Iron Cross Fire

On April 12, the Caucasus front was stabilized, but the war did not benefit the Allies.

The German-Austrian coalition, equipped with advanced weapons, not only failed to get rid of the dilemma of fighting on two fronts, but also had an additional Balkan front, which made them very uncomfortable.

Now Turkey has lost control of the Sea of ​​Marmara, giving the Allies an opportunity to sneak attack Istanbul and force Turkey to withdraw from the war.

Germany will never allow it, but it has no good way to relieve the pressure there, because their current situation is not very good.

In the absence of foreign aid, Turkey has to go it alone, but the 24 divisions deployed by the Allies here should not be underestimated.

Fortunately, there is a young man in the Turkish army who successfully blocked the Allied attack.

This man's rank is colonel, and his name is more familiar to people. His name is Kemal.

The Allies, who were originally rampant in the Gallipoli Peninsula, suddenly encountered obstacles, which made their actions slower and slower, so that they could hardly move forward any further.

Churchill learned that his army was intimidated by a small colonel, and angrily questioned the frontline commander for what he was doing, and he couldn't even beat cats and dogs.

But his will could not control the situation. Since the collision with Kemal's troops, the Allied forces have joined forces and gradually advanced southward.

However, the advancement speed is very slow, only about 200 meters a day. But for the fact that they can advance without the advantage of numbers, it is already the best result.

Such a situation is nothing more than the Allied members have ulterior motives, are very scattered in the battle, and have no cooperation.

Although the Allies are also like this, when it comes to critical moments, each member will do their best.

Today's Gallipoli is an unprecedented crisis encountered by the Allies: the Turkish capital is about to be occupied, and the Big Three government may declare surrender.

So they can unite as one and crush the Allies in terms of cooperation.

In addition, with two elite German divisions as the main force, Britain and France had previously been busy attacking and forgot about defensive fortifications, so the Allied forces fought smoothly all the way.

Seeing the decline in Gallipoli, the British Parliament, out of fear of the Germans and the fine tradition of selling out teammates, finally decided not to fight, abandoning the Australian and New Zealand Army and the French army that were still resisting, retreating alone and building fortifications in Çanakkale to ensure navigation in the Sea of ​​Marmara.

Churchill finally acted like a man for a while. He and the Parliament tried not to abandon friendly forces, otherwise it would be disadvantageous to Britain.

The Parliament ignored his trivial matters and directly bypassed him as the commander-in-chief, ordering the British troops on the Gallipoli Peninsula to withdraw and withdraw 12 divisions to support Western Europe.

But what was unexpected was that the French withdrew faster than the British, directly abandoning the positions in Asia Minor and rushing back to their hometown in Paris. Some of them abandoned all their equipment in order to quickly reach the port, allowing the Turkish army, which had done nothing, to gain a lot of benefits.

As for what ghost or god could make the two old European powers of Britain and France so frightened, the answer is undoubtedly your German Emperor - Wilhelm II.

Although Wilhelm II's brain is not very good, sometimes his brain is still good.

Just like this offensive against Western Europe, he rarely listened to the opinions of the generals and let them fight on their own and not meddle in other people's business.

Seeing that the emperor did not interfere, those generals soon showed their thrilling fighting power and pushed directly to 20 kilometers outside Paris.

The French wanted to spend the war in peace, but Germany's advanced weapons made them feel so scared (physically) that they could not resist for long.

Unfortunately, Germany could have taken Paris in one go, but Wilhelm II came out to join in the fun.

For Wilhelm II, it is a great honor for me to see the excitement on the front line! So I must do it myself and let my brothers see my ability.

As a result, when Falkenhayn learned that Wilhelm II was coming to the General Staff, he was so scared that he dared not command and hurried out to please this Buddha.

This move paralyzed the German command system, and the grassroots generals began to fight each other, and the progress gradually became slow.

Ironically, Britain and France thought that the Germans were no longer organized and wanted to counterattack to regain lost territory, but they were defeated as expected.

After feeling an unprecedented crisis, Britain and France no longer cared about their face and pulled back all the troops they could.

They also asked Tsarist Russia to launch an attack to slow down the German attack.

The Tsar was completely unaware of the British and French retreat, but was full of excitement and agreed happily.

However, the Russians were also cunning. They picked soft persimmons and saw that Austria-Hungary's combat effectiveness was not good, so they wanted to teach him a lesson.

Brusilov came up with a novel idea: since we have a broad front, why don't we concentrate the superior local forces to form an advantage over the local enemy.

However, the fact is that Russia's front is too large, and it is too late to fully concentrate its forces, so it can only concentrate several troops that are close to it.

However, the enthusiasm of the Russian officers and soldiers was not dampened. They were still actively preparing to inflict heavy damage on Austria-Hungary at any time.

The Austrian army saw the increasing number of Russian troops in Poland and knew that they were going to attack them. They began to build up walls and food, waiting to be attacked.

But they probably didn't expect that the Russians would use a completely new tactic this time.

Perhaps Kuster, who was far away in Asia Minor, couldn't think of it either. After all, in his impression, this battle should have been launched in 1916.

On the Arabian Peninsula, Britain also drew a lot of people from here, so that Turkey was no longer at a disadvantage. Instead, it felt good about itself and planned to retake the Sinai Peninsula and even seize the Suez Canal.

This was obviously unrealistic. Britain also gave it a heavy blow, which hit Turkey hard, making them realize that no matter how bad they were, they were better than them, so they had to defend honestly.

But Turkey did not give up the Sinai Peninsula because of this, and even intensified its troops here, angering the British.

Without saying a word, the British did their best to stir up trouble, deploying a lot of spies in the Arab region, greatly interfering with the efficiency of the Turkish government.

In the spirit of professionalism, they decided that no matter what kind of people they were, they would support all Arabs who opposed the Ottomans.

After making these preparations, the British felt that it was not enough. It happened that a person from the intelligence department volunteered to go to Arabia to help the locals gain independence. The British government thought this person was good, the French also acquiesced, and the Egyptians also agreed. So with the support of the three countries, the British named Lawrence went to Arabia to do underground work.

A nation that needs help from others even for independence seems hopeless, but in the context of the great awakening of national consciousness today, a multi-ethnic country like Turkey will surely perish, and the Arabs can also gain independence.

But the fact is that everyone knows that although the Arab countries have broken away from the rule of the Ottoman Empire, they are still puppets in essence, except that the masters have become Britain and France. It is probably the sadness of the effect that they cannot survive without relying on big countries.

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