Mediterranean Hegemony Road

After receiving the telegram for help, Prince Constantine threw it aside without even reading it. After thinking about it, he said, Selection of a regiment from our newly created militia division to reinforce the 18th Division! Tell Major General Andrew that this is the case. It's his last reinforcements, he must defend the line of defense, if he can't defend, he won't have to come back!

After that, Prince Constantine got up and went to the field hospital. He knew that with the current strength, it would be very difficult to hold the line of defense!

In order to increase his troops, he has even ordered to capture strong men locally. The newly formed militia reserve team is composed of the people who were captured in the Thessaly area!

In theory, he increased the strength of another division; in fact, this newly formed militia division does not even have a gun, and its combat effectiveness is better than nothing!

Anyway, to the front line, there will be! The war is still going on, someone always dies, and when someone else dies they'll have guns!

That's what the Russian army at the end of World War I did! Now it has been brought out by the Greeks in advance!

Now Prince Constantine has started the idea of ​​a field hospital again. Since the attack on Trikala City, the number of wounded in the field hospital has exceeded 20,000!

Excluding the seriously wounded who have completely lost their combat effectiveness, there are at least seven or eight thousand lightly wounded, and they can barely go to the battlefield! Even if the combat effectiveness is to be discounted, these veterans are stronger than the newly created militia divisions!

Prince Constantine has already given orders, but unfortunately, there are still very few people who are willing to go to the battlefield again!

Approaching the battlefield hospital, a stench hits my face. Prince Constantine, who has never suffered this crime, still endured his nausea and continued to move forward!

Not far away, there were rows of stretchers with wounded on them, all of which had just come off the front line! From time to time, there are bursts of mourning from the wounded, which is creepy!

A few medical staff were busy working with first aid kits. That is to do some first aid work and re-dress the wound with a bandage!

drug? Sorry, but in the 19th century it was a very luxurious commodity! Except for a few officers, ordinary soldiers are not entitled to it!

Moreover, many seriously wounded people, even if they can be rescued, are still useless, which is even less worth the high price of the Greek government!

Even with medicines, the chances of seriously injured surviving are very low! There are no antibiotics in this era, and the inventor of penicillin is still a little kid!

Whether the wound will become inflamed or not depends on luck! Once the wound is festered, if it is on the limbs, it will be amputated!

If it is other parts, look forward to God bless it! The chance of a miracle will not exceed one percent!

Obviously, the field hospital of the Greek army is not capable of accepting so many wounded! Even simple treatment can't do it!

Seeing this scene, Prince Constantine somewhat understood why those lightly wounded people refused to go to the battlefield again! After experiencing such an environment, it is estimated that many mentalities will collapse!

Prince Constantine was thinking about how to send these people to the front again. Coercion is useless. In order to resist recruiting again, many wounded who have been cured have broken bones again!

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At the headquarters of the Eighteenth Division on the front line, Major General Andrew was about to go crazy when he saw the reinforcements that Prince Constantine sent him!

From 12 or 13 year olds to 70s and 80s old men, they have everything!

Not to mention combat effectiveness, Andrew doubts that many of them can still withstand guns!

At this moment, he even wondered if he had offended Prince Constantine somewhere, and now he was wearing small shoes!

Soon, he gave up the idea! At this time, everyone is a grasshopper on a rope, and no one can escape when something goes wrong!

Anyway,

It is better to have reinforcements than no reinforcements, no matter how rabble, as long as you can pull the trigger, it is always useful!

The premise is that he first has to teach this group of rabble to use weapons!

After a sullen breath, Major General Andrew shouted loudly: Guards, inform each regiment to come to the division headquarters to lead people, and tell them that reinforcements are here!!

All right! Immediately, he is not the only one who is depressed, it is estimated that the people below will be even more uncomfortable! And there is no room for choice, there are only so many reinforcements, love or not!

Anyway, all the troops are now short of people! Since Prince Constantine dispatched a division on the front line, everyone's defense line has become longer, and the corresponding force has also been thinned!

