…… By 25 July, the Dutch Army had ceased organized arrival with the British army, and all the troops had withdrawn from the Netherlands, and the Dutch royal family had withdrawn to England, vowing to fight to the end of the war......"

Jingshi, Zhongnanhai Huairentang, and Chief of General Staff Liu Bailiang are briefing the members of the group, including Empress Liu Qianhua, on the latest international situation.

In mid-June, the Second Battle of Artois came to an end on the French front, which lasted on and off for six weeks, and after consuming more than two million shells and paying the price of 132,000 casualties, the French 10th Army captured the Germans, which were seven kilometers wide and three to four kilometers deep, in front of them:) The 1st Army captured only six kilometers wide and 900 meters deep, and failed to break through the German lines or attract even one division of German troops from the Eastern Front to the Western Front. The defending Germans suffered 73,000 casualties.

At this time, the German General Staff learned that British troops would land in the Netherlands in early July in order to force the Dutch, who had wavered in their attitude towards Germany, to join the war against Germany and outflank the German forces on the Belgian front from behind.

Commander-in-Chief Falkingham immediately ordered the transfer of the two reserve corps on the Russian front to the Western Front, and at the same time, taking advantage of the interval between the Allied offensive after the Second Battle of Artois, he assembled 16 divisions of the base camp reserve, with a total of 20 divisions, equipped with a large number of heavy artillery, aircraft, and only a few armored fighting vehicles, to preemptively attack the Netherlands on 1 July.

The Dutch native army had only six divisions, unable to resist the siege of the superior German army on three sides, so it asked the British and French for help, and the British army was forced to launch a landing operation in advance. In order to avoid being surrounded and annihilated by the superior forces of the German army, the four divisions of the British 3rd Regiment that had landed had to be evacuated from the sea one after another.

“…… The German side has sent a telegram confirming that the Dutch question has been settled and that a full-scale offensive against Russia will resume in mid-August. ”

"It's finally settled, hurry up and come back to fight the bear." Army Chief of Staff Zhang Yaoqian shrugged.

"Good news, anything else?" Zhang Zhigao, the Minister of the Interior and Chairman of the Wartime Home Affairs Committee, urged impatiently, while still jotting down something in a thick black notebook.

Liu Bailiang didn't raise his eyes, and continued to look at himself: "There is also good news, from July 9, the Turkish elite 1st Army will cooperate with the 3rd Army. After defeating the Russian detachment that came to the rescue, the Turkish army has surrounded the main force of the Russian Caucasus 4 in the Arash Celtic area north of Lake Fan, and as of 27 July, the Turkish army has captured 16,000 Russian troops......"

"Remember that in that plane, the Turks lost this battle." Hooke, the secretary of the Army at the Defense Headquarters, interjected inadvertently.

Liu Bailiang nodded naturally: "Yes, at that time, the main force of the Turkish army was still grinding meat with the Entente Army in the Dardanelles, and there were not many troops that could be sent to the Caucasian front, and they originally wanted to encircle and annihilate the 4th Caucasian Front, ~|, and before the revolution, they failed to regain the initiative on the Caucasian front. ”

"There is no Battle of Dardanelles in this plane. The Turks died happily. Zhang Yaoqian smiled as if giving alms.

It is recorded in another time and space history book that on February 19, 1915, in order to relieve the pressure on Russia, cut off the German-Turkish ties, and promote Italy to enter the war, in order to satisfy the ambitions of Britain and France in the Dardanelles-Bosphorus region, they first launched a .= campaign with naval forces.

By 18 March, the breakthrough operation launched by the British and French combined fleets alone had suffered a crushing defeat, and of the 16 large warships participating in the breakthrough, three were sunk by mines, three others were heavily damaged, and only eight of the Turkish shore guns were damaged. After a few weeks, the full combat effectiveness of the battery was restored.

On 25 April, the Allied Army forces, supported by superior naval forces, landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula north of the Strait in an attempt to capture the Turkish batteries from behind. So that the fleet broke through the straits, entered the Sea of Marmara, and coerced the Turkish capital Constantinople.

However. By the end of May, Turkish destroyers and German submarines had sunk three more British > ships, and the defeat of the battle led to the resignation of Admiral Fisher, then First Sea Lord, Chief of Naval Staff, and Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill, and the cabinet was reorganized

By July, the Allied forces decided to send additional troops to land in the weakly defended area of Sufra Bay, and the 5th Regiment of the Turkish Army blocked the attack of the coalition forces with a counterattack, and the fighting on the Gallipoli Peninsula continued until December, and the completely defeated coalition forces withdrew on January 9, 1916, with 146,000 casualties, and the Turkish army also paid the heavy price of 186,000 casualties and missing.

The defeat in this battle directly affected the position of Bulgaria, and in 191510 Gallia joined the side of the Allies to fight.

At this time, as of today, July 30, 1915, the Dardanelles is calm, there is not a single Allied soldier on the Gallipoli Peninsula, and the Turkish mobile forces are free to be sent wherever they are needed: the Caucasus, Mesopotamia, Palestine, and possibly even a breakthrough through the Suez Canal again - which is exactly what China wants.

"The Turks are happy, but we are not so happy, since the Entente will not fight the strait, the remaining local forces will naturally be used against us." Liu Bailiang spread his hands, "But it doesn't matter, the Turks are fighting the Russians in the Caucasus, the British in Iraq and Sinai, and even the 'jihad' against the Entente in Persia, which can be regarded as helping us." ”

"Mutual benefit." Yang Zhengjin briefly summarized.

"Anything else?" Zhang Zhigao is urging again.

"The United States announced that it will send the first unit to fight in Europe in eight parts, and it is estimated that there is one division." After Liu Bailiang finished speaking, he stopped to observe everyone's reactions.