Greece’s Roman Road - Chapter 306

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After the war in Europe, the time entered September, and the war situation in Europe has undergone tremendous changes.

First, in September, Germany’s Schlieffen plan failed. The French army defended the German army’s onslaught in the Marne River, and Germany’s idea of ​​a quick solution was completely shattered.

At almost the same time as the Battle of the Marne, as the British Allied Forces faced a fierce German offensive on the Western Front, in order to relieve the pressure, the two countries urged Russia to launch an attack on Germany to contain Germany from the east.

Afterwards, two Russian armies, totaling 800,000 men, attacked East Prussia, Germany, but were completely wiped out by the inferior German forces led by Hindenburg and Ludendorff.

As for the Balkans, well, Austria-Hungary and Serbia fought back and forth.

For a time, the development of the European war situation completely exceeded everyone’s expectations.

But one thing is clear, the war has inevitably been prolonged.

Under such circumstances, both the Allied countries and the Allied countries, in order to strengthen their own strength and weaken the other side, began to compete to win over neutral countries.

Signs of a further expansion of the war are already evident.

Immediately afterwards, two German warships “detained” by the Ottoman Empire, “Goeben” and “Brest”, flying the flag of the Ottoman Empire, bombarded the Russian port of Odessa.

The arrival of these two warships attracted the attention of the Greek navy.

In contrast, before the war, the people of the Ottoman Empire were scrambling to raise a sum of money to order two modern warships from the British shipyard.

As a result, on August 3, the Ottoman Empire received a notice from the United Kingdom: the war has broken out, we have to accept the two warships of the official, and the shipbuilding funds will not be refunded.

Neither warships nor refunds were given. Britain’s arrogant foreign-style diplomacy made the Ottoman Empire angry.

Compared with the arrogance and pride of the United Kingdom, Germany can be said to be sincere, and directly presented the two German warships to the Ottoman Empire.

The two warships were nominally seized by the Ottomans, the Germans won a huge favor, and the Ottoman authorities quelled the boiling public opinion.

Seeing that the Ottoman Empire and the Germans were getting closer and closer, in order to teach the Ottomans a lesson, the British government ordered to freeze all the Ottomans’ property in the UK.

Not long after that, warships flying the Ottoman star and moon flag, under the command of German naval officers, bombarded the Russian port of Odessa.

On October 29, 1914, the Ottoman Empire officially entered the war.

The flames of war are on the doorstep of Greece.

The severe development of the situation has increased the military pressure on Greece.

In the Balkans, only Romania, Bulgaria and Greece remain neutral.

On October 30, Constantine, together with the chief of the general staff Emmainur, and the new minister of armaments, Manugianaski, departed from Athens by train to Thessaloniki to inspect the armaments of the Greek army. Happening.

In the train compartment, the three discussed the preparations of the Greek army together.

“I didn’t expect the Germans to be so generous and to give the Ottomans two warships directly. The warships serving in the Greek navy are only two battlecruisers capable of combat. The Germans even directly presented two modern warships to the Ottoman Empire.” Manu Giannaski said in an envious tone.

“No way, the Germans are really willing to pay in order to achieve their strategic goals,” Emai Nur said calmly.

“The strategic goal of the Germans is to win over the Ottoman Empire and cut off the most important communication channel between Russia and its allies of the Allies, the Dardanelles-Bosphorus Seaman,” Emmayinur explained to the two.

“The current war situation has inevitably become protracted, which has led to changes in the response methods of various countries.”

“Russia has a large population, young and middle-aged men, and a large number of young men suitable for military service. Even if the Russian army loses some troops, as long as Britain and France support Russia with sufficient arms and materials, the losses caused by the Battle of Tannenberg to Russia are not worth mentioning at all. “

Constantine nodded in agreement: “For the Allied camp, the biggest strategic significance of Ottoman is that it can contain and weaken Russia. Russia has huge human resources, but its industrial base is weak, and it needs allies to provide it with weapons and equipment as assistance. , and the Dardanelles, which is controlled by Turkey, will cut off this military aid link.”

