Compared to the Battle of the Dardanelles in another time and space, the current commanders of the coalition forces have changed.

The commander of the Mediterranean Fleet in another time and space was John Drobeck, now replaced by John Fisher.

The commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in another plane was Ian Hamilton, now replaced by Roque.

John Fisher's position in the Royal Navy was similar to that of the current Secretary of War, Kitchener, to the Army.

John Fisher is the founder of the modern British Royal Navy, before the outbreak of the world war, John Fisher was committed to the modernization of the British Royal Navy, the construction of dreadnoughts was John Fisher's decision, John Fisher also attached importance to submarines and torpedo boats, before the outbreak of the world war, John Fisher retired from the Navy, after the outbreak of the world war, John Fisher was re-drafted, previously served as a special adviser to the Secretary of the Navy Winston.

Being the commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean Fleet is definitely an undermatch for John Fisher, the commander-in-chief of the British Home Fleet, John Jericault, who had been John Fisher's subordinate and assistant until the outbreak of the World War, and in terms of importance, the Mediterranean Fleet was significantly less important than the Home Fleet against the German fleet.

John Fisher was the first captain of the battleship Indomitable, which had sunk in the previous phase of operations of the Mediterranean Fleet.

It was already 1880, so you can imagine how long the Indomitable had been in service, the most powerful battleship in the world at that time, John Fisher was not yet 40 years old, and he was still a young man in the British Royal Navy.

When John Fisher arrived in the Mediterranean, he did not rush to join the Mediterranean fleet, but went directly to the island of Cyprus to meet Roque.

By this time, it was already March 25, the British Expeditionary Force in Belgium had finally stabilized its line at Ypres, and the Southern African Expeditionary Force had lost all the gains of Operation Victory Horn, and the front was once again deadlocked.

The Mediterranean Expeditionary Force was also ready for landing, but because the Mediterranean Fleet suffered heavy losses, which led to personnel changes, it was impossible to attack in a short period of time.

John Fisher was not a small man, a believer in God, energetic, and wrote letters with more exclamation marks than periods, and he was now 75 years old and was made a baron when he retired in 1910.

"Lord Nyasaland, why do you put your headquarters in Cyprus, it's a bit far from the Dardanelles!" John Fisher's eyes on Roque were complicated, and it was normal, and almost everyone looked at Roque with mixed eyes when they first met Roque.

As the Minister of Defense and Minister of War of a large country, Roque is indeed too young, even though the country is still a Dominion of the British Commonwealth.

"General Fisher, just call me Locke, in every way, you are my senior-" Roque still has a lot of respect for John Fisher, as long as John Fisher does not do anything to damage his reputation, Roque will always respect John Fisher.

As for why the headquarters was placed in Cyprus, in addition to the fact that Cyprus is located in the Mediterranean, of course, it is also because Cyprus is vast and sparsely populated.

Cyprus covers an area of 9,251 square kilometers and is only 170 kilometers away from the port of Beirut.

Let's not forget that now the whole of Egypt is British, so Britain really doesn't care about Cyprus.

The Ottomans didn't care, or else they wouldn't have easily leased Cyprus to the British.

The country of the whole era is so generous.

However, for this reason, Roque must not be able to say it directly, and Roque's reason is also very strong: "Or else? Is it still Lemnos? Lemnos is not British territory. ”

This is too much to John Fisher's appetite, the older generation of soldiers is like this, and everything in the British Empire is the best in the world.

"It's so lively, you've turned this place into a huge construction site!" By the time John Fisher arrived in Nikonia, Nikonia had been almost bulldozed by Christian Construction.

Roque's headquarters, plus more than 3,000 security troops, needed a huge barracks to house, and the island did not have that many ready-made building materials, so the only way to build a barracks was to use local materials.

There were a lot of ready-made building materials, and if needed, even from Port Edward, it would not be troublesome, but Roque chose the most troublesome route, obtaining building materials by demolishing buildings in Nikonia.

So the temples that have been preserved for hundreds of thousands of years have been unlucky, the huge stones have been torn down as the foundation of the barracks, the thick logs have been torn down to build barracks, the doors and windows can be used if they can be used, and if they cannot be used, they will be rationally renovated, the barracks will be built next to the original site of Niconia, and the old city will be replanned, and everything will be according to the standards of Nyasaland.

