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After explaining the General Staff's plan to adjust the army's deployment, Emmanuel pointed his baton at the corresponding position on the map, looked around at everyone, and continued: "After such adjustments, once there is a disturbance in the Macedonian region, the two armies will , the Albanian Army attacked from the southwest to the southeast, cutting into the interior of Macedonia, attracting the attention of the Ottoman army stationed in the Macedonian area, sharing the pressure on the north of the Macedonian Army, and covering the flanks of the Macedonian Army."

"The most important goal of the Macedonian Legion is to regain Salonika," Emma Inur said solemnly.

"If all goes well, after the Macedonian Army successfully captures Salonika, except for Liu's remaining troops, the rest of the troops will march northward and form a pincer offensive with the Macedonian Army to attack the remaining Ottoman troops in Macedonia."

Constantine frowned and interjected: "Salonika is not that easy to win. After the failure of the last war, the territories of Greece and the Ottomans were changed. The new border between the two countries is not far from Salonika. , causing Salonika to almost become a border city of the Ottoman Empire, the Ottoman army built a series of permanent fortifications near Salonika, including bunkers and trenches."

"The Ottoman army lost Salonika in the last war, resulting in a direct failure of the war. Naturally, they learned their lesson," Venizelos said.

"With the help of Rudiger, a soldier sent by Germany to the Ottoman Empire, the Ottomans built a large number of fortifications on the Greek-Ottoman border, mainly two fortresses; Bazani Fortress and Kastritsa Fortress."

"According to German designs, a large number of concrete bunkers, artillery and machine gun positions, trenches, barbed wire fences and searchlights were constructed."

"These two fortress areas alone are guarded by 35,000 people. These two fortresses are located in strategic locations and can guard each other with the city of Thessaloniki."

"In an area that is well-defended and well-prepared like this, if the army forces an attack, the casualties will be very high."

While Venizelos elaborated on the "crimes" of the Germans, he carefully observed Constantine's reaction, as if he wanted to get the crown prince's opinions on the Germans.

Although he was reluctant to stand on the opposite side of Germany, Venizelos still felt uncomfortable as the Germans got closer to the Ottoman Empire.

After the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in 1897, Germany sent a large amount of arms to the Ottoman army, and even the number of military personnel stationed before increased significantly. Compared with the Ottoman Empire in 1897, the military strength of the current Ottoman Empire has not increased but decreased.

Emmanuel hesitated for a moment and said in a deep voice: "At present, this plan is still in its prototype, a general combat idea. As for how to deal with the specific situation after the war breaks out, we still need to adapt to changes and respond flexibly."

Constantine heard that Chief of General Staff Emmanuel had finished explaining, and said to Arms Minister Giannis sitting opposite him: "After this meeting, you can notify the Greek military industry department and ask them to do it now. Run the weapons and ammunition production line at full capacity, no need to hesitate anymore.”

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In the early morning of December 13, 1911, in the garden of the Royal Palace in Syntagma Square, Greece.

The British Ambassador to Athens, Lord Tristan, is communicating with a young man in a naval uniform.

"Henry, you have been in in-depth contact with the Greek Navy for nearly a year and a few months. What is the strength level of the Greek Navy? Do you think they are a rival to the Ottoman Navy?"

Sitting and talking with Lord Tristan was Captain Henry, the Royal Navy captain who came to help the Greek Navy train at the request of the Greek Navy.

Henry picked up the black tea cup, took a sip, and moistened his throat: "The training of the Greek Navy is strictly in accordance with the training regulations of the Royal Navy. As far as I know, the commander of the Greek Navy, General Kontoriotis, He directly set up his office on the newly commissioned battle cruiser Trikoupis. He would hardly disembark unless necessary and set an example. Therefore, in the event of a war, the Greek Navy could take action within two hours. action"

Having said this, Henry said with a trace of ridicule: "As for the Ottoman Navy, although I have not had direct contact with it, I have communicated with the instructors sent by the Royal Navy to the Ottoman Navy. As for their evaluation of the Ottoman Navy "?"

Henry shook his head: "Near the docks of Constantinople, you can often see Ottoman sailors wearing navy uniforms in taverns. Many drunkards fight after getting drunk, or extort people and merchants on the street."

"Although there are many factors that affect the outcome of the war, including some unexpected factors, I am still not optimistic about the confrontation between the Ottoman Navy and the Greek Navy in the Aegean Sea."

While the two were communicating, Constantine and King George came to them one after the other.

The situation in the Balkans has been mysterious recently. King George wants to know the British government's thoughts on the Balkans. The British attitude directly affects the direction of Greece's subsequent Balkans policy.

After the greetings, everyone sat down, and Constantine said: "I just vaguely heard the two of them talking about the navies of the two countries, and I am also curious."

After hearing this, Lord Tristan and Henry looked at each other, smiled, nodded to each other, and then they repeated what they had just said.

"Although the personnel quality of the Greek Navy is superior, the warships of the Ottoman Navy are more advanced and powerful," Constantine said meaningfully.

Both Tristan and Henry knew exactly what Constantine meant - the British had just received a huge order from the Ottoman Empire for two super-dreadnought warships.

This involved a naval race between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.

Since the Ottoman Empire suffered greatly from its weak navy after the last war, it naturally paid more attention to its navy.

After the news of the two Invincible-class battle cruisers of the Greek Navy spread, the Ottoman Navy, as a direct imaginary enemy, immediately felt the threat. The Ottoman Navy was once again in a weak position. No one would think that the two ships purchased by the Ottoman Navy from Germany in 1910 Pre-dreadnoughts - two Brandenburg-class battleships, will be the opponents of the two new battlecruisers.

The Invincible-class battle cruiser purchased by Greece from the United Kingdom has almost overwhelming advantages in speed, firepower, armor, etc. when facing the German Brandenburg-class pre-dreadnought.

After Italy, an ally of Germany, went to war with the Ottoman Empire to compete for Libya, the confidence in the Germans within the Ottoman Empire was shaken, because the Germans were unable to effectively restrain their younger brother, which made the Ottoman Empire begin to He is re-examining his foreign policy and the big brother he has been looking for so hard seems to be unable to protect him!

The Ottoman Empire, which is caught in a war with Italy, probably out of the desire to please the British, released news a few days ago that it intends to place an order at the British Armstrong Shipyard to purchase two cutting-edge super-dreadnought battleships.