Chapter 288: Wolf Ambition
As during the German-Italian War, the war between Germany and Greece did not seem to interfere with the territory of the other states radiating from Berlin, and the war began with a surprise attack, with the result that neither side chose to fight in earnest, but adopted a strategy of tentative or stalemate. For the German Confederation, the test was like a rally of manpower and equipment.
Due to the inconvenience of transportation, it took nine days for the nine integrated divisions of Germany to move to the Balkans to put the troops into position. Fortunately, the Italian navy assisted in the crossing, the French navy protected the way, and the British fleet was tightly sealed in the Mediterranean, which forced the Greeks to shrink their forces and give up many of the fortresses between the mountains and lakes. The multinational force took the opportunity to gradually spread out on the border, and the colorful flags of various countries were waved in the wind, turning the whole of Greece into an island.
Under the high pressure of many countries, Turkish President Kemal thought that the Greek army would choose to surrender, as a result, the Turkish army was not as strong as the German army imagined, at about 9 o'clock in the morning, the Greek and Turkish armies continued to shell each other for nearly 20 minutes, as the smoke filled with shells became thicker and thicker, the Greek army suddenly attacked from both flanks, and a group charge quickly broke down all the defensive positions of the Turkish army, and the Turkish army was frustrated and hurriedly organized a counterattack, but in the end it did not withstand the onslaught of the Greek army, so it had to retreat while fighting, and retreated to Istanbul to wait for reinforcements.
At 10:30, the commander of the Turkish army condescended, and seeing that the Greek besieging troops were relatively scattered, he decided to make a desperate bet, shouted loudly, and took the lead in rushing to the vanguard of the Greek army. Seeing that the main general was not afraid of life and death, the Turkish army also rushed out of the city one after another, and the two armies fought back and forth, and the dogs and teeth were staggered in the suburbs of the city, and the battle was very fierce. During this period, a small group of Greek troops once invaded the city, but because they were not familiar with the geographical environment of the city, coupled with the desperate resistance of the Turkish army and civilians, the ruins and walls changed hands several times, and finally, in order to reduce unnecessary casualties, the Greek army had to withdraw from the city of Istanbul, change tactics, and adopt the strategy of encircling but not fighting, in an attempt to trap the soldiers and civilians in the city.
At noon on the same day, the foreign legion led by the French army quickly landed in the Aegean Sea, and the troops quickly buried their own food and food. After a short rest, the commander of the huge corps drove straight in, and the front of the troops was directed towards the Greek positions in Istanbul, Turkey. At this time, the Greek army had been fighting hard for several days and had long been exhausted, and the situation on the battlefield had taken a sharp turn for the worse in the face of the joint participation of multinational forces. The siege is definitely unfavorable, and the retreating troops are besieged, and they are in a dilemma.
The British Mediterranean Fleet was responsible for the blockade of the Aegean and the eastern Mediterranean, and the Italian Second Fleet was responsible for the blockade of the Adriatic Sea and the western Mediterranean. Faced with such a dilemma, Greece was unable to solve the current crisis and was forced to send a request for peace to Berlin, but the request made Eric laugh and could not accept.
The Greek army of hundreds of thousands of troops was surrounded, lacking food and clothing, and Britain, France, Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union formed a disciplinary alliance, if the common interests could not be satisfied, it would be a catastrophe for the Greek army, and if the requirements of the above five countries were met, Greece would also be a catastrophe of the century, otherwise, the current situation would not be able to be changed.
The Japanese, who had developed the habit of bullying the weak, actively signed up and strongly requested to participate in this military operation, and even prepared an elite mountain division and a long-distance fleet composed of a number of advanced warships for this expedition in advance, but Japan's wishful thinking finally failed, and their behavior was immediately seen through by Britain and France, and they sternly rejected it.
Although the Japanese side does not intend to meddle in European affairs, its behavior is so clear that it is unacceptable to Europeans. There was no doubt about the victory or defeat of this war, and Japan's request to participate in the war was on the one hand to take advantage of the opportunity to gain war capital, and on the other hand, it wanted to explore the bottom line of the Europeans, and at the same time to prepare a rehearsal for similar landing operations in the future.
With the experience of the First World War, the Germans have become very numb to the war, especially such a local war, which is not worth mentioning at all. Since the start of the war between Germany and Greece, the capital Berlin has been very calm, and the people's lives have not been affected by the war. After the siege of Greece by many countries was formed, the situation was very unfavorable for Greece, and President Eric sat in the presidential palace every day, except to deal with the visits of his subordinates, he sat in the office and read a book leisurely.
Ananta took the opportunity to change Eric's water and told him: "Minister of Finance Almar Schacht has arrived, and he saw that you were reading, so he was too embarrassed to disturb and was waiting outside the door." ”
"Really? I'm so sorry! It's my habit to read books, but I invite him here because I have an urgent matter, so please invite him in. Eric said apologetically.
"Dear Mr. President, what a good book makes you read it so with great relish." Before Ananta could go out, the Yarmar people followed and walked quickly into the president's office.
"You, this is not your character, Minister Almar Schacht, just like you just entered the door, when was it not loud, why are you embarrassed to disturb me reading today?" Eric shook his head helplessly, giving Yarma an apologetic smile.
"What book does Mr. President read? Can I read that too? "Yarma knows Eric very well, loves to read, and likes to read new books that have just been published.
"Mr. Minister may not know that Mr. President's book was not easy to come by, and it was flown in from London only yesterday." Ananta knew best where the book came from, because it was she who arranged for the receipt of the items.
"Isn't it just a book? It was flown in from London. Armar's eyes widened and he asked incomprehensibly, "Just for such a book?" ”
"yes, don't you know Mr. President? Everything we do is efficient, and we will be criticized for working too slowly. Ananta said deliberately in front of Eric.
Eric ignored their conversation and took his tea slowly.
"Okay, that's better than working on a project at every turn, and besides, our president has been overworked, so he should enjoy a little leisure." Yarma is very clever and also deliberately blocks the target tasks that Eric is likely to mention. I thought, after all, air transportation doesn't cost a lot of money, and it's much cheaper than any rocket plan, blue sky plan, navy plan or something. These big projects are often tens of billions, and they are bottomless.
"Your Excellency...... Minister," Ananta seemed to have something to say to Arma.
"In front of Mr. President, it's better not to call me minister, just call me Yarmado, it's good to be kind." Ananta was interrupted by Schacht before she could speak.
Yarmar's words made Ananta puzzled for a while, in fact, Eric had already planned to put Ananta by his side for a period of time before delegating the ministry to take charge.