The desert of the Middle East, in the previous time the battle was fierce, but after the annihilation of 20,000 logistics troops, it slowly fell into calm, 300,000 reinforcements did not arrive, the Mark Department will be at an absolute disadvantage, and even after the 300,000 reinforcements arrived, it is difficult to move back, the vast Saudi desert is a natural battlefield for special forces, as long as the other side has no countermeasures, then it can only be filled with human lives.

Did the Entente armies have countermeasures? The answer is very simple, no, the appearance of special forces in the world, more than once, the previous Russia, because of its own vision, did not pay attention to the role of special forces, when Germany attacked the camp of the listeners, this was just a surprise operation, special forces showed the characteristics of infiltration and actions behind enemy lines, but in a large-scale campaign, there was no performance at all, and the troops that did not perform, and they were such a powerful force as special forces, it was really difficult to deal with.

Since the establishment of special forces in Germany, it has also considered the role of special forces in large-scale battles, but it has little effect, which may have something to do with Bordeaux, the front is too close, in the intensive trench warfare, almost compressed the area of special forces activities, but in the Middle East, the boundless desert and unique oasis, has become a paradise for special forces, before more than 1,000 special forces, according to the geographical advantage, to kill tens of thousands of Allied troops, and now, 300,000 troops have come up again, I'm afraid it's not easy either. At this time, the Allied troops, who had just reached the eastern side of the Mediterranean Sea and were about to enter the Suez Canal, did not know how many of them would successfully return from the hellish battle they would face. I really don't know.

At the end of February, 300,000 troops stayed in the Suez Canal. There was no choice to disembark in the middle of the canal, as Mark did. It was to land directly at the entrance of the canal, unlike the previous Mark's actions, they did not have to think about concealment, in the port, the landing was easier, but the road to Baghdad was tens or hundreds of kilometers more, for a distance of nearly a thousand kilometers. One or two hundred kilometers is not much, and there is no need to consider the relationship of secrecy, getting off the ship at the port and getting off the ship in the middle of the Suez Canal is not a grade of difficulty at all, if you can take it easy, you can take it easy.

The full-fledged port, that is, it took more than 1 day to complete the landing, this time with an increased number of troops. It was only when they arrived at the Suez Canal that they received some information that Mark had been attacked by unknown militants in the military camp in the Suez Canal and suffered heavy losses. The next road is not easy to walk, and even now, it has been more than one and a half months. There was no news coming, and they sent out a lot of forces. went to find out, but it was all lost. There was not even any news of the 20,000 concentrated troops, the transportation and supply of the past, and the British commander on the Suez Canal had a feeling of uncertainty in his heart, but he was anxious because he could not draw troops.

Fortunately, 300,000 reinforcements arrived, as if he saw a savior, he told the commander of the coalition forces, the American Marshall, this wave of reinforcements, the Americans accounted for the absolute majority, 300,000, almost 260,000 were Americans, 30,000 British troops, and only 10,000 French troops, which also showed the current situation of the Entente, under the premise of continuous bloodletting in Bordeaux, 1915 was another year of greater action, and all aspects of the army were overstretched.

The British commander's account, Marshall did not care, Mark was 500,000 troops, some of which were even withdrawn from the front line in Bordeaux, such a large number of troops, unless they encountered more than double the superior strength, and the commander also made a huge mistake, there may be problems, although Lan Fang mobilized two waves of troops in the past, but the total number is only 600,000, a little more than Mark's, according to the last news they got from the headquarters, the 3B railway has been cut off, The railway to Berlin from the Turkish side has been cut off for more than 20 days, that is to say, Mark has successfully cut off the 3B railway in 20 days, and it is now in a safe state, and this is enough, as long as their reinforcements arrive, it is safe.

Marshall ignored the Suez Canal commander's request to rescue Mark immediately, in his opinion, maybe it was just an accident, the desert, more than 2 million square kilometers of the Arabian desert, is full of death traps, maybe these sentinels got lost, or something happened, but it is unlikely that the army will have an accident.

Here in the Suez Canal, there is a fixed cable telegraph connection with the mainland, unless it is a sudden breakthrough of the 3B railway, otherwise, the mark should not be in danger.

The commander stationed in the Suez Canal is still a little worried, but what Marshall said is more reasonable, no matter what, Mark's strategic intention has been achieved, and there should be no danger in the future, right?

