Greece’s Roman Road - Chapter 224

Hearing the consul Johnkovich seriously talk about General Christo’s coming to Thessaloniki to support the Greek attack, Constantine smiled and nodded in agreement, but there was one word in his heart. Neither believe it.

Seeing that Constantine was just staring at himself, with no other reaction, Johankovic could only continue: “His Royal Highness, we form the Balkan Alliance to jointly oppose the evil rule of the Ottoman Empire, liberate the oppressed people, and now Greece A victory in Thessaloniki is a victory for the Alliance, Bulgaria, as an important member of the Balkan Alliance, has the right to send troops into Thessaloniki, right?”

Hearing John Cowichan’s direct explanation of his intentions, General Christoll also carefully looked at Constantine’s reaction.

“Consul Johnkovic, Greece, Bulgaria, and Serbia are indeed allies. However, the agreement reached by the three countries clearly stipulated that the Ottoman territories liberated by the armies of the three countries have the right to claim first. Does the military action have anything to do with Bulgaria?” Although Constantine’s voice was not loud, the two Bulgarians on the opposite side were shaking with popularity.

Looking at the two people who were so angry and didn’t want to stay for a minute longer, Constantine didn’t make a sound to save them.

On the carriage back, Major General Christo looked at John Covic who was silent, and couldn’t help but said indignantly, “Mr. Consul, let’s just leave? Isn’t this too cheap for the Greeks?”

“Tomorrow afternoon, the follow-up troops should arrive in Thessaloniki one after another. Otherwise, we will bring the troops and forcefully enter Thessaloniki. How about it, do the Greeks have the courage to block it?”

John Covic thought for a moment, then shook his head and rejected the proposal: “Not now, the main force of the kingdom’s army is still fighting fiercely with the Ottoman army, now is not the time to conflict with the Greeks, don’t be impulsive and report the news back to the country please, His Majesty the King decides.”

After the war in Thessaloniki, because the Ottoman army in Macedonia had been cut off from the back road, the Ottoman army fighting in the interior of Macedonia surrendered to the Greek army one after another.

An interesting thing happened during this period, that is, due to the fanatical nationalism of the Serbs, although some Ottomans surrendered to Serbia in the early stage, journalists in Europe kept breaking the news that the Serbian army actually tortured and killed prisoners .

The msl in the Kosovo region confided to those journalists that the Serbian army looted their property and confiscated their land.

Due to the **** policies of the Serbs, the Ottoman army in the Macedonian interior, after running out of ammunition and food, scrambled to surrender to the Greek army.

At the same time that Constantine led the Macedonian Army into Thessaloniki, in North Macedonia, the Albanian Army of Manugianaski was progressing equally well, occupying the important city of Skopje in North Macedonia.

After entering Thessaloniki, the Greek army had no major battles.

The Second Serbian Army, commanded by General Stepanovic, arrived at the Adrianople front on January 6, 1913, via southern Macedonia occupied by the Greek army, to support the Bulgarian army there, including more than 47,000 Soldiers, 72 artillery pieces and lots of livestock.

The addition of the Serbian army greatly improved the morale of the Bulgarians. With the joint efforts of the Bulgarians and the Serbs, on February 15, Sukerlu Pasha led the remnants of the army to surrender, and Adrianople was officially captured by the Bulgarian army.

After learning this news, Constantine carefully followed the actions of Bulgaria, because Constantine knew that the Bulgarians would never be satisfied with one Adrianople.

On March 21, 1913, the Ottoman Empire saw that Istanbul was at stake and the defeat of the empire was inevitable, so they proposed to the Bulgarian government to make peace.

The Bulgarian King Ferdinand was indeed ambitious to capture Istanbul, but he rejected the proposal when the terms of the peace talks were not clear, and then ordered the attack on the Turkish position in Chadargay.

The fortifications of Chadar price are fortified and equipped with field artillery and coastal artillery to defend it. Moreover, it is only a few dozen kilometers away from the capital of the Ottoman Empire, Constantinople.

It can be said that as long as the Bulgarian army can successfully capture the Chatar price fortification, Constantinople really opened the door for the Bulgarians.

At this moment, the whole of Europe is watching the war between Bulgaria and the Ottoman army here.

However, this tough battle of the Bulgarian army ended in failure.

Constantine himself was very curious. If Bulgaria really invaded the city of Constantinople, the European countries would react.

At this time, Ferdinand accepted the proposal and signed an armistice with the Ottoman Empire on December 3.

At this point, the Balkan War has finally come to an end.

The Balkan alliance composed of Greece, Bulgaria, and Serbia completed the division of the European territories of the Ottoman Empire.

The territory of the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans, except for a piece of land near Constantinople, was almost lost.

Serbia occupied Kosovo, as well as the Ottoman territory originally between Serbia and Montenegro, and part of western Macedonia, occupying a total area of ​​about 23,000 square kilometers. .com ~ increased by about 50%.

Serbia’s population, originally about 2.9 million, has about 1 million living in the newly acquired territory, and the total population has reached nearly 4 million, an increase of about 35%.

Greece has acquired almost the entire Macedonia, including 28,000 square kilometers of North Macedonia, 15,000 square kilometers of Macedonia in the Aegean Sea, and many islands in the Aegean Sea. The area of ​​the newly added territory is about 50,000 square kilometers.

After acquiring these newly acquired territories, the land area of ​​Greece has increased from 90,000 square kilometers to 140,000 square kilometers, an increase of 55%.

Because of these new territories, like Aegean Macedonia, and North Macedonia due to the plains near Thessaloniki are relatively densely populated areas of the Balkans, where some 1.8 million people live.

The population of Greece, originally 3.87 million, now has a total population of 5.6 million, an increase of 46%.

As for Bulgaria, the currently occupied sites include Pirin Macedonia, 8,000 square kilometers, east and west Thrace, and Macedonia on the Aegean coast in the Kavala region, covering an area of ​​50,000 square kilometers.

The original area of ​​Bulgaria was 87,000, but now the total area has reached 137,000 square kilometers, an increase of 57%.

The population of Bulgaria has increased from 4.2 million to 5.8 million, an increase of about 40%.

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