Now that the British and French armies were fighting the Ottoman army in the Dardanelles, Eder was also prepared.

He planned to release the news of the British and French preparations for retreat to the Ottoman side in advance to surprise the British and French troops. However, he forgot the specific time, as if he was retreating at the end of the year. Eder wasn't going to think about it either, if he guessed it would be bad luck for the Dardanelles and England and France, and if he didn't, it would be their luck. All this needs to do is for Calust to arrange for this outcast to deliver the message to Osman and deliver the message to Osman again.

Eder had just received a tip-off that Romania's neighbor, Bulgaria, was now a little moved by the Allies' olive branch. Bulgaria was in a critical position now that the skies over Europe were to support Serbia on the southern front and Istanbul to the east. In addition, it can also form a three-sided siege of the Ottomans with the Russian army in the Caucasus and the British army in the Middle East.

If Bulgaria were to turn to the Allies, it would be able to join forces with Austria-Hungary against Serbia, support the Ottomans, and, most importantly, allow Germany to provide military supplies to the Ottomans.

This was because the Ottomans were in a critical position to block Russia's main foreign routes and threaten the Suez Canal, which was vital to Britain. Ninety-five percent of the material in Britain's colonies in Asia now needed to pass through the Suez Canal, and most of this was the raw materials for Britain's daily life and industry. Moreover, the Ottoman Empire, with its abundant manpower, could mobilize a lot of troops, which could also relieve the pressure on Germany and Austria.

So both camps co-opted Bulgaria. Now Eder mainly wanted to know how the talks between Bulgaria and the two camps were going, which would also have a great impact on Romania's entry into the war in the future. However, only a few people know about the secret negotiations between the two camps and Bulgaria, so there is no specific news about Eder now.

In fact, the two camps are now negotiating with Bulgaria the terms of accession. Because Bulgaria's losses at this time were not as large as in the original history, the conditions offered by both sides to Bulgaria were much better than those of the original plane.

Among the conditions of the Entente, if Bulgaria joined the Entente, it could get Eastern Thrace out of Constantinople. Because Bulgaria's losses in the Balkan war were not so serious in this time and space (Adrianople in Eastern Thrace was still in Bulgarian hands), the Entente also tried to find a way from Serbia in Macedonia (as for Serbia, they promised to give it access to Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as Croatia, Slovenia, etc.). They also promised to coordinate Serbia's cession of the Macedonian regions of Bitola and Ohrid. This is all the part that Bulgaria deserves in the Balkan war.

The Allies were much more generous with the terms of the Entente, on the condition that Bulgaria could take all of Macedonia, and that they would coordinate with the Greek side to let Bulgaria take all of Thessaloniki, and that Bulgaria would divide the Nietzsche and Zajechar regions of southeastern Serbia, and that Kosovo would also be included in the Kingdom of Bulgaria, and a small part of Albania's territory would also be included in Bulgaria.

Although the terms of the Allies allowed Bulgaria to increase its territory by 70%, the impressed Bulgarian government and King Ferdinand I decided to wait. Even if their former main ally, Russia, was crushed by Germany and Austria on the Eastern Front, they would want to see how the British and French forces performed in the Battle of the Dardanelles to decide whether Bulgaria would enter the war.

In fact, now Britain and France are fighting quite hard in the Dardanelles. On 6 August, in order to break the current predicament, a new round of landing battles began at Sufra Bay, northwest of the Anzac landing grounds. Two battles to tie in with this plan unfolded in Dusong and Nick Valley.

The operation was commanded by General Frederick Stupford, a veteran general of the British Army, and the British did not encounter much resistance when landing due to the relatively weak Ottomans defending Sufra Bay. It is a pity that after the troops came ashore, they were unable to expand the landing ground, consolidate the beachhead and advance inland to occupy the commanding heights in time, and the valuable fighters were once again missed.