There was little resistance throughout the demolition process, and the Ottomans who had previously lived in Niconia were put in concentration camps after the outbreak of the World War, and they could not return to Nikonia after the war, but were sent directly back to the Ottoman Empire.

As for whether the Ottoman Empire will still exist at that time, this is not Roque's problem.

"We have assembled 150,000 troops for the landing operation, if there is no neat and orderly forward base, the logistics supply will be a huge disaster, a complete forward base, including a logistics warehouse for storing materials, a well-equipped seaport, but also to build an airport and hospitals, entertainment facilities for the staff to rest and relax, as well as living quarters for the families of the army, can directly give birth to a huge city, why give the city to the Greeks, it is better to build it on our own land." Roque has a clear goal, and the requirements for logistics bases in southern Africa are also different from those of the United Kingdom.

It's not just high-ranking officers like Roque who are eligible to bring their families, as long as they are in the officer class, they are all privileged, and in another time and space, Winston was relieved of his position as Minister of the Navy after the defeat in the Dardanelles, and volunteered to be a battalion commander at the front, and when Winston arrived on the battlefield, the luggage was packed in a full 16 large boxes.

At that time, Winston was also eligible to bring his family members to the front, as long as he believed that there was no danger at the front.

"Hahahaha-yes! Locke, you do have a long-term vision! "John Fisher has a high opinion of Roque.

This is well known about Roque's long-term vision.

The industrial power of southern Africa was not known to the world until after the outbreak of the world war, and there must be many countries studying why southern Africa, as a British colony, was able to burst out with such powerful energy.

In the study of southern Africa, Roque is the X-factor that cannot be bypassed in any way, and it is only then that people notice the role of Roque in Southern Africa.

Therefore, the reason why Roque was appointed by the Ministry of War as the commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force was really not only the victory in Operation Victory Horn, but also the comprehensive strength of southern Africa that was growing in importance to the Entente.

"Otherwise, what can we do, we are in great trouble now, the whole campaign has lost the great advantage brought by suddenness, Zanders is ready, his Fifth Army is in full position, waiting for our landing force to send to the door, we must be ready to face difficulties." Roque is ready to face difficulties, but I don't know if John Fisher is ready.

"It's true that there are a lot of difficulties, but the reason why we are here is to solve problems!" John Fisher was also well prepared, so he was not in a hurry to join the Mediterranean fleet, but came directly to Roque.

This is in stark contrast to Sackville Carden, who Roque did not see when he came to Cyprus, and Sackville Carden had already "resigned due to illness".

Ian Hamilton has also come to terms with the reality that he has finally arrived in Cyprus to join Roque, and the main commanders of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force have finally gathered.

John Fisher was still more pragmatic, and when he came to the command headquarters, John Fisher did not rest and came directly to the operations command room.

The command room is located in the largest church in Niconia, which is also the only preserved ancient building in Niconia, the chapel has been converted into a combat command room, the small confessional room is used to send telegrams, Roque lives in the tower where the priest lives, and in the center of the combat command room is a sand table that includes the entire Garibaldi peninsula.

The sand table was made urgently by the staff officers, in order to make this sand table, Roque used forty planes, during this time to conduct hundreds of reconnaissance on the Garibaldi Peninsula, each small red flag on both sides of the Dardanelles represents a position of the Ottoman Fifth Army, the entrance to the strait is especially dense, small red flags are simply one after another.

"These batteries were basically destroyed by the Mediterranean Fleet some time ago, but the Ottoman Empire has been urgently repairing them, and our existing intelligence indicates that the Ottoman Empire's logistics supply is very problematic, there are very few shells sent to the batteries, and the Ottoman Navy can dispatch very few minelayers, so I have prepared a huge battle plan - "Roque's plan is larger than the plan of the War Department, which is the advantage of the Southern African Expeditionary Force, and Britain only established a real staff after the outbreak of the world war, Roque had already set up a staff office ten years ago.

Although the federal government of southern Africa had not yet been formed at that time.

Roque's plan was for the Mediterranean Fleet and the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force to attack the Dardanelles at the same time, and the ground forces would attract the Ottoman Fifth Army to the south side of the Garibaldi Peninsula, and then part of the troops would land on the north side of the Garibaldi Peninsula to encircle and annihilate the Ottoman Fifth Army, so that the Mediterranean Fleet and the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force could drive straight in.