“The German high-level undoubtedly clearly saw the importance of the Dardanelles to Russia, so they did not hesitate to win the Ottoman Empire to join their side.”

Before the war, Russia was the largest grain exporter in Europe, and 90% of grain carriers passed through here, so the Dardanelles was also the economic lifeline of Russia.

Once controlled by an enemy country, not only Russia’s wheat cannot be sold, but all ships carrying military supplies and living materials cannot enter the Black Sea ports, and Russia can be said to be strangled by the throat.

“Now that the Ottoman Empire has been drawn over, it is foreseeable that Germany will not just be satisfied with this, they will continue to draw Bulgaria,” Constantine said in a deep voice.

“Once Bulgaria is also drawn into the Allies, then we can see that a noose around Russia’s neck is officially formed.”

“This noose, starting from Germany in southwestern Europe, along the Berlin-Baghdad Railway, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman., a front that borders each other”

“The next job is to keep tightening the noose until Russia suffocates”

The two listened to Constantine’s remarks and sketched the German military concept in their minds.

The seaports of Russia’s foreign exchanges are very limited. There are mainly four seaports, St. Petersburg in the Baltic Sea, the northern route, the Trans-Siberian Railway-Vladivostok, and the seaports in the Black Sea region.

After the two sides developed, the Baltic Sea was naturally blocked by the German Navy.

As for the northern route, under the technical conditions of this era, it is almost the same as death.

Bad weather and the threat of ice floes made it difficult.

After the Ottoman Empire joined the Allies, Russia’s Black Sea route to the outside world was also cut off.

So, now Russia’s only remaining external channel is Siberia-Vladivostok.

However, this railway is a single-track railway with a long distance and low transportation efficiency.

The Trans-Siberian Railway, the longest railway in the world, was built on July 13, 1904 and took 13 years to complete.

It crosses the Ural Mountains, extends over the forests of Siberia, and almost spans the circumference of the earth 14. The railway design speed is 80 kilometers per hour, and it takes seven days and seven nights from Moscow to the terminal Vladivostok, a total of 9,288 kilometers.

Now Russia can only rely on such a channel,

“Once Bulgaria is wooed by the Germans, we may be forced into the war too”

Manu Gianarski and Emai Nur looked stern.

Now Bulgaria, the most hated country, must be Greece.

After the two Balkan wars, Bulgaria not only failed to gain confidence in Macedonia, but also lost a lot of territory.

Instead, Greece took almost all of Macedonia.

In order to win over Bulgaria and realize its own grand strategy and complete blockade, it is difficult to guarantee that Germany will not make commitments to Bulgaria, such as the ownership of Macedonia.

Considering the insane mobilization rate of Bulgaria in history, even if the total population of Bulgaria is less than 4 million, it will reach 600,000 to 700,000 troops.

Coupled with the support of Germany and Austria-Hungary, there will definitely be enough arms supplies. Berlin will pass through Austria-Hungary, and the train bound for Sofia will be full of German-style arms to arm the Bulgarians.

“In any case, the Greek army should be ready for combat now. Your Excellency Chief of Staff, how is our mobilization system?” Constantine asked.

“Although it is impossible to predict when Greece will be involved in the war, your army should be fully prepared and ready to enter the battle at any time”

Emai Nur said calmly: “After the baptism of two wars, the mobilization mechanism of Greece has been very perfect.”

“Our General Staff has formulated a complete training plan for the Greek Army Reserve, and all young Greeks of school age, from 18 to 40 years old, are obliged to undergo military training on time.

The training time is from the 4th to the 6th day of each month. Such frequent military training also requires the government to invest a sum of money to provide allowances to the reserve soldiers participating in the training.

Both rural residents and urban residents are no exception.

Based on the actual situation, the General Staff Department adopted different models for the strange life of rural and urban residents.

The military training of rural residents, because they usually have to participate in land labor, is mainly carried out in the slack season, and it is carried out intensively at this time.

