Vol 4 Chapter 16: Ah Q Spirit

Facts proved that Ahmed's choice was not wrong. They were discovered by Bulgarian intelligence personnel just after they were dispatched, but when the main Bulgarian navy drove over, they were already dead.
After all, it’s only a short distance, and it’s not too easy to run. The fledgling Bulgarian Navy encountered the first problem!
It's not that you can't defeat the enemy, or you can't find the enemy! The problem is that the enemy will not fight you decisively, hiding in the harbor as a turtle. It’s so hard to come out once. Before you go there, people retracted back. What can you do with them?
Fortunately, the Ottoman Empire is really decayed, like a sieve, it is impossible to keep secrets at all. Bulgaria can easily figure out the station of their main navy, otherwise it will be more passive!
For the navy's slow actions, Ferdinand was also helpless. If it were the army, Bulgaria still had a few generals who could do it.
Navy? Just seeing that the ministers of the navy are all generals, and you know what they are like!
Oh, no way. The French and Russian instructors who trained them are all grass-roots officers. Let them explore this kind of command and combat!
The commander of this battle, Colonel Burtia, was promoted by Ferdinand from the short man and became the first captain of the Sofia.
He has served in the Russian Black Sea Fleet and participated in the Battle of Marmara Sea and the Battle of the Taiwan Strait. He has rich combat experience, but it is really the first time to command a large fleet.
In addition to him, many people in the Bulgarian Navy were dug from the ranks of the survivors of the Black Sea Fleet.
As for the reason why only grassroots officers are recruited, the reason is very simple. Although high-level officers have command capabilities, Ferdinand dare not use them!
Who knew that St. Petersburg suddenly gave them an order, who would they choose to listen to?
The basic-level officers are different. At the same time they were dug over, a family of young and old also emigrated. They may not have enough ability, but their loyalty is high enough!
Burtia is under great pressure now. This is the first time he has independently commanded a large fleet battle, and also the first battle of the Bulgarian Navy!
If he performs well in this battle, his future is bright. Otherwise, he can prepare to retire. If he has an absolute strength advantage, he can't get a record. Is he still eligible to continue to be mixed in the army?
After repeated times, Burtia made a helpless decision-to divide the troops! While continuing to attack, while watching the Ottoman Navy.
In fact, he should have made this decision a long time ago. After all, the Bulgarian Navy has one thing, an advantage that the Ottoman Navy cannot compensate-speed!
With this advantage, no matter what, it will not be defeated by the Ottoman Navy one by one! Instead, it can harass the coastal cities of the Ottoman Empire. Just give me a few shots every three to five, which is enough for the Sudanese government to drink!
The Bulgarian navy was directly divided into two, Burtia led the flagship Sofia, and two cruisers (Prague, Slok), three destroyers (Slif, Edir, Little) and four torpedo boats ；
The remaining two pocket-sized battleships (Harmony and Sliven) and one armored cruiser (Constantinople) along with two other destroyers (Clem, Smamufen) and six torpedo boats action!
According to this distribution, any party that encounters the main force of the Ottoman navy can defeat the enemy. Oh, the ship bullying the Ottoman navy is old and weak!
Due to the powerful firepower of the dreadnought, it can provide more powerful fire cover for the landing forces, so the task of watching the Ottoman navy fell on the head of the second squadron.
Oh, this is not without the meaning of inducing the Ottoman Navy to come out for a decisive battle. After all, the dreadnoughts have fallen away. The main force of the Second Squadron is two coastal defense battleships, plus an armored cruiser.
Destroyers, or something, cannot be used in the main naval battle! No, if you are dealing with ironclad ships 30 or 40 years ago, you can still try it!
After the division of forces, the Second Fleet first blocked the island of Lesvos, stared at Karaburun Port, blocked Izmir, and the First Fleet continued to cover the army’s battle to seize the island.
Now the right to choose has returned to Ahmed Pasha again. If the Ottoman navy does not come out for a decisive battle, then when all the coastal islands fall, they will be trapped and killed in Izmir and Karaburun!
