In the midst of the crisis, Kemal issued a call to the whole army: "There is no line of defense for the position, there is a line of defense of the flesh, and this line of defense of the flesh is made up of the whole people. Every inch of the people's land was bought with blood, and we cannot abandon it. Kemal's calm command and his charisma inspired all the officers and men were inspired.

Under the banner of national righteousness, all the officers and men of the Turkish army fought bloody battles and stubbornly resisted, and turned the situation into a war of attrition. Kemal seized the opportunity to organize a new force to launch a counteroffensive against the weak left flank of the Greek army. The exhausted Greek army was caught off guard by this counterattack and could not organize effective resistance, so they had to retreat south. Kemal then ordered a general offensive on all fronts, and by September 10, the war of attrition between the two sides had finally come to fruition, and the Greek army was finally defeated. The Turkish army pursued the victory, and on 13 September drove the Greek army out of the eastern part of Sakaria, and then crossed the river to pursue it in the direction of Eskisehir. Thus, the 22-day Battle of Sakarya ended with a complete victory for the Turkish army.

In order to reward Kemal for his exploits, the Turkish Grand National Assembly awarded him the honorific title of "Victor" and promoted him to the rank of marshal of the new Turkish state.

The Battle of Sakarya was the most important battle of the Greco-Turkish War. Its victory not only turned the Turkish government from a crisis to safety, but also brought about a series of changes in the international arena that favored the new Turkish regime. (In fact, Lao Chiang just wanted to win a battle back then, and then wait for international mediation.) It's a pity that the Japanese are not Greeks! ）

First, the Turkish government signed the Treaty of Kars with the governments of the Caucasus (now Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan) through the introduction of Soviet Russia.

Later, the French government of the Entente also took the initiative to resume negotiations with the Turkish side, and in October the two sides signed the Treaty of Ankara, according to which the French army withdrew its troops from southern Anatolia alone and handed over two divisions of weapons, ammunition and munitions to the Turkish army. There were also 150 trucks among the handovers, which was a great relief for the Turkish army, which was desperately short of means of transport. At the same time, following the example of the French, the French and Turkish military supplies that were more troublesome to move were sold directly to the Turks on the spot, which won the favor of the Turks and benefited from them.

The actions of France and Italy in financing the enemy not only gave Turkey peace of mind on the southern front, but also enabled Turkey to use the armaments of France and Italy against the Greek army.

More importantly, it shows that the alliance formed by the Western powers to carve up Turkey has been divided. As a result of the military defeat, the British, the supporter behind Greece, was so disillusioned with the younger brother that they stopped providing financial and military aid to it, making the situation of the Greeks even worse.

After the defeat of Sakaria, the morale of the Greeks was greatly weakened, and they shrank the lines of Eskisehir and Kütahya.

There was still hope for a war, but it was not as good as the stabbing of the Allied princes behind it, which really discouraged the Greek army, so it began to consider withdrawing from the adventure in Turkey.

But just like Cao Cao's "chicken ribs" password, the Greek king Constantine, who is the leader of the Greeks, is worried that the immediate withdrawal of troops from Turkey will shake his prestige in the country, and this issue of face is also very important! The Greek king Constantine did not know how the history books of later generations would record himself, could it be written that Constantine defeated Turkey and died depressed?

Konstantin hastened to erase this idea and consulted Prime Minister Gunnaris to discuss the only way that would bring Greece out of Asia Minor with dignity, and that was to take Istanbul.

Istanbul is Turkey's largest city and port, Turkey's cultural, economic, and financial center, one of the largest metropolitan areas in Europe, and the only metropolis in the world that straddles two continents.

The weight of the city should be known when you see these platforms, but even more terrifying is yet to come, Istanbul was once the capital of the Roman Empire (330–395), the Byzantine Empire (395–1204, 1261–1453), the Latin Empire (1204–1261), the Ottoman Empire (1453–1922), and the Turkish Republic. At the same time, because it is located on the Bosphorus Strait, it controls the entry and exit of the Black Sea, so it has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times.

Konstantin is thinking about occupying this place, and future generations should not make irresponsible remarks about me again! Well, I have to admit that his idea was good, and yet, the idea touched one, two, three, four...... The interests of the N bigwigs are, first of all, the collective interests of the Entente.

