On the North Sea, a fleet is in action, this is a huge troop carrier, but unlike the last time, there is no Betty's fleet to escort it, the reason is very simple, although the Scheer fleet did not come out, the war between the two sides in the Baltic Sea estuary minesweeping and anti-minesweeping, has tended to end, although it is certain that Scheer's fleet will not come out, because there are still about one thousandth of the remaining mines that have not been swept away, but time is running out, in case Betty's fleet is in the Mediterranean, the German High Seas Fleet will go out with all the troops, If you force the British Navy to fight a decisive battle, what should you do, this is a big loss.

However, the army of 300,000 people, the Entente was not careless, under the escort of a large number of destroyers, 27 light cruisers and 9 heavy cruisers, this is the largest force that Britain can temporarily draw, although they have no way to participate in the decisive battle of the capital ships, but whether it is to attack the supply line, or to escort merchant ships are necessary, the transfer of these ships may make the next month, the silence rate of British and American merchant ships decrease.

However, on the American side, there is a research result, which has recently informed Britain that a batch of equipment for detecting submarines will be sent to Britain for field testing, and according to the test results of the American laboratory, it is more than twice as powerful as the best listeners, which makes the British very interested.

You must know that even the best listeners, their work is very unstable, the error rate is high, if you can use the machine to find the problem, even if it is similar to the listener, as long as it is maintained in a stable state, it is enough to raise the current anti-submarine to a higher level, let alone double.

In principle, doubling does not mean that the discovery rate is more than doubled, and in many cases, even a little bit higher. The detection rate will be greatly improved, and if the most troublesome problem is solved, the arms supplied by the United States will also be upgraded to a higher level, and perhaps it will be able to arm the army with a large amount of automatic fire and artillery, just like Germany.

This time, the Entente army increased its presence in the Middle East, where 800,000 troops were concentrated. In 1915, in terms of the strategy of the entire Entente, the number of troops needed was quite huge, as far as Europe was concerned, Bordeaux needed reinforcements, Sweden in Northern Europe needed to open up a battlefield, and the Italian battlefield in the Mediterranean, and the Allied forces were a little stretched. This is also the greatest support, the least, which needs to make Mark stabilize the front in the Middle East and drag Lan Fang into the Middle East.

Lan Fang is the first time to participate in the war, and his strength cannot be evaluated, but the battle of India, the battle of Indochina, and the relevant battle reports. It has already been sent back to Europe, and he knows a little bit about Lan Fang's combat effectiveness. may not be as good as the Bordeaux army, which is the elite of a hundred battles, but it is stronger than a weak chicken like the Colonial Army, 500,000 against 1 million, which is a little weaker, and it is a little easier to handle with 300,000.

If at this time the Entente had mastered the reality of the current capture of Baghdad troops. He would never send 300,000 to come, only half of the army, plus 300,000 is only 500,000, he can't resist it at all, and it will be for nothing to send over. There is no way to change the status quo at all, and it is still at a disadvantage.

Poor communication led to this, and then, knowing the results of the war in the Middle East, the British chose to work with the Americans to perfect the radio, and in 1917, the fourth year of the war, developed a reliable radio, but unfortunately it was too late.

In February in the Indian Ocean, there was some calm, a large fleet, from Malacca to the Middle East, this long distance, just crossed the Indian Ocean in the north, compared to the rough southern Indian Ocean, it was relatively calm, it took 10 days, the fleet entered the Persian Gulf, and did not encounter any danger in the middle.

Lan Fang brought out all the battleships that could fight for this troop carrier, although there were no battleships, but the Allied warships in Asia were cleaned up, and Japan was hit hard, at this time, there was no fleet that could threaten Lan Fang, as for submarines, the submarines of the Entente countries were far from ocean-going capabilities, even if there were, in the face of China's mature sonar, even Germany's main battle sea wolf came over as a dish, not to mention the Entente.

At this time, the Persian Gulf was not as prosperous as in later generations, because the oil in the Middle East had not yet been discovered, and the real prosperity was the Suez Canal on the other side, which was just a simple fishing port before the opening of the new port of Basra in the northwest, that is, after the opening of Basra in the northwest, it slowly became important.

