As senior officers of the Southern African Expeditionary Force, Richard Brown and Ford Lew were not mistreated, they lived in a suite with a living room, study and bathroom, and the guards would deliver three meals a day directly to the room, and Ford Lew was not affected much, and he did not think that he was wrong.

Richard Brown was not in a good mood, his second son died in the Battle of Luce, although Richard Brown had four sons, but the death of the second son still made Richard Brown heartbroken.

The British Expeditionary Force lost 20,000 men in the Battle of Luce, including the brother of the future Queen Elizabeth.

The current Queen Elizabeth is still a little Lori who is only 14 years old.

"I only received the order to attack while I was having breakfast, there was no detailed attack plan, there was no advance preparation, only a simple line - the battle began at noon, we lost 20,000 men in four hours, aerial reconnaissance showed that German reinforcements had arrived, the strength was close to two corps, we could not break through the German positions at all, Richard and I asked General Haig to stop the attack, but General Haig refused, he believed that as long as our two divisions were put into the attack, the German army would completely collapse, But since the outbreak of the World War, the German army has never collapsed, except in Operation Victory Horn. There wasn't a single dirty word in Ford Lew's words, but his hatred for Haig was clear.

"Some of our commanders are butchers, they never spare the lives of their soldiers, they use whips to drive soldiers to death before they deserve to be brought to court." Richard Brown is indeed in an unfit state to be a force commander, and his emotions are a little out of control.

"Richard, I can understand your feelings, but we're going to get things done—" Roque agreed with Richard Brown, but there were some things he couldn't say.

According to Richard Brown's standards, the current generals of the Anglo-French army, one counts as one, and should all be brought to court, including Roque.

A fact that cannot be ignored is that although the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force under the command of Roque is progressing smoothly, and the casualties of the troops are not serious compared with the British Expeditionary Force, and they are brilliant compared to the Ottoman forces, the civilian casualties on the Garibaldi Peninsula were quite heavy during the entire Battle of the Dardanelles, and although these civilians are now believed to have been caused by the Ottoman forces, the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force also has an unshirkable responsibility.

"Sir, someone at the top of the expeditionary force is deliberately targeting us, they are just jealous of our performance too well-" Ford Lew was also very resentful, the British Expeditionary Force was also full of factions, and the Southern African Expeditionary Force offended not only Haig, but also the Canadian Expeditionary Force, the Anzac Corps, and the Indian troops, which could get by alone, but when they were put together with the Southern African Expeditionary Force, they were all rabble.

Roque didn't speak, he came to Richard Brown and Ford Lew to give Richard Brown and Ford Lew peace of mind, Roque would keep Richard Brown and Ford Lew no matter what.

That evening, Roque held a dinner at the makeshift residence, and Haig was on the dinner invitations.

Phyllis, as the Lady of Nyasaland, accompanied Roque to the dinner, and Gavin and Alvin also changed into custom-made small dresses and appeared in front of the guests with Judy in a princess dress.

Roque held a dinner as commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, thanking all parties for their support for the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and at the same time to exonerate Richard Brown and Ford Lew, in any case, Richard Brown and Ford Lew also disobeyed orders, which is taboo in the army.

"Since the outbreak of the world war, there have been many incidents of troops refusing to carry out orders, the first few of which happened within the French army, and now similar incidents have occurred in our British Expeditionary Force, which must be dealt with strictly." Haig's attitude was resolute, he had just succeeded Frenzi as commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force, and he did not expect this to happen, which would be a heavy blow to Haig's prestige.

Kitchener and William Robertson did not speak, and although Haig's authority had to be maintained, Roque's mood had to be taken into account.

When Frenzi resigned, the question of the choice of the new commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force caused a great deal of controversy in Britain, and many people at that time believed that Roque, who led the Mediterranean expeditionary force to win the Battle of the Dardanelles, was fully qualified to succeed Frenzi as commander-in-chief of the British expeditionary force.

Compared with Roque, Haig did not perform very well during his tenure as commander of the Second Army of the British Expeditionary Force, but was criticized for the heavy casualties of the British Expeditionary Force, and his performance was not as good as Smith Doring, who resigned earlier, only because Haig was white, so Haig won the competition with Roque.

As commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Roque was now also in a high position, and given the value of the Southern African Expeditionary Force to the British Expeditionary Force, Kitchener and William Robertson would not take a stand on this issue lightly.

