Time flew by, and three more days passed in a flash. The Second Army has already swept through the Macedonian region, and the entire Macedonian region has been taken, except for a very few fortresses and Turkish troops resisting!

Ferdinand, who received the war report, was happy that the Macedonian region of this era was much larger than the Republic of Macedonia (25,713 square kilometers) in later generations!

It also included the four regions of what would become Greece: Eastern Macedonia (14,157 square kilometers), Central Macedonia (19,147 square kilometers), West Macedonia (9,451 square kilometers), Epirus (9,200 square kilometers), and parts of Bulgaria and Serbia, covering an area of more than 80,000 square kilometers.

Plus 10,980 in Kosovo and 75,200 in Thrace (including 24,476 in Eastern Thrace, 8,578 in Western Thrace, and 42,155 in Northern Thrace). 28,748 in Albania and 5,343 square kilometers in the Istanbul area.

Combined, these areas cover more than 200,000 square kilometers, which is almost twice the size of the current territory of Bulgaria!

Once the annexation and digestion of these regions by Bulgaria is completed, a middle power with a territory of more than 300,000 square kilometers and a population of more than 10 million will be born in the Balkans!

If we take advantage of the abundant resources of these regions and develop them, the future club of great powers will add a new member!

While Ferdinand was dreaming, he was interrupted by a message!

"What? The Ottomans surrounded Athens, and the Second Army sent troops to Thessaly, ready to rescue Greece!

Tell Dante Kristof to be honest with me, and forbid not a single soldier to enter Greece without my orders!

And ask him for me, is the Second Army Bulgarian army, or the Greek army? What does it matter to them whether the Greeks live or die?

Is their Second Army idle and panicked? If you have nothing to do, let's take Albania with the Third Army first! ”

Ferdinand's sudden anger startled everyone, the Second Army just made a suggestion, and did not really send troops after the first cut!

But since the boss is angry, then Dante Christophe deserves their bad luck!

Konstantin was embarrassed and said: "Grand Duke, now that the Ottoman army has surrounded Athens, the Greeks are afraid that they will not be able to withstand it, so we really won't send troops to rescue?"

In terms of international public opinion, I am afraid that it will be very unfavorable to us! And it is easy to cause concern among our other allies! ”

Ferdinand thought for a moment and said, "Well, the Greeks have repeatedly asked for help, and if they really don't send troops, it won't be justified, but now we are also short of troops!"

So be it, order Dante Kristof to reinforce Greece as soon as possible, tell the Greeks that we have sent troops, let them hold on!

In addition, taking into account the needs of the war, the 2nd Infantry Division, the 16th Infantry Division, and the 17th Infantry Division are now being transferred from the Second Army to reinforce the Constantinople front; The 4th Division was then transferred to the Albanian theater of operations. ”

Obviously, everyone was defeated by Ferdinand's shamelessness, and idiots would believe that this was to rescue Greece, and the Second Army had been transferred half of its troops, and it was still necessary to defend the Macedonian region of Norda, would the Second Army still have the strength to rescue Greece?

This is not to tell the Ottomans, don't worry, I'm here to fight soy sauce!

……

Receiving two telegrams with very different contents, Dante Kristof was immediately depressed.

He smiled wryly and said: "Chief of staff, you guessed it, there is no intention of rescuing Greece at all, it seems that these Ottomans have escaped!" ”

The chief of staff laughed: "Isn't that obvious? If you hadn't been able to stand the harassment of the Greeks and sent a telegram to ask, it is estimated that the country would continue to pretend to be confused!

Our war with the Ottomans is almost over, and it's time to divide the spoils, so you go and save the Greeks now, isn't there another person fighting for the spoils! ”

Dante Kristof incredulously said, "No! We have all fought for these territories, so why should the Greeks fight for them? ”

The chief of staff sneered: "How can there be no reason? For example, the Greeks say that Macedonia is their homeland, and we must not grab the territory of our allies!

Or rather, they dragged down the main force of the Ottoman army, annihilated how many tens of thousands of Ottoman troops, how much they contributed to the alliance, etc., there are many reasons!

