The Anglo-French offensive had nothing to do with Roque, nor did it have anything to do with the Southern African Expeditionary Force, which was in a state of recuperation.

Since September last year, the Southern African Expeditionary Force has been fighting in France for nine months, the soldiers have been exhausted to the extreme, in April there were larger Canadian reinforcements and Anzac Corps arrived in France, the British Expeditionary Force got fresh blood, Frenzi and Haig discussed, decided to let the Southern African Expeditionary Force temporarily withdraw to Dunkirk to recuperate, did not participate in the second Artois campaign.

Roque can understand why Frenzi and Haig did this, the British Expeditionary Force rarely won after entering the war, but the Southern African Expeditionary Force played a near-total victory like "Operation Victory Horn", it is impossible to say that Frenzi and Haig were not jealous, before the outbreak of the Second Battle of Artois, on the Western Front, the strength of the British and French forces had exceeded the German army by about 500,000 people, and they were in an absolutely dominant position in numbers, no matter how you look at it, the British and French forces had no reason to fail.

So when Xia Fei launched the Second Battle of Artois, he vowed that the war would be over in three months, exactly like Sackville Carden, the commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean Fleet before the Battle of the Dardanelles began.

The result was not much different, the Mediterranean Fleet lost four battleships in the first three days of the Battle of the Dardanelles, and Sackville Carden became ill, forcing the War Department to change generals.

The Anglo-French forces suffered the same heavy losses in the Second Battle of Artois as they did in previous battles, but Chauffy and Frenzi were not blamed.

After arriving in Cyprus, Winston began working as a resort.

In the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Winston's position was the major staff officer in charge of logistics, and his rank of major was very different from that of Roque and Marshal, so Winston never wore a military uniform, often wearing a traditional dark gray striped suit with three buttons, and rode around the headquarters on the Arabian horse named "King Charles" that Roque gave him.

Winston was really fond of horses, and he once told wealthy parents that they should buy their children a few horses if they could, rather than give them more money.

"King Charles" was a four-year-old Arabian stallion, a gift from Martin to Roque after the conquest of Damascus, a total of 12 Arab horses, each worth tens of thousands of pounds, which Roque used to build connections, one of which he gave to the commander of the Mediterranean Fleet, John Fisher, and then one to his chief of staff, Ian Hamilton.

Of course, Sidney Milner is the logistics chief of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force and Winston's immediate boss.

Every morning, Winston would ride "King Charles" around the unfinished city, going as far as ten kilometers to the port, taking a nap after lunch, and then starting his work in the afternoon, most of the time he would have dinner with Roque, after which Winston would talk about politics.

Roque is not as leisurely as Winston, annihilating the Fifth Army is only part of the Battle of the Dardanelles, and then the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force will attack the Bosball Strait, where Constantinople is located, this is also a tough battle, the Ottoman Second Army has a strong force, a full 220,000 troops, unlike the Fifth Army, which was hastily formed with only 87,000 troops, so Roque needs a longer preparation time.

and more adequate material reserves.

It was at this time that after the establishment of the British Quartermaster Department, logistical supply difficulties arose, and neither the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force nor the Mediterranean Fleet could receive enough shells, and the offensive came to a standstill.

"Aren't you also a supplier to the War Department? Why not go to London for a conference? Winston gloated, something that had never happened during his tenure.

"I'm afraid I'll be tempted to beat up some traitor." Roque laughed as Lloyd George was attacked in the London press and magazine, and the Times gave Lloyd George the nickname "The Traitor".

The nickname spread quickly and has now become synonymous with Lloyd George.

"I know there are some things I shouldn't say, but we can't let political differences affect the ongoing war." Winston really wanted to see Lloyd George unlucky, but he didn't want to affect the front-line troops.

"Winston, you know what's happened lately, our great quartermaster is going to hand over the order to the Americans to complete, I don't know how you understand it, in my opinion, this kind of behavior is also similar to the enemy." Roque was not welcome, and Winston's expression immediately became solemn.

"Not to this extent—" Winston didn't think it was that serious.

