After the formation of the new cabinet, Lloyd George served as the newly created Minister of Munitions.

Once in office, Lloyd George embarked on drastic reforms, first using his influence in Congress to push through the Munitions Act, then declaring that workers in arsenals would not be allowed to strike, drastically increasing the production of heavy artillery and artillery shells, and restricting the profiteering of arms suppliers.

Well, Lloyd George hasn't dealt with Roque yet, so he doesn't know what kind of person Roque is.

Soon Lloyd George knew.

After Lloyd George became Minister of Munitions, Lloyd George required all suppliers of the War Department to reduce the price of all military-related materials in accordance with the Munitions Act, and to produce in full accordance with the arrangements of the Ministry of Munitions, and at the same time required Favart Steel, the largest steel supplier in Britain, to reduce the price of special steel to the level before the outbreak of the World War in 1913.

Before the Nyasaland Military Industrial Group could speak, Favart Steel directly announced that because of the increase in costs, the price of all steel, including special steel, would increase by 50%.

Love to buy or not to buy.

Forty percent of the steel needed for production in British factories comes from Favart, and more than 70 percent of the special steel related to the military industry comes from Favart Steel.

Therefore, after Favart Steel announced the price increase, Lloyd George was immediately dumbfounded, and he realized that it seemed that it was not very useful to use political methods against the colonial industrial tycoons, and that colonial officials such as Roque and Henry were not as obedient as local officials such as Winston and Kitchener.

After the formation of the new cabinet, Kitchener's rights were also greatly restricted, Asquith asked the Ministry of War to regularly submit reports on the work that had been completed, and work plans for the next period of time, which actually greatly restricted Kitchener's freedom, and the power to choose the battlefield was also transferred to the Chief of the General Staff of the Royal Army, Kitchener lost most of his rights and lost control of the war.

Like Favart Steel, the Nyasaland Military-Industrial Group announced later in the day that the price of all military-related products would rise due to rising costs.

South African companies were a little slower to react, only to announce the next day that the prices of agricultural products exported by South African companies to Europe had risen by 50 per cent because of the huge reduction in production caused by the lack of rainfall in the rainy season this year.

Compared with Henry and Xiao Si, Roque was quite restrained, and the price only increased by 30 percent.

Lloyd George refused to admit defeat, and he also had a plan to deal with the price increase of Favart Steel and Nyasaland Military Complex, and Lloyd George claimed in Congress that he would look for new suppliers of products around the world.

The only country in the world that can replace southern Africa in industry, or have a stronger industrial capacity than southern Africa, is the United States, which has not yet entered the war.

It was certainly a wrong move, and the Americans, who had been trying to get more orders, were certainly ecstatic at Lloyd George's decision, which almost all the Britons except Lloyd George opposed.

Even if the price of Favart Steel and the Nyasaland Military Industrial Group rises again, these two companies are also British companies.

The British media, mainly the Times, attacked Lloyd George one after another, and Lloyd George was described as a traitor and a spy for the Americans, not only the newspapers and magazines were full of fire on Lloyd George, but the British local enterprises were also scolding Lloyd George, and the American products poured into Britain, and it was not only Favart Steel Company and the Nyasaland Military-Industrial Group that suffered from the loss of interests.

Compared with the surging public opinion, the voices of opposition to Lloyd George in the Liberal Party are also increasing, and the Liberal Party, represented by the interests of the emerging bourgeoisie, also opposes Lloyd George's decision, and the financial industry, represented by the RAND Bank and the Imperial Bank, stabbed Lloyd George with the final blow, and the banking industry jointly announced that it would raise the base interest rate on loans by 5 percent.

Five percent may not seem like much, but when a world war is going on and interest rates are already overwhelming companies, it is the straw that breaks the camel's back.

Most of the shareholders of the Imperial Bank were traditional British aristocrats, who did not like Lloyd George, and politicians of aristocratic origin such as Winston were the natural spokesmen of their interests.

Although Winston has always been very rebellious, his position can be changed, but his background cannot be changed.

At the same time as the undercurrent in London was raging, the Battle of the Dardanelles was underway, and the 402nd Division that sniped the Ottoman Second Army was disabled, and Roque continued to recruit the 403rd Division, but the 403rd Division was crippled in less than three days.

Roque had to send the 13th Division, which barely withstood the frantic attack of the Ottoman Second Army.

The 13th Division was formed mainly by Transvaal officers and soldiers, more than 70% of the officers and soldiers were Chinese, and its equipment was second to none in the entire Mediterranean Expeditionary Force.

