After the Ottoman Turkish Navy defeated the Russian Black Sea Fleet, the Ottoman Turkish Army launched a fierce tug-of-war with the Russian Army at the Russian Odessa Naval Base and nearby areas, and the fight lasted for more than a month. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

By the beginning of December 1912, the Ottoman Turkish Army had invested more than 1.2 million troops in this battlefield, and the Russian Army had invested 5 army groups in this battlefield, plus the follow-up replenishment of personnel, with a total investment of more than 2 million.

In more than a month of fierce tug-of-war, the Ottoman Turkish Army lost more than 700,000 troops, while the Russian Army also lost more than 700,000, and the battle loss ratio was basically 1:1.

The Ottoman Turkish Army, at such a cost, was still pinned down by the Russian Army at the Odessa naval base and in the vicinity, and did not penetrate into the Russian hinterland as the Ottoman Turkish Empire had envisioned before the war, and even joined forces with the German and Austrian armies.

As for the Russian Army, it is actually quite aggrieved, to be honest, don't look at the weapons and equipment of the Ottoman Turkish Army, it is slightly stronger than the Russian Army on the whole, but in the battle, the combat effectiveness of the Russian Army still has the upper hand, but unfortunately the area of the battle is close to the sea, and the Ottoman Turkish Army can get the naval artillery support of the Ottoman Turkish Navy at any time, and the Russian Army has at least 100,000 officers and soldiers, who died under the fire of the Ottoman Turkish Navy.

And if it weren't for the help of the Ottoman Turkish Navy, the Ottoman Turkish Army, which landed in the area of the city of Odessa, would have been thrown into the sea by the Russian Army long ago.

Just when the Ottoman Turkish Army and the Russian Army were fighting in the Odessa City area, Germany and Austria-Hungary launched a large-scale counteroffensive against the Russian army, and annihilated millions of Russian army units in one fell swoop, and burned the war to Russia at once. Blocking the combined forces of Germany and Austria-Hungary, perhaps the German-Austrian forces have already occupied the entire Polish region of Russia.

In the face of the fierce German-Austrian army, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia had to transfer two dissatisfied army groups from the Odessa city area to the western part of Poland, and another full army group was transferred from the Russian Urals region to the vicinity of Moscow as the general reserve in the hands of Tsar Nicholas II.

Tsar Nicholas II sent a telegram to Britain and France, hoping that Britain and France would use their huge sea forces to open the Black Sea straits, annihilate the main naval force of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, so that the Russian army could wipe out the Ottoman Turkish army that had landed in the Odessa city area, so that Russia could free up its hands to concentrate on dealing with the combined forces of Germany and Austria-Hungary.

After Britain and France received Russia's request for help, they could not help but hesitate a little, if Britain and France sent their naval fleets, the navies of several other countries of the Central Powers would definitely not sit idly by and ignore the Ottoman Turkish navy, and the naval confrontation that most of the two countries tried to avoid was likely to break out.

As long as Britain and France can defeat the navies of the five Central Powers, then the initiative in this European war will fall into the hands of the Entente, and as for the warships lost in the naval battle, Britain and France can slowly replenish them.

The problem is that there is a Chinese empire with the world's largest navy on the sidelines, and if the British and French navies lose too much in the battle with the naval forces of the Central Powers, then how will the British and French navies face the threat of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire in the future?

Of course, it is impossible for Britain and France to ignore the Russians' pleas for help, and if Russia is defeated by the Allies, then the remaining Britain and France will basically see no hope of victory, and the top leaders of Britain and France will begin to urgently discuss various issues of attacking the Black Sea straits.

At the time of successive battles on the Eastern Front, the Western Front was not idle, the British and French coalition forces, in several battlefields in France, and the German Army have been engaged in brutal positional warfare, the losses of both sides are very large, Britain has transferred 1 million colonial troops from India to France, but the war went on until the beginning of December 1912, the British 1 million colonial army was less than 500,000, and the regular army of the British Army also had nearly 200,000 casualties.

Originally, the French Army had more than 3 million regular army units before the war, and after the war, it successively expanded 1.5 million army units, and as a result, in the several months of fighting with the German Army, the current total strength of the French Army is not as much as before the war, and there are only less than 3 million left, that is to say, France has lost almost 1.5 million army troops in this war.

As the main force of the Allies on the Eastern Front and the Western Front, by the beginning of December 1912, Germany had lost more than 1.1 million army troops, but thanks to the German Army's perfect reserve system, the total strength of the German Army was much more than before the war, almost 3.6 million German Army units.

The main forces of Austria-Hungary were used on the Russians on the Eastern Front, and the losses were basically caused by the war with the Russian army, and in the process of the annexation of the Kingdom of Serbia and Montenegro by Austria-Hungary, the losses of Austria-Hungary were minimal, and by the beginning of December 1912, the losses of Austria-Hungary's army reached 400,000.

The other two countries of the Central Powers, Italy and Spain, did not attack France on a large scale after tentatively attacking France once at the beginning of the war, so the war lasted for three months, and the losses of Italy and Spain were not large.

The rest of the countries in the world that did not participate in the war in Europe are very concerned, but the Americans are indeed the most concerned.

