The rays of the early winter sun shone into the room through the cracks in the curtains, and Edel also woke up. Looking at his wife Sophie Marie who was still sleeping next to him, he gently took his wife's jade arm away from his chest. Unexpectedly,
This movement woke her up.
"Edel, you're awake."
Hearing his wife's clear voice, Edel smiled at her and said, "No way, I can't be distracted by the recent situation in the Balkans. You have worked hard during this time."
Sophie Marie said very understandingly. "I know that as a royal heir, you need to pay attention to your own country, and my uncle is the same."
Hearing his wife's understanding, Edel kissed her and said, "It is God's gift to me that Mary can marry such a beautiful and understanding wife as you."
Hearing Edel's words of love, Sophie Marie suddenly thought of the madness between the two of them last night, and said a little shyly. "Okay, Edel, you have to get up, or the captain of the guard will knock on the door."
Edel got up and got dressed, walked out of the room and saw the captain of the guard coming over. "Caluster, are you here so early?"
"Yes, Your Highness." The captain of the guard responded to the crown prince and told the latest situation of the Balkan War. "The information we just received is that Bulgaria defeated the Ottoman army in Lule Burgas in Western Thrace."
He walked to Edel and handed the telegram to the crown prince. Edel took the telegram and watched it all the way before walking to his office.
The telegram was sent by Major General Ferreit, the head of the Romanian Observation Mission. It described in detail the battle between the Bulgarian and Ottoman armies from Luleburgas to Budahirsar.
He also mentioned the military quality and use of tactics of the armies of both sides. He believed that the Bulgarian army has morale that is not inferior to that of the European powers, but its weapons, equipment and tactics are still relatively poor. The Ottomans, whose equipment is not good, have even worse morale.
It is not surprising that the army has a crushing effect.
At the end, he compared the Bulgarian and Romanian armies. At the battalion and company level, the gap between the Bulgarian army and Romania was small. However, with the attachment of machine guns, Romania had a slight advantage in firepower and professional soldiers. At the brigade and regiment level, the Bulgarian army had a slight advantage.
Romania has a considerable advantage over the Bulgarian army. At the division level, Bulgaria can never defeat the Romanian divisions. Even if they have an absolute numerical advantage, Romania can suppress them through superior firepower.
As for the army level, Romania can crush Bulgaria, because when Romania forms the army level, it will assign several independent heavy artillery regiments to the army for use. Now Romania has organized and trained five heavy artillery regiments, three of which
There are 150 heavy artillery regiment, a 210 heavy artillery regiment, and a 240 siege artillery regiment. A 150 heavy artillery regiment will be trained this year, and the last 210 heavy artillery regiment will be trained next year.
Edel walked into the office just in time to finish reading the telegram. He put the telegram on the table, which condensed the efforts of Major General Freit, and turned to the captain of the guard to talk about the Balkan war situation. "It seems that the Ottoman territory in Europe has been divided up.
It’s settled, their armies in Europe are almost finished.”
"It seems so." The captain of the guard, Karust, agreed with the crown prince's opinion and continued to speak of his own opinion. "But let's see if Osman can move faster. The situation is almost one-sided now. If he admits defeat earlier, he can also benefit his country.
Reserve some strength."
They say this because, after the Serbian army won the Battle of Kumanovo, it and the Montenegrin army invaded Macedonia and the Adriatic coast. The Bulgarian army won the battle from Lule Burgas to Budashir Sar
In the front-line battle, it is natural for the rest of West Thrace to be occupied except Istanbul. The Greek army also captured the Aegean Islands and East Thrace. The Ottoman army has retreated to Adrianople and Ioannina.
and Shkodra and other limited fortresses.
Now anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Ottomans have been completely defeated in this war, and the only chance for the Ottomans now is to defeat the Greek navy and transport Asian troops over by sea. However, this has become an impossible task for the Ottoman navy.
At this time, the Greek navy included 3 battleships and 1 brand-new armored cruiser (which was donated to his motherland by the patriotic Greek-American millionaire George Avirov, who was also the stadium owner of the first Olympic Games in 1896.
Donor), 7 destroyers and several torpedo boats. The Ottoman Navy was a tragedy. In the 40 years from 1872 to 1913, Turkey only had 4 new capital ships in service, and the navy almost became the "abandoned child of the empire."
Despite this, the Ottoman navy still dispatched, and they fought two spectacular naval battles with the Greek navy near the islands of Ily and Lemnos, but they were still unable to defeat them.
Now all European countries are talking about the performance of various countries in this Balkan War, among which the performance of the Ottoman army may be negative. Among the Balkan countries, the performance of the Bulgarian Army is the most praised by all countries. Some newspapers now call it the Prussia of the Balkans.
This made Eder slightly unhappy. The performance of the Serbian army was also remarkable, and the Greek army also performed quite well in this war, especially its navy which made an indelible contribution to the Balkan War.
"Now that the Ottoman Empire is seeking peace, it needs the consent of King Ferdinand I of Bulgaria." Edel expressed his opinion.
After hearing the Crown Prince's opinion, the captain of the guard asked puzzledly, "Why Bulgaria?"
Facing the captain of the guard's question, Edel smiled and said, "Because the Bulgarian army is in Western Thrace, closest to Istanbul, we need to see if he has any other ideas for this city."
In the following days, the Ottoman government sued for peace to Ferdinand, the commander-in-chief of the Bulgarian army, and proposed to conclude an armistice agreement. Ferdinand I, ambitious to capture Istanbul, rejected this proposal and ordered an attack on the Ottoman army in Mal.
Chatalca position on the coast of the Mara Sea. It is well fortified and equipped with field artillery and coastal artillery for defense.
The offensive and defensive battle of Çatalja was one of the fiercest battles of the First Balkan War. It was under the command of the combined armies of the Bulgarian 1st and 3rd armies, under Lieutenant General Radiko Dimitriev.
Under the general command of the Bulgarians, they attempted to defeat the local Ottoman garrison and break through the last line of defense before the capital Constantinople. However, high casualties forced the Bulgarians to abandon the offensive and allow their opponents to seize victory. This was the Ottoman army's performance throughout the war.
The greatest military achievement achieved during this period was also the first major failure of the Bulgarian Army since its establishment in 1878.
This battle also brought to naught Ferdinand I’s ambition for Istanbul, and Russia, who was behind it, also warned him that he could armistice. In the end, Ferdinand accepted the armistice proposal and signed an armistice agreement with Turkey on November 21.
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Shortly thereafter, the Balkan Alliance and Türkiye began peace negotiations in London.
