"Not only is there an emergency in strategic materials, but our fiscal deficit has not yet been resolved, and even though the war has just begun, we have to think about it!

If the material reserves are insufficient, we can still import, but if we don't have money, I'm afraid we won't be able to do anything!

In order to raise funds, the Ministry of Finance has done everything it can! The European consortiums are not optimistic that we will be able to win the war, and the loan will not be negotiated at all!

Bonds are also cold in the international market, and so far, the bonds we have sold have not been sold at all, even though we have raised the interest rate to 20%!

It can only be sold domestically, less than 10 million drachmas (about 400,000 pounds), which is undoubtedly a drop in the bucket for huge expenses!

In order to win the war, we have ordered a large number of supplies to European countries, which has consumed a large amount of our foreign exchange reserves, and we have to use part of the gold reserves to solve the final payment in the later stage!

Judging by the current situation, I am afraid that the war will not end in a short time, and if the financial problems cannot be solved, in the near future, we will go bankrupt! As soon as the Secretary of State for War finished speaking, the Chancellor of the Exchequer poured another basin of cold water on George I!

The Chancellor of the Exchequer is only mentioning expenditures, not revenues. Everyone knows very well that in order to raise funds, the Greek government has already introduced a war tax, and all other tax rates have also increased significantly, and the government revenue has actually increased!

But if you can't stand it, you have a lot of debts before, and the international loan is as high as 700 million dramak (about 28 million pounds)! And then there's a bunch of debts, and other messes of debts no less than half a billion dramak!

All of the above are owed by the central government of Greece, and there are not a few arrears owed by the local government government!

However, how much is the Greek government's fiscal revenue? Definitely an unbelievable number – less than 110 million dramak!

Even if it is calculated at an interest rate of 5%, the annual interest support is more than half of the fiscal revenue!! This is also the reason why the Greek government went bankrupt after the defeat in the Greco-Turkish war!

No matter how the war is fought, the debts that should be paid still have to be paid! In the 19th century, there were no vegetarians, and even if the Greeks declared bankruptcy, they still had to pay off their debts!

In any case, now George I will never dare to play bankruptcy!

Otherwise, if the great powers take over the finances, they will dare to directly dismantle the army and navy together, and how will this war be fought at that time?

George I looked at everyone with a wry smile and said, "What else can you do?" Let's talk about it! No matter how much it costs, let's get through the current hurdle first! ”

Raise taxes? This can't work, and now the people can't bear it!

Loan? Who's going to borrow it now? The Greek government's revenues are so bad, even if it wins the war, it can't pay off such a huge debt, and the most important thing is that it can't take out the attractive mortgage now!

Bonds? Isn't it being sold, and no one wants 20% interest!

……

One thought after another appeared in everyone's minds, and was rejected again!

These are all the troubles caused by the previous ones, and all the tricks that can raise money have been used, such as tariffs, minerals, right of way, and all kinds of financial taxes, as long as they can be mortgaged, almost all of them have been mortgaged!

Including the government buildings used by the current government, they are all mortgaged to the capitalists, and the current Greek government can be said to be really poor and white!

Seeing that everyone was silent, George I's face was gloomy, and the prime minister knew that he couldn't hide, so it was better to take the initiative to stand up than to be named!

"Alas!"

The prime minister sighed first, and then said: "Judging from the current situation, in the short term, only the gold reserves can be used for emergencies!" In addition, it is necessary to end the war as soon as possible, and it is up to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to do so!

Our army is not as strong as it seems!

To win this war, you can only pin your hopes on your allies!

Now all we have to do is to use diplomacy to get Bulgaria and Mentegro to join the war as soon as possible. When it comes to the division of loot, we can make concessions! ”

George I nodded, and was about to say something, when he suddenly realized that he had been tricked by the prime minister!

On the surface, it seems to be a suggestion, but in reality nothing is said!

The solution to the financial crisis is no! The use of reserve gold is already dry, and everyone can't care about the consequences, it's a big deal that Dirkmark collapses, and the harm is second only to the defeat of the war!

