Chapter 315: The State of Events in Africa and West Asia

The First World War has developed into an extremely chaotic situation.

Since the outbreak of the February Revolution in Russia, the morale of the officers and soldiers on the front line has generally been low, and there is a lack of logistical supplies, and life has been very difficult. The Turkish army saw the opportunity and came to the "Caucasus Storm" operation in March, and after nearly a month of fierce fighting, the Turkish army annihilated 250,000 Russian troops in Armenia and Georgia in one fell swoop, completely occupying Armenia and Azerbaijan, and most of Georgia.

After the rout of the Russian army, it could only retreat to the Caucasus Mountains, relying on the local terrain to block the Turkish army. However, although the Turkish army won the "South Caucasus Campaign", it also suffered heavy losses. In this battle, they lost 170,000 casualties, as many as 360,000 were wounded, and 30 divisions were disabled.

The biggest problem of the Turkish army is that they lack a capable officer corps leader, and the army is corrupt and strict, most of the officers are corpses and vegetarians, military science is very backward, and there are factional contradictions. Although China received a large number of modern weapons and was supported by Germany and Austria after participating in the Central Powers, its combat effectiveness did not improve much. If they fight a defensive war, they can barely give it a go, but once they start offensive warfare and law and order warfare, they will be blinded.

This battle exposed these problems of the Turkish army, and most of the losses were generated when pursuing the Russian army, which was very speechless. If it weren't for the fact that the Russian army had the same problem, and was demoralized by the domestic revolution, they would not have been able to break the Russian army in this battle.

However, the Turkish army's table xiàn is not without bright spots, and their table in the area of Palestine is very good. Because the Turkish army here is the core of the Austrian Socialist Party, their leadership in Kemal has exerted extremely strong combat effectiveness.

From October last year to April this year, the Turkish and Anglo-Indian armies fought five battles around Palestine, each time ending in the defeat of the Anglo-Indian army. By the end of the final battle in April, the Anglo-Indian army had lost 270,000 dead and as many as 400,000 wounded, and another 160,000 (mostly Indians) taken prisoner. The Turkish army only lost more than 30,000 killed and more than 80,000 wounded.

On the plane, the situation of the Entente in the Middle East was much worse than it had been in the original plane. Because the establishment of the Arab Republic gave many Arabs who could have been instigated against Turkey to have their own countries, the previous plan had to be adjusted.

The territory of the original Arab Socialist Republic is large, equivalent to the entire territory of Saudi Arabia except Hassan, south of al-Kifri in Iraq (about 35 degrees north latitude), most of the area east of the Jordan River, east of the line from Damascus to Lake Assad in Syria, and most of the area south of the Euphrates River.

The Turkish government was no longer able to maintain its rule in the above-mentioned regions at that time, coupled with the fact that Russia had declared war and the Arab Republic was quite capable of fighting, so in order not to be caught between two sides, they had to pinch their noses and acquiesce to reality.

In order to contain Turkey, and taking into account China's reaction, the Entente recognized the new country. But in this way, there are gains and losses, although the establishment of the Arab Socialist Republic is equivalent to digging a piece of meat on Turkey, but after the Arabs have their own country, the Entente has lost most of the Arab masses that can be brought in as cannon fodder.

After the Arab Republic gained independence, it reached a tacit agreement with Turkey that the well water would not interfere with the river water. It did not get involved in the war between the Entente and the Central Powers, and after Britain and France tried to win over and flicker several times, there was no way. Later, they also saw that this Arab Republic is China's little brother, and if China did not move, they would never move.

As a result, many previous plans could only be changed, such as the famous legendary figure in the history of the original time and space, the former British North African intelligence officer "Lawrence of Arabia". At this time, most of the stage was lost, and I had to run to Palestine and Lebanon to carry out activities, and the momentum caused by it was far from comparable to the original time and space. But even this caused a lot of trouble for Turkish rule on the ground.

After Turkey officially joined the Allies, it pinched with Russia in the Caucasus, but Mao Zi did not give strength, but was severely beaten by Turkey. In order to open up the situation, Britain and France prepared to launch an attack on Turkey from Egypt. At this time, the Western Front was also very tense, and it was impossible to transfer troops from Europe, so Britain recruited 15 divisions from India to Egypt from August to October last year, preparing for a big fight.

At this time, the Al-Shabaab, which ruled Turkey, was also anxious after learning the news of the imminent attack of the British army. Because most of the henchmen and main forces of their control were fighting on the front line of the Caucasus and Maozi at this time, they could not draw enough troops at all. So they had to use the Austrian Socialist Party, which had been sitting on the cold bench, and let their troops go to the Palestinian areas to resist the Anglo-Indian army.

Facts have proved that this decision is very wise, and the Austrian Socialist forces headed by Kemal have not only successfully withstood the large-scale offensive of the British and Indian troops, but also held Palestine. It was here that the Anglo-Indian army was beaten out and won an extremely brilliant victory.

