On October 17, 1915, the general offensive began, more than 20 divisions of German elite troops, on this side by boat, and then quickly through the Black Sea, at this time, the Black Sea, calm, almost no wind and waves, when passing through the peninsula, the Russian army did not find it at all.

Although on the Crimean Peninsula, the Russian army stationed more than 100,000 troops, but they are more to guard against land attacks, although Germany's naval power is quite strong, can press the British fleet, but unfortunately the Strait of Gibraltar and the Suez Canal are controlled by the British, the Mediterranean Sea is actually relatively isolated, if the German high seas fleet really comes, it will be in the hands of the British, the Black Sea is compared with the Mediterranean, just a bathtub, compared with the entire Atlantic, I am afraid it is not even a bathtub.

Russia did not receive a notice that a large number of German troops were coming from the Mediterranean, which made him very relieved, and he was also on the land side, but he did not know that Germany had made comprehensive preparations, and even spent several months building a large number of shipyards along the coast, making a large number of landing ships and escort warships, and crossing the Black Sea to attack the other end.

It seemed dangerous, but in fact it was very safe to spend the 2-day sea voyage, and when crossing the Crimean Peninsula, it caught up with 8 shallow heavy gunboats that had departed early, and the two sides would form a large fleet and go to Sochi together.

Sochi is a very small city, and it does not have much reputation in later generations, and in this era, it is even more so, and the reason why Sochi became famous in later generations is because of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, at this moment, Sochi is a very ordinary small city on the Black Sea coast, the city defense is not very tight, and the garrison is not. Only one regiment of Russian troops was stationed, and the defense at sea consisted of only 8 batteries and 2 large gunboats.

The Black Sea has been peaceful for a long time, Russia is in a strong position against Turkey in all respects, and Sochi is relatively far from the Turkish border, and there are several cities ahead. Laxity in defense is a certainty, which is the fundamental reason why Germany chose this place even if it was adventurous.

It was almost 8 o'clock in the morning, and the mist on the sea had not finally dissipated, but a large fleet appeared in the open sea of Sochi, and Roddick looked at the intelligence sent by the intelligence service, about Sochi, 8 batteries. They are distributed on the outside of Sochi, which is the usual arrangement of the port, and even the guns are 9-inch old guns, which may have a good effect on destroyers and light cruisers, but in the face of the 15-inch guns of shallow water heavy gunboats, this is not a top-of-the-line thing at all.

8 battleships, 4 front and 4 rear. Opened the posture, China's strength on artillery. The difference between the firing range of 13.5-inch guns and 15-inch guns is a few kilometers, and on the premise of more than 15 kilometers, they can be placed together to increase the density of shelling. The maximum range of the 9-inch old guns was only 7 km, and for insurance, they were all parked at a distance of 12 km.

The shallow heavy gunboats began to fire at the shore-based batteries, although the shallow heavy gunboats were not easy to control. However, Roddick transferred over were all elite gunners, and under the premise of aiming at a fixed target, they could not compare to the command system, but it was similar, the 15-inch naval gun with armor-piercing shells easily tore through the top of the Sochi battery, more than 2 meters thick protection, and directly killed the internal artillery.

But when a shell fell on the battery, the Russian army in Sochi woke up like a dream, the war was coming, they didn't know where the other side came from, but the large-caliber naval guns were only available to Turkey on the Black Sea coast, did Turkey fight it?

But something is wrong, most of the Turkish naval guns are 11 inches, but these large-caliber guns are obviously larger than 11 inches, could it be the new German naval fleet, but I haven't heard of them coming.

However, along with the observation, of course, Germany did not bother to hide its identity, since it came to fight, of course, the flag was displayed, and the defenders of Sochi began to report to the country by telegram after discovering the German flag and a large number of transport ships, and the content of the telegram was very simple, the German battleships were coming, and hundreds of thousands of troops crossed the sea.

When the telegram was sent, the defenders of Sochi were only one regiment, facing shallow water heavy gunboats armed to the teeth, 16 powerful large-caliber naval guns, 8 batteries that were not fully arranged, only resisted for 30 minutes, and then, when the large-caliber artillery fell into the city, destroying a large number of fortifications and houses, before the Germans began to land, the city raised a white flag.

There is no way, a regiment has more than 1,000 people at most, plus the strong men in the city, it adds up to only two or three thousand people, Sochi is just a small city, with a total population of only 40,000, how can such a city withstand the ravages of 15-inch naval guns, it is obvious that the German army is numerous, and there is almost no end to the troop carriers, you can imagine how many people have been transported.

