"If you dare to take a step back without my order, everyone from Vorontsov on down will be shot." Grand Duke Nicholas, who finally arrived in the Caucasus, learned of the current dangerous situation and issued an order with murderous intent, "troops from all over the country are marching to Sakal."

Gathering near Meshe, it’s December now, I don’t believe the Ottomans can hide it from everyone. The Ottomans want a war of their own, give it to them!”

The Russian soldiers in the freezing cold listened to the instructions of Grand Duke Nicholas conveyed by officers at all levels. They stood upright in the biting cold wind. The Russian soldiers in gray military coats stood upright in the biting cold wind amid the prayers of the Orthodox priests.

, gained inner peace, and the chaos in the city disappeared.

In their place are dense masses of gray cattle, European steamrollers belonging to the Russian Emperor.

"We not only want to win this battle, but also want to break into Constantinople and make this country that has blocked us for three hundred years disappear forever." In the city of Sakalemesh, the Russians raised their sabers high.

The military generals shouted loudly.

"Ula..." Countless Russian soldiers shouted loudly, and the residents in the city felt relieved when they saw this scene.

At the Russian army base camp in St. Petersburg, countless staff officers in military uniforms have formulated the current specific response plan. For the entire Russian Empire, it is extremely unfavorable in terms of grand strategy. The empire is separated from other allies of the Allied Powers and has to face the entire Russian Empire alone.

The siege of the Allied Powers must break this extremely bad situation of being surrounded.

Nicholas II held a royal meeting, and the ministers had a fierce quarrel, but in the end he came up with a war plan that must deal with the Allies. The strongest force of the Allies, the German army, was mainly to contain the German army, focusing on attacking the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the

The Ottoman Empire, but this situation is not sustainable. A war under comprehensive encirclement cannot last long. The British must find a way to break the siege of the Empire by the Allies.

"At this time, there is no shame in asking for help from the allies." Nicholas II said decisively, "The entire war situation is in an anxious state, and the British are helping themselves by helping us."

After defeating the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the Battle of Galicia, Archduke Nicholas rushed to the Caucasus and quickly calmed down the chaotic Russian army. At this time, Enver Pasha's Ottoman army had already begun fighting with the Russian army.

After the Battle of the Marne and the Battle of the French-Italian Border, the British and French forces could finally breathe a sigh of relief. Telegrams from distant St. Petersburg asking for help could not calm down the British and French forces.

The Russian Empire is surrounded by the entire Allies and is fighting alone. Once the Russian Empire cannot withstand the pressure and is crushed, millions of Austro-Hungarian and German troops on the Eastern Front will flood to the Western Front. This is

What Britain and France did not want to see was that the Russian Empire was not only an ally, but also the country with the most abundant human resources among the Allied Powers. The existence of some countries is of great value, and there is no doubt that Russia is such a country.

"What we must do is to find a way to defeat the Ottoman Empire, the weakest of the Allies, and reconnect the entire Entente. The most important thing now is to regain the overwhelming naval superiority in the Mediterranean, and then launch a powerful amphibious landing offensive.

Restore the external ties of the Russian Empire through the Dardanelles Strait." Admiralty Churchill said in a worried but hopeful tone.

By now, all members of the cabinet know the consequences for the two battleships. But can they admit that they made a mistake? They absolutely cannot admit it and can only find ways to solve this problem.

"What does the Lord of the Admiralty think?" Herbert Henry Asquith looked at the Lord of the Admiralty who was the source of this problem. Now the entire Allied Powers have to pay an unimaginable price for two battleships.

"The southern front of the Ottoman Empire is Egypt under our control. I suggest that the Anzac Corps be transferred to Egypt to form a military force to attack the Ottomans on the southern front. Cooperate with the Russian Empire to attack on both sides to force the Ottoman Empire to withdraw from the war. At the same time, sea control in the Mediterranean must be immediately

To recover, we should wait for an opportunity to work with the French Navy to inflict heavy damage on the Italian Navy and the Austro-Hungarian Navy." Speaking of this, Churchill pondered for a moment and said, "The Ottoman Empire is not a nation-state, the entire country is bound by religion. We can convince

The Arabs opposed the rule of the Ottomans, which could greatly weaken the power of the Ottoman Empire. As far as I know, there is a Christian legion in the Persian Gulf, which was formed by a foreign pasha of the Ottoman Empire. If we can

To convince them to side with us."

"But according to our current information, the richest man in the United States seems to be a person with an extremely obvious pro-German stance." Herbert Henry Asquith frowned and said, "And this man's family has been cooperating with the Ottoman Empire all year round.

, has a history of several decades. Judging from my words and deeds, I have sympathy for some ancient empires. Can’t the U.S. government control this person?”

