"That was simply not enough, in the most difficult time the Russians had only 6 divisions in reserve on the Eastern Front, and after the last campaign, the Russian corps, which had always been known for its large numbers, even had the problem of insufficient manpower! This is enough to prove that the gap in combat effectiveness between the two sides is huge! The tentative attack of the Russians seemed to the Bavarian regiment to be little more than a scratch in the boot. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Look at the area north of Istanbul, which is one of the few plains in the Balkans, and through the Bulgarian railway, the German army can reach the north of the Gallipoli Peninsula in 2 days! Then we will be locked in a war of attrition, a war of attrition in which the anomalous exchange ratio can make us desperate. Unless, we can find another way! Lord Hamilton said.

"What do you mean?" Churchill asked with a frown, the so-called professional things should be done by professional people, since the famous British army general did not think that the chances of winning this were great. Churchill, then, wanted to know what the other side thought.

"Greece! Let the Greek army attack from the Thracian region, however, our troops, in addition to the landing in the straits, also in the area of the plain between the Thracian Mountains and the Gallipoli Peninsula! In this way, we will be able to surpass the largest force that can be mobilized at the disposal of the conqueror of Romania, Prince Leopold! After all, no matter how weak Greece is, it is still a country! Lord Hamilton said.

"This is impossible, the Army is opposed to the transfer of any troops from the Western Front into here. They don't even want to give a division! I believe that the Greeks can provide 200,000 troops, but they will definitely not take on the task of a strategic attack in one direction on their own, even if they are only facing Turkey! Churchill shook his head and said.

"Huh." Lord Hamilton showed an "you don't understand" look. "I didn't expect that you, who have always been proficient in politics, are the easiest to ignore political issues. From a purely military point of view, the British War Office will not support this operation, but from the point of view of defending an ally, then under the premise of political correctness, the British government has no possibility of refusing, at least until the matter is irreparable, they will not give up easily! Come, my friend, and let me tell you about it. ”

"Actually, I support your plan not because of how much support I have for the current Navy-led battle of the Dardanelles, but because I think it is better to start the campaign sooner than later! The situation in the Balkans has now reached a critical moment. As the great Napoleon the Great said, the soldiers are fast and will be defeated! With that, Lord Hamilton pointed the putter in his hand 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 around our most important ally in the Balkans, Serbia! In the face of the Serbian legion, which Austria-Hungary was already struggling to support, it could not stop the pressure from both directions after all, maybe when the Allies launched the next offensive, it would be when Serbia would fall, and if Serbia was finished, then the next target would be Greece! The most tragic result is that we have no place in the Balkans. ”

"And judging from the current situation, our military strength in the Balkans cannot stop the offensive of the other side, and how long we can exist in the Balkans depends entirely on when the other side moves, is that right? Sir Hamilton? Churchill asked.

"You guessed it, that's not the worst! If, after taking the Balkans, they send a force, with the cooperation of the Allied Mediterranean Fleet, or simply by land, to attack Sinai and Alexandria, then all our fleets from the Far East will have to go around the Horn of Africa! This is simply fatal for us, who are already a little stretched in capacity! So, that's why I'm rooting for your action, and of course, there's still some difference between me and you, and I want to play a big game! "Lord Hamilton hit the city of Istanbul on the map with a putter in his hand!

If Lord Hamilton is asked if what he said makes sense, then there must be! Throughout the history of World War I, both the Allies and the Entente were more generous to their allies. The British could help Russia fight a battle of the Dardanelles that in the eyes of the British Admiralty had only a one-fifteenth chance of victory. That's right, you read that right, after the battle began, some of the Admiralty generals thought that the odds of winning the battle were so high....... Of course, Churchill, who drove the campaign, would not have admitted this inference.

And what about the Germans. In order to help the Turks, they first beat the Russians, and then gave Serbia a ....... Historically, in July 1915, General Mackensen's three corps and two corps of Hindenburg in the north attacked at the same time, and by August, the Russian army began to collapse on all fronts 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 turned his sword against Serbia, and at the same time, Bulgaria decided to turn against the Central Powers and began a general mobilization of the whole country.

On October 9, Mackensen's nine divisions crossed the Danube and captured Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. Two days later, Bulgaria rose to the occasion. By mid-October, the German-Austrian and Serbian armies were on their own, and by December, all of Serbia had fallen. That is to say, the opening even counterattacked Serbia Xiaoqiang in the territory of Austria-Hungary, and after Germany intervened, it was directly hung up in less than 3 months .......

The Germans are interesting enough, and the British are friends enough! When the saber in Mackensen's hand was aimed at Serbia, the British government immediately issued a statement expressing its willingness to send 200,000 troops to the Balkans! And in late October, the first Anglo-French troops landed in Thessaloniki! (Churchill scolded: Hold the grass, what did you do earlier!) And then, after the establishment of the so-called Thessaloniki front, this narrow front at most had more than 500,000 Allied troops deployed! But until the end of the war there was no ...... for eggs. So much so that they were ridiculed by the Germans as their "largest prisoner of war camp" in the Balkans.

This is actually a political problem, and there may be some face-to-face problems, and for these things, the Entente paid a huge price. It was a huge battle that started without planning, and then at the end of the day, everyone didn't know how to end .......

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