Vol 2 Chapter 46: , Fu Wushuang to misfortune does not come singly (2 in 1)

　　"Not only is the strategic material in a hurry, our fiscal deficit has not yet been resolved. Although the war has just begun, we have to think about it!
　　 If the material reserves are insufficient, we can still import them, but if we don’t have the money, I’m afraid we can’t do anything!
　　 In order to raise funds, the Ministry of Finance has done its best! The European consortium is not optimistic that we can win the war, and the loan cannot be negotiated at all!
　　 Bonds are also cold in the international market. So far, the bonds we have sold have been completely unsold, even if we have increased the interest rate to 20%!
　　 can only be sold domestically, less than 10 million drachmas (about 400,000 pounds), which is undoubtedly a drop in the bucket for huge expenses!
　　In order to win the war, we have ordered a large number of materials from European countries, which in turn consumes a large amount of our foreign exchange reserves. We have to use part of the gold reserves to solve the final balance!
　　 From the current point of view, the war may not be over in a short time. If the financial problem cannot be solved, we will go bankrupt in the near future! "As soon as the Secretary of War had finished speaking, the Secretary of Finance poured cold water on George I again!
　　The Minister of Finance only mentions expenditure, not income. Everyone is well aware that in order to raise funds, the Greek government has already levied a war tax, and other tax rates have also increased substantially. The government's fiscal revenue has actually increased!
　　 But before I could stand it, I owed a lot of debts. International loans amounted to 700 million delamarks (about 28 million pounds)! There is also a pile of debts, and other messy debts of no less than 500 million delamark!
　　 All of the above are owed by the central government of Greece, and local governments owe them too!
　　 But what is the fiscal revenue of the Greek government? ? It is definitely an incredible number-less than 110 million delamark!
　　 Even if it is calculated at a 5% interest rate, the annual interest support exceeds half of the fiscal revenue! ! This is why the Greek government went bankrupt after its defeat in the Greek-Turkish war!
　　 No matter how the war is fought, the debt to be paid is still to be paid! There were no vegetarian powers in the 19th century. Even if the Greeks declared bankruptcy, they would still have to pay no less!
　　 No matter what, now George I is absolutely afraid to play bankruptcy!
　　 Otherwise, if the great powers took over the finances, they would dare to directly abolish the army and navy together. Then how will this battle be fought?
　　 George I looked at everyone with a wry smile, and said: "What else can you do? Let's talk about it! No matter how much you pay, let's get through this hurdle first!"
　　 Tax increase? If this is not possible, the people can no longer bear it!
　　Loan? Who is willing to borrow now? The fiscal revenue of the Greek government is so bad. Even if it wins the war, it is unable to pay such a huge debt. The most important thing is that it can no longer take out a pleasing mortgage!
Bond? Isn't it selling? No one wants 20% interest!
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　　 One by one thoughts surfaced in everyone's mind, and they were rejected again!
　　 These are the troubles of the previous few, and all the tricks that can raise money have been used all over. Tariffs, minerals, rights of way, and various financial taxes, as long as they can be mortgaged, almost all mortgages are finished!
　　 Including the government buildings used by the current government, they are all mortgaged to capitalists. The current Greek government can be said to be really poor and white!
　　 Seeing that everyone was silent, George I's face became gloomy. The Prime Minister knew that he could not escape, and he took the initiative to stand up. It is better than being named!
"Ugh!"
　　 The Prime Minister sighed first, and then said: "From the current situation, only the gold reserves can be used for emergency in the short term! The other is to end the war as soon as possible. This is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs!
　　 Our army is not as powerful as imagined!
　　To win this war, you can only pin your hopes on your allies!
　　 What we have to do now is to use diplomatic means to prompt Bulgaria and Mentenegero to join the war as soon as possible. We can make concessions in terms of trophy division! "
　　 George I nodded, and was about to say something, when he suddenly realized that he had been used by the Prime Minister!
　　 On the surface, it seems to have made a suggestion, but in essence it says nothing!
　　Fiscal crisis, there is no solution! The use of reserve gold is already in progress, and everyone can no longer take care of the consequences. The big deal is the collapse of Dekmark and the damage is second only to the failure of the war!
