To Roque's disbelief, at the time of Roque's appointment as commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, the British War Department did not have any plans for the Battle of the Dardanelles, but only one clear goal, to capture Constantinople.

But between Constantinople and the Dardanelles Strait there is also an area of 11,350 square kilometers of the Sea of Marmara, even if the Sea of Marmara is the smallest sea in the world, it is not a sea, not a lake, the Sea of Marmara is 170 miles long, 50 miles wide, beyond the Sea of Marmara is the Bosphorus Strait where Constantinople is located, the British War Department only determined that the purpose of the campaign was to occupy Constantinople, as for where to land on the Garibaldi Peninsula, how to occupy the Dardanelles, how to control the Sea of Marmara, Even how to attack the Bosphorus, the War Department did not have any clear plan.

The reason for such a strange situation is that in addition to the hasty initiation of the Dardanelles Campaign, the lack of attention to the General Staff is also one of the reasons, the British War Department now has only a few hundred professional staff officers, and Roque's command has more than 300 staff officers, divided into 12 war rooms, which are responsible for all aspects of the entire Dardanelles Campaign.

Sand table making is one of the work of the General Staff, and there is no one who touches Ian Hamilton the most, considering that Ian Hamilton's knowledge of the Dardanelles was limited to a tourist brochure, not to mention the sand table, and there are not even photos of the positions of the defenders of the Dardanelles.

Military-related photographs are unlikely to appear in tourist brochures.

The staff officers of the Southern African Expeditionary Force are still very rigorous, and every road, every river, every bridge, and even the mountain path on the sand table is very finely made.

Ian Hamilton, as Roque's chief of staff, introduced John Fisher to the battle plan that all staff members of the staff had worked hard to devise for nearly a month.

This work began from the day Roque was appointed commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force.

"Achilles' heel! This plan is very good! John Fisher was so appreciative of Roque's plan that, according to British tradition, Roque named the entire project "Achilles' Heel".

Achilles' heel, which means Achilles' heel, is said to be the only place on Achilles' body that has not been immersed in the water of the River Styx, so it is the only weakness of Achilles' body, in the Trojan War, Achilles was shot in the ankle by a poisoned arrow and died.

Interestingly, the Trojan War took place on the Dardanelles, and the ruins of the city of Troy are on the southern side of the Dardanelles.

In Roque's plan, the weakness of the Ottoman Fifth Army was the poor logistics of the Ottoman Empire, so attracting the Fifth Army to the south side of the Garibaldi Peninsula and then landing from behind the Fifth Army to cut off the logistics of the Fifth Army became the top priority of the entire campaign.

The completion of this huge plan required close cooperation between the Mediterranean Fleet and the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and if the Mediterranean Fleet could not control the Dardanelles, then Roque's plan could not be carried out.

"It will not be easy to control the Dardanelles, but to cut off the Ottoman support for the Fifth Army through the Dardanelles is very simple, just sink all the Ottoman ships! No matter how many shells there are in the turret, there will always be a time when they will run out! "John Fisher, despite his age, is still quick and gets to the crux of the matter right away.

"Yes, we are going to sink all the Ottoman ships near the Dardanelles, not a single ship can leave the port, the Fifth Army is less than 90,000 people, we have 200,000 now, and more troops will arrive one after another, as long as the Fifth Army is annihilated, our road to Constantinople will be smooth." Roque is still very proud, and the Battle of the Dardanelles, which is the same as the battle of the Dardanelles in another time and space, is obviously more perfect, more reasonable, and more massive.

When Roque was domineering, Ian Hamilton was in a bitter mood.

When he was appointed commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force had less than 100,000 rabble, and there was nothing else, and the navy, which was supposed to be the greatest advantage, was also led by a general who was invincible before the war and "resigned due to illness" just after the war, and the future was bleak.

Now that Roque is the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, the rabble-like forces are being integrated, and there is a steady stream of elite troops from southern Africa, and the Southern African Expeditionary Force is now recognized as the most elite force of the Entente, and Kitchener has sent a telegram to Frenzi that the British expeditionary force will not be allowed to launch any offensive without the cooperation of the Southern African Expeditionary Force.

In the attack launched by Haig in March, the British expeditionary force lost 40,000 men in a week, and instead of capturing Ghent, the front was retreated to Ypres, where Frenzi was already on the verge of resignation.

Roque could vaguely have a premonition that the reason why Frenzi has not yet left class is because there is no result on the Dardanelles side, and if Roque can lead the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force to win the Battle of the Dardanelles, then it will not be far from Frenzi's class.

