On June 25, the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force finally received 20,000 shells, which were specially allocated by Kitchener for the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and were originally intended to be sent to Belgium, in order to urge Roark to launch an attack on the Bosphorus, Kitchener had done his best.

The Mediterranean Fleet also received a batch of shells, which were sent by the Home Fleet, the commander of the Home Fleet, John Jericht, who had been a subordinate and assistant to John Fisher until the outbreak of the World War.

Roque was not idle during this time, the total annihilation of the Fifth Army did not make the Ottoman Empire afraid, the Second Army was still storming the positions that the 13th Division was responsible for, but this has lost its meaning, after the total annihilation of the Fifth Army, the troops besieging the Fifth Army have been withdrawn, the British 29th Division suffered heavy losses and needed a month to recuperate, the Anzac now has four divisions, two divisions are disabled, and two divisions can participate in the battle, The 501st and 502nd Divisions suffered modest losses in the previous phase of the battle, and Roque did not put all his reserves into battle in the first phase of the operation, and now even has the ability to rotate the front-line troops.

After the elimination of the Fifth Army, Roque adjusted the battle line, ordered the defensive troops to retreat a little, and retreated the defensive line to the mountainous area, taking advantage of the rugged terrain of the mountainous area to defend and attract more troops from the Second Army.

Zanders was not stupid, the Garibaldi Peninsula was 80 kilometers long, no more than 20 kilometers wide at its widest point, and only five kilometers at its narrowest point, and the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force had previously landed at Borayère, completely cutting off the retreat of the Fifth Army, thus encircling and annihilating the Fifth Army.

After Roque ordered his troops to retreat the defensive line to the mountains, a blank area of nearly 30 kilometers appeared behind the attacking Second Army, and if the Second Army continued to commit troops, the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force would repeat the tragedy of the Fifth Army if the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force did the same trick.

Therefore, when the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force withdrew the front to the mountainous area, Zanders also withdrew the defensive line of the troops to the Kavak line, also relying on the mountains to establish defensive positions.

Roque is really sorry, if Zanders orders the troops to retreat one day late, the Mediterranean Fleet and the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force can be ready for landing, and now everything has to be pushed back again, Zanders hopes to have a decisive battle with Roque in Kavak, but Roque is not in the mood, after taking the Dardanelles, the Mediterranean Fleet has been free to enter and exit the Dardanelles, and the Sea of Marmara is also under the control of the Mediterranean Fleet, Roque does not confront Zanders hard, and directly attacks the Bosphorus, Forced Zanders to withdraw his troops from Kavak.

"Although the Second Army is strong, but the entire Sea of Marmara, the strength of the Ottoman Empire is empty, we can choose to launch a landing operation anywhere, the logistics supply of the landing force is carried out by sea, and the supply of land lines of communication is abandoned, I call this tactic a frog jump tactic, looking for the weakness of the Ottoman Empire to attack, disrupting Zanders's defensive system, and exhausting the Second Army, and finally Zanders will have to choose to stick to the Bosphorus, which is the most beneficial way for us to attack." Roque personally introduced the plan of attack at the joint meeting, and the frog-jumping tactic came from the Pacific theater during World War II and is generally believed to have been invented by MacArthur.

Now MacArthur is still serving in Veracruz, Mexico, and there is no psychological barrier to Roque's doctrine, as the commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Roque is being promoted to the rank of a famous general, and there is nothing he can do.

After listening to Roque's introduction, the generals who participated in the joint meeting applauded enthusiastically, and the eyes that looked at Roque finally stopped all kinds of envy, jealousy and hatred, but more respect and admiration.

Soldiers, or strength speaks, if Roque had not performed well in the previous stage of the operation, he should have returned to France by now and continued to be the commander of his Southern African Expeditionary Force.

Now no one dares to deny the role of Roque, and no one dares to replace Roque's position, the British Royal Navy is full of talents, and there are very few generals in the army who can handle it, in France, Frenzi and Hague performed the same as Xiang, the only cool-headed Smith Doring has resigned, and Kitchener has gradually been overpowered, and Roque is the only bright spot in the British Army.

The commander of the Mediterranean Fleet, John Fisher, and the deputy commander, John Drobec, were also applauding enthusiastically, and John Fisher turned his head and said something softly to John Drobek, who smiled and shook his head in admiration.

