Whether Ruiz wants it or not, no one can be allowed to approach the position at this time, not even women and children.

Some soldiers couldn't help but shoot, and the woman with a hideous face who was about to rush over was suddenly blown into a cloud of blood mist.

Only then did Wilson react, threw the crystal cup in his hand, picked up the "big cowboy" at hand, and aimed at the ruins opposite with a crazy tom tom.

Regardless of whether it can hit anyone, it doesn't matter if it has any effect, in the light of a large area of orange-red flames, countless Ottoman soldiers armed with snowy bayonets are like devils out of hell, howling and charging towards the position of the 11th Division.

Tong!

The mortars of the 11th Division also finally reacted, countless flares rose into the air, slowly falling from the air with gorgeous trajectories, the curved and winding battlefield was as bright as day, rifles were useless at this time, the first reaction of the officers and men of the 11th Division was all kinds of group lethal weapons, grenades were the best choice, at this time, it was not an offensive grenade that relied on impact breaking to create casualties, but a defensive grenade that relied on steel balls and debris to weave death.

Thanks to the sturdy buildings in the city of Constantinople, these marble buildings caused great trouble for the expeditionary officers and soldiers when the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force attacked, and now these buildings have also become strong bunkers for the expeditionary officers and soldiers, the general-purpose machine gun is placed in the ground floor window, and a single bullet can sometimes pass through several people when firing directly, and the riflemen are on the top floor of the house, which can throw grenades farther and at the same time, accurate shooting is more efficient.

Ruiz's use of Lee Enfield unleashed a crazy minute of astonishing effect, and after the bullets in the magazine were gone, the sound of gunfire and explosions had become sparse, and the counterattack organized by the defenders of Constantinople was as futile as a wave on a cliff.

From three o'clock to six o'clock in the morning, the flares over the defensive line never stopped, and in three hours, the mortars of the 11th Division fired nearly 20,000 flares, and the casualties of the 11th Division this night were no more than 100, while the casualties of the Ottoman defenders were more than 5,000.

At six o'clock in the morning, the 11th Division began its attack on time.

It's a grenade and a grenade launcher again, violent, but efficient, the Russians fought for a month, lost 300,000 people and did not attack Constantinople, the Mediterranean expeditionary force took only three days to occupy 90% of Constantinople, and at 12 o'clock at noon on the 17th, the besieged governor's palace raised a white flag, and the defenders of Constantinople laid down their arms and surrendered to the expeditionary force.

"Congratulations, Locke—"

"Congratulations, Lord—" In the humble tent on Marmara Island, John Fisher, commander of the Mediterranean Fleet, and Ian Hamilton, chief of staff of the expeditionary force, congratulated Roque for the first time.

The capture of Constantinople was arguably the greatest victory of the Allies since the outbreak of the World War, and although the Ottoman Empire was still resisting in Asia Minor, the loss of a country's capital in the usual sense meant that the outcome of the war was decided.

Roque can now proudly say that he was the first conqueror of Constantinople in 460 years, and that the city of Constantinople has never fallen since the Ottoman Empire was founded in 1453.

The capture of Constantinople was significant for the Entente, before the Kingdom of Serbia had fallen, Belgium was on the verge of extinction, the Russian Empire was losing ground, and last winter it had lost the lands it had gained since the outbreak of the World War, which had now been invaded by the German-Austrian forces.

The capture of Constantinople, the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea will be connected, Russian crops can be continuously sent to France through the Mediterranean, and the military supplies of the Entente can also be continuously sent to Russia through the Black Sea, the Ottoman Empire only joined the war on October 25 last year, no one expected that the Ottoman Empire only held out for 10 months, and the capital was occupied by the Mediterranean expeditionary force.

The Ottoman Empire has existed for 450 years, although it is nicknamed the "sick man of West Asia", and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which is known as the "sick man of Europe", and the Qing Dynasty that has fallen, but after all, it is an old imperialist country, once spanning Asia, Africa and Europe, and the Mediterranean Sea is almost the inner lake of the Ottoman Empire.

Now everything is a thing of the past, and after the loss of Constantinople, the Ottoman Empire is already on the verge of withdrawing from the war.

"Thank you Ian, it's an honor to all of us – thank you as well, Marshal Fisher, we couldn't have done this without the close cooperation of the Mediterranean Fleet." Roque is not arrogant, although white people are not good at modesty, but at this time, the words are good, and it will not affect Roque's due honor.

"When we first came to the Mediterranean, it was a nightmare." John Fisher was filled with emotion, and like Roque, he was ordered to come to the Mediterranean, and John Fisher could not imagine how much impact the Allies would have if he lost the war.

