The independence uprising in Ireland undoubtedly rubbed salt in Britain's wounds, and at such a critical juncture, civil strife could not have been anticipated even by British elites such as George V and Asquith. This uprising was generally regarded as a disgrace to Britain by the British leadership, more shameful than the bombing of London, and a one-sided crusade against Ireland, and the British army was even ordered to suppress the uprising within half a month, and all the leading Irish people were executed.

The events in Ireland made Britain a joke for countries around the world, and even the members of the coalition ridiculed Asquith for whether they needed to send troops to help put down the rebellion.

The biggest headache for Britain was the large number of Irish soldiers on the front line, at first they blocked the news, but within a few days the Irish soldiers knew about the events in their hometown, because the Germans bombed the Allied lines and dropped a lot of things about the establishment of a republic in Ireland, and the newspapers in it even included several very well-known newspapers in Britain.

This was a plan made by William II after learning that there were a large number of Irish soldiers in the Allied lines, and even risked exposing the intelligence officers he had arranged for the Allied forces to plot against the Irish soldiers.

Many of the hundreds of thousands of Irish soldiers were forcibly conscripted by Britain, and there was a lot of dissatisfaction with Britain itself, and many officers were members of the Irish Republican Party.

When the newspapers fell on every corner of the coalition defense line, the news of Irish independence in the newspaper was not only shocked by the Irish army, but the first reaction of all the coalition soldiers on the defense line was that it was a joke of God, how could such a thing happen to the powerful Britain?

"Was it because London was bombed? According to the leader's thoughts, it shouldn't have erupted so quickly, what the hell happened? ”

"Is it finally starting, we've waited too long!"

"It's just looking for death, and it's exposed before the time is ripe, what should we do?"

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After the shock, the Irish soldiers were left with only a choice, and neither the Irish side nor the British side would have a good outcome for them. If they continue to stay, they will definitely be monitored by the British army, and even sent to death as cannon fodder, but if they go out, they don't know what to do, do they want to join the Allied forces, and the country will be willing to join the Allied forces?

The Coalition did not believe that the newspapers unanimously announced that it was a conspiracy by the Allies to sow discord, and while warning the Irish soldiers, they were not allowed to discriminate against the Irish soldiers, and should they be dealt with by military law if they were discovered.

While the Irish soldiers were hesitant to choose, the British moved and the Irish officers were put under surveillance, and many of them were dismissed from their posts for various reasons, and then filled by British officers. In addition to this, the Irish soldiers were scattered to prevent them from congregating.

The actions of the coalition soldiers undoubtedly seemed to the Irish soldiers to admit that what was published in the newspapers was true, and that none of the actions dampened their love for Ireland. As Republican officers, they secretly contacted and prepared to gather soldiers to defect from the coalition forces according to the German army's construction, and then the German navy sent them back to China, even if they did not return home, they would join the allies to weaken the strength of the coalition forces and buy more time and opportunities at home.

On 29 April, another group of British troops rushed to the front, and the allied forces held their breath launched an all-out counteroffensive against the Allies under the orders of the British government, vowing to take revenge on the Germans and avenge the bombing of London.

The British front-line leaders ignored domestic demands and gently dealt with the orders of the Irish soldiers to charge a large number of Irish soldiers at the front, that is, to send the Irish soldiers to their deaths in order to weaken the strength and strength of what they considered to be time bombs, and the reason was even more high-sounding to stabilize the overall situation of the front.

After several battles, nearly a quarter of the Irish soldiers died on the battlefield, which made the Irish soldiers very dissatisfied, and they had been fighting passively, and there were even more Irish officers who were not able to see the order to openly disobey the order and not attack, and many Irish officers ran to the command to scold.

The disobedience gave the British command more reason to deal with the Irish officers and soldiers, and they were all arrested and dealt with by military law.

Even the French command could not look past it, and warned the British not to go too far and cause discord among the front-line troops and cause the war to be lost, because these things were well known to the allied forces, and many allied officers and soldiers who had friendship and good feelings with the Irish army were also fighting for the Irish army.

The most taboo thing in the war is that the front-line troops are not in harmony, so the coalition army's counteroffensive plan was not smooth for a while, and it was pushed back almost every time.

The British army did not heed the warnings of the French army and continued to plot against the Irish army, which led the Irish soldiers to become more and more dissatisfied with the British army, and a large number of Irish soldiers began to surrender to the Allies on the battlefield.

On April 30, the remaining Irish soldiers finally could not bear the injustice of the British army, and according to their secret agreement with the Allies, they brought their own towels with them before leaving, and after going to the battlefield, they secretly tied the towels around their military caps, and then turned to attack the Allied forces behind them.