The terrain of the Garibaldi Peninsula is rugged, and it is difficult for heavy artillery to move in the mountains, so it is not useful at all, the mortars and grenade launchers equipped with the 13th Division are powerful, compared with heavy artillery, mortars and grenade launchers are more convenient to move, and after dismantling, three people will carry them and leave, and the requirements for the environment are not high when they are used, but the power is not small at all, especially the grenade launcher, which is a big killer against the poorly equipped Ottoman troops, More than sixty percent of the casualties of the Second Ottoman Army were caused by grenade launchers.

At the same time as the sniper battle began, the 501st and 502nd, together with the 29th Division of the British Army and the Anzac Corps, which had landed on the island earlier, launched an attack on the Ottoman Fifth Army in the southern part of the Garibaldi Peninsula.

The British 29th Division and the Anzac Corps made little progress, facing the heavily defended positions of the Fifth Army, with every step difficult between the steep cliffs and rugged hills.

The support of the Fifth Army had been cut off, the batteries on the north side of the Dardanelles were useless due to the lack of shells, Roque sent troops to land on the shores of the Dardanelles under the cover of the Mediterranean Fleet, blowing up all the batteries on both sides, and all the Ottoman ships in the Sea of Marmara were sunk, and the attack of the Mediterranean Fleet was methodical, while conducting a dragnet search of the Sea of Marmara, and shelling the ports and batteries along the coast one by one.

Compared with the struggling British 29th Division and the Anzac Corps, which were still trapped on the beachhead, the 501st and 502nd Divisions advanced rapidly.

These two units were composed of East Indians accustomed to mountain warfare, and the officers were basically Chinese, and the complex terrain of the Garibaldi Peninsula was an insurmountable barrier for the British 29th Division and the Anzac Corps, and it was common for the officers and men of the 501st and 502nd Divisions.

Compared with the Ottoman troops, who were in an increasingly difficult situation and could not even guarantee bullets, the 501st and 502nd Divisions were well-equipped, had perfect logistics, and with the cooperation of close support aircraft and the Mediterranean Fleet, the attack went smoothly.

On May 3, the 23rd day of the landing in Bolayel, the last unit of the Fifth Army surrendered at Yalova, and there may still be scattered remnants of the Fifth Army in the mountains, but they no longer pose a threat to the Dardanelles, and the Battle of the Dardanelles was a phased victory.

On 2 May, just before the annihilation of the Fifth Army, the German-Austrian forces launched an attack on the Third Army of the Russian Empire in Gertseli, and the German-Austrian forces mobilized 1,500 artillery pieces and fired 700,000 shells at the positions of the Third Army of the Russian Empire in four hours.

After the shelling, the German-Austrian army threw 18 divisions into an attack on the Russian Imperial Third Army, which had only five and a half divisions left, and the Third Army collapsed on all fronts, and within a week, 140,000 Russian troops were captured, and the German-Austrian army captured 200 artillery pieces.

The captain of the transport brigade really lived up to his name.

On May 9, the Second Battle of Artois broke out, after the resignation of Smith Dolein, Haig became the commander-in-chief of the First Army of the British Expeditionary Force, Haig mobilized six divisions to attack the German positions defended by only two regiments, it seems that the difference in strength between the offensive and defensive sides is huge, in fact, the performance of the two sides on the battlefield is almost one-sided, the First Army because of the lack of shells, the artillery only shelled the German positions for 46 minutes before the attack, which is very important after a winter, The Germans, whose positions had been gradually perfected, were close to scratching their boots, and the First Army lost 11,600 officers and men, including 450 officers, on the first day of the offensive.

Haig launched two more attacks in succession on May 16 and May 18, and the British Expeditionary Force suffered 17,000 more casualties, but the German positions remained impregnable.

The First Army's offensive was part of the Second Battle of Artois, and the British Expeditionary Force attacked at the same time as the French troops also launched an attack on the German positions.

Before the offensive was launched, Xiafei mobilized 1,200 artillery pieces and shelled the positions of the German Sixth Army led by Bavarian Crown Prince Ruprecht for six days, and 18 shells fell on each yard of German positions.

Rupprecht resisted stubbornly and withstood the attack of the French troops, and on May 7 heavy rain poured, the attacking French troops struggled in the mud and were unable to launch a larger offensive, and the occupation was deadlocked, and by the end of the battle on June 18, the French lost 120,000 men and the Germans lost less than 50,000.

Undeterred by the huge casualty figures, the Second Battle of Artois had just ended, and the Third Battle of Artois began, and the new plan would not be implemented until the fall, which he called the "Autumn Offensive".

When Roque saw the battle report, he could only sigh, it was really a group of butchers.