Just yesterday, after the fall of the Greek cabinet and the reshuffle of the British cabinet, the French cabinet finally exploded.

The reason for the thunderstorm in the French cabinet is that the entire territory of the Kingdom of Serbia has fallen, and now the Kingdom of Serbia has not surrendered, 150,000 soldiers of the Kingdom of Serbia arrived on the Adriatic Sea on the warships of the British Royal Navy, and they are still insisting on fighting, but France is very dissatisfied with the French government not providing sufficient protection to the Kingdom of Serbia, so Viviani, who has just become prime minister, stepped down, and Aristide Briand, who has been the prime minister of France twice, served as prime minister again, The Minister of War, Millerand, was also dismissed, and the new Minister of War was Joseph Gallieni, who had distinguished himself in the Battle of the Marne, but was struck by the jealousy of Xia Fei.

Originally, Xia Fei was also dismissed, after two failed battles at Alva and a failed spring offensive, Xia Fei had completely lost the prestige accumulated in the Battle of the Marne, and the French government and opposition were demanding a change in commander-in-chief.

Joseph Galleriene once again protected Xiafei, and instead of holding a grudge against Xiafei for being dismissed from his post, he generously forgave Xiafei and ensured that Xiafei continued to serve as the commander-in-chief of the French army.

I really don't know if Xia Fei will feel a little ashamed in his heart when he knows about this!

Xia Fei's stay is not a good thing for the British and French forces, and then Xia Fei will also drive the soldiers of the British and French forces to attack the German positions that are getting stronger and stronger, countless soldiers will continue to die in the war, Xia Fei will exhaust the courage and war potential of the French, and then have to leave the position of commander-in-chief of the French army.

This would explain why it took four years for the Anglo-French forces to win the war despite their seemingly huge superiority.

The Germans did not admit defeat because the war potential was exhausted, when the Germans surrendered, there were still millions of troops on the front, and the Anglo-French forces did not even attack Germany.

Because of the outbreak of internal contradictions in Germany, the war could not be continued, so Germany had to surrender.

This was the deep-seated reason why Germany provoked the Second World War twenty years later.

The capture of Constantinople does not mean the end of the war, the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force is attacking the Asia Minor Peninsula, and the expeditionary force captured the Balkan Peninsula, the Kingdom of Italy jumped out to pick peaches, the expeditionary force occupied Constantinople, and the Russian Empire could not wait to jump out and ask to take over Constantinople, for the same reason as the Italians, or the promise of the British Foreign Secretary Edward Gray.

Roque didn't know how many empty checks Edward Gray had written to his allies in order to defeat the Central Powers, Constantinople, and the land around Constantinople, had been given away several times by Edward Gray as a bargaining chip, tempting Greece to enter the war, Edward Gray promised to give Constantinople and the land around Constantinople to the Greeks after the war, and later in order to stabilize the Russian Empire, the chips in Edward Gray's mouth were replaced by Cyprus. Gray likewise promised Constantinople and the lands around Constantinople to the Italians.

As commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Roque was not qualified to overturn Edward Gray's promises, but Roque refused to transfer Constantinople and the lands around Constantinople to the Russian Empire, citing the fact that the remnants of Constantinople had not yet been cleared.

On August 20, Roque received a telegram from Kitchener, in which Kitchener asked the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force to take control of the Bosphorus.

On the same day, Roque also received a telegram from the Foreign Office, in which Edward Gray demanded that the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force hand over Constantinople and the lands around Constantinople to the Russians.

The two telegrams, with very different contents, came from the two most powerful departments in Britain, and Roque felt absurd and really at a loss, not knowing who to listen to.

"Sir, the contents of these two telegrams do not conflict—" Roark felt that the troubles were easy to resolve in Ian Hamilton's opinion.

"Why?" Roque really didn't understand the twists and turns.

"I mean, taking control of the Bosphorus is not in conflict with abandoning Constantinople—" Ian Hamilton repeated, and this time Roque heard something different.

True, handing over Constantinople to the Russians does not mean giving up the Bosphorus, which is 30 kilometers long and 3.7 kilometers at the widest point and 700 meters at the narrowest point.

On the southern side of the Bosphorus, Constantinople straddles both sides of the Bosphorus, but there are still articles to be done on the northern side of the Bosphorus.

What's more, even if the Bosphorus is handed over to the Russians, the control of the Dardanelles and the Sea of Marmara by the Anglo-French forces is still equivalent to the control of the Bosphorus.

Even if it is, it will be for the future, and it will definitely not work now, Constantinople is like a big treasure trove, waiting to be discovered by the Mediterranean expeditionary force.