"Prime Minister, maybe you can't! This person is a veteran of the Democratic Party currently in power in the United States. He has great prestige in half of the United States. He also represents a group of white supremacists." The Minister of the Interior said with a wry smile, "There are even rumors that

, the reason why he has a bad view of the British Empire is because we did nothing to save the American Civil War decades ago."

"That's really an unreasonable anger! Give it a try, regain control of the Mediterranean Sea, find a way to open up the lifeline of the Russian Empire, and coordinate attacks from the north and the south to withdraw the Ottoman Empire from the war. How will you know it's useless if you don't try it?" Herbert

Henry Asquith sighed helplessly. If it were a time of peace, he could have regarded it as the incompetence and rage of a part of the class that had been eliminated by history. But now people seem to be doing well. If Britain cannot win the war, it will be eliminated.

risk.

"I believe that independence has a huge motivating effect on the Arabs." Churchill said confidently.

The Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire, which had been feuding for three hundred years, finally stood on opposite sides again. Regarding this, both the Allies and the Entente held their breath.

At this time, it was a rare moment of respite for both camps. France finally blocked the German army's advance towards the capital. The German army and the British and French forces were racing towards the Atlantic Ocean. The long trenches and barbed wire fences became a new round of competition. The war was over.

It's not something that can end in a while.

Because Germany's agricultural foundation is not as good as France's, there have been some reports of food shortages. However, the German government has decisively disclosed its grain reserves, saying that there is no problem with domestic food supply. Even if there is no harvest for a whole year, there will be no food crisis.

On the Caucasus front line, the Ottoman troops who were marching hard were still striving for victory. The Ninth Army still successfully marched 80 kilometers of mountain roads in three days and arrived at the old city outside Sakalemesh on Christmas Day.

The other Tenth Army attacked Ortu and Adarhan northward as planned and defeated the first part of the 20th Infantry Division led by the Russian Istomin. However, after the victory, Hafiz Haqi unexpectedly

He feverishly pursued this small Russian army and delayed the rendezvous. After receiving an urgent order from Enver on Christmas Day, Hafez had to ask the troops to turn southeast and march three times in one day.

Ten miles to meet up with Enver. However, on the march route of the Tenth Army, there were mountains as high as three thousand meters and a blizzard.

As we all know, William Pasha's military supplies were still on the way, and many Ottoman soldiers went to war wearing autumn uniforms.

By the time the two main offensive Ottoman forces converged, the Ottoman Tenth Army had lost 10,000 men just because of crossing the mountains and being attacked by blizzards. Enver Pasha defied everyone's objections at the military meeting on the 26th.

Launched an attack. However, even though there were only about 4,000 Russian troops from the Kuban Brigade in the city, the extremely tired Ninth Army was still unable to make much progress. The Tenth Army that arrived that night was in even worse condition, so that Enver had to order

Delay the attack for thirty-six hours.

When the city was officially attacked, the two armies that originally had more than 50,000 troops had only 18,000 officers and soldiers to participate in the battle. However, the Russian army's strength had increased to seven regiments of about 14,000 troops. The bloody battle continued.

For a whole day, the 17th Turkish Division and other units rushed into the city and fought with the Russians with bayonets, while the Russians responded with heavy machine guns and city defense artillery.

The Ottoman troops finally successfully broke into the city, but were immediately met with a barrage of grenades and machine gun fire. The Russians also carried out their glorious tradition and launched a bayonet charge at the Ottomans in the dark. Following the earth-shattering sound of urrahs, the two sides fought in the dark night of Sari.

There was a bloody fight in the city of Camoš.

The persistence of the city of Sarikamosh gave Grand Duke Nicholas a good opportunity to calmly mobilize his troops, and appointed Yudenich, Chief of Staff of the Caucasus Army Group, to launch a counterattack. The Russian army, which turned from defense to offense, faced the sudden attack of the feudal enemy.

Finally woke up, defeated the attacking Ottoman Third Army and began to counterattack. The Caucasus Army units pursued and divided and surrounded the Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Armies of the Ottoman Third Army.

After several days of fighting, the collapse of the Ottoman Third Army was inevitable, and Enver Pasha had to order a retreat. He hastily ended the offensive campaign he initiated. At this point, the first battle between the two feuding enemies, the Russian Empire achieved a complete victory.

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"Sure enough, not any army can fight in the winter wearing single clothes, and the front-line soldiers of the Ottomans also suffered." Although Enver Pasha sealed the news tightly, how could Sheffield, who was responsible for transporting military supplies, not know this?

The details of the battle.

The news of the Russian army was highly praised by Britain and France, who believed that the Russian Empire had made outstanding contributions to the final victory of the war. "We can launch a campaign to directly force the Ottoman Empire to withdraw from the war."
Chapter completed!