End the war as soon as possible? Who wouldn't? Now it is clear that the Greek army can't defeat the Ottomans, even if all the allies join, the outcome is unpredictable! If possible, everyone would rather this war didn't happen!

Diplomacy? Hell, didn't you just fail? Concessions in terms of loot? Let's get to that point?

George I, who had been a king for many years, looked dissatisfied, and continued to ask: "Then Your Excellency, what do you think we can make concessions to?" What is the bottom line? ”

The prime minister, who thought he had escaped, now has a bitter melon face, as if everyone owes him money!

He said hesitantly: "This~~, I think~~ We have misestimated the strength of the Ottoman Empire this time, and if we want to achieve the reservation goal, I'm afraid it won't work!"

Rather than this, it is better to give Bulgaria those things that cannot be obtained, in exchange for their early entry into the war and reduce our losses! ”

George I's worst fears have happened, even the prime minister has lost confidence in this war, and the thoughts of others can be imagined!

And what about the officers and soldiers at the front? Do they still have hope for victory in this war?

And Bulgaria and Mentagaro, if they also have no hope for war, then does it mean that they will tear up the Covenant?

So what should Greece do in this war? And how to end the war with dignity? Where is the future of Greece headed?

The idea of George I, everyone does not know, but they are interested in the Prime Minister's proposal, anyway, drag the allies into the water first!

It's better for the three families to face the Ottoman Empire together than Greece alone! Even if they lose this war, there are people who have backsit, and it is better than the unlucky luck of a Greek family!

The Minister of War immediately echoed his words, what about the problems at the front, others are not clear, is he not clear?

Prince Constantine's telegram for help was typed more than a dozen times a day; The Greek army in the area of Ioannina did not need reinforcements, but the situation was even worse, and the supplies were not available!

The food is okay, and it can be collected on the spot, but there is no way to use weapons and ammunition, and it is completely dependent on the rear supply! It's okay not to move, but if you move, if you fight a big battle with the Ottomans, the gun in your hand will turn into a burning stick!

Now the average number of bullets per soldier is only more than 70 rounds, which sounds pretty good, but if you fight a battle, you will find that it is really not enough!

However, the logistics supply line is not so stable, because the time is too short, the Greek army has not had time to clean up the place, and the Ottoman government in some remote areas is still preserved!

If it weren't for the fact that the Ottoman Empire was really rotten, maybe the Greek army on the front line of Ioannina would have been completely cut off from the logistical supply line!

Of course, it also has something to do with the poor logistics of the Greeks, even if there are no obstacles, they can't guarantee logistics supplies! Who told the Ottomans that they didn't pay attention to the traffic in this area?

So far, it has been almost a week since the start of the war, and the troops at the forefront have not received enough supplies after the war!

Now the Greek army on the front line of Epirus is more than 100,000 people, and they are pressed and beaten by 40,000 or 50,000 Ottoman troops.

Unless the enemy can be annihilated or disabled at one time, the war continues, and the Greek army will have to take burning sticks and bayonets!

……

Just when the Greek government was worried about the war, something happened on the front line!

The Epirus region is okay, anyway, the Greek army is so numerous that it defends on the spot, and the Ottoman army is not strong enough and does not dare to attack in full!

The problem was in the Krikala defensive line, and the Ottoman defenders in the Appsani region had arrived to reinforce them! Although there are only a few thousand people, appearing in a specific place is enough to change a war!

Edkhpasha already had enough troops in his hands, and directly ordered the two regiments that came to reinforce to attack Kartitsa and threaten the rear of Prince Constantine's legions!

The commander of the reinforcements, Colonel Kobe Pasha, was a rare young man in the Ottoman army, and a typical newborn calf was not afraid of tigers!

He knew that with the two regiments in his hands, it was undoubtedly a fool's dream to capture Kartyca, which was the key defense of the Greek army under normal circumstances!

And the order given to him by General Edkhpasha was only to attack, and he did not let him conquer Karitsa, which is enough to tell!

Colonel Kobe Pasha did something that attracted the attention of the world, and went directly to the rear of Kartytsa alone, detoured to the rear of Karticsa, and caused sabotage!

