Chapter 1673: Strategy Three
Chapter 1673 Strategy 3
"Judging from the current situation, it seems difficult for our Hungarian allies to deal a heavy blow to Austria." Prime Minister Asquith said with some helplessness.
If it is a complete Hungary, it will naturally deal a heavy blow to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but now, Hungary has been torn apart, Slovakia in the north has been gradually taken over by Vienna, and Croatia in the southwest is also rapidly approaching the center. And the Romanian gathering place in the southeast——Transylvania has become a mess, and now the Hungarians can control only half of it! As for this half of the region, there are still many internal disputes.... Just such a piece of material, can you count on how high its combat effectiveness is?
"If necessary, we can cooperate with the Count of Albany of the Independent Democratic Party, let some old antiques go to the dustbin of history, no matter what, in this winter, there must be an outbreak in Hungary that can shake the entire Austro-Hungarian Empire Events, whether it is independence or regime change, are fine! By the way, there is also the distant relative of the frustrated Habsburg family. Grand Duke Karl can also take advantage of it. Isn’t he quite a king? Don’t the Hungarian nobles want a king? Is it? I think the cooperation between them is very good." Prime Minister Asquith said meaningfully.
"By the way, how is our operation in the Arabian Peninsula going? I remember that a colonel named Thomas Edward Lawrence was responsible for this matter?" Prime Minister Asquith asked.
"It's very bad. Colonel Lawrence persuaded Hussein ibn Ali to launch an uprising against Turkey. It started smoothly, but later, in order to fight the battle of Asia Minor, the military recruited some Arab fighters into the British army, which led to The weakness of the rebel army. You know, the place is sparsely populated, so the result is very bad now." Lloyd George said with some embarrassment.
"Well, this is really not good news." Asquith said, but he didn't take this matter to heart. In the eyes of the British, this is just an idle game. It is of course very good to succeed. , that's okay too.
The inertia of history is huge. In this plane, the Arab national uprising still broke out, and the leader of this uprising is still Hussein ibn Ali, a person who has a direct blood relationship with the founder of Islam. Historically, this uprising caused great harm to Turkey. The Arabs were allowed to fight for the Allied Powers on the condition that the Allied Powers recognized Hussein’s kingship and national independence. After the war, Britain and France resolutely broke the contract and divided up Turkey’s lost land. The so-called national independence has also come to naught.
But unlike in history, the Arab uprising on this plane failed very much and did not cause much damage to Turkey. Of course, for the British, this is just a trivial matter. Although it is a bit regrettable, it does not affect the overall situation.
When the frontal battlefield cannot gain an advantage, the British will gradually accumulate advantages from other corner battlefields,
Thus accumulating few victories into big victories, which eventually changed the entire situation of the battle, even the leftovers were used, so the British are also very concerned about Japan, the fourth largest ally of the Allied Powers.
"How much cannon fodder and labor can the Japanese give us next year?" asked Asquith.
"The Japanese are very cunning. Their troops in Europe and Asia Minor are much lower in terms of combat quality than before, and in the new year, they have refused to provide more troops, only willing to provide labor. Of course, they put this The responsibility is shifted to the Americans. The Panama Canal does not allow ships carrying armed personnel and weapons to pass through. This is actually restricting Japan from sending troops and equipment to us through the Pacific Ocean. In short, it is actually difficult for Japan to play a greater role." Lloyd George said.
"Hehe, do they still want to be alone after the war? Soon, we will get back what we lost from the Japanese!" Asquith snorted. In the view of the British Prime Minister, no matter how bad the situation is, even if France is finished, relying on the English Channel and the Grand Fleet, the British can at least have a chance to negotiate peace with the Germans, but Japan? After the war, what ability does Japan have to face the pressure of the two superpowers of the United States and Germany? At that time, sooner or later, the UK will be able to earn back the capital with interest!
"Then buy it with money! In short, if there are no accidents, this war will always end next year. Even if the number of troops cannot be increased, we must at least keep the number of Japanese laborers in Europe at more than 300,000. France Manpower has been overdrawn, and this investment is necessary," Asquith said.
"By the way, how is our route in the Indian Ocean? Asquith suddenly turned his head and asked Churchill. It seems that he hasn't heard of any major events in the Indian Ocean recently.
"Since the Americans decided to close the Panama Canal to us, a considerable part of the military supplies still came from the Indian Ocean, but we made a big circle and operated outside the range of activities of the two German battleships. In the last battle, although the two The German fast battleship killed two Japanese warships, but it seemed that it had also suffered a lot of damage, so there has been no movement." Churchill said.
"Really? It seems that this is the only good news recently." Asquith had a smile on his face.
"No, absolutely impossible, this is not normal." Churchill said decisively.
Churchill now understands a little bit. How come the "Indian Ocean Twin Wolves" who have been very active before are now as quiet as the "Indian Ocean Erha"? This is not normal! You know, when Thomas brought the most NB squadron in the British Empire, he failed to deal with each other, and not long ago, Su Xiong and Earl Spey bit the Japanese, even if the ship needed to be repaired a few months ago, but now? It should have been fixed by now, right? Then why don't you come out for a walk?
Churchill felt that he was being persecuted and paranoid. If the German fleet did something wrong, he might feel more at ease, but if nothing happened, Churchill would not be able to sleep well, always wondering if the Germans had some big conspiracy!
And if the leader can't sleep well, the people below can't sleep even more. They need to collect more intelligence, and then try to find the German "conspiracy" from the "clues". Whether it is real or fake, they always want to find it! Then write a report and submit it. Isn’t that what bureaucrats do? Go according to the meaning of the leader, ancient and modern China and foreign countries have never changed!
However, what is unexpected is that this time, Churchill guessed a little bit right!
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