The terrifying ammunition explosion instantly blew the giant ship in half, and in the eyes of countless stunned eyes, it only took three minutes to sink more than a thousand British naval officers and sailors and their fleet commanders into the waters of the Otranto Strait at a depth of nearly 900 meters, and the huge whirlpool immediately swallowed the surrounding survivors, and finally there was not a single survivor on the flagship of the British Royal Navy's home fleet.

But at the same time, the British also reaped their first success, at the cost of two light cruisers and three destroyers, a group of British battleships finally rushed to less than four kilometers from the Taghoff, and then hurriedly fired a salvo of more than thirty heavy torpedoes, six of which hit almost simultaneously, although it had an extremely perfect watertight design, but the Taghoff, which had already been hit by a torpedo before, was quickly sunk due to a large amount of water.

Vice Admiral Jericho, who took over the command, did not abandon the attack because of the sinking of the flagship, and in the next five full hours, the British, French, and Italian forces finally sank all six Austro-Hungarian battleships, one heavy cruiser, and twenty other light warships at the terrible cost of three capital ships and four heavy cruisers, twelve light cruisers, twenty-five destroyers, and forty torpedo boats, opening the Strait of Otranto, which had been firmly blocked for four years.

The remnants of the Austro-Hungarian warships had to flee back to the port of Pula, and since then they had to be trapped in the military port, thus losing the sea control of the Adriatic Sea, thus completely shattering the hope of Chinese troops to aid Europe through the Adriatic Sea and bypassing the Entente defense line.

"Don't worry, I'm preparing to launch an attack on Australia and South Africa, and after completing the supply chain at sea, I will carry out landing operations against Britain and France, and I will continue to increase troops in the Balkans, at most half a year, which should be enough to end the war. As for the precarious situation in Berlin, this could be supported by air in Guò. I have now invested 200 airships in Europe, and it seems that your country still has more than 100 of them, and it is impossible to use them in the battle of Berlin now, and there are dozens of them in Vienna, all of which are used to transport soldiers and supplies to Budapest, and it is estimated that there is no problem in maintaining a light army group, and in addition to supporting Budapest, at least two armies can be drawn to reinforce Berlin.

In addition, as our offensive in Central Asia intensifies, the Russian army will definitely have to withdraw troops back to the defense, so that your country can also draw some more people from the Eastern Front. Coupled with the mobilized Volunteers, there should be no big problem in keeping Berlin. Yang Feng almost patted his chest and said to Hai Jing, who asked for help again.

"Thank you so much!" Hai Jing said movingly.

"Since you are allies, there is no need to say these kind words, and then I will continue to expand the army in the country, and strive to expand the total strength of the Chinese army to more than six million within half a year, in short, please rest assured that Your Majesty the Emperor and the people of your country will always stand with you." Yang Feng's bold words echoed in the empty Taihe Palace.

However, after blocking all the reinforcement roads himself, he only has these few roads to go at present. Although Hamid II's army had already captured the Suez Canal, the British had already blocked the Gulf of Suez with countless mines and scuttled all the merchant ships that had not had time to withdraw from the Red Sea on the canal.

As for the Balkan direction. If that place does not fight for a year and a half, it is simply sorry for those lofty mountains and forests and valleys, and in the absence of sufficient superiority in troops, even if it is China's all-out reinforcement of the European army. It is not something that can be opened in a short period of time, not to mention that it is impossible for Emperor Yang to let them go all out.

The airlift of reinforcements to Germany was very simple, and the four armies that had been scheduled to go north to the port of Pula in the Adriatic Sea were no longer able to continue the planning. While one corps and the Ottoman and Montenegrin armies were left to attack north out of Kosovo, the other three corps withdrew to Bulgaria, one reinforced to the front line, and the other two airlifted to Budapest by airship. Then change to a train to Berlin in Budapest and throw yourself into the vigorous defense of Berlin to fight side by side with the German people, maybe you can also let those young men seduce a group of Germanic beauties home, and now there are more German women than men, and it is easy to start.

In Budapest, the Chinese lads are in high demand, carrying cheap military food and tempting Chinese dollar bills to perform countless war romances.

With the current airship airlift capacity, before the Balkan passage was not opened, the three armies were already the limit, after all, at this time, the supply of materials from Germany and Austria-Hungary was also tight, there was a Swedish re-export before, and after China entered the war, Sweden's talisman was gone, and neither Britain nor Russia could allow them to continue to replenish blood to Germany. After the loss of the main supply of Austria-Hungary in the Adriatic Sea, it is also impossible to obtain it from the Ottoman Empire, and it is difficult to say whether the two countries can even meet their own army supplies, let alone the Chinese soldiers who are depleting ammunition.

