When Italy launched the landing in Izmir, the fighting in the Balkans continued.

At Adrianople, groups of re-energized soldiers rushed towards the positions of the Bulgarians. And the Bulgarian troops guarding the positions were desperately counterattacking.

The rifles in his hands and the artillery in his position formed a rain of bullets, and any Ottoman officers and soldiers who stepped into it had a huge fear for their lives, which was clearly verified by the corpses that kept falling along the way.

Of course, it was not only the attacking Ottomans who suffered, but also the defending Bulgarians. In the trenches and around them, there were also many people who died in Bulgarian uniforms.

The battle between the two sides around Adrianople continued to fight.

As the commander of both sides, it is natural to pay attention to its anomalies. On a position that had just repelled the Ottoman attack, the defending officers and soldiers cheered as they watched the retreating Ottomans cheer with the joy of the rest of their lives.

Major General Gudshev, the former commander of the Bulgarian First Army and the current commander of the Thrace Army, who was observing the battle situation behind the position, looked at the officers and soldiers on the position and spoke to the former commander of the Second Army, Major General Guchev, the current deputy commander of the Thrace Army.

"This kind of battle has suffered too many casualties for us, and we urgently need support from our allies."

Faced with Gudshev's words, Guchev, as the deputy commander, nodded and replied. "Yes, the Ottomans on the other side are simply crazy, constantly attacking, even if they suffer huge casualties, in just one week, their casualties are definitely not less than 80,000."

Of course, his subtext is that the enemy suffers such heavy casualties, then they are no small either. Yes, the number of Bulgarian casualties has reached more than 40,000 at the moment, which does not seem to be much, but the Bulgarian army base is even smaller, only 170,000, which is a quarter of the casualties.

With such a high number of casualties in a modern army, it is already very good to be able to ensure that the line of defense is not broken. Of course, the Ottomans were also good, with casualties of about a quarter. However, the Ottomans had the advantage of coming in from Asia in a steady stream of reinforcements over the Bulgarians.

The reason why the two sides suffered so many casualties and still did not back down also stemmed from the battle in Skopje, where Bulgaria wanted to wait for Italian reinforcements, while the Ottomans wanted to break the Bulgarian interception and relieve the defenders of Skopje. Since both sides want to achieve their goals, the only way to do it is to battle it out in Adrianople to see who can complete their mission.

Of course, they are also watching the battle in Skopje.

However, the two sides do not yet know that a huge change has occurred in Skopje, which they are concerned about, and the coalition forces have entered the city.

Two days ago, the mobile corps, with the Italian Third Army as the main force, suddenly appeared on the eastern battlefield of Skopje, dominated by Bulgarian troops.

The appearance of a tall 40,000-strong army made the imbalance of forces on the battlefield reach the limit, so the Ottoman defenders who were caught off guard naturally lost their positions.

If this alone is good, the coalition army, which is not easy to break through, does not let go of this rare opportunity at all, almost driving the defeated Ottoman defenders all the way to the west, directly forcing them under the city of Skopje.

If General Yilmaz, who was the commander of Macedonia, had gathered all the forces at his disposal to Skopje, the city would have been captured overnight. A retreating unit stationed on all lines of defense could not be mobilized, so it could only do its best to squeeze the existing mobile forces in their hands.

However, although the Eastern Coalition Army, with the Third Army as the main force, was unable to capture Skopje for the time being, from a strategic and tactical point of view, Italy had already decided the overall situation on the Macedonian battlefield.

Faced with the threat of the enemy in Skopje, the only stronghold and base camp behind them, the defenders in the other three directions immediately became unstable. The coalition forces took this opportunity to launch a fierce attack, which made their troops even more confused.

The disarray of the army is very fatal on the battlefield, because the soldiers' minds are no longer only focused on the battlefield, which naturally makes the intensity of their resistance greatly reduced. And this plus and minus has accelerated the war in Skopje.

In just two days, the coalition forces broke through the Ottoman outlying positions in three other directions, and also arrived in Skopje.

In these two days, the number of casualties and captures of the Ottoman army has far exceeded the results of the previous ten days of fighting.

Now less than 90,000 Ottoman defenders have been able to return to Skopje, and their morale, weaponry, etc., are much inferior to before.

Naturally, the coalition forces were also gaining momentum, and some even shouted that they would solve the battle in Skopje within three days, and then rush to Thrace to seize Istanbul.

Faced with such a situation, the Ottoman officers and soldiers trapped in the city also had to make every consideration for themselves.

In the general headquarters of the Macedonian Army Group, located in the city of Skopje, there was a gloomy cloud. All the generals present looked at an Italian officer who appeared in the headquarters with sad eyes, and listened to what he said loudly.

Yes, the Italian officer had not been captured by them, but had come from the enemy positions outside the city half an hour earlier.

As for what he said, just look at the bitter-looking Ottoman generals around him to know that it must have been about peace talks, or undisguised surrender would be more appropriate.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I hope that you will carefully consider our opinion."

The Italian officer, who had just finished reading out his terms, looked at Admiral Yelmaz with a dejected face, and then said this.

And before that, the result of the peace talks he announced was that the Ottoman army laid down its arms, and the coalition forces guaranteed the safety of their lives and legitimate property.

Yes, the safety of legal property. In other words, the looted property will be confiscated by the coalition forces, which is why they are sad. As an Ottoman general, whoever wants to live on only that little money will be laughed off by his colleagues, so these generals and even school officials are all wealthy.

But now, no matter how rich their worth is, this has been slashed by the coalition forces. Who let them not know whether they are alive or dead, and they blocked the pace of the coalition forces and delayed the pace of the coalition forces.

After seeing off the Italian officer who had announced the conditions, General Yelmaz, who was the commander of the Macedonian Army Group, looked at his subordinates with sad faces and could only raise his head and say. "Everyone heard the conditions of the Italians just now, and this time we were defeated. Don't worry about the things you should get rid of. ”

Of these, Admiral Yelmaz was the most wealthy, but with the defeat, everything needed to be seen. As long as the military power is still in the future, then sooner or later it will be able to recover its losses.

As for why they didn't continue to fight, this time they lost more than half of their troops, how could they still fight, were the Ottoman officers and soldiers really temperless cattle? They are already quite worthy of the Ottoman Empire.

Besides, this is not the Far East, and it is not particular that it would rather die in battle than surrender.

And with his words, the people present basically did not gnaw, although they did not approve, but they did not oppose, which represented acquiescence.

Get rid of these generals, and the rest will be easy. Middle- and lower-level officers and soldiers have long wanted to fight, and now with the loss of weapons, ammunition, and personnel, they can't hold their weapons even more.

And Admiral Yilmaz announced his surrender, and finally let people sleep peacefully. No more worrying about being shot by the sudden sound of gunfire, and no one being able to make them rush into the enemy's hail of bullets, everything is safe.

And on the side of the coalition forces, with the surrender of General Yelmaz, the fighting in the Macedonian region has ended. The officers and soldiers all cheered, this battle was too difficult.

In this battle, the two sides invested nearly 500,000 troops, which ended in the annihilation of the Ottoman army.

In this battle, the losses of the coalition forces were not small, in addition to the losses of weapons, ammunition and other materials, in terms of personnel. At present, the losses of the coalition army are as high as 50,000, of which the Italian army, as the main force, has lost more than 40,000 people, of which 11,000 have been killed and missing, and 29,000 have been wounded.

The Italians and Montenegrins considered the battle to be the rarest of the war, while the Bulgarians did not, as the battle for Adrianople continued.