At the Kuwait port, a huge fleet of ships is docking. The port is already crowded with Christian militias, unloading military supplies from the ships. Each ship is filled with different supplies, and even rubber shipped from Manila.

One thing a slave owner can do is that when he is determined to help, he is really helping. This is the case with the Ottoman Empire. Of course, deep down in his heart, he also has a trace of sympathy for these ancient powers that have declined since the Industrial Revolution.

.

It's just the Ottoman Empire's fault that it was defeated by Europe. It's just the fault of the Mughal Empire that it became a colony. It's just the fault of the Qing Dynasty that it was humiliated. But that's the Qing Dynasty's fault.

These different civilizations have been beaten to a loss, and there is no other reason. The reason is that Europe has become too powerful after the Industrial Revolution.

Compared with civilizations other than Europe, the Ottoman Empire has a distinctive feature, which is that it has a very strong military empire. In the early days, it was known as the Tenth Generation of Ming Kings. The fundamental reason is that the Ottoman Empire has a tradition that after becoming a sultan, you can treat your brothers and

Relatives went on a mass killing spree, so each generation of monarchs must have gone through wars and conspiracies, and each experienced the Xuanwumen Incident on the scale of the Kowloon Seizing of Heirs.

The Ottoman Empire had a similar imperial examination system that provided a way to advance through the military service. Various factors led to the Ottoman Empire's combat effectiveness being stronger than other civilizations except European countries.

The current nominal population of the Ottoman Empire is only over 20 million. However, considering that the Ottoman Empire is far inferior to the level of the Qing Dynasty in internal affairs, this number is not even estimated. Constantinople has no idea how many it has.

subjects.

So why Britain and France always negotiated peace with the Qing Dynasty after 1840 was because they were completely frightened by the population size that should not have appeared in the agricultural era. The Ottoman Empire, with a population of more than 20 million, finally tried its best to

So, how about replacing it with a Qing Dynasty with twenty times the population?

Only William Pasha's territory knew exactly how many residents there were in its jurisdiction and how many soldiers it could mobilize to fight.

It has been three months since the World War broke out. Compared with the bombardment of Europe, the peace near the Persian Gulf is like heaven. A steady stream of food supplies the Kuwaiti territory, and more and more Christians are coming after hearing the news.

"Transfer these supplies to the river ships and send them to the north. The imperial army is waiting to receive them?" An officer in dark military uniform was directing some soldiers to move the supplies.

"Sir, why should we help those Ottomans?" A soldier replied dissatisfied, "William Pasha is a good man, but he is too kind to those Ottomans."

"Don't we often say this? We have to fight for our own peaceful life, but the means of fighting for it must be smarter. Furthermore, there are still many Greeks and Armenians still in their hometowns. We protect the southern front of the empire, and we also have to fight for it in a smart way.

Protect them." The officer said with a cold face, "Our regiment is responsible for transporting supplies this time. When we meet the imperial army, don't say anything that affects unity. Remain polite, we are also William Pasha's army, and now we are all fighting for the same army.

Target service.”

At the end of the year when the war began, the Ottoman army, which had been supplemented by the world's second largest Concern Group, finally could no longer bear it and prepared to attack its feud.

In terms of command, the supreme commander of the Ottoman Empire is naturally Enver Pasha. The Russian army is the commander-in-chief of the southern front, Grand Duke Nicholas. The commander-in-chief of the Caucasus Army below is General Vorontsov, but this person also serves as

The administrative duties of the Russian Governor-General of the Caucasus were handed over to the deputy commander-in-chief Myshlaevsky and Yudenich.

In December, when it was snowing heavily in the Caucasus, Enver Pasha commanded the Ottoman Third Army to start the operation. According to the plan, the Eleventh Army would detour from the south to contain the main force of the Russian Caucasus Army on the Aras River.

The Tenth Army will occupy Ardahan from the north and cut off the railway to Sakalemesh, and then join forces with the Ninth Army in the center to capture Sakalemesh, and finally gather together the First Caucasus Army and annihilate it. This is a

A very genius solution in the style of Tannenberg.

In order to ensure the effectiveness of the surprise attack, Enver ordered the troops not to carry fuel, tents and bedding, and even food could only bring half of the rations, hoping to obtain supplies from the villages and enemy strongholds along the way. In the harsh winter wind and snow in the Caucasus

During the trip, they trudged forward on the ridge in the wind and snow.

If Sheffield knew that Enver had such an order, he would stop working overtime and rush to work. You don't bring anything, and you just started to care about what I want military supplies for? Just to ensure the surprise, you will burn everything? When did you know Xiang Yu's allusion?

The Ottomans did achieve a sudden effect. Borgman knew nothing about the enemy's actions, so when he discovered that the enemy troops were approaching the city, the Russian army fell into chaos. Especially Meshraevsky,
Chapter completed!