Back in the officer's quarters, Li Jianyang poured himself a cup of hot coffee, then sat down at the table and flipped through the newspaper.

He is a dual citizen of the British and Ocean Empire, enjoys the title of Earl of Betford, and gives up the title of Viscount of Humen in the Empire, and is inherited by his younger brother Li Jianguo, and develops in the British army wholeheartedly.

But inwardly, he recognized himself as a member of the Ocean Empire, and had always been concerned about the Empire's major news and economic development.

March 17th

The government delegation led by President Darvin Porter, accompanied by Prime Minister Zhang Li, met with Emperor Li Fushou in the Daming Palace, and the two sides reached and formally signed more than a dozen intergovernmental agreements in a friendly atmosphere, involving finance, international trade settlement arrangements, post-war compensation, deepening cooperation in trade, industry, science and technology, culture, education, international cooperation and other fields, and the visit was a complete success.

It is reported that the United States will fully support Jinyang as the only international trade settlement currency between the Ocean Empire and the United States, and fully open the financial market of the United States, deepen the exchanges and cooperation between the capital and finance of the two countries, and implement national treatment.

Besides

The United States also agreed to pay half of the war reparations in gold, which will greatly enhance Jinyang's international status and currency value, and enhance its position in international trade.

The news is out

The proportion of Jinyang in the means of international trade payment has risen sharply in a short period of time, and the proportion of international trade settlement currency has soared from 2.5% to more than 8.5%, and it may eventually touch the high point of 13%~14%, surpassing the international status of the franc and ranking among the world's second largest international currencies.

March 19th

A government delegation led by President Darvin Porter left the metropolis of the Red River Valley and took a train all the way south to visit Songjiang, Gusu, Beilun and Sydney, and left the Ocean Empire by boat in Sydney, ending this perfect trip to Australia.

On the occasion of the grand opening of the 14th World Expo, on March 28, the second Pacific Security Alliance and Summit Forum was held in Sydney, and the heads of government and high-level officials from member countries and observer countries arrived one after another.

He hoped that

This is a meeting to improve the system of the Pacific Security Alliance, a meeting of unity and friendship, a meeting to demonstrate the firm determination to maintain security and stability in the Pacific region, a meeting to bring together old friends, and a meeting to promote cultural exchanges and economic development.

April 2nd

Emperor Li Fushou met with Fuso Prime Minister Saionji Gongwang and his entourage at the Sydney Palace, where they had conducted in-depth discussions on issues of concern to both sides, and expressed the hope that the Japanese side would face up to its international image and adopt a correct attitude of not committing any offences on the issue of the three northeastern provinces and Qingdao, and that the Japanese side would play a more important role in international affairs.

The two sides jointly appealed;

It is a great blessing for human society for the leaders of the major European powers to take a far-sighted view and take a highly responsible attitude towards the future civilization of mankind to eliminate the huge differences between the two sides as soon as possible, take the initiative to ease the intensity of the war in Europe, and promote the start of the peace process.

After Kaiser Wilhelm II saw the joint communiqué between the two countries, he said a traditional Chinese proverb in a disdainful tone;

The light grass gray that eats is put on a light fart.

London cautiously welcomed this, but lamented the prospect of peace, arguing that "it is a great tragedy caused by greed, like a huge rough stone tumbling down a hillside, into which no one can stop falling into the abyss." ”

"As traditional friendly allies, the Ocean Empire and Fuso, who are standing by and watching the show, should have an obligation to pull a hand of British and French allies, so as not to make the situation worse and out of control, and the world needs you to make more responsible decisions."

War-torn France was in dire straits, and Paris took time out of its busy schedule to respond; "Paris needs the strong support of the Ocean Empire and Fuso, it needs your army to enter the trenches immediately and fight back the murderous Germans, the French have already done too much to maintain world peace, and now more people need to stand up......"

Tsar Nicholas II said sarcastically; The war in Europe was just a better opportunity for the world's richest kings in the ocean empire.

Entering May

The 14th Songjiang 20th Century Pacific World Exposition held in the Ocean Empire entered the climax, and the three sub-venues located in Beilun, Sydney and Gusu also climaxed one after another, and the scene was macroscopic and expanded, and more than 20,000 awards were set up in the entire expo, all of which entered the award stage.

