The dramatic reversal of the situation on the battlefield completely threw the four Balkan Alliance countries into chaos, especially Bulgaria, which had been invaded. At this time, Ferdinand I could no longer care about his ambitions and quickly sent people to ask for help from Russia and Nigeria.
Gula helped him because everyone was Orthodox, and he also knew that his allies could not protect themselves at this time.
But at this time, Nikolai was powerless! Germany and Austria-Hungary gathered heavy troops on the eastern border of the two countries. The German army even held large-scale military exercises on the German-Russian border. The flames of shell explosions could be seen in Russia. The Chinese Army in the east
Hundreds of thousands of soldiers are stationed on the border. The four armies of Xinjiang, Mongolia, Heilongjiang, and Jilin are ready to launch an attack on Russia at any time. The naval fleet is hanging out outside Vladivostok. Because there is no concept of airspace at this time, Chinese reconnaissance planes are there every day.
Wandering around Vladivostok, it is obvious that if Russia really wants to intervene, these three countries will not mind beating him together. According to the alliance obligations, Britain and France will also participate in the war. This is equivalent to a real world war. Both Nicholas and Britain and France will definitely fight.
I wouldn't take such a risk for the Balkans.
But if there is no mediation, with the speed of the Ottoman attack, it will take less than three months to reach Belgrade. With no choice, Britain, France and Russia can only agree to join in the mediation with Germany, Austria and Italy.
of course, including China, but they agreed. However, they had different views on the terms of negotiation proposed by Britain, France and Russia. The Austrian Foreign Minister who participated in the mediation mission believed that such conditions were obviously unfair to the Ottoman Empire. It would be best if everyone
Negotiate again.
Regarding his opinion, Germany and Italy all agreed. In this case, Britain, France and Russia had to agree to re-study the situation with a score of four to three. However, they proposed that during the study process it would be best to let them cease the war first, and then the Ottoman army would attack Sofia without a cessation.
However, Germany and Austria do not agree with this point. We have not even studied the specific negotiation conditions, so how can we ask others to cease the war? This is against the rules of mediation.
In mediation, the mediator first comes up with an opinion, and then invites the two parties to sit down together. You see what my opinion is like. If you agree, peace will be restored. If you disagree, you will each put forward your opinion, and I will bear witness.
Then we negotiated. Now we haven't even worked out the specific opinions for them. Naturally, we can't call them together rashly, let alone ask them to cease the war.
Okay. Then the diplomats from the seven countries started wrangling. You can imagine how difficult this task is. You must know that these guys are masters of wrangling. They all sat upright in front of the conference table and talked with each other.
A war of words determines the fate of the weak. This is the great powers, this is the demeanor of a big country, and this is the majesty of the imperialists. Naturally, there is no pressure for them to argue over there. Everyone can sit together and study everything from history to law and even
When we were tired from studying philosophical issues, we had tea, dinner, and a dance party, but the Balkan Alliance on the battlefield was in trouble.
The total number of the Ottoman Army, which totaled more than 800,000, swept across the entire Balkans. The northern route easily captured Plovdiv and successfully opened the door to Sofia. It was only more than 100 kilometers away from Ferdinand I's hometown. The southern route led south with 100,000 troops.
After pressing down and joining the Salonika garrison, nearly 200,000 people continued southward, lifting the siege of Arta along the way, while heading straight into the hinterland of Greece on the other. The slogan shouted was to go straight to Athens and to defeat the enemy in Pasadena.
The crescent flag was raised again over the Temple of Tenon.
Two hundred thousand people on the middle route marched into Macedonia and began to clear out the Serbian army occupying here. The goal was to penetrate into Albania, and then divide the troops to sweep north and south at the same time. Although the two routes were not backed by railways like the north route, the attack speed was overwhelming, but still
Sweeping away all enemies slowly but thoroughly like a bulldozer, in front of the Ottoman war beasts, the Greeks, Serbs, and Bulgarians could only be defeated again and again. Those who were short of food, ammunition, and exhausted physically and mentally
The soldiers ran away and ran away in despair.
King Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, who was forced to a dead end, had to find another way out after asking Russia for help to no avail. Of course, Britain and France were also unable to provide him with direct help, so the king had no choice but to send another message to the Serbs.
If you feel threatened, quickly mobilize troops to rescue me, otherwise I will withdraw from the alliance, unilaterally sue for peace to Hamid II, and then get out of the way and let the Ottoman army follow the railway directly to Belgrade.
