Vol 2 Chapter 44: War broke out (2 in 1)

The war between the Ottoman Empire and Greece cannot be stopped now. A series of factors, including conflicts of interest, ethnic conflicts, and public opinion orientation, have pushed the two countries into the abyss of war!
Jeff Ferdinand can swear in the name of God that this war is definitely not his pot! At this time in history, did the Ottoman Empire and Greece still fight?
The establishment of the Balkan Alliance has undoubtedly added to the Greeks' confidence.
In history, Prince George himself brought a 1,500-person army to support the Crete uprising!
In the face of the collective opposition of the powers, the inadequately prepared Greek government, or still arbitrarily launched a war against the Ottoman Empire, you know the strength of the main domestic factions in Greece!
Compared to the international environment at the time, for the Greeks, the situation is much better now! Although the attitudes of the current powers are different, they still have diplomatic support from the Russians, the British, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. At the same time, there are two allies in the Balkans, Bulgaria and Mentenegrow. Much bigger!
In history, because both sides were not ready for war, they fought a worse war, but the Greeks were still worse, making this war a laughingstock for Greece in the history of modern wars.
The Greeks provoked the war, but because the army was too wasteful, it was a complete defeat. From declaration of war to signing a peace treaty, it took only 30 days to get it done!
What's even more funny is that in these thirty days, less time was actually spent on fighting, and most of it was spent negotiating!
This is the funny "30 Day War"! The Greeks told the world with practical actions what it means to be incapable!
This time and space is no exception. On April 15th, the Greek government made an ultimatum to Ottoman Titan, asking the Ottoman Empire to recognize the Greek merger of Crete, and apologized to the Greek people for the former colonial rule and compensated the economic loss of 30 million pounds. !!
At this moment, everyone knows that the war is coming! The Greeks did not have the sincerity to negotiate, and the previous action was nothing more than a delay!
清 In the early morning of April 17th, the Greek government formally submitted a war report to the Ottoman Empire; the Sudanese government had a rare high efficiency. At noon, it also submitted a war report to the Greek government!
The Greek-Turkish War officially broke out!
Slightly different from history, the Greeks of this plane should be more fully prepared. Before the outbreak of the war, the Greek government had completed national mobilization, mobilizing more than 240,000 troops!
On the same day, the Greek army began to attack Macedonia, and the curtain of the Balkan war began!
I received the news, and Ferdinand's hanging heart finally let go. History is at an inflection point at this moment, where will the future go, and everything becomes confused!
Ferdinand, who had no problem at all, was busy making villains in the palace. They had been married for more than three years, and had no children. He couldn't help worrying about this.
You must know that Princess Xenia in history, but the mother of seven children, is absolutely no problem in this regard! Ferdinand also has several children in history. He hasn't avoided pregnancy. He has no children for more than three years.
While Ferdinand was thinking wildly, George I of Greece on the other side was uncomfortable. Since the beginning of the war, the performance of the Greek army cannot be said to be outstanding, but it is also quite satisfactory!
The Ottoman Empire's strategy in the Balkans focused on defending Bulgaria and Serbia.
地理位置 Geographically, Serbs threatened Kosovo and Albania, while Bulgarians threatened Macedonia and Istanbul!
Everything has changed now. Bulgaria's military strength is still the strongest among Balkan countries. But the Serbian threat is gone after the end of the Bulgarian war!
Therefore, the main enemy that the Ottoman Empire now guards is Bulgaria, and the main force is also concentrated on this soil-preserving border!
Because of its small size, the mentor was not in the eyes of the Ottoman Empire; while Greece invested a lot of resources into the navy, the Ottoman Empire ignored the threat of the Greek Army.
Since the beginning of the war, the Ottoman Empire was not ready for war, and not many troops were deployed on the Greek front. On the boundary line of seven or eight hundred kilometers, Ottoman has only 30,000 troops stationed!
There is no doubt that if the 30,000 garrisons are concentrated, they still have some combat effectiveness, but if they are located on the boundary line of 700 to 800 kilometers, there will be loopholes everywhere!
