"Retreat?" Ma Biao, who was fighting hard in Isfahan, suddenly received an order that confused him. Although after the Russian Eleventh Army's massive attack, it became increasingly difficult for him to fight with the few men in his hands, but he
I am confident that with sufficient supplies of supplies, I can still hold on until the two armies withdrawing from the Balkans arrive. If I retreat at this time, it will be equivalent to putting the Russian army in Basra. Not only will the mountains of arms there be surrendered, but also the
It is equivalent to cutting off the logistical supply of the European Legion, which will have an irreparable impact on the European war situation.````
But this order was not issued by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, but by the Attendant, which means that it was personally issued by His Majesty the Emperor as the Grand Marshal of the Army and Navy. This is an imperial edict and must be executed without the slightest error.
"Yes, retreat, but you must put on a show to show the outside world that you are completely unable to resist and have to retreat." said the Kuwaiti envoy who came to give the order in person. As a territory directly under the royal family, in addition to the royal family stationed there,
In addition to the governor, there is also a xuanfu envoy. The former is responsible for management, supervising the army and the people. The latter is actually the supervisor of the army, just like the eunuchs assigned to the Jiedushi in the Tang Dynasty. Of course, their superficial responsibility is to specifically represent
When His Majesty the Emperor shows his favor by doing things like charity, education, and promoting Chinese culture, he is essentially a spy chief.
Of course Emperor Yang would not let his army play with the Three Hundred Warriors here. Even if Ma Biao could hold Isfahan, there would probably be tens of thousands of casualties. So far, the Chinese Army has not suffered more than five casualties in a single battle in the war.
With a record of thousands, it is obviously not cost-effective to pay such heavy casualties for a goal that can be defended or not.
And it's not a bad thing to put Brusilov in Basra. As for the military supplies there, it's very simple. Transport what can be transported, blow up what can't be transported. Mabia severely damaged the railways and other things when he retreated.
Once and then block attacks step by step to buy time for the rear to deal with these arms and supplies. Deal with those with higher technological content first. As for bullets and artillery shells, it doesn't matter if they are left to the Russians. Enhance Brusilov's attack capabilities and let him
Continuing to kill all parties in the Ottoman territory is completely in line with Emperor Yang's strategy.
After all, Hamid II also needs to be weakened. Over the years, he has always acted like a caliph, thinking about restoring the glory of his empire. Emperor Yang also saw this, and Muslims are not good
Come on, let him really become a climate. It will also be a trouble for China. If he can be severely weakened by the Russians, this will undoubtedly be good for his growth.
Trapping enemies and trapping allies are both very important. In fact, at this point today, trapping allies has become Emperor Yang's most important task. That's why he gave Ma Biao such an order. As for the material supply of the European Legion
, this can be landed at Jeddah Port and then take the Hejaz Railway. However, the port facilities are relatively backward, so the supply must be subject to certain restrictions. This is also something that cannot be helped. It will be solved after the reinforcements from China arrive.
The offensive on the European battlefield to retake Basra could only be slowed down, and both Germany and Emperor Joseph had no choice but to endure it for a while longer.
Ma Biao didn't know this, but although he was unwilling to do so, since it was an imperial decree, he had to obey it. Then when the Russian army concentrated the strength of three armies and launched an attack from three directions at the same time, only two
The division's Sino-Austrian coalition defense line finally collapsed, and since the breakthrough was first opened on the Ottoman defense line, Ma Biao didn't even need to act, he could just retreat. Before leaving, he moved the Isfahan Railway Station, especially
The railway bridge over the Zainde River was blown up to the point where no piers were left.
After retreating to Zarinshahr, with the cooperation of the defenders here, they reorganized a line of defense to resist. However, in the end, the gap in strength was too great, and the Ottoman army had lost the courage to fight. As a result, Zarinshahr was lost again.
, he retreated all the way to the Zagros Mountains, and then stopped his retreat slightly. However, facing the attack of an entire Russian army, it was obvious that he would not be able to hold on for long unless reinforcements could arrive as soon as possible.
But the problem is that there are too many places that need reinforcements. The Ottoman Second Army, which was trapped in Armenia, finally failed to wait for reinforcements. The 210,000-strong army had no hope of breaking out under the siege of three Russian armies. In addition, the Orthodox soldiers mutinied. Finally,
They had to surrender to the Russian army. After the Ottoman Second Army was completely annihilated, the Russians then forced the remaining Persians to surrender, and then divided an army group to reinforce Brusilov, and the remaining three armies all went straight to the Ottomans.
hinterland.
