"That is not enough. At the most difficult time, the Russians had only six divisions on the Eastern Front. After the end of the last battle, the Russian army, which has always been known for its large number, even had insufficient manpower problems! This is enough to prove that the combat effectiveness gap between the two sides is huge! In the eyes of the Bavarian army, the Russian tentative attack was just a tickling through the boots. Look at the area north of Istanbul, which is a rare plain in the Balkans. Through the Bulgarian railway, the German army can reach the north of the Gallipoli Peninsula within 2 days! Then we will be trapped in a war of attrition. The abnormal exchange ratio can make us desperate war of attrition. Unless we can find another way!" Lord Hamilton said.

"What do you mean?" Churchill asked with a frown. The so-called professional matters are left to professionals. Since the famous British Army general thinks that the chance of winning is not high. Churchill wants to know what the other party thinks.

"Greece! Let the Greek army launch an attack from the Thrace region. However, in addition to landing in the Strait, our troops also land in the plains between Mount Thrace and the Gallipoli Peninsula! In this way, our troops can far exceed the largest force that Prince Leopold, the Romanian conqueror, can mobilize! After all, no matter how weak Greece is, it is a country!" Lord Hamilton said.

"This is impossible. The army opposes mobilizing any army from the Western Front to enter here. They are not even willing to give it to them! I believe that the Greeks can provide an army of 200,000, but they will never undertake strategic attack tasks in one direction alone, even if they are facing Türkiye!" Churchill shook his head and said.

"Haha." Lord Hamilton showed an expression that you don't understand." "I didn't expect that you, who have always been proficient in politics, are the easiest to ignore political issues. If you look at it purely from a military perspective, the British Army will not support this action, but if you look at it from the perspective of defending an ally, then under the premise of political correctness, the British government has no possibility of rejection. At least until the matter is irreversible, they will not give up easily! Come here, my friend, let me tell you the tricks."

"Actually, I support your plan not because I support the current naval-led battle of the Dardanelles, but because I think it is better to start the battle earlier than to start it later! Now the situation in the Balkans has reached a critical moment. As the great Napoleon said, soldiers are very fast, and you will lose if you don't have it!" After saying that, Lord Hamilton pointed the putt in his hand, Bulgaria, east of the Balkans!

"Bulgaria has become our enemy, Romania has collapsed, and there are at least 10 divisions of Bavaria and Austro-Hungarian troops there. They have formed a circular encirclement for Serbia, our most important ally in the Balkans! Faced with the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Serbian legion, which was already struggling to support, it cannot stop the pressure from both directions. Perhaps when the allies launch the next offensive, it will be the time when Serbia falls. If Serbia is finished, then the next target is Greece! The most tragic result is that we have no place to gain a foothold in the Balkans."

"From the current situation, our military strength in the Balkans cannot stop the opponent's offensive. How long can we exist in the Balkans depend entirely on when the opponent takes action. Is that true? Sir Hamilton?" Churchill asked.

"It's just right, this is not the worst! If they send a force after taking the Balkans, with the cooperation of the Allied Mediterranean fleet, or simply attack the Sinai Peninsula and Alexandria, then all our fleets from the Far East can only go around the Horn of Africa! This is fatal to us who are already a little short of capacity! So, this is why I support your actions. Of course, there is still some difference between me and you. I want to play a big game!" Lord Hamilton used his putt in his hand to point heavily in the city of Istanbul on the map!

If you ask if what Lord Hamilton said is reasonable, then there must be! Throughout the history of World War I, both the Allies and the Allies were quite kind to their allies. The British could help Russia fight a battle of the Dardanelles Strait, which seemed to be one in 15 in the British Admiralty. That's right, you're right. After the battle began, some generals in the Admiralty believed that the chance of winning this battle was so high. Of course, Churchill, who promoted this battle, would not admit this inference.

And the Germans. In order to help the Turks, they beat the Russians first and then gave Serbia a car. Historically, in July 1915, General Markensen's three armies and two armies in Hindenburg in the north attacked at the same time. By August, the Russian army began to collapse on its entire line and were completely expelled from Poland.

Then the German government thought of the little Turkish brother who was still fighting in the Dardanelles. In September, Markenson pointed his sword at Serbia, and at the same time, Bulgaria decided to turn to the Allies and began a national mobilization.

Otherwise, the German army was powerful in one battle. On October 9, Markensen's 9 divisions crossed the Danube and captured Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. Two days later, Bulgaria rose to the end. By mid-October, the three armies of Germany and Austria and Serbia were in trouble. In December, the entire Serbia fell. In other words, the Serbian young strongman who even fought in the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the beginning even failed in less than three months after Germany intervened.

The Germans are good enough, and the British are friends! When the saber in Markenson's hand was aimed at Serbia, the British government immediately issued a statement expressing its willingness to send 200,000 troops to the Balkans! And in late October, the first batch of British and French forces landed in Thessalonika! (Churchill cursed: Holding grass, what were you doing early!) Then, after the establishment of this front called Thessalonika, more than 500,000 Allied troops were deployed on this narrow front at the most! But it was useless until the end of the war. So much so that the Germans were ridiculed by them in the "largest prisoner of war camp" in the Balkans.

This is actually a political issue, and there may be some facial issues. The Allies paid a huge price for these things. This was a huge battle without planning, and then in the end, no one knew how to end.
Chapter completed!