Greece’s Roman Road

Before the war broke out, Edmund Pasha, in front of Sultan Hamid, swore that the great Ottoman Empire would teach the Greek dwarfs a hard lesson.

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Although the Ottoman Empire is crumbling and has suffered repeated defeats, its national strength is also declining. To be able to maintain the existence of the empire is only the need to maintain the balance of the European political structure.

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However, before this war, the empire's opponents were traditional European powers, such as Russia and Austria-Hungary.

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Greece, such a small country, is really not in the eyes of the Ottomans.

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The Ottomans have a psychological advantage over Greece. You must know that it took only a few decades for Greece to become independent from the Ottoman Empire.

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The Ottoman Empire still rules millions of Greeks to this day.

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What kind of powerful battle can those cowardly and cowardly Greeks have?

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However, the development of the war situation was not as expected.

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Less than three days after the start of the war, not only did the front line fall into a passive state, but also asked for assistance from the rear.

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Edmund Pasha was really ashamed, and he was ashamed to talk about the idea of ​​dispatching troops from the rear.

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Seeing the hesitant Edmund Pasha, Goetz persuaded: "The front-line army has fallen into a passive state. If we don't immediately mobilize the troops in the rear to provide support, will we see the front-line troops fail miserably at the hands of the Greeks?"

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After pondering for a moment, Edmund gritted his teeth, the situation on the front line could not be delayed, and said, "Then mobilize the troops stationed in Thessaloniki, they are the closest to the front line."

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The closest army to the Thessaly-Macedonian front is the defensive army stationed in the Thessaloniki area, a division with about 15,000 men; the second is the 26,000-strong defensive army in the city of Ioannina, the capital of northern Epirus.

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It was just that the Ottoman army of Ioannina, after the war, was pinned down by 16,000 men of the Greek Epirus army, and supported the Macedonian army flawlessly.

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Hearing Edmund's plan, Golz instinctively felt that something was wrong. Thessaloniki was very important. It was an important fulcrum of the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans, and it was also the rear of the Macedonian Legion.

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With the convenience of a transportation hub and a safe distance of 100 kilometers behind the front line, Thessaloniki City became a transit point for the supply of logistics supplies of the front line army after the outbreak of the war.

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The materials brought by the Ottoman Empire from Asia Minor passed the route of the Constantinople-Thessaloniki-Macedonian front line to supply the front-line army.

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Therefore, after the outbreak of the war, even though Thessaloniki, which is 100 kilometers away from the front line, is actually very safe, the Ottoman Legion still stationed an army of reorganization divisions here, just to prevent and ensure that Thessalonians The card is absolutely safe.

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Edmund Pasha decided to mobilize troops from Thessaloniki to assist the front line, and he mobilized a division of troops, which almost completely evacuated the guards of Thessaloniki City.

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Seeing the embarrassed expression on the face of the German adviser Golz, Edmund explained: "The front line is in critical condition. This is also an expedient measure. Let's ease the tension on the front line first." Edmund Pasha said with a frown.

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"I will immediately ask Your Majesty for help, and ask His Majesty to mobilize the garrison forces near Thrace and Constantinople to make up for the defense of Thessaloniki."

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Even so, the defensive strength of Thessaloniki City will be vacant for more than ten days, Goetz secretly said.

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Just thinking about it, there really is no better way right now.

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It was a tacit acceptance of Edmund Pasha's plan.

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Thessaloniki City

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On November 26, the commander of the Ottoman Empire's Thessaloniki garrison, Ouz Pasha, after receiving the order of the frontline command, ordered the army to urgently gather on the same day, count the supplies, and prepare to support the Macedonian Legion and put it into battle.

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The next morning, at the gate of the city of Thessaloniki, there was a long line of Thessaloniki troops. The soldiers walked in neat steps and formed a neat array.

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Ouz Pasha, it seems that he intends to show off the mighty force of the Ottoman Empire to deter the annoying Jews and Greeks in the city.

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Therefore, the whereabouts of the army are not concealed, and the citizens of Thessaloniki are allowed to watch.

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Among the crowd watching, a little girl in red, sitting on a small bench beside the road with her head down peas in the white porcelain bowl in front of you.

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An hour later, the figure of the army had already disappeared from the city gate.

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The little girl ran fast with a porcelain bowl in both hands, towards the warehouse area in Thessaloniki.

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Seeing Volgaris, who was smoking a cigarette and pacing back and forth in front of the warehouse, he shouted with joy, "Dad!"

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Volgaris stepped forward quickly and hugged her.

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"Look, Dad, according to what you said, when the army passed by me, I put a pea in the bowl before I counted one hundred." The little girl held the white porcelain bowl high in her right hand and handed it to Volgaris. Said like an invitation.

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An expression like I'm very powerful, and a childish face full of joy.

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"Yes, my little Palesia, the smartest." Volgaris reported to Palesia with his left hand and took the porcelain bowl with his right.

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Kuros stepped forward, took the porcelain bowl carefully, looked at the small half bowl of peas, turned and walked into the warehouse, counting the peas one by one.

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The Ministry of Defense building in Athens, Greece.

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Since the outbreak of the war, even though he did not understand the military, King George I still came to the Ministry of Defense building every day to listen to the staff of the General Staff and explain the military dynamics of the front line to him.

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Emma Inur was discussing military affairs with King George, when the staff members suddenly stepped forward, and after saluting, went to the two of them: "Report, Thessaloniki Intelligence Department has sent an urgent telegram: The Ottoman garrison in Thessaloniki city, 13,000 people supporting the Macedonian front line have set off this morning to go to the front line battlefield"

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Hearing this, Emma Inur was startled and said with a trembling voice, "It seems that the key conditions of Athena's plan have been met."

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According to previous information, the total number of troops stationed in Thessaloniki is no more than 15,000. Now, in order to ease the pressure on the front line, the enemy has deployed 13,000 reinforcements.

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In fact, Ouz Pasha led a total of 14,000 people to the front line for support, and there was an error of 1,000 people in the information.

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Even if he knew a little about the military~www.wuxiaspot.com~ King George understood the importance of this news.

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This means that the garrison in Thessaloniki is less than 2,000, and the defense is extremely empty.

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Emma Inur excitedly instructed the telegraph staff: "Send a telegram to the navy, and immediately execute the Athena plan."

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In the southern part of the Greek peninsula, in the smoky Aegean Sea, a special fleet cruises on the sea near Crete.

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The special feature of this fleet is that the flags of Britain, France, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia, Italy and other countries are hung on the masts of several warships.

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Since the two countries declared war, Britain, France, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia, and Italy formed an international fleet to patrol Crete in order to interfere in the situation.

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The island of Crete in the eastern Mediterranean is geographically important, between the Greek peninsula and Libya, and not far from Egypt and Asia Minor.

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For the European powers, controlling Crete has many advantages.

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Starting from Crete, it can radiate many strategic points, and it is easy to cut off the Mediterranean shipping; the Dardanelles Strait, the throat of the Black Sea; the Otranto Strait - the gateway to the Adriatic Sea; the important waterway from the Mediterranean Sea to the Indian Ocean - the Suez Canal .

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It is precisely because of the important strategic position of Crete that after the uprising in Crete, the European powers all have ideas about Crete.

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