When Prince Constantine decided to defend in situ, the fate of the Greek army was already doomed!
The Ottoman army did not immediately launch an attack. Edgar Pasha, after all, was a general in the army. As far as military literacy is concerned, he came from a noble family and received systematic military education from an early age. His ability is still good!
The Greeks' intentions were clear to him. In order to defend the back road of the army led by the Duke of Cyrel against Epirus, Prince Constantine had to stay in Trikala!
Similarly, if the Ottoman Empire wants to win this war, as long as Edgar Pasha has solved the army in front of him, he can drive straight in. Greece can no longer afford a decent army in Greece!
The two sides confronted each other around Trikala City. No big battles, no small battles! Even so, there are thousands of casualties on both sides every day!
The Ottoman army is a regular army, and it also has strength in strength. It can still afford such a little loss!
But the Greeks couldn't stand it. Originally, the military was at a disadvantage. At such a small scale, Prince Constantine was surprised to find that the exchange rate between the enemy and us was as high as 1 to 1.5!
It's okay. It was already in a disadvantage. Now that it's been used up, the first person to collapse will be the Greeks! Unfortunately, he is powerless now, and the combat effectiveness of the army cannot be improved in a day or two!
虽然 Although the Ottoman army also lacks training, others have fought! Even if it only suppressed a few rebellions, anyway, he still saw the blood. Compared to the recruits on the Greek side, he was much stronger!
Prince Constantine has asked for help many times in the country, although he also knows that Greece cannot provide reinforcements, even the current logistics supply line has made him worried!
In order to keep the line of defense, Prince Constantine proposed to withdraw the troops attacking the Epirus and jointly attack the Ottoman army in front!
Of course, these are all illusions. He knows that it is impossible to send troops in China, and it is impossible to withdraw the troops from Epirus!
Ottoman's reinforcements have arrived. Not only is he under great pressure, the Greek army in Epirus is also uncomfortable, and the Ottomans can do the same if they want to withdraw?
Otherwise, you are retreating and others are chasing after you. If you accidentally retreat into defeat, it will be miserable!
If the Greek army before the expansion, there may still be an orderly retreat.
Now? Stop dreaming! Unless the Greek government breaks its wrists and leaves two or three divisions behind it!
But is this possible? After leaving two or three divisions, it is equivalent to abandoning these tens of thousands of troops directly. The Greek government will definitely not do this until the critical moment!
王子 Anyway, Prince Constantine, through several confrontations, he has now roughly figured out the fighting power 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!
真实 His real purpose is to put pressure on the country and drag two allies into the water as soon as possible! The Balkan League is no secret to a high-level man like him!
According to his ideas, no matter how much it costs, Bulgaria and Mentenegrow must be dragged into the battlefield!
Even so, Prince Constantine did not think that the war could be ended soon. It would be nice to rely on the joint efforts of the three countries to make a decent truce.
After all, the Ottoman Empire was a long-time Jaeger-LeCoultre. It was not so good before. When the battlefield was at a disadvantage, everyone couldn't help thinking of the glorious history of the Ottomans!
The pessimistic mood began to spread in the Greek army. Of course, this is slightly better than in history. Although it is dangerous, it can still be braced! Of course, if there is no intervention, it will be sooner or later!
Historical Greeks are miserable at this moment in history. After a week of war, they were driven back by the Ottoman army, and then the Ottoman army ran across the territory of Greece and stretched the country!
I received news from the front line that the Greek government had messed up. The Greek Army, which had high hopes, told them by actual action that although the Ottoman Empire was decaying, it was not something Greece could challenge!
After receiving the battle report on the Greek soil battlefield, Ferdinand knew that the Greeks were going to be unlucky!
希腊 The Greek army's combat effectiveness was not as good as that of the Ottomans. If the battlefield was placed on the ground, the defense of the country would be used as a reason to inspire the morale of the army. Still worth the battle!
Now, the Greeks took the initiative to extend the front and dispersed their forces. If the Ottomans could not win, they would be blind!
