Mediterranean Hegemony Road

As soon as the naval battle was over, Ferdinand received the news, and his hanging heart was relieved at once!

Not surprisingly, the Black Sea Fleet defeated the Ottoman Navy, and then successfully entered the Marmara Sea. It is currently being repaired in the Tekirdag port controlled by Bulgaria.

Although these twists and turns also occurred in it, it was not what Ferdinand cared about! He didn't care whether it was the loss of the Ottomans or the Russians. Ferdinand only needed one result - to win the command of the Sea of ​​Marmara!

From this moment on, the Ottoman Empire can declare a farewell to the Istanbul area!

Although they still have half of Constantinople in their hands, their sea transportation channels have been threatened!

Although the Bosporus Strait is close, the risk factor is also high! It has already been completely exposed to the range of Bulgaria's artillery, and even the city of Uskudar on the opposite side has not been less visited by shells!

After pondering for a moment, Ferdinand decisively issued three orders: Order the Third Army to take Albania in the shortest possible time;

Order the Second Army to move the front line to the dividing line between the Ottoman Empire and the Greeks before the war, and then stationed there;

Order the First Army to block the Bosporus Strait, while reducing the intensity of the attack, and try to control casualties!

Up to now, it is better to eat the interests of the mouth first, and then talk about it. As for other issues, we will wait for the negotiations to wrestle!

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The Ankara palace on the other side is now clouded with gloom. Even those who are optimistic about the situation do not think that the Ottoman Empire can win this war now!

At this moment, the Sudanese government has already panicked, and even the radicals are no longer clamoring to carry the war to the end.

Now it is no longer a question of whether to fight or not. The key is that it is useless to want to fight, and it is impossible to pass!

Before transporting supplies to Constantinople, they had to go through the Sea of ​​Marmara, and they had to dock at night, and the ships had to be docked in hidden areas. This made the transportation even more difficult, and the logistics department had long been tormented. Unbelievable!

Even with such care, material losses often occur! If you go directly to the Bosporus Strait, half of the supplies can be safely transported to the front line, even if the Bulgarian military personnel are dereliction of duty!

Can't get too close,

You can see the other side with the naked eye. When you see a ship, you greet it with artillery, and from time to time, you even come to the port. Who will suffer under such conditions?

The Sultan said in grief: Everyone has anything to say! Now the Ottoman Empire has reached a critical moment of life and death. If one is not good, the partition plan proposed by the British in 1895 will appear again, but this time it will be changed. It's just a protagonist!

Frankly speaking, the Sultan has regretted it now, and regrets not ending this war that dragged the empire into the abyss ahead of schedule!

Now that the Russians have entered the Sea of ​​Marmara, no one will think that this is dominated by the Bulgarians, even though they are now flying the Bulgarian flag!

The Foreign Minister said with a pale face: At this point, we can only minimize losses! The war cannot go on. Even if we are negotiating with the Balkan Alliance at this moment, we will have to pay a heavy price!

The Prime Minister asked nervously: What is the attitude of the British? Do they mean to check and balance the Russians in the Balkans?

The Foreign Minister shook his head and said: The attitude of the British is obvious now. They don't intend to directly intervene in this war, and they don't care whether the Russians will control the Black Sea Strait!

The Minister of War asked in disbelief: How is this possible? Don't the British worry that after the Russians take control of the Black Sea Strait, they will enter the Mediterranean Sea to compete with them for hegemony?

The Minister of Foreign Affairs is suffering now. It is obvious that the high-level views of the Ottoman government are still decades ago. The current international situation is very different from that of the past!

He explained helplessly: After the signing of the Mediterranean Agreement, Russia's entry into the Mediterranean is no longer the business of the British family!

The British have already had a lot of troubles themselves, and now the British are unwilling to be the first birds and resist the pressure of the Russians alone!

The Minister of War was even more puzzled, and continued to ask: Now that Russia has broken the status quo in the Black Sea region, it has touched the terms of the Mediterranean Agreement on maintaining the status quo in the Black Sea. The British should come forward to sanction them, right?

The foreign minister said with a wry smile: It is the Balkan alliance that is breaking the balance now, and if you want to sanction them, you must sanction them, and it has nothing to do with the Russians!

Russia did not do anything directly, this is a fig leaf, giving John Bull face! Of course John Bull will reciprocate, otherwise they really have the strength to drive the Russians back now!