General Otto Liman von Zanders, commander of the German advisory group to the commander of the Fifth Army, urgently dispatched nearly 20,000 Ottoman troops from other lines of defense to Sufra Bay and preemptively set up a temporary line of defense on the Saribayil ridge. Kemal personally led the Ottoman army and successfully halted the advance of the Allied army. As a result, the British and French armies failed to complete their objectives, and the war began to stalemate again.

The Anglo-French troops, who had already landed, had to continue to endure the harsh conditions of lack of water and food. Half of the British and French fleet's transports were carrying water and food, but unfortunately there were still not enough to meet the needs of the front, and many were demoralized due to the lack of food and drinking water. For this in September, Hamilton was recalled and relieved of command, and he was replaced by General Charles Monroe.

However, this still did not change the situation of the Allied armies, and the number of casualties continued to increase day by day. The main thing is that the British and French governments were exhausted from this battle and still did not achieve any goals. And as the time went on, winter was approaching, and the unpredictable weather in the Dardanelles made severe frostbite spread quickly among the British and French troops, who lacked warm clothing. By November more than 16,000 people had frostbitten, and some had even frozen to death, by which time the British and French forces could no longer stand.

At this time in Istanbul, a man claiming to be James Bond appeared in front of Talat Pasha, one of the Ottoman triumvirate. As the interior minister of the Big Three, Talat Pasha was also in charge of Ottoman's intelligence services, and he had no idea about the self-proclaimed James Bond. However, the information given by this man made Talat Pasha decide to meet this friend of Allah.

"Mr. James Bond, the Ottoman Empire was generous to every friend who would help him. I wonder what good news you can bring this time? ”

Looking at one of the Ottoman giants in front of him politely greeting him, this James Bond said in a low and hoarse voice. "I don't know if the news of the British and French plans to withdraw their troops can satisfy Your Excellency."

Stimulated by James Bond's news, Talat Pasha stood up from his stool.

"Is this true?"

"When will the troops be withdrawn?"

Looking at Talat Pasha's reaction, James Bond said. "Your Excellency just said that the Ottoman Empire was generous to its friends."

Talat Pasha, who reacted, spoke to Mr. Bond. "Wait a minute."

After saying that, he took out a large checkbook from the drawer, wrote a few lines on it, tore off the written check, handed it to Bond, and said. "None of this is a reward for your message."

Bond took the check and saw that it was a large check from **** bank, which was written in the amount of $200,000. Bond was satisfied, shoehorning the check into his arms and speaking to Talat Pasha. "I got the information that because the two governments can't stand the situation now, they intend to withdraw their troops from the sea at the end of December."

Talat Pasha asked greedily. "What exactly is it?"

"If I knew all this, I am now commanding the British and French forces on the coast or at 10 Downing Street."

Hearing James Bond's words, Talat Pasha knew he couldn't ask anything, so he asked the servant to send the messenger out of the messenger.

Watching this Mr. Bond leave, the two people who walked out of the next room at this time were the other two giants, Enver Pasha and Jemal Pasha. Both of them watched it all in the next room, when Enverpasha, the head of the Triumvirate, spoke. "This news is important to us, the opportunity to bring heavy damage to the Entente troops."

Another giant, who is the Minister of the Navy and the Inspector General of the Istanbul Police, Jemal Pasha, asked uneasily. "Yes, this news is indeed important to us, but I don't know if this person can be trusted?"

As the Minister of the Interior and the head of the intelligence service, Talat Pasha hit the nail on the head. "It's not about this person, it's about the fact that the organization behind this person is not reliable."

Enver Pasha also asked with concern. "What do you think?"

"At least eighty percent of the time this news is true."

Hearing Talat Pasha's words, Enver Pasha, who was in charge of the army, decidedly spoke. "In that case, then let me let General Otto make a plan, this time to let Britain and France know that the Ottoman Empire will not be humiliated."

