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"These Ottoman bastards."

There was a roar in the crown prince's office, and the guards outside the door all looked at each other, wondering how the Ottoman Empire had provoked His Royal Highness and made him so angry.

Edeldan gave reason to be angry, and in the office, he taped the latest Ottoman situation telegram on his desk.

Seeing that Edel was so angry, Carust, the captain of the guard who brought in the telegram, comforted him. "His Royal Highness, even if there is a coup d'etat in the Ottomans, it 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 captain of the guards would be wrong, Edel still said it calmly. "I believe the strength of the Balkan countries will win, but who will pay for our economic losses in Romania. Now we can't ship by sea, and the cost will be much higher, and we still have two ships detained by the Ottomans."

The two Romanian ships Eder said were cargo ships belonging to two shipping companies, a bulk carrier called Kro, which was carrying about 6,000 tons of grain. A car carrier called Biak has five floors of transportation space and transports 1,087 cars. Both ships have now been seized by the Ottomans while passing through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles. But fortunately, there may be concerns about Romania that were simply seized, and the two ships and cargo were not confiscated. If the goods and ships are confiscated, Romania will lose six or seven million lei. If it was confiscated like this, Eder would have to consider whether to send some troops to teach the Ottomans.

Carust did not think that His Royal Highness was concerned about Romania's economy, and thought he was concerned with the situation of the Balkan War. However, this is also related to Romania's interests in this war. There are only so many interests, and it has no side with Ottoman. In addition, the benefits have been negotiated, so it is reasonable for the crown prince to not care about the situation. Anyway, The Ottoman army couldn't turn the tide either.

The subsequent result was really as he expected. After the Ottoman al-Shabab coup, their leader Enver became the chief of staff of the Ottoman army.

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

Since the Ottomans are still not giving up, the Balkan countries are also welcome. On March 5, the Greek army captured Yanina. On March 26, the combined forces of Bulgaria and Serbia captured Adriatic Fort. On April 22, the Ottoman army of Shkodar surrendered.

The fall of Adriatic Fort was the biggest blow to the Ottoman Empire. After the war broke out again, under the general command of General Nikolai Ivanov,

The encircling Bulgarian Second Army and Serbian reinforcements launched an attack on Adriatic Fort. The final battle consisted of two night raids. Battle preparation includes tissue paper for all metal parts of the uniform and weapons to remove any light or noise. Several armies participating in the siege were jointly commanded, creating a prototype of the front. Some light artillery, towed by horses, followed the advancing troops and acted as infantry support. Attempts to disrupt all Ottoman radio communications to isolate and frustrate those under siege.

Beginning on March 24, 1913, the outer fortifications were breached one night and the fortress itself fell into Bulgarian hands the following night. In the early morning of March 26, 1913, the commander of the fortress, Mehmet Sukly Pasha, surrendered to the Serbian army, thus ending the siege of Adrianople.

After the surrender, large parts of the city, especially the houses of the Nazis and Jews, were looted for three days. However, who actually carried out the looting is debatable; some blame the Bulgarian army for the looting, other sources blame the local Greeks. Turkish prisoners of war were treated badly, and some of them lost their lives. According to reports after the fact, two main charges were brought against the Bulgarians: that they committed great cruelty and cruelty against the Ottoman prisoners of war; and that the Bulgarian authorities allowed the looting of the Turks' property in Adrianople within three days of the surrender of the city.

The achievements of the Bulgarians at this point have been quite summed up by British war correspondents: "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 within fourteen days of mobilizing its troops in four Over the course of a week, this army moved more than 160 miles across enemy territory, capturing one fort and attacking another, fighting and winning two major battles against the armed forces of a country of twenty million inhabitants At the gates of the capital, the Bulgarians of all troops, except the Japanese and the Gurkhas, fought with the fixed intention of killing at least one enemy." There were numerous journalists covering the siege of Adrianople, whose reports provided rich details about the event

The victorious end of the siege was considered a great military success, as the city's fortifications were meticulously developed by Germany's leading siege experts and dubbed "invincible". The Bulgarian army captured the Ottoman stronghold after a five-month siege and two daring night raids.

During the siege, an aircraft used bombers early: the Bulgarians dropped specially made grenades from one or more aircraft to panic the Turkish soldiers. Many young Bulgarian officers and professionals who fought in the decisive battles of the First Balkan War later played important roles in Bulgarian politics, culture, business and industry.

The Ottoman Empire was still disastrously defeated in another war, and after the surrender of the Ottoman army at Skodar on April 23, they made a request for an armistice to the Balkan allies. The European powers also demanded a truce, of which Russia responded the most strongly. They don't want the Balkan League to win Constantinople, which is crucial to him. This is the long-cherished wish of the Russian tsars for many years, and it is obvious that Nicholas II wants to accomplish it in his own hands.

In the face of this situation, the Balkan countries have also tried the defensive strength in Istanbul, but obviously they could not get it, so they agreed to the request of the Ottoman Empire.

After a lapse of three months, they met London again, but this time the Ottoman Empire had no confidence in rejecting the conditions of the Balkan alliance.

ps: This chapter of Mantou was written a bit late. Chapter 124 had no title. It was changed a long time ago, but it didn’t work. This made Mantou very depressed. Besides going to work and sleeping, Mantou spends the rest of the time writing, even hooking up with girls. No, seeing that Mantou is so desperate to subscribe, it has dropped to more than 400. (Romanian Eagle..106106624)--(Romanian Eagle)