Kitchener, the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force during the Second Boer War, is now the British Minister of War, so you can imagine how miserable the German soldiers were captured by the British and French forces.

In the same way, the Allied soldiers captured by the Germans were also miserable, and the Germans did not capture many Anglo-French soldiers, and the number of Russians captured was already more than 200,000, which was more than the total number of expeditionary forces in southern Africa in Europe.

Port Elizabeth also has a lot of Ottoman prisoners, since the start of the war, the coalition forces have captured about 40,000 Ottoman officers and soldiers, according to European tradition, the treatment of captured officers is not bad, the soldiers are a little miserable, is participating in the transformation of Basra, Roque wants to completely tear down Basra and rebuild, erase all traces left by the Persians in Basra, and then immigrate all the Persians to other regions, and migrate new immigrants from southern Africa to fill the two river basins, so as to have long-term peace and stability.

Demolition and rebuilding and immigration will certainly incur a lot of costs, but compared to the future stability of Basra, everything is worth it, Roque is ordering people to design an oil pipeline from Port Elizabeth to the Mediterranean coast, once the pipeline is completed, Port Elizabeth oil will be transported to Europe will bypass the Suez Canal to the Mediterranean, after the end of the world war, Roque can also use this as a reason to justifiably annex the area around the oil pipeline, when the time comes, Britain and France will have to agree if they do not agree.

The consequences of disagreeing are very serious, Roque doesn't have to cut production, and Britain and France can't stand it if they raise prices casually.

In Roque's plan, the position of Damascus was very important, and if Damascus was not occupied, it would not be possible to control the Mediterranean estuary, so Roque was bound to Damascus.

While the coalition forces were also persuading Colmar von der Golz to surrender, the partition of Damascus was underway.

The capture of Damascus is really lucrative, all kinds of gold products aside, the tall Arabian horses, the beautifully made Persian handmade carpets, the legendary Damascus steel scimitar with hair-blown and broken hair, and the Persian slave girl who is light and easy to push down-

This last one is not counted, how can such a situation occur in a civilized society.

In short, the wealth accumulated by the Persians for thousands of years was swept away in the process of the city's destruction, and there was a constant stream of trucks from Damascus to Port Elizabeth, with daily freighters plying between Port Elizabeth and Port Edward.

Don't get me wrong, the ships are all about oil and sand, nothing else.

It has to be said that Colmar von der Gorz was a real soldier, even if he was exhausted, Colmar von der Gorz did not surrender, on the night of February 1, Colmar von der Golz organized the last remnants of the siege, but was strangled by the coalition forces, Colmar von der Golz died in the melee, and his body was sent to the largest church in Damascus for temporary storage, and then sent back to Germany for burial after the end of the world war.

With the destruction of the last remnants of the army, Damascus was declared to have changed hands, and in the forty-day siege battle, the coalition suffered 45,000 casualties, more than 10,000 killed, and the defenders of Damascus were completely destroyed, all but more than 1,000 prisoners were killed.

After the capture of Damascus, Martin did not give the Ottomans a respite and ordered the East Indian Servant Army to attack directly towards Beirut.

Beirut means city of many wells, and according to legend, Beirut was a barren land with a lack of water a long time ago, and many wells were dug in Beirut in order to survive, and Beirut eventually replaced Ashtrit as the place name.

Ashtriat means goddess of love and beauty.

Like Damascus, Beirut is also a historical and cultural city, with humans caving on the coast and cliffs of Beirut in the Neolithic Age, and Beirut was an important commercial port in the Phoenician era.

The port of Beirut is one of the most important ports on the Mediterranean coast, and it is also the ideal location of Roque's oil pipeline into the sea, about 120,000 people lived in Beirut before the outbreak of the world war, after the coalition forces captured Damascus, a large number of Beirut people fled to escape the fighting, and the garrison has been withdrawn early, and now the entire city is less than 10,000 people.

The capture of Damascus, the coalition army finally used its strength to make a great name, except for Colmar von der Golz, the Ottoman Empire did not have a single general who could fight, and the coalition army was flat in front of it.

After the capture of Damascus, Roque also fulfilled his promise to Winston and sent two divisions to cooperate with the Royal Navy in the Battle of the Dardanelles.

The 501st and 502nd Divisions, which had successfully occupied Beirut, were drawn from Roque and placed under the command of Sackville Carden, commander of the Royal Navy's Mediterranean Fleet.

Sackville Carden had at his command the most powerful naval fleet in the world, consisting of 12 British battleships, four French battleships, 14 British destroyers, six French destroyers, cruisers, and 35 trawlers transferred from the North Sea.

