Regarding the distribution of trophies, the Ministry of Defense of Southern Africa and the Umbrella Company have relevant regulations. In principle, everything captured by soldiers on the battlefield belongs to the individual. However, in order to take care of the interests of all combatants participating in the war, the trophies must be handed over uniformly and distributed uniformly after the war.
, the officers and soldiers on the front line will receive more money.
In any case, the officers and soldiers of these two armored car groups will get rich. A few hundred Arabian horses may be worth more than one million pounds. Even if the number is too large, the price will drop. Each Arabian horse is equivalent to a fairly large area.
's farm.
As for the size of the farm, it depends on the location of the farm. In Transylvania, it may only be a few hundred acres, but in South West Africa and Tanganyika, it may be tens of thousands of acres.
Martin didn't care about the small profit gained on the battlefield. Martin's target was Basra. Zubair was only ten kilometers away from Basra. For the Alligator armored vehicle, it was just a matter of stepping on the accelerator. However, Basra had more than 150,000 Ottomans.
The imperial garrison, Martin will mobilize more troops to surround Basra and strive to capture more prisoners.
There is no need to wait until the war. After occupying Basra, Martin will transform Basra, completely erase all traces of the Ottoman Empire in Basra, and turn Basra into the property of Adan Company. This may cause huge financial expenditure, but it will gain
A brand new Basra will minimize future disputes, so everything is worth it.
"The army of Damascus is marching towards Egypt. Colonel McMahon and London have sent telegrams asking us to send more troops to assist Egypt." Li De has not slept since Britain declared war on the Ottoman Empire, and his eyes are full of bloodshot eyes.
, but the spirit was extremely high.
"Does your lord have a telegram?" Martin didn't care about Colonel McMahon or London. Rock was Martin's immediate boss.
"No--"
"Then don't worry about it. We will capture Basra first, and then launch an attack on Damascus. If Cairo has been captured by the Ottoman Empire by then, then we will just fight back." Martin gave absolute priority to southern Africa, and the Suez Canal was of great importance to Britain.
It is of great significance. The troops and supplies of Australia and India must pass through the Suez Canal to reach the United Kingdom as quickly as possible. For southern Africa, it does not matter who controls the Suez Canal. The troops and supplies in southern Africa can directly pass through the Walvis Bay.
Shipping to Europe.
"The troops in Basra are retreating, and they want to run away -" Tang En hurriedly came to report that the Ottoman Empire's troops were really incapable of fighting. The war had just begun and they wanted to run away. It was a wonderful idea.
In fact, it was not that the Ottoman Empire's troops had not fought, but that the Russian Empire was launching an attack on Constantinople. Enver Pasha did not expect before the war broke out that the war broke out with the Russian Empire declaring war first.
A long time ago, the Russian Empire coveted Constantinople. Only by controlling Constantinople can it control the Dardanelles. Only by controlling the Dardanelles can the Black Sea become Russia's inner lake.
, so as soon as war was declared, the Eighth Army of the Russian Empire, led by Alexei Brusinov, launched an attack on Constantinople.
The Eighth Army may be the only vital force in the Russian Empire now.
After the outbreak of the World War, the Russian Empire suffered heavy losses in East Prussia. The Second Army was completely annihilated in the Battle of Tannenberg, and the First Army was completely defeated in the Battle of Masurian Lake. The current commander-in-chief of the Russian Empire is Nicholas II.
His cousin, the Grand Duke Nikolay Nikolayevich, was his opponent. Hindenburg, the commander-in-chief of the German Eighth Army, and Ludendorff, Hindenburg's chief of staff.
After the Battle of Lake Mazury, the Russian Empire had lost 520,000 people and 160,000 soldiers were captured by the Germans. Even under such difficult circumstances, the Russian Empire resolutely launched an attack on Constantinople, which shows that Tsar Nicholas II
How deep is the resentment of the world towards Constantinople.
In order to deal with the Eighth Army of the Russian Empire, the Ottoman Empire had to deploy troops from Basra and Damascus to strengthen the defense of Constantinople. The attack on Egypt continued, but there was only one brigade left in the offensive. The commander of this brigade
It was the Germans who, although they did not actually capture the Suez Canal, still scared Britain into a cold sweat.
While Martin ignored Constantinople and the Suez Canal and mobilized six divisions to besiege Basra, Martin ordered the 206th Division stationed in Ahvaz to circle behind Basra in an attempt to encircle Basra.
The 206th Division moved very quickly. It completed the outflank of Basra within 24 hours of receiving the order, but it was still not as fast as the Ottoman army. On October 31st, after a symbolic battle, the 206th Division was defeated.
The 50,000 Ottoman troops surrounding Basra surrendered to Martin.
Martin immediately ordered the troops to continue their attack on Damascus. In Damascus, the attacking troops finally encountered stubborn resistance from the Ottoman defenders. At this time, the fighting in Ypres finally stopped, which is known in history as the First Battle of Ypres.
