Roque was laughed when he found out about this.

Legend has it that PLA also has such a god, and his deeds are accompanied by the famous sentence "The motherland needs your stomach" spread all over the country, Roque used to think it was apocryphal, but he didn't expect that there were really people who couldn't pour a thousand cups in reality.

"It's true, the castle chosen by Captain Ruiz is now called 'Dionysian Castle', the generals of the 11th Army are now going to Dionysian Castle, no longer asking for the castle, but to go to the legendary 'Dionysian' to drink, it is said that the commander-in-chief and chief of the general staff of the 11th Army have gone, and as a result, no one can last three minutes in front of Bacchus, should we prepare a medal for Dionysus?" Ian Hamilton's expression was also broken, Russians are notoriously difficult to mess with in Europe, look at the nicknames of the Russian Empire, "European Gendarme", "European Steamroller", "Fighting Nation", "Deep Sea Tentacle Monster", etc., etc., none of them are easy to mess with.

"Give, must give!" Roque was not stingy and kept a garrison in the Balkans, Roque was ready to rub with the Russians, and Roque never expected that the friction would be resolved in this way.

Replaced by Roque is the commander-in-chief of the 11th Army, the British and French forces can garrison troops, but you must accept the arrangement of the 11th Army, let you be stationed wherever you are, and don't make a mistake in peacetime, otherwise you will find an excuse to drive people away.

The Russians are indeed upright and cute, and if they were Italians, this matter might not be so easy to solve.

If you look at it this way, Roque wants to find someone who can drink it and send it to the Balkans, some people are indeed born with alcohol and are not allergic, no matter how they drink, it is better to be a woman, let those Russians see, they can't even drink a woman, and what kind of face is there to make trouble.

During this time, the turmoil within the British army continued, and Asquith reorganized the War Council, and Kitchener was not among them.

The post of Chief of the General Staff also changed, the new Chief of the General Staff of the Imperial Army was General William Robertson, during the Boer War General William Robertson was the intelligence staff of Field Marshal Frederick Roberts, and after the outbreak of the World War, General William Robertson served as Chief of the Quartermaster Service of the Expeditionary Force, and then as Chief of Staff of the Expeditionary Force.

This may be bad news for Roque, but it remains to be seen that during his tenure as Chief of Staff of the Expeditionary Force, William Robertson opposed the opening of a second battlefield on the Garibaldi Peninsula, arguing that it would affect operations on the Western Front.

Now that William Robertson is the chief of the Imperial General Staff, his attention is no longer focused on the Western Front, but on controlling the overall situation, and I wonder if his attitude towards the Mediterranean theater will change.

Regardless of the personnel changes in London, the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force was progressing well in Asia Minor, and after the capture of Constantinople, the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force marched on the Asia Minor Peninsula, and the 2nd Cavalry Division crossed the Bosphorus Strait and advanced into the hinterland of Asia Minor.

On September 15, the British 35th Division landed in Izmir and captured Izmir five days later.

On the 17th, the 19th Division of Southern Africa landed in Marmaris, won three battles and three victories in one week, annihilated nearly 50,000 Ottoman troops, and the Ottoman forces completely collapsed.

On the 21st, the 12th Division landed in Mersin, not far from Cyprus, and the Ottoman defenders were exhausted and exhausted, and the troops could not organize effective resistance at all.

As more and more land was occupied, the biggest shortcomings of the Mediterranean expeditionary force were gradually revealed.

By November, Roque was surprised to find that the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force actually had no reserves, Roque had put all the troops into battle, the Ottoman army was plunged, and the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force seemed to be rampant, but with the occupation of more and more land, more and more garrisons were needed, and in the absence of more reinforcements, the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force was already at the end of its strength.

"We have no more reinforcements, General Haig refuses to give us back the troops in France, the troops in France suffered heavy casualties in the autumn offensive, six divisions need to be replenished, and there are certainly no new troops arriving before the year." Sidney Milner is the chief of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and it is good that Roque can bring back the 2nd and 11th Cavalry Divisions, and the African Division in France is now the main force of the British Expeditionary Force, and Hague will definitely not return it to Roque.

In the autumn offensive, the casualties of the Southern African Expeditionary Force increased by nearly 30,000, of which more than 20,000 were killed.

"Will the East Indies be able to draw more troops?" Roque pinned his hopes on the East Indies, which now that they had occupied all of Germany's colonies in South Asia, should be able to draw more troops.

