In another time and space, the Ottoman Empire did not enter the war until November, and from August to November, both the Entente and the Central Powers were trying to win the Ottoman Empire into their camp, and the Ottoman Empire was obviously not as shrewd as the Kingdom of Italy, which chose the Central Powers and the Kingdom of Italy chose the Entente Powers.

The Kingdom of Italy entered the war in May of the year after the outbreak of the World War.

Although the Ottoman Empire has not yet made a choice, it has already begun to mobilize for war, and from the perspective of the direction of troop mobilization, the Ottoman Empire has already made a decision.

"The Sultanate of Najd now has four divisions, Port Elizabeth has two divisions, Egypt is one of our divisions plus two regiments on the mainland, plus this time three divisions are still not enough, transfer the 17th Division of Basutolan and the 19th Division of Lorenzo Marques, and at the same time send a telegram to Mumu and Aldrich, and then transfer one division each from Fort Glory and the Kingdom of Mozambique, and two divisions from the East Indies are also transferred to Port Elizabeth, Egypt can not care, and there can be no accidents in the Elizabeth oil fields." Roque did not dare to be careless, although the Ottoman Empire performed poorly in the Italo-Turkish War and the two Balkan Wars, but this ancient empire that has existed for hundreds of years, no one dares to take it lightly.

Compared with the main British army, the Ottoman Empire had a relatively small army size, with less than 15,000 men in a division.

However, the army of the Sultanate of Najd was even smaller, with only about 10,000 men in a division, and all of them were cavalry, and these cavalry units could become a force to change the tide of the war if they were used well, and it would be a disaster if they were not used well.

Relatively speaking, the two divisions of Port Elizabeth are strong, these two divisions are composed of professional mercenaries of the umbrella company, and the combat effectiveness is not far behind the Northern Rhodesia Division and the First Cavalry Division.

Roque's purpose is not only Port Elizabeth, the world war is the last swan song of the Ottoman Empire, after the end of the war, the Ottoman Empire was dismembered, and the huge empire that once spanned the three continents of Asia, Africa and Europe was dismembered into more than 40 countries, Roque hopes to get the outlet to the Mediterranean, hopes to get the fertile valley of the two rivers, hopes to limit British power to the south of the Suez Canal, if he can, Roque even hopes to get the outlet to the Black Sea, to achieve so many strategic goals, only rely on the two divisions of Port Elizabeth.

"The Sinai Peninsula cannot afford so many troops, and London has always hoped that we could transfer more troops to France, and now we have only nine divisions of troops sent to France, and if we all of these troops are transferred to the Sinai Peninsula, then we will have 15 divisions in the Sinai Peninsula, what does this make London think?" Dodd is of English descent, and he still has a more or less affection for his native country, which is unavoidable.

"Seventeen—" Roque calculated, apparently more than fifteen: "No, sixteen—"

A bunch of scumbags!

If you look at it this way, the outlook for southern Africa is also worrying.

"Sixteen, each division is almost 17,000 men, with a total strength of more than 270,000, and if each person consumes 2.5 liters of water per day, then water alone will require nearly 700 tons per day-" Dodd complained, mobilizing so many troops requires a huge amount of logistics materials, and there is an extreme shortage of water in that part of the Sinai Peninsula, and the supply of various logistics materials will crush the logistics department.

"Transform two oil tankers specifically to deliver water to the troops, how long have you not been in the army, and the troops can also get their own water in the Sinai Peninsula." Roque is not worried about this problem, saying that the problems that can be solved with money are not a problem.

Roque no longer needs to specifically plan the direction of military development in southern Africa, but there are still many articles that can be done, such as the drinking water of soldiers in the field, the British and French armies have not paid enough attention to drinking water, and it is normal for soldiers to drink raw water when fighting, which leads to many unnecessary diseases, such as cholera.

Roque was born at a time when cholera was still rampant around the world, with millions of infections and 100,000 deaths every year.

In fact, to prevent cholera is very simple, the cleanliness of the water source is very important, boiling the clean water and then drinking it can prevent cholera to the greatest extent, in the 21st century almost everyone knows the common sense of life, scientists did not isolate Vibrio cholerae for the first time until 1883.

The isolation of Vibrio cholerae does not mean that cholera has been eradicated, and cholera continues to threaten people's safety into the 21st century.

Thanks to Roque's strict requirements for water sources and drinking water, cholera in southern Africa is not severe, and soldiers can easily get water in the field, even if it is seawater, with a simple plastic bag and a clean container.

"Lord, I know what you mean, but if we want to achieve our goal, we must let the Ottomans see the dawn of victory, and then the Ottomans will enter the war, if we deploy so many troops to Port Elizabeth, then what if the Ottomans do not go to war?" Dodd cut in from another angle, hoping that Roque would change his decision.