The First Battle of Ypres was a failure for both parties involved, but the Entente and Central Powers unanimously promoted the First Battle of Ypres as their own victory.
The Allies claimed that they had defended Ypres and the coastal seaports, contained the German attack, and recovered some lost territory; the Germans believed that they had stopped the Allied attack and preserved the fruits of the first phase of the war.
Both statements are reasonable. The Allies did regain lost territory, but only five square miles, while the Belgian territory occupied by Germany was 20,000 square miles.
The Germans did withstand the counterattack of the British and French forces, but the Schlieffen Plan had completely failed, and Falkenhayn needed to formulate a larger plan.
In the first Battle of Ypres, the German casualties were 100,000, and the British and French allied forces suffered about 130,000 casualties. However, according to British newspapers, the German casualties reached 300,000. If this rate continues, it will be useless.
How long will it take before Germany's military-age population will be completely wiped out?
According to British newspapers, Germany had lost 500,000 people in the Battle of the Marne, plus 300,000 in the Battle of Ypres. Germany's 790,000 standing army before the outbreak of the war had all died. The current German army should
They are all new recruits.
The actual situation is definitely not like this. The German army did suffer heavy losses in the Battle of the Marne, but it was not as many as half a million. After the New Year, the injured veterans will return to the army, and the newly recruited soldiers will gradually mature, so the scale of the battle will then be
will be bigger than now.
The British Expeditionary Force is facing a huge crisis. With the expeditionary force from the mainland and the troops mobilized from southern Africa, Canada and India, the British Expeditionary Force has more than 300,000 troops in France.
However, in the Battle of the Marne and the Battle of Ypres, the British Expeditionary Force had lost nearly half of its troops. After the Battle of Ypres, the British abandoned the traditional voluntary military system and began to adopt a compulsory military service system to replenish its troops.
Another huge crisis was the serious shortage of artillery shells.
This problem is not unique to the United Kingdom. It should be said that all troops participating in the war suffered from a serious shortage of artillery shells.
The scale of the world war exceeded everyone's imagination. Before the outbreak of the world war, the British believed that the stored artillery shells would be enough for six months, France believed that the stored artillery shells would be enough for three months, and the Russian Empire prepared a thousand artillery shells for each artillery.
, seems to be well prepared.
Only when the tide goes out can you see people sleeping naked. After the outbreak of the World War, all French artillery shells were used up after the Battle of the Marne. After Grand Duke Nicholas became the commander-in-chief of the Russian Empire, he increased the monthly consumption of artillery shells to 250.
Ten thousand rounds, and soon it was increased to 3.5 million rounds. The poor little British army could not consume many artillery shells, but it had to provide more artillery shells to the Russian Empire and France. France was better. After all, it had strong industrial strength. It had its own problems.
To solve the problem on its own, the Russian Empire would have to ask Britain for help.
"25 million pounds a month, whose idea is this?" Roque is not angry. Anyway, Southern Africa does not need to pay. No one can control the British money how they want to spend it.
In order to ease the crisis in the Russian Empire, the British government gave the Russian Empire a special loan of 25 million pounds every month to help the Russian Empire tide over the difficulties.
Of course, these loans also have conditions. For example, supplies can only be purchased in the UK, and there are high interest rates. The British government is not a philanthropist and will not show mercy when it is time to make money.
"Who else could it be, the damn Chancellor of the Exchequer!" Winston looked fierce. If all the 25 million pounds were given to the Royal Navy, it would be ten dreadnoughts, or ten per month. Of course, the dreadnoughts would not accrue interest.
.
"I have to remind you that giving money to the Russian Empire is equivalent to wasting money. Be careful and lose everything -" Rock knew the future direction of the Russian Empire, but he couldn't make it too clear, just like those loan sharks.
What you are coveting is high interest, while what others are planning is your principal.
"What can we do? We need the Russian Empire to contain the forces of Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, even if more of the Russian Empire's artillery shells are captured by Germany instead of being launched into German positions." Winston was also helpless, and the French
The consumption of artillery shells is really consumed on the battlefield, and the Russian Empire is——
It’s really hard to put it into words. To put it bluntly, the Russian Empire is the transport captain of Germany.
"How many orders can Southern Africa get?" Rock salivated. This was 25 million per month. London hoped that Southern Africa could send more troops to France to participate in the war, so he only gave 15 million. Against the Russian Empire, Britain
The government is really generous.
"You can go and try. Gregory is in London." Winston's expression was complicated.
"Who is Grigory?" Rock didn't know Grigory. There were many people with this name in Russia, just as William was as common in England.
"Gregory Yefimovich Rasputin——" Winston read his full name with a look of disgust on his face, as if he was insulted by the name.
Oh oh oh, who did Rock think he was? If Winston had directly mentioned Rasputin, Rock must have heard of this person.
