The warm Aegean Sea has always had traces of human activity since ancient times, from the early Phoenicians to the ancient Greeks and then the Romans, after the emergence of people in the Aegean Sea in all eras.

Today, a large fleet sails through the islands of the Aegean Sea towards the north.

The scale of this fleet was so large that many passing merchant ships hurriedly avoided it. Because there were a large number of warships in this fleet, the flag on which showed its identity, Italy.

Vice Admiral Yagill was on his flagship, the Turin, and watched with great ambition at the mighty fleet under his command.

The fleet is home to the Navy's best ships, five Durio and its Improved class battleships, three Turin-class, two Venetian Improved class cruisers, plus a vote of other warships, and this fleet is the absolute hegemon in the seas.

Being able to stand out from the other competitors, how can you not let Lieutenant General Yagill vent his inner joy.

On the side of the mighty warship, dozens of conscripted merchant ships sailed hard under the protection of the warships, and they were loaded with all kinds of supplies and officers and men for landing operations.

That's right, the Hurricane plan was a landing battle, only this time it was no longer a landing island, and it was coordinated with the attack of ally Bulgaria on Salonica.

Although the Bulgarian First Army captured the key city of Komodini in Western Thrace, it did not liberate Bulgarian forces. But the Bulgarian 2nd Army, which was attacking Adrianople and pinning down the enemy in the Istanbul direction, had already sent several urgent telegrams one after another.

There are more and more enemies coming from Istanbul across the sea, and they are almost overwhelmed.

Therefore, the First Army after the capture of Komodini could only go forward to reinforce the Second Army, and as for the Third Army, which had just captured Kirkis, it also did not have enough strength.

On the one hand, they needed to withstand the counterattack of the Ottoman army in Macedonia, and on the other hand, they had to take care of the offensive against the Salonika, so the Bulgarian side turned to Italy.

And the Italian Navy originally had a plan to land in the Balkans, but it was not far ahead. According to the plan developed by the Italian navy, after seizing Crete, they were ready to fight for the Ottoman islands in the Aegean Sea, and then land in the Balkans at the right time to cooperate with the frontal army forces.

Judging by the arrangement of the Navy, for the landing in the Balkans, it is ranked after the islands.

In addition, the Ottoman territory in North Africa has never been included in the scope of landing operations by the navy. Because the location of the area is not strategically located, it is not very useful for defeating the Ottomans.

In addition, the current domestic perception of the region is more of a desert wasteland, except for a few nomadic tribes? Simply not going to be beneficial for Italy? It's more of an addition to the Albanian region. Don't you see that the Ottomans only deployed less than 5,000 troops in the area, and the local population of more than 300,000 can only afford to support so many troops.

But is that still a good saying? Plans can't keep up with the changes. Who would have thought that the Bulgarians would be so violent? In just one week, the land connection between the Ottoman mainland and Macedonia was completed. Coupled with Bulgaria's request for help, the Navy had to advance its plan to land in the Balkans.

But fortunately before that? The naval side has basically completed preparations for the capture of the Aegean islands, and it is only necessary to change the target to Salonika.

So this operation made the Navy sing the lead role once? And Lieutenant General Yagill was of course very happy about this. Finally get rid of the shelling of the Ottoman port? and these unknown small tasks such as escort can allow him to show his abilities with the navy.

Just as Lieutenant General Yagill was secretly happy, a staff officer ran over. "Report to Your Excellency Commander, at the moment our fleet is approaching the island of Skyros."

Vice Admiral Yagir, who is a veteran of the old navy, of course knows the location of Skyros Island? Is this island so far from the Salonican Peninsula that they need to get to? There is a distance of about 240 nautical miles. That's a day's work.

"Order the fleet to continue at a speed of 10 knots, and to speed up the First Cruiser fleet, so that they can arrive ahead of time to prepare a front station for us."

"Yes, Your Excellency, Commander."

With the order of Vice Admiral Yagill, the first formation of cruisers with two Venetian reclassifications as the core? Immediately increasing the speed, they gradually distanced themselves from the large formation. Although in order for other cruisers to keep up? The two Venice reclassifications did not run at the top speed, but the speed of sixteen knots? It's a lot faster than the slow ten-knot Grand Fleet. After two or three hours, the people of the Grand Fleet were no longer visible.

I'm afraid at this time Rear Admiral Levy, who was in charge of leading the cruiser formation? I guess I still want to try to meet the old Ottoman navy.

Vice Admiral Yagill looked at the slow swallowing fleet he commanded? I'm still a little unaccustomed to it. But who needs to take care of the transport ships in the formation. These guys? Being able to run ten knots is already considered high-speed.

These transport ships carried nearly 40,000 officers and men and their equipment. They are all of the 1st Marine Division, the 1st Brigade of the 2nd Marine Division, and most of the Guards Army, which are subordinate to the Navy.

At present, the Second Marine Division is not yet full, and although it has the name of the Second Division, only one brigade of the Second Division has formed combat effectiveness. As for the 2nd Brigade, although it is fully staffed, its training has not yet been completed. At present, the navy has left Crete to suppress the defeated Ottoman troops who are cowering in the mountains in the middle of the island.

On one of the transport ships, Major Holdan Kosentz, commander of the 1st Battalion of the 1st Marine Division, 1st Brigade, 2nd Regiment, was writing and drawing in his room. He was doing a summary of his previous battles in Crete.

His first battalion, which had been tarnished late, had suffered little losses in the brutal street fighting, and was sent to hunt down the Ottoman defeat with the rest of the army without time to recuperate. It had only been two days before they had received orders to come out of the mountains and then board transport ships to prepare for the next war.

Taking advantage of this free time, Cosenz certainly needed to take stock of the previous battles, which he had been strongly requested since his time in the Guards.

"The morale of the Ottoman officers and soldiers was evident in the street battles when the soldiers were inferior to the officers, and of course this may have been due to the fact that the officers were trying to protect their rich property. However, the combat skills of the Ottoman soldiers are obviously much worse than ours. There was even an incident in our battalion where, during an offensive battle, an Ottoman soldier opened fire on our fighters ten meters away, which was also missed. It's hard to imagine.

In addition, its soldiers also have poor gun maintenance, which can be seen from the enemy's guns we have captured, and all the bolts are jammed......"

Just as Cosenz was writing, there was a knock on the door.

Interrupted by his train of thought, Kosenz had to get up and open the door.

"Hello, Major Cosenz, do you have time to have a drink together?"

Cosenz recognized the man, and it was another major on the same transport ship as him, Major Bandy Erwin. He was a battalion commander of the 2nd Marine Division, and he had already invited him to drink twice, just to gain battlefield command experience from him.

Cosentz, who originally had the intention of refusing. After seeing the wine in the other party's hand, he swallowed his saliva and let the other party in.

"You may be seated, Major Elwin."

It's been a long time since I've seen Golf wine from my hometown, and as soon as he sees it, he thinks of the beautiful and beautiful daughter of the winery owner. Perhaps let someone ask if Miss Courtney is married.

Although Cosenz thought far ahead, he still drank heartily with Major Erwin, and finally after sending Major Erwin away with some dizziness, he glanced at the notepad put away on the table, and counted it next time.