"I've asked Richard Brown and Ford Lew that they don't refuse to attack, but they want to further refine the plan before they organise an attack, which is a completely different matter." Roque resolutely corrected that there was a huge gap between disobeying military orders and reasonable advice, and Roque would never admit such a crime.

"There was a well-developed plan for the offensive, they were only responsible for a part of the plan, and I did not introduce them to the need for the whole plan." Haig is going to convict Richard Brown and Ford Lew, and God knows if there is a complete battle plan.

"Hehe-" Roque sneered, how Frenzi was "forced to resign", I'm afraid Haig had forgotten.

In the autumn offensive, Haig failed to keep reserves due to his own mistakes, and ultimately missed the opportunity, resulting in the failure of the attack.

Frenzi did not send reinforcements to Haig in time, and after the war "replenished" a combat order, as a result of which Frenzi was forced to resign.

Now Haig claims that he has a complete battle plan, and that if Kitchener and William Robertson order an investigation, everything will be revealed.

Roque did not follow up on the matter because Kitchener and William Robertson would not investigate the matter, and the British Expeditionary Force had just been forced to resign by the previous commander-in-chief because of the forgery of military orders, and if Haig was forced to resign again because of the forgery of military orders, the British Empire would lose face.

"This matter, I am not allowed to mention it in the future-" Kitchener offered the final killer weapon, regardless of the influence of this matter, first put a gag order.

"The War Department and the General Staff will initiate a joint investigation, General Richard Brown is no longer fit to command operations, he will temporarily return to southern Africa to rest for a while, General Ford Lew will be transferred to the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force to standby, all six African divisions will be transferred to the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force will transfer the 23rd Artillery Division to France to participate in the war-" William Robertson made a series of punches, and both Roque and Haig were dissatisfied.

William Robertson raised his hand to stop Roque and Haig from talking: "This is the final decision, from now on, no one is allowed to talk about this anymore." ”

William Robertson and Kitchener sang one in white and the other in red, and after William Robertson each played fifty boards, Kitchener came out and sent candy: "General Haig, in view of your outstanding performance in the British Expeditionary Force, the War Office has decided to promote you to the rank of Imperial Field Marshal—"

Haig immediately forgot about Richard Brown and Ford Lew, and was overjoyed when he saluted, he had not won a single battle in the expeditionary force in the year and a half, lost hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and was promoted to lieutenant general to marshal, which was a god-fast promotion.

"Lord Nyasaland, congratulations on the series of victories you have won against the Ottoman Empire with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and in reward for your outstanding performance, I confer on you the Order of the Garter on behalf of His Majesty the King, and congratulate you in advance, Your Excellency Alvin Locke and Your Excellency Arthur Locke are on the list of knights for next year, Your Excellency Alvin Locke is in the North Sea, and Your Excellency Arthur Locke's fief is in Cyprus." Kitchener's next words also made Locke overjoyed, Alvin was rewarded for reason, Roque is only 35 years old this year, has been made an earl, almost no reward, and Gavin is the first in line to the throne of the Earl of Nyasaland.

What surprised Roque was Arthur, Arthur's full name was Arthur Capet before, and now Arthur's name has become Arthur Locke, which means that the British government recognizes the blood relationship between Arthur and Roque, which is probably unprecedented in Britain that values blood.

And Arthur's fief is still in Cyprus, which solves the problem of the ownership of Cyprus after the war, although Cyprus is not yet a British colony, but after the war, Cyprus, as Alvin's fief, will definitely not be returned to the Ottoman Empire.

It is impossible to say whether there will be an Ottoman Empire or not.

The next day, the trials of Richard Brown and Ford Lew proceeded as usual.

Half an hour into the trial, with both Haig and Roque participating, the military judge reading out the charges against Richard Brown and Ford Lew, and Angel, as the defense of Richard Brown and Ford Lew, explained to the provisional court why Richard Brown and Ford Lew did not carry out Haig's order.

There was no point in a routine trial, the outcome of which was predetermined before the trial began, and after ten minutes of pretended discussion between Kitchener and William Robertson, Kitchener announced the outcome of the trial.

Roque returned to Cyprus the day after the trial, and on the same day, the exhausted Richard Brown returned to southern Africa, and Ford Lew did not return to Cyprus with Roque, and was driven by Roque to Port Elizabeth to lead the newly formed Nejd Corps.

The newly formed Najd Corps had six divisions, all of which were 15,000 integrated divisions, equipped with British standard weapons, and after the New Year, the Najd Corps would cooperate with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force to launch a general attack on the Ottoman Empire.