The British Foreign Office and the British War Office were not united in their thinking, and the Foreign Office wanted to build a stronger alliance in order to keep the Russian Empire afloat.

The Ministry of War is all based on interests, and the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force has finally taken the Black Sea outlet after repeated bloody battles, and there is no reason to hand it over to the Russians.

Especially during the Battle of the Dardanelles, the Russian Empire actually stopped the attack on Constantinople for its own interests, which made the military very dissatisfied with the Russian Empire.

According to the agreement between Britain and the Russian Empire, including the Dardanelles, the Sea of Marmara, and the Bosphorus, they were to be transferred to the Russian Empire after the war, and in exchange, the Russian Empire agreed to the annexation of German territories in Africa by Britain and France.

Roque only learned after the capture of Constantinople by the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, although the war had not yet been won, but the Entente had reached an agreement on the distribution of spoils after the war, so if you look at it this way, it is no wonder that during the Paris Peace Conference in another time and space, the interests of the Chinese were ruthlessly ignored, because the Paris Conference had already begun, and although the Republic of China had sent labor to Europe at this time, it had not officially joined the war.

Another time and space was on August 14, 1917, when the government of the Republic of China officially entered the war, and in 1917, the world war had entered its third year, and even the United States had declared war on Germany on April 7 earlier that year.

Compared with Italy, which is good at standing in line, the Republic of China is really speechless.

Since the complete Black Sea outlet was to be handed over to the Russian Empire in the future, Roque had nothing to worry about, although Constantinople's dignitaries had fled to Asia Minor before the Mediterranean expeditionary force occupied Constantinople, but Constantinople still had countless wealth.

After all, it was a prosperous place accumulated by the Ottomans for 1,700 years, and the officers and men of the Mediterranean expeditionary made a fortune, and for a week, every day a freighter full of containers was sent to southern Africa, and the budget-conscious Chinese officers and soldiers did not even spare the buildings.

After the Kingdom of Italy entered the war and the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force captured Constantinople, the necessity of Greece to enter the war was decreasing, Edward Gray initially lured Greece into the war on the condition of Constantinople and the surrounding lands, and then because of the opposition of the Russian Empire, the bargaining chip was changed to the island of Cyprus, and now the island of Cyprus has become the location of the headquarters of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, which must not be given to the Greeks, and building materials are also needed to build Cyprus.

While the occupying forces were plundering Constantinople, the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force was advancing on the peninsula of Asia Minor.

The fall of Constantinople was a great blow to the Ottomans, although the Ottoman Empire still had a vast territory in Asia Minor, but the Ottomans had lost the confidence to win the war, when Constantinople surrendered, Otto Liman von Zanders shot himself, after losing two excellent German generals in succession, the Ottoman Empire had broken its backbone, Enver Pasha tried to organize defense, but could not withstand the crazy attack of the Mediterranean expeditionary force and the peninsula coalition army.

At the same time as the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force attacked the Asia Minor, Martin's coalition army also launched an attack from Damascus to the Asia Minor.

Compared to the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Martin's coalition on the peninsula was no less complex.

The current peninsula coalition army not only includes the army of southern Africa and the Sultanate of Najd, but also the servant army sent by the East Indies and the Kingdom of Tanzania, the Republic of Congo, and the Kingdom of Congo.

Just when the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force and the Peninsula Coalition were attacking the Asia Minor Peninsula from both sides, Xia Fei's autumn offensive that had been planned for nearly half a year finally began.

The autumn offensive began simultaneously in three directions, the Shambany direction was taken care of by the troops led by Petain, the second Shambani campaign, in which Petain distinguished himself and now has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant general, leading a separate army group.

The second focus is on Artois, which is already the third Battle of Artois, the first two French units have suffered huge losses, but Artois is still under German control, and the French commander of the Third Battle of Artois is Foch.

The British part of the autumn offensive was Ruth, who had six divisions under Haig and only one division of the German defenders at Ruth.

The tactical objective of the entire autumn offensive was to capture the German-occupied area of Noyon, which was a transportation hub for German logistical supplies, and the capture of Noyon would cut off the German railway supply lines and force the Germans to retreat.

On a better note, no one thought that Germany could be defeated in three months, and forcing the Germans to retreat was the biggest goal of the Anglo-French forces.

For the autumn offensive, Xia Fei also spared no expense, with 27 divisions in Shambani, and only 7 divisions of the enemy in Petain, and Petain also had 900 heavy artillery and 1,700 light field guns to assist in the battle, including the two artillery divisions left in the French battlefield by the Southern African Expeditionary Force.

