"So what do we do next?" Jackson asked. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Because the plan is going very well, there is not much need for the navy, and we only need to provide 2 detachments of former dreadnoughts, and the main force of the navy is the French. The landing force was dealt with by the army side, who could provide at least a total of not less than 50,000 troops, as well as the Japanese, who were going to send no less than 2 divisions of troops to participate in the operation. And the Greeks, of course, in my opinion, it would be better for the Greek army to provide logistical support than to go to the front. With that, Churchill lit a cigar for himself.

And at this time, the same information was sent to the British Cabinet, which, like the Navy, was thrilled by the results of the bomber forces! The Spee fleet, which once beat the French fleet to the brink of collapse, easily damaged the Japanese fleet and made the Entente Mediterranean Fleet withdraw from the Eastern Mediterranean for 5 months, was actually severely damaged in this way! And in the eyes of these people, without this fleet, from the moment the British and French armies set foot on the Balkan Peninsula, I am afraid that the Turks on the opposite side would tremble, right?

After several cabinet meetings, the British War Secretary Kitchener, who had been instructed by the Prime Minister, began to prepare for the Balkan campaign, first agreeing to send part of the Australian and New Zealand Corps stationed in Egypt to form the spearhead of the Mediterranean Theater Army, and then he also agreed to draw at least two divisions from the second-line troops trained on home as a follow-up force. And the commander of this force is Ian. Sir Hamilton. He will command all the Allied armies throughout the Balkan theater, not just the British and French armies, but also the Japanese armies that will arrive in the future! As well as the Greek Legion.

"According to the Navy, they want to penetrate the Dardanelles and then cover our landing in Constantinople. What's your opinion? Kitchener asked.

"Although the Allied Mediterranean Fleet was heavily damaged, but at the same time they also swept away the Russian Black Sea Fleet, so even if there were only two fast battleships left, we still did not want to cross the Dardanelles directly, because it was too narrow and too long. The mere use of mines would have cost our fleet a staggering amount. Lord Hamilton said.

"And what do you mean?" For this army general, who had been in the British Empire since 1878, even Kitchener, as secretary of war, had great respect. (Yes, you read that right, this guy has been in the war since 1878, has been in the Second Afghan War, the First Boer War, the suppression of the Mahdi uprising in Sudan, the Third Anglo-Burmese War that annexed Burma, and the Second Anglo-Boer War, and by World War 1, he almost became the commander of the British Expeditionary Force.......) This is the person who has been through a hundred battles! ）

"We have a huge military advantage, and Turkey has only a corner of Europe, so why don't we attack directly from Greece? Counting the Greeks, we have hundreds of thousands of troops! We can attack it with dignity, and we don't have to go through the Dardanelles. Lord Hamilton said. (In fact, the author does not know why the Allies had to take the ...... of the Strait during the Battle of the Dardanelles.) ）

"But if that were the case, the Bavarian Corps might have come to Turkey's aid through Bulgaria, and a little faster through the Dardanelles. Greece can also remain neutral for the time being. Kitchener said.

Although Greece is already very inclined to the Entente, as a small country, Greece has its own considerations, and they need to side with the winner, so when the situation is still unclear, they can show their tendencies, but they are not willing to take sides directly.

"These are not the key, whether it is an attack from the straits or from Greece, as long as the Bavarian corps is willing, they will definitely rush to the battlefield, Bulgaria is definitely not a vast area, and it can also be transported by sea, before we attack Constantinople, they can definitely mobilize at least 2 divisions of troops to reach the theater of operations, we must be ready to go head-to-head with them, otherwise, this battle is better not to fight."

Lord Hamilton said that his idea is very simple, if you don't fight, forget it, if you do, you should be ready for a big fight, adding fuel tactics or small fights in the middle will not solve the problem at all, and, in his opinion, simply from the point of view of killing Turkey and opening up the transportation line to Russia, it is enough for the British Army to concentrate 200,000 elite soldiers! How can it be so easy to look forward to the war, want the results of the war but don't want to invest?

"If we fight from the sea, we can get the fire support of the Navy, dozens of battleships, hundreds of large-caliber heavy guns, and thousands of small and medium-caliber guns. Our firepower advantage will be very large, and if we can get to Constantinople, you and your troops will just have to go in and receive them after the navy has flattened the enemy. After all, the Allied Mediterranean Fleet is finished. Kitchener said.

Although he realized that this battle was of great significance, in the face of the pressure on the Western Front, he was still reluctant to invest too many troops, and pulled the French, Japanese, and Greeks together, in fact, to share the risk. Moreover, although he is the Minister of War, he also has a certain superstition about the Royal Navy, after all, since he was a child, he knew that the Royal Navy was invincible .......

"That's right, the Allied Mediterranean Fleet is finished, but, don't forget, what we can do, the Bavarian Air Force may not be unable to do, and their combat distance is closer, I think you haven't forgotten the scene when the elite of the Bavarian Army was concentrated on the Western Front, right? In just a few weeks, they advanced the front almost a hundred kilometers. At that time, however, I remember looking at a document where we estimated the size of the Bavarian Air Force at four figures. Lord Hamilton scoffed.

"Of course, if it had been before, the Bavarian Legion would not have been serious in the secondary part of the Balkans, but now, if we were to take Constantinople, what do you think the Kaiser, and the prince of Bavaria? What will be done?! As long as they are not fools, they will concentrate at least 3 divisions or more to support Turkey. And the Air Force will quickly concentrate in the vicinity, not forgetting the price paid by Lieutenant General Trenhard's air force this time. According to our estimates, they have already mobilized a brigade of air fleets. So, your idea simply doesn't hold up. Lord Hamilton said.

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