In fact, with the degree of decay of the Ottoman Empire, one can imagine that the nominal 30,000 defenders can guarantee half the full amount is good!
The results are self-evident, the army that Ottoman laid out on the Greek front has fallen, and the defense line in Thessaly region was broken in one barrel. The Greek army should have been "singing and advancing"!
However, the poor logistic system of the Greek army was exposed. Due to the logistics drag, the Greek army did not seize Trikala for the first time! Of course, the waste of time is not too long, at most it is only one day!
Unfortunately, the battlefield is often racing against time, and one day is enough to change the whole battle! From the outbreak of the war to the present, the Sudanese government has responded, and reinforcements in Macedonia are coming!
Trikala City, the Ottoman Empire originally deployed two troops here, coupled with the collapse of troops from the front, in theory there is already a division of the strength, of course, the actual strength must be at least folded in half.
The city of Trikala is located on the east side of the Pindus Mountains, west of Metso, Fengtong Road, and reaches Alta on the west side of the mountain. Due to its unique location, the Ottoman Empire was unable to continue its retreat, so it decided to stay on. This decision changed the direction of the Greek-Turkish war!
The high morale of the Greek Army hit the first nail here! On the evening of April 18, 1897, Prince Constantine's army of 88,000 Greeks led to Trikala.
Victory along the way, the Greek army has been stunned by the victory, and immediately reached the city of Trikala and launched a comprehensive attack! Of course, from a strategic point of view, it is right to attack immediately!
But because of the stubborn pit of the Ottoman garrison, the Greek army responsible for the attack paid more than 1,500 casualties in just over five hours. Prince Constantine suspended the attack in order to reduce losses!
I waited until April 20, after the artillery arrived on the battlefield, the Greek army launched the attack again, but in this class, everything is too late!
One day is enough to change a lot of things! The Ottoman army in the city has been internally integrated under the leadership of commander Orich Pasha, and the smashed troops have been assembled.
If the enemies to be confronted on April 19 are only the original garrison, with only 2,000 people, then the reorganized Ottoman garrison has more than 5,000 people!
It is almost impossible for more than two thousand people to defend Trikala, even if it is delayed for a day or two! In one comprehensive attack by the Greeks, more than 380 people were injured or killed.
I do n’t need much. If you do two or three more attacks like this, Trikala will be broken because of insufficient strength!
Unfortunately, Prince Constantine did not know the situation in the city. He ordered the attack to stop in order to reduce losses!
Of course, there is no rule of pride and arrogance, and the reason that the Ottoman army is not in the eye has created opportunities for the defenders in the city!
希腊 On April 20th, the Greek army launched an offensive again. The tragic siege battle began next time. Due to the use of artillery, the Greek army's casualties fell!
In the next day, the Greek army paid more than 3,000 casualties, and the garrison also paid more than 1,700 casualties. The battle loss exchange ratio changed from the original 4 to 1 to the current 1.8 to 1!
The Ottoman Empire ’s line of defense in Trikala has been teetering, and in one day it lost a third of its strength, enough to cause an army to collapse!
If it was n’t for the Sudanese government ’s strict order, it would be necessary to stay dead, and the reinforcements in Macedonia would be on the way. Now most of the defenders in the city have collapsed!
备 (Note: Casualties do not equal death. For example, the number of casualties counted in some countries in the World War exceeds the number of soldiers participating in the war! Mainly, after the wounded are recovered, they can be put into war again!)
On April 21, the brutal offensive and defensive battle continued. By evening, the Ottoman garrison had lost almost all of its outer defense lines. Under the command of Orich Pasha, it exited the defense lines in an orderly manner and struck in the city More street fighting!
On the third day after the outbreak of war, the Macedonian reinforcements also entered the Thessaly region. On the evening of April 21, the 100,000 Ottoman reinforcements led by Edeppasha were less than fifteen miles from Trikala city. Kilometers away!
I did not know the Greeks who had arrived in the other side. On April 22, the siege battle was launched again. It was a street fight!
