As senior officers of the Southern African Expeditionary Force, Richard Brown and Ford Lew were not mistreated. They lived in a suite with a living room, study room and bathroom. The guards would deliver three meals a day directly to the room. Ford Lew
His mood was not affected much, and he did not think that he was wrong.
Richard Brown was not in a good mood. His second son died in the Battle of Loos. Although Richard Brown had four sons, the sacrifice of his second son still made Richard Brown heartbroken.
The British Expeditionary Force lost 20,000 lives at the Battle of Loos, including the brother of the future Queen Mother Elizabeth.
The current Queen Mother Elizabeth is still a little girl who is only 14 years old.
"I only received the attack order while eating breakfast. There was no detailed attack plan, no advance preparation, just a simple one-line battle. The battle started at noon. Within four hours, we lost 20,000 people. Aerial reconnaissance showed that
German reinforcements had arrived, with a strength of nearly two corps. We were unable to break through the German positions. Richard and I asked General Haig to stop the attack, but General Haig refused. He believed that as long as our two divisions went into attack,
The German army would completely collapse, but since the outbreak of the World War, except during Operation Victory Horn, the German army has never collapsed." There was not a single curse word in Ford Lew's words, but his hatred for Haig was obvious.
"Some of our commanders are butchers. They never cherish the lives of soldiers and use whips to drive soldiers to death. They should be sent to court." Richard Brown's condition is indeed not suitable for serving as a troop commander.
His emotions were a little out of control.
"Richard, I can understand your feelings, but we have to discuss the matter." Rock agreed with Richard Brown, but there were some things he couldn't say.
According to Richard Brown's standards, every one of the current generals of the British and French forces should be brought to court, including Roque.
A fact that cannot be ignored. Although the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force under the command of Rock was progressing smoothly, and the casualties of the troops were not serious compared with the British Expeditionary Force, and it was brilliant compared with the Ottoman Empire troops, but during the entire Dardanelles Battle,
The civilian casualties on the Garibaldi Peninsula were quite heavy. Although these civilians are now believed to be caused by Ottoman forces, the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force also has an unshirkable responsibility.
"Lord, someone at the top of the expeditionary force is deliberately targeting us. They are just jealous of our outstanding performance." Ford Lew also had deep grievances. There were many factions within the British Expeditionary Force. It was not only Haig who offended the Southern African Expeditionary Force, but also the Canadian Expeditionary Force.
, the Anzac Corps, and the Indian troops are all passable on their own, but when put together with the Southern African Expeditionary Force, they are all a ragtag group of people.
Rock didn't say anything. He came to Richard Brown and Ford Lew to reassure Richard Brown and Ford Lew. Rock would keep Richard Brown and Ford Lew no matter what.
That evening, Rock held a dinner at the temporary residence, and Haig was also on the invitation list for the dinner.
As Mrs. Nyasaland, Phyllis accompanied Roark to the dinner party. Gavin and Alvin also put on custom-made dresses and appeared in front of the guests with Judy in a princess dress.
Rock held the dinner in his capacity as Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. While thanking all parties for their support of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, he also wanted to exonerate Richard Brown and Ford Lew. In any case, Richard Brown and Ford
·Lu also disobeyed orders, which is a taboo in the military.
"Since the outbreak of the World War, there have been many incidents of troops refusing to carry out orders. The first few incidents occurred within the French army. Now similar incidents have occurred in our British Expeditionary Force, which must be dealt with strictly." Haig's attitude.
Resolute, he had just succeeded French as Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force, and he did not expect this to happen. This would be a heavy blow to Haig's reputation.
Kitchener and William Robertson did not speak. Although Haig's authority had to be maintained, Rock's mood also had to be considered.
When French resigned, the issue of the selection of the new Commander-in-Chief of the Expeditionary Force caused great controversy in the UK. At that time, many people believed that Roque, who led the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force to win the Battle of the Dardanelles, was fully qualified to succeed him.
French served as Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force.
Compared with Rock, Haig did not perform very well when he served as the commander of the Second Army of the British Expeditionary Force. Instead, he was criticized because of the heavy casualties of the British Expeditionary Force. His performance was not as good as that of Smith Dorling, who resigned earlier, just because
Haig is white, so Haig won the competition with Rock.
As the commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Roque now also holds a high position of authority, and considering the value of the Southern African Expeditionary Force to the British Expeditionary Force, Kitchener and William Robertson will not take a stance easily on this issue.
"I have asked Richard Brown and Ford Lu. They are not refusing to attack, but they hope to further improve the plan before organizing an attack. These are completely different things." Rock corrected decisively. There is a huge gap between disobeying military orders and reasonable suggestions.
