Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 938

There is a premise that must be made clear. For the UK, to control the outlet of the Black Sea, it is not necessary to control all of the Dardanelles, the Marmara Sea, and the Bosporus Strait. It only needs to control any of the above three places. strategic goals can be achieved.

This is not the case for the Russian Empire. If the Russian Empire wants to get access to the Black Sea, it must control all the above-mentioned three places, so that the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Empire can freely enter and exit the Black Sea.

Now that the Dardanelles and the Sea of ​​Marmara are under the control of the Mediterranean Fleet and the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, the only thing the Russian Empire can fight for is the Bosporus Strait, so Rock is really in no hurry, the British and French allied forces open the Black Sea The mood at the mouth of the sea is very urgent, and the mood of the Russian Empire is even more urgent.

Just as Roque said, the entire coast of the Sea of ​​Marmara, the defenses of the Ottoman Empire troops are empty, and there are landing points for troops to land everywhere. Under the cover of the Mediterranean Fleet, on July 9, the [-]th Division of the Anzac Army only It took three hours to land near Sharkey, and after defeating the defenders, the regiment marched inland to the mountains, driving straight behind the Second Army's line of defense.

In the previous phase of the battle, the Anzacs lost a lot, and the small harbor named "Anzac Bay" became a sad place for all the Anzacs officers and soldiers.

The 9th Division came to the Mediterranean Sea relatively late, and did not have time to participate in the previous stage of the battle. Now the 9th Division is suffocating up and down to avenge its shame.

On July 19nd, a brigade of the [-]th Division landed at Kazikoy, followed by another at Tekirdag, which was closer to the Bosphorus. Both brigades made rapid progress.

Like the 9th Division, in the previous stage of operations, the 19th Division was used as a reserve force for the entire Mediterranean Expeditionary Force and was not put into combat at all. Now the 19th Division still retains its complete establishment, so at the beginning of the third stage, Rock sent the 19th Division and the 9th Division to the front line to give other troops more rest time.

The 19th Division is a unit mainly composed of Bechuanalians. The main members of this unit are also Chinese, accounting for more than 80.00% of the total number. It is one of the units with the highest proportion of Chinese soldiers in southern Africa.

The time has entered July. For the Allied Powers, apart from the rapid progress of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, there is finally some good news. The biggest progress is that the Kingdom of Italy finally joined the war.

However, whether this news is good news remains to be verified.

In order for the Kingdom of Italy to participate in the war, the Allied Powers have made great efforts. Since October last year, the Allied Powers have been lobbying the Kingdom of Italy, hoping that the Kingdom of Italy will defect from the Allied Powers and join the Allied Powers.

At that time, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Italy, Antonio Salandra, was up for sale. In order to bargain as much as possible to obtain more benefits, Antonio Salandra declared that the Kingdom of Italy could send 100 million troops to fight abroad. The troops that have not seen it are salivating. Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire also have expectations for the Kingdom of Italy, but Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire have different attitudes towards the Kingdom of Italy. The identity of the mediator country appeared on the Eastern Front so that the Austro-Hungarian Empire could get out of the mud. Germany saw the essence of the Kingdom of Italy through the Italian-Turkish War, and only hoped that the Kingdom of Italy would remain neutral.

In this way, it is obvious that the Allied Powers offer better conditions to the Kingdom of Italy. The conditions offered by British Foreign Secretary Gray to the Kingdom of Italy are very attractive. If the Kingdom of Italy participates in the war, then after the war, the Kingdom of Italy can gain At the same time, the vast area south of Yaster and the Alps can also obtain the islands in the Aegean Sea, a part of the land of the Balkan Peninsula, plus a part of the land on the Asia Minor Peninsula, Tripoli and Cyrenaica are also used as Negotiation conditions, as long as Italy joins the Allied Powers, the Allied Powers will recognize Italy's ownership of Tripoli and Cyrenaica.

It is worth noting that most of the land promised by Gray belonged to the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Ottoman Empire, so if the Kingdom of Italy wanted to get these lands, it would have to wait until it defeated the Allies. Before defeating the Allies, the Kingdom of Italy would get nothing.

Look at this negotiation, the generosity of others has been played with great proficiency. On the surface, a lot of things have been promised, but in fact the UK has lost nothing, and it has an extra 100 million troops for nothing.

If the 100 million troops promised by Antonio Sarandra can really play the role Gray expected, it is obvious that Gray regards the 100 million troops promised by Antonio Sarandra as an expeditionary force in southern Africa. powerful troops.

June NO.20, the Kingdom of Italy officially declared war on the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

The funny thing is that at this time, the Kingdom of Italy was still nominally an ally with the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the Triple Alliance still existed.

On July [-]th, the Kingdom of Italy officially launched an attack on the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the first Battle of Isonzo began.

Seeing this "first time", many brothers should know that this is another super long series.

