Lloyd George failed to withstand the surging public opinion attack, the third phase of the battle had just begun, Lloyd George had resigned because of the two thousand pounds three years earlier, George V recalled Winston, bypassing Prime Minister Asquith and directly appointing Winston to succeed Lloyd George, and the Prime Minister was also in a crisis of confidence.

The current British government is really in danger, Lloyd George was forced to resign after only one month as Quartermaster Minister, and although Winston regained trust, he became more and more at odds with Prime Minister Asquith.

Kitchener, the Minister of War, was in an equally difficult position, having absolute power in the War Department at the outbreak of the World War, and now he was widely questioned for the poor performance of the expeditionary force, and had to submit a written report to the 23-member cabinet every week.

Frenzi, who was far away in France, was also troubled, his position was precarious, and he could only rely on victory on the battlefield to get out of his predicament.

Frenzi has been getting more and more frantic lately, sending telegrams to Kitchener every day, hoping for more reinforcements and supplies.

Send a telegram to Asquith complaining that the War Department did not give enough support to the expeditionary force.

A telegram was sent to George V, blaming the operational failures of the expeditionary forces at the front to the lack of unity in the command system of the expeditionary forces.

This was indeed a disadvantage, but it was not the main reason, and the composition of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force was also complicated, and Roque's command was not affected much.

Like Frenzi, after the resignation of Smith Dolin, Haig became the second man in the British Expeditionary Force, and if Frenzi left before the outbreak of the Dardanelles, then Haig was the undisputed choice for commander-in-chief of the Expeditionary Force.

Now, as the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force is performing better and better, the choice of the commander-in-chief of the Expeditionary Force is also beginning to become uncertain.

Haig's ambition for commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force has a long history, and when the expeditionary force was first formed, Haig hoped to get the position of commander-in-chief, but because of his lack of ability and prestige, Kitchener finally chose Frenzi.

Entering July, the Eastern and Western Fronts were still scorched, the scale of the war was growing, and after the Kingdom of Italy entered the war, Greece again considered joining the Entente, but at this time the main contradiction no longer came from the Russian Empire, but from Bulgaria.

Bulgaria has not yet entered the war, but it has already carried out a national mobilization, and Greece is worried that after sending troops to various places to participate in the war, the domestic strength will be empty, so Bulgaria will take advantage of it, so Greece hopes that while entering the war, Bulgaria will also enter the war.

Roque did not have hope for the three divisions of Greece, and the same was true for the five divisions of the Kingdom of Italy, the second and 11th cavalry divisions in France did not participate in the second battle of Artois, and both Frenzi and Haig were very dissatisfied, after the Battle of the Dardanelles entered the third stage, Roque needed more troops, Kitchener had no troops to send, Roque hoped to transfer the second and 11th cavalry divisions and two artillery divisions to the Mediterranean theater, in order to get Frenzi and Haig to agree, Roque was willing to transfer the Anzac to France in exchange.

The Anzac in the Mediterranean theater already had five divisions, and Frenzi basically agreed to Roque's request, but leaving two artillery divisions in France, the British Expeditionary Force needed large-caliber artillery from southern Africa.

The large-caliber artillery equipped with the artillery division was paid for by France, and Roque had no hope of transferring the artillery division to the Mediterranean, and the 2nd and 11th Cavalry Divisions were Roque's targets.

However, the Anzac was fighting and had to be transferred to France after the Ottoman forces in Gazikoy had been annihilated.

Gazikoy now had four divisions of the Ottoman Second Army, the 2nd Brigade of the 19th Division was surrounded by these four divisions, and outside these four divisions was a larger encirclement, the 29th Division was attacking Kavak, and the Mediterranean Fleet launched its first attack on the Prussian Strait on July 15, destroying coastal batteries and shelling Constantinople at the same time.

The reinforcements that Roque was looking forward to finally appeared, and the Russian Empire would not sit idly by and watch the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force capture the Bosphorus, although the capture of the Bosphorus would not allow the Russian Empire to completely control the Black Sea access, but the Russian Empire did not want to lose this opportunity.

On July 17, the newly formed 11th Army of the Russian Empire landed from Demirgy on the other side of the Bosphorus with more than 300 ships and launched an attack on Constantinople.

After the comeback of the Russian Empire, the pressure on the Mediterranean expeditionary force was sharply reduced, although the Ottoman dignitaries had abandoned Constantinople, but Zanders still sent a part of the troops to Constantinople, on July 25, the British 29th Division finally broke through the position of the Second Army with the cooperation of the Mediterranean Fleet and air force bombers, the 29th Division suffered 4,000 casualties, and the Ottoman Second Army suffered more than 60,000 casualties.

Look, under the premise of tacit cooperation among all arms, the British troops who did not perform well in France can also play god-like results in the Mediterranean.