The actions of the Irish soldiers were very secretive, they were all carried out under the leadership of Republican officers, and the news was not exposed in advance, which made the coalition suffer a big loss.

The Irish soldiers, who had been at the forefront, turned around and caught the coalition by surprise, and the Allies took the opportunity to carry out a fierce assault in the direction of the Irish with the largest number of Irishmen, and smoothly cut into the coalition attack formation, and there were also Irish soldiers in other places who cooperated with them to successfully open several gaps in the coalition forces.

"Oh Maiga, the Irish are crazy, they are attacking us!"

"Fack! Damn the command, the Irish were forced by you, my best friend became an enemy, goodbye former comrades! ”

"I'll just say these Irish dog mongrels will rebel, look!"

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These are the words of the coalition soldiers, some believe that this was forced by the British command, and some think that the Irish have long had the idea of mutiny, but after this moment, the Irish soldiers turned from comrades to enemies is real.

"Look, you've done a good job, retreat immediately!" The commander-in-chief of the French army angrily pointed at a group of British commanders and cursed, if he had intervened to stop it, this situation might not have been caused.

Nearly 100,000 Irish soldiers and officers turned to the Allied camp, and the entire attack camp of the Allied forces was destroyed, and the Allied forces had to retreat.

The Allies, with the cooperation of Irish soldiers, not only succeeded in stopping the well-prepared counteroffensive plan of the coalition forces, but also broke the coalition defense line from the southern part of the defense line, and the coalition defense line was shrinking one after another.

The rebelling Irish soldiers announced what had happened to them in the Allied forces at the Republican officer Tong Guò Confederate, saying that they recognized the establishment of the Republic of Ireland and that they would become mercenaries of the Allies, and that what they had done had nothing to do with the Republic of Ireland, and called on all Irish people to stand up against the brutal British.

These rebelling Irish troops made a deliberate decision to believe that the nascent Republic of Ireland could not be declared war by the Entente, and William II agreed to their decision for various reasons and named them the Irish Independence Army.

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At the time of the defection of the Irish army, the British army was ready to completely control the North Sea, looking for opportunities to attack the German navy everywhere, and finally found an opportunity in the waters near Hergoland, and they were ready to attack the port of Hergoland.

On 1 May 1914, the British Admiralty sent Brigadier Admiral Tierriet to attack Hergolanlan Bay at dawn with two light cruisers, HMS Linxian and HMS Wu Wu, and 16 destroyers. and ordered Rear Admiral Betty to lead five battle cruisers from Scapa Bay to come to the rescue.

At about 7 a.m., after a brief exchange between Tierit and the German torpedo boats, the enemy was driven away. At 11 o'clock, it encountered the German light cruiser again, and soon three German light cruisers came to help, and the British ship was in a disadvantageous position. At the critical moment, the battlecruiser led by Betty arrived at the battlefield. At 12:3O, the 343-mm guns on the British ships were fired, and the German cruisers "Cologne" and "Ariani" were quickly sunk.

Thanks to Betty's timely support, on May 1, 1914, the British army achieved brilliant results: the German cruisers "Cologne", "Mainz" and "Arisini" and the destroyer V-187 were sunk, and five other light ships were damaged. Among the captured personnel was one German admiral, which was the precedent for the capture of naval officers of various countries in a major war. The German battlecruisers, which had left port in the afternoon, arrived too late to take part in the battle.

The British warships that were put into battle included 5 battle cruisers, 6 light cruisers, 31 destroyers, and 6 submarines, while Germany successively put into operation 7 light cruisers and 19 destroyers.

During the naval battle, 3 German light cruisers, 1 destroyer and 1 minesweeper were sunk. The British Navy had 2 light cruisers and 3 destroyers seriously damaged. Although the British Navy won the naval battle, it did not achieve the set operational objectives.

When Wilhelm II got the report of the battle from Hergoland and scolded the navy for being a waste, Wilhelm II, who had just received a good mood from the army, was instantly diluted, because about forty miles east of Hergolan there was a German naval base, which was very important to Germany.

The British government on the other side hyped up the victory in the Battle of Hurgoland and used this news to dilute the news of the defection of the Irish soldiers that was leaked yesterday, but the effect was very limited, and a large number of people still took to the streets to question the government's injustice to the Irish army, and a large number of people demanded severe punishment for the Irish separatists.

The defection of the Irish soldiers put a lot of pressure on the British government, because there were many Irish officers in the navy, and even the parliamentarians were Irish, so they had to punish the British command at the front, and the senior officers were almost collectively demoted in rank, and the commander-in-chief was summoned back to China.

The British government was doing this to all the Irish, for fear of angering more Irish people and leading the rebellion to face greater resistance.