At this time, Basra, with the previous great changes, on the basis of the German port, the northwest for the Basra port has carried out a series of transformations, from the original ordinary port, added a large number of tower cranes, gantry cranes, so that it has become a container ship, compared with ordinary bulk ships, container ships have many huge advantages, for example, convenient loading and unloading, such as convenient transshipment, with technology, with machines, instead of manpower, in the 3B railway, because of the emergence of the Entente, and increase the capacity, The port of Basra has successfully passed the test, and the throughput capacity has exceeded 80 million tons under the premise of using more gantry cranes and containers, and a large number of raw materials and finished products have been shipped to Germany.

When the Lanfang army had just entered the Persian Gulf, Basra actually encountered a little crisis, losing nearly half of its troops, and the Allied army, which had been hit by a huge blow, kept capturing the city along the 3B railway, and almost did not encounter decent resistance, even if the policy of massacre caused a backlash from the entire ****** religion, but the gap in strength made these rebounds all suppressed.

It seems that the result is getting smoother and smoother, so that the Entente becomes arrogant, the two divisions of the Entente, and even Basra, which is close to Basra, these are two French divisions, which are themselves dissatisfied with China, and when they attacked Baghdad before, when they suffered the greatest losses, it was when they attacked the Chinese building, and the Chinese building, come to think of it, has some connection with China.

Mark and other high-level coalition forces intervened a little late, when they knew, the French army had already entered the sphere of influence in Basra, no matter how angry they were, so they were incomparable, Iraq has not been completely taken, but touched the Chinese, God knows what the result will be.

For the actions of the French, the Chinese have long known it, and even know what they want to do, treaties or commitments and the like, can never be limited, especially for the army, only show strength, the fortifications located near the two French divisions, immediately started, at least 300 artillery, a direct warning to the French army, I have to say, the military warning is right, the French army just wants to take advantage, but in the face of at least 40,000 defenders, perfect fortifications, Even the fortified forts, they know very well that if they really fight, they may not be able to take advantage, in this case, it is better to retreat honestly.

Not only did they not occupy the vicinity of Basra, but even the old port was ceded, and after a little touch, they knew that Basra really had a nearly perfect defense as expected by the Entente, and in this case, they did not dare to attack at all, a fortressed port city, with more than 150,000 troops, such a fortress, even if all the Entente countries came now, could not be attacked, let alone their two divisions.

Two divisions of the French army, gray back, Mark for their unauthorized actions, quite angry, in the battle of Baghdad, suffered heavy losses, a large number of losses, and demoralization under the premise of provoking China, with the combat effectiveness of the Chinese field army, take Russia as a native to fight, that is not an ordinary strength, the battle of buying and selling cities, pit at least one million Russian troops, they are not able to support it.

The punishment of the two divisions was even questioned by the French commander-in-chief, but in the end, there was no way to deprive the French army of its rights, it was very simple, this was a coalition army, although a joint command was established, it was to coordinate the relationship between the two sides, not subordinate or something.

5 days after the retreat of the French army, Lan Fang's troop carrier arrived near Basra, as Lan Fang's commander this time, Lieutenant General Zheng Shusen is qualified to know the relationship between Lan Fang and China, as a poor man who grew up, he has suffered from the old times, the days in the northwest are simply heaven, although he is currently Lan Fang's lieutenant general, but if the Chinese Defense Forces are signs, even if it is a regiment, he is willing to go back.

Looking at the huge, extremely modern and busy port, Zheng Shusen's heart was slightly excited, this is on the basis of poverty and white, countless Chinese with hard work and sweat, the final construction of the huge port, is also currently one of the most modern ports in the whole world, I want to go up to visit, but unfortunately this time the destination is not here.

A large number of Lanfang troops, did not choose to disembark in Basra, this is related to China's current position, although with Lanfang, with Germany, is not a secret, but always to avoid the truth, in China's view, if it can be dragged to the end of 1915, or even 1916, to join the world war, is the best way, the northwest can get a lot of cheap from the middle.

The new port of Basra is not good, but the old port of Basra can, here, it was originally controlled by the Turkish army, but unfortunately when the French came to attack, it was defeated, and then the arrogant attack of the French army in Basra, was simply shown muscles by China, and they fled in the desert, they even gave up the old port of Basra, which was already occupied, and now the old port of Basra and the surrounding 30 kilometers of the area have become a buffer zone, which is currently under the control of the armed forces supported by Lanfang, it is worth mentioning that Zhou Zhengpeng is also there, His special forces also took a break here.

Long before arriving in the Persian Gulf, he had already contacted Zhou Zhengpeng and the Chinese governor in Lanfang, and after confirming that it was safe, Zheng Shusen chose the destination of the landing in the old port of Basra. (To be continued.) )