Later in November, Phyllis led her children to Cyprus.

In a blink of an eye, it has been more than a year since Roque left home, 9-year-old Gavin is in the fourth grade of elementary school, 7-year-old Alvin is in the second grade, and Judy, who is less than 3 years old, is very quiet, she has not been in good health since she was a child, and she is the most favored among the three children.

If he could, Roque would love to be with the children all the time and grow with them.

It's a pity that Roque can't do it, Roque's time is always precious, and the children's education can't be affected, Phyllis is very strict with the children, Gavin and Alvin have tutors after school, these two children are now fluent in Chinese, English and French, Gavin has even begun to learn Afrikan and Boolean, depending on what Phyllis means, is to train Gavin and Alvin to be language geniuses like Franz Joseph I.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire was a two-tiered, multi-ethnic state with more than a dozen languages, and the old Emperor Franz Joseph I is said to be the only person in the Austro-Hungarian Empire who could speak all languages.

Language can be regarded as a basic quality for the aristocracy, and Phyllis is proficient in English, French, German, Italian and other languages.

Now, of course, Chinese has been added, and Phyllis has fallen in love with Chinese calligraphy.

The square word does have a unique charm compared to the Latin alphabet.

Phyllis is bringing the children to spend Christmas with Roque.

Although it was said that Christmas was a little early in November, I hadn't seen him for more than a year, and I didn't care that Gavin and Alvin had an early holiday, and the governess came to Cyprus anyway.

"The war will certainly not end in a short period of time, maybe it will be fought for another year or two, and the war will not end until the blood of either side is not drained." Roque also told Phyllis that in the face of others, Roque is now very confident that the war will end in a few months.

Politically correct.

"Yes, the greater the price we pay, the higher the expectation of the harvest, and if the war ends now, I am afraid that domestic companies will not agree." Phyllis didn't know how far the front line had been, and southern Africa was thriving anyway.

Since the outbreak of the World War, the economy of southern Africa has been unprecedentedly prosperous, and the fruits that have rotted on the trees and no one has harvested them have become the best-selling exports.

Almost all commodities in southern Africa, including fruits, were sought after, and the Anglo-French forces sent military representatives directly to the factories, this time not to receive the factories, but to ensure that the products were loaded directly into the trucks and sent to Europe as soon as they came off the production line.

Agricultural associations shine under the leadership of the Ministry of Agriculture, the farmers' enthusiasm for production is unprecedentedly high, the same is the case of eggs, the price has risen rapidly after a short decline, some time ago the cheapest time to buy 3,500 eggs for a pound, now a pound can only buy less than 1,000 eggs, the price has tripled directly compared with some time ago.

Of course, there is a relationship between supply and demand at play, and the depreciation of the pound is also an important reason.

After the outbreak of the world war, the British pound was de-pegged from gold, and the British Treasury frantically increased the issuance of paper money, and the printing press worked around the clock to depreciate its value.

However, the pound is still the strongest currency in the world, and the franc and the mark have depreciated more than the pound sterling, and only the dollar and the rand are still pegged to gold in the world, which can be exchanged for gold directly from banks, but the value is also much lower than before the outbreak of the world war.

At the same time as the currency depreciated, the revenue of the federal government of southern Africa also doubled, and before the outbreak of the world war, the federal government of southern Africa owed nearly 140 million to the RAND Bank, and now it has basically broken even, in Phyllis's words, the arrogance of a certain finance minister in Pretoria can be felt in Port Edward.

If the world war ends now, then the enterprises of southern Africa will suffer heavy losses, stimulated by the demand in Europe, the production capacity of almost all enterprises in southern Africa has increased significantly compared to before the outbreak of the world war, and the Nyasaland military-industrial complex is also constantly expanding its factories, and if the machines stop, the whole country will be affected.

"Even if Germany were to be carved up after the world war, it would not be able to compensate for the losses we had suffered." Roque is duplicitous, of course, the world war must be fought forever, and it is better to exhaust all the wealth accumulated by the old empire for hundreds of years, so that southern Africa can have a chance to emerge.

Just last month, the British House of Commons forced the Military Service Act, the result of a joint effort between Winston and Kitchener, although the Military Service Act has caused a lot of controversy, and Prime Minister Asquith has refused to comment on the Military Service Act.