Hamid II hurriedly pushed the Sixth Army and the defeated Third Army that he had left in reserve to stop the Russian army. In addition, the First and Fourth Army that had withdrawn from the Balkans rushed to reinforce them day and night, but it was obvious that in
After experiencing the failure on the front line, he had lost confidence in his own army and had no confidence that the four armies could stop the three Russian armies. Therefore, at his repeated request, the two Chinese armies that originally reinforced Basra were mobilized.
A reinforcement of the Ottoman army was sent out.
After all, Basra was the most difficult part of the battle. If he couldn't stop the Russian army, he would have gone straight to Istanbul. He didn't want to end up like Muzaffar al-Din.
The glorious victory on the battlefield in the Middle East finally gave the Allies the confidence to negotiate. With the mediation of the Swedish government, the two major groups of the Allies and the Allies formally sat down in Stockholm for the first time to end this five-year war.
The war was being negotiated. When the news came out, the whole world cheered. Especially the people of the Allied Powers were almost crying with joy. Five years later, tens of millions of people had been killed and injured. The whole of Europe was in ruins. Hunger was everywhere, even with the smallest losses.
Britain has reached the point where ordinary people are catching frogs to eat. Even the most warlike people are looking forward to the end of the war. Now we can finally see clear hope.
But it was a pity that they received a blow immediately afterwards. There was no slight change in the conditions of the Allied Powers. It was as stated in the Beijing Declaration and as written in the negotiation terms. Not even an inch of land should be ceded, and it was also added
War reparations were paid by all the Allied Powers in their pre-war standard national currencies, that is, the gold standard currency. If converted into pounds, the total would be 30 billion. This figure made the representatives of the Allied Powers feel like they were about to kill someone.
Damn it, it’s hard to say whether there is so much gold in the world now. Isn’t this just bullying? Besides, Emperor Yang has sent gold to China at this time. Let’s not say 30 billion.
We can't even get 300 million gold pounds. Although we can pay it in fifty years, plus interest of course, how can we earn more than 200,000 tons of gold after losing all the colonies?
This has no sincerity at all. This is just treating us like monkeys. This is not negotiation at all. This is pure humiliation. It will put a heavy shackles on us for generations to come, and our people will be in trouble for the next half-century.
Be a slave forever for centuries.
After the terms of these negotiations were made public, the people of the entire Allied Powers were completely outraged. It's just talk. It's nonsense. We just won a major victory, okay? Since you are determined to drive us to death, then fight, and then
Although it is very difficult for us to fight, everyone has dignity. For dignity, for honor, and for the future, we will fight to the end.
"Your Majesty, are these conditions too harsh? Our Emperor thinks that we might as well consider their conditions." Haijing said cautiously. In fact, this negotiation clause did cause quite a stir within the Allies, especially
Celebrities such as writers, artists, and scientists have published articles in newspapers, believing that such terms are unrealistic and too bullying. The terms proposed by the Allied Powers are not unacceptable.
The Allies have made considerable concessions. For example, Russia can use the Yenisei River as the dividing line with China in the future. In addition, Central Asia will be equally divided with China on the 43rd parallel of north latitude. The south will belong to China and the north will belong to China.
Russia basically gave all Turkmen, Kyrgyz, and Uzbekistan to China, but gave most of Kazakhstan to Russia. But because the main population centers of Central Asia are in the south, it actually gave all the good places to China, but gave
Russia leaves enough strategic depth.
The British agreed to give Western Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand and the small islands in the southern Pacific to China. As for Australia, it can gain real independence, but China cannot annex this country. In fact, it is equivalent to slowly giving up this land.
To China, everyone knows that once China's huge population starts to migrate to Australia, the country will become Chinese even if it is not annexed. The British have no qualifications to compete at this point, but at least it will look better.
Now they just want to save face.
As for Germany and Austria, they did not give much territory. Everyone knows that Yang Feng, the current Allied Power, has the final say. If you deal with him, you will deal with everything. There is no need to waste too much on others. It is just giving extra Finland to Germany. Anyway, this
The Finns were not honest at that time. After Russia was hit so hard, the Finns must strive for independence. In this case, they might as well just leave it to William. In addition, the British could agree to give the Sinai Peninsula to the Ottoman Empire and then share the Suez Canal tax revenue.
, as for Egypt, it is definitely not possible. It is absolutely impossible for the Russians to give Crimea to Hamid II, but Armenia can discuss it. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!