Bulgarian Empire

The strange theory of the Ottomans has nothing to do with Ferdinand. The battle has progressed to the present, and the first step strategy can basically be announced, and it has been realized!

The Greeks are very obtrusive at the moment. The Northern Sporades Islands, the Cyclades Islands, and the Cunupia Islands are all in their hands, and the most important Crete Island is also in their hands.

"Every man is innocent, but he is guilty!" This is the true portrayal of Greece now. In the Mediterranean, the Greeks occupied Corfu Island, threatening Epirus; in the Aegean Sea, they occupied a series of islands, hindering Bulgaria's control Strategies in the Aegean Sea.

The Greek issue was very difficult for Ferdinand. George I had been pretending to be a grandson after the Balkan Wars, and took the initiative to ease diplomatic relations with Bulgaria.

Even the thought of hating Bulgaria in Greece was led to the Ottoman Empire by them, and no one believed it when they wanted to create an excuse for war?

Take out the power and prestige of the great powers, and directly force it?

This is not Ferdinand's style, he has always opposed aggressive wars!

No matter what it is in essence, it must be convincing on the surface, otherwise the hatred will magnify!

Just like the war between Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire, it is still a war between the Bulgarians and the Turkish nobles. Other ethnic groups in the Ottomans, including ordinary Turkish people, have an indifferent attitude. This war has nothing to do with them!

What should everyone do? Rebels rebel, those who fight for independence fight for independence, but there is no room for the slightest relaxation of the internal conflicts in the Ottoman Empire.

At least the Turkish Youth Party believes that this is a war initiated by the Sudanese government in order to divert domestic conflicts!

If there was no "Kavala shelling incident", it might have become a war between Bulgaria and the nations of the Ottoman Empire now, and this war would not be easy to fight.

The current Greece is indeed weak enough, with a population of only 2.5 million, including more than 600,000 in concentration camps, and only 1.8 million real Greeks.

These are all sequelae of the Greek-Turkish War. They were ravaged by the Ottoman army in the country for half a year, and then cultivated by refugees. The population dropped from 2.2 million at its peak to more than 1.7 million. Due to the youth Zhuang suffered heavy losses, so he has been recovering all these years!

Militarily speaking, two Bulgarian infantry divisions are enough to sweep Greece. This is not bragging. After the Greek government went bankrupt, the finances were taken over by various countries, and the military expenditure was immediately suppressed to the lowest point in history. The order can be maintained, and the combat effectiveness is not worth mentioning!

To attack Greece, one has to consider international influence, at least the debt they owe to the great powers is a hurdle that cannot be overcome.

In 1897, the total debt of the Greek government was about 1.8 billion levs (approximately 4.32 million pounds); in 1898, this figure increased to 1.65 billion levs (approximately 66 million pounds); This has increased to 2o60000000 levs (about 82400000 pounds).

There is no way, even the interest cannot be paid off. Rolling interest is so perverted. If there is no accident, the Greek government will probably never pay off this foreign debt!

Unless the Greeks initiated the war, or Bulgaria is willing to take over the foreign debt, it is better not to touch it.

"What do you think of the Greek issue?" Ferdinand asked at the diplomatic consultation meeting

The Minister of the Exchequer proposed: "Your Majesty, we can contact the Greek government to buy these islands, anyway, the Greeks now..."

Ferdinand interrupted the Chancellor of the Exchequer, saying: "No! It is precisely because the finances of the Greek government have been taken over by the powers that they will not sell.

Even if all these islands are sold, and the money is not all in the pockets of the powers, what good is it for the politicians of the Greek government? "

That's right, the Greek government is terribly poor now, but can't it stand up to others? Could it be that Bulgaria can offer a sky-high price to solve the debt crisis for them?

After thinking about it, Constantine said,

Domineeringly said: "Your Majesty, the easiest way is to directly occupy it. The established facts can only be accepted by the big powers. The Greeks dare not declare war on us anyway!"

Ferdinand shook his head and said, "No, it will damage our international image!

If the sovereignty of Crete belongs to the Ottoman Empire, we have already gone to war with the Ottoman Empire, and it makes sense to occupy it directly.

But the sovereignty of the Northern Sporades Islands and the Cyclades Islands belongs to the Greeks, so it is not easy for us to do it directly!

Unless the Greek government collectively loses its mind and declares war on us, then we can't say anything even if we occupy Athens! "

...

While Ferdinand was having a headache with the Greek issue, the situation on the front line changed again, and the Bulgarian army had advanced to Rhodes Island.

This kind of divine operation not only shocked the military, but even Ferdinand was frightened, thinking that the Ottomans were planning some kind of conspiracy.

