"Order! First, send a message to General Staff of Little Moltke, asking the German General Staff to immediately transfer the command of General Von Seckert and his troops to the Eastern Front General Command, and contact Count Spee, asking him to immediately cooperate with General Von Seckert's troops transportation, and the troops will be transported directly to Türkiye."

"Second, contact Lieutenant General Von Sanders, Chief of Staff of the Imperial Turkish Army (there is no problem for the Germans to be the Chief of Staff of Turkey, this is a historical fact), and let him immediately command the German-Turkish coalition forces to retreat to the second line and be prepared to strengthen the walls and clear the field. We can only fight with the French in the interior, and we will be very difficult for foreign wars."

"Third, send a telegram to Prince Leopold to end the military operations in the Ukrainian region soon. I ask him to prepare at least 6 Bavarian divisions for me within 2 weeks!" the prince ordered.

The prince was somewhat surprised that the Allies concentrated so many troops this time. After all, 6 division-level combat units were landed in the first wave, so the second wave should not be less than the first wave. This is the strength of the 12 divisions. Although there are units like the Indian Cavalry Division (the Indian Cavalry Division really participated in the Turkish battle in the first battle in history). But overall, it is also considered elite, and the combat effectiveness of the Allies on the Western Front should be equal.

If there was no major shortage of the organization of these divisions, then the first wave of 6 divisions would have at least 60,000 people. (The number of cavalry divisions was very small) such an Allied force could be said to be invincible in frontal battles in Asia Minor. Even if the Turks could immediately draw troops from the Caucasus and the Sinai Peninsula. Therefore, it would be too late to stop the enemy from the country.

"By the way, where is that general named Kemal now?" the prince asked.

"He is now the commander of the Eighth Army of Turkey, with the rank of lieutenant general. Of course, this army is at most an army organization, with three infantry divisions, an armored brigade, and some cavalry, with about 50,000 people. Overall, it is considered the most combat-capable force in Turkey. However, even so, its combat effectiveness is still not as good as the ordinary Prussian army on the Western Front at the beginning of the war. They are now deployed near Ankara, almost at a slightly behind the second front we have drawn." Kariput said.

"Send a report to Earl Schmidt, and ask him to organize a fast elite force to arrive in Turkey immediately and let him command it himself! When the supply can be afforded and the front line reserves enough troops to resist the British army, the more support troops, the better! This time we may have to fight a high-level battle with the French." The prince thought for a while and said.

The French finally made a strategic correct choice. The Allies launched an offensive in Asia Minor, which was definitely impossible to push the front line. In fact, no army could adopt a steadily advance positional warfare with other choices. The French also advocated mobile warfare during the Napoleon period. The reason for the formation of positional warfare in 1 battle is that they had too much equipment, too much logistical pressure, and the special situation that occurred when motor vehicles were not adopted on a large scale.

The prince was very clear about the French strategy, which was to use the period when the Bavarian Legion's main force was in Ukraine (probably for 1 month) to launch a large-scale rapid offensive! The French did not ask for many places to occupy, and they could not even defeat Constantinople!

However, this sharp sword will definitely penetrate the entire Asia Minor region, and at least cut off the railway line connecting the north and south! If the French achieve this goal, it will be like breaking the backbone of the Turks with one punch. The grain and oil produced in the rich Mesopotamia cannot be transported northward, and the Mediterranean region (later Israel, Syria and other regions) in the south will collapse because it cannot receive supplies and equipment from Asia Minor!

Perhaps in the end, after the Bavarian army solved the Ukrainian issue, the concentrated German army could defeat the opponent, but the French had already won a long time and basically defeated Turkey. In order to ensure the safety of this ally, Germany had to deploy a considerable portion of its troops in Turkey. In this way, it would be equivalent to weakening the pressure on the Western Front in disguise and dispersing Germany's troops. Although it cannot be said that the situation has been brought back, it has been a lot of improvement for the entire battle situation.

So, the prince can be sure that this time the French must have concentrated quite elite troops, and both attack power and mobility are definitely first-class! The French want to fight a blitzkrieg in this plane, and if Ruprecht wants to defend his opponent's wave, it is absolutely impossible to rely on solid-state defense alone! Turkey does not have that army or so many equipment to deploy enough defense!

After receiving the prince's order, Lieutenant General Von Sanders immediately sent a telegram to the Turkish Sultan, asking to draw troops from other fronts, and on the other hand, he ordered the Turkish Legion to evacuate backwards. In the next five days, the British and French coalition forces landed in Edremit and Izmir at the same time, while Lieutenant General Von Sanders ordered the troops to evacuate to about 75 kilometers away from these two landing sites to deploy defense lines. According to his understanding, in the absence of railways, 75 kilometers is already the limit of supply for division-level combat units. The supply lines of military-level units will be longer, but it is difficult for the British and French coalition forces to establish a complete supply system in such a short time. Therefore, he decided to fight with the British and French coalition forces when the opponent was close to the end of the force.

The British and French coalition forces did not rush to launch an offensive. After clearing about 30 kilometers near the landing ground, the British and French coalition forces temporarily stopped advancing. They were building troop stations and airports, and at the same time hoarding a large amount of supplies. On the 4th day after landing (d4), the British and French Air Force, which had transferred from airports in various Mediterranean and Aegean Sea, had already entered the temporary airport. At d7, 70% of the marine artillery provided by the British Navy to the landing troops were deployed! And by d11 days, the second wave of landing troops of the Allied countries had arrived at the landing ground!

"The ambitions of Britain and France are quite great!" Two weeks later, the strategic intentions of the entire Allied Legion were already presented to the prince! Until now, the prince realized that he had underestimated the British and French coalition forces. This time they planned to achieve two strategic goals at the same time! The concentrated force and quality of the troops exceeded the prince's previous expectations! Therefore, the highest level of mobile combat in World War I gradually kicked off in Asia Minor!
Chapter completed!