Romanian Eagle

The light of the early winter sun shone into the room through the gaps in the curtains, and Edel also woke up. Looking at his wife, Sophie Mary, who was still sleeping beside him, he gently took his wife's jade arm away from his chest, but he didn't expect this action to wake her up.

"Edel, you're awake."

Hearing his wife's crisp voice, Edel smiled at her and said. "No way. The recent situation in the Balkans has prevented me from being distracted. It's been a long time for you."

Sophie Marie said understandingly. "I know that as a royal heir, you need to pay attention to your country, and so does my uncle."

Hearing his wife's understanding, Edel kissed her and said. "Mary was able to marry a beautiful and understanding wife like you, which is a gift from God to me."

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

Edel got up and got dressed, walked out of the room and saw the head guard just coming. "Carust, are you here so early?"

"Yes, Your Highness." After responding to the crown prince, the head of the guard told the latest situation of the Balkan War. "Just received information that Bulgaria has won the Ottoman army at Luleburgas in Western Thrace."

He walked to Edel and handed the telegram to the crown prince. Edel watched the telegram and walked to his office.

The telegram was sent by Major General Fereit, the head of the Romanian Observation Corps. It described in detail the situation of the front-line battle between the Bulgarian and Ottoman troops from Lule Burgas to Budahirsar.

In it, he also mentioned the military literacy and the use of tactics of the armies of both sides. It is believed that the Bulgarian army has morale that is not lost to the European powers, but its weapons, equipment and tactics are still relatively poor. It is not surprising that the Ottoman army, which is not well equipped and has poor morale, has a crushing effect.

At the end he compared the armies of Bulgaria and Romania. Among them, the gap between the Bulgarian army and Romania at the battalion level is relatively small, but with the attachment of machine guns, Romania has a slight advantage in firepower and professional soldiers, and at the brigade level Romania has a lot of advantages over the Bulgarian army. At the division level, Bulgaria is absolutely no match for Romania's division. Even if they have an absolute advantage in numbers, 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 it forms the army level. Now Romania has trained five heavy artillery regiments, including three 150 heavy artillery regiments, one 0 heavy artillery regiment,

There is also a 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 compiled and trained next year.

Edel walked into the office and just finished reading the telegram, put the telegram that condensed Major General Freiette's efforts on the table, and turned to tell the captain of the guards about the Balkan war situation. "It seems that the Ottoman territories in Europe have been divided up, and their troops in Europe are almost finished."

"It seems so." After agreeing with the crown prince's opinion, the captain of the guard Carust continued to talk about his own opinion. "But it depends on whether Osman can move faster. Now the situation is almost one-sided. If you admit defeat earlier, you can retain some strength for your country."

They say this because, after the Serbian army won the battle of Kumanovo, the Montenegrin army occupied Macedonia and the Adriatic coast. The Bulgarian army won the battle from Lüleburgas to Budahirsar, and it is only logical that other parts of Western Thrace in addition to Istanbul would be occupied by it. The Greek army also captured the Aegean Islands and East Thrace. The Ottoman army had retreated to a limited number of strongholds such as Adrianople, Ioannina and Shkodar.

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 now is to defeat the Greek navy and ship the troops from Asia, but this has become an impossible task for the Ottoman navy.

At this time the Greek Navy consisted of 3 battleships and 1 brand new armored cruiser (which was donated to his homeland by the patriotic Greek-American millionaire George Averov, who was also the host for the first Olympic Games in 1896). donors), 7 destroyers and several torpedo boats. The Ottoman Navy is a tragedy. In the 40 years from 1872 to 1913, Turkey has only 4 new main ships in service, and the Navy has almost become an "outcast of the empire". Despite this, the Ottoman navy was dispatched, and they fought two impressive naval battles with the Greek navy near the islands of Ely and Lemnos, but they were still unable to fight.

Now the countries of Europe are talking about the performance of the countries in this Balkan war, in which 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. Now some newspapers call it the Prussia of the Balkans. This made Edel a little unhappy. 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 the consent of King Ferdinand I of Bulgaria." Eder expressed his opinion.

The captain of the guard asked in confusion after hearing the Crown Prince's opinion. "Why Bulgaria?"

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

In the days that followed, the Ottoman government appealed to Ferdinand, commander-in-chief, for peace, proposing an armistice. Ferdinand I, ambitious to take Istanbul, rejected the offer, and ordered the attack on the Ottoman positions at Chatalja on the coast of the Sea of ​​Marmara. It was fortified and defended with field and coastal artillery.

The offensive and defensive battle of Chatartja was one of the most intense battles of the First Balkan War. It was under the command of the combined armies of the Bulgarian 1st and 3rd Armies, under the general command of Lieutenant General Radiko Dimitriev, in an attempt to defeat the Ottoman defenders in the area and break through the capital Constantinople the last line of defense. However, high casualties forced the Bulgarians to abandon the attack and allow the opponent to take the victory. It was the largest military achievement of the Ottoman army during the entire war and the first major defeat of the Bulgarian Army since its formation in 1878.

The battle also put Ferdinand I's ambitions in Istanbul in vain, and Russia, who supported him, warned him that he could stop the war. In the end, Ferdinand accepted the truce proposal and signed an armistice agreement with Turkey on November 1.

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

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