Italy went to London to surrender, but Germany still didn't know, in terms of secrecy, Italy still did a good job, and the diplomats were also temporarily transferred, directly from the center to find the Allied coalition forces, and they took the Entente warships to England, sparing a large circle, but on the territory of Italy, it was relatively hidden, at least much safer than going directly to Britain.

The German Army Staff, because of the relationship between Italy, the entire German high-level, Wilhelm II, Moltke Jr. and others gathered together again, and they were about to start an attack on Russia, as long as the Russian army was mobilized to the Far East and officially started a war with China, the German army would immediately go east, enter the East Prussian region, pull a straight line from East Prussia to the vicinity of the Black Sea, and the ultimate goal was to cross the Black Sea and attack Transcaucasia, and occupy Kulen as a Russian minority, One of the valuable goals, Cullen must be taken, only by taking Baku, Germany will have enough heavy oil for the war in the future, and even the trade with China will be of great benefit, this is the established policy, it is impossible to change.

Since the outbreak of the European War, Germany has been relatively smooth, whether it is the operation of the European continent, or the navy, have occupied a considerable advantage, now the precarious is not the Allies, but the Entente, and even the Middle East war, there is Lan Fang in front, no use of Germany to horse, although the 3B railway is still cut off, but 500,000 Entente troops are trapped in the Middle East, at most 2 months, China's alternative measures will come, the impact will not be great.

But at this juncture, the High Seas Fleet was about to be able to break out of the Baltic Sea. Looking for the moment of the decisive battle of the Allied warships, the Entente landed in Italy. The Italian army, which had high hopes, was the same as pasta, a specialty of Italy. The face is deadly, 700,000 against 1.5 million, and it is Italy that fails.

At this juncture, the second battlefield on the southern front was opened, and the whole of Italy still had 1.2 million troops, but the whole morale had been lost, and there was no clear evidence that Italy would surrender, but as long as the Allies fought a few more battles. Surrender is almost a matter of time, although Germany and Britain and France are facing each other in Bordeaux, and there is no obvious dividing line in the whole French strategy, but without Italy, the whole Mediterranean, for the whole of southern Europe, there are questions to be asked.

Italy is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. If he had fallen, the Allied armies would have succeeded in occupying the entire peninsula, and then from the eastern part of France. Attacking Germany, or simply attacking Austria-Hungary or the Balkans, there was a lot of choice. After settling Sweden in Northern Europe, plus Italy. It can be said that from several aspects. The formation of an encirclement of Germany, even if it was a simple encirclement, is not a good trend.

If this Germany does not react, it is not very good for the whole of Germany, the Central Powers are hanging on Germany, but other countries are not necessarily unimportant, which must be said to be Austria-Hungary, as a close ally of Germany, Austria-Hungary has always been among the Central Powers, occupying an important role, after the outbreak of the European War, after several battles, the strength of the Austro-Hungarian army has been proven, Germany did not arrange Austria-Hungary when arranging tasks, let them mainly solve internal contradictions, incidentally, As an important complement to Germany's wartime economy.

Once Italy is captured, the Entente can attack Austria-Hungary through Italy, and even cut off the 3B railway, which is much more dangerous than the Middle East, Austria-Hungary occupies a huge part of the 3B railway, once it is cut off, the blow to Germany can be fatal.

What to do, although it is said that as long as Germany stabilizes itself, there should be no problem at all, even if it is attacked by the Entente from several sides, it is not afraid, at most it is a little troublesome, but the loss of the 3B railway will almost shake the foundation of Germany.

Some generals proposed to support Italy, according to the Entente's troops ashore at a maximum of 800,000 people, can stabilize Italy, at least hold the Albis Mountains and northern Italy, to ensure that he does not lead to the Entente, but Germany is only a country, even if it is strong now, it can press the entire Entente to fight, it has a huge advantage in all aspects, but the number of troops that can be used is limited, and when the war just started, I am afraid that the General Staff will not hesitate to give orders, but now, The plan to attack Russia has been made, the preliminary preparations and the transfer of troops have been completed, and it will only be opened when the Russian army crosses eastward, and if Italy is reinforced, the Baku strategy will have no choice, and this plan must be abandoned.

