Mediterranean Hegemony Road

Although the uprising in Constantinople was extinguished by the Sudanese government, the sequelae could not be eliminated. This prosperous international metropolis in the past is now almost like a ghost town!

Hundreds of thousands of people buried their bones here, and it took more than a month to clean up the bodies! The people who were lucky enough to escape, also immediately fled this ominous place.

According to the official statistics of the Ottoman Empire after the war, the turmoil caused more than 500,000 deaths, including the loss of more than 30,000 soldiers who participated in the counter-insurgency. The economic losses are even more incalculable!

Ferdinand didn't know what mood the Turks were in now, but he was in a good mood anyway. Although the uprising in Constantinople was extinguished, its impact was far-reaching!

Compared with history, both the influence and the destructive power are much greater! The foundations of the Ottoman Empire's rule have been shaken, and revolutionary organizations everywhere have begun to flourish.

Greeks, Macedonians, Bulgarians, Serbs, Negroes and other ethnic groups could not bear it any longer, and joined the ranks of opposing the Sudanese government one after another!

With the covert support of Bulgaria and Greece, the Ottoman Empire began to flow from the Balkans to the Anatolian plateau!

The Albanians could not stand the long-standing repressive demands of the Sudanese government and were affected by the Constantinople uprising.

With the secret support of Bulgaria, the Albanian Revolutionary Party planned a peasant uprising on July 14, 1895, and once broke Durrës.

It is a pity that the insurgent army was a temporary patchwork, and lacked a strong organization. They did not belong to each other and fought independently. The uprising broke out on July 14th and was extinguished by the Ottoman army on July 27th. It only lasted for a short thirteen days!

After the uprising, the Ottoman government carried out a white terror rule in Albania, and all organizations and individuals who supported or sympathized with the Revolutionary Party were persecuted!

For a time, the Albanian Revolutionary Party was wiped out! Well, the Albanian Revolutionary Party of this era is not quite a political party. It is composed of only a few hot-blooded young people, and it was established under the influence of Bulgaria.

A grass-roots team, without any preparation, under the instigation of Bulgarian intelligence personnel and after providing support with a thousand rifles, hurriedly launched an uprising. Failure is inevitable!

On August 6, the Greeks launched an uprising on the Aegean coast of Asia Minor. The original plan was to launch an uprising on August 18. At that time, the Greek Navy would send a batch of supplies to support it. Unfortunately, it was betrayed by the traitors and forced to launch it ahead of schedule.

Due to the advance of the uprising, there was no time to receive the support of the Greek government, and the uprising was extinguished in just three days!

Ferdinand knew that the Ottoman Empire had been operating in Asia Minor for hundreds of years, and most of the local Greeks were used to being ruled, and the revolutionary enthusiasm was not so high!

This is not the end. On August 15, 1896, another uprising broke out in the Macedonia region where the Ottoman Empire was heavily armed.

This uprising can be divided into two stages. First, the bourgeois revolution broke out in West Macedonia on August 15, and the insurgent army once broke through Kozani.

However, due to insufficient preparation in advance and the strong military strength of the Ottoman Empire in Macedonia, the uprising soon fell into a low ebb.

The weakness of the bourgeoisie was exposed, and in the face of the brutal repression of the Ottoman Empire, after the uprising reached a low ebb, the revolutionary leaders ran away decisively. After losing its leader, the rebel army began to split.

But this is just the beginning. On August 24, an uprising broke out again in the Kumanovo region of Macedonia. Due to Ferdinand's intervention, the Kumanovos did not attack the heavily-armed Skopje, but turned to the Kosovo area!

Well, actually forced out! The Ottoman Empire has more than 100,000 troops stationed in Macedonia, and its headquarters is in Skopje, only 20 kilometers away from Kumanovo.

If you don't run, you're done!

In this run, a band of rogues came out. Except for the arms support from Bulgaria at the beginning of the uprising, at other times, the uprising army could only try to find a way by itself.

If you don't have guns, grab it! No food, no supplies, still rob! No soldiers, still grab, grab, grab! ! !

