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Chapter 937: Leap Frog Tactics

On June 25th, the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force finally got [-] shells. These shells were specially allocated by Kitchener for the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. They were originally intended to be sent to Belgium in order to urge Rock to launch an attack on the Bosporus Strait. , Kitchener has done his best.

The Mediterranean Fleet also received a shipment of shells from the Home Fleet, whose commander, John Jericho, had been John Fisher's subordinate and assistant until the outbreak of the World War.

Rock has not been idle during this time. The annihilation of the Fifth Army did not frighten the Ottoman Empire. The Second Army is still madly attacking the position in charge of the 13th Division, but this has lost its meaning. After the annihilation, all the troops besieging the Fifth Army had been drawn out. The British 29th Division suffered heavy losses and needed a month's rest. The Anzac now has four divisions, two of which were disabled, and two more divisions can participate In the battle, the 501st and 502nd divisions suffered little losses in the previous phase of the battle. Rock did not put all the reserves into battle in the first phase of the battle, and now he even has the ability to rotate the frontline troops.

After annihilating the Fifth Army, Rock adjusted the front line, ordered the defensive troops to retreat slightly, and retreated the defense line to the mountainous area, using the rugged terrain of the mountainous area for defense to attract the Second Army to invest more troops.

Zanders is not stupid. The Garibaldi Peninsula is 20 kilometers long, the widest is no more than [-] kilometers, and the narrowest is only [-] kilometers. The Mediterranean Expeditionary Force landed in Bolayer before, and the retreat of the Fifth Army was completely destroyed. Cut off, thus encircling and annihilating the Fifth Army.

After Roque ordered the troops to withdraw the line of defense to the mountains, a nearly 30-kilometer-long blank area appeared behind the attacking Second Army. The attacking force of China will repeat the tragedy of the Fifth Army.

Therefore, when the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force withdrew its front line to the mountainous area, Zanders also withdrew the defense line of the troops to the Kavak line, also relying on the mountainous area to establish a defensive position.

Rock is really sorry. If Zanders ordered the troops to retreat one day later, the Mediterranean Fleet and the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force would be ready for landing. Now everything has to be restarted. Zanders hopes to have a decisive battle with Rock in Kavak However, Rock is not in the mood. After taking the Dardanelles, the Mediterranean Fleet can freely enter and exit the Dardanelles, and the Sea of ​​Marmara is also under the control of the Mediterranean Fleet. Launch an attack on the Bosphorus, forcing Zanders to withdraw his troops from Kavak.

"Although the Second Army is powerful, the entire Sea of ​​Marmara and the Ottoman Empire are empty. We can choose any place to launch a landing operation. The logistics supply of the landing force is carried out by sea, and the supply of the land line of communication is abandoned. I put this The tactic is called Leapfrog Tactics, looking for the weak points of the Ottoman Empire to launch an attack, disrupting Zanders' defense system, and exhausting the second army. In the end, Zanders will have to choose to stick to the Bosporus Strait, which is great for us. The most advantageous way to attack." Rock personally introduced the next attack plan at the joint meeting. Leapfrog tactics came from the Pacific battlefield during World War II and are generally considered to be invented by MacArthur.

Now that MacArthur is still serving in Veracruz, Mexico, Roque has no psychological barriers to using doctrine. As the commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Roque is being promoted to the ranks of famous generals, so how can he do without something to sell.

After listening to Roque's introduction, the generals who participated in the joint meeting applauded enthusiastically, and finally looked at Roque with more respect and admiration than envy and hatred.

Soldiers still need strength to speak. If Roque did not perform well in the previous stage of combat, he should have returned to France in despair by now, and continued to be the commander of his southern African expeditionary force.

Now no one dares to deny Rock's role, and no one dares to replace Rock's position. The British Royal Navy has a large number of talents, and the Army has very few generals who can take it. In France, Frenzi and Haig performed the same. The only cool-headed Smith Doring has resigned, and Kitchener has gradually been removed from power. Rock is the only bright spot in the British Army.

Mediterranean Fleet Commander John Fisher and Deputy Commander John Drobeck also applauded enthusiastically. John Fisher turned his head and said something softly to John Drobeck, and John Drobeck smiled and shook his head to express his admiration .

