Vol 2 Chapter 56: , As if God helped the 2nd Army

After the conquest of Adrianople, Ferdinand has set his sights on Constantinople!
At this time, the First Army swept through the cities of Kirklareli and Lüle Burgaz like autumn winds, and the road to Constantinople was clear!
"Have you delivered the artillery that the Russians promised?" Ferdinand
"The ship was loaded from the port of Odessa yesterday, and the navy was directly transported to the front line. If nothing else, it will be delivered to General Popov tonight!" Prime Minister Konstantin replied solemnly
Ferdinand hesitated and said, "Constantinople is not so easy to break. After all, it is the capital of the Ottoman Empire. Although the Armenians had tossed it a year ago, the Sudanese government will not give up!
Once we are unable to conquer in a short period of time, the Ottoman Asian reinforcements will continue to rush over, and we can't stand the exhaustion!
Send the last heavy artillery regiment over. At this stage, Romania will not participate in the war! "
...
Ferdinand decided to desperately!
Life in the Ottoman Empire is not easy. The situation in the Balkans is becoming more and more unfavorable for the Ottoman Empire. At the same time, the internal fighting of the Ottoman government has become more and more fierce!
In the face of the crisis, not only did the major factions fail to unite and overcome difficulties together, but instead shirked each other, shirk their responsibilities, and tried to use the Balkan War to defeat their political opponents!
Due to internal struggles, the Ottoman Empire's strategy was greatly divided.
The conservatives, headed by the prime minister, believed that the Ottoman Empire could not win in the short term.
Propositions: 1. Abandon Bosnia and Herzegovina in exchange for the Austro-Hungarian Empire to give up support for the alliance;
2. Give up the Egyptian region and gain the support of the British;
3. Strengthen the offensive against Greece, put pressure on the Greek government, and let Greece withdraw from the Balkan Alliance through political means;
4. Temporarily abandon the Kosovo region, abandon most of Macedonia, and concentrate its forces on defense. Immediately reinforce Istanbul (Constantinople) and fight a protracted war with Bulgaria.
The radicals, headed by the Minister of the Interior, believe that nationalism in the Ottoman Empire is now rising. If the government takes improper measures, it will cause further turbulence in the domestic situation and oppose substantial concessions to the powers!
Propositions: 1. Abandon the Greek battlefield and concentrate its forces on a decisive battle with Bulgaria in Macedonia;
2. Increase troops to Istanbul and fight a decisive battle with Bulgaria;
3. Immediately expand the army by one million to prevent the Russians from participating in the war.
The pessimists, who are guarded by the Chancellor of Finance, believe that the Balkan War is a proxy war for the great powers and must be cautious. If it is not handled properly, it may again trigger a frenzy of the great powers dividing the Ottoman Empire.
Especially the Russians! They believed that the Balkan War was planned by the Russians in order to seize the Black Sea Strait, while other powers could compromise!
Proposals: 1. Abandon the Bosnia and Herzegovina region and ask Germany to coordinate relations with Austria-Hungary;
2. Acknowledge the status quo in Egypt in exchange for the British not intervening in the Balkan war;
3. Use the currently occupied Greek cities as a bargaining chip to negotiate with the Greeks;
4. Buying Bulgaria, dismantling the Russian-Russian League and the Balkan League, so that all European territories except the Istanbul region can be given up!
...
The Sudanese government has not yet come out with the result, and the battlefield has changed again. On May 15, 1897, the Ottoman army in Skopje was mutiny!
The mutiny of the Ottoman army is not a two-day news anymore, there are always so many times a year, but this time and place are wrong.
At this moment, the Bulgarian army has come to the city!
The causes and consequences are not important anymore. Anyway, they are all old routines, such as deducting the army's salary, and the young man who was caught unbearable to bully and rebel.
Dante Christophe did not have a knighthood. He discovered the abnormality of the Ottoman barracks and immediately launched a tentative attack. After more than five hours of hard fighting, the largest city in Macedonia was planted with the Bulgarian flag!
Up to this moment Dante Christophe was still dizzy, the victory came too suddenly.
Counting the results of the battle, more than 3,800 people were wiped out in this battle, and more than 45,000 people were captured!
Seeing this number, Dante Christophe wondered if his subordinates wrote an extra zero! The Bulgarian army participating in the offensive had only two divisions with more than 30,000 men, broke through a city defended by more than 50,000 men, and captured more than 40,000 people. It's a fantasy!
"What's the matter? Did the Ottomans have diarrhea collectively today and became prisoners obediently?"
The chief of staff suppressed a smile and said: "The Ottomans do not have diarrhea collectively, but they are indeed prisoners obediently!
This is a detailed report, take your time! "
After a while, Dante Christophe went through the battle report and sighed: "It's really self-inflicted and you can't live!"
The chief of staff laughed and said, "Isn't that right? The more Ottomans toss about, the better it is for us!
Since the start of the war, the number of Ottoman troops defeated by our Second Army has already exceeded 100,000, and the number of captured enemy troops has reached 70 to 80,000!
You know that there are only more than 80,000 defenders in the Macedonian region. How did these people come from? Didn't you already know? "
Dante Christophe said in disbelief: "Who knew that the Ottomans could do so! Are they all idiots?
Obviously there are only more than 10,000 regular troops, and they just arrested more than 40,000 civilian husbands to make up the number. Do they think they can scare us by the number? "
The chief of staff thought about the matter carefully and said: "You have to ask Aris Pasha about this? Maybe he thinks that these people are all loyal supporters of the Ottoman Empire!
If more than 40,000 people are united in one mind, even with a hoe, they can cause us a lot of harm in street fighting! "
Dante Christophe retorted: "Province! It's like the previous Macedonian uprising, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com Aris Pasha did not bring troops to suppress it!
The Macedonian region can be harmed by them. The local people hate them deeply. Does he not know?
Didn’t you see us fighting over, did the local people ‘eat pot pulp to welcome the king’s master’? Without their help, we can't move forward so fast! "
...
Whether the Aris Pasha under discussion is an idiot or not, I don’t know if Aris Pasha who escaped a catastrophe was also wronged, and he doesn't know the specific situation!
The system of the Ottoman army has long been chaotic, and it has long been a common practice for the officers who have eaten up and lost the battle to hold the strongest!
Many troops in Macedonia were defeated by the Second Army for several rounds. Even some of the Ottoman army has been annihilated, but they still exist in the establishment of the Ottoman army!
As long as the senior generals are still there, the troops will quickly replenish them, and of course no one knows whether they can fight.
In other places, it's nothing more. The revolution in Macedonia has just been extinguished, and there are a lot of fish slipping through the net. Seeing that the opportunity is coming, of course we have to do something!
The situation in Skopje is just a microcosm of the Ottoman army. In the successive battlefields, the forces in all parts of Macedonia are insufficient, and they are forced to hold a large number of strong people.
The next battle of the Second Army was smooth sailing!
After the outbreak of the Greek-Turkish War, the Sudanese government not only drew a large amount of troops from Macedonia, but also removed a large amount of strategic materials.
At this moment, Macedonia is not only short of soldiers, but also of materials, especially in areas close to Greece, where weapons and ammunition in many places have been emptied!
In the next week, the Second Army swept through the Macedonian region. If it were not for logistical restrictions, it had now captured Thessaloniki!