Greece’s Roman Road - Chapter 214

“However, although the two countries have formed an alliance with the support of Russia, the two countries themselves have a lot of quarrels,” Venizelos said solemnly.

“If the two countries really join forces to attack Greece, it will inevitably affect the situation in Europe. At present, the situation in Europe is very tense. The alliance formed by Britain, France, Russia and Germany, Austria and Italy are hostile to each other, and the major powers will naturally intervene between Greece and Paula. “Disputes” Venizelos, the foreign minister, told the crowd about the situation Greece may face.

“Austro-Hungarian Empire is already very dissatisfied with the ambitious Serbia. If Serbia joins Bulgaria to attack, and if it is successful, what will happen?”

Venizelos did not wait for everyone to respond, and asked himself: “Once Greece fails, Serbia will inevitably ask for Albania, or the sea port of Albania, in order to lift Serbia’s status as a landlocked country.”

“And this is precisely what the Austro-Hungarian Empire absolutely cannot bear”

Since the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Austria-Hungary in 1908, Serbia and Austria-Hungary broke apart completely. Serbia has actively engaged with Russia and has become an important ally of Russia in the Balkans.

The relationship between Serbia and Austria-Hungary is tense, and the two countries are currently engaged in a trade confrontation. Serbia even banned the export of bacon to Austria-Hungary, resulting in a rapid rise in the price of bacon in Austria-Hungary.

“Of course, according to the principle of expecting the enemy to be lenient, your General Staff should still make a response plan,” Constantine said to Chief of the General Staff Emmanuel.

“So, Your Highness, do you need to recruit Congolese troops to go to Europe?” Emmanuel asked.

In the last war, the black troops gathered by Greece from the Congo played an important role on the battlefield and left a deep impression on the General Staff.

Although the fighting power of the black natives was slightly inferior to that of the native Greek soldiers.

However, the Congo region has sufficient human resources, which is indeed unmatched by the Greek mainland.

The population of the Congo region under Greek rule is about 20 to 30 million, while the Greek mainland has only 5 million people.

The Congo has been under Greek rule for 30 years, and the Congolese government’s local management has been very mature.

Compared to the war of 1897, the Greek army was able to mobilize more indigenous people into the army.

Now that the war between Greece and the Ottoman Empire is imminent, the General Staff naturally wants to get more indigenous soldiers from the Congo.

Thinking of Emma Inur’s suggestion to summon more Congolese soldiers to go to Greece, Constantine shook his head, but still refused.

First of all, Greece’s military strength is sufficient to meet the needs of this war.

The mobilizable forces of Greece, Bulgaria, and Serbia have combined to nearly 800,000 soldiers, enough to deal with the military threat of the Ottoman Empire.

Secondly, Constantine hoped that the Greek armed forces would have independent combat capabilities, instead of relying too much on indigenous soldiers.

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Time entered October 1912, the clouds of war in the Balkans were clearly visible, the armies on both sides were already tense, and the tense atmosphere lingered.

Although Italy and the Ottoman Empire were still in a state of war, the stalemate continued as neither side could force the other to submit to end the war.

On October 10, Montenegro, part of the Balkan alliance, under the behest of the three countries, sent troops directly to attack the territory that was still nominally belonging to the Ottoman Empire.

Montenegro tried to capture the area between Montenegro and Serbia, thus bordering the territory of Montenegro and Serbia.

Under the pressure of the severe situation, the Ottoman Empire accelerated negotiations with Italy in order to free up its hands to deal with the aggressive Balkan countries.

Italian diplomats decided to take advantage of the situation to get a good peace deal.

On October 18, 1912, Italy and Turkey signed a treaty at Ouchy, near Lausanne.

There are the following:

1. Turkey must withdraw all military personnel from Benghazi province, but in return, Italy will return Rhodes and 12 islands close to Turkey.

2. The province of Benghazi will have a special status, with a regent and judges representing the caliph.

3. Before appointing these regents and judges, the Turks will question the Italian government.

4. The Turkish government will be responsible for the costs of the regent and judges.

The treaty effectively agreed to cede Libya to Italy.

On October 18, Greece issued an ultimatum to the Ottoman Empire, demanding that the Ottoman army withdraw from the Balkans.

The war officially broke out!

At 2:00 p.m. on the 18th, Crown Prince Constantine, Greek Prime Minister Venizelos, Chief of General Staff Emma Inur, and Navy Commander General Cantoriotis came together to the Palace of the Constitution Square and presented them to King George. Tiao-Chan of the general mobilization.

King George glanced at the documents on the table, looked at the four people standing at the table, didn’t say a word, just signed his name silently.

On the evening of the 18th, the port of Piraeus.

The night fell, but it was difficult to silence the hustle and bustle of the port.

The Greek navy, which has been waiting for a long time, has all the main battleships, including two invincible-class strategic cruisers and eight destroyers, warming up in the port, waiting for the command of the fleet commander.

Constantine sent Cantoriotis and other high-ranking naval officers to the port.

“The glory of the Greek navy is in this battle. I hope to see you return in triumph as soon as possible,” Constantine said enthusiastically.

Kantoriotis, who was wearing the uniform of Vice Admiral~www.mtlnovel.com~, seemed calm and confident in defeating the Ottoman Navy.

“Your Highness, within a few days, you can hear the news of our victory.”

As a witness of the Greek navy, Cantoriotis, through his hands, developed from nothing, and naturally has full confidence in the strength of the Greek navy.

This fast-reaction fleet used to deal with the Ottoman Navy, all warships are cutting-edge warships in service within five years.

Two invincible-class battle cruisers “King George” and “Terry Kupis”, as well as the 1,500-ton super-large destroyer built by Greece with British technical assistance, can be used for the entire fleet in wartime conditions. 20 knots sailing speed.

In order to effectively cooperate with the navy warships, so that the speed difference between the warships is not too large and other warships are dragged down, Cantoriotis did not even agree to let the two Esmeralda-class armored cruisers in the Greek Navy join the fleet, but were For maritime patrol.

After speaking, he gave a military salute to everyone who was boarding the navy flagship “Terry Kupis”.

Constantine is also about to go to the Macedonian front line to the front line military camp.

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Compared with the actions of the Greek Army, the Greek Navy achieved dazzling results in the early days of the war.

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