At the end of December 1814, shortly after Christmas.
The entire European continent has entered a cold winter. Whether it was the western battlefield or the eastern battlefield, and even the northern battlefield of the Caesar Kingdom, the battle was temporarily suspended due to weather conditions.
The armies of the Entente and the Allies were not yet able to fight in the freezing cold. Or, fighting in such a situation, you will pay great losses.
Withstand more non-combat attrition.
Therefore, both the Entente and the Allies stopped large-scale operations. As long as the infiltration of small forces continues. The scale of the war has been deliberately controlled.
However, this is quite different in the eastern Mediterranean.
The climate here is relatively warm, and even in winter, the temperature tends to be above freezing. For the operation of troops, it did not have much impact at all.
In particular, the Tsarist Imperial Army is already relatively frost-resistant, so it will not have any impact.
General Sukhomlinov, Minister of War of the Germanic Empire, had been appointed commander of the Balkan Front.
Although, the entire Balkan Front, under the command of the 7th Army, 21st Army, 22nd Army, 23rd Army, 24th Regiment Army and 25th Army.
The 7th Army had entered the territory of the Kingdom of Serbia and began to assist the army of the Kingdom of Serbia against the attack of the Austro-Hungarian Army. The remaining five armies of the Balkan Front were responsible for the operations against the Ottoman Empire.
In addition, the 4th Army and the 20th Army deployed in the Caucasus will also begin a large-scale offensive against the Ottoman Empire in the following spring, as temperatures rise, to assist the Balkan Front. Their task was to completely crush the Ottoman Empire and force it to surrender and withdraw from the war.
Tsar Mikhail I had already given the order to concentrate his forces on crushing the Ottomans while the main forces of the Entente and the Allies had stopped their large-scale offensives.
The top brass of the Russian Empire predicted that once the park entered the spring of 1815, the European battlefield would become more intense. Therefore, the Russian Empire also needed to prepare for this.
If the Russian Empire could take advantage of this time, it would first crush the Ottoman Empire. Even if it was a heavy blow to the Ottoman Empire, the Ottoman Empire could no longer pose a threat to the Russian Empire. In this way, the Russian Empire was also able to send more troops back to the Eastern Front. Ensure the defeat of the Ottoman Empire on the Eastern Front and defeat the Germanic Empire.
After the arrival of General Sukhomlinov, he immediately took action.
Large quantities of supplies have already reached the Balkans by rail and sea.
At the same time, the main forces of the Black Sea Fleet of the Imperial Russian Navy had returned to the Aegean Sea, ready to cover the army’s crossing of the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus to launch an attack on the Ottoman Empire.
For this battle, the Russian Empire was fully prepared. Everyone is also full of confidence in the next battle.
At the same time, the Ottoman top brass was worried.
Although, with the promise of the Germans, they joined the Confederate. However, the Ottoman Empire undoubtedly hoped to be victorious in war, not defeated. (Read violent novels, go on Feilu Fiction Network!)
Once victorious, they will naturally be able to reap huge benefits. But if it fails, it will also pay an unimaginable price.
“Your Excellency, General, the Russians are ready to do something to us. They amassed a large number of troops north of the Dardanelles and Bosphorus. If they attack, can we withstand their attack?” is Ismailenville Pasha, worried.
“Your Excellency, rest assured, we have also assembled heavy troops in the south of the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus. The number of troops deployed south of the strait alone is as high as 800,000 people. In addition, on the second line positions, we have deployed half a million people, ready to reinforce the front line. The Russians want to defeat us, it will not be so easy. In particular, the armies used by the Russians are all newly mobilized troops, and their combat effectiveness is also very limited. And your army, good villains have also warned us that after years of training, our combat effectiveness has been greatly improved. The head of the military delegation of the Germanic Empire, Admiral Otto von Zandels, looked very confident.
After the crushing defeat in the Balkan War, the Ottoman Empire further deepened its military ties with the Germanic Empire, hiring a large number of military instructors from the Germanic Empire and purchasing a large number of weapons and equipment.
It can be said that after the training of the Germans, the combat effectiveness of the most elite troops of the Ottoman Empire has been greatly improved.
However, in terms of the financial resources of the Ottoman Empire, their elite troops were not many after all, only half a million people. The 1.5 million people who followed were all recruits who had just been mobilized.
This time, in response to the attack of the Russians, the Ottoman Empire had sent all its elite to the battlefield.
But even so, the Ottoman top brass was equally bottomless.
“‘What should we do if we are not able to withstand the Russian attack on the southern shore of the strait?'” asked Ismailenville Pasha.
“Your Excellency Pasha, if we fail to keep the Russians north of the strait. Then we had to use the terrain on the Asia Minor peninsula to stop the Russians. The Asia Minor Peninsula is hilly and rugged. It is also very difficult for the Russians to go deeper and deeper. We have to resist their attack, it will not be too difficult. Admiral Otto Funzan said.
He had received orders from home to hold the Russians back as much as possible to support the subsequent battles of the Germanic Empire.
As a general and army general, Admiral Otto von Zandels had already guessed that the Germanic Empire was preparing to attack the Russians. Therefore, he naturally had to do everything possible to complete this task.
As long as the Germanic Empire can defeat the Russian Empire on the Eastern Front and severely damage the Russian Empire. Then, the entire Eastern Front, including the crisis of the Ottoman Empire, could also be fundamentally resolved.
At that time, the situation will be greatly improved. He would help the Ottomans win this war. Perhaps, you will be able to transfer back to China to take up more important positions.
If he could, of course, he would like to be able to lead the battle, not become the head of a military delegation.
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