Rock would never admit to such a crime.
"There was a complete plan for the attack. They were only responsible for part of the plan. I did not introduce the necessity of the entire plan to them." Haig wanted to confirm the charges against Richard Brown and Ford Lew. As for whether it was complete.
Only God knows the battle plan.
"Haha" Roque sneered. I'm afraid Haig has forgotten how Ferenczi was "forced to resign".
During the autumn offensive, Haig failed to retain his reserve team due to his own mistakes, and ultimately missed the opportunity, resulting in the failure of the attack.
Frenchy failed to send reinforcements to Haig in time and "supplemented" a combat order after the war, which resulted in Frenchy being forced to resign.
Now Haig kept saying that he had a complete battle plan. As long as Kitchener and William Robertson ordered an investigation, everything would be revealed.
Rock did not pursue it to the end because Kitchener and William Robertson would not investigate the matter. The British Expeditionary Force had just been forced to resign because of forgery of military orders. If Haig was forced to resign because of forgery of military orders again,
The British Empire was in disgrace.
"This matter is not allowed to be mentioned again in the future." Kitchener used his final trump card. No matter how bad the influence of this matter was, he issued a silence order first.
"The Department of War and the General Staff will launch a joint investigation. General Richard Brown is no longer suitable to command operations and will temporarily return to southern Africa for a period of rest. General Ford Lew will be transferred to the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force on standby, and all six
The African Division was transferred to the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force transferred the 23rd Artillery Division to France to participate in the war. William Robertson launched a series of combination punches, which both Rock and Haig were dissatisfied with.
William Robertson raised his hand to stop Rock and Haig from talking: "This is the final decision. From now on, no one is allowed to discuss this matter."
William Robertson and Kitchener were both bad and bad. After William Robertson scored 50 times each, Kitchener came out and said: "General Haig, in view of your outstanding performance in the British Expeditionary Force, the war
The Ministry has decided to promote you to the rank of Imperial Field Marshal."
Haig immediately forgot about Richard Brown and Ford Lew, and was beaming with joy when he stood at attention and saluted. In the year and a half he had been in the expeditionary force, he had not won a single battle, suffered hundreds of thousands of casualties, and was promoted from lieutenant general to marshal.
It's incredibly fast.
"Lord Nyasaland, congratulations on your leadership of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force on a series of victories against the Ottoman Empire. In order to reward your outstanding performance, on behalf of His Majesty the King, I award you the Order of the Garter and congratulate you in advance, His Excellency Alvin Locke and Ya
Lord Arthur Locke is on next year's list of knights, Lord Alvin Locke's fiefdom is in the North Sea, and Lord Arthur Locke's fiefdom is in Cyprus." Kitchener's next words also made Locke overjoyed, and it was reasonable for Alvin Locke to be awarded the title.
Among them, Roque is only 35 years old this year, has been made an earl, and has almost no rewards. Gavin is the first heir to the earl of Nyasaland.
What surprised Rock was Arthur. Previously, Arthur's full name was Arthur Capet. Now Arthur's name has become Arthur Locke. This means that the British government recognized the blood relationship between Arthur and Rock.
, this is probably unprecedented in Britain, which values ancestry.
Moreover, Arthur's fiefdom is still in Cyprus, which solves the problem of the ownership of Cyprus after the war. Although Cyprus is not a British colony now, after the war, Cyprus, as Alvin's fiefdom, will definitely not be returned to the Ottoman Empire.
There may not even be an Ottoman Empire left by then.
The next day, the trials of Richard Brown and Ford Lew continued as usual.
The trial lasted for half an hour. Both Haig and Rock participated in the trial. The military judge read out the charges against Richard Brown and Ford Lew. Angel acted as the defender of Richard Brown and Ford Lew.
Explained to the interim court why Richard Brown and Ford Lew failed to carry out Haig's orders.
A routine trial has no meaning. The outcome of the trial was already determined before the trial began. After a pretentious discussion between Kitchener and William Robertson for ten minutes, Kitchener announced the outcome of the trial.
Roque returned to Cyprus the day after the trial. On the same day, the exhausted Richard Brown returned to southern Africa. Ford Lew did not return to Cyprus with Roque. Roque drove him to Port Elizabeth to lead the newly established
Legion of Najd.
The newly established Najd Army has six divisions, all of which are 15,000-strong reorganized divisions, equipped with British army standard weapons. After the New Year, the Najd Army will cooperate with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force to launch a general attack on the Ottoman Empire. Roque Fortress