At the main venue in Matsue

Volkswagen has built a new automobile production line on behalf of the world's advanced level, as an exhibition project to show the company's strength, this is not a model, but a real production line of automobiles, is the largest single exhibit, there is no one.

From Tuesday to Sunday

The 12-hour production line is divided into two shifts from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. to produce the latest automotive products, with 22 cars coming off the production line every hour and producing up to 264 brand-new streamlined sports cars a day for 728 gold oceans.

The cars produced here every day are pre-ordered, and every day large crowds of customers and visitors gather around the production line to experience the power of modern industry from a safe distance.

Every car that has just rolled off the assembly line is driven away by customers with joy, and in the delivery area at the end of the production line, firecrackers and fireworks are constantly burning all day long.

Li Jian saw from the newspaper that the news about the ocean empire was economic development, the output of a certain agricultural product hit a new high, an increase of 20% compared with the previous year, the export delivery of a certain product surged, quadrupling over the same period last year, how many new thermal power plants were built? How many reservoirs? How many roads and railways? Export revenue increased by 70 percent, and the economy operated and production and sales boomed.

About Europe, that is, how many dead and wounded such and such a town was destroyed by war? How much was the building destroyed? How many war mobilizations did a country make? The army reached 7 million or 10 million? It is planned to launch a large-scale campaign, destroy where where?

The comparison between the two is even more emotional.

He was really completely tired of the continuous war, and had already decided that he would retire after this war and go back to live a peaceful and stable life.

Then, he took out a blank piece of letter paper and began to write a secret letter;

Dear Winston Churchill, Mr. Fearless Knight;

I would like to wish that our sincere and selfless friendship will become more and more holy through the years, and out of trust in your noble qualities, I have to turn to you for help when the 2nd Marine Division is facing a small difficulty.

Here's the thing......

……

Early in the morning of May 27

When it was just dawning

A large number of warships from Britain, France, and other countries gathered on the surface of the sea, and launched a fierce artillery bombardment of the enemy's positions along the coast of Sufra Bay, which was about to land, and the "rumbling" sound of artillery was deafening, resounding through the heavens and the earth, and the artillery fire was frantically poured into the shore positions, and the explosion was turned into a sea of fire.

There is only one word to describe the use of artillery fire in the European war; "Howe has no humanity".

Artillery preparation and covering fire for hours were just an appetizer, and it was not uncommon for artillery shelling to be shelled for several days, often with hundreds or thousands of artillery pieces fired in unison.

In a large-scale battle, it is normal for tens of thousands of artillery pieces to speak together, and the battle line stretches for hundreds of kilometers.

An hour after the bombardment of the fire

The ships transporting the 2nd Marine Division braved the enemy's sporadic counterattack artillery fire and successively rushed to the beach in the Gulf of Sufra, and more than 20 ships rushed to the beach at full speed, and the scene was extremely spectacular.

This was carried out according to the landing plan formulated by Li Jianyang, and the commander-in-chief of the landing, Admiral Frederick Stoopford, tried to put the landing time at 1 o'clock in the morning, but Li Jianyang forced him back.

I haven't had enough of the pain last time, and I'm going to come again this time?

Originally, it was an extremely difficult military operation to force a landing under enemy fire, but how many times more difficult was it to put it at night?

For the Ottoman troops, who were lying in the trenches and defending, it was a matter of firing a few flares, and it did not delay the harvesting of the lives of the landing force at all.

And for the soldiers of the landing force

Forcibly landing from the sea to land in the dark of night, the huge doom will bring great fear, and after the landing, you have to climb the mountain in the dark, facing the enemy's fire point in the dark and not knowing where, it is simply the rhythm of playing people to death.

Early in the morning at this point in time is much better, and the powerful firepower advantage of the landing escort fleet can be used to carry out more accurate strikes against the counterattack artillery fire of the Ottoman army.

It turns out

Rear Admiral Li Jianyang's choice was correct, there was no fortified battery in Sufra Bay, it was a weak area for the enemy's defense, and the counterattack artillery fire on the Ottoman army's position could not pose a threat to the landing ships at all, and it was soon wiped out under the counterattack of the British Navy's large-caliber artillery.