Three hundred airships transport 1,500 tons of materials at a time, but this thing is more strictly affected by the climate, and it is impossible to dispatch it every day, not to mention that it must be carried out all kinds of maintenance, it is estimated that it can be dispatched fifteen times a month even if it burns high incense, and more than 20,000 tons of materials should be enough to meet the needs of three light infantry corps, and let the Germans build more airfields, and then get hundreds of Eagle fighter-bombers to go over, so that they can also provide air strikes, and even if they can't hold Berlin, it's not a big deal, In fact, Emperor Yang's heart was still inclined to not be able to hold Berlin.

Just when the air transportation in Europe began, Yang Feng's claws also began to stretch out to his next target, that is, what he said to Hai Jing Australia, Australia at this time only had a population of more than four million, of course, this does not include Western Australia, which does not belong to the Australian Federation. These populations are basically concentrated in the densely populated areas of the southeast, but the vast majority of them are white, especially British immigrants, and it is basically easy to explain the lack of Chinese reinforcements to Europe by getting two army groups over and then getting bogged down in white revolts.

The four group armies in Central Asia, the two group armies in Europe, one group army besieging Vladivostok, two group armies in the area east of Lake Baikal were cleaned up, two more group armies were dispersed and defended in Southeast Asia, and one group army in Jinzhou was put in charge, and then two more group armies were released to Australia, and the Chinese army would basically be released in theory, and if more troops were wanted to reinforce Europe, then we could only wait until the army expansion was formed, and this could not be accomplished in a while. Even if the Chinese population is large and the industrial strength is strong, they cannot just pull a group of people and push them to the battlefield, they have to train, they have to train for several months, and they have to be transported over after training, and the normal frequency is maintained at three months after the second batch of reinforcements are sent to Europe, and then another one is added to Europe or other battlefields in a month, which is completely okay, and it can be said that it has done its best to do this with China's strength.

"Your Majesty, this is the Australian battle plan formulated by the Joint Chiefs of Staff." Li Yuncong carefully submitted the battle plan to the emperor for approval.

"Landing in Sydney? That's not right! Emperor Yang said with great dissatisfaction.

"Your Majesty, Australia does not have any army, and at least half of the young and middle-aged immigrants from Britain, France, Italy, and other countries have been on the European battlefield, and Australia and New Zealand have a group army in the British army, and they have participated in both places from the very beginning of the war. So far, the casualties of the soldiers in these two places alone are estimated to be no less than 200,000, and their total population is only a few million. So the easiest way is to drive our aircraft carriers and battlefleet over, concentrate all the landing ships and troop carriers to send one army group at a time, and then directly occupy New South Wales and Victoria, and then slowly subdue those who dare to resist. Li Yuncong said.

This is the simplest and most pleasant way, after occupying these two main population areas, basically Australians have little courage to resist, and even if there are, they are all small ants, and they can be pressed to death by casually stretching out their fingers, not only can they end the battle in the fastest time, but also the casualties of the soldiers will be minimal.

But unfortunately, Emperor Yang didn't want such a result, he needed a protracted Australian campaign, he needed to let the Australians have enough resistance ability, take these most important industrial areas in Australia first, and those Australians who could no longer get foreign support What could they do to resist the Chinese invaders? If they don't resist the Chinese invaders, then how can they have an excuse to cleanse the continent?

"Such a long-distance landing across the sea is very risky, and we must take the safest way, even if our landing ships can depart from Mindanao, it is safest to land in northern Queensland, and then we can find a port there to establish a stable foothold, and then we can take a step-by-step attack for the camp and go south along the railway." Emperor Yang said earnestly.

"Your Majesty, then we will have at least three months to reach Melbourne." Li Yuncong said cautiously.

"Three months?! How can it be done, at least half a year, even a year, it is possible, we have to understand who those who immigrate to Australia, they are all criminals, poor ghosts and outcasts, such people are usually very tenacious, we have to be ready for a fierce battle, understand? Emperor Yang said.

"The minister understands, then the minister will go and make a new plan." At this time, Chief of General Staff Li already understood what His Majesty the Emperor wanted to do, and hurriedly said with a smile. (To be continued......)