Russia is completely panicked, this is really panicked, before, when the German army took Warsaw and Kiev, Russia was already panicked, but then, Germany stopped, now, even if it is October, even if it is almost winter, but they are now training less than 800,000 troops, these troops, is unable to stop the wolf-like German army, in case the German army really comes to attack, then what to do.

Although the Russians also know that this is just a threat, to prevent the Russian army from completely putting its forces in the Transcaucasia, even if it is a conspiracy, in order to ensure the security of the homeland, Russia has to swallow, in this way, the Russian army in the high-acceleration area is finished, because of the large number of transfers, the Russian army itself is not much, that is, about 180,000 people, and it is distributed in hundreds of cities, and it is simply impossible to resist the possibility of 200,000 to 300,000 German troops.

The headquarters of the Russian army, there are still capable people, they immediately found that the biggest weakness of the German army is the navy, although the telegram sent by Sochi said that the guns of suspected battleships have at least 13 inches in caliber, but such battleships, almost every one of them is a capital ship, the friction between the Entente and the Central Powers in the North Sea is increasing day by day, both sides are staring at each other's capital ships, Russia has verified with the Entente side, no German capital ship has entered the Mediterranean, let alone the Black Sea, In this case, the other side may have somehow used a method of loading cannons on small boats, and Sochi is just a small city and there are not enough military ports to load all the ships.

If the Black Sea Fleet were to attack with all its forces, it would be best to solve the crisis in Baku after inflicting great damage on the Germans in Sochi and cutting off their rear routes.

The Black Sea Fleet was quickly mobilized, although there were only a dozen or so heavy cruisers. It is still a model more than 10 years ago, but the total tonnage of the Black Sea Fleet is also as high as 270,000 tons, so I think it will be able to take down the German fleet in the Black Sea.

Unfortunately, they arrived too late, and it took a total of 7 days from the time they got the news to the time they left. In the past 7 days, not only the Turkish fleet has entered the surroundings of Sochi, but the most important shallow water heavy gunboat in the German fleet has also gone south and entered the range of Turkey. Under the premise that the Russian army may come out at any time, it is better to enter the safe range, once the Russian Black Sea Fleet is killed, it is when they come in handy, and then the entire Black Sea coast needs them to attack.

The Russian army was hit by the first wave in the Kerch Strait, and it was not at all expected that Germany would place a large number of submarines in the Black Sea. Although, the sea wolf has been successful in the North Atlantic. But it is rarely in the Mediterranean, because the Mediterranean is too difficult to enter, and the British control the Strait of Gibraltar and the Suez Canal, while holding both sides of the Mediterranean, it is easy to get in and get out. But it's not easy.

After the outbreak of World War I, Russia did not do much in the army on the Eastern Front, let alone the navy, although I heard that the German submarines were powerful. But I didn't feel it personally, and this time, I swaggered out and was immediately attacked by the submarine force.

More than a dozen ocean-going submarines boldly dived into the Kerch Strait, and fired more than 40 torpedoes at the warship at the first time, all of which were 533 mm torpedoes with a large charge, not to mention heavy cruisers, even for well-protected capital ships, they also had great lethality, such a sudden attack, the heavily guarded fleet would inevitably be damaged, not to mention the Black Sea Fleet in Sochi in a hurry.

Of the more than 40 torpedoes, 17 were hit, 11 battleships were killed, 7 were heavily damaged, and 4 were sunk, including two heavy cruisers.

Before the division was killed, the Black Sea Fleet had not yet left the Kerch Strait, it was hit head-on, the losses were huge, extremely amazing, what is even funnier is that the Russian army seems to have such a tradition, after being hit hard, the Black Sea Fleet did not break through the thorns and thorns and forcibly attack Sochi, but retracted, so that the team composed of dozens of 200-ton ordinary submarines behind was wasted there, and even the main fleet of Turkey mobilized in order to defend the Black Sea Fleet was also wasted.

This is the best, to be able to solve Russia at the minimum cost, as long as the Black Sea Fleet does not come out, then the shallow water heavy gunboats can also continue to attack, this time, the direction of the attack fell to Batumi, the closest seaport city to Turkey, was besieged by 8 shallow water heavy gunboats, and after 2 hours of shelling, the Turkish army accepted Batumi almost idly.

