In China, on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the roof of the world, millions of young Russians are working hard to build a big project that will attract the attention of the world, and China's last territory has successfully belonged to China, and in the Middle East, Germany's last war has also begun.

In mid-November 1915, after a month or so of an outlying offensive and even mass emigration, the assault on Baku, which was a city on the shore, but on the coast of the Caspian Sea, was not aided by shallow heavy gunboats, as in the Black Sea.

In this era, the Caspian Sea is still an inland sea, and the Volga-Don Canal is still a vision and expectation, although from hundreds of years ago, in the era of Peter the Great, began to try, through the Caspian Sea and the Sea of Azov, but did not succeed, between the Caspian Sea and the Sea of Azov, there is a drop of more than 40 meters, which is not something that can be solved by current technology, even if there is this canal, Russia cannot let Germany enter the Sea of Azov, so the war situation in Baku can only rely on the strength of the army.

Long before crossing the Black Sea, the German side made a reasonable arrangement, not only prepared a shallow water heavy gunboat such a 15-inch big killer for the German Army, but also prepared 20 203 guns, and the appearance of Turkey, also brought 30 203 guns, compared to Germany to cross the Black Sea, Turkey is closer to this side, after the German autumn wind swept away a large number of cities in Georgia, the remaining cities have few troops, Turkey also boldly attacked, attacking some cities, However, their inferior standards not only did not help, but were defeated by the Russian defenders. If it had not been for the timely arrival of Germany, two divisions of the army would have been saved. I'm afraid this battle is really going to go wrong.

From then on, the Turkish army did not dare to charge forward at all. Only dare to follow behind Germany, even if it is a city guarded by only 500 people, they do not dare to attack first, watching the German autumn wind break through the Russian defenses like falling leaves, they have no extravagant hope, even the German immigrant population, they only keep some people belonging to the Turkish tribe.

In the end, the front of one south and one north finally advanced in front of Baku. Most of the German troops, still between Georgia and Turkey, were still engaged in emigration, and only about 60,000 men came to the front of Baku. 60,000 German troops, under the pressure of nearly 500,000 Turkish troops, began to storm Baku.

50 203 guns, thousands of artillery pieces attacked the city of Baku, although Baku is an oil city. However, the oil enclave area is not in the city, and the Germans have no psychological pressure at all, and it seems that the final strong troops have returned to Baku. The Germans suffered the greatest resistance here, with less than 30,000 defenders, and finally resisted for seven days.

When the Germans were approaching the city. Their defeat was assured, even if they resisted stubbornly. Even if you build a defensive line, a city with only a hundred thousand people. It was simply unable to withstand the strong attack of the German army, the casualties increased, the defensive line retreated, and finally when the last Russian army surrendered, it completely occupied Baku, and the battle of Baku was completely over.

In the city of Baku, the smoke of gunpowder was filled, but the sound of artillery and gunfire had gradually stopped, and the battle between the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea finally came to an end, and Baku was like a fruitful fruit, falling into the hands of Germany, and the news was transmitted back to Germany, and the General Staff and the Kaiser Palace were jubilant.

But then, things are also complicated, occupying Baku, just the first step, how to play the role of Baku, so that he can produce more oil, is the most critical, the Russian army in Baku since the German invasion of the toughest resistance, the remnants of the army blocked for 7 days, and even in the end, some brave Russian troops, but also ignited oil wells, although there are less than 20, but also Baku is a rare high-yield well, each of which is more than 1000 tons.

Looking at the raging fire of the oil well, the German army was at a loss, with a daily output of 1,000 tons, tens of thousands of dollars a day, or even more income, but it burned in the air in vain, and the thick black smoke made the environment of Baku very bad, and also made the joy of Germany's harvest a little.

The news of Germany's capture of Baku is impossible to hide, even if Germany cut off the telegraph line between Baku and Russia, but Turkey still followed, compared to strict Germany, Turkey is almost a sieve, many war reports near Baku are known to the Entente from Turkey, and now the news of the fall of Baku is also obtained through here.

Even if I had known that the fall of Baku was only a matter of time, but looking at Germany's unscrupulous attack and not concentrating its forces, the Entente saw an opportunity and might be able to drag it out until next year, but unfortunately, the war did not take a month, and the task was completed, which made all the arrangements of the Entente fall into the void.