"Don't doubt it, the Americans are as hateful as the Germans, the Germans are using war to challenge the British Empire's hegemony in the world, and the United States is using a relatively peaceful way, the purpose is also to remove the king from the throne, we lose the war, we will lose everything, but if the order is given to the Americans, then it will stimulate the industrial production of the United States even more, which is also a disaster for us, you know that the industrial strength of the United States was already the first in the world before the outbreak of the world war, these two are for us, The difference is just a few years of early death, or a few years of late death. "Roque has a clear understanding of the United States, another time and space where the United States is the most successful speculator, and this time and space, so far, the United States has not found a way to become the world's boss.

Winston stopped talking, and looked at the "Times" in his hand with a solemn expression, Cyprus is far from London, and the "Times" published that day will not be delivered to Cyprus until a week later.

Some of Roque's words could not be published in newspapers, and the editors of the Times did not have the strategic vision of Roque, and after Lord Northern Rock returned to London, The Times was finally back on the right track.

Roque doesn't speak, although Roque doesn't like Britain, but Roque doesn't like the United States even more, Britain is like a traditional aristocrat, although arrogant in his bones, but he still has to nod face, he will not retreat when he encounters war, and he will not shirk his responsibilities, the United States is a poor nouveau riche, outright selfish, and his appearance is not too ugly, and his face is too ugly.

The U.S. government is considering joining the world war, and the U.S. is entering the war under the pretext of unrestricted submarine warfare in another time and space, and Germany has not yet started unrestricted submarine warfare.

The reason why the United States is so active is that it is afraid that it will not be qualified to participate in the post-war distribution of spoils.

At this time, Angel sent several telegrams from the Prime Minister's Office, the Ministry of War, and Southern Africa.

The telegram was all about the hope that Roque would immediately launch an attack on the Bosphorus.

Roque read it hastily, put the telegram on the coffee table at hand, and said nothing.

Winston flipped through it.

"Why don't you attack?" Winston came to Cyprus in part to hope for a return to British power through the Battle of the Dardanelles.

"I don't have shells now, I don't have reinforcements, the Mediterranean Fleet doesn't even have enough fuel, how can I attack?" Roque is not in a hurry, let's consume it slowly, and see who can consume whom.

The effects of the fall of the Cabinet were already beginning to be felt, and when the Second Battle of Artois broke out on May 9, the British Expeditionary Force had only enough shells to fight for 46 minutes, and when Winston was Lord of the Navy, the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force had what it wanted, and now the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force still has money, but it can no longer buy armaments and supplies, let alone get more reinforcements.

By 1914, Southern Africa had sent three additional reinforcements to Europe, the first two to France, and the third to Port Elizabeth.

Winston looked at Roque with a complicated gaze, more than helpless gratitude, Roque is showing with his actions that Winston as Lord of the Admiralty, the British Empire can have a powerful, potential, and wholehearted Southern Africa, and now the previous Southern Africa has ceased to exist with Winston's dismissal.

In this way, perhaps in the hearts of some people, the evaluation of Roque will be lowered.

However, a more obvious fact is that a Roque with obvious shortcomings is a Roque who is more in line with British interests, and if Roque can be reconciled with Lloyd George after Winston is dismissed, then there will be a rift in the friendship between Roque and Winston.

So don't say what's rational or irrational, Roque is also showing with his actions that no matter how politicians in London compete for power, but don't affect my interests.

As for reaping Winston's gratitude, it was a windfall.

"You've got to be careful of Locke—" Winston reminded Roque that doing so could have serious consequences.

"Be careful of what, dismissal? Whatever they want, if they feel that someone else can do a better job than me, or even if I go straight back to southern Africa, as long as the person making the suggestion can bear the consequences of doing so. "Roque didn't say it too clearly, it's still that sentence, not to mention that the Battle of the Dardanelles has successfully completed the first phase of the operational goal, completely annihilating the Ottoman Fifth Army and controlling the Dardanelles, even if the Battle of the Dardanelles is as completely defeated as another time and space, Roque will only lose the command of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at most, and there is still the command of the Southern African Expeditionary Force, and no one dares to touch this part of Roque's rights.

The generals of this era, as long as they don't die themselves, their status will not be affected, and the Anglo-French alliance fought so badly, and no one publicly blamed Xia Fei and Frenzi.

However, when Winston was dismissed, he hoped to take command of a brigade in France, but Frenzi refused.

So with Winston back in power, it wouldn't be surprising if Frenzi was dismissed.