The news that the Ottoman army was surrounded by the coalition forces in Adrianople was spread throughout the world three days later. As the current event that countries are most concerned about, the news of the war between Italy and the Ottomans is always not spread at the first time.
So after the siege of Adrianople, the news was spread immediately. Faced with the siege of the main force, the Ottomans certainly did not want to see it. Before this, their army had also had the idea of breaking out. Since being
The besieged Adrianople and Istanbul urgently dispatched troops to launch a counterattack against Luleburgac in an attempt to break the siege. However, in the end the city was still firmly in the hands of the Italians, which also declared the Ottomans
The rescue attempt failed.
Of course, since the troops are not fully in place, the Ottomans who are currently surrounded can still use the gaps to withdraw a small number of troops. But forget about the large troops. It is impossible to withdraw.
Among them, many senior Ottoman officers who were concerned about the safety of Istanbul took advantage of this time to use them for the future. However, among them, Riza, the commander, did not evacuate.
Instead, he stayed in the besieged Adrianople and frequently showed up to cheer up the troops. Because many officers secretly left, the morale of the army plummeted. Frequent meetings with officers and soldiers increased Riza's influence in the army.
Big, but despite this, they are destined to be surrounded in this last fortress of Istanbul.
During this period, Riza had countless opportunities to leave, but he refused them all.
He knew very well that if he left, the more than 200,000 Ottoman troops in Adrianople would be doomed. And the capital, Istanbul, could not stop the Italian-Bulgarian offensive at all, and he could not leave for the sake of the Ottomans.
In some respects, Riza, as the leader of the Al-Shabaab Party, is worthy of being a qualified patriot.
However, although Riza's patriotic enthusiasm has not diminished at all, it still cannot change the current situation of the war. After the news of the siege of Adrianople came out, the world in Istanbul was in chaos, and various gossips and rumors about the coalition forces were flying everywhere.
.Some say that the army in Adrianople has surrendered, some say that the army has withdrawn, and still others say that the enemy is approaching Istanbul.
These random news caused panic in the city of Istanbul, and many people fled to the Asia Minor Peninsula with their families by boat. Faced with such a scene, the troops stationed in Istanbul did not stop them at all. Unlike the citizens, they knew better.
There is a lot of accurate information, and I know that the coalition forces now need to prioritize the army in Adrianople, so Istanbul is still safe for now.
However, although it is still safe now, after the enemy solves Adrianople, Istanbul will not have enough power to resist the opponent. Because all the troops that the Ottomans can mobilize have been wiped out by the enemy. At present, except for the more than 40,000 Ottomans in Istanbul,
Apart from the army, there were only more than 80,000 people who faced off against the Italian landing force near Izmir.
The Ottoman Empire, which currently has no available troops, has few options to make when the enemy is about to approach the city.
At this time, it is normal for certain changes to occur in the Ottoman leadership.
On the evening of the next day after the news of the siege of Adrianople came back, a mutiny broke out in Istanbul. The Ottoman army, still loyal to the Sultan, under the leadership of the former Minister of War Osman Nuri Pasha, would stay in Istanbul.
The al-Shabaab forces were wiped out, and a large group of al-Shabaab members, including Ahmed Rissa, were imprisoned.
Although no fierce fighting broke out that night, it still made people in Istanbul panic. The curfew that night made the people of the Ottoman capital feel an unusual atmosphere.
By the early morning of the next day, after the dust had settled, Ottoman Sultan Hamid II once again regained power, and the Ottoman political forces immediately welcomed the Sultan, as if the Al-Shabaab forces had never appeared before, and brought him to power. Forget about it.
The first thing Sultan Hamid II did after he returned to power was to remove Grand Vizier Javad Pasha, who was promoted by Al-Shabaab. In addition, basically all the officials who took office after Al-Shabaab came to power were dismissed this time. in the sequence of dismissals.
They were replaced by officials headed by Said Pasha, who was known for his prudent state. They took over the newly vacated position and continued to ensure the production and operation of the Ottoman center. Of course, the most critical position of Minister of War at present, except for Osman Nuripa Outside of Xia, I don't want to do what he wants anymore.
The first thing the newly appointed Ottoman senior officials need to do is to end the state of war with the coalition forces.
"Your Majesty, this is the armistice agreement we have drafted. Please take a look at it."
In the palace, the newly appointed Grand Vizier Said Pasha presented the urgently negotiated conditions to Sultan Hamid II. When the enemy was about to approach the city, he came up with an armistice agreement. The conditions can be imagined.
In this agreement, Osman fully agrees with the conditions negotiated before. Of course, it is a bit difficult to gain the approval of the coalition based on this alone. After all, this fight will last for a while, and the result will be even more unfavorable to the Ottoman side, so in addition to agreeing with the previous negotiations In addition to the results of the peace talks, Osman also added a clause: given the current war situation, the two parties ceased fire on the spot and waited for the two parties to negotiate the results of the peace talks before conducting coordination.
Obviously this clause is aimed at Adrianople and Istanbul. In order to prevent these two places from falling into the hands of the coalition forces, the conditions were written in advance.
After reading the urgently drafted armistice agreement, Hamid II asked, "What is the attitude of other countries?"
Said Pasha knew what the Sultan meant by asking this question, and he immediately replied. "Currently, the ambassadors of Britain, France, Germany, Austria, and Russia have expressed to our country their desire to end this war. For this reason, I think our country's armistice agreement is also What countries want to see."
There is nothing wrong with what Said Pasha said. The European powers were eager for this war to end immediately. The reason is very simple. The Ottomans performed too poorly in this war.
Everyone can see that this war has pulled the Ottomans out of their pants. The most important task of the Ottomans at present is to end this war quickly. The next step is to learn lessons or lick their wounds and regain their strength.
In their view, the previous outbreak of Al-Shabaab was just a concentrated expression of the patriotic enthusiasm of the Ottoman military and civilians, but the timing of the outbreak was so poor that it simply added salt to the wounds of their country.
Now it is simply a dream for the Ottomans to get back on track. As for the mentality of the European powers, the Ottoman leaders can still guess a thing or two. After all, its location is too good and the Black Sea Strait is too important.
Therefore, in the expectation of the Ottoman high-level officials, the armistice agreement was quickly spread to the hands of Italy, Bulgaria, and Black. Faced with the armistice proposed by the Ottomans, the three countries were naturally happy to see the outcome. I was wrong, except for Bulgaria, Other countries participating in the war are willing to see it.
Although Bulgaria is jealous of Istanbul, which is just around the corner, they also know that this is not something they can point out at the moment, so after other countries expressed their stance, Bulgaria could only agree.
Although all countries agreed to the armistice, as the mainstay of the war, Italy made a special request, that is, the venue for this negotiation must be in Rome.
Faced with Italy's request, the Ottomans agreed to it in order to avoid long nights and dreams. After all, they currently have no confidence to oppose Italy's request.
So negotiators from all parties rushed to Rome to prepare for the next negotiations.