These trawlers are mine-sweeping units.

On paper, the Mediterranean Fleet is the most powerful fleet in the world.

In fact, this is not the case, although the battleships of the Mediterranean Fleet are numerous, but most of them are relatively old and are about to be decommissioned.

Winston noticed this problem, and in order to strengthen the strength of the Mediterranean Fleet, the super-dreadnought-class battleship "Queen Elizabeth", which had just been launched and was on trial in the Mediterranean, was also temporarily transferred to Sackville Carden to join the combat sequence of the Mediterranean Fleet.

In addition to warships, Winston racked his brains to assemble a ground force that was also quite formidable on paper, including the 501st and 502nd East Indies Divisions, which had performed well in the war against the Ottoman Empire, the Anza-New Zealand Army with a total strength of 30,000 troops, the 29th Division sent by the British mainland, and a division sent by France to participate in the war.

Speaking of the 29th Division, it is also difficult to explain.

At the time of the New Year, Frenzi was very happy for a while, and the recruits recruited by the British mainland after the outbreak of the world war were about to be trained, which meant that Frenzi would have more power.

As a result, on the use of new troops, a serious disagreement arose between Frenzi and Kitchina.

Frenzi wanted to get more command of the troops, but Kitchener did not agree, he could send colonial troops to France, or Canada, Australia, Southern Africa, and other Dominions to France, but for the British homeland, Kitchener was very cautious in the deployment of troops.

Now Kitchener's distrust of Florency is growing, which is why Kitchener will support Winston to open a second battlefield in the Dardanelles.

Regarding the second battlefield, it is also difficult to say.

After the outbreak of the World War, the retired Admiral John Fisher was re-drafted, and he had a very good relationship with Winston, but there was a huge disagreement between John Fisher and Winston on the issue of the second battlefield.

Johann Fisher wanted to open a second battlefield on Germany's Baltic coast, citing its proximity to Berlin, the heart of Germany.

Kitchener chose to support Winston, so he prepared to transfer the 29th Division to the Dardanelles.

Frenzi adamantly disagreed, as did John Fisher, and Kitchener appointed his old friend Ian Hamilton, who had arrived on the Greek island of Lemnos without a single soldier, to command the improvised troops.

There is not a single soldier who is not an exaggeration, there is really not a single one, not even the members of the staff and the logistics staff.

Nominally, Ian Hamilton had 100,000 men under his command, but the Anzac army was still idle in Alexandria, the 501st and 502nd Divisions were resting in the port of Beirut, the 29th Division was still in London, and Xia Fei was also arguing with the French Minister of War Alex Millerand because of a division sent by France to the Dardanelles, and the preparations for the entire Battle of the Dardanelles were a mess.

For this reason, Roque once again went to London to warn Winston in person that if the Battle of the Dardanelles was not taken more seriously, then the Battle of the Dardanelles would become the Waterloo of Winston's military career.

"What can I do? The Minister of War has the thoughts of the Minister of War, the Admiral has the ideas of the Admiral, and the Commander-in-Chief of the Expeditionary Force is chattering from far away, and there is a whole bunch of special pig teammates in Paris, and our commander knows nothing about the Dardanelles, and he went to the bookstore to buy a Dardanelles Travel Guide before going on the ship, is he trying to find a cemetery with good feng shui for his soldiers? "Winston really can't help it, to be able to piece together the current army, Winston has already dug out his mind and exhausted his stomach and racked his brains-

Just look at this large row of adjectives to see how difficult it is for Winston, his hair is noticeably thinner, and there is a tendency to develop a Mediterranean hairstyle.

"I can't sleep every night, I need alcohol and a cigar to sleep, I haven't touched my wife in three months-" Winston has been a bit troubled lately, and a scandal broke out about Winston not long ago, and Prime Minister Asquith was also involved.

Nearly seven years earlier, in 1907, Winston had met Asquith's daughter, Violet, at a banquet, and the two had frequent trysts over the next few months.

The following year, in 1908, Winston met his current wife, Clementina Hozier, and in the same year, Asquith became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and Winston was appointed Secretary of State for Business, becoming the youngest member of the cabinet.

After Winston became Secretary of Commerce, he married the current Clementina Hozier, and it is said that Violet committed suicide by jumping off a cliff that day, and was lucky to be rescued.

On November 30 last year, Violet finally put on her wedding dress and got married, which happened to be Winston's birthday, and the church where Violet held her wedding happened to be the same one where Winston and Clementina Hozier had their wedding six years earlier.

What a coincidence!