On April 25, 1897, at noon, a regiment under Colonel Kobe Pasha encountered a logistical convoy of the Greek army outside the city of Kartyca.

There is no doubt that the enemy side, of course, did it! There was a fierce battle between the two sides, and when the defenders of Kartitsa heard the news, they immediately organized infantry to rush to the battlefield for reinforcements.

It's a pity that the logistics transport team is a miscellaneous card among the miscellaneous cards in the Greek army, and an army of more than 300 people, plus a group of people, has always made up a team of thousands of people.

Even if they were heroic, they were defeated by the larger Ottoman regulars after half an hour of fighting!

When the reinforcements arrived, only a corpse was left, and all the materials that could be taken away were taken away by the Ottomans, and the few bombs that could not be taken away were all gone!

In order to cause trouble for the Greeks, Colonel Kobe Pasha also came up with a bad trick to give each captive a bullet, and don't get me wrong, he didn't slaughter the captives!

The bullets were all in the legs, they just turned the prisoners into wounded and stayed in place! Of course, those who resisted were not among them, and they were all sent to God!

This was just the beginning, in the following time, the Ottoman army did the same, and in just two or three days, Prince Konstantin harvested four or five thousand wounded, plus the logistics supply line collapsed!

In the 19th century, when there was little medical treatment, being injured by a bullet was not an easy matter! Even on the legs, many people will face a very cruel choice: is to amputate the leg to save their lives; Or choose to gamble on your life, bet on whether the wound will become inflamed!

Don't expect that the wound is just scratched, and the grievances between the Ottomans and the Greeks are not a day or two!

There is no doubt that the bullets hit the bones, and in addition to the fact that they did not come in time to receive medical treatment, in fact, Prince Konstantin harvested a group of seriously wounded people who could die at any time!

Looking at the wailing wounded, no matter how good Prince Constantine's cultivation was, he couldn't help but scold angrily: "Get out!" This herd of beasts is inferior to the beasts! How can this be done? God won't let them go, this group of damn **** will definitely go to hell! ……”

Not only him, but all the Greeks present were the same enemy, and Colonel Kobepasha's actions had broken through their bottom line and completely angered the Greeks.

Anger is man's worst enemy, and he influences human reason!

In order to take revenge and open up the supply line, Prince Konstantin gritted his teeth and transferred a division of reinforcements from the front line to encircle and suppress the lone army of Colonel Kobe Pasha!

More than ten miles away from the city of Kartitsa, there is a large forest. This woods was the camp of the Ottoman army of Kobe Pasha, and the reason for choosing this place was of course because it was easy to defend and escape!

After such a big thing, what if the Greeks didn't retaliate? Of course, if the Greeks really drew troops from the front, it would be in harmony with the Pasha, after all, his task was to cause chaos for the Greeks!

Originally, the Greek army was at a disadvantage in terms of strength, and once it was withdrawn again, the defense line would inevitably fail, which created an opportunity for the Ottoman army on the front line!

If Prince Constantine can calm down, it doesn't matter, continue to do the business of roadblocks and robberies, anyway, as long as the logistics supply line is cut off, the Greek army on the front line will be finished sooner or later!

As for whether the Greeks will take a detour, Kobe Pasha is not worried at all! If the detour undoubtedly lengthens the supply line again, adding a distance of several hundred miles, it is estimated that the Greek commander on the front line will cry!

Because they were running out of ammunition in their hands, Edherpasha did not fight them with superior forces, but instead fought a war of attrition, grinding with the Greek army little by little, just to consume their ammunition!

In just a few days, the material reserves in the hands of Prince Konstantin have been reduced again, according to the current level of consumption, if the supply line cannot be opened as soon as possible, after half a month, he will face the end of running out of ammunition and food!

It was a conspiracy, and the Greeks had to follow the Ottoman plan.

From the moment Prince Constantine drew troops from the front, the fate of the Greek army was sealed!

The changes in the Greeks' defense line could not be concealed from the Ottomans, and after General Edhepasha determined that the Greeks were missing a division of troops, he knew that the long-awaited fighter had finally arrived!

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