Mediterranean Hegemony Road

After sending the Greeks away, Ferdinand's mood suddenly relaxed a lot. As soon as the Kingdom of Greece was established, the Greeks turned their attention to the construction of the country, and had no time to trouble him.

There are often conflicts of interest between countries!

Compared with restoring the glory of Greece, their conflict with Bulgaria is not worth mentioning. Their biggest enemy now has become Ethiopia next door.

As for whether the Greeks can succeed, Ferdinand is not optimistic about them, mainly because of the flaw in the population. Now the number of Greeks is declining sharply.

There is no doubt that this is the cauldron of the Ottoman Empire. Once the ethnic cleansing begins, it cannot be stopped. Now is the time for Bulgaria to land on the Asia Minor peninsula.

The Leading Party already exists, and the ethnic minorities within the Ottoman Empire are probably about to welcome the king's division. The most important thing is that Syria has also fallen.

Major General Vicky Clinton deserves to have a background in intelligence and is skilled in business. As soon as he took office, he formed a colonial army of five divisions, namely two Greek divisions, two Romanian divisions and one Montenegrin division.

I have to say that propaganda is very important. The ethnic cleansing carried out by the Ottoman Empire in Syria has long been spread in Syria. Although Romanians and Greeks are not interested in Bulgaria, there are Ottomans for comparison. For the safety of the family, they Also had to take up arms and go to the front.

However, the composition of this separately formed Montenegrin division is a bit complicated. Many of them are supporters of the Ottoman Empire. They were rescued by Bulgaria from the Montenegrin Kingdom, and now they are starting to move again.

And Major General Vicky Clinton pretended not to see all of this, and simply put the five divisions on the front line, taking over the defense area of ​​the original Syrian guarding division.

Although their weapons and equipment are a little behind, and their training is a little worse, but under normal circumstances, it is probably not difficult to hold a line of defense with five times the original strength, right?

Of course, Major General Vicky Clinton's arrangement quickly attracted questions from his subordinates. For example, a major's staff once questioned: "General, our supervision of the colonial troops is too lax, and it is easy to have a situation where the tail cannot be lost!"

This is for sure. Several colonial divisions and even high-level officers were selected by soldiers, and they were exclusively training warlords.

Major General Vicky Clinton replied coldly: "Mr. Major, all you need to do is to execute the order. As for why you do it, and the consequences of doing it, I am clear about it.

As a soldier, it's better not to get involved in politics.

I can only tell you that this is domestic meaning! "

The Bulgarian army is not the Japanese army. They have no ability to fight against the enemy. Even if they are dissatisfied with Major General Vicky Clinton's order, all they can do is to appeal to the country.

In order to evacuate as soon as possible, Major General Vicky Clinton gathered the local Bulgarian people in the name of war and sent them to Palestine.

In addition, the grain was centrally controlled on the grounds of the wartime rationing system. Of course, when the grain is distributed, it is still very loose. Everyone can receive a week's grain in advance, which is still very generous.

He knew very well that there was still a fire left, so the opportunity for Bulgarian intelligence inside the Ottoman Empire came.

One of them is Esad, who is now a junior staff officer in the Ottoman army.

The Ottomans were also taken aback when they found out that the Bulgarians had switched defenses, and the defenders on the opposite side suddenly became five times their original size. Not to mention defense, even counterattack can be done.

Even if they are colonial troops, it is not easy to mess with. They have already fought against the first Greek colonial troops.

Don't look at the bad relations between the Greeks and Bulgaria, and don't want to defend the colonies for Bulgaria, but can't stand their relations with the Ottoman Empire is worse.

When the Ottoman army plundered the Greek peninsula, hundreds of thousands of Greeks fell under the butcher's knife. In terms of hatred, almost every Greek has a personal hatred with the Ottomans.

After the Bulgarian bombing propaganda, in their opinion, once the Ottoman army occupied Syria, the tragedy of the year will be repeated! In this context, can their will to resist weaken?

This naturally caused a headache for the Ottoman army commander. The combat effectiveness of the colonial troops was weaker, but their will to fight was not weak!

More than a year after the war began, the Ottoman army has suffered more than 150,000 casualties in Syria, but the results are still few.

As Commander Hadre Pasha, the pressure is also enormous. Strategically speaking, the Allies now desperately hope that they can cut off the Suez Canal and cut off an Allied maritime lifeline.

From a geographical point of view, the Arabian Peninsula is a desert, which is not suitable for large army operations. It is the best choice to push it all the way from Syria.

Now the Ottoman government has issued a death order, requiring him to conquer the Syrian area at all costs, and then kill all the way to the Suez Canal to block shipping.

Hadre Pasha said fiercely: "The Bulgarian defenders on the opposite side only have five divisions and a bunch of colonial troops. Our army of more than 500,000 people not only failed to conquer the Syrian area for a year, but also suffered heavy casualties. dissatisfied.