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Since the Ottomans launched a full-scale counteroffensive, Prince Constantine has telegraphed to the Greek government and sent a stern letter for help!

The content is very short, just one meaning: if there is no reinforcements, within three days everyone can receive the news of his defeat!

Now, George I can't sit still! Unlike the previous letters for help, this time it is really dangerous. No commander would send such a telegram for help before the moment of life and death!

How many troops are there in the country? George I asked eagerly

The Minister of War said with a wry smile: No more than 40,000 people, and most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled! All troops with combat effectiveness are now transferred to the front line!

King George I thought for a while and said, That's it! Send my guards out too, form a reinforcement of 30,000 people, and immediately set off to reinforce Prince Constantine!

The Minister of War said with a face ashen: But Your Majesty, the time is simply too late!

These are just peasants who have just formed an army and who are just hoes, or workers who have just come out of the factory, not to mention whether they have combat effectiveness!

Now they are still distributed all over the country, when they come, I am afraid it will be too late! Now, within three days, the army of Prince Constantine's reinforcements is less than 10,000!

George I's face was even more terrifying. At this moment, he suddenly realized that the situation had reached such a crisis!

The government has been suppressing not to send more reinforcements to the front line, not because they don't want it, but because they simply can't get a decent army in the country!

That is to say, from the moment you sit at the gaming table, the Greek government has been stud! If you don't do your best, the Greek army can't easily pierce the Ottoman line of defense!

This is also a common problem of all small countries - can't afford to fail! If you fail once, you will lose all the chips in your hand!

George I glanced coldly at the Minister of War and said, I don't care how many reasons you have, but within three days, the reinforcements must arrive at the front!

And you have to defend the front line of Trikala, don't tell me, your military doesn't even have a plan for reinforcements!

Even if the reinforcements can't all arrive, how many can they arrive? I only ask to keep the line of defense, no matter what the price is, it must be defended!

Yes! The Minister of War replied with a wry smile

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After a moment of silence, seeing George I's anger subsided a little, the Prime Minister suddenly sighed and said: Now is not the time to be held accountable, the top priority is to get Bulgaria and Mente Negro (Montenegro) to join the war immediately. Come in!

Otherwise, it is impossible to win this war with our own strength alone, not even a decent armistice result!

George I is also considered to be the hero of the Greek generation. Unfortunately, some of them were born out of time. The current Greek foundation is really too thin!

At the prompt of the Prime Minister, King George I immediately understood and asked, Tell me all about it! What price do we have to pay in exchange for the Bulgarians to send troops immediately?

The faces of everyone changed greatly. From the start of the war to the present, Greece will be defeated in less than ten days!

The plan to rebuild Greater Greece failed just after taking the first step!

The current Greece is not comparable to the later generations, not only the territory area is less than half of the later generations, but the population is only two million! Once defeated, the Greek army will not be able to recover for a long time in the future!

The Chancellor of the Exchequer was the first to speak: Isn't it too early to talk about post-war benefits now!

The current situation on the battlefield is very unfavorable to us. I suggest to urge Bulgaria and Nate Negro to join the war as soon as possible!

Judging from the situation on the battlefield, the strength of the Ottoman Empire's army is still there, and it is very difficult to end the war in the short term!

Without the intervention of the foreign powers, whether the alliance can win the final victory is a big question mark?

The lid has been lifted, the Balkan Alliance has to be fast if it is to win this war! Once the Ottoman Empire reacted, the war turned into a protracted war. Other countries are still uncertain, but Greece will never last for two months!

The Home Secretary smiled wryly and said: That's a problem! But we've waged this war, and we've got to gain something, right?

If there is not enough income, what can we explain to the people in the country!

If we promise too many benefits to pull Bulgaria into the war now, in case the Russians intervene later and the alliance wins the war, we will lose a lot!

Everyone looked at each other with a helpless expression! Everyone has now lost confidence in the Balkan alliance and pinned their hopes on the support of the Russians!

The Minister of Foreign Affairs said dissatisfiedly: It's already this time, why do you still think so much! We have to think so much, why won't others think about it?

