Chapter 1212: The silly expanding war

Slide 1212

"That is not enough. At the most difficult time, the Russians had only a reserve team of 6 divisions on the Eastern Front. After the last battle, the Russian Army, which has always been known for its large numbers, even experienced a shortage of manpower! It is enough to prove that the fighting power gap between the two sides is huge! The Russian exploratory attack is nothing more than a scratch in the eyes of the Bavarian Army. Look at the area north of Istanbul, which is a rare plain in the Balkans, passing through Bulgaria’s railway, Germany The Legion can reach the north of Gallipoli Peninsula in 2 days! Then we will be caught in a war of attrition, an abnormal exchange ratio can make us desperate. Unless, we can find another way!" Lord Hamilton said.

"What do you mean?" Churchill frowned and asked, letting professional people do the so-called professional things, since this famous British army general believed that the chances of doing so were not great. Then Churchill wanted to know what the other party thought.

"Greece! Let the Greek army launch an offensive from the Thracian region. However, in addition to landing in the strait, our troops are also landing in the plain between the Thracian Mountains and the Gallipoli Peninsula! In this case, ours The military strength can far surpass that Romanian conqueror-the largest force that Prince Leopold can mobilize! After all, Greece is a country no matter how weak it is!" said Lord Hamilton.

"This is impossible. The Army is opposed to the transfer of any army from the Western Front. They are not even willing to give it to a division! I believe that the Greeks can provide 200,000 troops, but they will never undertake a strategy of one direction alone. Attack mission, even if it is facing only Turkey!" Churchill shook his head and said.

"Haha." Lord Hamilton showed a "face you don't understand". "Unexpectedly, you who have been proficient in politics are the easiest to ignore political issues. If you look at it purely from a military perspective, the British War Department will indeed not support this action, but if you look at it from the perspective of defending an ally, it is politically correct. Under the premise of, there is no possibility that the British government will refuse, at least until things are irreversible, they will not give up easily! Come here, my friend, let me tell you the way."

"Actually, I support your plan not because of how much I support the current naval-led battle of Dardanelles, but because I think it is better to start the battle earlier than later! Now the situation in the Balkans has reached a critical point. Moment. Just as the great Napoleon the Great said, the army is very fast and you will lose it!" After speaking, Lord Hamilton pointed his putter to Bulgaria, which is located in the east of the Balkan Peninsula!

"Bulgaria has become our enemy. Romania has collapsed. There are at least 10 divisions of Bavarian and Austro-Hungarian troops there. They have formed a ring of encirclement for our most important ally in the Balkans-Serbia! The Serbian Legion, which the Austro-Hungarian Empire had been struggling to support, could not stop the pressure from both directions. It may be the same as when the allies launch the next offensive, which is when Serbia falls. If Serbia is finished, then the next target is Greece! The most tragic result is that we have no place in the Balkans."

"From the current situation, our military power in the Balkans cannot prevent the opponent's offensive. How long we can exist in the Balkans depends entirely on when the opponent will start, right? Sir Hamilton?" Churchill asked. .

"You guessed it in general, this is not the worst! If after they have taken the Balkans, they send a force to attack Sinai Peninsula and Alexandria by land, with the cooperation of the Allied Mediterranean Fleet, then we All fleets from the Far East can only go around the Horn of Africa! This is fatal to us, who are already a little stretched in capacity! So, this is why I support your actions. Of course, I and You still have some differences, I want to play a big one!" Lord Hamilton clicked heavily on the city of Istanbul on the map!

If you want to ask Lord Hamilton if there is any truth in what he said, it must be! Throughout the history of World War I, both the Allies and the Allies are more kind to allies. The British could help Russia fight a battle in the Dardanelles that, in the eyes of the British Admiralty, was only a fifteenth chance. Yes, you read that right. After the battle started, some generals in the Admiralty thought that the odds of winning this battle were so high... Of course, Churchill, who promoted this battle, would not admit this inference.

And the Germans. In order to help the Turks, I first beat the Russians, and then handed Serbia to the car... Historically, in July 1915, the three armies of General Mackensen and the two armies of Hindenburg to the north attacked at the same time. In August, the Russian army began to collapse across the board and was completely expelled from Poland.

Then the German government thought of the little Turkish brother who was still fighting in the Dardanelles... In September, Mackensen pointed his sword at Serbia, while at the same time, Bulgaria decided to fall to the Allies and start a national mobilization.

In the first battle, the German Army was powerful. On October 9th, Mackensen’s nine divisions crossed the Danube ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and captured Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. Two days later, Bulgaria rose up to make up. In mid-October, the German, Austrian and Serbian armies were in trouble, and in December, the whole territory of Serbia fell. In other words, the Serbian Xiaoqiang, who even hit the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the beginning, died in less than three months after Germany intervened...

Germans are interesting enough, and British are friends! When Mackensen’s saber was aimed at Serbia, the British government immediately issued a statement expressing its willingness to send 200,000 troops to the Balkans! In late October, the first Anglo-French allied forces landed in Thessaloniki! (Churchill cursed: Hold the grass, what did you guys do!) And then, after the establishment of the so-called Thessaloniki front, when this narrow front was the most deployed, more than 500,000 Entente troops were deployed! But until the end of the war, there is no use... So much so that the Germans ridiculed them as "the biggest prisoner of war camp" in the Balkans.

This is actually a political problem, and there may be some facial problems. For these things, the Allies paid a huge price. This is a huge battle that started without a good plan, and then in the end, no one knows how to end it...

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