New Year's Day in 1915 has passed, as the New Year of the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Day is not the most important holiday for foreigners, Christmas is, every year Christmas is grand, and the New Year is a little close. New Year's Day is a festival after all, and in the midst of such excitement, 1915 arrived, and the new year's plans began, and the European continent was still in winter, except for a few places where gunshots rang out, and most of the places had already returned to calm, and the cold froze the whole of Europe and the progress of the war.

On the Bordeaux front, the two sides have died down, except for a few places where there are observation posts and the like, the others are relatively shrinking, some units have even been rotated, Christmas, New Year, these two festivals together, for any soldier, is very precious, they are eager to rest.

Some of the songs related to the holiday, even in the sky over the position, many soldiers joined in the chorus, in the harsh battlefield front, can actually convey this warmth, although the front line divides the people and the front line, but on the cold battlefield, there is still warmth, from Christmas to New Year, this may be the calmest day on the Bordeaux front, and even on this day of Christmas, the entire battlefield is completely free of gunfire.

The two festivals passed in turn, both sides were very tacit, there was no light start to the end of the war, and the last bit of time at the end of the year was spent peacefully, for the high-level leaders of the Entente and the Central Powers, of course they knew the situation on the front line, it was a cruel flesh mill, from the beginning of the war, until now, more than a year, there are really not many people who can survive smoothly on the front line, among them. This was even more true of the Entente, as soon as the war continued. Maybe for half a year and a year, those warriors are singing to each other. It will be dead, give them a little time to relax, why not, it is the day when winter comes, and there can be no war, so why not let them relax, loose is to be tighter, and the next war in 1915 will be more cruel.

When the third day of the new year passed, it was January 3, 1915. The Allied Powers' long-prepared operations finally began, and the whole of London became a huge barracks, where at least 500,000 troops were assembled and reorganized and then left by boat, not all of which were newly formed, but at least a third of them were old troops. There are even some troops withdrawn from the front line in Bordeaux, and the overall combination is very perfect, and the combat effectiveness is far more than that of ordinary troops.

For this transfer, the scale of 500,000. Germany knew, but did not pay attention to him, 500,000 troops. For the fierce battle in Europe, it really can't be called very big. It's a new year, and the Entente will definitely have new moves. The closed-door meeting of the senior officials of the Entente countries, because the level was quite high, Germany only got the news of the meeting here, as for the specific meeting, there was no news, the necessary preparations still had to be made, maybe they were ready to open the situation in France, 500,000 is not too little, and the situation could not be opened at all.

In this war, the trench warfare was extremely cruel, on both sides were heavily guarded, the defense to the limit of the premise, soldiers became consumables, Germany has also investigated before, to break through the defense of Bordeaux, at least 3 million troops are needed, but also to pay 1.8 million, or even 2 million casualties, relatively speaking, the defense is more tightly defended Germany, the Entente does not have 5 million troops, pay 3 million casualties, do not want to shake this line of defense, this is also the current status quo, On the premise that there are no major problems, the two sides can only hold each other, 500,000 is not a small number, but it is still too far from opening the situation.

With the transport fleet, there is also the fast fleet, Betty with the battle patrol formation to escort, the appearance of several capital ships, so that this troop carrier looks unusual, in the Baltic Sea estuary, under the premise that the mines have not been cleared, the German Schell fleet is not able to come to the English Channel, and it is impossible to threaten the troop carriers, at most a part of the submarines, as long as there are some light cruisers and destroyer escorts, it is enough to ensure safety. In the past, the transfer of troops across the English Channel was just some heavy patrols and light patrols, and it was enough to protect those small ships, and it would not be as important as it is now. Perhaps, they are not aiming at the French side? This is the possibility of the German General Staff.

This may have been guessed correctly, when the troop carrier departed, it did not cross the English Channel to France, but turned around in the North Sea and headed for Portugal. Troop carriers will not go to Portugal, both Portugal and Spain are neutral countries, then, the farther target, the Mediterranean. When the troop carrier crossed the Strait of Gibraltar and entered the Mediterranean, the entire Allied Powers were shaken.

