Greece’s Roman Road - Chapter 276

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Because Greece’s request to acquire Eastern Rumelia failed to be recognized by the foreign powers, in terms of territory, Greece only obtained Western Thrace, Eastern Macedonia, and Pirin Macedonia, with a total area of ​​more than 30,000 square meters. kilometer.

The territory of Eastern Rumelia is about 50,000 square kilometers.

After obtaining these new territories, plus the original 150,000 square kilometers of Greek territory, the total area of ​​Greece’s territory has reached about 190,000 square kilometers.

As for the population, including the population of the newly added territories, the population of Greece reached 7 million.

As for Bulgaria, after the defeat of this war, several territories were lost, including Pirin Macedonia, Eastern Macedonia, Western Thrace, which was ceded to Greece, Dobroga, which was ceded to Romania, and Eastern Macedonia, which was ceded to the Ottoman Empire. Thrace.

After the loss of these lands, Bulgaria’s territorial area shrank to about 120,000 square kilometers and its population dropped to 4.3 million.

It can be said that the current Greece, at the moment the treaty was signed, was officially promoted to a regional power in the Balkans.

Bulgaria, which was originally the strongest in comprehensive strength, is now besieged by the Three Kingdoms and ceded a large area of ​​territory. Although it cannot be said that the threat of Bulgaria has been completely eliminated, after the army was hit hard by Greece, it is impossible to rely solely on Bulgaria’s strength. provocation in front of Greece.

Serbia is now facing the pressure of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and has to establish diplomatic relations with Greece.

There are few people in Montenegro, almost negligible.

The internal contradictions of the Ottoman Empire have intensified, political struggles are frequent, the national strength is declining, and the decline is becoming more and more obvious. It is impossible to cheer up in a short time.

As for Romania, natural conditions and mineral resources are relatively rich. The arable land area far exceeds that of other Balkan countries. The grain output is also the highest among the Balkan countries. The mineral reserves include basic industrial raw materials and energy such as oil, coal and iron ore.

It’s just that the geographical location is too bad. A poor country between the great powers, not only has territorial disputes with Austria-Hungary (Transylvania), but also has a rift with Russia (Moldova), and faces Bulgaria across the Danube in the south.

Almost all room for expansion in Romania is blocked.

These countries, if not united, are hardly a single country’s opponent to Greece.

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On July 28, 1913, the crowd in the Parliament Square in the center of Athens was crowded and filled the entire square.

Almost all the citizens of Athens gathered here, where they waited for the final declaration of the government of the Kingdom of Greece.

Although the Greek people have learned from the news in the newspapers that the Greek army has won the news, they still try to use this action to vent their inner excitement.

Everyone spontaneously gathered in the square, trying to hear in person the voice of victory from the highest authority in Greece.

All the sounds in the parliament building are transmitted to the square in front of the parliament building through loudspeakers.

It is also transmitted to every corner of the whole of Greece through radio waves. Such simultaneous transmission has never happened in the history of the kingdom.

“In the past month or so, the whole country of Greece has been involved in a war over the fate of the Kingdom of Greece, and every Greek is doing their best to try to help her troubled motherland, the people of the Kingdom, the Kingdom’s government and I personally look forward to the continued victory of the Greek army.” The voice of Crown Prince Constantine echoed throughout the square.

From Tirana in the north to Crete in the south, from Corfu in the west to Western Thrace in the east, all the Greeks who could hear the voice of the crown prince stopped and put down their work, Gathered under the loudspeakers in the square and in front of the radio, listening quietly.

It seems that the whole of Greece has stagnated at this moment, and the whole of Greece has nothing but the impassioned voice of the crown prince.

“For this war, every Greek family has made great sacrifices. We bid farewell to our sons, husbands, brothers, and enter the army to the cruel battlefield.”

“Each night the war lasted, the Greeks prayed for their families who were desperately fighting on the battlefield”

“In order to raise funds for the war, everyone actively bought government bonds”

“All the Greek people! Now our efforts have finally paid off. Just now, Prime Minister Venizelos has signed a treaty with Bulgaria in Bucharest. The people of the Kingdom of Greece have once again won a great victory.”