At this time, the joint meeting of the Entente was almost busy, the army prepared for Russia had not even entered Sweden, the two major groups fought in the North Sea, there was no decisive duel of capital ships, but the duel of heavy patrol and light patrol took place, only in November 1915, there were 17 warships, forever sunk into the North Sea, 8 German ships, 9 Entente ships, and 8 capital ships were injured. The Allies were also at a disadvantage, with five of the eight wounded ships on the side of the Allies, and one of the dreadnought batteries was badly damaged and required at least three months of repairs.

Just a simple collision, I was injured so much, if it was really a duel between the capital ships, what would happen, in the past period of time, under the leadership of the British, in fact, in the test of the strength of the Scheer fleet, in the complex test, in countless battles and provocations, the Scheer fleet has been tested, and the combat effectiveness is getting higher and higher according to the British assessment, which makes Britain dare not shoot casually.

The two sides have launched a fierce battle on such a huge stage in the North Sea, such an attack intensity, an army of hundreds of thousands of people, there is no way to land, even if there is a time difference, it is okay to land from the English Channel, if you go around the North Sea, unless you land directly from Greenland, from the Nordic side, it will not only take a huge time, but also significantly increase the danger.

Of course, the Entente did not have the luxury of being able to solve the problem within a month, their bottom line is 5 months, that is, the Russian defenders must drag the front until next year, but unfortunately time will never give them a lot, Germany's army attack power is the best in the world, starting from the beginning of the attack on Sochi, all the way, the attack on Baku, the time is too short and too short, less than a month, even Russia can not mobilize troops to pass.

The whole territory of Georgia is occupied, located on the Caspian coast, one of the largest oil fields in the world, Baku oil fields have been captured, Germany has reached the strategy of 1915, and has taken the Russian territory, the most precious and the most valuable Baku, in the new era, in the era when the idea of the home state has been popularized, unless it is to completely destroy the vast majority of the population of a country, it is almost impossible to destroy the country.

Germany does not have the ability to completely destroy Russia, so it would be good to weaken Russia as much as possible and take the fattest and most valuable things from Russian territory.

For this reason, Germany even reached an agreement with Turkey to control half of Georgia and Baku from Sochi to the Caspian Sea coast, and the rest, Georgia, the Black Sea, and even all the railways from Baku to Turkey will be handed over to Turkey. As long as Turkey slowly chooses to inject population, it is a piece of land that belongs to Turkey, and the most important thing is that the powerful Russia is pushed out by Germany.

To put it mildly, Turkey is no match for Russia at all, but under the tiger power of Germany, it is still possible to fake the tiger power, they are crazy to occupy the land of what was once Russia, and they have not been able to restore the huge territory of the former Ottoman Empire, but they are also recovering. However, at this moment, the most important thing for Turkey and Germany is to connect a railway from Istanbul to Baku.

Baku is the closest to Turkey, from the Turkish border to Baku, that is, hundreds of kilometers away, before it belonged to Russia, Russia and Turkey are in a hostile situation, it is impossible for him to send Baku oil to Turkey by rail or oil pipeline. Baku's oil will be transported north to Russia's domestic railways by rail, either to Europe or elsewhere.

But now, with the occupation by Germany, there is no need to be so troublesome, from the northern section of the 3B railway, as long as it extends about 1,000 kilometers to the north, this distance seems long, but there is no difficulty and danger, let alone the Middle East desert, with the construction speed of the Chinese, even if it is the same as the Middle East Railway, it will take up to one year, not to mention that this railway is different from the Middle East Railway, it will be faster. The Chinese have the world's largest ability to build railways, and it takes a maximum of 8 months, maybe only half a year at the earliest, and this section of the railway can be connected.

The first wave of railway construction, just Unicom is good, this is a pure freight line, the purpose is only Baku's oil, which is also the main use of this railway in the future, so there is no is the biggest problem, only to solve the problem of having and not, and then it is the problem of expanding capacity, huge oil, if it is placed in Baku, it is just oil, the utilization rate is very low, only when it is shipped out and sold, it will become a commodity and create value. (To be continued.) )