Mediterranean Hegemony Road

Time passed by in a hurry, and another three days passed in a flash. The Second Army has swept across the Macedonian region. Except for a few fortresses where the Turkish army is resisting, the entire Macedonian region has been captured!

Ferdinand, who received the battle report, was so happy that the Macedonian region in this era is much larger than the later Republic of Macedonia (257.13 million square kilometers)!

It also includes four regions of later Greece: 141.57 million square kilometers in East Macedonia, 191.47 million square kilometers in Central Macedonia, 9451 square kilometers in West Macedonia, 9200 square kilometers in Epirus, and parts of Bulgaria and Serbia with an area of ​​more It is more than 80,000 square kilometers.

In addition, 10.98 million in Kosovo and 7.52 million in Thrace (including 244.76 million in Eastern Thrace, 085.78 million in Western Thrace, and 421.55 million in Northern Thrace). The upcoming Albania is 287.48 million, and the Istanbul area is 5343 square kilometers.

These areas add up to more than 200,000 square kilometers, almost twice the size of the current Bulgarian territory!

Once Bulgaria annexes and digests these areas, a medium-power country with a territory of more than 300,000 square kilometers and a population of more than 10 million will be born in the Balkans!

If the rich resources in these areas are used to develop, the future club of great powers will add a new member!

While Ferdinand was having a sweet dream, he was interrupted by a message!

What? The Ottomans surrounded Athens, and the Second Army sent troops to Thessaly to rescue Greece!

Tell Dante-Christopher to wait for me, and not to enter Greece without my order!

And ask him for me, is the second army the Bulgarian army or the Greek army? What does the life and death of the Greeks matter to them?

Is their second army in a hurry? If you have nothing to do, let's take down Albania with the Third Army first!

Ferdinand's sudden anger startled everyone. The Second Army just made a suggestion, and didn't send troops first and then played it!

But since the boss is angry, Dante-Christopher and the others deserve it!

Constantine said in embarrassment: Grand Duke, now that the Ottoman army has surrounded Athens, the Greeks may not be able to withstand it, so we really won't send troops to rescue?

In terms of international public opinion,

I'm afraid it will be very bad for us! And it is easy to cause our other allies to worry!

Ferdinand thought for a while and said: Well, the Greeks have repeatedly asked for help. If they really don't send troops, it won't make sense, but now we are also short of troops!

Well, order Dante Christophe to reinforce Greece as soon as possible, tell the Greeks that we have sent troops, let them hold on!

In addition, considering the needs of the war, the Second Infantry Division, the Sixteenth Infantry Division, and the Seventeenth Infantry Division are now transferred from the Second Army to reinforce the front line of Constantinople; the Fourth Division is then transferred to the Albanian theater.

Obviously everyone was defeated by Ferdinand's shamelessness, and idiots will believe that this is to rescue Greece. The Second Army has been transferred by half of its troops, and it has to defend the Macedonian region of the Great North. The Second Army still has troops to rescue Greece. what?

This is not to tell the Ottomans, don't worry about fighting, I'm here to fight soy sauce!

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After receiving two telegrams with very different contents, Dante Christophe immediately became depressed.

He smiled wryly and said, You guessed it right, Chief of Staff. The country has no intention of rescuing Greece at all. It seems that these Ottomans escaped unharmed!

The chief of staff smiled and said, Isn't this obvious? If you couldn't stand the harassment of the Greeks and sent a telegram to ask, I guess the country will continue to pretend to be confused!

Our war with the Ottoman Empire is almost over, and it is time to share the spoils. If you go to save the Greeks now, there will be another person fighting for the spoils!

Dante Christophe said in disbelief: No way! These territories were all won by us. Why should the Greeks fight for them?

The chief of staff sneered: Why is there no reason? For example, the Greeks said that the Macedonian region is their homeland, so we can't grab the territory of our allies!

In other words, they held back the main force of the Ottoman army, annihilated tens of thousands of Ottoman troops, contributed to the alliance, etc. There are many reasons!

So even if we want to save them, we have to wait until we have eaten all these territories in our stomachs!

