"Although I don't know the specific deployment of the British army in the Middle East, I can estimate it from information obtained from India and Australia. The ANZAC Corps formed by the two colonies of Australia and New Zealand has already sent 100,000 people to the battlefield, and they should all be in Egypt.

On the front line. As for Canada, I heard that 200,000 people have been mobilized to join the army, and the Canadian Legion should be going to Europe." Edith Rockefeller was away, and Jesra began to report on the situation in the Middle East again.

"The British suddenly became conscientious. Together with the Anglo-Indian coalition formed after the Ottomans entered the war, and some Egyptian Arabs, Egypt now has at least 500,000 troops." Sheffield closed his eyes and thought for a moment. "Now the West

The Allied Powers obviously want to gain advantage from the Eastern Front and concentrate their efforts to defeat Imperial Russia first. Then they will solve the problem of turning around the Western Front. Naturally, the Allies will launch a rescue operation against Imperial Russia. This year's situation, the war will almost be concentrated in Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

, the protagonists are the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire.”

"What do you think, boss?" Jesra nodded and said, "John Connor and Brown, please be careful to prevent being sucked into this vortex. It's like walking a tightrope."

"You're right, but both Imperial Russia and Ottoman are considered a bit weak by their opponents. Although Imperial Russia is no match for the Germans, except for the Germans, none of the Allied armies can defeat the Russian army. As for the Ottomans? With the current situation

The situation, the surrounding environment of the Ottoman Empire has become too dangerous, so dangerous that the residents of the Ottoman Empire have to fight a battle for survival. Just look at how close Constantinople is to the border."

According to what was said on the Internet in later generations, the Ottoman Empire began to guard the country! Enver Pasha insisted on participating in the war as an Allied Power, which was nothing more than seeking survival in the face of death. There was no place for the Ottoman Empire in the Allied Powers camp.

Not to mention that the Allies did not give the Ottoman Empire a verbal guarantee in exchange for not participating in the war. Even if they did, when the Allied camp collapsed and there was no longer any power to compete with the Allied camp, wouldn't the breach of the treaty be a matter of minutes?

The Ottoman Empire simply could not stay out of the war and participating in the war was the only option.

"The British Army still has some combat effectiveness, which is all in France. The combat effectiveness of the army mobilized on the second line cannot be counted on. Now the Ottoman Empire has a huge German advisory group directing operations. The British are not so easy to take advantage. The Ottomans are afraid of the Russians, but

We are not afraid of the British." Sheffield leaned lazily on the backrest and said, "If nothing else, this year's major battles should not be on the Western Front. Germany and Italy on the Western Front should maintain a coercive posture and continue to put pressure on France.

.The place where the fight will take place is the Mediterranean, the Allies will choose to fight in Eastern Europe, and the Entente will mainly target the Ottoman Empire."

For the countries participating in the war, every passing day is like a year. It is not as nourishing as slave owners in the United States. Not only monopoly capitalists like him involved in the military industry can accumulate and consume orders from various countries.

Benefiting from this, the United States, the world's largest debtor country, is slowly disappearing with its debt mountain of billions of dollars.

This trend made the federal government more determined not to participate in the war. It would first pay off the world's largest debt. This did not require slave owners to go to Washington to lobby.

Any voice that participated in the war was suppressed by the federal government. In addition, unlike history, during World War I, the Allied Powers used propaganda to benefit from the international status of Britain, France, and Russia, which completely blackened the Allied Powers.

But in this time and space, there are slave owners who like to slam on the brakes and lead the League of Nations to expose the British rhetoric. I dare not say that it can whitewash the image of the Allies, but it is still easy to smear the Allies and the Central Powers.

Since it is a matter of life and death on the battlefield, let alone occupying the moral high ground, it is only fair that all problems be resolved on the battlefield.

When United Company's monthly European orders finally reached 40 million, the situation in Europe changed a little again. The German-Austrian Allied Forces on the Eastern Front launched a campaign to resolve the threat of the Russian army to the restoration of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Lice made a breakthrough, and the Allied counterattack on the Eastern Front began.

At the same time, the Gibraltar base in the Mediterranean connected to the Atlantic Ocean became an important stronghold for the French Navy and the British task force. The Eastern Mediterranean, with Alexandria in Egypt, posed a threat to the Mediterranean maritime power of the Allied Powers.

This situation is already very obvious. They are waiting for an opportunity to annihilate the Italian Navy and the Austro-Hungarian Navy in the Mediterranean.

