While the Second Fleet was fighting a bitter battle with the Ottoman Navy, the First Fleet had already completed its intended goal, taking Rhodes and Karpathos and controlling the Strait of Karpathos.

The problem of Crete was already imminent, and on April 17 the First Fleet issued an ultimatum directly to the "Ottoman defenders" on the island, either surrender or be annihilated!

Oh, and the Greeks on the island have been blindfolded, when did they become the Ottoman army, and the nimble people have already guessed that the Bulgarians are looking at Crete.

As for the ultimatum for war, it was just a pretext, theoretically the sovereignty of Crete belonged to the Ottoman Empire, George I was the governor of Crete, and it was reasonable for Bulgaria to clean up the destabilizing factors during the war!

After receiving the news, the Greek government was angry, it was too bullying, as far as the relationship between Greece and the Ottoman Empire was concerned, it was not bad if there was no end to the stone, how could it be possible to take millet from the fire for them?

George I angrily scolded: "Bastard! Ferdinand, a scoundrel, is he going to eat us? provoked Lao Tzu, he fought ......"

George I of this plane was not as comfortable as the parallel time and space, first suffered a crushing defeat in the PK with the Ottoman Empire, then was betrayed in the post-war negotiations, and then the government went bankrupt and the finances were taken over by the foreign powers.

Originally, this was nothing, and he was not a person who could not accept failure, the key was that there was Ferdinand next to him to make a comparison, and the strength of Bulgaria and the decline of Greece formed a set of sharp contrasts.

Despite the fact that his means of political struggle were to throw out Ferdinand a few streets, it would not help! The populace saw only the defeat of Greece and the success of Bulgaria.

"Change the law to be strong, Greece must change the law to be strong now!"

This is already the consensus of all walks of life in Greece, and the next-door neighbor is a good example. Twenty years ago, Greece and Bulgaria were still a pair of bad brothers, everyone was about the same, and now there is a difference of dozens of times in the national strength of both sides, doesn't this explain the problem?

Fortunately, Bulgaria also has a constitutional monarchy, if it were a republic, George I would have been unstable for a long time, and even so, he, the king, was about to be vacated by his subordinates!

The prime minister said earnestly: "Your Majesty, the first thing to do is to calm down!" You're in such a hurry......"

George I exclaimed, "Enough! Say, what now? ”

I can't help but be angry, he has been a king for so many years, and the current prime minister dares to teach him the way of being a king so arrogantly, you must know that the previous prime ministers were all tamed by him, and those who dared to be blind in front of him had already let the other party get out, but now the tiger falls in Pingyang and is bullied by dogs, so he can only endure it!

"Strike"? George I can only think that the current Greek government can't stand the toss, and if he doesn't have a good throne, his throne will be unstable!

What to do? In fact, the prime minister doesn't know that the difference in strength between the two sides is too big, and he can't win the fight, and if he retreats, he can't explain it to the people.

If you think so, you can't say that. As a politician, acting is an innate talent, and I saw the prime minister say in a righteous manner: "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately launched a protest to Bulgaria, so that the Bulgarians can see our determination to defend Crete to the death, and at the same time invite the great powers to intervene and intervene!" ”

Listening to the words of the Prime Minister, George I rolled his eyes, which is exactly the same as not saying!

Protesting to Bulgaria is definitely useless, since the army is about to move, it is naturally ready! Bulgaria is not the Sun Kingdom of the Far East, and the army has the ability to kidnap the government!

Inviting the Great Powers to Intervene? Anyone who understands the current international situation knows that the two major alliances of the Entente and the Central Powers dominate the world, and the United States and Japan play soy sauce on the side.

Could the Greek government still be able to say that the Entente could not support them? Otherwise, the great powers will split into two groups, and this little diplomatic pressure will be able to scare Bulgaria?

With the rise of Bulgaria, Greece's status is decreasing day by day, not because the great powers don't want to support them, but because everyone knows that Greece can't support them at all!

There is nothing to be done with population, land, resources, and an astronomical amount of foreign debt, and the Ottoman Empire next door is a hundred times greater than their value!

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Discussions went on and on, and in short, it was this time that the Greeks were angry and launched the harshest protest against Bulgaria.

However, Ferdinand shamelessly ignored the protests of the Greeks, saying that this was a war between Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire, and that if any Greek army appeared on the battlefield, it would be regarded as a declaration of war on Bulgaria!

Then the two Bulgarian army divisions still landed on Crete, and the "Ottoman defenders" crackled for a while, and found that they were not opponents at all, so they decisively surrendered!

This is definitely the Ottoman defenders, and it doesn't make sense to look at the Greek government?

