Mediterranean Hegemony Road

When Prince Constantine decided to defend on the spot, the fate of the Greek army was already doomed!

The Ottoman army didn't immediately launch an attack. After all, Edgy Pasha was a veteran in the army. In terms of military literacy, he was born from a noble family and received systematic military education since he was a child, and his ability is still good!

He was very clear about the Greeks' plans. In order to defend the back road of the army led by Duke Cyril who attacked the Epirus region, Prince Constantine had to defend the city of Trikala!

In the same way, if the Ottoman Empire wants to win this war, as long as Edher Pasha has the army in front of him, he can drive straight in. There is no longer a decent army in Greece now!

The two sides fought against the city of Trikala. There were no big battles, but small battles continued! Even so, there are thousands of casualties on both sides every day!

The Ottoman army is a regular army, and it has an advantage in strength. It can still hold such a little loss!

But the Greeks couldn't take it anymore. They were at a disadvantage in terms of military strength. Now, with such a small-scale consumption, Prince Constantine was surprised to find that the exchange ratio between the enemy and our party was as high as 1:1.5!

It's still worth it, it was already at a disadvantage, and now that it is consumed like this, the first duel to collapse will be the Greeks! It is a pity that he is powerless now, and the combat effectiveness of the army cannot be improved in a day or two!

Although the Ottoman army lacked training, they fought wars! Even if he only suppressed a few rebellions, he would see blood anyway. Compared with the new recruits on the Greek side, he was much stronger!

Prince Constantine has asked for domestic help many times, although he also knows that Greece can't get reinforcements, and even the current logistics supply line makes him worry!

In order to defend the line of defense, Prince Constantine suggested that the troops attacking the Epirus region be withdrawn, and the Ottoman army in front of them should be united!

Of course, these are all fake images. He knows that even if he can't get reinforcements in the country, it is impossible to withdraw the troops from Epirus!

The Ottoman reinforcements have come. Not only is he under great pressure, but the Greek army in Epirus is also uncomfortable. If you want to withdraw, you have to do the same with the Ottomans, right?

Otherwise, you are retreating, others are chasing after you, and if you accidentally retreat into a rout, it will be miserable!

If the Greek army before the expansion, it is still possible to withdraw in an orderly manner.

Now? Stop dreaming! Unless the Greek government is willing to break the wrist, leaving two or three divisions to break the queen!

But is this possible? After leaving two or three divisions, it is equivalent to giving up these tens of thousands of troops directly. Before the critical moment, the Greek government will never do this!

Anyway, Prince Constantine, after several confrontations, he has now roughly figured out the fighting strength of both sides! The Ottoman army was slightly stronger than the Greek army before the expansion. Now? The combat effectiveness of the two sides is far behind!

Coupled with the strength of the Greeks, it is now gone, so Prince Constantine has no hope of Greece defeating the Ottoman Empire alone!

His real purpose is to put pressure on the country and drag the two allies into the water as soon as possible! The Balkan Alliance is no secret to a high-level like him at all!

According to his idea, now no matter what the cost, Bulgaria and Mente Negro must be dragged into the battlefield!

Even so, Prince Constantine does not think that this war can end soon, and it is not bad to be able to rely on the joint efforts of the three countries to achieve a decent armistice result!

After all, the Ottoman Empire has accumulated power for a long time, and it was not very good before. When it is at a disadvantage on the battlefield, everyone can't help but think of the glorious history of the Ottomans!

Pessimism began to spread in the Greek army, of course, this is slightly better than in history, although dangerous, it can still be managed! Of course, if there is no intervention of Dominion, defeat will be a matter of time!

At this time in history, the Greeks were miserable,

A week into the war, they were driven back by the Ottoman army, and then the Ottoman army galloped across the battlefield in Greece!

Receiving news from the front lines, the Greek government has made a mess. The Greek Army, who had high hopes, told them with practical actions that although the Ottoman Empire was decaying, it was not something that Greece could challenge!

After receiving the battle report of the Greek battlefield, Ferdinand knew that the Greeks were going to be unlucky!

Originally, the combat effectiveness of the Greek army was not as good as that of the Ottomans. If the battlefield was placed on the mainland, the morale of the army would be stimulated on the grounds of defending the homeland and the country. Still worthy of a fight!