This is tantamount to a big step forward, the occupation of the two port cities, so that the supply line is reduced to a bearable level, and the next step is to open up the communication line.

300,000 German troops, after three or four days of rest and recuperation in Sochi, began to set off, the troops were divided into three routes, like the autumn wind sweeping the leaves, frantically attacking the Russian cities around Sochi, even if the Russian army has been notified and concentrated its troops, but this is not the focus of Russia, and most of the remaining troops are also old, weak, sick and disabled, in this case, how can it resist the wolf-like German army, The German troops that can be lined up here are all elite brave divisions, at least they have fought in Bordeaux, weapons and equipment, and they are all armed to the teeth, and they are all armed to the teeth with these to fight the Russian army, not to mention 10 of them, it is no problem to fight three or four of them.

Cities were captured, no city could withstand the German attack for more than 3 days, even if 20,000 or 30,000 troops were concentrated, watching the German army conquer one city after another, in the Entente, it was a little lost, and even more excited, after all, one city after another, the German army naturally had to divide its troops, but the appearance of Turkey made this wish completely come to naught.

Under the premise of not opening up the communication line, Turkey initially used troop carriers, transported to the vicinity of Sochi, and then followed the footsteps of the German army, when Germany occupied a city, cleaned up the more valuable things in the city, and then handed over the city to Turkey, the Turks took over the German-occupied cities, so that the main German army could attack forward more intensively, especially Turkey and the German army actually most of the supplies are similar, are provided by the Chinese, so that there is no need to risk transportation from the Black Sea, And in Turkey, the northern line was originally close to this side, plus the Chinese knew the ultimate goal of Germany, almost followed the back of the army to start building roads, not like the Far East, almost step by step, but similar, at most a winter, a branch line emerging from the 3B railway, will run through Baku, so that Baku's oil, no longer around Russia and Europe, but can directly reach Baghdad and Basra through the 3B railway.

Turkey's actions increased Germany's ability to continue fighting, and the Germans, who were overwhelmed, continued to conquer the city and unswervingly rushed towards Baku. At this moment, not only Russia was shaken, but even the entire Entente was shaken, and it was estimated that Germany's ultimate goal was Baku, but no one could be sure until the dust settled, but now, with the direction of the German army, it is almost certain that the target is definitely Baku, and even the farthest point of the German army's front, which is less than 180 kilometers away from Baku.

180 kilometers, converted into nautical miles, is only more than 100 nautical miles, maybe the battleship can run in a few hours, even for the army, in the absence of railways and highways at all, pure walking, it is only about a week, at this time it is only the beginning of November, Georgia, the climate is more warm than northern Russia, maybe it will not be cold until December, but this cold is not completely cold that cannot be marched, in this sense, Germany has at least one month of attack time.

Not to mention a month, as long as 7 days, if Germany arrives in Baku, the next Baku can withstand 10 days is good, near Georgia and Baku, 180,000 troops, of which 150,000 are already in successive battles, almost killed by the German army, although Baku has 30,000 people, but when the two German armies are encircled, only the German regular army is as high as 350,000, not to mention that there are close to 500,000 Turkish troops, such troops, even if they are drowned, they will drown the Russian army.

The Russian base camp no longer has any luck for the battle of Baku, Baku will inevitably be captured, so what next? The importance of Baku to Russia, the entire Entente is clear, once Baku falls, not only Russia is in danger of collapse, but even the entire Entente has problems, because oil has become more and more an important resource, especially in the years when automobiles and warships use oil, if there is less Russian oil, the entire Entente will be more difficult, maybe the United States will have to reopen oil wells to produce oil, otherwise maybe the ships of the Entente will not be able to drive.

No one thought that what seemed ordinary, they saw it as Germany's move to pinch soft persimmons and expand its territory in the east would actually evolve to this point, and they were happy before that Germany finally made a move on the Eastern Front, not to mention repeating the mistakes of Napoleon, just saying that containing their army of one or two million was a huge good thing for the Entente, and they would be much easier on the Western Front, but now they have lifted a stone and smashed their own feet, Germany not only gained a large amount of territory, but also directly took the most important place, Baku, the most important oil city in Russia. (To be continued.) )