The general Otto in the mouth of Enverpasha is General Otto Liman von Zanders, who was born into the family of the lord of the estate in Stolp, Pomerania. His ancestors were Jews. In 1874 he joined the Army of the Grand Duchy of Hesse. Serving in the dragoon corps, in 1887 he entered the General Staff of the German Army, and in 1900 he was promoted to major and commander of the hussar regiment. He was promoted to major general in 1908 and was appointed lieutenant general of the 22nd Division in 1911. He was granted nobility on June 16, 1913.

Ostracized by his colleagues in the army because of his Jewish heritage, he applied to serve as head of the military advisory group in the Ottoman Empire in 1913. Rebuilding the Turkish Army after the catastrophe of the First Balkan War. During the Second Balkan War, he assisted Turkey in recovering part of Eastern Thrace, was given the title of Pasha, and was later transferred to the post of Commander of the Turkish Army. Mainly to help the Ottoman Army with the task of modernization.

In this Battle of Dardanelles, he served as the commander of the Turkish Fifth Army, which defended the strait, and was the main opponent of the Entente forces this time. For the time being, it seems that General Otto had made a mistake in leaving the Allied forces helpless.

The other two giants agreed with Enverpasha's words, and without General Otto, it would be difficult to tell the outcome of the Battle of Dardanelle, and the Big Three knew this. Although in this propaganda campaign, in order to accommodate the mood of the people, they will lead 20,000 Ottoman troops to seize Kemal on the Saribayir ridge and portray them as national heroes, but they all know who the biggest hero is this time.

So Enver Pasha personally rushed to the headquarters of the Fifth Army and informed General Otto of the news he had received. So this very experienced general began to prepare a farewell gift for the British and French troops.

In November, faced with the situation that the war situation had not been broken, the British government sent Defense Secretary Kitchener to inspect the battlefield to check the situation. The Minister of Defense rushed to the front on the 23rd and was deeply saddened to see that his soldiers were starved of food and clothing, and that even drinking water was compressed into the line of defense less than 400 meters from the beach. Then, when he ventured to the defensive line, he found that the terrain of the Dardanelles was very unfavorable for landing operations.

There are many cliffs, and it is extremely difficult to attack the Ottoman positions from the beach. Moreover, the army in this battle was suppressed on the beach for a long time, and its morale was extremely low, and it was completely impossible to win the victory. So after the inspection, Kitchener immediately reported to London to call for the end of the Battle of Dardanelles, and said in a stern tone that this battle was a complete mistake.

The British government replied quickly, and in the evening of the same day telegraphed back to the Secretary of State for Defense, Kitchener, agreeing that he should terminate the campaign and withdraw the Allied forces from the sea.

So from December, Britain and France prepared to quietly withdraw their troops from the Dardanelles. They were ready to evacuate the personnel in batches, first with the auxiliary personnel first, and then gradually from the rest of the defensive line. Britain and France were very patient this time, and they were ready to spend half a month to evacuate the army.

Beginning on 23 December, British and French transports took advantage of the darkness to quietly approach the beaches of the Allied countries, and then used small boats to gradually evacuate the personnel. Had it not been for someone's reminder to the Ottomans, this evacuation would have been a wonderful operation. However, it is a pity that the Ottoman army, which received the secret report, secretly left observation posts on the coast, waiting for the evacuation of Britain and France.

It was discovered by the Ottomans on the day of the British and French evacuation, but the scheming General Otto planned to let the British and French relax their vigilance first two days of evacuation, and then let the Ottoman army launch a counteroffensive against it and drive the Allied troops to the sea. For this plan, he also gathered all the mines in the Ottoman Empire's stockpile, intending to let the small boats quietly place these powerful mines in the strait at night.

December 25On this Christmas day, the Ottoman army prepared the best holiday gifts for the Entente army. By ten o'clock in the evening, the British and French fleets came as promised, and in places where the British and French fleets could not see, the Ottoman boats quietly entered the water in places where the British and French fleets could not see.