Now, the Greeks took the initiative to attack, lengthened the front line, and dispersed their forces. If the Ottomans could not win, they would be blind!

The Greeks have the advantage in total troops, but unfortunately the Ottoman army has the advantage in some battlefields! If it is an ordinary area, it is a big deal to give up, but it is the city of Trikala, no matter how much the Greeks lose, it is a place they must never lose!

If Ferdinand was replaced, he would have concentrated his troops on the border area, confronted the Ottomans, and waited for the alliance to join the war before launching an attack. This is the most correct choice!

But now it is too late for the Greeks! The Epirus region has basically been beaten down by the Greeks now. It is difficult for them to give up, and they are still occupied by separate forces!

As a result, as soon as the Ottoman reinforcements arrived, the front army of Greece attacking Epirus was embarrassed and could not concentrate its forces to fight the Ottomans.

You must know that in order to control the place, the Greek army has now scattered 30,000 people, and the main force gathered together is now only more than 70,000 people, and they are anxiously together with the 40,000 Ottoman army, temporarily at a disadvantage!

It's not that the Greek army is not working hard, or that the Ottomans are too powerful. It's not that they are to blame for their logistics!

Of course, their logistics department is also very wronged. The front line has advanced hundreds of kilometers, and there are no roads or railways to use. They rely on human and animal power to transport them. They can barely guarantee the supply of ammunition to the front line. They have done a good job!

Under such circumstances, it is difficult for the Greek army to gather together, and the remaining Ottoman forces in various places cannot be cleaned up all at once!

Digging roads and blasting bridges are not rare! The dispersed Greek army, in addition to maintaining the communication line, can also collect food on the spot to solve the problem of feeding the army. If it is concentrated now, the commanders will have a headache about what to eat for the next meal!

Unsurprisingly, the Greeks came to the door. Of course, Ferdinand would not come forward and hand it over to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to deal with it.

Foreign Minister Metev immediately understood what the boss meant. Not only did he reject the request of the Greek government, but he also provided the Greeks with a lot of evidence that the Greek government was paddling!

Well, it's just messing around! The combat effectiveness of the Greek army was originally bad, and it is not bad to be able to play this level!

It is a pity that the Greeks bragged about their cowhide before, and now they are directly taken out by Bulgaria as a general!

Can the Greeks deny it now, and then say that they are weak? ?

If this is the case, not only will the Greeks lose their position in the alliance now, but the relationship between the two sides will also change, from the current alliance to Bulgaria's unilateral rescue of Greece!

The political influence is too great!

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From the start of the war to the present, George I's mood has experienced ups and downs, and it has not recovered until now!

George I asked depressedly: What do the Bulgarians say?

To be honest, if he hadn't been forced to help, he wouldn't want to bow his head to Ferdinand. Don't forget that the two of them signed a secret betting contract before! Bowing to Bulgaria now means that Greece will lose the right to speak in the distribution of interests after the war!

The premise is that the Balkan alliance can win the war!

The foreign minister said with a wry smile: The Bulgarians have made it clear that they are not ready now, and they are powerless to attack the Ottoman Empire until the mobilization is complete!

They believe that the main force of the Ottoman Empire has not yet entered the battlefield. With our strength, we should be able to defeat the enemy in front of us in a short period of time!

So angry that King George I scolded angrily: Ferdinand is about to fall to the ground! Doesn't he know that if our Greece is defeated, Bulgaria will not be better? Could it be that he is willing to be oppressed by the Ottoman Empire forever? Or Intimidated by the Ottomans?…”

After George I had enough to vent, the Foreign Secretary said nervously: The Bulgarians are not unprepared, they have sufficient reasons to refuse our request, and they also provided us with a series of important information!

The Ottoman Empire has begun to mobilize. At present, the entire Balkan region, the Ottoman Empire's army has reached 430,000!

Among them, there are 150,000 people in Istanbul; 80,000 people in Macedonia, excluding those who have reinforced the front; 30,000 people in Albania; 140,000 Turkish troops fighting against us on the front line The army; the remaining 60,000 people are distributed in other areas!

From the information they provided, there are currently about 270,000 troops of the Ottoman Empire scattered around Bulgaria, and they have pinned down the main force of the Ottoman Empire!

As of now, Bulgaria has mobilized 310,000 troops, but they still have to defend against Romanians taking advantage of the fire, so the troops that can be put into the battlefield are less than 200,000!