　　 End the war as soon as possible? Who doesn't want to? Now it is clear that the Greek army can't beat the Ottomans, even if allies join, the outcome is unpredictable! If possible, everyone would rather this war not happen!
Diplomacy? Damn it, didn't you just fail? Concession on the spoils? Let to get there?
　　 George I was a man who had been a king for many years, his dissatisfaction flashed, and he continued to ask: "Then Prime Minister, do you think we can make concessions in those areas? What is the bottom line?"
　　 The prime minister who thought he had escaped, now has a bitter face, as if everyone owes him money!
　　 hesitated and said: "This~~, I think~~ We have a wrong estimate of the strength of the Ottoman Empire this time. If we want to achieve the reservation goal, I am afraid it will not work!
　　Instead of this, it is better to promise Bulgaria the things that you can’t get, in exchange for them to join the war ahead of time and reduce our losses! "
　　 The thing that George I worries most still happened. Even the Prime Minister has lost faith in this war. You can imagine what other people think!
　　 What about the soldiers on the front line? Do they still have any hope of victory in this war?
　　 There are also Bulgaria and Mentenegero. If they also have no hope of war, does it mean that they will tear up the covenant?
　　So what should Greece do in this war? How to end the war decently? Where should the future of Greece go?
　　 People don’t know about George I’s thoughts, but they are very interested in the Prime Minister’s proposal. Anyway, let’s drag allies into the water first!
　　 It is better for the three families to face the Ottoman Empire than Greece alone! Even if you lose this war, some people will back it up. It is better than a Greek family!
　　 The Minister of War immediately echoed, how about the front-line problem, other people don’t know, is he still not clear?
　　Prince Constantine’s telegram for help is sent more than a dozen times a day; the Greek army in Ioannina hasn’t asked for reinforcements, but the situation is even worse, and the supplies are not available!
　　 The food is good enough, and it can be collected on the spot, there is no way for weapons and ammunition, and it is completely dependent on the rear supplies! It's okay not to move, if you move, if there is a big battle with the Ottomans, maybe the gun in your hand will become a fire stick!
　　 Now there are only 70 bullets per soldier per capita. It sounds pretty good. You will find out after a battle. It’s really not enough!
　　 But the logistics supply line is not so stable. Because the time is too short, the Greek army has not had time to clear the place. Some remote areas are still preserved by the Ottoman government!
　　 If it weren’t for the Ottoman Empire had really rotten, maybe the Greek army on the front line of Ioannina had been completely cut off the logistics supply line!
　　Of course, it has something to do with the poor logistics of the Greeks. Even if it is not hindered, it cannot guarantee the logistics supply! Why did the Ottoman Empire not value the transportation in this area?
　　 So far, it has been almost a week since the war started. After the war began, the troops on the front line have not received enough supplies!
　　 There are more than 100,000 Greek troops on the front line of Epirus. They are crushed and beaten by forty to fifty thousand Ottoman troops. It is not that they can't beat the enemy, but there are too few people in their hands to fight!
　　 Unless the enemy can be annihilated or maimed at once, if the war continues, the Greek army will have to carry a fire stick with a bayonet!
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　　 Just when the Greek government was worried about the war, the frontline also changed!
　　 The Epirus area is okay. In any case, there are so many Greek troops and they are defending on the spot. The Ottoman troops are insufficient and dare not fully attack!
　　The problem lies in the defense line of Krikala city. The Ottoman empire’s defenders in the Appsani region have rushed for reinforcements! Although there are only a few thousand people, appearing in a specific place is enough to change a war!
　　 Edkh Pasha's forces are already sufficient, and the two regiments directly ordered to attack Karditsa, threatening the back of the Prince Constantine's army!
The commander of 　　reinforcement army, Colonel Kobie Pasha, is a rare young faction in the Ottoman army. The typical newborn calf is not afraid of tigers!
　　 He knew that with the two regiments in his hands, under normal circumstances, he would capture Karditsa, the key defense of the Greek army, which is undoubtedly a foolish dream!
　　 Moreover, the order given to him by General Edkh Pasha was only an offensive, and did not allow him to conquer Karditsa, which is enough to explain the problem!
　　 Colonel Korby Pasha did something that caught the attention of the world, and he went deep alone and detoured to the rear of Karditsa, causing destruction!