Compared with the 29th Division of the British Army, the other units of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force performed equally well, in Gazikoy, the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force annihilated four divisions of the Second Army, and the casualties of the Second Army were also more than 60,000, after these two battles, in the Balkans, all the elite troops of the Ottoman Empire were wiped out, and there were still 100,000 Ottoman troops around Constantinople, but under the frantic attack of the Russian Empire's 11th Army, it was only a matter of time before Constantinople was captured.

Once Constantinople is captured, the coalition forces will open the passage between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, the Dardanelles is controlled by the Anglo-French forces, the Bosphorus is controlled by the Russian Empire, the Sea of Marmara between the two straits is a buffer zone, and no one knows what will happen in the future, but now, the ships of the coalition forces are unimpeded.

On 26 July, Roque received a telegram from Kitchener, who hoped that the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, having annihilated the Ottoman Second Army, would continue its attack on Constantinople and, if possible, keep the Bosphorus in the hands of the Anglo-French forces as much as possible.

Roque really can't do it, although the total strength of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force has exceeded 200,000 people, but after the elimination of the Second Army, the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force occupied almost all the land of the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans, these areas are not stable, and many garrisons are needed to suppress the Ottomans who resist, and the Kingdom of Italy suddenly became enthusiastic after the Battle of Gazikoy, and all five divisions were sent to the Balkans just after July.

"The Italians are here to pick peaches, and I can't see the Italians when the battle is at its fiercest, and the Italians suddenly appear after the battle, I really don't want such an ally." Ian Hamilton did not like Italians, and in July he sent a telegram to Antonio Sarandra every day, asking for the five divisions promised by the Kingdom of Italy, but by the end of July, only one of the five divisions promised by the Kingdom of Italy had been in place.

Now that the five divisions promised by the Kingdom of Italy are finally in place, but the fighting in the Balkans is basically over, this kind of behavior is really too shameless.

"Don't be angry, the fighting in the Balkans is over, and we will continue to attack the Asia Minor peninsula, and the five divisions sent by the Kingdom of Italy will be crucial in the next phase of the operation." Roque did not expect much from the army of the Kingdom of Italy, as long as the army of the Kingdom of Italy under Roque's command could perform better than in Isonzo.

During the encirclement and annihilation of the Ottoman Second Army by the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, the First Battle of Isonzo between the Kingdom of Italy and Austria-Hungary had ended.

The Kingdom of Italy, which had vowed to send 1 million troops to the war, sent a total of 19 divisions of the 2nd and 3rd armies to launch a large-scale attack on the Isonzo River area.

It sounds like a lot of 19 divisions, but in fact each division is less than a full force, and the total strength is less than 200,000 people, or even 11 divisions according to the standards of the British army.

The main forces of Austria-Hungary were on the Eastern Front, working hand in hand with Germany against the huge army of the Russian Empire, and the Italian direction was in a defensive position. B. B's troops numbered only 100,000 men, and the Kingdom of Italy had air force and artillery to assist in the battle.

On paper, in the First Battle of Isonzo, there was a huge difference in strength between the two sides involved in the war, and the Kingdom of Italy had an absolute advantage.

The result was a big surprise, the Kingdom of Italy lost 60,000 men, captured only part of the Austro-Hungarian positions on the east bank of the Isonzo River, and failed to break through the Isonzo River.

The First Battle of the Isonzo River, which ended with the defeat of the Kingdom of Italy.

However, this was certainly not the worst defeat of the Kingdom of Italy, at least the Kingdom of Italy captured some Austrian positions, and it was not for nothing.

"You can't hope too much for the troops of the Kingdom of Italy, they are not qualified enough as garrisons." Ian Hamilton was dismissive of the Kingdom of Italy, the Kingdom of Italy was like a nuclear weapon, when it did not participate in the war, it was a huge threat to both warring parties, and after participating in the war, the original form was revealed, it is estimated that Edward Gray regretted it, in order to tempt the Kingdom of Italy to participate in the war, he gave the Kingdom of Italy a lot of promises, and now most of the land in the Ottoman Empire in the promise has been under the control of the Entente, but it was laid down by the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and the Kingdom of Italy has nothing to do with it.

What Roque didn't even expect was that the Italians didn't think so, and as soon as the remnants of the Ottoman Second Army withdrew to Constantinople, the Italians rushed to ask the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force to hand over control of some areas, citing Edward Gray's promise to the Italians.

"I want to be a garrison soldier - how can there be such a good thing." Roque will not let the Italians get their wish, the land captured by the Mediterranean expeditionary force in bloody battles, why should it be given to the Italians.

Since the outbreak of the Battle of the Dardanelles, the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force has suffered 150,000 casualties, of which 40,000 have died, and the Ottoman Empire has lost 400,000 of them, of which about 100,000 have been killed and 200,000 have surrendered.

(Nine thousand words a day is too little, brothers, you are floating, I miss the days of the four thousand party-)