The Bulgarian government has decided that it will be implemented in accordance with the long-term plan and will not participate in the war in advance!

And warned us not to think about working hard, if we can't even stand the mere 100,000 Ottoman troops, then the distribution of benefits after the war will be re-assessed according to the degree of contribution!

George I was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood. In theory, 250,000 Greek troops fought against 140,000 Ottoman troops, with an absolute military advantage! !

It's a pity that the front line has already advanced to the Ottomans' territory. After this division, the advantage has become a disadvantage!

Of course, if the Greek army is really as powerful as they boast, this is not a problem. Less wins more!

In fact, the Foreign Secretary has nothing to say, or maybe George I will really vomit blood! Bulgarian Foreign Minister Metev is not a soft persimmon, and his irritating kung fu is not a blow!

First of all, he boasted about the heroism of the Greek army. According to him, defeating the Ottoman army was a piece of cake!

The Bulgarian war is also used directly as an example. A Bulgarian regiment can chase a Serbian division to fight.

It is suggested that the Greek army carry forward the spirit of not being afraid of hardship, fatigue, and sacrifice, and bravely attack the Ottomans, and also wish the Greeks an early victory!

Well, these foreign ministers would never say it! Now that the combat effectiveness of the Greek army, he thinks he has seen it clearly, it is just a piece of shit, and it is not worth it!

It is very simple to draw this conclusion. The peasant uprising army of the Ottoman Empire can have a good relationship with the Ottoman army, and you know how wasteful the Ottoman army is!

Therefore, it is concluded that the combat effectiveness of the Ottoman army is slightly greater than that of the rabble; while the performance of the Greek army is even worse, and it cannot defeat the Ottoman army, and its performance on the battlefield is not as good as that of the Armenian insurgent army. Then it is concluded that the combat effectiveness of the Greek army is a group of rabble. Level!

Don't be surprised, it's normal for civilians who don't understand the military to come to this conclusion! Purely from the battlefield performance, there is no problem at all, but in fact it ignores the essence!

At least the performance of the Greek army led by Prince Constantine is qualified, at least in the face of the superior Ottoman army, and it can be defended; and in the Epirus region with superior force, the Greek army led by Duke Cyril, The performance is terrible!

The objective factor is - logistics! The Ottoman army is fighting locally, and there are some reserves in various places. In addition to the supplies from the rear, there will be no shortage of materials in the short term. The Greeks are tragic. They were not fully prepared, and now it is even worse!

At a critical moment, the Prime Minister spoke to the rescue, saying: Bulgarians have this attitude, it's normal! Who told our army to behave so badly?

Don't say it's them, I still can't believe that this is the great Greek army, the strongest army in the Balkans, is this the level?

Of course, now is not the time for us to be held accountable. The top priority is to let Bulgaria know our true situation, even if it is to make concessions on post-war interests!

Otherwise, they think that we are not doing our best, and that we delay not participating in the war, and the front line will probably change over time!

The Prime Minister's words awakened King George I. Now Greece is already very dangerous. If any direction is broken through, Greece will really be desperate. For this reason, the navy is ready to go ashore!

Of course, if the navy is really used as an army, it is estimated that Greece will be finished by then, and it will be useless no matter what you do!

George I asked again: What did Nicholas I say? When will Mente Negro go to war?

The Foreign Minister said embarrassedly: This~, Mente Negro's strength is limited, they are willing to participate in the war, but before Bulgaria's attitude did not participate in the war, they were very worried that they would be targeted by the Ottomans after the war!

After all, Nicholas I was born in the army, participated in two Russian-Turkish wars, and also won the title of marshal of the Russian Empire. He is still very clear about the military strength of Mente Negro.

Even if it is the power of the whole country, it can only take out 20,000 to 30,000 troops. As long as it fails once, Mente Negro will be finished!

This time everyone did not react, and no one expected to rely on Mente Negro to break the game! Rather than expecting their 20,000-30,000 troops, it would be more practical to expect the Greek troops on the front line to suddenly burst into combat power!

At this time, the Minister of War said: Our strategic material reserves are running out, and the material consumption after the war is much higher than we expected!

In particular, the consumption of ammo has increased by half than what we estimated. At the current consumption rate, it can be supported for up to three weeks. If there is a decisive battle, I am afraid that it can be supported for a shorter time!