Chapter 123： Ottoman Summation

The light of the early winter sun shone through the gaps in the curtains into the room, and Edel 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, but he did not expect that this action awakened her.

"Edel, you are awake."

Hearing his wife's crisp voice, Edel said with a smile at her. "No way, I can't be distracted by the recent situation in the Balkans. It has been a hard time for you."

Sophie Marie said very understanding. "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. "Mary is a gift from God to me to marry a beautiful and understanding wife like you."

Hearing Edel's love words, Sophie Marie thought of the madness of the two last night, and said with a little shyness. "Okay, Edel, you're about to get up, or the chief guard will knock on the door."

Edel got up and got dressed, walked out of the room and saw the captain of the bodyguard just coming. "Carust, came here so early?"

"Yes, your Highness." After responding to the crown prince, the chief of the guard told the latest situation of the Balkan war. "The information just got, Bulgaria won 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 looked all the way to his office.

The telegram was sent by Major General Fereit, head of the Romanian Observer Group. The above described in detail the battle between the Bulgarian and Ottoman armies from Lule Burgas to Budahirsar.

Among them, he also mentioned the military literacy and the use of tactics of the two armies. It is believed that the Bulgarian army has a morale that is not inferior to that of the European powers, but its weaponry and tactical use is still relatively poor. It is not surprising that the Ottoman army, which is not well equipped and has worse morale, has a crushing effect.

At the end he compared the two armies of Bulgaria and Romania. The gap between the Bulgarian army and Romania at the battalion company level is relatively small, but Romania has a slight advantage in firepower and professional soldiers with the help of machine guns. Romania has a considerable advantage over the Bulgarian army at the brigade level. At the division level, Bulgaria is absolutely inferior to Romania. Even if their numbers occupy an absolute advantage, Romania will suppress it through superior firepower.

As for the army level, Romania can crush Bulgaria, because Romania will assign several independent heavy artillery regiments to the army when forming the army level. Romania has now organized five heavy artillery regiments, including three 150 heavy artillery regiments, one 0 heavy artillery regiment, and one 240 siege artillery regiment. This year, a 150-heavy artillery regiment will be compiled and trained, and the final 0-heavy artillery regiment will be completed next year.

Edel walked into the office just to finish reading the telegram, put the telegram that condensed the efforts of Major General Fereit on the table, and turned around to talk to the head of the bodyguard about the battle in the Balkans. "It seems that the Ottoman territory in Europe has been divided up, and their troops in Europe are almost gone."

"It seems so." After the chief of the bodyguard Carust agreed with the crown prince, he continued to speak his own opinion. "However, depending on whether Osman can move faster, the situation is almost one-sided now. If you admit defeat early, you can reserve some strength for your country."

They say this because, after the Serbian army won the battle of Kumanovo, they entered Macedonia and the Adriatic coast with the Montenegrin army. The Bulgarian army won the battle from Lule Burgas to Budahirsar, and it is only natural that other Western Thrace regions except Istanbul were occupied by it. The Greek army also captured the Aegean Islands and Eastern Thrace. The Ottoman army had already retreated to a limited number of fortresses such as Adrianople, Ioannina and Shkodra.

Anyone with a discerning eye can now see that the Ottomans have been completely defeated in this war, and the only chance for the Ottomans is to defeat the Greek navy and bring the Asian troops over by sea, but this has become an impossible task for the Ottoman navy.

At this time, the Greek Navy, including 3 battleships, 1 brand new armored cruiser (this was donated to his homeland by the patriotic Greek-American millionaire George Averov, who was also the first Olympic stadium in 1896 Donors), 7 destroyers and several torpedo boats. The Ottoman Navy was a tragedy. In the 40 years from 1872 to 1913, Turkey had only four new battleships in service, and the navy almost became an "outcast of the empire." Nevertheless, the Ottoman navy was dispatched. They fought two impressive naval battles with the Greek navy near the islands of Erie and Lemnos, but they were still unable to fight.

European countries are now talking about the performance of countries in this Balkan war, and the performance of the Ottoman army may be negative. Among the Balkan countries, the performance of the Bulgarian Army is most appreciated by all countries, and newspapers now call it the Prussia of the Balkans. This made Edel a little uncomfortable. The performance of the Serbian army is also remarkable, the Greek army also performed quite well in this war, especially his navy made an indelible contribution to the Balkan War.

"Now that the Ottoman Empire seeks peace, it needs to see the consent of the Bulgarian King Ferdinand I." Edel said his views.

The head of the bodyguard asked puzzledly after hearing the view of the crown prince. "Why is it Bulgaria?"

Facing the question from the chief guard, Edel said with a smile. "Because the Bulgarian army is in Western Thrace, the closest to Istanbul, we need to see if he has other ideas about this city."

In the following days, the Ottoman government requested peace with Ferdinand, commander-in-chief of the Bulgarian army, , and proposed to conclude an armistice agreement. Ferdinand I ambitiously wanted to capture Istanbul, rejected this proposal, and then ordered the attack on the Ottoman position in Chatalja on the Marmara Sea. The fortifications there are strong and equipped with field artillery and coastal artillery to defend it.

The offensive and defensive battle of Chatalja was one of the fiercest battles in the First Balkan War. It was under the command of the combined forces of the Bulgarian First and Third Armies, under the command of Lieutenant General Radiko Dimitriyev, in an attempt to defeat the Ottoman garrison and break through the capital Constantinople. The last line of defense before. However, the high number of casualties forced the Bulgarians to abandon the offensive and let their opponents win. This was the greatest military achievement made by the Ottoman army during the entire war, and it was also the first major failure of the Bulgarian Army since its establishment in 1878.

This battle also wiped out Ferdinand I's ambitions for Istanbul, and the backing Russia also warned him that he could cease the war. In the end, Ferdinand accepted the truce proposal and signed an armistice agreement with Turkey on November.

Soon thereafter, the Balkan League and Turkey began peace talks in London. 8)

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