希腊 The Greeks have an advantage in the total troop strength, but unfortunately it is the Ottoman army with a military advantage in a local battlefield! If it is an ordinary area, it will be a big deal to give up. It is Trikala city. Even if the Greeks lose even more, it is a place that cannot be lost!
If you change Ferdinand, you would have concentrated your forces in the border area and confronted the Ottomans, and waited for the alliance to join the attack before launching an attack. This is the most correct choice!
But it's too late for the Greeks! The Epirus region has now been basically beaten down by the Greeks. It is difficult for them to give up, and they still do not know how to live and occupy the army!
As a result of the arrival of Ottoman reinforcements, the Greek attack on Epirus was embarrassed, and it was impossible to concentrate its forces on a decisive battle with the Ottomans. Also, due to the scattered forces, retreat was not possible!
You know, in order to control the local area, the Greek army has now scattered about 30,000 people, and the main force concentrated is now only 70,000 people, and they are anxious with the 40,000 Ottoman army. They are temporarily at a disadvantage!
It 's not that the Greek army did n't work hard, or that the Ottomans were too powerful. Blame their logistics!
Of course their logistics department is also very wronged. The front line has been pushed forward hundreds of kilometers, and there are no roads and railways to use. It depends on human and animal transportation to barely guarantee the supply of ammunition on the front line. It has done a good job!
In this case, it is difficult for the Greek army to gather. The remaining Ottoman forces in various places can be cleaned up at once!
Digging roads and blasting bridges, but nothing happened! After the dispersed Greek army, in addition to maintaining the traffic line, it can also collect food locally and solve the problem of eating for the army. If it is concentrated now, the commanders will have a headache for what to eat next!
Unsurprisingly, the Greeks really came to the door. Of course Ferdinand would not show up and hand it directly to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Foreign Minister Mateev immediately understood the meaning of the boss, not only rejected the Greek government's request, but also provided the Greeks with a lot of evidence that the Greek government was paddling!
Okay, it's just a mess! The combat effectiveness of the Greek army was originally bad, and it is quite good to play this level!
Unfortunately, the Greeks blew up their cowhide before, and now they are taken out by Bulgaria as a general!
Can the Greeks now deny and say that they are weak? ?
要 If so, the Greeks will not only lose their status in the alliance now; but the relationship between the two sides will also change, from the current union to Bulgaria's unilateral rescue of Greece!
The political influence is too great!
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From the beginning of the war to the present, the mood of George I has gone through ups and downs, and now he has not calmed down!
George I asked, depressed, "What do Bulgarians say?"
To be honest, if he was not forced, he didn't want to bow to Ferdinand. Don't forget that the two of them signed a secret bet! Bowing to Bulgaria now means post-war distribution of benefits and Greece will lose its right to speak!
The premise is that the Balkan Alliance can win the war!
The Minister of Foreign Affairs smiled wryly: "The Bulgarians have made it clear that they are not ready now, and they cannot launch an attack on the Ottoman Empire until the mobilization is completed!
They think that the main forces of the Ottoman Empire have not yet entered the battlefield, and our strength should be able to defeat the immediate enemy in a short time! "
George I was furious and cursed: "Ferdinand is about to fall down! Don't he know that Bulgaria would be better off if we were defeated by Greece? Could he be willing to be oppressed by the Ottoman Empire forever? Or Was it scared by the Ottomans? ... "
After waiting for the release of George I, the Minister of Foreign Affairs only said, "Bulgarians are not unprepared. They have sufficient reasons to refuse our request and provided us with a series of important information!
The Ottoman Empire has begun to mobilize. At present, the entire Ottoman army in the Balkans has reached 430,000 people!
Among them, there are 150,000 people in the Istanbul area; excluding the frontline reinforcements, there are still 80,000 people in the Macedonia area; 30,000 people are in the Albania area; Army; the remaining 60,000 people are located in other regions!
From the information provided by them, at present, about 270,000 troops of the Ottoman Empire are distributed around Bulgaria, and they have contained the main force of the Ottoman Empire!
As of now, Bulgaria has mobilized 300,000 troops, but they still have to defend the Romanians from robbery, so they can now put less than 200,000 troops on the battlefield!