As for whether Roque can serve as commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force at that time, it will take chance, whether the expeditionary force that will decide the fate of Britain will be handed over to a colonial soldier, or a colonial soldier who is not white, depends on how determined London is to win.

Or how much pressure the Germans put on London.

That night, Roque hosted a banquet at the Expeditionary Force Headquarters for John Fisher, accompanied by Chief of Staff Ian Hamilton and Chief of Logistics Sidney Milner.

Chefs from southern Africa, France, and Italy prepared dishes for John Fisher, who was obviously not in the mood for the dishes, but now John Fisher and Roque are more familiar with each other, and the two have a deeper exchange.

"The oil in Port Elizabeth is important to us, so we have to keep the oil pipeline open! The French are eyeing Damascus and want to stop French ambitions from Damascus! John Fisher had a clear understanding of the role of oil, that is, during John Fisher's tenure in charge of the British Navy, the oil-powered internal combustion engine gradually replaced the coal-fueled steam engine.

As in southern Africa, France's ambitions for Damascus are well known.

After the end of the World War in another time and space, the British reversed McMahon's promise to the Hashemites and attempted to create an entirely new state in Damascus, but this idea was sabotaged by the French.

In 1920, just after the end of the World War, France invaded Damascus, drove out King Emile Faisal, who had just been in office for a month, and forcibly occupied Damascus.

From John Fisher's point of view, it was not in the British interest to control Damascus in southern Africa, but it was a better option for southern Africa to occupy Damascus than for the French to occupy Damascus.

"The French don't have a chance, they are now too busy to take care of themselves, they can't take care of Damascus at all." Roque's dissatisfaction with the French deepened, and when Haig launched an attack, Xia Fei did not sit idle, and also ordered the French troops to attack the German positions.

As a result, the losses of the French troops were even heavier, losing nearly 90,000 men in a month, and it was precisely because the casualties of the British Expeditionary Force seemed acceptable compared to the French army, so Frenzi could still stay in the position of commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force.

"The only question now is whether your troops will be able to complete this huge plan!" John Fisher emphasized that he really has more exclamation points than periods.

Britain is a traditional maritime power, even though it has the largest colony in the world, but it has never been a continental country, and the title of "the world's first army" is like a mobile little red flag.

In the "Achilles Heel" plan, Roque has more than 250,000 troops to use, so John Fisher is really worried about whether Roque has the ability to command 250,000 troops.

Before the outbreak of the World War, the total strength of the British Royal Navy was only 191,000, and the million troops recruited by Kitchener later had nothing to do with John Fisher.

"There is no problem, the victory of the landing operation requires brave and skilled soldiers, the need for perfect and timely logistics support, and the cover and cooperation of a strong navy, we have all of these, the only hidden danger lies in the cooperation between the various troops-" Roque's confidence is not so sufficient, if the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force is all composed of southern African troops, then Roque will not have the slightest worry, now the situation is very complicated, coordinating the coordination between various units is the most important task of Roque during this time.

"In the face of victory, we must unify all our thoughts!" John Fisher was resolute that he would leave Cyprus tomorrow to join the Mediterranean Fleet and begin his work.

In order to coordinate the connection between the Mediterranean Fleet and the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, John Fisher left his adjutant William Eisenhower with Roque, and Roque also asked the more calm Patton to follow John Fisher to the Mediterranean Fleet, and the two of them would establish a solid channel of communication, which would be more conducive to the coordination between the fleet and the ground forces.

On April 5, after nearly two months of preparation, the Battle of the Dardanelles finally began, with six divisions of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force landing in five different places, all on the Garibaldi Peninsula, and Roque abandoned the other side of the Dardanelles and placed the main targets on the Garibaldi Peninsula.

This was also an adjustment according to the arrangement of the defenders of the Dardanelles, and the Fifth Army could not defend only one side of the Dardanelles, but would distribute its forces evenly on both sides of the Dardanelles, and at most arrange some more troops on the Garibaldi Peninsula.

Now that Roque has completely abandoned the southern side of the Dardanelles and concentrated his forces on the Garibaldi Peninsula, the defensive forces arranged by the Fifth Army on the southern side of the Dardanelles are wasted and cannot provide any help to the Garibaldi Peninsula.

What Roque didn't expect was that although the staff had made a detailed battle plan as much as possible, and although Roque had given detailed orders to each unit, there was still a problem at the beginning of the campaign.

The problem was with the Anzac.