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The situation in Africa was also very chaotic, and after Italy entered the war, the Italian army in Libya in North Africa caught France by surprise. After their victory in the Battle of Corsica, they fought against French North Africa with the support of the Navy and Air Force. At that time, most of the military strength of French North Africa was transferred to aid the mainland, so it was once pressed and beaten by Italy, and the French, who lacked major generals, were defeated in successive battles, and the entire ****** and eastern Algeria were occupied by Italy.

However, the Entente soon pulled back a game, and the Anglo-Egyptian forces attacked Eritrea in Italy from Sudan, and the Italian troops there could not resist it, and they were completely destroyed in the streets half a month later.

However, soon the Entente could not laugh anymore.

The Germans, having opened up the ocean outlet, sent a large fleet to the aid of German East Africa in August last year, which was escorted by a large number of warships led by four battleships and four battlecruisers. At that time, the British and French fleets in Africa were weak, so they had to watch Erdezi swagger from the bottom of his eyelids.

The flotilla carried a regular infantry division, two artillery regiments and an air wing, as well as a large number of weapons and provisions. After receiving so much aid from Germany's East African Corps, Lieutenant General Leto Fowlbeck, the commander of the legion, known as the "African god of war", immediately began to show his strength. He first occupied the weakly defended Zanzibar with the cooperation of the escort fleet.

Then, in cooperation with the Italian army in Italian Somalia, they defeated the defenders of British East Africa in one fell swoop in November last year, occupying the whole of British East Africa (Kenya) and Uganda.

Later, with a large number of weapons in his hands, Forbeck greatly expanded the colonial force composed of locals, forming 6 divisions. Moreover, the Germans also played the trick of flipping the tables in Africa, presenting themselves as liberators, and promising the Celticians to support the independent establishment of these colonies once the war was over.

There is no doubt that Ertokuko's hand immediately received strong support from the locals. Not only were many of the locals willing to serve in the areas they occupied, but even the nearby British Rhodesia, Belgian Congo, and Portuguese East Africa were in trouble. Even the South African independence movement, which had just been suppressed, was back in the air. I have to say that Wilhelm II's brain-opening move really had a miraculous effect, making the situation of the Entente in East Africa, South Africa and part of Central Africa passive all of a sudden.

Although the combat power of the Black Shu Millet is only five, it can't stand the large number of people. Historically, security warfare has been the most troublesome, especially when there is support and countermeasures from foreign enemies, and the number of troubles will increase exponentially. Originally, the Entente did not have many troops in the colonies, and they were brutally attacked by Forbeck several times ago, and their strength was not enough to suppress the entire colony.

Moreover, in addition to providing weapons and training to those blackfish, the Germans also provided them with a lot of stimulants. With the support of the Germans, they formed many so-called "independent free armies" to attack the settlements and colonists of the Entente countries everywhere.

The Entente countries were overwhelmed by these drugged black silk, and had to retreat to some important strongholds, and most of the territory had to be abandoned, allowing those black corn to go crazy.

However, the Entente also quickly pulled back a game in North Africa. After the Battle of Gibraltar, the Allied navy was forced back to lick its wounds, and soon after, a large number of second-hand warships purchased by Britain and France from China and the United States also arrived. In order to open up the situation in the Mediterranean, they transferred 20 of the former dreadnoughts and eight armored cruisers to the Mediterranean, and with the original naval strength of Britain and France, the Allied fleet in the Mediterranean had two lone class dreadnoughts, 40 dreadnoughts and 16 armored cruisers, and the situation changed a lot at once.

Although the Allies still had 12 dreadnoughts, 11 ex-dreadnoughts and 6 armored cruisers in the Mediterranean, they still had an absolute advantage in the number of dreadnoughts. But the Entente is not powerless now, although there are not enough dreadnoughts, but the former dreadnoughts are enough. It must be admitted that although these second-hand ships from China and the United States were sold at sky-high prices, they were very obviously helpful to the Entente, who not only stabilized the situation in the Mediterranean, but also had the leisure to let the Japanese Combined Fleet reinforce the French Atlantic region.

And the combined fleet of the Allies, having suffered a great loss in the Battle of Gibraltar, fell apart and is now not reorganized. So the Entente took advantage of this opportunity and began to regain control of the Mediterranean. The first unfortunate was North Africa, where as many as 18 divisions of reinforcements were transported to Algeria and three Japanese divisions landed in ******. At the same time, Egypt also took the opportunity to attack from the east.

Under the attack from three sides, the Italians could not resist, and the army attacking Algeria was defeated all the way. By now, the Italians have not only vomited the newly occupied eastern part of Algeria and ******, but also lost most of their own Libya. At present, the Italian army was beaten by the Allied coalition forces, and was struggling to support itself in two strongholds, Benghazi and Tripoli.

So there was a very miraculous scene in Africa, where the Allies were beaten violently in North Africa. To the south of Sudan, however, it was the Allied powers that flaunted their might, and the Entente countries were made to pieces.

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However, the main battlefield of the First World War was still in Europe after all, and the focus was on the Western Front, which was the foundation of the warring parties. Whether it is the war situation in West Asia or Africa, it is less important than that of Europe.

At this stage, the most important place is the British Isles, which is the focus of both the Entente and the Central Powers. The United States, which had just entered the war, was also well aware of this, so they launched an attack on the Faroe Islands on May 30......