Straddling Europe and Asia, Turkey has always been a battleground for war, as one British historian put it: "If the master is not a strong lion, then he will be a lamb hunted by others." "The Straits of Turkey has always been regarded by the Western bloc as an international condominium, Istanbul is a city that the Treaty of Sèvres stipulates can be taken by the Western powers under some pretext, and Greece, as the loser of a local war, is certainly not entitled to occupy it alone, so Greece's request was rejected. As a precaution, France and Italy also sent troops to Istanbul. After Konstantin heard the news, he was so angry that he almost wanted to vomit blood, which camp are you in France and Italy? How to help Turkey?

At the same time, Istanbul is the gateway to the Black Sea, if the Greeks are allowed to occupy here, the entry and exit of the Black Sea Fleet of Soviet Russia will depend on the face of your Greeks, how can you make the polar bear of Great Chauvinism embarrassed! Even in later generations, Istanbul intercepted the former Soviet and Russian aircraft carrier "Varyag", causing a certain country to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in tolls. Such a strategic place fell into the hands of Britain and France, and the Soviet Russians had to weigh it, and if it fell into the hands of the Greeks and sat idly by, then the polar bear would really be hibernating.

However, the Entente also knew Konstantin's difficulties. As an old European royal family, they are often married, so they are not willing to sit idly by and watch Greece completely fail. After all, Greece's expedition represents the face of Europe, and as an old empire in Europe, it was slapped hard, and the faces of all the nobles in Europe were not bright. Countries such as France and the United Kingdom, for example, privately warned civilian arms companies that they could supply weapons and equipment to the Greeks.

Falel Tucker's arms companies, French and British arms companies immediately began to seize the Greek arms market.

Like the Greeks licking their wounds, after the Battle of Sakaria, the Turkish army did not take advantage of the victory and pursued the Greek army from the country in one fell swoop. Because after all, the Turkish army has suffered a lot of defeats before, and it is still possible to take a strong hand, but to last, that is a problem. Although the Turkish army won the battle, it could not get rid of the predicament of a shortage of weapons, a lack of materials, and a strength of less than 100,000 troops.

Moreover, Kemal, the commander of the Turkish army, knew that a premature counteroffensive would likely lead to failure, so he tried to achieve a diplomatic victory at the international level and actively prepared for war at home.

The Turks again approached the Finns and asked for the purchase of ordnance.

Why not look for the Russians? They are very willing to provide weapons to the Turkish army, but behind the supply of weapons, the Russians still have a lot of attachments, such as sharing a port and so on.

How could Kemal, who was waving the national flag, send people to the fence again, so he resolutely chose the arms company under Farel Tucker, although the price was higher, but there were no conditions attached.

The number of goods sold to two and two of Greece and Turkey at the same time is very large, you must know that the Turks who are preparing for a major counteroffensive have secretly formed a new army with 19 infantry divisions, 5 cavalry divisions, and 200,000 people, and they are short of weapons.

And the Turkish government, which does not know how long it can delay peace, is even more urgent in its need for weapons.

As the successor of the old empire that spanned the three continents of Asia, Europe and Africa, Turkey has a lot of reserves of hard currency such as gold, and even if you don't have it, you can rent out the land. Through the negotiations, Fareltak not only won the goodwill of the Turkish leadership, but also obtained rich practical benefits. Chambers of commerce could be built in many places, and the tentacles of the intelligence services were initially extended to the closest place to Soviet Russia.

In order to fulfill the contract for the arms company, Zhao Yun also opened up all the arsenals in various places at full capacity, so that the ordnance orders of the two companies were fulfilled at the end of January 1922, and the ammunition and civilian materials could not be fully fulfilled until the end of the year.

Of course, busyness has also brought Zhao Yun a lot of wealth, and now Zhao Yun is drawing circles on the map of Turkey, these lands and mineral deposits are all donated by the Turkish government, but the Turks and Zhao Yun are cautious, all the contracts are commercial land, and their purpose is the development of these areas.

In the end, war pursues profits.

The old British and French empires planted colonial flags all over the world just to obtain the cheapest raw materials for production and make huge profits from them. And Germany did not have so many colonies, so for the sake of the raw materials for the production of domestic industrial machines, it could only grab food and launch the first world.

This era is already the sunset period of traditional military colonization, and the national consciousness in many places has awakened, and it is difficult to maintain the continuation of a colonial empire by force, and it is too difficult to directly rule a country rich in history like Turkey by force.

In Zhao Yun's eyes, the Greeks were not as good as the Americans who followed the example of later generations, marching through economic and political invasions. After all, Greece has an advantage that other old European powers do not have, "near"! The two countries are actually neighbors.