Chapter 1214: Playing sophomore

Slide 1214

Churchill is a layman in the military. Sir Hamilton is better than Churchill. In other words, he is also a well-tested army general of the British Empire. He has fought for the interests of the British Empire for decades. Well, most of the fights are security wars... So he saw that Churchill's landing battle in the Dardanelles alone was impossible to succeed. So he intends to make things bigger, consider launching an offensive from the land with Greece, and at the same time be ready to harden the Bavarian Army!

This looks correct! Lord Hamilton has considered the various variables on the battlefield, and put forward his own opinion-to concentrate more troops together with the Greeks to launch an offensive from the land, while the navy and another part of the landing force are in the Dardanelles at the same time Launch an offense and kill your opponents from two directions with lightning speed! What a plan!

However, neither Churchill nor Lord Hamilton has overlooked one thing, that is, they have unknowingly expanded a limited-scale battle! When a battle is halfway through, when a battle is fought to a certain extent and has extraordinary political influence, pure military considerations may be deflected in other directions! And the historical battle of the Dardanelles is like this!

You know, at the beginning, the entire landing force of the British and French forces was only 75,000 people! and then. You can say that Britain and France are for victory, you can also say that for the sake of face, for political reasons, the Allied Powers are constantly increasing! In the end, there were 500,000 Allied forces that were successively invested in this battle that was destined to have a low chance of winning! The price paid has far exceeded the original idea!

However, political needs or so-called face cannot solve military problems. In places where the Dardanelles force cannot be deployed at all, the marginal effect of more troops will only continue to decline! So, if you can't beat it, you just can't.... Is there an egg for your face? Isn’t it the end? And the disastrous defeat on the battlefield once again affected politics!

Look at the fleet of the Allied Powers with absolute maritime superiority, as well as the six-figure landing forces, fighting against a Turkey known as the "Sick Man of West Asia", it has been unable to fight for a long time! Fight for ten months! What do you make the Balkans on the fence think? How can you let the clowns trust your strength in Britain and France? As a result, a series of chain reactions occurred, and Bulgaria stood in the team first! In history, Greece also maintained a certain distance from the Allies. However, Serbia died... (Serbia said why you fought in the Dardanelles, but I was the one who carried the fight in the end?!)

In fact, it’s not uncommon in history that this type of overweight happened. Not to mention that there were various loopholes in the planning of the Dardanelles battle. The navy and the army have been wrangling, even if the battle is planned. There is also the possibility of "playing big", such as the Battle of Verdun. In fact, Falkingham initially wanted to fight a limited war of attrition to attract the French, and then use the artillery that the German Army is proud of. Put it away. Then, the Germans sorrowfully discovered that the critical moment is that they "can't control their hands". They keep increasing their chips, then consuming them, then increasing their chips, and then consuming them again, until the Germans can't move, Fajin Han was considered to have given up because of this.

Although there are various problems in the Battle of Dardanelles and the Battle of Verdun, there are also typical cases of being unable to stop the battle, knowing when to start, but not knowing how to end. But it is also forgivable. At least the strategic value is large enough. When the Dardanelles battle is successful, Turkey will kneel! If the Fortress of Verdun succeeded, it would really become a crushing plate to crush the entire French front, and at the beginning, as the offensive side did have a lot of advantages. Needless to say, Britain and France have absolute naval advantages. The German legion in the fortress of Verdun was also very vigorous at the beginning. The battle damage was called an advantage over that. In fact, in the end, the Germans still made money after the French army and firepower were absolutely dominant. The family is limited.

The most incomprehensible and depressing thing is that there are battles, he quickly developed to be out of control for the sake of pure grudge, for a place where the strategic value is not too high, a certain party is fighting for the best. Then in the end, I found out that the loss was big... Is there such a thing? Of course there is! Battle of Guadalcanal!

Let us recall the process of the Battle of Guadalcanal, you will find how funny this battle is! The Japanese found that Guadalcanal is a very good place, suitable for the establishment of sub-mining. No, it is to establish an air base, so they sent thousands of people to prepare. Then this is the place where the Japanese teased for the first time. When you went to open a mine, you did not leave enough defensive forces, even without warning! And I haven't told the army.... This is not mining, this is stealing mine! And it was stolen under the noses of Americans! I'm afraid they won't see it!

Everyone knows the rest of the matter. The Americans naturally discovered the Japanese mines, but the Japanese did not find that the Americans came to dismantle the mines. Counting engineers and aviation personnel, a total of less than 4,000 Japanese troops were directly rubbed on the ground by tens of thousands of US troops! After building more than half of the sub-bases, it became American! This thing was lost in the first place!

At this moment ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ the Japanese are completely outrageous. When has the dignified locust army suffered this loss? So when Rabaul Air Base was difficult to provide effective support, after pulling in the army, the joint fleet decisively and the Americans just had a big wave. This is the famous battle of Santa Cruz in history. Not to mention, the result of the battle was pretty good. Two Japanese aircraft carriers were injured, while the Americans directly killed one and injured one. From a tactical point of view, the Japanese had the advantage. It was the last big victory for the Japanese aircraft carrier fleet (well, not a few times in total)

But the tactical victory cannot conceal the strategic defeat, in the second battle where aviation dominates the sea. After Japan and the U.S. maritime mobile aviation forces withdrew at the same time, the Americans still had the air base of Guadalcanal as a support point. The existence of fighter jets from Rabaul over Guadalcanal can only be calculated in minutes. This is how it should be considered. There is no chance of winning, then... Then the Japanese Navy actually continued to be tough with the Americans at the door of the Americans! It also pits the army! After throwing away 2 battleships, a lot of cruisers and destroyers, and dropping hundreds of various aircraft by the way, the Japanese finally knew that they couldn't fight. By this time, Japan had already lost too much!

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