Roque couldn't sleep these nights, and the beginning of July was good, but by August, everything was starting to turn in a bad direction, and the outstanding performance of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force was more and more a reflection of the incompetence of the coalition forces in other theaters.

After the failure of the Spring Offensive, the Western Front fell into an eerie silence, and both the British and French forces and the Germans were gathering strength for another larger campaign in the fall.

The Russian Empire on the Eastern Front is still retreating, the Russian army launched a short counteroffensive against the German army in July, not to mention no progress, but lost nearly 200,000 troops again, and Russia has lost millions of people since the start of the war.

In mid-July, a meeting of the Allied top brass at the German General Headquarters, where the demands of all sides were difficult to reconcile, and the German Chief of the General Staff Falkingham reminded everyone that the British Expeditionary Force was rapidly increasing its strength and that the pressure on the Western Front was mounting.

The Chief of the Austro-Hungarian General Staff, Condra, proposed an attack on the Kingdom of Italy in order to relieve the pressure of Austria-Hungary on the Isonzo line, but no one paid attention to his proposal.

Hindenburg and Ludendorff suggested attacking the Russian Empire in the summer to weaken the Russian Empire's advantage in the winter, but the Kaiser was hesitant to do so because of Falkingham's opposition.

Before the outbreak of the world war, Kaiser Wilhelm II was ambitious to conquer the whole world, but a series of setbacks after the outbreak of the world war dealt Wilhelm II a heavy blow, he began to become indecisive, did not give enough support to the chief of the General Staff, and other fronts were also dissatisfied with Wilhelm II.

Now Wilhelm II continued to make mistakes, and in the face of the controversy of the important ministers of the empire, Wilhelm II did nothing, and as a result, the precious month of July was wasted.

Kondra did not get enough support in Germany, Austria-Hungary instead made progress in the Kingdom of Serbia, just as the Kingdom of Serbia feared, Bulgaria still entered the war, but it joined the side of the Central Powers, at the end of July, the two armies of the Kingdom of Bulgaria cooperated with the Austro-Judicial army to attack the Kingdom of Serbia, the Kingdom of Serbia had performed well in the previous war, but by now, the Kingdom of Serbia had finally exhausted its war potential, and the forces began to collapse.

The Allied high-level meeting was also held in Paris, attended by British Prime Minister Asquith and Secretary of War Kitchener, as well as former Prime Minister Arthur Balfort, who succeeded Winston as Secretary of the Navy, at which Kitchener presented his carefully prepared autumn offensive, and Kitchener lined up the plan in an almost mocking manner, Arthur Balfour disagreed, and they all pinned their hopes on the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, hoping that Roque would lead the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force to break the current stalemate.

On July 17th, the Allied high-level held a meeting in Calais, this time attended by British and French generals, Xia Fei once again introduced his autumn offensive, this time it was Haig who raised objections, Haig found that in Xia Fei's plan, the British army was responsible for too long a front, Haig had insufficient troops in his hands, and the number of artillery was also very small, but this did not make Xia Fei change his decision, even if many people opposed Xia Fei's autumn offensive, Xia Fei was still stubborn.

In early August, after defeating the Ottoman Second Army, the forward units of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force finally approached Constantinople by land on the Bosphorus.

The war had been going on for more than a month since the Russian Empire launched its attack on Constantinople in early July, and Constantinople remained under Ottoman control.

Both sides suffered heavy casualties, and Zanders deployed a large number of troops in Constantinople in order to prevent the Russian Empire from landing on the Bosphorus, and the Russian Empire finally landed at a heavy cost, but every step forward was difficult.

Unlike the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, which had control of the sea and air, the Russian Empire had no sea supremacy, nor air supremacy, and relied on the courage of the "gray cattle" to launch an attack.

Roque had already commanded the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force to capture the Garibaldi Peninsula and almost all of the Ottoman Empire's lands in the Balkans, and the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Empire, Grand Duke Nicholas, did not expect the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force to advance so rapidly under the command of Roque, and the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force won a decisive victory in the battle before the Russian Empire could break away from Galicia.

Grand Duke Nicholas paid the price for his arrogance, he was dismissed from his post by Tsar Nicholas II, who made the astonishing decision to appoint himself commander-in-chief of the Russian Empire Army, personally commanding the front-line troops to fight, which was unique among all the participating countries.

In addition to the dismissal of Grand Duke Nikolai, Nicholas II relieved the Minister of War Vladimir Sukhomlinov, incidentally dismissed the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Army Nikolai Nushkovich, appointed the capable and experienced Mikhail Alekseev as Chief of the General Staff, and the new Minister of War was Alexei Polivanov.

