Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 946

The British Foreign Office and the British War Office were not on the same page. The Foreign Office wanted to forge a stronger alliance to keep the Russian Empire going.

The Ministry of War started from profit, and the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force finally won the Black Sea estuary after a series of bloody battles. There was no reason to hand it over to the Russians.

Especially during the Battle of the Dardanelles, the Russian Empire stopped attacking Constantinople for its own benefit, which made the military very dissatisfied with the Russian Empire.

What is even more dissatisfied is yet to come. According to the agreement between the United Kingdom and the Russian Empire, including the Dardanelles, the Sea of ​​Marmara, and the Bosphorus, they will be handed over to the Russian Empire after the war. In exchange, the Russian Empire Agreed with Britain and France annexing German territories in Africa.

Rock only found out after the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force captured Constantinople. Although the war had not yet been won, the Allied Powers had reached an agreement on the distribution of spoils after the war. Looking at it this way, it is no wonder that during the Paris Peace Conference in another time and space, Chinese interests It was ruthlessly ignored, because the Paris conference had already begun, and although the Republic of China had sent labor to Europe at this time, it had not formally joined the war.

Another time and space was on August 1917, 8, when the government of the Republic of China officially entered the war, and the World War in 14 had entered its third year, and even the United States had already surrendered to Germany on April 1917 earlier that year. When war was declared, the government of the Republic of China was belatedly aware of it.

Compared with Italy, which is good at standing in teams, the Republic of China is really nothing to say.

Since the complete Black Sea estuary will be handed over to the Russian Empire in the future, Rock has nothing to worry about, although the dignitaries in Constantinople have fled to Asia Minor peninsula, but Constantinople still has countless wealth.

After all, it is a prosperous place accumulated by the Ottomans for 1700 years. The officers and soldiers of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force made a fortune. For a week in a row, freighters full of containers were sent to southern Africa every day. Pass.

After the Kingdom of Italy entered the war and the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force captured Constantinople, the necessity for Greece to participate in the war was decreasing. Edward Gray initially tempted Greece to join the war on the condition of Constantinople and surrounding lands, and later because of the opposition of the Russian Empire , Change the chip to Cyprus Island, now that Cyprus Island has become the headquarters of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, it must not be given to the Greeks, and building materials are also needed for the construction of Cyprus.

While the occupying forces were looting Constantinople, the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force was marching towards the Asia Minor peninsula.

The fall of Constantinople was a big blow to the Ottomans. Although the Ottoman Empire still had a vast territory in Asia Minor, the Ottomans had lost confidence in winning the war. When Constantinople surrendered, Otto Liman von Zanders shot himself. After losing two excellent generals of the German army, the Ottoman Empire has been broken. The crazy offensive of the peninsula coalition forces.

While the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force was attacking the Asia Minor peninsula, the peninsula coalition forces led by Martin also launched an attack from Damascus to the Asia Minor peninsula.

Compared with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, the peninsula coalition led by Martin is equally complicated.

The current peninsula coalition forces not only include the southern African army and the army of the Sultanate of Najd, but also the servant army sent by the East India and the Kingdom of Tanzania, the Republic of Congo, and the Kingdom of Congo. A division went to Port Elizabeth to cooperate with the offensive of the Peninsula Allied Forces. After doing the math, the total strength of the Peninsula Allied Forces actually exceeded 20.

Just when the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force and the Peninsula Allied Forces were attacking the Asia Minor Peninsula from both sides, Xiafei's autumn offensive, which had been planned for nearly half a year, finally began.

The autumn offensive started from three directions at the same time. The direction of Champani was in charge of the troops led by Pétain. This was the second battle of Champani. Pétain performed well in the first battle of Champani, and now his rank has been promoted. Lieutenant general, leading a separate army group.

The second focus is Artois. This is already the third battle of Artois. The French troops suffered huge losses in the first two times, but Artois is still under the control of the Germans. The French commander at the Battle of Va was Foch.

In the autumn offensive, the British army was in charge of Ruth. Haig had six divisions under him, and the German defenders in Ruth had only one division.

The tactical goal of the entire autumn offensive is to capture the Noyon area occupied by the German army. This is the transportation hub for the German army's logistics supply. Occupying Noyon will cut off the German railway supply line and force the German army to retreat.

The better point is that no one thinks that Germany can be defeated within three months. Forcing the Germans to retreat is the biggest goal of the British and French coalition forces.

For the autumn offensive, Joffre spared no expense. He had 27 divisions in Chambani, while Pétain's enemies had only 7 divisions. Two artillery divisions on the French battlefield.