Although Miss Seventy-Five did not perform well in the previous battles, the enigmatic Frenchman still has the same trust in Miss Seventy-Five.

At Artois, Foch had 17 divisions under his command, and his enemy had only two divisions, and in any of these three directions, it seemed that the Anglo-French forces had a huge advantage.

The battle first started in Ruth, and for a whole summer, the British Expeditionary Force was digging tunnels, digging 12 tunnels, digging tunnels under the German positions, and then planting a huge amount of explosives, the largest tunnel, the British Expeditionary Force frantically stuffed 15 tons of explosives, ready to give the Germans a huge surprise.

Explosives and tunnels did play a huge role, and at the beginning of the outbreak of the war, the British Expeditionary Force was progressing well, Haig was triumphant, believing that victory was in sight, and the newspapers in Britain began to eagerly publicize it more vigorously than the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force had captured Constantinople the previous day.

Although the Times was Roque's property, the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force was based on the Southern African Army, and the British Expeditionary Force in France was the British Expeditionary Force.

Unlike the British troops, which were progressing well, the French troops in both the Shambany and Artois directions were not progressing well.

Of the three directions of the Autumn Offensive, Chauffy believed that the Shambany direction was the core of the campaign, and that only a victory in Shambani would allow the Anglo-French forces to succeed in forcing the Germans to retreat.

The plans are good, but the execution is hard to describe.

Before the Shambani attack, the artillery of the Anglo-French army carried out four full days and nights of shelling of German positions.

The artillery bombardment destroyed the first line of defense of the German army, and also reminded the German army that the British and French forces were about to start a large-scale battle, Falkingham came to the front line on the second day of the shelling, and he finally gave up the safety and comfort of the headquarters and went to the front line to direct the troops to fight.

What is unacceptable is that when the French ground forces began to attack, the shelling did not stop, and the attacking French troops crossed the first line of defense completely destroyed by the artillery and attacked the second line of defense of the German army, but at this time the artillery units were shelling the second line of defense, and the shells fell directly on the heads of the attacking troops, and the attacking troops suffered heavy casualties and had to take the initiative to retreat.

By the time the shelling stopped and the attacking troops returned to the battlefield, German reinforcements had filled the second line of defense, and the French troops had lost a fleeting opportunity.

In Artois, the performance of the French army was equally disastrous.

Foch's ability was no less than that of Petain, but in the face of the German army's strong defense, Foch had little to do but order his troops to charge with a sea of men.

On the one hand, he urged Haig to attack, and on the other hand, he ordered Foch to stop the attack, and only to make a gesture to continue the attack to confuse the Germans.

At the same time, the British were confused.

Haig was clearly confused, not only by the performance of the French troops on the battlefield, but also by the weather.

Before attacking, Haig was authorized to use poison gas, which became Haig's biggest secret weapon.

After the twelve huge "bombs" exploded, Haig actually had a chance to drive straight in and crush all the Germans in the front.

But then Haig made a mistake, and in order to wait for the wind to be suitable for the use of poison gas, he actually ordered his troops to stop the attack.

In autumn, the wind in northern France was unpredictable, and Haig waited for two whole days to finally find the right direction.

However, after the gas bomb was fired, the direction of the wind suddenly changed again, and the poison gas drifted to the British position, and the British troops who were preparing to attack dispersed in a hurry.

When the poison gas had cleared and the troops were reorganizing the attack, German reinforcements filled the trenches again, and the British also lost their chance.

During the autumn offensive, another interesting thing happened.

In order to boost morale, George V of England decided to go to the front line to review the troops.

So George V came to France and rode on horseback to inspect the troops.

At the end of the review, the officers and men of the Sherwood Foresters who were on review took off their hats, raised them to the same height as the point of their bayonets, and waved and cheered.

At this time, an accident occurred, and the horse on which George V was riding was frightened, and George V fell off his horse and seemed to have slipped a few steps on the ground.

With the help of the generals, George V got up from the ground and hurriedly rode away on another horse.

This incident seriously hit the morale of the British army, in the hearts of the British soldiers, the king is an all-powerful god of war, who can lead them to victory, but the king can't even conquer a horse, how to conquer the evil and powerful Germans?

Over the next few days, various versions of the rumors came out, the most outrageous of which was that George V had been seriously injured and had died for a short time.