The war between the Entente and the Allies was all-round, on the Western European continent, it was dominated by Germany, and Germany almost single-handedly resisted Britain, France and Russia, and even now joined the United States, and in the vast Mediterranean, it was France and Britain's Mediterranean Fleet that competed with Turkey and Italy, and the two sides won and lost each other, and also fell into a stalemate, Britain's main fleet was extremely large, but in order to guard against Germany, it has never entered the Mediterranean, this time, it can be said that it is an exception.

Such a large fleet, of course, can not hide from anyone, first of all, Italy and Turkey were taken aback, could it be that Britain was preparing to attack Italy, or Turkey, the Italian naval fleet, which itself was in an attack posture, was ready to attack France, and in the face of Betty's fast fleet, it immediately shrank back and shrank in it, not daring to provoke at all.

Betty with the fast fleet, always guarding the vicinity of the troop carriers, did not care about the Italian fleet that was close at hand, and went straight forward, did not choose to land in Italy, but went to Egypt.

With the British heritage, it is no problem to suppress Italy and Turkey with a fast fleet, and even in some cases, it can destroy the fleets of the two countries with its own strength, but Betty is shouldering a more important task, among their previous plans, there is a landing plan in Italy, but not now, the New Year of 1915, the whole of Europe is still immersed in the cold, Italy is a little closer to the south, the climate is a little better, but it can't be compared with the Middle East, Italy's war, It was a month or two later.

The Suez Canal can be said to be the safest canal in the world, with a large-scale battery system on both sides, along the way, the British are also heavily guarded, and they can not escort them, unless they seize control of the Suez Canal, otherwise, whether it is a capital ship or a submarine, they will not enter the Suez Canal casually.

Betty's fleet on the return trip, or swept around the entire Mediterranean, the Italian fleet shrank into the port, Turkey simply blocked the Dardanelles, Betty, who was holding back the fire, after harvesting a few small boats, left the Mediterranean Sea in a happy mood, he was able to find time to come over, it was already considered lucky, the return of the Scheer fleet greatly changed the contrast of strength between the two sides, Britain was at a disadvantage, not the Baltic Sea mines, so that the German main fleet could not come out, They can move freely, but the minesweeping work in the Baltic Sea is coming to an end, and it is certain that the Scheer fleet will definitely act.

Most of the countries of the Central Powers are paying attention to the movement of this troop carrier, and after crossing Turkey, some people predict that it may be Turkey, but even Turkey has crossed it, and it can still be there, the Suez Canal is the next target, which is to enter Asia, and the first reaction is China. In the past year, Lan Fang has been quite active in Asia, whether it is India or Southeast Asia, it has made the Entente suffer a big loss, it is difficult to make the Entente for Lan Fang, for revenge.

500,000 army, perhaps 20 years ago, for Asia, for China, is a dark cloud cover, the most powerful force, but under the premise that China has risen and has formed a huge army, 500,000 troops are not enough at all, not worried about the threat of the Entente's army, but in order to be careful, the defense level has been raised, especially Lan Fang, Lan Fang's navy is ready to go, and Lan Fang's army is also ready to be attacked.

To pass through the Suez Canal, one day is about the same, but after three days, the fleet did not come out of the Suez Canal, and accordingly, Betty's fleet began to sail back, what is going on, is it possible that they are confident that the next shipping lane, from the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean, and then to the Strait of Malacca, is it a smooth road?

Although Lan Fang's navy has never crossed India, it does not mean that Lan Fang's navy cannot come to the Middle East, if there is no strong enough escort formation, a fleet loaded with 500,000 troops is simply the best target, the army, always in the time of deployment, and on land, can play the strongest effect, at sea, he does not have any attack power at all, once attacked by the superior navy, what awaits them is the catastrophe.

But this fleet, into the Suez Canal, like a stone sinking into the sea, never came out again, where did they go, 7 days later, the fleet that had been empty, returned the same way, loaded part of the raw materials in Egypt, scattered into the waterway, the entire Allies were looking for the 500,000 troops.

The unknown is always elusive, in the Middle East, 500,000 people have disappeared, it can't be said that it is difficult to sleep, at least it is impossible to ignore, especially China, as long as it crosses the Suez Canal, it is Asia, an army of 500,000 people, when they get here, there must be a plan, what they came here for, where the goal is, these are all mysteries. (To be continued.) )