Although Miss Seventy-Five did not perform well in the previous battles, the enigmatic Frenchman still has enigmatic trust in Miss Seventy-Five.

In Artois, Foch had 17 divisions under his command, and his enemy had only two divisions. In any of these three directions, it seems that the British and French allied forces have a huge advantage.

The battle first started in Russ. Throughout the summer, the British Expeditionary Force dug a total of 12 tunnels, dug the tunnels under the German positions, and then buried a huge amount of explosives. Get in 15 tons of dynamite and prepare to surprise the Germans with a huge surprise.

Explosives and tunnels really played a huge role. At the beginning of the war, the progress of the British Expeditionary Force was very smooth. Haig was triumphant, thinking that victory was in sight, and the newspapers in the UK also began to publicize eagerly. The propaganda was stronger than a few days ago The Mediterranean Expeditionary Force occupied Constantinople even greater.

Although "The Times" is Rock's property, the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force is based on the southern African army after all, and the British Expeditionary Force in France is the British army.

Unlike the smooth progress of the British troops, the progress of the French troops in both directions of Chambani and Artois was not smooth.

Among the three directions of the autumn offensive, Joffre believed that the direction of Chambani was the core of the whole campaign. Only by winning in Chambani could the British and French allied forces successfully force the Germans to retreat.

The plan is good, but it is hard to say when it is executed.

British and French artillery bombarded the German positions for four full days and nights before Shambani launched its attack.

The bombardment destroyed the first line of defense of the German army, and also reminded the German, British and French allied forces that a large-scale battle was about to begin. Falkenhayn came to the front line on the second day of the bombardment. He finally gave up his safe and comfortable headquarters and went to the front line in person. Command troops to fight.

What is unacceptable is that when the French ground troops began to attack, the shelling did not stop. The attacking French troops crossed the first line of defense that was completely destroyed by the shelling and attacked the second line of defense of the German army. The artillery unit was shelling the second line of defense, and the shells fell directly on the heads of the attacking troops. The attacking troops suffered heavy casualties and had to retreat voluntarily.

By the time the bombardment stopped and the attacking troops returned to the battlefield, German reinforcements had filled the second line of defense, and the French troops lost their fleeting opportunity.

At Artois, the French were equally disastrous.

Foch's ability was not inferior to that of Pétain, but facing the solid German defense, Foch had no choice but to order the troops to charge with crowd tactics.

At this time, Xia Fei had another incomprehensible operation. On the one hand, he urged Haig to attack, but on the other hand, he ordered Foch to stop the attack, and only pretended to continue to attack to confuse the Germans.

At the same time, it also confuses the British.

Haig was obviously confused. It was not only the performance of the French troops on the battlefield that confused him, but also the weather.

Before launching the attack, Haig was authorized to use poison gas, so poison gas became the biggest secret weapon in Haig's hands.

After twelve huge "bombs" exploded, Haig actually had a chance to drive straight in and defeat all the frontal German troops.

But at this time, Haig made a mistake. In order to wait for the wind direction suitable for the use of poison gas, he actually ordered the troops to stop attacking.

The wind direction in northern France in autumn is erratic. After waiting for two full days, Haig finally got the right wind direction.

But after the gas bombs were launched, the wind direction suddenly changed again, and the poison gas drifted towards the British positions, and the British troops who were about to attack dispersed.

When the poisonous gas dissipated and the troops reorganized their offensive, German reinforcements filled the trenches again, and the British army also lost their chance.

Another interesting thing happened during the autumn offensive.

In order to boost morale, King George V of England decided to visit the front line to inspect the troops.

So George V came to France and inspected the troops on horseback.

After the review, the officers and soldiers of the Sherwood Foresters Regiment who were being reviewed took off their hats, raised them to the same height as the bayonet tip, waved and cheered.

At this time, an accident happened. The horse George V was riding was frightened. George V fell off the horse and seemed to have slipped a few steps on the ground.

With the help of the generals, George V got up from the ground, hurriedly rode another horse and left in embarrassment.

This incident severely damaged the morale of the British army. In the minds of the British soldiers, the king was the omnipotent god of war who could lead them to victory, but the king could not even conquer a single horse. How could they conquer the evil and powerful Germans?

In the next few days, various versions of rumors came out, the most outrageous of which was that George V was seriously injured and died soon.

　That's enough for the big guy in women's clothing. If you see this, you must know who I'm talking about. Please be a person——

　　

　

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