The Greek government was instigated, but the relationship between the two countries was completely finished, and anti-Bulgarian demonstrations broke out in Greece, and it was almost a storm on the embassy!

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At this time, with the addition of reinforcements from the Second Fleet, the naval battle outside the port of Calabron also came to an end, from the beginning to the end of the battle, this naval battle lasted for more than six hours, and the two rookie navies fought a very funny war!

That's right, it's hilarious! Both sides made a series of mistakes, from the beginning of the artillery before they were in range of the blind fire, many soldiers in the battle showed a hurry, but it was even more disastrous for the Ottoman navy!

With the addition of other warships of the Second Fleet, the commander of the Ottoman Navy, Ahmed Pasha, knew that he was powerless, and because of the difference in the speed of the warships between the two sides, he could not run, so he could only fight a decisive battle.

With the heart of death, he directly ordered the disbandment of the formation, fought separately, and even crashed directly into the Constantinople with the flagship, all of which could not change the fate of the total annihilation of the Ottoman Navy!

However, the Second Fleet did not reap the benefits, and the Constantinople, which was the first to participate in the war, became a victim of this war, due to being hit by six shells in succession, its power system was severely damaged, and it should have withdrawn from the battle, but due to the slow reaction of the officers, it was hit by Ahmed Pasha's flagship on the flank again, and it sank directly.

In addition to this, the battleship Harmony was also heavily damaged and needed to be overhauled, several other warships were more or less damaged, and in the next three months, the second squadron lost its combat effectiveness!

After receiving the casualty report, Ferdinand was very dissatisfied, he had an absolute advantage, but when the decisive battle was due, half of the main force was not there, and the other half directly had a defeat with the opponent!

Of course, on the surface, the Bulgarian Navy was a real victory, with a tonnage ratio of 1:9 sunken warships on both sides, and the Bulgarian Navy had a big advantage.

In essence, after analyzing the actual situation on the battlefield as a result of the internal results of the Admiralty, it was found that at least half of the warships in the Ottoman Navy were underartillery, and even the one that sank initially was not hit by any shells, but due to the recoil of the cannons, which caused the hull to collapse!

After specific identification, an embarrassing fact was discovered, the warships of the Ottoman Navy were basically seriously injured after one shot, and sank after two shots, and due to the quality of the warships, their due combat effectiveness was not brought into play!

Moreover, most of the officers and men of the Ottoman Navy were recruited temporarily, and many of them were forcibly recruited sailors, such a rabble of soldiers, plus a garbage fleet, all severely damaged half of the main force of the Bulgarian Navy!

Could it be that the mainland nation is inherently unsuitable for playing the navy? Ferdinand guessed maliciously

Oh, he completely ignored that the Ottoman navy had combat experience, even if it was the experience of defeating battles, it was also experience, wasn't it?

It hasn't been long since this happened, although the soldiers have changed, but the grassroots officers are still mixing their days inside, and the instinctive reaction on the battlefield is still there, not comparable to rookies!

However, this did not prevent Ferdinand from going around promoting the strength of the Bulgarian Navy, after all, the Ottoman Navy garbage, although everyone knows it, but the tonnage is also placed there.

Besides, no one knows that their warships are not well maintained, they are paper tigers that can be broken at the first stab, and this time the Ottoman Navy will be completely wiped out, and there will be no chance to complain!

Therefore, the outside world still gave the Bulgarian Navy a good evaluation, which infinitely raised the combat effectiveness of the Bulgarian Navy!

Affected by this, Ferdinand had to announce the rebuilding of the Constantinople, and this time it was not an armored cruiser, but a dreadnought.

After all, according to official propaganda, the Constantinople is also a heroic warship, and the warships it overturned are almost three times its own tonnage, which is rare in naval history! If you don't rebuild, the Bulgarian people won't agree!

Oh, the warship that the Ottoman Navy tossed and sank itself was also counted as the record of the Constantinople, after all, it was there at that time, no matter how much it had to do with it, it could only be counted on its head.

In addition to the ship, Ferdinand was more concerned about casualties, after all, as long as you have money, you can have as much as you want, and naval officers and soldiers with combat experience are rare, this is the most valuable wealth!

"Have you counted the casualties?" Ferdinand asked

Petrov said with a heavy heart: "A total of 5,967 officers and soldiers participated in this naval battle, of which 1,063 were killed or wounded, including 987 soldiers killed and wounded, 76 officers were killed or wounded, and 23 were missing. ”

Ferdinand nodded and said, "Well, the casualties this time are a bit large, compared to the naval power, it seems that our navy still has a long way to go!" ”

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