Either take advantage of the Bulgarian navy's division and fight with the second fleet. If you win the blockade, naturally there will be no more. Of course, the consequences of losing are also serious. It is a problem to run away!
Oh, Ahmed Pasha has a third option, which is to leave the Aegean waters regardless of his care, go to their southern port, Icher, and escape the war far away.
If you want to run, it is not so safe now. Bulgaria's first fleet is on Chios. Once it is exposed, it can't run away!
Moreover, for Ahmed Pasha personally, this is also a disastrous blow. Don’t even want to take off the traitor’s hat in this life, and the Sudanese government will not let him go!
Ahmed Pasha stared at the chart stubbornly, silent for a while. In fact, the Ottoman Navy also had ports on the islands, but after the outbreak of the war, the weak navy gave up directly.
I chose the safest port. Security is safe, but it is also limited strategically. Once the island chain is lost, I will be trapped and killed in Izmir!
Will the Bulgarian army land?
Obviously, the issue of landing sooner or later, the Ottoman Empire has such a long coastline in the Aegean Sea, there will always be several places suitable for landing.
The Sudanese government has no confidence in the navy. Does Ahmed Pasha still have no confidence in the army? The new army? Just fool the people, when he still doesn't know?
The weapons and equipment are updated, but they are discounted. The quality depends on the conscience of the officials in charge!
Soldier training has been improved, but this is just how big the difference between the 10-day training and the three-day training is compared to the previous one, it’s hard to say!
Anyway, the officers are still those officers, and the soldiers are still those soldiers! Otherwise, where can the Ottoman Empire find so many qualified officers now!
Although Ahmed Pasha has average abilities, he has also studied the history of modern naval warfare. He still remembers the Sino-Japanese War of Jiawu in the Far East more than ten years ago!
A warship stayed in the port and became a prisoner of the enemy if it failed to fire. He knew that if he did not take immediate action now, this time they might become the second Beiyang Fleet!
"Fight!" Ahmed Pasha secretly made up his mind
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At this time, the Bulgarian army is still fighting hard, but this is not fighting hard with the enemy, but fighting with seasickness and fighting with the natural environment!
Ferdinand originally engaged in a massive decisive battle with the Ottoman Empire. Now it gives people a feeling of being fooled. What about the good "blood debt and blood payment"?
How many islands did you hit? Not to mention conquering Ankara, at least we must attack strategic locations such as Bursa and Uskudar!
It's been almost a month since the war, except for the capture of a large area of ​​coastal islands, the main force of the Bulgarian army was stunned in the old home, and there was no shadow of landing operations.
Even shipping in the Aegean Sea is unimpeded. Bulgaria has not intercepted merchant ships. The Ottoman Empire has no ability to intercept merchant ships. The Dardanelles and Bosphorus are even calmer!
After the great powers watched the excitement, it didn't matter to them, and even the Germans were relieved that the local war didn't matter!
If Bulgaria attacks Asia Minor, they are also worried that the Sudanese government will collapse, but if they attack coastal islands, it is estimated that few Ottomans will take these islands to heart, otherwise Crete will not fall into the hands of the Greeks. !
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The Secretary of the Army Popov said anxiously: "Your Majesty, is it time for our army to act? Waiting for this is not a solution?"
"Don't worry, aren't you already attacking the South Sporades Islands? At this rate, after another month, all the islands of the Ottoman Empire in the Aegean Sea are ours!" Ferdinand smiled. Say
He is very satisfied with the current progress. Ferdinand never dreamed that the Ottoman Empire would abandon the coastal islands. Otherwise, relying on these islands and Bulgaria, he did not want to take them all in a year or a half!
Oh, if the Sudanese government knows, they will be very wronged, and they will be helpless too! Everyone knows that these islands cannot be guarded. Who should be sent to die? Is this a problem?
Don't look at the main battle faction's chanting slogans every day. When they want to be cannon fodder, there are countless reasons for one or two.
In short, we must not waste our precious national defense power on irrelevant islands!
Unless the navy can win, let's defend it in Asia Minor! You see, Bulgaria has not landed now, which shows that our strategy is very successful. It has frightened the enemy and they dare not land!
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