Dante Christophe thought for a while and said, Forget it, politics is not for me, I'd better fight honestly! Order the 15th Division to attack Lapusani and rescue our allies!

After getting the news, in Athens, the capital of Greece, the Greek government is arguing over whether to move the capital or not!

Of course, the abuse of Bulgaria was also indispensable. George I sat there with a livid face and said nothing, he knew he had been cheated miserably!

Thinking of the bet he signed with Ferdinand, his face collapsed. The Greek army has occupied an island of Crete, and the Ottomans have already arrived in Athens!

Thinking about the treaty of whoever occupies it first, George I wants to die, and it is full of fucking routines!

There is no doubt that the Ottoman Empire is already the biggest loser in this war, and Greece is about to become the second biggest loser!

With the combat power displayed by the Bulgarian army now, George I knew that it would be impossible for Bulgaria to spit out the meat that was eaten in its mouth. Anyway, in the 19th century, a big fist was justice!

Can Athens hold it? George I asked coldly

The people who were arguing stopped, and this question brought everyone back to reality. Now there is no other army in the city except for a mob with high morale!

The Minister of War said with a livid face: It's difficult! The army in the city is just recruited, there is no formal training, and they don't even have rifles!

Although the morale is high now, it cannot change the nature of low combat effectiveness!

George I said coldly: Then move the capital! But where can we go now? Although the Peloponnese is still in our hands, it can't stop the Ottomans' advance!

Bulgaria has now made up its mind to watch from the sidelines, and it is hopeless! It is estimated that they will not think of us as an ally until they conquer Constantinople!

The Minister of the Interior said with a wry smile: I suggest moving the capital to Sparta. Under the current circumstances, the Ottoman Empire can't last long!

Except for Constantinople, their territory in the Balkans is basically occupied by the Bulgarians. Once the offensive and defensive battle of Constantinople is over, the war will be over regardless of victory or defeat!

We must now ensure that Greece will not be subjugated before the end of the war! Only by participating in the negotiation as a member of the victorious nation can we protect our interests!

Everyone laughed bitterly. In fact, the best thing for Greece is to end the war with the Ottoman Empire as soon as possible. The Germans have already expressed their mediation. As long as Greece is willing, it can be over without paying any price!

Anyway, the interests of the Balkans no longer have Greece's share! With the victory of the alliance, Greece can at most get the name of a victorious country, plus the island of Crete, and it is even more likely that they will get nothing. Who told them that their homeland is still in the hands of the Ottomans?

But the sharp knife of nationalism has already started, and it will be difficult to stop it!

George I smiled bitterly and said: Okay, let's move the capital to Sparta! Tell the Bulgarians that Greece will persist, but our interests must also be guaranteed!

The Foreign Secretary said with a wry smile, Yes!

Guaranteed what? It's nothing more than guaranteeing the homeland, and counting on the Ottomans to cede land and pay compensation, don't dream! Unless the alliance can hit the Asia Minor peninsula, don't expect the Ottoman Empire to surrender!

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After receiving the news from Greece, Ferdinand was a little dumbfounded!

On the one hand, he hopes that the Greeks will directly make peace with the Ottoman Empire and withdraw from the alliance, so that Bulgaria will have reason to seek the Greeks' misfortune when the future is appropriate; on the other hand, he hopes that the Greeks can fight the Ottoman Empire to death, Consume each other's national power and weaken the two competitors!

Ferdinand suddenly laughed, because he was too greedy, there is nothing perfect in this world!

At this moment, King George I is summoning the legendary Spartan warriors in the Peloponnes Peninsula. Simply put, the Greeks have conscripted again!

After deciding to move the capital, the Greek government simply left Athens and ran away. With the support of naval firepower, the defenders persisted for three days before finally announcing the fall of Athens!

In order to defend the Peloponnese Peninsula, George I concentrated his forces on the narrow strip connecting the peninsula and the mainland. At the same time, the Greek Navy was also transferred to use naval guns as fire support!

The offensive of the Ottoman army was temporarily blocked, but the crisis of the Greek government was still not lifted!

The population on the Peloponnese Peninsula is limited. No matter how hard the Greek government works, it cannot provide enough troops. Now the navy has become the government's last reserve force!