In the office of the President of the United States in Washington, the President of the United States, William? Howard? Taft vs. Vice President Thomas? Woodrow? Wilson, Secretary of the Navy George? John Dewey and Secretary of the Army? Joseph? Pershing said in a deep voice: "At present, this major war in Europe is becoming more and more intense, and after many years of arms race, the military strength of the Entente and the Allies is very strong, and no one side will be easily defeated, and it is very likely that this European battlefield will become a protracted war, so that all the countries of the Entente and the Allies will be exhausted, in this case, it is not in the interests of our United States of America, without the containment of the Entente and the Allies, the greatest enemy of our United States of America, the Chinese Empire, It will become even more unscrupulous, our dreams of retaking Alaska will be shattered, and we in the United States of America must not sit idly by and watch the Entente and the Central Powers continue to be consumed like this! ”

Vice President Thomas? Woodrow? Wilson immediately asked, "Does Your Excellency the President mean that he wants to mediate this war in Europe?" ”

U.S. President William? Howard? Taft nodded and said: "I do have this idea, the Chinese Empire is the biggest cancer in the world, and the strength of civilized countries such as the Entente and the Allied Powers should not be consumed in each other's wars, only for the Chinese Empire, it is the most correct." ”

Historically, the United States was very happy that the Entente and the Allies were fighting, and only when Europe fought could the United States sell arms to the two major military blocs as a neutral country and make a lot of war profits.

However, today's situation is somewhat different from history, because of the emergence of the Chinese Empire, the countries of the Entente and the Central Powers have put most of their energy into the arms race in recent years, so that the countries of the Entente and the Central Powers have made much more adequate preparations for this European war than in history, and the war has been going on for several months, and several major countries of the Entente and the Central Powers have not purchased large quantities of arms from the United States, so that the United States has not gained much benefit in this European war so far.

Considering the serious threat posed by the Chinese Empire to the United States, the United States certainly did not want the Entente and the Allied Powers, which were both deeply hostile to the Chinese Empire, to fight to the death with each other and let the Chinese Empire take advantage.

Vice President Thomas? Woodrow? Wilson agreed and said: "His Excellency the President is very right, the Chinese Empire has a very aggressive emperor, the territory of the Qing Dynasty was only more than 10 million square kilometers, and now the Chinese Empire, which inherited the Qing Dynasty, has more than 40.5 million square kilometers of land, and the area has expanded nearly four times, if the Chinese Empire is allowed to expand like this, eventually the whole world will be trampled under the feet of the Chinese Empire, this is the real fourth ****, and it is the most dangerous ****!" ”

The white people in Europe and the United States all believe that there have been 3 disasters caused by the yellow race in the history of the world, and the first **** should have occurred in the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty from the 4th century to the 5th century, when the Xiongnu were divided into the Northern Xiongnu and the Southern Xiongnu, and the Southern Xiongnu attached to the Han Dynasty as vassals, the Eastern Han Dynasty united with the Southern Xiongnu to defeat the Northern Xiongnu, forcing some of the Northern Xiongnu to move westward, and the Xiongnu who moved west to Europe continued to conquer and plunder the Roman Empire, resulting in the decline of the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire, which indirectly caused the fall of the Western Roman Empire and changed the course of European history. The Europeans of the time were terrified.

The second **** occurred in the Sui Dynasty from the 11th century to the 12th century, when the Turks were divided into ****** and Western Turks, both of which were destroyed by the Tang Dynasty one after another, and some Western Turkic tribes moved west to West Asia, establishing many countries and dynasties, and the Turkic conquest of the Eastern Roman Empire triggered the Crusades, and finally the Ottoman Turkish Empire established by the Turks destroyed the Eastern Roman Empire, but now the Ottoman Turkish Empire has been accepted by Europeans, Although the Ottoman Turkish Empire has been playing the role of the sick man of Europe for many years.

The third **** occurred in the Yuan Dynasty in the 13th century, Genghis Khan's grandson Batu led the second Mongolian expedition to the west, after capturing Budapest, the forward attack to Neusta near Vienna, the main force crossed the Danube River and captured the city of Gran, if it were not for Batu because of the succession of the Khan to withdraw the army and return to the east, maybe the entire European continent would be prostrate under the iron hooves of the Mongols.

Now many white people in Europe and the United States believe that the Chinese Empire has become the fourth ****, although no European and American countries dare to stand up and officially declare the above view, but various European and American countries have tacitly acquiesced to this.

Secretary of the Navy George? Dewey also approved of President William? Howard? Taft's thought, "The Entente and the Central Powers have not yet had a naval battle on a larger scale other than the Battle of the Black Sea fought by the Ottoman Turkish Navy and the Russian Navy, but over time, in order to achieve victory in this war, the Entente and Central Powers may well be tempted to commit huge naval forces in the hope of winning the war!" In that case, there would be no happiest person than the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, which had done nothing and let its enemies lose both. ”

Secretary of the Army, John? Joseph? Pershing then said: "The Russian army is the main force to deal with the imperial army of the Chinese Empire, and now the situation in Russia is very bad, the armies of Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Turkish Empire have all reached the territory of Russia, and the Russian army has lost at least 2.8 million troops in the war, these are all Russia is preparing to deal with the Chinese Empire in the future, so it was lost, I believe that the emperor of the Chinese Empire must have been happy to close his mouth!" The worse war continues, and if the millions of Russian troops left are wasted in this European war, then who will stop the Chinese Empire from advancing towards the European continent? ”

President William? Howard? Taft glanced at the other three people, and then said firmly: "Since everyone agrees with me, then we will immediately contact the countries of the Entente and the Allies to try to let the Entente and the Allies end this senseless war as soon as possible." ”

Vice President Thomas? Woodrow? Wilson hesitated for a moment and said: "President, it is not easy to get the Entente and the Allies to end the war, there are many contradictions between the Entente and the Allies, otherwise it would not have caused this big war that almost swept Europe because of an Olympic football match." ”

President William? Howard? Taft waved his hand and said: "The matter is man-made, no matter what, we must also let the Entente and the Central Powers try to calm down as much as possible, otherwise all the advantages will be picked up by the Chinese Empire!" (To be continued.) )