"The 501st Division and the 502nd Division have already landed in Canakkale. Next, these two divisions will sweep the southern Dardanelles and completely control the Dardanelles. The Ninth Division, together with the 13th and 19th Divisions in Southern Africa, are advancing towards Marmara Island. These four divisions and the French troops that have arrived in Marmara Island earlier will be the main force for the next period of time. The 29th Division The [-]st and [-]nd Divisions of the Anzac Army suffered heavy losses in the previous phase of the battle, and their task was to hold our position on the northern side of the Dardanelles and wipe out the remnants of the Garibaldi Peninsula.” Rock continued to introduce that there are only sporadic troops left on the Garibaldi Peninsula, and all the organized ones have surrendered. This task should be easy.

"The troops used to attack are a bit small. The Second Army of the Ottoman Empire still has more than 20 people, and the Ottoman Empire is still forming new troops. We still have many difficulties." John Fisher is not optimistic, Rock is ready The four divisions that went into battle had nearly 5000 troops, and it was very difficult to occupy Constantinople.

"General Fisher, when the battle breaks out, we will have more troops." Rock had already prepared for this.

"Where are the reinforcements?" John Fisher was at a loss. He also knew the situation of the British Army. Now every troop is precious. When the Battle of the Dardanelles broke out, the scramble around the 29th Division made people The memory is still fresh.

"Russians, unless they sit back and watch us occupy Constantinople—" Rock really has no reinforcements in his hands, and the military potential of southern Africa has been squeezed to the limit. It will take time for East India to train more troops. The troops of the Sultanate of Sultanate have proven to be useless in the previous stage of operations. After Kitchener was evacuated, the reinforcements of the Anzac Army will no longer be placed under the command of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force Command, so Rock has to find another way .

Hearing Rock's words, John Fisher's eyes lit up immediately.

Before the Battle of the Dardanelles, the Russian Empire had launched an attack on Constantinople.

The Russian Empire's ambitions for the outlet of the Black Sea are well known. In order to prevent Greece from participating in the war, the Russian Empire even threatened war.

Now the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force has occupied the Dardanelles and the Sea of ​​Marmara, and then there is Constantinople, so it is impossible for the Russian Empire to sit back and watch the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force continue to advance. Now it may be ready to go to Constantinople. Dingbao is preparing to attack.

Even if the Russian Empire doesn't cooperate, it doesn't matter. After controlling the Dardanelles, Rock can deploy more troops to attack. Even without the cooperation of the Russian Empire, Rock is confident that he can take down Constantine. dingbo.

Unlike Roque's full confidence, the dignitaries of the Ottoman Empire have lost confidence in winning the war after the Fifth Army was wiped out and the Dardanelles were lost.

According to the information obtained by Rock, during the recent period, the dignitaries and dignitaries of Constantinople have fled Constantinople one after another. Passenger ships crossing the Bosporus Strait are constantly flowing day and night. In combat, the butcher knife was aimed at the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire.

Speaking of Armenians, this is another tragedy. After losing Bosnia, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Romania, and Serbia successively, Armenians became the only Christian group in the Ottoman Empire.

This problem was not prominent in the past, but after the end of the Balkan Peninsula War, some extreme remarks appeared in the Ottoman Empire. Some people believed that the Ottoman Empire could only be saved by eliminating all heresies, so the Armenians were out of luck.

This is the first genocide plan against a nation since the [-]th century. Britain did so badly during the Second Boer War, and it did not rise to the level of genocide. The Russian Empire’s overall exclusion of Jews was at its climax. It was nothing more than expelling the Jews from the Russian Empire.

The amazing thing is that when the world war broke out, there were still nearly [-] soldiers serving the Ottoman Empire. The loyalty of these Armenian armies became a huge problem, so how to eliminate this hidden danger became a headache for the Ottoman Empire. question.

Now this problem is not serious. The Fifth Army is mainly composed of Armenians.

It means that the Ottoman Empire eliminated this hidden danger with the help of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force.

During the siege of Damascus, some Armenian troops took the initiative to lay down their weapons, which became an excuse for the Ottoman Empire to clear the Armenians. In the current Ottoman Empire, male Armenians over the age of 12 are being shot collectively, and the fate of women is even more appalling. , Up to now, at least 50 Armenians have been massacred on a large scale, and a large number of Armenians have been sold as slaves. In Aleppo and Mosul, Armenians broke through the blockade of the Ottoman Empire and fled to Port Elizabeth to seek asylum. Tens of thousands of people died in the process.

During the siege of Damascus, more Ottomans than Armenians voluntarily laid down their arms, but no one cared.

(End of this chapter)