Vol 2 Chapter 51: Greece defeated

"Nice! It seems that Ferdinand is still so savvy, always knowing that he can get the best benefit for himself! How is the Navy prepared? Once the war begins, we can't directly intervene!" Nicholas II laughed Say later
The Minister of the Navy said with confidence: "In order to guarantee the victory of this war, the Black Sea Fleet will go all out. At that time, our main fleet will attack the Ottoman Empire in the name of the Bulgarian Navy!
Once Bulgaria has won Istanbul, then the Bosphorus is in our pocket! "
At this point, the Minister of the Navy really did not brag! Not how aggressive the Russian Black Sea Fleet is, but that the Ottoman navy has gone home!
The Ottoman navy has also been expansive, once ranked fifth in the world in the world navy rankings, and the tonnage of armored ships exceeded the sixth Italian by 20%.
In 1878, the Ottoman Empire had 16 iron armored ships; at that time the world's largest British Empire navy had only 40 iron armored ships; the number of armored ships even surpassed the world's second naval power-France!
Not only the quantity is not bad, but the quality is not bad. There are several ships with eight or nine thousand tons of armored ships! Even the aggressive German Navy in the future, their first 9000-ton iron armored ship, still picked up the cheap after the Ottoman Empire cancelled the order, and bought it from Britain!
It has 5 gunboats, 10 central gunships, 1 surface rotary ship, 4 cruisers, and 20 patrol ships, with a total tonnage of 90,725 tons, second only to Britain, France, Germany, and Russia. Ranked fifth in the world!
It seems like awesome. In fact, there is nothing remarkable. This is a "poor navy"!
The Ottoman navy has such a large family base. In the era when the national strength and technology were not at the same level as the powers, such a fleet was created. It was a sultan who was a wonderful navy fanatic from 1860-1871. Abdul Aziz!
But the Ottoman Empire is poor! Abdul Aziz did a stupid thing with the moneyless Sudanese government-raising taxes!
Puppets were mainly ruling Christian areas, such as Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, etc., which were still under the Ottoman Empire. It's okay two days a day. This tax is ten years. Christians everywhere can't live anymore and start to rise up.
The aristocratic princes of the Ottoman Empire saw that this would not work. Our navy is still under construction and the country is going to be split. This cannot be continued. Everyone, together, launched a coup to destroy His Highness Aziz.
The navy of the Ottoman Empire has become a motherless child, and the huge iron armored fleet has become a large toy. Even so, it is enough to dominate the party!
It is a pity that the decaying Ottoman Empire was unwilling to pay even the cost of maintaining this fleet. The government stopped the normal appropriation of the navy, and the fleet was moored in the port all day, month and year!
Navy officers and soldiers do not live on board, they all have their own lives. Many officers and men will get lost when they arrive at the port and often cannot find their own ship, because they rarely get on board!
Some officers don't even know how many people are on their ship, and they can't distinguish the parameters of the weapons on the ship. These are the status quo of the Ottoman Navy!
As for combat effectiveness, what the is that? Did not see the Greek Navy's provocation, did the Ottoman Navy not attack? You know that both countries have declared war!
I want to defend the Bulgarian navy. For such lame reasons, I can only flicker about the military militants of the Sudanese government!
Anyone with a bit of military knowledge knows that the Bosphorus is 30 kilometers long, with the narrowest point being only more than 700 meters and the widest point being only 3.7 kilometers.
的 The shore guns deployed on both sides of the strait are not salute guns. How can the Bulgarian Navy go to the Marmara Sea to do things?
Of course, the shore guns deployed by the Ottoman Empire on both sides of the strait may not really be salute! After all, in this magical country, nothing is impossible!
Uh ...
With the butterfly effect of Ferdinand, now the situation in the Balkans has entered a turning point in history. No one can predict where it will go in the future!
But the Greeks still did not get rid of the fate of history. The Greek army led by Prince Constantine was defeated by Ed Hepasha, and the main force of tens of thousands of Greek troops was destroyed!
In the early morning of April 29, 1897, after a day of hard work, the Ottoman army finally opened a gap in the defense zone of Major General Andrew of the 18th Division!
The problem lies in this batch of reinforcements. Due to the lack of strength, Major Andrew had to add this group of black people to the army.
The brutal offensive and defensive battles have long exhausted the Greek army physically and mentally. They were originally captured heroes, so don't expect them to have any sense of belonging to Greece!
In the early hours of the morning, a battalion of the Tenth Division of the Ottoman Empire, and then the night cover launched a raid! After the night attack, the recruits who had just replenished, ran straight and panicked. This run caused a chain reaction, and many Greek soldiers also ran away confusedly!
When the Greek officers responded, it was too late ~ EbookFREE.me ~ The line of defense had been torn open, and the main force of the 10th Division of the Ottoman Army had rushed in and killed the Greek army in the night!
After receiving the news, Ed Hepasha did not hesitate to order the entire army to attack immediately! Hundreds of thousands of Greek and Turkish troops launched the most brutal fight in the middle of the night!
All the organizational systems were disrupted. Whether it was Prince Constantine or Ed Hepasha, they could not command the troops. They could only watch the two sides engage in melee!
Over time, with the advantages in numbers, the Ottomans gradually gained the upper hand. The end is destined, and the Greek army was defeated in such a mess!
I'm afraid that Prince Constantine has already formed a wounded division, and it is impossible to return to heaven at this moment!
After dawn, Ed Hepasha's statistical results, suddenly found that the commander of the Greek army, Prince Constantine, had been reduced to prisoner!
In this campaign, the Ottoman army paid 34,800 casualties, annihilated more than 57,000 people in the Greek army, and achieved the first victory since the start of the Turkish army-Trikala city victory!
不用 It goes without saying that Greece has taken the lead in this war!
胜利 The victorious Ed Hepasha immediately cut off the ties between the Greek army in Epirus and the country! More than 100,000 Greek troops led by the Duke of Cyrillic have now been dumplings! In the absence of a supply of weapons and ammunition, it is a matter of time before defeat!
At this moment, the Greek government is completely blind, and the worst has happened! The reinforcements that were originally intended to reinforce Prince Constantine do not have to go now, and return directly to the original way to prepare for a local defense battle!