The battle on Crete is still going on, but despite the guidance of the leading party, the intensity of the defenders' resistance has not diminished at all. These officers and soldiers wearing round hats are simply trying to live or die with the position. Let's
The attacking Praetorian Guards and Marines were greatly troubled.
In fact, anyone with a clear eye can see that the Ottoman defenders can no longer resist for much longer.
Because the right time, place, and people are not on their side, defeat is inevitable sooner or later.
But the Ottoman army just didn't understand and must surrender conditionally. The only thing they had to do was to ensure the safety of their lives and property. The safety of their lives was okay, but Italy could not guarantee the safety of their property.
This is not because Italy must want their property, but because the Cretans, who are about to become independent, do not want the Ottomans to leave with their property.
Because a lot of the property of these people was looted from Crete, which was the people's wealth of Crete, and the Ottomans had to spit it out.
So how many properties are there?
Take Lieutenant General Mukhtan, the commander of the island, as an example. He currently owns 2.6-3.1 million Ottoman liras in property in Crete. As for other officers at all levels, the property they own varies according to their positions, but at least it is
Starting from 50,000 lire. The highest property owner was Edisi, the governor of Crete, who owned 6-8 million Ottoman lire.
According to Cretan estimates, the property owned by these Ottomans would not be less than five million pounds.
Well, since the Cretans have such strong demands, it is natural that the Italian army, as the liberator, would not be able to reject the other party's request.
Some people may ask, why did the Ottomans leave so much property? Shouldn't they have transferred it after the war broke out?
The person who asked this question obviously didn't know the composition of his property. Most of what he held were various real estate properties. For example, houses, manors, minerals, or shares in factories and workshops. How could this be moved away?
Moreover, even if you want to sell them at a low price, it won't work, because from the declaration of war to the landing of the island, the Italians only gave them more than ten days. And who will buy these from them after the war breaks out, isn't it a big deal?
You may lose all your money.
Therefore, in order to protect their own property, the local Ottoman army will fight to the death. After all, as the old saying goes, people die for wealth and birds die for food. The ancients did not deceive me.
However, in the opinion of General Grovey, who commanded this battle, these Ottomans were obsessed with money and were completely concerned about money and not their lives.
Of course, if General Grovey did not discuss with Solari and others in Crete how to distribute this wealth, then his words would be more credible.
After a while, Hibok and everyone on the island of Crete were seen walking into General Grove's headquarters.
Hibok now serves as a bridge for negotiations between Italy and the Cretans. Basically, if you have any requirements, just ask him. The previous task of finding a leader was General Grove who asked him to do it, and the effect was very good. Frontline
The officers and soldiers recognized it very much.
Of course, this is mainly because General Grovi made demands on behalf of Italy, and the Cretans currently have demands from Italy, so they rarely raise them. But it has been mentioned once before? I hope Italy can be as careful as possible when fighting the Ottomans?
Meet the local Cretans.
Faced with such a reasonable request, General Grovey of course agreed immediately. He then asked Italian officers and soldiers not to go too far when they saw people wearing civilian clothes during the offensive battle.
"General, this is a treaty of friendship and trade signed between our country and the Autonomous Government of Crete."
Before Hibbock finished speaking, he handed a document to General Grove.
Facing the document handed to him, General Grove put it on the table and looked at the Cretans behind Hibok.
Are these people the members of the provisional Cretan Autonomous Government? Are there Solari, the head of the provisional government, Hibok the Speaker, and others? These people are basically the achievements of Italy before.
Of course, judging from the job titles, Solari came out on top and got the position of leader, followed by speaker, minister and so on.
Say one more thing? The provisional government was established on the day of landing in Italy? Although this was strongly opposed by the unionists who wanted to merge with Greece, but in
Of course, no matter what their duties were, they all nodded and bowed to express their goodwill when facing General Grove's explanatory gaze.
Faced with the goodwill of these people, General Grover did not respond? He opened the file and read it.
Is this document not only about the Ottoman wealth distribution plan, but also the conditions that were negotiated before? It was also requested to be formally signed by Italy on the grounds of the establishment of a new government.
General Grovi opened the document. The first page said, Italy and the Republic of Crete are good neighbors and friendly. The two countries unanimously decided to unify the tariffs of the two countries at 10%. Although this is not as hospitable as our Qing Dynasty.
5% tariff? But in Europe, this is already the lowest between the two countries.
Of course, in addition to tariffs, the newly born Crete will hire various consultants from Italy to guide the establishment of its government. In addition, the Cretans will also listen to Italy's opinions in the future on the formation of the military and police.
It can be said that apart from the fact that there are no troops stationed in Crete, the gap between Crete and Italian custody will not be too big. However, Crete is nominally an independent country. This is very important. It is also the reason why Solari and others face the United
This is a confident word to say when sending a meal.
However, General Grovey is not completely at ease with the Cretan people who respect him now. After the overall situation is decided, the government will add a chain to these people. Of course, this has nothing to do with him.
"It's very good. I hope our two countries will have good neighborliness and friendship in the future."
After quickly scanning the documents, General Grove greeted them.
"Definitely, definitely!"
Seeing the looks of these people, Grover didn't even want to say a few words anymore. He waved his hand and these people left.
After these people left, Grovi began to pay attention to the war situation. Although the Cretan Ottomans were currently engaged in a battle between trapped beasts, he still hoped to deal with the enemies in front of him as soon as possible. You must know that the guards he led and the army
The battle with the First Division was not just to capture Crete, they had many other things to do.
However, he was not kept waiting for long. A staff officer hurried in. "General, the news just came from Chania. We have captured the city and the enemy has fled in all directions."
"Good, very good."
Hearing this news made Grover burst into laughter.
"Immediately order the transport ship to go to Chania to unload heavy equipment, and then reinforce other places."
"As you command, General."
With the capture of Chania by Italy, a chain reaction seemed to have started. In the following three days, other cities were captured one after another. The defeated Ottoman troops of more than 6,000 troops retreated under the leadership of their commander Lieutenant General Mukhtan.
Go to the mountain in the center of the island.
Although the Ottoman army has not been completely eliminated, these defeated soldiers have not affected the fact that Italy has captured the island of Crete. It is also a matter of time before it is eliminated in the future.
Although Crete was captured by Italy, this news was not too serious for Istanbul because there were more serious things that required its attention.