That's right, the Battle of Isonzo was fought a total of twelve times. The Kingdom of Italy paid 150 million people and did not break through the Isonzo River defense line of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In the No.12 Battle of Isonzo, that is, Capo In the Battle of Reto, only 1 soldiers were killed and 3 wounded in the Kingdom of Italy, but at the same time, 26.5 soldiers surrendered voluntarily and 30 soldiers fled the battle and became deserters.

The Battle of Caporetto also became a national humiliation for Italy.

Now the Allied Powers don't know that the performance of the Kingdom of Italy will be so unbearable, and they are full of expectations for the Kingdom of Italy. Joffre and Frenzi also expressed their great welcome to the Kingdom of Italy's participation in the war, but Roque does not take it seriously.

According to Antonio Salandra's promise to Edward Gray, after the Kingdom of Italy enters the war, five divisions will join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force to assist the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in launching an attack on the Bosporus Strait.

This should be good news for Roque, who was short of troops, but Roque, who was impressed by the Kingdom of Italy, didn't want these five divisions at all.

"The Kingdom of Italy during the Italian-Turkish War was a disaster. The Indian Legion behaved like Xiang. The troops of the Kingdom of Italy were not much better than the Indian Legion. They joined our Mediterranean Expeditionary Force and would only become a drag on us. I dare not Send the Italians to the front line, and whoever cooperates with them will be unlucky." Rock dismissed the Kingdom of Italy, and the five divisions had nearly 9 people, so he didn't want it.

"Although the troops of the Kingdom of Italy are not as good as the Southern African Expeditionary Force, they are not as bad as you imagined. During the Italian-Turkish War, the Kingdom of Italy was indeed scum, but after such a long time, the Kingdom of Italy should have learned a lesson, even if they still Not suitable for world wars, auxiliary operations should be competent.” Winston still has expectations for the Kingdom of Italy, and he has yet to say the famous phrase “a good appetite, but a mouth full of rotten teeth”.

"The Italians can be sent to the mountains on the Garibaldi Peninsula to suppress bandits, so that we can draw out the 29th Division and the First and Second Divisions of the Anzac Army." Ian Hamilton doesn't know enough about the Kingdom of Italy.

"Okay!" Rock followed suit. Since both Winston and Ian Hamilton agreed, Rock would not firmly oppose it. He hoped that the mobilization of the Kingdom of Italy would be faster.

The landing of the 19th Division and the 9th Division caused great trouble to the waiting Second Army. Zanders did not expect that Rock would give up the land attack and instead send troops to land from behind the Second Army.

Although there were not many landing troops, Zanders could not ignore the actions of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. In order to deal with the landing troops of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Zanders mobilized troops to chase and intercept the landing troops, and sent the 19th Division's landing force to Gazikoy. Troops surrounded.

"In order to encircle the second brigade that landed in Gazikoy, the Second Army dispatched three divisions. It is estimated that Zanders wanted to repeat the Battle of the Anzac Gulf, but we have command of the sea and air, and the landing force can pass through the sea at any time. Withdraw." Ian Hamilton said that the pressure is not great, and under the premise of commanding the sea, the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force can advance and retreat freely.

"Can't retreat, order the second brigade to stand firm, send troops to land on both sides of Kazikoy, and encircle the Ottoman troops. I want to swallow these three divisions and hit him in the center." Rock has a big appetite. , The 501st and 502nd Divisions have completed the task of clearing the southern side of the Dardanelles, and the [-]st Anzac Division has taken over the defense. Now that Rock has a reserve team in his hands, it is better to cut off one of his fingers.

"Landing for anti-encirclement——" Ian Hamilton is one head and two big. The landing operation itself is already difficult enough. Now it is necessary to encircle the enemy after landing, and then annihilate the enemy. The difficulty is simply increased geometrically.

"The defense of the Second Army has been disrupted by us. We ordered the 29th Division to launch an attack on Kavak, so that Zanders could not provide timely support. We ordered the Ninth Division to advance to Gazikoy and join the landing forces for joint operations." Luo Kerr was like a fish in water. On the cruel western front, too many troops were poured into the narrow front. The troops had lost room to turn around and could only engage in brutal trench warfare.

Roque's side is much better. The troops have enough space to turn around, and the Mediterranean Fleet has control of the Sea of ​​Marmara. If Roque still can't achieve results, then Roque is really sorry for Winston and Kitchener. trust.

Now the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force has become the life-saving straw for Winston and Kitchener. Kitchener hoped that Roque would achieve results and stabilize his position, so he did not hesitate to allocate the shells originally intended for the Western Front to the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, which led to the war with Florent. Qi's relationship deteriorated further.

Winston hopes to return to the center of power by virtue of the record of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. It was because of Winston's persistence that the coalition forces launched the Battle of the Dardanelles.

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