In addition to appointing himself commander-in-chief, Nicholas II's other appointments were not bad, Vladimir Sukhomlinov was mainly responsible for the continuous defeat of the Russian Imperial forces after the outbreak of the world war, he was arrogant and arbitrary, stupid and incompetent, in order to please the woman and actually ignored the actual situation of the front-line troops, when Sukhomlinov was the Minister of War, the artillery commander asked Sukhomlinov for shells, Sukhomlinov actually said: "Shut up! To hell with it! ”

Funds for the purchase of artillery shells were diverted by Sukhomlinov to buy luxury goods from southern Africa.

After the appointment of a new Minister of War and Chief of the General Staff, the performance of the Russian Imperial forces at the front was not immediately renewed, and the newly formed 11th Army suffered heavy losses in Constantinople, with more than 150,000 casualties in a month, and 235,000 men a month since the outbreak of the world war.

The nervous Slavs were not intimidated by the huge losses, at the beginning of the Battle of the Dardanelles, in order to create problems for the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, the Russian Empire stopped the attack on Constantinople, and now the Russian Empire wants to capture Constantinople at any cost, and the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force will not give the Russian Empire the slightest help.

Although the forward force had reached Constantinople, Roque ordered his troops to halt the offensive and sit back and watch the defenders of Constantinople and the attacking Russian 11th Army die.

With your first year of junior high school, there is my fifteenth, so Roque won't be in a hurry to be a licking dog, the overall situation?

Go to the overall situation of Ru Niang!

This is how Roque replied to the Slavs.

The fighting nation is indeed a big nerve, and when the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force was suppressed by the Fifth Army in a bloody battle on the beachhead, the Russian Empire looked at the excitement with a smile and no intention of helping at all.

Now the Russians are pinned down on the beachhead by the remnants of the Ottoman Second Army, wanting to get the help of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force?

Dream on!

"Lord, our troops have suffered heavy casualties, and as long as the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force can put even the slightest pressure on the defenders of Constantinople at this time, we will be able to make a breakthrough-" Andrei Alekseev is the younger brother of the new Russian Chief of the General Staff Mikhail Alekseev and the chief of the General Staff of the Russian 11th Army.

After the Mediterranean Fleet took control of the Sea of Marmara, Roque transferred the headquarters from Cyprus to Marmara Island, which was only a temporary headquarters and did not build any major buildings, and Roque's office was built in tents.

"I'm sorry Andrey, it's not that the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force doesn't help, our capabilities are really limited, the Balkans need garrisons, the Dardanelles need to be defended, our troops have landed in Eldik and are attacking Bandelma, if your 11th Army can't capture Constantinople, I'll be happy to help." Roque won't scold his mother in person, but his attitude is also very resolute, you can do it.

Eldik is a port city in the southern part of the Sea of Marmara, and controlling the Dardanelles and the Sea of Marmara will not satisfy Roque, and the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force is launching an offensive on the peninsula of Asia Minor, and Roque is to be the conqueror of the peninsula of Asia Minor.

"Lord, we are still allies, and Russia will not forget the help of its friends, and likewise the hatred of its enemies." Andrei Alekseev's face is the same as the bottom of the pot, the Russians do love and hate, but what does this have to do with Roque.

Geographically, Southern Africa and the Russian Empire are at the southernmost tip of the Southern Hemisphere and the northernmost part of the Northern Hemisphere, so Roque doesn't care if watching the fire from across the coast will offend the Russians.

Take 10,000 steps back and say, Roque is now British, although he and the Russian Empire say that there is no enmity with each other, but the so-called "allies" are just like that, they are all for the sake of interests, no one should say that they are too noble, and if the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force does not help now, if it is the enemy, then the Russians looked at jokes a while ago.

"Hehe-" Roque and Ian Hamilton laughed silently, there is no need to be cruel, there is such a ability, go and take Constantinople.

While Andrei Alekseev was struggling to get reinforcements, the 11th Army was holding on with only one breath left.

On the 10th of August, the 11th Army launched another attack on Constantinople, with 100,000 troops coming forward one after another, and the battle continued throughout the day, and did not stop until the evening.

On this day, the 11th Army lost nearly 60,000 men, and when the offensive was finally stopped, the 11th Army did not even take the wounded soldiers away, leaving the wounded soldiers on the ground to wail, and the soldiers struggled to die in despair, and the cries and screams continued all night.

After daybreak, the 11th Army abandoned the offensive and withdrew overnight, and in just one month, the Russian Empire lost nearly 300,000 men under the city of Constantinople.

On August 15, the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force officially launched an attack on Constantinople.

(There is a reply about braids in the author's words, and piracy can't be seen??) ——）