At the beginning, the Ottoman army resisted the landing operations, but in the later stage, not to mention the resistance, even the Ottoman army could not be found on many islands, and the islands were directly thrown to the Bulgarian army!

For all of this, the Ottoman government is actually calm, and it seems that none of these things can move them.

But these things made one person—Ahmed Pasha, who was still looking for the flaws of the Second Fleet of the Bulgarian Navy, but the reality told him that he had to fight immediately or sit on the ground and wait for death!

On April 18, 1909, with blue sea and clear sky, Ahmed Pasha made a hasty war mobilization, and took the reluctant Ottoman navy officers and soldiers to sea. The scene is quite a bit windy and cold!

Now that the arrow is on the string, it has to be done! Once this opportunity is missed, after the two Bulgarian fleets converge, they will not even have the power to fight!

That's right, Ahmed Pasha didn't even think about winning. He just hoped to take advantage of the opportunity of the Bulgarian navy's division of troops to fight a naval battle that could be dealt with, so that he could explain to the people of the country.

If it doesn't work, let's scatter blood on the battlefield! For the sake of his family, he also had to fight to the death! After all, the dead will not be punished, regardless of victory or defeat, death in battle will never be blamed!

...

At this time, the Second Fleet is still on routine patrols, and it doesn't know that a big battle is about to start.

On the battlecruiser Constantinople outside Karaburun Harbor, a sentinel suddenly spotted the fleet approaching ahead and exclaimed, "The enemy's navy has come out!"

After receiving this news, Captain Nicholas Ivanrich immediately ordered: "Report to the fleet, the main force of the Ottoman navy has come out, we will try our best to hold them back and let them come to reinforce immediately!"

The distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, but the Constantinople did not choose to escape, but was ready to meet it.

Don't look at this as an armored cruiser, but whether it is in terms of firepower or armor, it is an iron-clad ship from the Far Ottomans.

"All ready to fight!" Nicholas Ivanrich ordered

He knew that it would take at least two hours to wait for the main force to come for reinforcements, and even the nearest battleship Harmony would take an hour later, and before that, the Constantinople would have to face the enemy alone!

It is impossible to rush forward to fight! This is an armored cruiser, not a dreadnought. Even if it is far away from the enemy in terms of performance, a tiger can't hold back a pack of wolves!

Simply put, their main purpose is to keep an eye on the enemy. If the Ottoman navy wants to run, he will follow behind; if the Ottoman navy directly attacks them, of course he will run away!

Well, Nicholas Ivanrich has to be thankful that the Ottoman navy is enough garbage, otherwise he might really have to receive a box lunch.

The two sides were still six or seven nautical miles away from the university, and they started shooting each other. Originally, it would be death if one picked twelve, but it didn't matter if it was six or seven nautical miles (1 nautical mile = 1.852 kilometers), and it had already passed the effective range of most artillery!

But this is a bad time, both sides are rookies, no matter whether they are in the effective range or not, they will start fighting when they see the enemy!

But this is in line with Nicholas Ivanrich's purpose of delaying time. Anyway, as soon as the artillery fires, the speed of the shooting warship drops. If he can be hit at such a long distance, then he has nothing to say!

War is the best teacher. After fighting for more than half an hour, neither side has any results.

At this time, the distance between the two sides had narrowed to three or four nautical miles, and Nicholas Ivanrich continued to insist, but the sweat on his face had already begun to flow down.

The enemy was constantly approaching, and just now, a cannon fell into the sea water with a plop 10 meters away from the warship, causing waves to splash.

"Withdraw!" Saying this word, Nicholas Ivanrich seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

At this time, the distance between the two sides is already very close, and there is no need to leave if you don’t leave. The Constantinople has been hit by two shells, and one shell hit the ship’s strings. Fortunately, the Ottoman artillery is not very good, otherwise the Constantinople The Tantenburg will shed a layer of skin even if it is not dead!

However, when the Constantinople retreated, the Ottoman navy that chased after it had only eleven warships, and the other one had withdrawn from the war for some unknown reason, and seemed to be slowly sinking!

Nicholas Ivanrich was a little confused, when did he make the result? But now it is still important to run away, not the time to entangle this issue.

The Constantinople was running fast in the front, and the Ottoman navy was chasing closely behind. Even though Ahmed Pasha had ordered all to advance, the distance between the two sides was still getting farther and farther!

Time passed by every minute and every second, and soon the distance between the two sides opened up more than ten nautical miles again. Nicholas Ivanrich ordered: "Stop, just wait here for the Ottomans to come!"

At this time, the battleship Harmony had also entered the battlefield, but the Ottomans still knew nothing about it!

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