Greece’s Roman Road - Chapter 226

Speaking of which, in fact, countries established by nomadic regimes, such as Ottoman Turkey, are even worse, and the soldiers do not lack the courage to fight.

How should I put it, these Ottomans say it better, they are called advocating force, loving freedom, and naive.

To put it uglier, it is laziness, and the gangster’s habit goes deep into the bone marrow.

There is a saying that can explain the character of the Ottomans. What is bought at the cost of blood is more precious than what is obtained by sweat.

Of course, it may be precisely because of the character of the Turks that the Ottoman Empire is in such an embarrassing situation.

The free-spirited Ottomans are not suitable for large-scale industrial production at all. They are horses galloping across the grasslands, but you want to pull them into the mill and put on a bridle!

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At 3 o’clock in the afternoon, the chief of the general staff, Emma Inur, came to the headquarters of the Macedonian Legion in person to inspect the military situation on the front line.

Constantine welcomed Emma Inur into the tent, and at the same time ordered Colonel Hammet to inform the entire army of major generals and officers above the rank of major general to come to the meeting.

“The main task of coming to the front line this time is to explain the current situation of the Balkan Alliance to everyone,” Emma Inur said, looking at the main officers in the Macedonian Legion.

After that, he turned to the hanging map of the Balkans and explained to everyone: “According to the information obtained by the Greek ambassador to Belgrade, after the declaration of war, the Serbian army has quickly mobilized 250,000 people so far.”

“Its supreme commander, former Minister of War and famous war hero Radomir Putnik, is divided into 10 infantry divisions, two independent brigades and one cavalry division,” Emanuel explained while on the map Instruct everyone.

“One division and one independent brigade supported Montenegro’s attack on Novi Pazar, the rest of the army was divided into two armies, the first army, 132,000 people, led by Peter Bojovic, went straight to the central city of Skop in Macedonia There, the Second Army of more than 70,000 people, commander Stephen Stefanovich, formed the left wing, cooperated with Bulgaria (nominally), and marched towards Stella New in eastern Macedonia, the Third Army of 76,000 people, led by Polza Da Jankovic, on the right flank, targeting Kosovo.”

The officers below heard that the strongest army in Serbia was pointing directly at Skopje, and they started talking.

There was a humming in the tent.

These people are high-ranking Greek officers, and naturally they have heard of the war plan of the General Staff.

Skopje, Macedonia, was also the target of the Greek army, which had been determined before the war.

Although everyone is now allies, there is no consensus among the three countries on the territorial division of Macedonia, which belongs to the Ottoman Empire.

This also means that once the territory of Macedonia is occupied by the army of a certain country, it will undoubtedly take the lead in the struggle for ownership.

“Okay, let’s first listen to the chief of staff’s explanation of the war situation, calm down,” Constantine said calmly.

“Secondly, it’s Bulgaria.” Emanuel saw that the meeting room was quiet again, and continued with the baton pointing at Bulgaria.

“Bulgaria quickly mobilized 370,000 troops after the war. So far, Bulgaria accounts for half of the entire alliance’s troops.” Speaking of this, Emma Yinur’s face was grim.

“The Bulgarian Army has nine infantry divisions, one cavalry division, and about 1,110 artillery pieces.”

“The nominal commander-in-chief is King Ferdinand, and the actual operational command is in the hands of his second-in-command, General Michael Savoy. The Bulgarians also have a small navy of six torpedo boats deployed in the Black Sea. coastal.”

In the face of Bulgaria, which may have the strongest army in the Balkan Alliance, Constantine also became serious and asked in a deep voice, “So, what about the deployment of the Bulgarian army?”

This is a matter of great concern to Constantine. After all, Bulgaria has nearly 400,000 troops, and no one dares to underestimate them.

“Bulgaria deployed the main force in Thrace, consisting of three armies. The first army, with three infantry divisions, was deployed in the south of Yambol and attacked south. The second army, led by Nikolai Ivanov Commanded by the Admiral, with two infantry divisions and one infantry brigade, deployed west of the 1st Infantry Division and assigned to take Fort Adriano. Covered by cavalry divisions so that they cannot be detected by the Turks. Three infantry divisions of the 3rd Army were assigned to cross the Stan Raja Mountains to capture the Kirk Kilisai fortress.”

“The 2nd and 7th divisions were operated as separate divisions in Western Thrace and Eastern Macedonia,” replied Emmanuel.

Looking at the red arrow drawn by Emmanuel on the map representing the movement of the Bulgarian army, Constantine nodded thoughtfully.

Bulgaria in the three countries, the pressure is actually the greatest.

After the acquisition of Eastern Rumelia Province in 1895, the entire territory of Bulgaria, all located in the north of Thrace, can be said to directly threaten the security of the capital of the Ottoman Empire, Constantinople.

This also determines that in this war ~www.mtlnovel.com~ the decisive battle between Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire in Thrace will be the main battlefield.

And the general movements of the Bulgarian army as mentioned by Emmanuel also illustrate this point.

The Bulgarian army sent to Macedonia and Western Thrace consisted of only two separate divisions.

This is also the Bulgarian army that may intersect with the Greek Macedonian Legion.

The two independent divisions must have come with the task of capturing Thessaloniki.

Bulgaria’s main army still has to deal with the threat of the Ottoman army in the south.

Speaking of which, the war broke out for more than ten days, the Greek navy and the Ottoman navy have already decided the outcome, and the armies of various countries have been mobilized.

Sitting at the table, Constantine touched his chin and muttered to himself: “So, Greece’s main competitor for Macedonian territory is actually Serbia.”

“After the Greek navy cut off the Ottoman coastal route to Macedonia, no matter how the Ottomans resisted, they could not be the opponents of Greece and Serbia in the north and south. No matter what the battlefield situation is, in the interior of Macedonia, the defeat of the Ottoman army is certain”

This is determined by geographic location.

Compared with Bulgaria, Serbia and Greece are far from the core territory of the Ottoman Empire, Asia Minor.

Bulgaria was facing the main force of the Ottoman Empire at this time.

“So did the General Staff,” Emanuel said.

“In order to take down the central city of Macedonia, Skopje (which seems to be the capital of today’s Republic of Macedonia) before the Serbian army, the Albanian army led by Lieutenant General Manujanaski, with a total of 130,000 people, had already been removed from the ground three days ago. Pulling away, the target is also Skopje”