As for the townspeople, since they usually have to work and go to school, we will use the rest time for training. “

“How is the mobilization efficiency?” Constantine continued to ask.

“According to the estimates of our General Staff, in theory, if a war breaks out, after the Greek Army starts to conduct general mobilization, 400,000 troops can be summoned within a week, and within 15 days, this number can reach 750,000 troops.”

Emai Nur then went on to add: “This figure does not include the number of Congolese indigenous soldiers”

Manu Giannaski interjected: “There is no problem with mobilization. Depending on the current economic situation in Greece, the government’s finances can be maintained within six months and a year. We have discussed this issue with government departments.”

“But Your Highness, relying on the production capacity of our military power factory, we do not have sufficient ammunition materials to supply a huge number of soldiers on the front line.”

“According to the information sent back from the Western Front, the war there has turned into trench warfare, and whether it is offensive or defensive, artillery preparation is very important,” Manujanaski said with an ugly face.

“Our armament department found that in peacetime, everyone’s calculations about the reserves and consumption rates of military supplies were too optimistic.”

“In the just-concluded Battle of the Marne, the actual consumption of artillery shells was 240,000 rounds per day, and according to my friend who served in the French army, the French General Staff calculated the consumption of artillery shells before the war was 13,000 rounds per day. send”

“According to him, the reserves of French 75mm artillery shells can only be supported until September 1914, and the rifle reserves can be supported until November 1914. The domestic production of 75mm artillery shells in France can only support 7% of the demand,”

“According to estimates, from November onwards, the French army’s ammunition reserves will run out of money. By February 1915, the entire French army was short of 700,000 rifles and 1,500 75mm guns.”

Hearing that the French army had consumed 240,000 artillery shells in one day, Emai Nur’s expression changed and he quickly asked, “How many shells are in the army’s armament material reserve?”

“890,000 rounds for 75mm, 210,000 rounds for 105mm,” Manugianaski said sullenly.

Even though Constantine was prepared, he was surprised that the total artillery reserve of the Greek Army, according to the consumption of the Battle of the Marne, was exhausted in four or five days.

“So what is the military production capacity of Greece now?” Constantine asked quickly.

“According to the data of the armament department, at full capacity, 1,000 rifles, 80 machine guns, 300 barrels and 100,000 shells can be produced per month”

Although Constantine could not know, according to the scale of the army mobilized by the General Staff of more than 700,000 people, how much ammunition and supplies would be needed.

But the production capacity reported by Manugianaski is undoubtedly far from enough.

According to this production capacity, let alone more than 700,000 rifles, the gap is very large.

Soldiers go to the battlefield without even a rifle, right?

The preparations for war are mainly in terms of materials, rather than simply pursuing the number of troops.

Emai Nur said: “Before the war, the major warring countries did not expect that the war would turn into a long-term war of attrition, and the general staffs of the armies of various countries were formulating various offensive plans instead of considering how to defend. The military thinking is still very common~www.mtlnovel.com~ After the outbreak of the war, all countries did not switch to the wartime economy in time. The military operations mainly depended on the pre-war arms reserves for support, and no one thought that these reserves were only enough for a few months. use”

“All countries’ militaries are in ammunition shortage, and it’s not just our Greek problem”

“Is there any way to solve the problem?” Emma Inur asked.

Manu Giannaski said confidently: “Your Excellency Chief of the General Staff, please rest assured! Although the Greek army has a huge gap in military industry, I believe that the situation of the Bulgarian army will only get worse.”

“As long as the military budget is sufficient, we can let the arms factories produce arms right now. Even if the gap is still too large at that time, we can also seek assistance from other countries.”

“Anyway, we don’t have to be like the Russians. Even if there are materials, they can’t be transported in.”

“The worst case is nothing more than asking for help from the outside world, such as the US military factory.”

“In addition, our military industry department intends to send a working group to the military factory to supervise immediately after the consent of the crown prince and Prime Minister Venizelos. Although it is too early to talk about the participation of the Greek army in the war, our military materials Production can be mobilized ahead of time”

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