In less than a month since the war started, it seems that the Germans are on the verge of replicating the trajectory of the Franco-Prussian War. Although the war losses announced by the two sides are different, the French army was disgraced on the German-French border, while the German army was instantly wiped out.

The long drive to Belgium is something that can be seen in other countries.

It has to be said that the slave owners spent tens of millions of dollars, almost more money than the Italian military expenditure in the Italian-Turkish War, to give the Kingdom of Italy such a sudden, which is really painful for this poor imperialist country.

After the Italian-Turkish War, the hatred of the French in Italy reached its extreme, but it was limited by its lack of strength. In the end, Italy was not provoked by the Germans to declare war on France.

The patience of the Italians eventually led to greater contempt for France, but in fact it was not France that the Italians feared, but the British Empire, which had colonies all over the world. Never mind that Britain seemed to be declining a bit in recent years, but it had dominated the world for three hundred years.

The Germans don't care about the prestige, but the Italians still care about it.

As a supplementary clause in the Triple Alliance, the Italians could go to war with France, but had reservations about fighting Britain.

This time, the internal debate among Italian high-level officials was fruitless. At least the combination of the Three Kingdoms Agreement with Britain, France and Russia still made Italians feel fearful. Finally, the Italian Prime Minister said, "Telegram to His Majesty the Kaiser that we will still need some time to prepare for war. Please don't worry.

We have not forgotten the humiliation brought by the French."

Within the Ottoman Empire, the debate was much more intense. The influence of the German officer corps on the Ottoman Army was overwhelming. However, to defeat the pro-British faction, Enver Pasha still used the two previous battleships as attack points. "British

People think that the entire Ottoman Empire is not as valuable as two battleships. How does Cemal Pasha explain this? You have always advocated the development of the navy. Now our naval battleships have been impounded. Even farmers who have no savings have donated money.

The British have humiliated our entire country."

"Besides, we have an alliance treaty with the Germans!" Enver Pasha reminded everyone present that the alliance treaty was signed on August 3, and by that time Germany had already declared war on France.

By this time, the war had broken out, and both sides were placing their bets on the first few battles that were about to break out. The French desperately mobilized heavy troops to the border, not for defense, but to prepare for an invasion of Germany. France moved from its North African colonies to the mainland

The British and French fleets in the Mediterranean are responsible for the safety of these troop transports. The biggest threat comes from Germany's only two warships in the Mediterranean: the powerful battlecruiser "Goben" and the light cruiser "Breslau"

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The Allies immediately angrily demanded that the Ottoman Empire disarm the two German ships, but the Germans came up with a clever idea. They transferred the two warships to the Ottoman Empire to replace the two that had been confiscated by the British. This deepened

In order to win the favor of the Ottomans, the two German ships were renamed, the flag of the Ottoman Empire was hoisted, and the crew also changed into Ottoman costumes.

Enver Pasha mentioned the two battleships, and finally said in a serious tone, "We have no choice. The Allies will not let us go after the war. There is only one way in front of us, sooner or later.

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"But we are too close to Britain and Russia." A hesitant voice emerged. The Ottoman Empire borders the Russian Empire, and the southern territory is connected to the British control of Egypt. Can the Germans rush to the aid of the Ottoman Empire?

"There are also Americans in the Persian Gulf. Their attitude is not obvious, but they have a kinship with the British."

"You can rest assured of this, William Pasha hates the British very much." Enver Pasha replied confidently.

Sheffield will never betray the Ottoman Empire, but the reason is that no one can know in this era. That is the oil in the Persian Gulf. If the Ottoman Empire gave the slave owners a legal land ownership, let alone facing the British,

Even if the aliens sided with the Allies, Sheffield would unswervingly side with the Ottoman Empire.

The 100,000 square kilometers of land near Kuwait and the west coast of the Persian Gulf alone, excluding the land of Iran, already contains more than 35% of the world's oil reserves. The slave owners have already decided that the future Confederate States of America will

It's built on this.