So even if we want to save them, we have to wait until we eat all this territory in our stomachs! ”

Dante Christophe thought for a moment and said, "Forget it, politics is not for me, I'd better fight honestly!" Order the 15th Division to attack Lappsani and rescue our allies! ”

After getting the news, in Athens, the capital of Greece, the Greek government is arguing over whether to move the capital or not!

Of course, there was also an insult to Bulgaria, and George I sat there without saying a word, knowing that he had been miserably pitted!

As soon as he remembered the gambling contract with Ferdinand, his face fell, and now that the battle had been fought until now, the Greek army had occupied a Cretan island, and the Ottomans had already invaded Athens!

Thinking about the treaty that whoever occupies it first will belong to whomever it wants, George I has the heart to die, and it is full of fucking routines!

There is no doubt that in this war, the Ottoman Empire is already the biggest loser, and Greece is about to become the second biggest loser!

With the current combat effectiveness of the Bulgarian army, George I knew that it was impossible to get Bulgaria to spit out the meat that had been eaten in its mouth, anyway, in the 19th century it was justice with a big fist!

"Can Athens hold it?" George I asked coldly

The argument stopped, and the question brought everyone back to reality, and now there was no other army in the city except a rabble with high morale!

The Minister of War said with a pale face: "Difficult! Now the army in the city is newly recruited, has not been formally trained, and does not even have rifles!

Although the morale is high now, it does not change the nature of low combat effectiveness! ”

George I said coldly: "Then move the capital!" But where can we go now? Although the Peloponnese is still in our hands, it will not be able to stop the Ottoman army!

Bulgaria has now made up its mind to be a spectator from the wall, and it can't be counted on! I guess they won't think of us as an ally until they conquer Constantinople! ”

The Minister of the Interior smiled bitterly and said: "I propose to move the capital to Sparta, and under the current situation, the Ottoman Empire will not last long!"

With the exception of Constantinople, their Balkan territories were basically occupied by the Bulgarians, and as soon as the offensive and defensive battle of Constantinople ended, the war was over regardless of victory or defeat!

We must now make sure that Greece is not dead before the war is over! Only by participating in the negotiations as a member of the victorious countries can we preserve our interests! ”

Everyone smiled bitterly, in fact, the most in the interests of Greece is to end the war with the Ottoman Empire as soon as possible, the Germans have already said that they have mediated, as long as Greece is willing and does not have to pay any price, it can be over!

Anyway, the interests of the Balkans are no longer in Greece's share! In the victory of the alliance, Greece can get at most the name of a victorious country, plus one Crete, and more likely nothing will be gained, who said that their homeland is still in the hands of the Ottomans?

But the sharp blade of nationalism has already been activated, and it will be difficult to stop!

George I smiled bitterly and said, "Okay, move the capital to Sparta!" Tell the Bulgarians that Greece will hold on, but our interests must also be guaranteed! ”

The Foreign Secretary smiled wryly and said, "Yes!" ”

What is guaranteed? It's nothing more than a guarantee of the homeland, counting on the Ottomans to cede land and pay reparations, don't dream! Unless the alliance can reach Asia Minor, don't expect the Ottomans to submit!

……

Receiving the news from Greece, Ferdinand was a little crying and laughing!

On the one hand, he hoped that the Greeks would make peace directly with the Ottoman Empire and withdraw from the alliance, so that Bulgaria would have a reason to look for the Greeks at the right time in the future; On the other hand, he hoped that the Greeks would fight to the death with the Ottoman Empire, deplete each other's national strength, and weaken the two rivals!

Ferdinand suddenly laughed, he was too greedy, and there was nothing perfect in the world!

At this moment, George I is summoning the legendary Spartan warriors in the Peloponnes, and simply put, the Greeks are conscripting again!

After deciding to move the capital, the Greek government simply abandoned Athens and ran away, and the defenders, supported by naval firepower, held out for three days before finally announcing the fall of Athens!

In order to defend the Peloponnes, George I concentrated his forces on the narrow strip of land connecting the peninsula with the mainland, and at the same time, the Greek navy was also transferred to use naval guns as fire support!

The offensive of the Ottoman army was temporarily blocked, but the crisis of the Greek government was still not lifted!

The Peloponnese Peninsula has a limited population, and no matter how hard the Greek government tries, it cannot provide enough troops, and now the navy has become the last reserve of the government!