All the emotions of the Greek people in the square were turned into one word, and everyone shouted: “Long live Greece… Long live the victory”

In the parliamentary hall, there is no partisanship at this moment, and all the MPs are applauding the speech of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Dressed in military uniform, wearing a purple robe with golden ornate shoulders, a military cap decorated with golden tassel on his head, and a sword hanging from his waist, Constantine walked down from the parliamentary podium. The Speaker of the Kingdom Council greeted you: “Your Highness, the speech is great! The whole of Greece is cheering for you,” the Speaker praised sincerely.

After announcing the good news of the victory of the war to the Greek people, Constantine immediately devoted himself to the aftermath of the war.

On July 31, Prime Minister Venizelos, who had just returned from Bucharest, the capital of Romania, hurriedly held an aftermath meeting at the Prime Minister’s residence to resolve a series of problems caused by the war.

“First of all, it should be clear that Greece must disarm now, because Greece’s finances are about to go bankrupt and cannot support four or five hundred thousand troops, and now that the war is over, there is no possibility of war in a short time.” When Constantine When entering the conference room, Prime Minister Venizelos was expounding his views.

The Greek army now includes two main legions, the Albanian Legion and the Macedonian Legion, of which the Albanian Legion is 150,000, and the Macedonian Legion includes 150,000 black soldiers, totaling 400,000.

That is to say, the total number of the current Greek Army has reached 550,000 people, and even if the number of wounded and killed in the war is eliminated, the number is still more than 500,000 people.

“But Your Excellency Prime Minister, is it too urgent to start reducing the army just after the war is over?” Armament Minister Giannis retorted with a look of resistance.

“The soldiers in the Greek army now are almost all veterans with rich war experience. At least they have been baptized by a war. Now they are directly cut out, so that soldiers who have experienced many wars can take off their uniforms and fight. Skills will gradually become obsolete, which is a pity.”

Giannis’ opinion also represents the psychology of most army officers.

Before the Second Balkan War, the total number of Greek troops remained at around 200,000.

Under the pressure of the huge number of Bulgarian Army, the Greek Army began to expand rapidly, more than doubled in a short period of time, reaching a scale of more than 500,000.

These are the hard work of the Greek army officers and soldiers over the years, and every expansion is inseparable from the efforts of the Greek army officers and soldiers.

After each soldier joins the army, officers are required to take turns to conduct training and training, target shooting, formation, field marching and other subjects.

Ordinary soldiers are okay, especially the technical arms, such as artillery, machine gunners, scouts, and logistics personnel. The training cost is extremely high, and the process is also cumbersome, which requires a lot of effort from the officers.

Now the government is calling for a major reduction in the number of troops, and for the vast majority of Greek officers, it seems like a waste of years of efforts.

Of course, the resistance of army officers and soldiers to disarmament is not out of their own interests.

After all, the larger the Greek army, the more the government spends each year.

For these officers, the more soldiers there are, the more power the officers have.

To be extreme, in a **** country, the group with the highest social status should be the military class.

Therefore, disarmament will be resisted by the Greek army officers and men, both emotionally and in terms of interests.

“Besides, even Bulgaria, the defeated leader of the Greek army, has maintained a number of 500,000 troops all year round. Our current territory in Greece is far larger than that of Bulgaria. With so many new territories to defend, how can we cut the army now?” Minister of Armaments Giannis said in a disdainful tone.

Venizelos couldn’t hear Giannis bragging about the military’s merits.

“At the very least, the 150,000 Congolese soldiers in the Macedonian Legion can be repatriated to the Congo first. These soldiers, who are different from ordinary people, will be stationed in Greece all year round, which will bring a lot of trouble.” As the chief of staff of Greece, Noor is better able to understand the difficulties of the government.

“In fact, there are too many young Greeks in the army, and there are too many drawbacks. These are the young and strong young people. After entering the society, they are the main labor force in the society and the main force in creating social wealth.”

“To gather them in the army now, hundreds of thousands of young Greek boys, not to mention that they can’t create social wealth, but also consume social wealth to support them, which is not desirable.”

