Chapter 126：

"These Ottoman bastards."

There was a roar in the crown prince's office, and the guards outside the door looked at each other, wondering how the Ottoman Empire got the crown prince into such a fire.

Edel Dangjean had reason to get angry. In the office, he took the latest Ottoman situation telegram on his desk.

Seeing that Edel was in such a big fire, Carust, the head of the guard who brought the telegram in, comforted him. "His Royal Highness, even if a coup d'état occurs, the Ottomans will not have much effect. Their Asian troops are worse than those annihilated in Europe, and they will not be the opponents of the Balkan countries."

Seeing that the head guard would be wrong, Edel still talked not too calmly. "The strength of the Balkan countries is believed to be triumphant, but we Romania’s economic losses will be compensated for. Now we can’t ship by sea, and the cost will rise a lot, and we still have two ships seized by Ottomans."

The two Romanian ships mentioned by Edel are freighters belonging to two shipping companies, and a bulk carrier called the Kro, which carries approximately 6,000 tons of grain. A car carrier called the Biaque has five levels of transportation space above it, carrying 1087 cars. Now both ships were seized by Ottomans while passing through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles. Fortunately, the concern about Romania was a simple seizure, and the two ships and cargo were not confiscated. If the cargo and the ship are confiscated, Romania will lose six or seven million lei. If it is confiscated in this way, Edel will have to consider whether to send some troops to teach the Ottomans.

Carust did not expect that His Royal Highness was concerned about Romania's economy, and thought he was concerned about the situation of the Balkan War. However, this is also related to Romania’s interest in this war. There was only so little interest in the first place, and it had nothing to do with Ottoman. In addition, the benefits that should be taken have already been negotiated, so it makes sense that the crown prince does not care about the situation, anyway. The Ottoman army could not turn the sky.

The subsequent result is really as he expected. After the coup of the Ottoman Al-Shabaab, their leader Enver became the chief of staff of the Ottoman army.

On February 3, with the help of General Otto Liman von Saunders, head of the German advisory group, the Asian troops arriving with Ottoman launched an attack on the Bulgarian defense line. In the end, the Bulgarian army resisted the attack of the Ottoman army with its high morale, relatively advanced weapons, and complete fortifications. And the Bulgarian army relying on the fortifications killed a lot of the strength of the Ottoman army.

Since Ottoman is still unwilling to give up, the Balkan countries are also welcome. On March 5th, the Greek army captured Keyanina. On March 26, the coalition forces of Bulgaria and Serbia captured Fort Adriatic. On April 22, the Ottoman army of Shkoder surrendered.

The fall of the Adriatic Fort was the biggest blow to the Ottoman Empire. After the war broke out again, under the command of General Nikolai Ivanov, the encircled Bulgarian Second Army and Serbian reinforcements launched an attack on Fort Adriatic. The final battle included two night attacks. Combat preparations include uniforms and all metal parts of weapons with paper towels to eliminate any light or noise. Several armies participating in the siege were jointly commanded, creating a frontline prototype. Some light artillery towed by horses followed the advancing troops and played the role of infantry support. Attempt to disrupt all radio communications in the Ottoman Empire to isolate and frustrate the besieged.

Beginning on March 24, 1913, the external fortifications were breached one night, and the fortress itself fell into Bulgarian hands the next night. In the early morning of March 26, 1913, the commander of the fort Muhammad Sukrypasa surrendered to the Serbian army, thus ending the siege of Adrianople.

After the surrender, most parts of the city, especially the houses of the Communists and Jews, suffered three days of looting. However, who actually carried out the robbery is controversial; some accuse the Bulgarian army of robbery, and other sources accuse it of local Greeks. Turkish prisoners of war were treated badly and some of them lost their lives. According to subsequent reports, two main accusations were made against the Bulgarians: they committed extremely cruel and cruel acts against Ottoman prisoners of war; and the Bulgarian authorities allowed the looting of Turks’ property in Fort Adrian within three days after the city’s surrender.

The achievements of the Bulgarians on this point have been quite summed up by British war reporters: “A country with a population of less than five million and a military budget of less than two million pounds was placed in the field in fourteen days of mobilizing the army. In the space of a week, this army moved more than 160 miles in enemy territory, occupied one fortress and attacked another, fought against the armed forces of a country of 20 million inhabitants and won two wars. At the gate of the capital, except for the Japanese and Gurkhas, all Bulgarians in the army fought with the fixed intention of killing at least one enemy. "A large number of reporters reported on the siege of Adrianople, and their report provided Rich details about this incident

The victorious end of the siege was considered a great military success, because the city’s fortifications were carefully developed by Germany’s leading siege experts and were called “invincible”. After five months of siege and two bold night attacks, the Bulgarian army occupied the strongholds of the Ottoman Empire.

During the siege, one plane used bombers early: the Bulgarians threw special grenade from one or more planes to cause panic among Turkish soldiers. Many young Bulgarian officers and professionals who participated in the decisive battle of the First Balkan War later played important roles in Bulgarian politics, culture, business and industry.

The Ottoman Empire was still defeated in another war. After the surrender of the Ottoman army of Skadar on April 23, they made a request for an armistice to the Balkan Allied countries. The European powers also called for a truce, and Russia's response was the strongest. They did not want the Balkan League to take Constantinople, which was vital to him. This was the long-cherished wish of the Russian tsars for many years, and it was obvious that Nicholas II wanted to accomplish it in his own hands.

In the face of this situation, the Balkan countries also tried the strength of defense in Istanbul, but they obviously couldn't get it down, so they agreed to the request of the Ottoman Empire.

Three months later they met again in London, but the Ottoman Empire had no confidence to reject the conditions of the Balkan Alliance this time.

ps: The mantou chapter is a bit late. The chapter 124 has no title. It was changed a long time ago, but it didn't work. This makes Mantou very depressed. In addition to work and sleep, Mantou is now using codewords at other times, and it takes time to hook up a girl. No, seeing that Mantou came to subscribe so desperately, it fell to more than 400. (Romanian Eagle: 106106624)--(Romanian Eagle)