Sochi fell, and on the premise that there was still no land landing, just relying on naval artillery, the other side was brought to its knees, which was a bit like killing chickens with a knife for the German army that had been preparing for a long time, and the army did not play any role at all, and the other side surrendered.

This thought in my heart, just a little turn, disappeared, can reduce casualties to take Sochi, that is the best choice, landing operations, always the most cruel, if the defenders of a regiment really want to resist to the death, it will not be much easier than the Bordeaux front, the German army is not afraid of sacrifice, when making war plans, it has the intention of sacrificing at least twenty or thirty thousand people, and now these are saved, which is equivalent to in the future, the strength of the attack on Baku will increase.

The first landing ship, defended by a large number of warships, landed in the harbor, and after almost a battalion of troops came down, they quickly took control of the harbor and surrendered, the Russian army did not dare to play any tricks at all under the threat of a large number of artillery, they surrendered honestly, and no one wanted to die.

In this way, two hours after the outbreak of the war, the curtain came to an end, occupying Sochi, to a certain extent, Germany had a fixed port on another shore of the Black Sea, which was like a foothold, the port of Sochi was not very large, but it had the basis for landing, and shipwloads of German troops landed on the shore, and then after a little training, they immediately attacked the land.

After taking Sochi, Germany can have a showdown with Turkey, and determine the target of attack, although such a change makes Turkey very surprised, but Germany takes Baku and Georgia, it is not too abrupt, after all, there is still a long way from Turkey, as long as Germany occupies these positions, it is equivalent to a barrier, completely blocking their front, and then hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of land, is their Turkish bag, even if you can't take it, you can let the German army help, Germany is the largest land power.

To tell the truth, Turkey was really scared by Russia, spread for hundreds of years, 9 Russian-Turkish wars, almost all ended in Turkey's defeat, even if it won, the final result was not good, the huge Ottoman Turkish Empire, was eroded step by step, leaving only such a little bit of land now, almost before the First World War, was divided by the Balkan Alliance.

Turkey quickly made a choice and fully supported, not only gave up the channel, contacted Germany, let Germany mobilize about 2 divisions of troops, arrived in Istanbul, Turkey through the 3B railway, and then sent troops from the Turkish border, together with the Turkish army, to attack the Russian army on the border, open up the passage to Sochi, and make the logistics line smoother, of course, after Sochi is taken, the German army will also go south, and the two sides will basically meet near Baku.

According to the agreement, this is only cooperation on the land side, the key is still in the navy, as far as the Black Sea coast is concerned, Turkey has the most powerful navy, 2 dreadnoughts, 4 former dreadnoughts and a large number of ships, these in the Mediterranean, compared with the Mediterranean Fleet of the Entente, quite weak, but in another direction, compared with Russia, in the previous continuous operations, Russia lost a lot of blood, really can not be compared. Especially their main forces were in the Sea of Azov, and when the main forces of Turkey blocked the Kerch Strait over the Sea of Azov, they could hardly come out.

At this moment, the Russian side really understood what Germany's intentions were, and Germany never thought about the land aspect, and their purpose was Baku.

This supplied 80% of Europe, at its peak, almost occupied a large part of the world's oil fields, for Russia, is a huge wealth, without this, Russia does not even have the possibility of continuing, they absolutely cannot afford to lose, they have mobilized another 1.2 million troops from the exhausted soldiers, and before they can set off, the German army in Kiev has sent troops again, they continue to the east, threatening the entire Black Sea coast, and threatening the Crimean Peninsula.

The importance of the Crimean Peninsula is extremely important to Russia, once Crimea is controlled, Russia's former Black Sea Fleet must stay in the Sea of Azov, and even the entire Black Sea will no longer have a place where Russia stands. At present, when the army is organized, when they want to go from the railway to Georgia, they have to face the threat of Germany, which makes the reinforcements dare not cross Georgia at all, and they may overtake the rear road at any time.

This is not all of Germany's actions, in Kiev, Germany has also prepared 150,000 troops, directly from Kiev, to coerce Belarus, this is a real Russian Forte, once Belarus is taken, it will directly face Petrograd and Moscow, and Russia is even in danger of being annihilated. (To be continued.) )

PS: There are too many things today, the first chapter is delivered, and the other chapter may be a little later, before 10 o'clock