These sneaky boats were filled with mines, and they blended into the British and French transport boats, and secretly put the mines into the sea without anyone noticing. The mines are set at a depth sufficient to ensure that busy boats do not touch them.

Today God is helping the Ottoman army, and tonight the night is very dark, and these mined boats have successfully completed their figures. Towards the wee hours of the morning, the boats lowered by the British and French transports loaded the personnel and materials needed to be evacuated onto the ship and began to withdraw. At this time, the Ottomans had prepared 476 cannons, large and small, began to shell the Allied troops. Among them, as the main force of the attack on the sea, 4 305 caliber train guns and 12 240 train guns were mobilized by the Ottomans from all over the country for this attack.

"Bang, bang, bang"

At this time, three flares illuminated the British and French fleets hidden in the night, and then, while everyone was stunned, a large number of heavy artillery shells hit the surroundings of the British and French fleets.

On the flagship former dreadnought Edward VII, the officer in charge of observation shouted. "Shelling."

For a while, the British and French fleets were in chaos, and the warships immediately increased their horsepower and began to move. At this time, the transport ships did not care about the boats transporting people and materials, and they also took anchor and prepared to leave. As the Anglo-French fleet moves, the deadly danger hidden underwater will deal a fatal blow to the Anglo-French fleet.

"Boom"

In a panic, a Majestic-class ex-dreadnought was hit by a mine.

"There are mines, watch out for them, and the ships follow the ships in front."

Admiral Sackville Carden, commander of the Royal Navy's Mediterranean Fleet, saw this scene and ordered the communications staff.

A staff officer asked questions. "But we're being shelled."

Will Carden refuge the staff officer. "Now I'd rather withstand artillery fire than let the fleet sink by mines."

Subsequently, the British and French fleets put up anti-mine formations, and the losses of the warships were greatly reduced. Only three destroyers were lost, and one armored cruiser, the former dreadnought, which was the core of this fleet, never suffered any more losses.

However, the convoy was not so lucky, and a large number of convoys were driven to the open sea for fear of shelling, and at least twenty convoys were sunk by artillery and mines in this attack. Eight more ships were damaged, losing a lot of material.

In fact, in the surprise attack on Christmas, the Ottoman army, relying on the superiority of heavy artillery and mines, prevented the British and French fleets from evacuating personnel for a week.

The Ottomans took advantage of this opportunity to launch a counterattack against the Allied forces that were still stranded in the Dardanelles. Nearly 10,000 Conlide-soldiers were killed or wounded during the week, and Admiral Charles Monroe, who commanded the campaign, ordered the naval fleet to help evacuate the troops.

So on January 3 of the new year, the British and French fleets and the Ottoman heavy artillery units in the Dardanelles came to a rare naval attack on the coastal positions.

The British and French fleets, with their many ships, finally collapsed the Ottoman heavy artillery force. All the Ottoman 305 train guns were destroyed, only 3 of the 12 240 train guns were preserved, and a large number of 210 and 150 cannons were also lost.

And the British and French fleets also paid a heavy price for this victory. Three former dreadnoughts were sunk and five were damaged, three armored cruisers were sunk, four were damaged and nine small warships were sunk, and the total tonnage of warships lost amounted to 74,000 tons. Even Britain, which had a large number of former dreadnoughts, was heartbroken by this result, let alone France.

As a result, the call for speeding up the withdrawal of troops from the Dardanelles is also getting louder and louder, so the British and French transport ships in the Dardanelles even dare to transport personnel during the day, of course, this is also under the escort of the British and French Mediterranean fleet. The Ottoman army, because of the heavy artillery losses, could only shell the remaining 240 trains into guerrilla attacks, harassing them from time to time.

Finally, the Battle of Dardanelles, with the intervention of someone, finally ended on January 21, 1916. The Allies lost 189,000 men in this battle, and the Ottoman army lost 204,000 men, and now both sides are exhausted in this strait.

Edel is pleased with the results of his intervention.