Baku is an important strategic purpose, after taking Baku, on behalf of the German army really broke even, not only the high seas fleet, can be used on the cheaper oil, exports, can also be exchanged for huge foreign exchange, the war has been going on for more than a year, less than two years, but any participating countries, have found problems, the scale of the war is getting bigger and bigger, the next stage, the need for money and materials is astronomical, although all kinds of methods are used to generate income, even with the help of China, The German economy did not decline considerably by replacing most of the German workers and peasants with Chinese workers, but the effects of the war were still imperceptible.

It is not the same once Baku is taken, Georgia and Transcaucasia, with a population of more than 10 million, Baku's rich oil will once again give a boost to the German economy, 10 million people per year, 500 million per year for 10 million people, plus oil may generate $2 billion in income, enough for Germany to survive the most difficult time, in 1915, In 1916 it expanded further and won the war.

Both sides have a point, no one can convince anyone, both are important, one is about the overall strategy for the next 2 years, or even 3 years, and the other is about local security and the 3B railway, once there is a problem in Austria-Hungary, Germany's access to resources from the outside world is completely cut off, and no matter how much money you have, you can't buy back the supplies.

When Moltke was arguing, he didn't speak all the time, he didn't know what he was thinking, Wilhelm II was very strange and asked him directly, but he didn't expect Little Moltke to take out a report.

"This is a report I have at hand, detailing the current situation in the Middle East!"

The Middle East, a very distant place, although the Entente sent 500,000 troops in the Middle East, intending to cut off the 3B railway, after some weighing, agreed to Lan Fang's conditions, let Lan Fang send troops, I heard that the fight is good, but how it is good, I don't know very clearly.

The railway in Baghdad, the previous storage, plus those for emergency transfer, is enough to support more than one and a half months, and even in the north, a railway bypassing Baghdad is also under intense construction.

Moltke handed over the battle report to everyone to circulate, and after a brief reading of Wilhelm II, he knew that the current war situation in the Middle East, Lan Fang had already occupied an absolute advantage, and now the Entente forces except Baghdad were all removed, and the remaining less than 200,000 Allied troops were surrounded in Baghdad and began an adaptive attack.

However, the relationship between the allies of the two sides, coupled with Germany's background in the Middle East, still let Germany know something, about the combat effectiveness of the Lan army, although the Allied troops going to the Middle East cannot be regarded as the most elite main force, but it can also be regarded as unsatisfactory, at least those American troops have undergone special training and strengthening, compared with before, not bad, sent to Bordeaux, will not be completely wiped out as at the beginning.

But such a force, facing the Lan Fang army, is not an opponent at all, before they were worried that most of the Lan Fang army are natives, and the combat effectiveness cannot be guaranteed, now it seems that even if it is not as strong as the powerful Northwest Army, but in terms of combat effectiveness, it is really good, at least much stronger than Italy.

Wilhelm II felt that Lan Fang was playing well, so he had no other ideas, the report was passed around everyone, some understood it, but more were still at a loss, and finally, a general said tentatively: "Your Excellency Chief of Staff, are you going to lure Lan Fang over!" ”

This is a very new proposal, no one has ever thought about it before, although it has formed an alliance with China, and even mobilized a lot of Chinese workers and peasants, but no one has considered the issue of participating in the war, after all, Europe is a Caucasian Europe, and in terms of warfare, it is naturally on its own.

But now, in Germany's lack of troops, Italy is facing the worst, in this case, the introduction of Lan Fang's forces, is still a feasible plan, and even everyone diverges their thinking, China has a population advantage that no country in the world has, more than 500 million people, is a behemoth, it may not be anything before, when the whole of China goes to industrialization, there is no longer the question of whether there is money to arm, as long as China wants, according to the general mobilization ratio of 10:1, The 50 million soldiers that China can mobilize to the limit, 50 million, even if the Entente and the Central Powers combined, the mobilization capacity will not be so large, if such a force directly enters Europe to fight, then the problem of military strength is no longer a problem.

In the whole conference room, everyone was stunned, Moltke Jr. had a very surprising idea at this time, but it was reasonable, China had not yet joined the Allies, and there was no way to attract Chinese troops for the time being, but Lan Fang could, just dispatched 1 million in the Middle East, and Italy did not need more, as long as there were 500,000, with the help of some German and Austro-Hungarian troops, they could completely hold the Elbis Pass and completely block the southern front of the Entente on the Apennine Peninsula. (To be continued.) )