Don't you think that the Bulgarian and Mentegro governments can't think of this? If there is not enough interest, why let others take grain from the fire for us?

George I was taken aback, didn't he? If it's a sure-win war, the Greeks will join without a promise!

But now the odds of winning are obviously not great. Do you expect a covenant to constrain everything?

Ferdinand didn't have to tear up the covenant. This war was triggered by the Greeks in advance. According to the covenant, Bulgaria's participation in the war within three months is not considered a breach of contract!

As for the promise of the Bulgarian government, don't be ridiculous, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' verbal promise, as long as the Bulgarian government refuses to admit it, Greece will not even be able to make accusations in public opinion!

If Greece can last for three months, well, Bulgaria will definitely join the war! This means that the strength of the Ottoman Empire is limited, and there will be no pressure on everyone to squeeze soft persimmons!

If Greece can't hold on for three months, it will be defeated. Bulgaria can completely pretend that nothing happened. Anyway, they have not declared war on the Ottoman Empire. The existence of the Russian-Russian Alliance, the Ottoman Empire will not dare to do anything to them!

At this moment, George I knew that he had been pitted by Ferdinand! And it was also miserable. Without substantial concessions, Bulgaria is expected to continue to watch the show!

But he also didn't believe that the Bulgarians were not worried at all, they would really see Greece defeated, and Bulgaria's life would not be easy!

Well, he overestimated Ferdinand's integrity! Far away in Bulgaria, Ferdinand is watching the battle report leisurely, drinking tea, and enjoying himself!

I also commented a few words from time to time, a real melon eater, and never worried about the Greeks!

The Greeks have been able to fight until now, and Ferdinand has been satisfied! According to the initial estimate of the staff, Greece is fully defended and can resist the attack of 150,000 Ottoman troops at most; if it is an active attack, it will be defeated in less than ten days!

This is similar to the performance of the Greek Army in history. It was defeated a week after the war!

Now the performance of the Greek army is already very good. It has been able to fight with hundreds of thousands of Ottoman troops for so long, and at least 30,000 to 40,000 Ottoman Empire troops have been killed. Ferdinand was surprised!

As for sending troops to help? no problem! Just wait a moment, after the defeat of the main Greek force, it is time for Bulgaria to send troops!

Two generations of human beings, countless lessons in history have taught Ferdinand that the distribution of benefits has never been based on contributions. Strength is the core factor that determines the distribution of benefits!

Isn't Bulgaria the biggest contribution to the Balkan wars in parallel time and space? I think I can get the biggest piece of cake, but the result? Without enough strength, in the face of interests, former allies turned into enemies, and they were beaten and paralyzed!

Now Ferdinand's plan is to make one by one, and Bulgaria is acting according to the pre-agreed plan anyway.

It is the responsibility of the Greeks to start the war in advance. If they can't hold it for half a month, how can they blame Bulgaria!

Of course, even if it lasted for half a month, it was useless! Even if Bulgaria is involved in the war, it will take Istanbul first, followed by the Macedonia region. It will not be able to help the Greeks for a while!

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Ferdinand put down the teacup in his hand and asked, Prime Minister, how are Mente Negro's preparations? Is it possible for them to join the war in advance?

Prime Minister Constantine said with a smile: Mente Negro is terrified now! They are staring at us now, and it seems that as long as we don't go out, they will not participate in the war!

Ferdinand's face changed, no! Nicholas I was a person who participated in two wars against Turkey, and he definitely knew the military strength of the Ottoman Empire very well! Even if the Greeks are now defeated, it will not frighten him!

Don't underestimate them, Nicholas I is also a famous general! The strength displayed by the Ottomans now cannot scare him!

We can fool the Greeks, but not him! It seems that Nicholas I has already had a preliminary understanding of our strength through the Guarding War, otherwise Mente Negro would have withdrawn directly from the alliance and would not be watching!

Everyone's face changed greatly, and they recovered quickly. At this time, even if their strength was exposed, what would happen?

Could the Greeks be able to reconcile with the Ottoman Empire? Mente Negro is the same size, with two divisions at most, can he still threaten Bulgaria?