The British Royal Navy, ranked No. 1 in the world, is not a game of artillery, and the counterattack artillery fire is accurate and ruthless, ravaging the Ottoman army's artillery positions and forward positions over and over again, and it is fierce.

So why was the Royal Navy so badly beaten in previous battles?

That's because Crimea was a key defense area of the Ottoman army, with several large-caliber coastal heavy batteries set up to fully control the waters around the narrow strait.

In this battle, the British battleships Goliath, Triumph and Majesty were sunk by heavy coastal batteries one after another, many major warships were damaged, and the landing fleet was greatly damaged.

In the carefully chosen Gulf of Sufla, the sea is very wide, and there are no heavy coastal batteries set up by the Ottomans, only the artillery of the army garrison, which can withstand the fire of the British Royal Navy.

When Major General Li Jianyang led the division headquarters to the beach and looked at his watch, it was just 10:20 a.m., the 3rd and 4th Infantry Regiments under his command had launched a fierce attack on the enemy troops from both sides, and after several unsuccessful attacks in a row, they withdrew and sent the bombed precise target points back to the escort fleet by speedboat.

After that, the naval large-caliber artillery fire turned the enemy's defensive positions over and over again, and exploded into a sea of fire.

Around 11 a.m

After the convoy bombarded again for an hour and a half, the 3rd and 4th regiments successfully occupied the terraces on both sides of the Sufra Bay, extending 5 kilometers on each side, occupying a solid favorable terrain. Most of the Ottoman army, of more than 3,700 people, died in the artillery fire, and only two or three big cats and small cats remained.

The 2nd Infantry Regiment, with the cooperation of the 2nd Company of the 1st Tank Regiment that had landed first, attacked forward and soon broke through the three lines of defense held by the Ottoman soldiers, and at 1:00 p.m. began to advance deep along the coastal mountains.

The Ottoman army was defeated, and the 2nd Infantry Regiment penetrated into the open area of the enemy's defenses, encountering almost no resistance along the way.

The biggest revolt was by two companies of Austro-Hungarian soldiers in the town of Aubigne, who were enjoying a leisurely afternoon tea when they were stunned by the sight of the British army in front of them, and only had time to launch a hasty white-knuckle charge, only to be knocked to the ground like wheat by tank heavy machine guns, and turned into corpses all over the ground.

Gallipoli is a long, narrow, mountainous island, sixty miles long and four to thirteen miles wide, located on the European side of the Dardanelles.

This almost barren mountainous peninsula, which in 1915 had only one dirt road running through the island, provided excellent defensive positions for the European side of the Dardanelles, with ridges and steep slopes overlooking the seashore.

The 2nd Regiment of the 2nd Marine Division of the Royal Marines received the order to advance 37 miles in two days (the landing ground was located in the middle of the island), almost to the northeastern part of the peninsula, before being stopped by an entire division of the Ottoman army stationed in the area.

Subsequently, the advance assault company of the 2nd regiment, together with a platoon of tanks, quickly retreated, occupied favorable terrain and condescendingly blocked the only dirt road from the top of the hill.

In the following day and a half, the advance assault company of the 2nd regiment repelled 11 consecutive Ottoman attacks, killed more than 1,700 enemy soldiers and wounded more than 2,400, and finally the entire company was left with only 19 men, and all three tanks were destroyed.

They eventually waited for reinforcements, and after the war, they were personally commended by King George V of England as "the true warriors of the Anglo-Saxon nation." ”

The entire 1st Tank Regiment was divided into 11 units as it approached along the only dirt road, and the tank platoon and tank company were divided into 11 units to defend the steep hills, bridges, and villages on both sides of the road, and firmly defended the 37-mile road.

What does this mean?

This meant that the Ottoman Fifth Army led by General Otto von Zanders of Germany and the main forces of the other Ottoman Army, totaling 317,000 men, were all packed in the bag of the Gallipoli Peninsula, and the only way out and logistical supplies were cut off by the Second Marine Division of the Royal Marines.

It means that the Anglo-French alliance has an opportunity to completely destroy the enemy on the peninsula. Cutting off one of the Ottomans' arms would most likely fulfill the vision of Admiral Winston-Churchill and force the Ottomans out of the war.

meanwhile

Faced with the great risk of being trapped and fighting, the war will become white-hot, and if you don't do it well, you will put yourself in it.

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