Greece’s Roman Road - Chapter 242

Constantine agreed with Emmanuel’s statement.

If Bulgaria really still recruits a large number of troops in the next war against Greece, as long as the Greek army persists until the initial strength of Bulgaria is exhausted, at that time, it will be the Greek army’s turn to take the lead in the war.

Bulgaria is an agricultural country, and most of the property of the entire country is the crops grown in the farmland.

The output of crops is subject to strict seasonal restrictions, and farmers’ cultivation must conform to the season and climate, thus resulting in restrictions on the material output of agricultural countries.

The limited material output determined that Bulgaria did not have the capital to supply 400,000 troops on the front line for a long time.

Moreover, Constantine was not impressed by Bulgaria’s completely reckless increase in the number of troops.

It is easy to pull most of the young and middle-aged labor of a country into the army almost without omission. For a country, it will have extremely bad sequelae of war.

In the original time and space, in the 21st century, Bulgaria had a population of only about 7 million people, which was far lower than Greece’s 12 million. Bulgaria’s population was almost half that of Greece.

As a rare place in Europe suitable for agricultural production, Bulgaria is located on the flat land in the lower reaches of the Danube. The land is fertile, rich in food, and the climate is mild. It is not comparable to Greece’s endless barren hilly terrain.

But the populations of both are so large.

One of the important factors that caused this situation was the unusually high mobilization rate of Bulgaria in previous wars.

“Your general staff should draw up a battle plan against Bulgaria as soon as possible. However, now that the war has just ended, no matter how anxious the Bulgarians are, the war will take several months to prepare.” Constantine said to Emanuel said.

In his heart, Constantine did not want to see this war between Greece and Bulgaria for hegemony in the Balkans happen in the near future.

After all, the Greek army has just ended a war against the Ottoman Empire, and the enthusiasm of the people for the war has been exhausted. Instead, they hope that their children who enlisted in the war will return home and reunite the people with their families.

The soldiers who participated in the war in 1912, after seeing the **** and cruelty of the war, the original passion for defending the country has gradually subsided, missing their relatives at home, and longing for a peaceful and leisurely life.

Protracted wars or frequent wars will arouse war weariness among the people.

The wars that Greece participated in, from the Greco-Ottoman war in 1897 to the previous war in 1912, took more than ten years in between.

The ordinary Greek soldiers who fought in the last war, except for a very small number of officers, have almost all retired.

And now the ordinary soldiers in the Greek army, except for the officers with experience requirements, are almost all participating in the war for the first time.

Ideally, Constantine hoped that there would be a long transition period between war and peace, allowing the Greeks to forget the trauma of the war, while also accumulating abundant strength for the next war.

Constantine wanted Greece to maintain a steady sense of rhythm between war and peace.

After all, human nature is like this. When the peaceful days are too long, you will feel stagnant and boring, and instead hope to seek some excitement and freshness.

After seeing the **** and cruelty of war, the soldiers’ initial enthusiasm for war will soon be exhausted, and then they hope to restore peace.

It is not that Constantine was a war madman with an ambitious desire for war, but the position and times of Greece determined that Greece could not escape the devastation of war.

The Balkans are a place full of contradictions. Religious contradictions, ethnic contradictions, conflicts of economic interests, rivalry between major powers, and other negative factors are intertwined and mixed together. It is simply a mess. It is absolutely an extravagant hope to seek peace.

Since they will be dragged into the war whether they want to or not, it is natural to find ways to win the war.

Therefore, Güstantin preferred that the war with Bulgaria would be delayed rather than come soon.

After all, Greece, which has just gone through a war, hopes to usher in a peaceful time, whether it is a high-level government or ordinary people.

The high-level government hopes to gain enough time to digest the results of this war and make Macedonia an important source of strength for Greece.

Emmanuel, with a gloomy face, said slowly: “His Royal Highness, even if the Bulgarian army performed well in the war against the Ottoman Empire, as the chief of staff of Greece, I still have great confidence in defeating Bulgaria, It’s just that the war between the two countries, after all, is not simply decided by the two countries themselves.”

“According to the report of the military attache stationed in Sofia, there have been military trains sent from Vienna to Sofia recently, loaded with a lot of weapons and ammunition.”

“Combining Bulgaria’s actions, it is not difficult to imagine that Bulgaria must have received the support of major powers. Otherwise, it cannot be explained that Bulgaria, which has just experienced a fierce battle, has the strength to fight again in such a short time.”

“If it is said that there is no support from major powers behind it, it is impossible to rely solely on the strength of Bulgaria’s military industry.”

Bulgaria has the support of major powers behind it. This is not beyond Constantine’s expectations. If not, it would be strange.

As the belly of Europe~www.mtlnovel.com~, the Balkans is a game field for major European powers, and the major powers are scrambling to exert their influence here.

“In addition, it is naturally no problem for our General Staff to formulate military operations against Bulgaria, but, Your Highness, you also know that our staff needs real intelligence as a basis to formulate a practical combat plan.” Emanui Er continued.

“The staff must know the attitude of Serbia, another important country in the Balkans, in this war between Greece and Bulgaria for Balkan hegemony. Foreign Minister Emmanuel frowned, his face full of doubts.

Hearing the Chief of Staff’s question, Güstantine was also uncertain about Serbia.

In the original historical time and space, during the Second Balkan War, Greece and Serbia indeed formed an alliance to deal with the Bulgarians together.

It’s just that this alliance was established after the first Balkan War, Bulgaria’s strength expanded, not only gained great prestige, but actually became the hegemon of the Balkans.

With the prestige of 400,000 troops against the Ottoman Empire, and after the war, Bulgaria gained the territory of Thrace, and its strength increased greatly, while Greece and Serbia in the original historical time and space were not comparable.

The less powerful Greece and Serbia allied against Bulgaria, in essence, against Bulgaria’s struggle for hegemony in the Balkans, and the weak united against the strong enemy.

But things are different now.

In terms of comprehensive strength, Greece, which owns Albania and almost the whole of Macedonia, as well as the light and heavy industries developed earlier, is even higher than Bulgaria.

Serbia has become the weakest of the three countries.