The Bulgarian government has decided that it will be implemented according to a distant plan, and it will not participate in the war in advance!
And warn us not to think that we can't do our best. If we can't withstand more than one hundred thousand Ottoman troops, then the distribution of post-war benefits must be re-approved according to the contribution! "
George I was going to vomit blood. In theory, 250,000 Greek troops played against 140,000 Ottoman troops, and they had an absolute strength advantage! !!
Unfortunately, the front has now advanced to the Ottoman territory. After this division, the advantage has become the disadvantage!
Of course, if the Greek army is really as powerful as they boast, this is not a problem, it is better to win less!
In fact, the Foreign Minister hasn't said anything, or maybe George I will really vomit blood! Bulgaria's Minister of Foreign Affairs Metiev is not a soft persimmon.
He first bragged about the heroic and mighty strength of the Greek army. According to him, defeating the Ottoman army was easy!
He also directly used the example of the Bulgarian War. A Bulgarian regiment could chase a Serbian division.
I suggest that the Greek army carry forward the spirit of not being afraid of suffering, not tired, not afraid of sacrifice, bravely attack the Ottomans, and also wish the Greeks an early victory!
Well, these foreign ministers will never say anything! Now that the combat effectiveness of the Greek army, he thinks that he can see clearly, that is a look, it is useless!
The conclusion is very simple. The peasant uprising forces of the Ottoman Empire can interact with the Ottoman army, and we know how wasteful the Ottoman army is!
It was concluded that the fighting force of the Ottoman army was slightly greater than that of the Uighurs; the Greek army performed worse and could not win the Ottoman army. It did not perform as well as the Armenian Rebels on the battlefield, and then concluded that the fighting force of the Greek army was a group of Uighurs Level!
Don't be surprised, it is normal for a civilian who does not understand the military to reach this conclusion! Judging from the performance of the battlefield, there is no problem at all, but the essence is ignored!
At least the performance of the Greek army led by Prince Constantine was qualified, at least in the face of the superior strength of the Ottoman army, and it can still defend; and in the Epirus region with the superior strength, the Greek army led by the Duke of Cyrillic, The performance was terrible!
The objective factor is-logistics! The Ottoman army fought locally, and there were some reserves in various places, plus rear supplies, and there would be no shortage of supplies in the short term. The Greeks were tragedy. They were not adequately prepared. Now it is even worse!
At the crucial moment, the Prime Minister opened the rescue. He said, "It is normal for Bulgarians to have this attitude! Who told our military to behave so badly?
Don't say it's them. I still can't believe this is the great Greek army. Is the Balkan's strongest army at this level?
Of course, this is not the time for us to hold ourselves accountable The urgent task is to let Bulgaria know our true situation, even if it is in the interests of post-war concessions!
Otherwise, they don't think we have done our best to delay participating in the war, and the front line will probably change over time! "
The words of the Prime Minister awakened George I. Greece is now very dangerous. If any direction is broken, Greece is really desperate. For this reason, the Navy is ready to go ashore!
Of course, if you really use the navy as an army, it is estimated that Greece will be finished at that time, and it will be useless to do anything!
George I asked again, "What did Nicholas I say? When will Mentegro be able to join the war?"
The Minister of Foreign Affairs said in distress: "This ~, Mentenegrow has limited strength. They are willing to participate in the war, but before the Bulgarian attitude did not participate in the war, they were worried that they would be targeted by the Ottomans after joining the war!"
After all, Nicholas I came from 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 Mentenegrow's military strength.
Even if it is the power of the country, it can only bring out 20,000 or 30,000 troops. As long as it fails, Mentenegrow is finished!
No one responded this time, and no one was counting on Mentenegrow to break the game! Rather than expecting their 20,000 or 30,000 troops, it would be more practical to expect the frontline Greek troops to burst into battle.
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!
The ammunition consumption, in particular, has increased by half compared to our estimate. At the current consumption rate, it will support up to three weeks. If there is a decisive battle, I am afraid I can support it for a shorter time! "