But the Russians can also retaliate in Central Asia or Afghanistan, and the bears can go all the way to India if they are in a hurry!

What's more, even if the Russians enter the Mediterranean, the Italians are the first to bear the brunt. The British can wait for the Russians to enter the Mediterranean, and then unite with Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italians to deal with him!

Well, the presence of Italians has never been high, and it is a joke to appear often. But this only refers to their army. The Italians' naval combat effectiveness is still good. At least the Russians' Black Sea Fleet now, the Italians can still say that I can hold it!

On land, Mao Xiong is the European steamroller, and the strength of the army is leveraged! Now even Germany, which is known as the world's largest army power, will feel guilty towards the Russians!

It's not that it can't be beaten, but the main reason is that there are too many gray animals, and how many ants kill elephants? What's more, it's the Russian army, and their combat effectiveness is also at the forefront of the world!

At sea, to be honest, the British really don't pay attention to the Russian navy!

Although the Russian Navy is also the third in the world, the current Royal Navy of the British Empire is much stronger than the sum of the second + third navies in the world!

As soon as the foreign minister explained, everyone immediately realized that the current situation is different from that during the Crimean War. The rise of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy is enough to check and balance Russia in Europe!

With John Bull's current disposition, if he had the opportunity to pick up trouble from behind, of course he would hide behind. They would not do the wedding dress for others now!

Sultan said with a gloomy face: Since the British are no longer reliable, what about other countries? Can Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy all sit still? Don't worry at all. Will Russia continue to grow?

At this time, the Prime Minister reminded: Great Sudan, the Italians can't count on it now, they have already set their sights on our Libya, and they may take advantage of it at any time to loot it!

If it weren't for their embarrassment in Ethiopia last year, the Italian government really doesn't have much confidence in their army, maybe they have already done it now!

Sudan's face became even uglier, well, it's embarrassing this time! Don't talk about asking for help, maybe it's a new enemy, asking your own enemy for help, isn't it like a sheep entering the tiger's mouth?

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While the Sudanese government was trying to find a way to end the war, the Battle of Constantinople entered a new stage.

After the sea transportation was cut off, Eder Pasha's life became even more difficult. Now the ammunition is reduced by one round, and the food is reduced by one ton per meal!

But Bulgaria didn't show mercy at all. The shells still poured on them without money. Of course, the heavy artillery was rarely used!

Therefore, although the intensity of the first army's attack has been greatly reduced, the speed of advancing has not decreased, and to a certain extent, it has even increased!

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After entering the Sea of ​​Marmara, the Black Sea Fleet was unwilling to be lonely, and often visited the cities and ports of the Ottoman Empire in the Asia Minor Peninsula, and even the villages did not mind shooting a few shells!

There is no need to describe the hatred between Russia and Turkey, and the enmity of nine generations is countless! What exactly happened, Ferdinand didn't care, anyway, he couldn't control it!

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At this moment, there is no trace of an international metropolis in Constantinople!

There are broken walls everywhere, and as time goes by, the morale of the defenders is constantly decreasing!

General, we are running out of food! the adjutant reminded

Eder Pasha said weakly: Understood, notify the troops to start the distribution of food quotas, we need time!

Time flies, and it has entered July in a flash, and the Balkan War has broken out for two months.

Constantinople is still standing strong, but the Ottoman defenders have been compressed to a small area, occupying less than 10% of the entire city!

On July 3, the Ottoman Empire submitted its negotiation intention to the Balkan League through Germany.

At this time, except for Constantinople, all other territories in the European part of the Ottoman Empire have ceased to exist!

Seeing that the benefits were almost exhausted, Ferdinand agreed to negotiate!

There are amazing similarities in history, and the venue for the negotiations was still London. The parties to the negotiations were naturally the governments of the Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria, Monte Negro, and Greece!

Surprisingly, the Russian Empire, which almost personally participated in the war, also became a mediating power this time, participating in the mediation together with the British, French, Germans, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire!

Italy was excluded, and the Ottoman Empire would not invite them because the Italians were fighting Libyan doctrine. The Balkan League also expressed disdain for Italy and ignored him!

Of course, the more core reason is that the Italians have bad ambitions for Albania, which was jointly resisted by Ferdinand and Nicholas I!

As for the Greek government, sorry! This time, they are the ones who have the least right to speak. Who makes them the weakest now? Letting them attend is all for the sake of the allies!