After the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force launched the Battle of the Dardanelles, the Russian Empire had stopped any military operations towards Constantinople.
On the one hand, this is because the Russian Empire is worried that Constantinople will fall into British hands, and the Black Sea Fleet still cannot obtain its own channel in and out of the Black Sea. On the other hand, it is also because Hindenburg and Ludendorff gave the Russian Empire a
There was too much pressure. Since the outbreak of the war, the Russian Empire has lost nearly 2 million people, Germany has captured nearly 400,000 Russian soldiers, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire has captured nearly 300,000 prisoners.
After the Battle of the Dardanelles broke out, the Russian Empire transferred the Eighth Army that attacked Constantinople to the Eastern Front and no longer put any pressure on the Ottoman Empire. This was huge bad news for Roque. The Eighth Army
After being transferred, the Ottoman Empire's Second Army deployed around Constantinople was released. After the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force landed in Bolayel, part of the Second Army's troops had begun to move towards Bolayel, trying to
Rescue the Fifth Army whose retreat was cut off.
After General Goltz's First Army was completely annihilated, the Second Army became the most powerful group army in the Ottoman Empire, with more than fifteen divisions and a total strength of 220,000.
That's why Roque destroyed the Fifth Army at all costs so that he could concentrate on dealing with the Ottoman Empire's Second Army.
The first to attack the Fifth Army was the ANZAC, which had suffered heavy losses in the previous stage of the battle. This time, Brad Nancy no longer had any excuse. The ANZAC beachhead troops once recaptured the territory with the help of aircraft.
Goba Heights, but after Mustafa Kimal shouted the famous words "I am not asking you to attack, I am asking you to die. After we die, other troops and their commanders will continue to fight."
!" After that, the Ottoman troops recaptured the Goba Heights and once again suppressed the Anzac Corps in the small bay where they landed by mistake.
This unknown little bay finally has a resounding name, now called "Anzac Bay".
After the Battle of the Dardanelles broke out, another ANZAC force arrived in the Mediterranean. Winston also placed this force under Roque's command, which again aroused strong protest from French.
After the loss of Ypres, the British Expeditionary Force suffered heavy losses and was in urgent need of new troops.
Regardless of the situation in Ypres, Joffre left the defense of Ypres completely to the British Expeditionary Force. Joffre had no plan to recapture Ypres, but planned to launch new attacks in Champagne and Artois.
There seems to be a kind of competition. Everyone wants to be the leader of the coalition. France has the strength, but Joffre is too stupid. French has this idea, but the British Expeditionary Force is seriously lacking in troops.
Under the premise of serious shortage of troops, Winston still stubbornly allocated the precious Anzac reinforcements to Roque's command, which made French very dissatisfied.
For this purpose, French found his friend Charles Repington. Charles Repington was French's old comrade-in-arms. After retiring, he worked as a war correspondent for The Times and was conducting interviews in Belgium.
Charles Repington went against the position of The Times and published a series of articles in The Times in which he vigorously attacked Winston and Kitchener. The reason for attacking Winston was that Winston had transferred his original belongings to the
Troops on the Western Front were transferred to other battlefields, and the reason for attacking Kitchener was that the British Expeditionary Force did not receive enough artillery shells.
No matter which battlefield the troops are transferred to, they will be used to fight against the Allies. This is understandable.
Insufficient supply of artillery shells is an old problem. In fact, strictly speaking, it should be a shortage of artillery. This is not a problem that can be solved in a day or two. The artillery produced in Southern Africa since last winter has been used to equip the Southern African Expeditionary Force, and French
There is no command authority for the Southern African Expeditionary Force.
"The Times" is an industry under Rock's name. When he discovered that the newspaper under his name was launching an attack on his close comrades, Rock was very angry. Charles Repington was directly dismissed from his post and was responsible for page review and writing.
The editor of the correction was also implicated. Lord Beiyan came to Cyprus to find Roark, hoping that Roark would give the editors more freedom, but Roark decisively refused.
"Sorry Lord, no one has real freedom in this world. Even the power of the king is restricted by Congress. How much freedom do you, a newspaper reporter, want?" Rock is very disappointed with Lord Beiyan. Since Rock
After buying "The Times", the "Times" has been performing very well and has given a lot of help to Southern Africa and Winston.
But at this critical moment, Times reporters and editors chose the wrong side, and this mistake is inexcusable.
"The Times has never catered to the public. Independent thinking is the root of our survival. If we show an obvious tendency, it will affect the fairness of The Times." Lord Beiyan seems to have a firm stance.
, in fact his position is untenable.