This time, I have promised the country that the Syrian area will be conquered within three months. If the task cannot be completed, everyone will go to see you together~~ Now if you have any ideas, let’s talk about it! "

"General, ask for support from the country! Although we have an advantage in terms of military strength, we have been suppressed by the Bulgarians in terms of firepower, otherwise they would not have been able to persist until now!" one person mentioned

Hadre Pasha glared at him and said, "The country has already sent 200,000 reinforcements to us, and they will arrive within half a month!"

No way, as soon as the world war broke out, their communication channel with the allied countries was cut off. Without the support of the allied countries' weapons and equipment, they could only rely on themselves.

In fact, the outbreak of the World War has greatly promoted the industrialization process of the Ottoman Empire. In order to meet their own weapons and equipment needs, they adopted the most primitive hand-crafted guns.

Through submarines, a small amount of production equipment was obtained from the Allied countries. Of course, this is limited to small parts, and there is no way for large equipment.

If there are not enough weapons and equipment, we can only rely on manpower. Since the start of the war, the Ottoman Empire has mobilized more than three million troops.

The Ottoman Empire in this time and space has no historical population, lost all the territory of Europe, and fought a battle with Bulgaria on the Asia Minor peninsula and suffered heavy losses.

There were originally more than 20 million people, but the Ottoman Empire fought another wave of infighting and killed many ethnic minorities. Now their population is still a mystery, roughly no more than 18 million, and it is possible to mobilize three More than a million troops are already the result of the outbreak.

It is a pity that the Ottoman government still feels that its troops are insufficient. More than one million Ottoman troops in the Caucasus are fighting fiercely with the Russians, and there are hundreds of thousands in Syria. They also need to defend against Bulgaria that may land on the Asia Minor peninsula at any time.

This is also the reason why Ferdinand has not ordered the landing on the Asia Minor peninsula. If the landing is early, the three million Ottoman troops will have to fight to the death with Bulgaria. It is better to let them die first.

"Only 200,000 troops? General, there are now more than 3 million people in Syria. Bulgaria can mobilize another 300,000 to 400,000 troops there. Even if they don't mobilize reinforcements from the country, we are not sure to conquer their defense lines. what!"

A voice of disapproval sounded, and it was immediately supported by many officers. This is the actual situation, and everyone should not be worried.

Essad knew that it was time for him to perform, and immediately said, "General, I have thought of a way to tear apart the Bulgarian defense."

Everyone turned their attention to him. Now Isaad can only be an ordinary staff officer. He was able to appear at the meeting because he served as the recorder of the meeting. The Ottoman Empire's military ranks are strict. Under normal circumstances, he has no qualified to speak.

But it's a special case now, isn't it? For Hadre Pasha, as long as Syria can be conquered, who's idea is not an idea?

"Speak!" Hadre Pasha said solemnly

Essad said confidently: "General, the strongest fortresses are conquered from within! The colonial forces in Syria are not in the same spirit as Bulgaria. Most of them were exiled here by Bulgaria, and there will definitely be resentment in their hearts. , if we spend a lot of money to buy it, we can always find people who are willing to work for us!"

"Haha, I thought it was a good idea? Do you think we didn't buy it? But we sent a few groups of people, and they didn't even have a chance to speak, so the group of Greeks brutally killed them!" satirized to

Hadre Pasha's heart, which he had been expecting, fell silent again. They had done many times to buy the colonial troops to defect, but they were all unsuccessful.

Eshard explained calmly: "We failed before, it does not mean that we will fail now!

You must know that the Greeks have a lot of hatred for us. They don't accept our kindness, but it doesn't mean that the Romanian and Montenegrins also don't accept our kindness! "

Esad's explanation made everyone's eyes shine. The Greeks had a deep hatred for the Ottoman army. Everyone knew that it was a sequela of the Greek-Turkish war. Even if they bought officers, there was no way to buy so many soldiers!

But their hatred with the Romanian Montenegrins is much less. Even if there is, it has been diluted over time, and it is entirely possible to bribe some of them to give their lives.

"Okay! Major Essad's suggestion was made by you. Now I'll leave this task to you to complete. Is it a question?" Hadre Pasha said cautiously.

"No! As long as the troops on the front line are ordered by the general to cooperate with my actions, then I can guarantee the completion of the mission!" Asad said with certainty

Hadre Pasha thought for a while and said, "Okay, from now on, the troops on the front line will cooperate with your actions, and then we will see your performance!"

Don't take Hadley Pasha's words lightly. In fact, it is already a high-risk job to buy colonial troops. Many people have already told them at the cost of blood!

Therefore, even if there is hope of success now, everyone still hasn't jumped out to snatch this "good job" with Eshard!

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