"Derek, to figure out a question, whether the Ottoman Empire will participate in the war or not is not up to them, even if we take the initiative to attack the Ottoman Empire, then it must be that we can't bear the provocation of the Ottoman Empire." Compared to Dodd, Roque is the true law of the jungle.

"Well-" Dodd had nothing to say, such a Roque was the Viscount of Nyasaland of the British Empire.

With Roque's order, war mobilization in southern Africa entered a new phase.

In the past, the war mobilization in southern Africa was not thorough, and Roque formed more than a dozen African divisions, all of which were ready to be sent to Europe to brush up the war record, and now Roque wants to plot against the Sinai Peninsula, and it is not appropriate to use African divisions, Roque wants to use all the conscripts composed of Chinese and whites to go to the Sinai Peninsula, so that the Chinese and whites can appear in the Sinai Peninsula as conquerors, so that the Sinai Peninsula can really be pocketed.

Looking back at Europe, although Roque did not send more ground troops to Europe to participate in the war, Roque spared no effort in other aspects, such as field doctors, such as air forces, and the Southern African Navy, which has joined the British Navy and assumed escort missions.

Although aircraft carriers can already be produced in southern Africa, aircraft carriers are to be sold to the British Admiralty, and the most powerful warships of the Southern African Navy are light cruisers, and there are only four of them so far.

Compared with the British home fleet with 22 dreadnoughts, super dreadnoughts, and 5 battle cruisers, more than 200 cruisers and destroyers, the naval power of southern Africa is not worth mentioning.

It's just an escort, and Winston expects so much from the navy of Southern Africa.

Before the outbreak of the World War, Britain had purchased more than 500 aircraft, including four-engine bombers, from southern Africa, but Britain did not have enough pilots and needed southern Africa to send pilots to the British mainland to participate in the war.

That's right, it's the British mainland, and Kitchener has promised that he will not send pilots from southern Africa to France, only to defend the British mainland.

After the outbreak of the world war, the airship units formed by Germany shone brightly.

As early as August 5th, the Zeppelin of the German airship force bombed the Belgian fortress of Liège, on August 26, the German airship bombed Antwerp for a week, and on August 30, the Zeppelin airship attacked Paris, and the French pilots drove the copycat "strong wind" Vazin plane to take off to fight, but there was no shooting coordinator installed on the Vazin, and there was no special aviation machine gun, and there was no armor-piercing bullet and incendiary bomb package specially prepared by the Nyasaland Military Industrial Group for the Zeppelin, so the effect was not good.

In order to solve these problems, the French are also racking their brains.

Without a firing coordinator, France designed the Vazan as a two-seater aircraft with a pilot and a shooter.

There is nothing wrong with such a design, but the French engine technology is not up to par, the thrust produced is not enough, and changing the single-seat aircraft to a two-seater aircraft will increase the weight of the aircraft, which will seriously affect the maneuverability of the aircraft, so whether such a design is good or bad still needs to be verified in the war.

The machine gun used by the shooter on the Vazan aircraft is not a high-powered aviation machine gun, but a 0.303-inch Lewis machine gun that has been eliminated by the United Kingdom, and Lewis does greatly reduce the weight after removing the base, which is very suitable for installation on the aircraft, but the 0.303 caliber Lewis is too small to be used in the aircraft, and the range is insufficient, and it is difficult to pose a sufficient threat to the large and well-defended Zeppelin.

As for armor-piercing and incendiary bombs, it depends on when the French realize this problem, and hopefully Paris will not fall by then.

The aircraft sold by Southern Africa to the War Department is an earlier version of the "Strong Wind", and the current "Strong Wind" engine is stronger, the fuel tank is larger, and the combat range is wider, even if it is the early version of the "Strong Wind", it is very easy to deal with the German Zeppelin, so Roque is very relieved to sell all the "Strong Wind" of the Southern African Army to Britain, and then Southern Africa will be equipped with a more advanced and improved "Strong Wind".

Although this behavior seems to be not loyal enough to the British Empire, Kitchener is obviously very satisfied, and George V is also very satisfied, so in the list of honours in May next year, Roque's name is prominently listed, and he will be crowned an earl.

By May next year, Roque will also be the third Earl of Southern Africa, the other two being Ade and Philip, who is also on the list for next year's honours.

After the outbreak of the World War, southern Africa had sent 750 pilots to the British mainland, and Roque left only the instructors of the flight academy and the pilots who were to stay in Tanganyika for reconnaissance missions.

(It's a bit of a pit, in order to read the brothers' chapter, I see that the book I wrote is bound to the helmsman-)

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