"You are wrong. The root of the survival of The Times has never been independent thinking, but political needs." Roque directly pointed out that no one should take their own opinions as important. If Lord Beiyan does not agree with Roque,
According to Ke's management methods, Lord Beiyan can also resign, but Rock will not retain him.
Now, Roark doesn't have much thought on "The Times". The Fifth Army of the Ottoman Empire on the Garibaldi Peninsula is the focus of Roark's current work.
In order to expand the influence of "The Times", Rock also worked hard. The owners of other newspapers all want to make profits. Rock is not for profit, and uses the profits of the gossip "Sun" to subsidize the so-called "Times"
To be fair, in order to increase the sales of "The Times", Rock set the price of "The Times" at two pence a copy, which was almost the price twenty years ago. Without subsidies, "The Times" would have closed down long ago.
Good luck.
Lord Beiyan wanted to speak, but was stopped directly by Rock.
"No matter what, the reports of newspapers and magazines cannot be absolutely fair. The Times is a British newspaper, so the Times has a position. We all know what is happening on the front line, and what reporters and editors have to do
It is to report on the latest happenings on the front lines and to build national confidence to win the war, rather than to attack the country's Secretary of War and Secretary of the Navy when the world war is raging. This is simply ridiculous!" Roque does not deny freedom to reporters and editors.
, some previous reports by The Times also contained private information, and as long as it did not cause much impact, Rock would turn a blind eye.
Lord Beiyan finally fell silent. He also knew that the "democracy" and "freedom" claimed by the United Kingdom were a joke. How could there be real democracy and freedom? During the world war, newspapers and magazines from the participating countries made almost slanderous reports on their opponents for publicity purposes. The Times
》There can be no exception.
"Find a way to eliminate the impact of bad reports and prevent similar incidents from happening in the future. The legal department is going to file a lawsuit against Charles Repington. No matter what the reason is, I don't want to see Charles Repington in future newspapers."
Name." Roque is going to kill everyone. The adults will not care about the faults of the villains? That doesn't exist.
To put it bluntly, if this incident had bad consequences for Kitchener or Winston, Rock would have all the nine people in the family planning to kill Charles Repington. In the current British War Department, Kitchener and Winston are the
If Rock's biggest supporters lose the support of Kitchener and Winston, Rock and the Southern African Expeditionary Force will be in dire straits.
"Lord, please don't do this -" Lord Beiyan begged. He knew that Rock was angry, but he didn't expect Rock to be so angry.
An Qi hurried over with a telegram at this time, and Rock felt even worse after reading it.
The ANZAC attack failed, with 1,500 killed and 4,000 wounded. The Goba Heights was still under the control of the Fifth Army.
"Look at the battle reports from the front line. Just as we were chatting, 1,500 people were killed and 4,000 were injured. So there are no peaceful years. It's just that someone is carrying the load for you." Rock said.
It goes against common sense. Under normal circumstances, when the coalition forces report the war situation to the outside world, their own losses must be halved, and the enemy's casualties must be doubled.
Lord Beiyan did not speak, his expression was very complicated. The war did not burn to the British soil, so the British mainland, especially the gentlemen in London, did not feel the war personally. The casualties of the frontline troops were just one by one for them.
Cold numbers, they never think about the tragedies of each family behind the numbers.
The commander of the troops guarding the Goba Heights was still Mustafa Kimal. There were less than a thousand troops left under his command, and they were seriously short of ammunition and food.
The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps committed about one division of troops to attack. Due to the limited width of the battlefield, it could only commit about one regiment at a time.
Mustafa Kimal's troops withstood several strong attacks by the Anzacs, and close ground support aircraft bombed the Goba Heights again. However, because the defenders had targeted defenses, the incendiary bombs were not effective.
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While the ANZAC suffered heavy losses, the 402nd Division, which was a sniper reinforcement force, also suffered heavy losses. The 402nd Division was a force drawn from the Sultanate of Najd. Although it was a cavalry division in name, it was actually all infantry.
Like the Southern African Servants, the 402nd Division is not equipped with artillery and does not have many machine guns. A unit of the Ottoman Empire's Second Army is storming the 402nd Division's defense line. The 402nd Division lost nearly 3,000 men in one day.
Zanders knew very well that if the sniper force's defense line could not be broken through, the Fifth Army would be completely wiped out, which would also be a heavy blow to the Ottoman Empire.
Now both sides are racing for time. The Mediterranean Expeditionary Force must rush to annihilate the Fifth Army before the defense line is breached, while Zanders must rush to open the channel with the Fifth Army before it is annihilated.
At this critical moment, Prime Minister Asquith announced the dismissal of the cabinet.