In this way, after Marshall's arrival, he stayed near the Suez Canal with peace of mind, and the so-called adaptive training was even longer than Mark's at that time, a full 20 days, and he didn't set off until mid-March, which made Mark begin to be tight, after all, even if the 500,000 army became 250,000, the inherent consumption was still there, plus the previous losses, his supplies would last until early April at most when he did not go through the war, not to mention, after March, after confirming that 300,000 reinforcements had no intention of leaving, More than 50,000 special forces and reconnaissance units were left behind to block the Allied reinforcements, and the remaining troops began to carry out an adaptive attack on Baghdad.

In March 1915, another fleet entered the Mediterranean from Gibraltar, this one on a larger scale, but not for the Middle East, but for Italy, an important country in the Mediterranean. In Europe in March, spring returned to the earth, on the blue Mediterranean, and the wind was blowing, and the early year of 1915 seemed to be particularly early, especially in the south, the temperature along the coast of Italy was a little higher than that of the Middle East, and there was no longer the cold of the north, but a little more warm.

With a large fleet and escort fleet, into the Mediterranean, in early March, the entire European war escalated again, more than 1.2 million troops, landed in Sicily, Italy, this is not a temporary patchwork force in the Middle East, it is carefully prepared, specially prepared to open up a second battlefield.

Italy, which had wavered in the early stages of the war, had decided to join the Central Powers under the premise that France had suffered a huge blow and Germany and the Central Powers had a huge advantage, and finally ushered in a real war.

In order to ensure safety, the entire Mediterranean fleet of the Entente countries, as well as the British and French ships of more than 10,000 tons except for the capital ships, were dispatched. The advantage of the Entente in battleships is undoubtedly displayed here, even if the capital ships are not used, just some ordinary warships, the powerful Italian army is suppressed. Italy's navy, in the whole world, is also considered to be the number one in the row, and it is also one of the few countries that can produce dreadnoughts.

Although the navy is relatively outstanding in terms of design and technology, Italy is also famous for its looseness, and compared with Britain and Germany, which completed the production on the slipway in about a year, or a little more, the production of a capital ship in Italy can be delayed for more than five years, or even longer. In today's rapid development of warship technology, even if there are unique features in the design, and even advantages, in the long production, it has been outdated, the dreadnought in 1906, really dragged on to 6 years later, the design and construction of the super dreadnought has begun, even if you are a little stronger than others, how much stronger, can not cross the times.

Because of this, in the Mediterranean, Italy and Turkey united, plus Austria-Hungary, suppressed and suppressed France can still be done, but when Britain, France and the United States are so concentrated on the premise of such a concentrated force, the entire fleet concentrates most of the warships except the capital ships, among which there are a few dreadnoughts belonging to France, they are not opponents at all, knowing that they are invincible, they have to go forward to die, it is not the tradition of the Italians, so when they found that they were invincible, they all hid in the port to avoid the war.

This is probably the most hope of the Entente, you know, although there is a concentration of British, French and American fleets, but the lack of capital ships, the Allied fleets must be placed in the North Sea, blocking the possible German high seas fleet, if Italy can rise up a little, and the Entente Mediterranean Fleet head-on, and then assist Austria-Hungary, Turkey's capital ships may be able to fight a big battle, although it can not completely kill the Mediterranean Fleet, but as long as it can be hit hard, it has already achieved Germany's goal, as much as possible to weaken the Entente fleet, And let the two sides stand on the same starting line, to a greater extent, to give full play to the strength of the Scheer fleet.

It's a pity that the timid Italy shrank, and they kept their fleet in such a shrinkage, but allowed the Allied troops to drive straight in, almost like entering a no-man's land, without the resistance of the fleet, the Entente landing operations became extremely easy.

Responsible for commanding the fleet, is the British Mediterranean Fleet Commander Beta, he led the fastest group of warships, maneuvering in front of the troop carriers, has been waiting for the war to begin, the British army's aggressiveness, here is undoubtedly on display, but unfortunately the Italians did not dare to come to the war at all, although this is the most in line with their battle plan, but for Beta, slightly lost, the navy is an attacking branch, not a defensive service, they left a few destroyers, monitoring the Italian military port, to prevent their warships from leaving the port, The rest are concentrated near Sicily, and the target of this landing is placed on Sicily, which has already crossed the threshold of the Italian fleet, and the next thing is the landing, at any time, the landing operation is relatively dangerous, there are many uncertainties, one is not good, it is easy to cause large-scale damage, and we must be careful. (To be continued.) )