In this case, the Serbs have no other choice. If he really does this, the Ottoman army will really be able to reach Belgrade. The Balkan Railway that leads directly from Istanbul to Belgrade has become the most deadly threat to the Serbs at this time. Help
If he defends Sofia, at least Serbia will not be affected by the war. Even if he cannot defend it, he can still cause heavy casualties to the Ottomans and force Hamid II to negotiate. For the sake of their homeland, the Serbians also risked their lives.
A small number of troops were left in Macedonia to continue to contain the Ottoman army. All other troops, including those originally used to attack Shkodra and maintain the occupation of Albania, were transferred to Bulgaria to prepare for the battle against the Ottoman army in Sofia. In addition, they also made a joint request with Ferdinand I
The Grand Duke of Montenegro, Nicholas I, also sent his troops, but Nicholas I refused without hesitation.
This guy is actually ready to withdraw from the war. Now he has also given up the attack on Shkodra. While contacting Hamid II alone to ask for peace, he has withdrawn all troops into the country and deployed defenses on the national border. His country is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
, although tens of thousands of people were killed or wounded, if he really retracted into his turtle shell, it would be difficult for others to do anything to him. After all, his place was not of much value. Hamid II would definitely not do it for such injustice.
In fact, this is the main reason why this small country has never been annexed by others. The value is not proportional to the cost of attack.
While the Serbs were reinforcing Sofia, the Greeks also gave up the siege of Arta before the arrival of the Ottoman army, and then relied on the mountainous terrain of the former Sioux border to switch to defense. They had already lost 20,000 people in this port.
, plus the losses in Thessalonica, the Greeks have paid the price of 50,000 people for this war, which is a heavy blow to a small country with a population of more than 2 million, considering what they have just experienced
After the disastrous defeat in the last war with the Ottomans, the Kingdom of Greece can really say that misfortunes never come singly.
In fact, up to now, the four countries of the Balkan Alliance have been completely broken up. Greece and Montenegro have turned to their own defenses. Only Serbia and Bulgaria are left with no choice but to continue to unite. The Ottoman lands originally occupied by them were almost lost in the blink of an eye.
It was completely exhausted. If the terrain and transportation of Macedonia had not hindered the speed of the Ottoman army, they would have already entered Albania. However, this situation was also advantageous to the Albanians. Anyway, Hamid II had already said that they would be allowed to
Autonomy, just take advantage of this power vacuum period to quickly clean up the small remaining Serbian army, and then create an autonomous government yourself to prevent Hamid II from going back on his word.
Hamid II didn't care about the Greek battlefield. He forced the Greeks to dispatch their navy to engage in a naval battle with him. Even if he won, the losses would definitely not be too small. His naval fleet was his lifeblood, so there was no need to risk such a
Besides, he also knew that in the end the great powers would not allow him to occupy the land of any country. In this case, he would have no interest in breaking into Greece. He could just force them to retreat and then pay compensation. What really needed him to focus on was
Bulgaria, Serbia, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire fully support him because they want him to cripple these two countries so that they can invade easily. As a chess piece, he naturally has the consciousness of a chess piece and must do the work he should do.
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For the great battle in Sofia, he has assembled a total of 400,000 troops in Plovdiv. Countless material resources are constantly being sent by train from Istanbul. His enemies have also urgently assembled an army of 600,000 troops, preparing to fight him in this city.
A fight to the death, considering that the total population of the two countries is only more than eight million, this number can be said to be very terrifying.
Of course, the number does not represent combat effectiveness. Among the 600,000 people, less than 300,000 have combat effectiveness. The rest are all strong men who have been hastily recruited in the past month. Not to mention military training, many of them are even
There are no guns. There are at most 400,000 guns in the 600,000-strong army, and the rest have all kinds of weapons. Although Nicholas supports them behind the scenes, it is impossible to support them for free. It is okay to give them tens of thousands of guns.
Considering that hundreds of thousands of weapons are a joke, his money is not brought by strong winds. Another point is that his arms transportation is not that easy now.
The Ottoman Navy has completely blockaded the Bulgarian coast. Because of the support of China and Germany, these guys even inspect Russian merchant ships. If there are arms, they will directly send them to Bulgaria. In the past, they could send them to Bulgaria through Romania, but as the war situation changes, it is obvious that this war will lead to Bulgaria.
They have already lost, and the fight now is just about losing more and losing less. In this case, the Romanians will naturally not get involved in this muddy water again. If Hamid II gets angry and then comes to beat them, they will not.
It was a good deal, and there were threats from Germany and Austria outside, so Romania banned the passage of Russian lust from their country. In fact, the external channels of Serbia and Bulgaria have been completely cut off, so Hamid II has nothing to fear. He knows his own
The opponent can't fight for a few days before running out of ammunition. (To be continued...)