My Italy

When Italy launched a landing war in Izmir, the war in the Balkans was still continuing.

In Adrianople, squads of re-energized soldiers rushed towards the Bulgarian positions. The Bulgarian troops guarding the position were desperately fighting back.

The rifles and positional artillery in his hands formed a road full of bullets. Any Ottoman officers and soldiers who stepped into it were in great danger of life. This was clearly verified by the corpses that continued to fall along the way.

Of course, it was not only the attacking Ottomans who suffered harm, but the defensive Bulgarians also suffered from this serious crime. In and around the trenches, many people died wearing Bulgarian military uniforms.

The battle between the two sides around Adrianople continued like this.

As the commanders of both parties, I naturally pay special attention to them. In a position that had just repelled the attack of the Ottoman army, the defenders and soldiers looked at the retreating Ottomans and cheered as if they were surviving the disaster.

Major General Gudshev, the former commander of the Bulgarian First Army and now the commander of the Thrace Army, who was observing the battle situation from behind the position, looked at the officers and soldiers on the position and looked at the former commander of the Second Army behind him, now the commander of the Thrace Army. Major General Guchev, deputy commander of the group army, said.

"Such a battle will cause too many casualties to us, and we urgently need the support of our allies."

Facing Gudshev's words, Guchev, as the deputy commander, nodded and answered. "Yes, the Ottomans on the opposite side were simply crazy. They kept launching attacks, even if they suffered huge casualties. In just one week, the casualties were definitely not less than 80,000 people."

Of course, his subtext is that if the enemy suffers such heavy casualties, then they are also not small. Yes, the current number of casualties in Bulgaria has reached more than 40,000. This number does not seem to be much, but the base of the Bulgarian army is even smaller, only 170,000, which is a quarter of the casualties.

In a modern army with such high casualties, it is already very good to still be able to ensure that the defense line is not breached. Of course, the Ottomans were also good here, with casualties reaching about a quarter. However, compared to the Bulgarians, the Ottomans have another advantage, and that is the continuous flow of reinforcements coming from Asia.

The reason why the two sides still did not give in with so many casualties was also due to the battle in Skopje. Bulgaria wanted to wait for Italian reinforcements, while the Ottomans wanted to break the Bulgarian interception and rescue the defenders of Skopje. Since both parties want to achieve their goals, they can only compete in Adrianople to see who can complete their mission.

Of course they are also paying attention to the battle in Skopje.

However, the two parties 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 battlefield east of Skopje, where the Bulgarian army was the main force.

The appearance of a 40,000-strong heavy regiment brought the power imbalance on the battlefield to its limit, so the Ottoman defenders who were caught off guard naturally lost their position.

If this was the case, it would be good. The coalition forces, which were not yet easy to achieve a breakthrough, did not miss this rare opportunity. They almost drove the retreating Ottoman defenders all the way west, forcing them directly to the city of Skopje. .

If General Yilmaz, the Macedonian commander, had not gathered all the available troops in Skopje, the city might have been captured overnight. There is no way to mobilize the troops who have retreated and stationed on various lines of defense, and they can only do their best to squeeze the existing mobile forces in their hands.

However, although the eastern coalition with the Third Army as the main force has not yet been able to capture Skopje, strategically and tactically, Italy has determined the overall situation on the Macedonian battlefield.

Faced with the threat from the enemy in Skopje, the only stronghold and base camp behind them, the morale of the defenders in the other three directions was immediately unstable. The coalition forces took this opportunity and launched a fierce attack, which greatly confused their morale.

The morale of the military is in chaos, which is very fatal on the battlefield, because the soldiers' minds are no longer just focused on the battlefield, which naturally greatly reduces the intensity of their resistance. And this plus and one minus accelerated the war in Skopje.

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

In these two days, the Ottoman army's casualties, prisoners and other figures have far exceeded the results of the previous ten days of fighting.

Now there are less than 90,000 Ottoman defenders able to return to Skopje, and their morale, weapons and equipment are much worse than before.

Naturally, the coalition's momentum also increased, and some even shouted that they would resolve 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 had to make every consideration for themselves.

The general headquarters of the Macedonian Army located in Skopje was filled with gloom and gloom. The generals present looked at an Italian officer who appeared in the headquarters with a sad expression, and heard him say something loudly.

Yes, this Italian officer was not captured by them, but came over from the enemy's position outside the city half an hour ago.

As for what he was talking about, just look at the grim-faced Ottoman generals around and you will know that it must be about peace talks, or undisguised surrender would be more appropriate.

"Everyone, I have finished my words. I hope you can carefully consider our opinions."

The Italian officer, who had just read out his conditions, looked at the defeated General Yilmaz and said this.

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

Yes, the security of legal property. In other words, the property collected will be confiscated by the coalition forces, which is why they are so sad. As an Ottoman general, anyone who wants to live on just that salary will be laughed at by his colleagues, so these generals and even school officials are all wealthy people.

But now, no matter how rich they are, they will be severely punished by the coalition forces. Who made them live and die, blocked the pace of the coalition forces, and delayed the pace of the coalition forces.

After seeing off the Italian officer who announced the conditions, General Yilmaz, the commander of the Macedonian Army, looked at his frowning subordinates and could only raise his head and said. "Everyone has heard the Italians' conditions just now. This time we are defeated. Don't worry about those things that should be given up."

Among these people, Admiral Yilmaz is the richest, but with the defeat, everything needs to be put aside. As long as the military power remains in the future, the losses will be recovered sooner or later.

As for why they don't continue to fight, they have lost more than half of their troops this time. How can they fight? Do they really think that the Ottoman officers and soldiers are beasts without temper? They were already worthy of the Ottoman Empire.

Besides, this is not the Far East. If you don’t care, you would rather die in battle than surrender.

Following his words, the people present were basically silent. Although they did not agree, they did not object, which represented acquiescence.

Once these generals are taken care of, the next thing will be easier to handle. The middle and lower-level officers and soldiers have long been unwilling to fight. Now with the loss of weapons, ammunition and personnel, they can no longer hold weapons.

With General Yilmaz announcing his surrender, people were finally able to sleep peacefully. They no longer have to worry about being shot by sudden gunfire, and no one can make them rush into the enemy's hail of bullets. Everything is safe.

On the coalition side, with the surrender of General Yilmaz, the fighting in Macedonia has ended. The officers and soldiers cheered. This battle was too difficult.

In this battle, both sides invested nearly 500,000 troops, which ended with the complete 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 forces are as high as 50,000, of which the Italian army, which is the main force, has lost more than 40,000 people, of which 11,000 were killed and missing, and 29,000 were injured. Such casualties are not small at all.

Both Italians and Montenegrins believed that this battle was the most rare battle of the war, but the Bulgarians did not think so, because the battle in Adrianople continued.