　　 At noon on April 25, 1897, a regiment under Colonel Göbel Pasha met unexpectedly with the logistic transport team of the Greek army outside Karditsa.
　　 There is no doubt that the enemy has done it! There was a fierce battle between the two sides, and the defenders of Karditsa heard the news and immediately organized infantry to rush to the battlefield for reinforcements.
　　 It is a pity that the logistics transport team is a miscellaneous brand in the Greek army. An army of more than 300 people, plus a group of civilians, has formed a team of thousands of people.
　　 Even though they were very brave, they faced a larger number of Ottoman regulars, and after half an hour of fighting, they ended in failure!
　　 When the reinforcements arrived, only a corpse was left. All the materials that could be taken were taken away by the Ottomans, and the few bombs that could not be taken were over!
　　 In order to cause trouble to the Greeks, Colonel Geber Pasha also came up with a damage trick and gave each prisoner a bullet. Don’t get me wrong, he did not slaughter the prisoners!
　　The bullets were all hit in the legs, but they turned the prisoners into wounded and left them in place! Of course those who resisted, not among them, were all sent to see God!
　　 This is just the beginning. In the following time, the Ottoman army followed suit. In just two or three days, Prince Constantine had harvested four to five thousand wounded, and the logistics supply line collapsed!
　　 In the 19th century, when there was a shortage of medicine and medicine, it was not a simple matter to be injured by a bullet! Even on the legs, many people will face a very cruel multiple-choice question: Is it amputation to save their lives; or choose to bet on their lives, gamble on whether the wound will become inflamed!
　　 Don’t expect that the wound is just scratched, and the grievances between the Ottoman Empire and the Greeks are not a day or two!
　　The bullets were undoubtedly hit the bones, and in addition, they did not come to receive treatment in time. In fact, Prince Constantine harvested a group of seriously injured people who could die at any time!
Looking at the wailing wounded, Prince Constantine, no matter how well-trained he was, couldn’t help cursing:
Fuck off! This group of beasts are inferior to the beast! How could this be done? God will not let them go. This group will definitely go to hell!..."
　　 Not only him, but all the Greeks present are the same enemies. Colonel Khobie Pasha’s approach has broken through their bottom line and completely angered the Greeks.
　　Anger is the greatest enemy of mankind, it will affect mankind's rational judgment!
　　In order to take revenge and open up the supply line, Prince Constantine gritted his teeth and drew a division's reinforcements from the front line to encircle and suppress the lone army of Colonel Khobie Pasha!
　　 There is a large woodland more than ten miles away from the city of Karditsa. This forest is the camp of the Ottoman army of Kobe Pasha. The reason UU Reading www.uukanshu.com chose this place is of course because it is easy to defend and run away!
　　 After such a big thing, would it be strange if the Greeks did not retaliate? Of course, if the Greeks really drew troops from the front line, it would be exactly what Koubie Pasha wanted, after all, his task was to add chaos to the Greeks!
　　 Originally, the Greek army was at a disadvantage in terms of strength, and once again, the defense line would inevitably appear to be flawed, which created opportunities for the Ottoman army on the front line!
　　If Prince Constantine can calm down, it doesn’t matter. If he continues to engage in roadblocking and robbery business, anyway, as long as the logistics supply line is cut off, the Greek army on the front will be finished sooner or later!
　　 As for whether the Greeks will make a detour, Khoby Pasha is not at all worried! If the detour is undoubtedly extending the supply line and adding a few hundred miles, it is estimated that the Greek commander on the front line will cry!
　　Because the ammunition in their hands is running out, Ed He Pasha did not rely on superior forces to fight them, but fought a war of attrition, and a little bit with the Greek army, just to consume their ammunition!
　　 In just a few days, the material reserves in Prince Constantine's hands have been reduced again. According to the current level of consumption, if the supply line cannot be opened as soon as possible, after half a month, he will face exhaustion of ammunition and food!
　　 This was a conspiracy, and the Greeks had to follow the Ottoman plan.
　　 When Prince Constantine drew troops from the front line, the fate of the Greek army was locked!
　　 The changes on the Greek line of defense cannot be concealed from the Ottomans. After General Ed Hepasa determined that the Greeks had lost one division, he knew that the long-awaited fighter was finally here!
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