My Italian Chapter 224

During this time, the Balkans was in a state of turbulence. Not to mention the war between the Ottomans and Italy. This war is regarded by many as a war between the weakest power and the strongest second power. Many people feel that this war will take at least a year and a half to see the outcome of the battle.

But soon they learned that the wording was wrong, because during the Italian-Turkish war, other countries joined it.

The first one to make a statement was the Grand Duchy of Montenegro. On the third day that Italy landed on Crete, the Grand Duke of Montenegro, Nicholas I, declared a state of war with the Ottoman Empire.

The next day, under the leadership of the Grand Duke, the 14,000 Montenegrin troops, who had already completed the general mobilization, entered the Ottoman territory.

Such a quick action, without any sloppy action, is the norm in the battle between Montenegro and the Ottomans. This country, which has developed entirely with Cetinje as the center, has the greatest interest and hobby to oppose the Ottoman Empire. In this Italian-Turkish war, if Italy hadn't let him slow down, maybe on the day Italy declared war, he would also Followed by a declaration of war.

Of course, Montenegro was so eager to deal with Ottoman, and naturally he had his own reasons. The native land of Montenegro is basically dominated by mountains, and the local products are not rich enough, so many Montenegrins have started business without capital.

After the establishment of the Grand Duchy of Montenegro, King Nicholas I felt that this was not the way to go, so he organized his lawless mountain people to beg for food from the wealthy neighbors next door.

But when he made the neighbors angry and wanted to slap him, he retreated, and the walls were clear (the poor clanked, and he couldn't grab it if he wanted to), and went back to Cetinje to stick to it (you can see that the place is just disgusting. people, no matter how many people there are).

In the face of this kind of stubborn neighbor, who can't be beaten and can't be beaten, and who has nothing to do with your neighbors who come to your house to drop by, disgust the Ottomans.

Of course, the Montenegrins also know that they can't make too many enemies, so no one around will rob them, but they will rob you Ottoman. This move has also ushered in praise from other countries, giving Montenegrins a good reputation in Christ's world.

So isn't this rewarded? The Grand Duchy of Montenegro, which is only 8,000 square kilometers, has won the friendship of the Kingdom of Italy and has become an ally.

Since it is an ally and an ally who is fighting against the Ottomans, Montenegro is even more eager to eat milk, and it has mobilized an army of 14,000 people in one move, which was impossible before. This time, it was possible to mobilize so many people thanks to the help of its ally, Italy, who sent them guns and food, allowing them to maximize their mobilization ability.

Of course, no matter how much Montenegro is mobilized, it still can't reach the situation that makes Istanbul look at it. In fact, the situation happened on the Bulgarian side.

At the request of the Ottoman Army Minister Osman Nuri Pasha, the Ottoman government released goodwill to Bulgaria.

For this reason, the Ottoman foreign minister even privately told the Bulgarian envoy that the Ottomans planned to divide the Macedonia region into two and wanted to give it to Bulgaria?

Of course, it is impossible for Bulgaria to be half of Macedonia. For this reason, Harim Pasha gave a condition that Bulgaria must fight with the Ottomans to resist the Italian attack. Only need Bulgaria to send 50,000 troops, no matter what the final result is, the Ottoman Empire will cut half of the Macedonian territory to Bulgaria.

To be honest, when the news was sent back to Sofia, many people in Bulgaria were shaken. One side must fully participate in the war, and only by winning can they get North Macedonia, while the other side can get half of Macedonia as long as they send 50,000 troops. This choice is too good.

This situation also affected the new king. King Ferdinand I of Bulgaria summoned the prime minister for this, to test his words, whether he should consider Ottoman's conditions.

In the face of the king's temptation, Prime Minister Stambolov was worthy of being the Bismarck of Bulgaria. He saw at a glance that this was nothing but a delaying trick of the Ottoman Empire, and justly dissuaded the king.

There is no free lunch in the world. If Ottoman can give such generous conditions, its execution will be a big problem. And if Bulgaria makes erratic moves, there's a good chance it won't get anything in the future. In addition, in Macedonia, which is related to the strength of the Ottomans in Europe, it is very unrealistic to give half of them to Bulgaria.

Under the persuasion of Prime Minister Stambolov, King Ferdinand I gave up this idea.

However, the repression and integration of internal differences caused Bulgaria to delay four or five days. At this time, the acquisition of a piece of information let Bulgarian people know that this was just a trick of the Ottoman Empire to delay them.

Bulgarian spies obtained information from a classified staff officer of the Eighth Ottoman Army transferred from Asia, which indicated that the destination of the Eighth Ottoman Army was Adrianople, where they would stick to prevent Bulgarian attacks.

This piece of information made the Bulgarians immediately realize that this was just a delaying trick by the Ottoman Empire.

And another ally, Montenegro, has declared war on the Ottomans. Faced with such a situation, the Bulgarians, who were afraid that Ye Changmeng would greatly reduce the fruits of their future victory, also issued a declaration of war on the Ottoman Empire two days after the declaration of war in Montenegro.

With Bulgaria's declaration of war, the Ottoman military was very troubled, because it was less than a week, and the troops were not in place at all.

But now that the Bulgarians have declared war, they can only quickly find a way.

At present, in addition to speeding up the march of the various troops, we can only quickly let the troops in the Thracian passage rush to the key points to build fortifications.

Of course, the Bulgarians will not just look at the remedies of the Ottoman army. The day after the declaration of war, the Bulgarian First Army of 70,000 people crossed the border and attacked Komodini, which is the narrowest key city in the Thracian passage. Can block the coastal passage of the Ottoman Empire.

The Ottoman Empire also knew about this, so there are currently more than 30,000 troops stationed in the city, and they chose to stick to waiting for reinforcements~www.mtlnovel.com~ wait for reinforcements to arrive.

The Bulgarian offensive was not just this way. The Bulgarian Second Army, which started from Prokadive, went along the Maricha Valley and attacked Adrianople. Their task was to contain the enemy in Istanbul and capture Como for the First Army. Deeney creates the conditions.

In addition, there was the Third Army, which also crossed the border and attacked Kilkis along the Struma Valley, because behind Kilkis was the largest port city in Macedonia, Thessalonica, which allowed They were supported by the Allies.

The total strength of the three-way army is as high as 165,000. In addition, Bulgaria has also mobilized 50,000 to 60,000 people to defend the mainland. It can be said that for this war, Bulgaria exerted its strength to suckle milk. (Don't talk about the mobilization of nearly one million troops in Bulgaria in World War I. The times are different, and the mobilization capabilities are also different, and that is the total mobilization of more than three years)

The participation of Bulgaria and Montenegro in the war made Carlo, who was in Rome, extremely happy. In order to avoid the stalemate in the war, the allies he chose were so powerful.

Bulgaria, with a population of more than 3.2 million, is really good at mobilizing. Of course, Montenegro is not bad. After all, there are only less than 200,000 people in Montenegro.

But just as Carlo was looking at the map happily, the captain of the guard, Filimic, ran in with a telegram on his face anxiously.

"Your Majesty, urgent telegram."

Facing the expression and dialogue of the captain of the guard, Carlo felt that something beyond his control must have happened. He took the telegram as soon as he saw it, and he looked at it with ten lines, and the more he looked, the more angry he became.

After reading a telegram, Carlo threw it on the ground. "Damn it, these **** speculators."

Chapter end