The new "Military Service Act" stipulates that the government has the power to forcibly conscript nationals into the army, which is the first time in British history, in order to win the war, Winston and Kitchener are out of the way, the British Expeditionary Force has 1 million troops on the Western Front, although it seems to be a lot, but it is not enough to defeat Germany, after the implementation of the new "Military Service Act", it can guarantee that 100,000 new soldiers will be added to the army every month, which is good news for the Entente, but it is bad for Britain.

Like the British, France is also trying to recruit more soldiers, and in several battles this year, 400,000 people have been killed in battle, and countless are missing.

These missing officers and soldiers are the worst, their sacrifices are meaningless, and their families do not even receive pensions.

As the world war progressed to the present day, the total number of casualties of the French army exceeded 2 million.

Compared with Britain and France, the Russian Empire was even more miserable, in 1914 only in Gertseli and Tarnov, the Russian Empire had 150,000 officers and soldiers killed, 680,000 officers and soldiers were wounded, 900,000 soldiers were captured, the Russian Empire lost Poland and Galicia in 1914, even if the Russian Empire was large and the population was large, it could not withstand such consumption.

Unlike the heavy casualties of the front-line troops, Tsar Nicholas II expressed optimism about the prospects of the war, he did not know how much the officers and soldiers at the front hated the war, how much they hated the corrupt and inefficient bureaucracy, how much they hated him, and thought that the front-line officers and soldiers loved him as much as they did before the outbreak of the world war, and respectfully called him "Tsar's father".

The biggest Allied highlight in 1914 was the Eighth Army under Hindenburg and Ludendorff, which drove the Russian Imperial forces out of East Prussia in 1914 and occupied Poland and Galicia.

On the side of the Entente, the biggest highlight is undoubtedly the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, which should be noted here that in the propaganda of the Entente, all parties have deliberately downplayed the role of the Southern African Expeditionary Force, otherwise, the Southern African Expeditionary Force has contracted almost all the major victories this year, from the "Operation Victory Horn" at the beginning of the year to the just-concluded Battle of the Dardanelles, the Southern African Expeditionary Force is invincible, and the Ottoman Empire, which has existed for hundreds of years, is dying, eight months ago, No one expected the Ottoman Empire to lose so quickly and so badly.

In addition to Roque's wife, Phyllis also has an identity as the representative of the Southern African Business Federation, and she wants to represent the large business in Southern Africa to express her condolences to the Southern African Expeditionary Force, especially the women in the Southern African Expeditionary Force.

Roque also had a job, and Kitchener went to France in November for a meeting with the new French Minister of War, Joseph Gallieni, and instead of returning to London immediately after his work, he came to Cyprus to find Roque.

Faced with strong pressure from the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, the Ottoman Empire finally admitted defeat, and as early as after the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force captured Constantinople, the Ottoman Empire was secretly in contact with London, hoping to exit the war in a dignified way.

Kitchener hoped that the Mediterranean expeditionary force would continue the offensive and put more pressure on the Ottomans to make concessions at the negotiating table.

"The Mediterranean Expeditionary Force has no ability to continue the offensive until there are more reinforcements, and our occupied area on the Asia Minor Peninsula is close to 240,000 square kilometers, which is about the size of the mainland territory, but the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force has less than 300,000 men, and it is very difficult to hold the current occupied area." Roque also wanted to attack, but objective reality did not allow it.

"Could Port Elizabeth draw more troops?" Kitchener helps Roque find a way, hoping that Roque can make a greater contribution.

"By transferring the troops of the Southern African Expeditionary Force in France, I am confident that the Ottomans will be completely defeated before the New Year." Roque knew the situation on Martin's side, after the capture of Damascus, the occupied area of the Southern Inner Coalition Army had exceeded 600,000 square kilometers, and the pressure was even greater.

Relatively speaking, the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front has exceeded 1 million people, and even if all the divisions in southern Africa are transferred, it will not have much impact on the British and French forces, and there will be no fighting on the Western Front before the New Year.

Kitchener didn't speak, Haig had just become commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force, and at this time he was transferring troops from the Western Front, so what did Haig think.

Roque is not in a hurry, and now Roque does not need to be in a hurry to perform, the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force has been out of the limelight during this time, and it is estimated that many people are looking forward to Roque's bad luck, since the capture of Constantinople, London's support for the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force is obviously declining, even if Winston is the Minister of Munitions, it is useless.

Many things are so helpless, when the Eastern Front and the Western Front are losing and retreating, everyone hopes to open up a second battlefield and relieve the pressure on the Eastern Front and the Western Front.

The problem now was that Roque and the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force were doing too well, to the point of excellence, which in turn caused some concerns, as did Ade and Philip in the telegram.