Immediately afterwards, Enver Pasha received a reply from Sheffield. In the name of Kuwaiti Pasha, the slave owner supported all actions of the Ottoman Empire and ensured that the Christian militia within the territory stood on the side of the empire. Maintaining the Middle East, especially the Persian Gulf

Enver Pasha was very satisfied with this and became more determined to join the Allies.

In a private telegram, Sheffield wrote this to Enver Pasha, "If the Ottoman Empire sides with the Allies, it will be a huge tragedy for the Russian Empire. The Baltic Sea ports of the Russian Empire are under the German High Seas Fleet

Under the blockade, foreign aid was almost lost. As long as the Dardanelles Strait was closed, the Russian Empire would fall into an unprecedented isolation situation and would no longer have contact with the Allied Powers, Britain and France. The blow would be devastating."

Sheffield is definitely not talking nonsense. From a historical perspective, let’s not say whether the Ottoman Empire could defeat the Russian army after entering the war, but it did make the Empire fall into a comprehensive siege by the Allies. Otherwise, by the middle of the war, the British would not

The road to the Black Sea must be opened at all costs, because the emperor can no longer hold on.

"Boss, will Mrs. Natalia be dissatisfied?" Before sending the telegram, the head bodyguard was still reminding his boss to pay attention to family unity.

"So this telegram was sent by you!" Sheffield put his hands on his waist and said as if it had nothing to do with me. "Besides, I am the pasha of the Ottoman Empire. I have obligations to the entire Ottoman Empire. I am just making suggestions. What's the matter?

?Who said that the Ottoman Empire would definitely follow my suggestion and join the Allies."

The current reporting center of the League of Nations newspaper in Europe is Rome, the capital of Italy, which has not officially participated in the war. Of course, this is also regarded by the slave owner as an ideal place to create fake news. He can't find a more suitable place than Rome now.

Among the major belligerents at this time, if the League of Nations irresponsibly spread rumors, the newspaper would be shut down.

The choice of Rome was mainly because the Italians wanted to see the jokes of the French, which is exactly in line with Sheffield as an ideal venue for German blowing. For example, Germany has not yet fully mobilized, its war potential has not been tapped, and German airships will descend on any place.

In European capitals, reports like this flooded the streets of Rome.

I have to say that after the Italian-Turkish War, the Romans liked to read this kind of reports, and public opinion was incited in this way. It’s just that the Italians haven’t realized this yet.

Kluck arrived at the Marne River, and the French Fifth Army he was chasing and the British Expeditionary Force outside it had crossed the Marne River earlier that day. These two troops retreated hastily and fell into exhaustion and confusion.

He had repeatedly received telegrams to blow up the bridges, but never did so. After Kluck occupied these bridgeheads, he ignored the orders of the High Command in Berlin to keep pace with Biro's Second Army and prepared to immediately follow them.

He crossed the river early that morning and continued his pursuit of the French Fifth Army.

In Berlin, everyone from Kaiser Wilhelm II to ordinary people believed that the French army was about to be completely wiped out and that Germany's victory was imminent.

"My Chief of General Staff, why are you always frowning? We are almost defeating the French. The war is about to end. Now we can think about how to deal with these bastards of the Allies who overestimate their capabilities." William II

Looking at the little Maoqi who showed no expression of joy, he opened his mouth to express relief.

"Your Majesty, where are the prisoners? Did millions of French troops die on the battlefield? We captured less than 50,000 French soldiers!" Little Maoqi said with suspicion, "The main force of the French army is

It has not been annihilated. General Kluck said that victory is just around the corner. Isn't he too optimistic?"

Within a month after the outbreak of the war, the German army followed the basic policy set by Schlieffen and quickly advanced through the Belgian territory towards the French mainland. The entire Germany, and almost the whole world, was convinced that the German army would soon win and Paris would soon be occupied.

Little Maoqi said cautiously, "Maybe we are too optimistic!"
Chapter completed!