Squinting at the sight of the Ottoman garrison is about to end, the Scout has brought bad news to Prince Constantine-Ottoman Empire reinforcements are about to reach the battlefield!
When Prince Constantine received the news, the reinforcements of the Ottoman Empire were less than five kilometers away!
After receiving this news, Prince Constantine suppressed the anger in his heart, while ordering to abandon the attack, while actively deploying to defend the possible attack by the Ottoman reinforcements!
At this time, the comparison of military strength between the two sides has undergone a fundamental change. The Greek fighter plane has disappeared, and the city of Trikala has not been captured, which means that Greece will be at a strategic disadvantage in future wars!
三 For three consecutive days of siege battles, the Greek army also suffered painful casualties, and morale has now been greatly reduced. The patriotism was lost to the cruelty on the battlefield!
Ed Hepasha came faster than the Greeks expected. After arriving at the front line, the Ottoman army did not modify it and launched a full-scale attack directly on the position of the Greek army!
I was stunned by the Greeks. You must know that after a long march, the physical strength of the army has fallen very badly. If there is not enough time for trimming, it is good that a very strong force can play five or six points!
王子 Prince Constantine intends to take advantage of the first arrival of the Ottoman army and launch an assault based on the unstable opportunity to defeat the Ottoman reinforcements in one fell swoop!
Then the two troops preparing for the raid met unexpectedly in the middle of the road and launched a deadly fight! With the strength of the army, the Turkish army defeated the enemy in front of it, and the Greek offensive was interrupted!
And because of the strategic mistakes of the Greeks, in order to defend the enemy from the country, there was no concentrated superior force to attack in one direction!
At the same time attack in the direction of Thessaly and Epirus, the Greek army in Thessaly was blocked in Trikala, and then forced to turn to the on-site defense, waiting for reinforcements!
Unfortunately, this decision of Prince Constantine did not take into account the actual situation of the Greek army. If this army is all standing troops, his decision is completely correct! In view of the corruption of the Ottoman Empire, it is absolutely necessary for the 100,000 army to be profligate. The Greek army is totally capable of fighting!
Since the Greek government mobilized nationwide, the Greek Army began to expand violently, and this army led by Prince Constantine was no exception.
Due to the blind expansion of the Greek government, a large number of under-trained soldiers have been added to the army, and the combat effectiveness of the Greek Army has not risen instead!
If it is a battle of the wind, it will only increase the number of new recruits and veterans, and the combat effectiveness of the army will naturally increase!
But before the veterans become war veterans, something will happen! This time is no exception ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Prince Constantine was miserable.
Before the Ottoman army was desperate, the offense was smooth sailing, but the fierce offensive and defensive battle broke out in Trikala, the Greek soldiers could not bear it!
一 As soon as the Ottoman army reinforcements arrived, the morale of the Greek army fell to a trough! As soon as Edeppasha attacked, the Greek army could no longer bear the pressure and collapsed!
Because the Ottoman army also rushed to the scene, it was too late to make repairs and was thrown into the war. The physical strength was not sufficient, and after defeating the Greeks, they were unable to pursue.
This caused a misjudgment to Prince Constantine, as did the Ottoman army, and the combat effectiveness was not much higher than them!
His judgment is well-founded. The combat effectiveness of the Greek army and the Ottoman army is indeed half a catty! But this is the Greek Army before the expansion, and the combat effectiveness of the Greek Army after the expansion is much worse!
王子 Prince Constantine's decision to defend in place is not a strategic mistake! Since the Greek army had just lost the battle, the losses were not great.
Now he still has 70,000 troops in his hands, and the actual number of the Ottoman troops on the other side is only over 100,000.
After all, at the end of the 19th century, the power of steel nets and trenches was still very powerful! Even if the wire mesh is lacking in the hands of the Greek army, the trenches are still there!
This also starts with Greek strategy. Another Greek army led by Duke Carlobert has now hit Ioannina.
If you give up the area of ​​Trikala and continue to retreat backward, then the Greek army attacking the Epirus region will likely be cut off by the Ottoman army. This consequence cannot be sustained by the Greeks!