Although the German colonies in South Asia were mainly islands, although they were nominally German colonies, in fact there were few Germans on the islands, and many of the islands did not even have people.

After the outbreak of the World War, the East Indies conscripted nearly 400,000 people into the army, almost 30 divisions, and there were only two divisions in the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, so the East Indies were most likely to send reinforcements to the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force.

"Yes, but it's not up to us to make any promises to the East Indies." Sidney Milner was also helpless, although there were more troops in the East Indies, but Roque could not mobilize.

It is not Roque's decision on how many reinforcements to send in the East Indies, it still needs to be coordinated by the high-level leaders of the Entente to give up more benefits.

In order to get Greece into the war, Edward Gray generously gave away all the lands in Constantinople and the surrounding lands, and now if they want to let the East Indies enter the war, how much more promises will the Entente make?

In order to send reinforcements to Europe, Edward Gray promised to recognize the independent status of the East Indies after the war and no longer recognize Dutch ownership of the East Indies.

The Netherlands are not yet at war.

Now if the East Indies want to send more reinforcements, then it is necessary to consider whether to hand over the German colonies in the Pacific to the East Indies after the war, otherwise the East Indies will not make a greater contribution.

"Send a telegram to London, we need more reinforcements." Roque pressured London so that the East Indies could get more benefits.

Unlike Sidney Milner, if Roque wanted the East Indies to send troops, he could just send a telegram to the East Indies, and the troops would be as large as they were.

But Roque will not do this, the world war is the last chance for the world to divide up the colonies, Southern Africa has already occupied Tanganyika and Southwest Africa, the Sultanate of Najd is attacking the peninsula of Asia Minor, and the East Indies are also bound to win the German islands in the Pacific, and it is unwise to throw all the chips directly stud.

Unlike Africa, which is very suitable for waging war all year round, the war in Europe is limited by the weather, winter is coming again, the war will be temporarily suspended, the British and French forces and the German army need time to rest, for next year's battle to accumulate strength, if the battle in 1913 is just a mutual test, the battle that occurred this year has begun to enter the white heat, next year the world war will enter the climax, the two sides will use all their strength to go all out, Roque side also has to prepare for next year's operation.

Compared with the Western Front, the situation of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force is very good, as long as Roque can get more reinforcements, even if it is one or two divisions, the war against the Ottoman Empire can end within the year, Roque has this confidence, and the high-level leaders of the Entente also know that Roque has this ability, it depends on whether the high-level leaders of the Entente are willing to give Roque more trust.

After the main battlefield turned to the Asia Minor Peninsula, Roque moved the headquarters back to Cyprus, compared with three months ago, Cyprus is changing with each passing day, the port has now been basically expanded, a total of three floors of nearly 20 meters high port building has also been built, behind the port building is the apartment complex where the staff live, the officials' villas are a little farther away, but the environment and scenery are also better, these new houses are marble permanent buildings, and the building materials are all transported from Constantinople.

Cyprus was not a British colony before the outbreak of the World War, but only a British "concession", so there was no colonial government on the island.

After Roque put the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force Command in Cyprus, Cyprus became an island of militarized management, and the speed of the military was as fast as the southern African enterprises with a developed sense of business like a shark, after the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force selected Cyprus as the headquarters, southern African enterprises flocked to Cyprus like sharks smelling blood, the RAND Bank first circled a large area in the port to build the largest branch in the Mediterranean, and the South African company wanted to set up a seafood processing plant in Cyprus, Seafood from the surrounding sea is processed and sold to Europe on site.

Nyasaland was also quick to respond, setting up Europe's largest transit base in Cyprus, and Adan also announced the establishment of a large-scale oil refinery in Cyprus, through which all oil exported to Europe would be transshipped through Cyprus.

In order to get more construction funds, the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force Command will sell the land in Cyprus intensively, not only the arable land that can be cultivated, but also the mountainous land, as long as someone is willing to pay for it, the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force Command will dare to sell, and the price is so cheap that it is almost like picking it up for nothing, so don't look at the fact that most of Cyprus still retains the original natural environment except for the two ports and Nikonia, But in fact, a lot of land already has owners.

In this case, even if London discovered the value of Cyprus after the World War and wanted to strengthen its control over Cyprus, then the Cypriot enterprises and the soldiers of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force would not agree.