Chapter 233 Results

Hearing this Consul Johnkovic seriously talking about General Hristo coming to Thessaloniki to support the Greek attack, Constantine smiled and nodded in agreement, but he didn't believe a word in his heart.

Seeing that Constantine was just looking at him without any other reaction, Johnkovic could only continue: "Your Highness, we formed the Balkan Alliance to jointly oppose the evil rule of the Ottoman Empire and liberate the oppressed people. Now Greece has won in Thessaloniki, which is also the victory of the alliance. Bulgaria, as an important member of the Balkan Alliance, has the right to send troops into Thessaloniki, right?"

Hearing Johnkovic directly explain the purpose of his visit, General Hristo also carefully looked at Constantine's reaction.

"Consul Johnkovic, Greece, Bulgaria, and Serbia are indeed allies, but the agreement reached by the three countries clearly stipulates that the countries concerned have the priority to claim the Ottoman territories liberated by the armies of the three countries. What does the military action in Thessaloniki have to do with Bulgaria?" Although Constantine's voice was not loud, it made the two Bulgarians on the opposite side tremble with anger.

Looking at the two people who were so angry that they didn't want to stay for a minute, Constantine didn't speak to keep them.

On the return carriage, Major General Christo looked at the silent Johnkovic and couldn't help but said indignantly: "Mr. Consul, are we just leaving like this? Isn't this too easy for the Greeks?"

"The follow-up troops should arrive in Thessaloniki one after another tomorrow afternoon. Otherwise, we will take the troops and force our way into Thessaloniki. What do you think? Do the Greeks have the courage to stop us?"

Johnkovic thought for a moment, shook his head, and rejected the proposal: "Not now. The main force of the kingdom's army is still fighting with the Ottoman army. Now is not the time to clash with the Greeks. Don't be impulsive. Report the news back to the country and ask His Majesty the King to make the decision."

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After the battle in Thessaloniki ended, the Ottoman army in the Macedonian region had been cut off from retreat. The Ottoman army fighting in the inland area of ​​Macedonia surrendered to the Greek army one after another.

During this period, an interesting thing happened. That is, due to the fanatical nationalism of the Serbs, although some Ottomans surrendered to Serbia in the early stage, European journalists kept breaking the news that the Serbian army actually tortured and killed prisoners.

The MSL in Kosovo confided to those journalists that the Serbian army looted their property and confiscated their land.

Due to the bloody policy of the Serbs, the Ottoman army in the inland areas of Macedonia, after running out of ammunition and food, rushed to surrender to the Greek army.

While Constantine led the Macedonian army into Thessaloniki, in North Macedonia, Manugiansky's Albanian army also made good progress and occupied Skopje, an important city in North Macedonia.

After entering Thessaloniki, the Greek army had no major battles.

The Second Serbian Army under the command of General Stepanovich arrived at the Adrianople front on January 6, 1913, passing through southern Macedonia occupied by the Greek army, to support the Bulgarian army there, including more than 47,000 soldiers, 72 artillery pieces and a large number of livestock.

The addition of the Serbian army greatly improved the morale of the Bulgarians. With the joint efforts of the Bulgarians and Serbs, on February 15, Suklu Pasha led the remnants of the army to surrender, and Adrianople was officially captured by the Bulgarian army.

After learning the news, Constantine carefully followed Bulgaria's actions, because Constantine knew that the Bulgarians would never be satisfied with one Adrianople.

On March 21, 1913, the Ottoman Empire saw that Istanbul was in danger and the failure of the empire was inevitable, so it proposed peace to the Bulgarian government.

Bulgarian King Ferdinand was indeed ambitious to capture Istanbul. When the conditions for the peace talks were still unclear, he rejected the proposal and ordered an attack on the Turkish position in Chadarjia.

Chadarjia's fortifications were strong and equipped with field artillery and coastal artillery for defense. Moreover, it was only a few dozen kilometers away from the capital of the Ottoman Empire, Constantinople.

It can be said that as long as the Bulgarian army could successfully capture the Chadarjia fortifications, Constantinople would really open the door for the Bulgarians.

At this moment, the whole of Europe was paying attention to the war between Bulgaria and the Ottoman army here.

However, the Bulgarian army's offensive ended in failure.

Constantine himself was very curious about the reaction of European countries if Bulgaria really came to the gates of Constantinople.

At this time, Ferdinand accepted the proposal and signed an armistice agreement with the Ottoman Empire on December 3.

So far, the Balkan War has finally come to an end.

The Balkan League, composed of Greece, Bulgaria and Serbia, completed the division of the Ottoman Empire's European territory.

The Ottoman Empire lost almost all of its territory in the Balkans, except for a piece of land near Constantinople.

Serbia occupied Kosovo, the territory between Serbia and Montenegro that originally belonged to the Ottoman Empire, and part of Western Macedonia, with a total area of ​​about 30,000 square kilometers. The land area has increased from the original 830,000 to the current 130,000 square kilometers, an increase of about 50%.

Serbia's population was originally about 2.9 million. About 1 million people lived in the newly acquired territory, and the total population reached nearly 4 million, an increase of about 35%.

Greece received almost all of Macedonia, including 80,000 square kilometers of North Macedonia, 50,000 square kilometers of Aegean Macedonia, and many islands in the Aegean Sea. The newly added territory was approximately 50,000 square kilometers.

After acquiring these new territories, Greece's land area increased from 90,000 square kilometers to 140,000 square kilometers, an increase of 55%.

Due to these new territories, such as Aegean Macedonia, and due to the plains near Thessaloniki, North Macedonia are relatively densely populated areas of the Balkans, home to approximately 1.8 million people.

Greece's population was originally 3.87 million, and now its total population has reached 5.6 million, an increase of 46%.

As for Bulgaria, the currently occupied locations include Pirin Macedonia with an area of ​​80,000 square kilometers, East and West Thrace, and the Aegean coast of Macedonia in the Kavala region, which covers an area of ​​50,000 square kilometers.

The original area of ​​Bulgaria was 70,000 square kilometers, and now the total area has reached 70,000 square kilometers, an increase of 57%.

Bulgaria's population increased from 4.2 million to 5.8 million, an increase of about 40%.