"The 501st and 502nd Divisions have landed in Canakkale, and the next two divisions will sweep the southern part of the Dardanelles and completely control the Dardanelles in our hands, the 5th and 9th Divisions of the Anzac, together with the 13th and 19th Divisions of Southern Africa, are advancing towards Marmara, these four divisions and the French troops that have arrived on Marmara Island in advance are the main forces for the next period of time, the 29th Division and the 1st and 2nd Divisions of the Anzac have suffered heavy losses in the previous phase of operations, Their mission was to hold our positions on the northern side of the Dardanelles and to clear the Garibaldi of the remnants of the army. Roque went on to introduce that the remnants of the army on the Garibaldi Peninsula were only scattered troops, and all the formed ones had surrendered, and this task should be easy.

"There are a few troops for the offensive, the Ottoman Second Army still has more than 200,000 people, and the Ottoman Empire is still forming new troops, and we still have a lot of difficulties." John Fisher was not optimistic, and the four divisions that Roque was preparing to fight with a total army of nearly 75,000 men would have a difficult time capturing Constantinople.

"General Fisher, when the battle breaks out, we'll have more troops." Roque had been prepared for this.

"Where's the reinforcements?" John Fisher was confused, he also knew the situation of the British Army, every unit was precious now, and the battle for the 29th Division was still fresh in his mind when the Battle of the Dardanelles broke out.

"Russians, unless they sit back and watch us take Constantinople-" Roque is indeed out of reinforcements, the military potential of southern Africa has been squeezed to the limit, it will take time for the East Indies to train more troops, the forces of the Sultanate of Najd have proven to be ineffective in the previous phase of the operation, and after Kitchener is overthrown, the reinforcements of the Anzac Corps will no longer be under the command of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force Command, so Roque has to find another way.

Hearing Roque's words, John Fisher's eyes immediately lit up.

Even before the Battle of the Dardanelles, the Russian Empire had launched an attack on Constantinople.

The Russian Empire's ambitions for access to the Black Sea were well known, and it even threatened war in order to prevent Greece from entering the war.

Now that the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force has occupied the Dardanelles and the Sea of Marmara, and further forward is Constantinople, it is impossible for the Russian Empire to sit idly by and watch the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force continue to advance, and it may now be ready to attack Constantinople.

Even if the Russian Empire does not cooperate, it does not matter, after the Dardanelles Strait is controlled, Roque can also draw more troops for the attack, and even without the cooperation of the Russian Empire, Roque is confident that he will take Constantinople.

Unlike Roque's confidence, the Ottoman magnates had lost faith in winning the war after the Fifth Army was annihilated and the Dardanelles was lost.

According to Roque's information, in recent times, the dignitaries of Constantinople have fled from Constantinople, and the passenger ships crossing the Bosphorus have been flowing day and night, and the people of the Ottoman Empire are panicking, and the army has not focused on combat, but has aimed the butcher's knife at the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire.

Speaking of Armenians, it is another tragedy, after successive losses of Bosnia, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Armenians became the only Christian group in the Ottoman Empire.

This problem was not prominent before, but after the end of the Balkan War, there were some extreme statements in the Ottoman Empire, and it was believed that only by eliminating all heretical doctrines could the Ottoman Empire be saved, and the Armenians were unlucky.

This was the first genocidal program against a people in the twentieth century, and Britain did not rise to the level of genocide during the Second Boer War, and the climax of the rejection of Jews in the Russian Empire as a whole was nothing more than the expulsion of Jews from the Russian Empire.

Miraculously, when the world war broke out, there were still nearly 100,000 soldiers serving the Ottoman Empire, and the loyalty of the army composed of these Armenians became a huge problem, so how to eliminate this hidden danger became a headache for the Ottoman Empire.

Now the problem is no longer serious, and the Fifth Army is a predominantly Armenian force.

It is equivalent to the Ottoman Empire with the help of the Mediterranean expeditionary force to eliminate this hidden danger.

In the siege of Damascus, some Armenian troops voluntarily laid down their arms, which became an excuse for the Ottoman Empire to eliminate Armenians, and now in the Ottoman Empire, male Armenians over the age of 12 are being shot en masse, and the fate of women is even more tragic, so far, at least 500,000 Armenians have been massacred on a large scale, and a large number of Armenians have been sold into slavery, in Aleppo and Mosul, The Armenians broke through the blockade of Ottoman forces and fled to Port Elizabeth for refuge, and thousands died in the process.

In the siege of Damascus, more Ottomans took the initiative to lay down their arms than Armenians, but no one cared about this.

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