France has transferred all its naval forces on the Atlantic front to the Mediterranean, and has completely handed over the northern French waters to the British Royal Navy for guarding. Together with a force drawn from the British Home Fleet, it is sharpening its sword against the Allies' naval power in the Mediterranean.

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At this time, the British and French combined fleet gathered in the Mediterranean Sea, consisting of eleven battleships, one battlecruiser, four light cruisers, sixteen destroyers, seven submarines, and one aircraft transport ship.

The main force of the Italian navy facing the British and French combined fleet was the combat fleet stationed in Taranto under the command of the Duke of Abruzzi, which consisted of four dreadnoughts, four pre-dreadnoughts, five armored cruisers, four destroyers and nine

Lightning strike ship.

At Brindisi, Ernesto Presbitero had a squadron of two dreadnoughts and four older armored cruisers. In addition, Venice had three pre-dreadnoughts as a reserve.

As for the Austro-Hungarian Navy, which ranks eighth in the world, with the Combined Forces class as its core, the Combined Forces-class battleship is the only first-class dreadnought battleship built and put into service in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It is sometimes also called the Tigotov class. Combined Forces

The class has a full load displacement of 22,000 tons, its main weapon is four triple 305mm guns, and its maximum speed is 20 knots. When World War I broke out, the first three ships of the Combined Forces class, the Combined Forces, Tegotov, and Ou

The Prince of Roots has been commissioned, and the outfitting of the St. Stephen is about to be completed. Overall, the Combined Forces-class battleship is an excellent dreadnought battleship.

In addition, there are three pre-dreadnoughts and the Combined Forces class that form the core of the Austro-Hungarian Navy. Among the two navies ranked so high in the world, one has six dreadnoughts and the other has four dreadnoughts.

So why slave owners, with four dreadnoughts in their hands, want to go to heaven and roam the Indian Ocean, thinking that the British do not dare to touch them. It is because from the perspective of capital ships, they are still at the level of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, although the Guba-class

There's something wrong with the battleship.

Although he had just restored the naval balance in the Mediterranean, Churchill had already formulated a very grand battle plan to annihilate the naval power of the Allied Powers in the Mediterranean, while opening up Imperial Russia's external contacts and forcing the Ottoman Empire to withdraw from the war.

The battle plan formulated against the Ottoman Empire was no stranger to Churchill. Long before the Ottoman Empire entered the war, Churchill had already had the idea of ​​attacking the Ottoman Empire.

It was suggested to seize the Gallipoli Peninsula, and then advance into the Sea of ​​Marmara, directly threatening Istanbul, or Constantinople - this name is more suitable for the people of Christ. But at that time, he was the only one in Britain who was interested in the Ottoman Empire.

With such a strong interest, other British people focused their attention on the fierce battle with Germany on the Western Front.

In the second year of the war, Imperial Russia, with its conscience, fulfilled its covenant and paid the price after being besieged by the Allies.

Churchill's originally shelved plan was quickly put into action. The key to this plan lay in the Gallipoli Peninsula, which was like a boot of the Ottoman Empire extending into the Aegean Sea from the northeast, starting from the sole to the calf and between the Asia Minor Peninsula

formed the slender Dardanelles Strait, with the narrowest heel part less than two kilometers wide. After passing through the Dardanelles Strait, it entered the Sea of ​​Marmara, the inland sea of ​​the Ottoman Empire, where the capital Istanbul was built.

On the Bosporus between the Sea of ​​Marmara and the Black Sea. Once the Gallipoli Peninsula is lost, the capital of the Ottoman Empire will be exposed to the gun range of the British and French navies.

This plan was quickly approved by the British War Cabinet, and was also recognized by the French who wanted to get rid of the Italian threat. However, in St. Petersburg, Nicholas II categorically rejected the plan, "Constantinople is extremely hostile to the Orthodox Church."

Important, if the British want to monopolize it, let them fight for themselves. If you want us to help the British occupy the capital of the Orthodox Church, just dream!"

"The Russians don't know what to think in their heads. What time of day is it now? They still insist on their ambitions for Constantinople." Churchill, who was opposed by the Russian Empire, said nonchalantly, "Even the Russian army can humiliate the Ottomans.

, can our British Empire still encounter trouble? Anyway, we must first deal with the Allies' Mediterranean fleet. When the Russians are hurt by the Allies' beatings on land, they will hurriedly urge us to act quickly. What we need to do now is

, formulate a plan to attack the Allied Mediterranean Fleet."
Chapter completed!