“Yes, yes, what the Chief of Staff said makes sense,” the ministers of various departments in the Venizelos government said quickly when they saw that the Chief of General Staff supported the Prime Minister’s disarmament policy.

Seeing that everyone supported disarmament, Giannis could only ask for help, and looked at Crown Prince Constantine who had been listening after entering the conference room.

Everyone focused their attention on themselves, and Constantine deserved to express his opinion: “I know that your army has achieved many victories in these two wars, and the government will commend and reward the officers and soldiers who have performed outstandingly in the war. “

“Now that the Greek army has won another victory, the public’s recognition of the army has improved again, and the royal family can canonize several nobles again.”

As the income of the Purple Robe Foundation has been getting higher and higher over the years, the new military nobles conferred by the Greek king have been able to get more and more generous dividends from the foundation every year.

According to the explanation made by the Purple Pao Foundation, the current amount of dividends that will be distributed every year will not be less than 8 million drachmas, and will increase year by year in the future.

In the eyes of the Greeks, becoming a noble is not only an honor, but also has extremely high benefits.

Especially in the current officer corps in Greece, noble titles have a strong appeal, which greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of Greek officers in the war.

There were many high-ranking Greek army officers in the conference room this time, and Constantine’s move was to appease these newly won arrogant soldiers.

“But now the war is over, and the huge army has been maintained, which is unbearable for Greece’s finances.”

“Your army has won two consecutive victories in one year, and Greece has taken Macedonia almost completely. These territories need people to go to reclaim it,” Constantine explained loudly to the officers in the conference room, although Constantine Ding is known for his prestige in the army, but after all, this is the time when the officers are the proudest, and it is not suitable to forcibly suppress the opinions of the officers.

“Our army has paid such a high price. The restored Macedonian territory cannot be left alone. We should reclaim these fertile wasteland as soon as possible, plant food, and breed the population. This is Greece’s top priority.”

Giannis, who represented the opinion of the officers, did not refute when he heard the crown prince’s words with a slight compliment.

Emmainur has always been close to the royal family, and echoed what Constantine said: “According to the current military situation in the Balkans, as long as the Greek army maintains a number of 300,000, it is enough to deal with threats from neighboring countries.”

“The first is that 150,000 Congolese soldiers will be disbanded as soon as possible and ships will be sent to **** them back to Congo”

Speaking of which, since he was satisfied with the performance of black soldiers in trench warfare, Armament Minister Giannis interjected: “In fact, these black soldiers have performed well in the war. If more black soldiers are prepared in future wars, it will reduce the Greek casualties”

“It turns out that the model of Greek officers + black soldiers is still desirable. Although the combat effectiveness is not as strong as an army composed of pure Greek soldiers, it is used in combination with regular troops in trench defense warfare, and the effect is still very good.”

“And the supply of black soldiers in Congo is very abundant, which means that if necessary, Greece can gather a large number of black troops in a short time.”

Giannis’ opinion was agreed with many Greek officers who participated in the war.

“In fact, if the Greek officers can give enough respect to the black soldiers, and the rewards and punishments are clear, the fighting ability and obedience of these Congolese blacks are very good,” Admiral Manugianaski said.

“I think the General Staff should do more work in this area~www.mtlnovel.com~ to discuss the organizational form of convening Congolese black soldiers, so that when the situation requires it, they can calmly and effectively play the role of black soldiers in the war.” Constantine also chimed in.

Manu Giannaski’s words reminded Constantine of Germany’s deeds in the East African battlefield in the original historical time and space.

When the war started in August 1914, the German army in the overseas colonies was very small, and the four colonies (Tukoland, Cameroon, German Southwest Africa and German East Africa.) were all surrounded by the colonies of Britain, France and other countries.

The commander of the German East African garrison, Leto Volbeck, brought a special unit composed of a small number of white officers and a large number of black natives. In the case of absolute disadvantage, not only did they defeat the invading Germans several times The British army in East Africa, but also more and more brave, pinned down a large number of British troops in Africa.

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