The uprising army successfully carried forward the essence of the word "grab", and the price paid is that the uprising army has successfully transformed from a revolutionary army to a rogue!

In the later stage of the uprising, the uprising has deteriorated, and all the way to scourge all the way, and the place where you pass is starving! In order to strengthen the team, under the training of Bulgarian instructors, the rebels fully learned the essence of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong's peasant uprising!

Holding high the banner of fighting local tyrants to divide the land, and constantly coercing ordinary people to participate along the way. As for unwillingness, it is simple: take the people to attack the manor of the Turkish nobles, and then give full play to the spirit of Sanguang, and then let go of a few messengers.

Of course, if you believe in the noble morals of the nobles and are not afraid of revenge, the rebels will not force it, and if you want to stay, just stay!

If it's just the rebel army, then it's nothing. With the Ottoman army chasing it, it won't harm many people.

"The bandits are like a comb, and the soldiers are like a grate!" This is not the patent of the Eastern Dynasty, it is also applicable in the West, and the Ottoman Empire is one of the best!

They dare not move the manor of the nobles, but they are not so polite to ordinary people. Stealing things is polite, adultery and looting, killing good people and taking advantage of them are all familiar!

Of course, we can't completely blame the army for not abiding by military discipline. It's all because the logistics of the Ottoman Empire is too scumbag, or the efficiency is too low. If you wait for the officials to deliver the supplies, it is estimated that the daylilies will be cold!

At the beginning, the two sides were still working with real guns and live ammunition. In the later stage, the soldiers of the Ottoman Empire didn't care anymore!

They wish they could hold off a little longer so they could continue to fish! All the way, from Kumanovo to Kosovo, from Kosovo to Albania, and then back to Macedonia.

The two sides formed a tacit understanding. The insurgent army ran in front, and the Ottoman army chased after them. From time to time, they fought a battle.

The rebels could not win and had to run away! The Ottoman Empire's army is not willing to fight. Compared with the usual deductions from the nobles, it is a rare opportunity to go out to fight now!

Military discipline go to hell! No matter what you do, you can put the blame on the rebels in front and kick the actual benefits into your pockets. The fly in the ointment is that you have to fight!

In the minds of ordinary soldiers or basic officers, it would be great if they could not fight and loot unscrupulously!

In contrast, the life of the top leaders of the Ottoman army was not easy. Although the people below also gave them a sum of money according to the rules, and the income was good, but the domestic pressure was getting bigger and bigger!

More than two months later, the commander-in-chief Celt finally couldn't stand it anymore, although he knew that everyone under his command wanted to take the opportunity to make a fortune, and it was not in their interest to kill the enemy now.

But take the lesser of both worlds. Offending the people below will only result in scolding. If you disobey the Sultan's order, your future will be worrisome!

Self-respect of thieves also has to be divided into targets. At least this group of rabble in front of them is not qualified. Celtic knows that any commander can win the war.

Don't dare to procrastinate any longer, and strictly order all troops to attack with all their strength! Level by level, the Ottoman army is serious!

Despite their lack of training and low morale, there is still no pressure to deal with a mob like the rebel army!

As soon as the Ottoman army made a move, the insurgents could not stand it. Even though this team has now expanded to tens of thousands of people, in the face of a smaller number of regular troops, they are still beaten to pieces!

In order to preserve the revolutionary forces, on the advice of Bulgarian intelligence officers, the rebels scattered and fled. The uprising was suppressed, but the Macedonian region was even more chaotic!

Falling grass is a bandit, occupying a mountain as a king is the best choice for the defeated soldiers! It is easy to suppress the uprising, but it is difficult to destroy the bandits and bandits! Until the Ottoman Empire completely lost the Balkans, it was not able to exterminate the bandits and bandits who bloomed everywhere!

In the future, after Bulgaria occupied the Macedonia region, it also launched a two-year campaign to suppress the bandits, and the place was completely cleared. Ferdinand was lifting a stone and smashing his own foot!