Albrecht Who Shafted His Allies

At the military conference, Albrecht said, "Everyone is well aware of the Ottoman situation. The long border of the Asia Minor Peninsula is all battlefield.

"Given the current special circumstances, I have decided to split our forces across multiple fronts and launch attacks at multiple points, throwing the enemy's strategic deployments into disarray.

"Considering the language barrier and the difficulty of coordinating joint operations, each country's forces will temporarily operate under independent command. Once the landings are complete, we will conduct joint operations with nearby forces according to the actual conditions on the battlefield.

"During the landing operations, the Austrian Navy will be responsible for transporting each country's troops and providing the necessary fire support.

"The Allied Headquarters will send personnel to record military merits. Everyone's performance on the battlefield will serve as a reference for the postwar distribution of spoils.

"Does anyone have any questions?"

"Splitting the forces"—the news had come far too suddenly, completely catching everyone off guard.

Before this, the Allied Headquarters had been coordinating cooperation among the various countries. Before proposing the "split," Albrecht had not discussed it with the others.

It was not that Albrecht was acting arbitrarily. The main problem was that there were too many people attending the meeting; once there were too many people, their brains tended to go offline.

Especially since they represented four different countries. Everyone considered matters from their own standpoint, and their starting points were fundamentally different.

Dragging everyone into a discussion would accomplish nothing but waste time.

Ivanov, commander of the Russian Army, was the first to speak. "Commander, splitting our forces is not a problem. The question is, how will logistics be guaranteed?"

Albrecht answered calmly, "The Allied General Headquarters will allocate supplies uniformly according to the number of troops in each force. When no combat