The Ottoman Empire and the Germans were almost unprepared in the Dardanelles Strait.
This was what General Winter told Shire, sending an excited telegram to Shire:
"Your plan was very successful, Colonel."
"Our intelligence indicates that of the more than a hundred guns installed by the Ottoman Empire in the Dardanelles Strait, most are old cannons from more than a dozen years ago. The new artillery that can pose a threat to battleships is less than twenty."
"Moreover, the enemy lacks sufficient materials, ammunition, and even mines. Many of the mines are Russian mines that drifted into the Marmara Sea after the mooring cables broke in the Black Sea, and the Ottoman Empire 'picked them up' and reused them."
"The Ottomans and Germans had clearly fallen for the trick; they were unprepared in the Dardanelles Strait. Victory is in sight!"
However, the situation wasn't as optimistic as General Winter imagined.
