At this time, the Ottoman Empire was already very weak.
Although their total population is still more than 26 million, there are 4 million Christians and more than 5 million Shias, Kurds and Arabs.
None of these populations are Suitable sources of troops.
Coupled with the lack of weapons and strong social conflicts, the most important thing is that the feudal system of the Ottoman Empire was extremely backward and had very low control over the grassroots, resulting in extremely low mobilization capabilities.
In this war, this flaw was fully exposed.
Although there were more than 17 million Juche ethnic groups, only 336,000 troops could be dispatched.
Its opponent, the Balkan Alliance, far exceeds its mobilization capabilities.
The Kingdom of Bulgaria has only a population of 4.3 million, but has sent more than 350,000 troops; the Kingdom of Serbia, with a population of 2.91 million, has established an army of 255,000; the Kingdom of Greece has At that time, there were only 2.666 million people, and 125,000 troops were dispatched; even the Kingdom of Montenegro, a small country with a total population of only 500,000, also mobilized an army of 44,500 people.
The Balkan coalition has as many as 750,000 troops, more than twice as many as the Ottomans.
Not only are they larger in number, but the quality of their soldiers, weapons and equipment, and training levels exceed those of the Ottomans.
Moreover, the morale of the armies of these countries is high, inspired by the goals of their national liberation struggles.
On the other hand, the Ottoman Empire's army had just experienced a series of coups in the country.
The political situation was turbulent, the ideology was seriously confused, and the morale of the army was low.
Under such circumstances, Osman would be lucky if he could win.
Therefore, although this war was delayed by several months compared to the original time and space, the early process was similar.
The Bulgarian army consists of three armies as the main group in the direction of Istanbul.
The main Serbian forces were three armies against the Ottoman army in Macedonia.
The Greek Army of Thessaly and Army of Epirus were preparing to deal with the armies of Salonika and Yanina respectively.
The task of the Montenegrin army is to cooperate with the Serbian army to fight in Macedonia.
The Greek Navy prepared to take action against the Ottoman Navy to ensure the Allies' sea control in the Mediterranean.
The Allies surrounded the Ottoman army and prepared to defeat the enemy before Ottoman reinforcements arrived.
On December 9, 1912, the Montenegrin army and the 20,000-strong Serbian Ibar Army jointly launched an attack on the Ottoman Army in northern Thrace and northern Albania.
On the same day, the Bulgarian army crossed the border of Bulgaria and advanced southward.
The Second Army, located on the right flank of the Baojun Group, repulsed the Ottoman First Army.
The 1st and 3rd Bulgarian Armies fighting on the left wing, after repelling the Ottoman Army many times, defeated the Ottoman Army's 3rd Army near Kilicero Zegrad in Kilke on December 12 and began to move south.
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On December 15, 1912, Serbian armies launched a general offensive and the Ottoman Army in Macedonia was crushed.
From December 19 to 22, 1912, a fierce battle took place in Lureburgaz, and the Fourth Army of the Ottoman Empire was defeated.
The Ottoman army retreated hastily.
At the same time, the Greek Navy also blocked the Dardanelles Strait, cut off the Ottoman Navy's exit, and began a campaign to seize the islands in the Aegean Sea.
In southern Macedonia, the Greek army won near Yenije on December 20 and launched an attack on Salonika, or "Thessaloniki".
In the original history, the defenders of Thessaloniki only held out for a week before they knelt down, and the local governor Hassan Tahsin Pasha surrendered to the Greek army.
But in this dimension, history took a turn here.
The Greek army kicked the steel plate and hit their heads and blood at the foot of Thessaloniki.
Kemal himself was a native of Salonika, and his family was also quite influential locally.
Among the backbone members of the Ottoman Socialist Party, there are no longer a few who were born into local powerful families.
Through the activities of these people, Hassan Tahsin Pasha, the governor of the Salonika region, was ousted.
Half a year ago, the Ottoman Eighth Provisional Legion in the area had been completely controlled by the Ottoman Socialist Party.
Although the Ottoman Socialist Party is a new organization established less than three years ago, it has many talents and is very united.
Kemal himself was a very good military strategist, and his deputy Osman Nefules had extraordinary talents in politics and propaganda.
With this civil and military force as its core, the Ottoman Socialist Party of Science and Technology has gathered many outstanding talents in just a few years.
The most important thing is that there are thousands of cyborgs sent by Wen Desi who have joined this organization as natives of the Ottoman Empire in the past few years.
They quickly became the organization's leader by virtue of their ability to achieve the level of the masses at this time.
Although the backbone of the force has not yet reached the top level, it already occupies a large proportion in the middle and lower levels of the organization.
The Ottoman Science and Socialist Party headed by Kemal basically completely copied the organizational form and operating methods of the Chinese Science and Socialist Party, and it had a good mass base in the Salonika area.
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Its control over the grassroots was far inferior to that of the Ottoman Empire. .
They established extensive grassroots organizations and militias in both urban and rural areas of Salonika.
After the war started, they formed the Salonika Army with the Eighth Provisional Army as the core and the militia controlled by the Ottoman Kosovo Party.
Due to China's strong support, the legion has weapons and equipment that far exceed those of the Ottoman regular army and the Balkan coalition.
Coupled with the efforts of the biochemical backbone, the training level, morale and organization are also superior to the Balkan coalition.
In addition to the army weapons supported by China, they also received 40 original J-1 "Big Tit" fighter jets and 40 J-2 "Raven" fighter jets.
These aircraft played a huge role in the war.
So, Greece was in tragedy.
The main army attacking the Salonika area was the Greek Thessaly Army, which was led by the Greek Crown Prince Constantine.
This prince is King Constantine I, who had three rises, three falls, two abdication, and two resets in the original time and space.
This is not the first time that His Royal Highness the Prince has dealt with Osman.
During the first Greek-Turkish War in 1897, the Greek army he led had a fight with the Ottomans, but they were defeated by the Ottomans, forcing Greece to cede territory and pay compensation.
During the military alliance coup in 1909, Prince's classmate was dismissed from all positions in the army.
In 1912, Crown Prince Constantine was re-awarded the position of Commander-in-Chief of the Greek Army and led the Thessaly Army to participate in the First Balkan War.
This time his luck seemed to be getting better.
During the war, he led the Thessaly Army to victory repeatedly in the battles of Sarangtapollo and Giannisa, beating the Ottoman army into dogs.
However, this good luck only lasted for half a month.
The proud Prince Constantine led his army into the Salonika area on December 24.
Here he was attacked head-on by Kemal.
Before the war began, the Turkish army built a solid defense line with reinforced concrete and steel plates outside Salonika.
This line of defense was established in accordance with World War II standards, although it was far away.
It is far less exaggerated than the Maginot Line and the Siegfried Line, but it is almost insurmountable in this era.
Although the equipment of the Greek army was better than that of the Ottomans, it was only limited.
They did not have an air force at this time.
The entire Greek army did not even have a single aircraft, and the Thessaly Army was no exception.
However, their opponents have 80 advanced fighter jets.
Although these aircraft did not participate in the war at first, reconnaissance activities have never stopped.
Therefore, every move of the Greek army is watched by Turkey.
Prince Constantine was ready to capture the city of Thessaloniki in one go to build up his reputation and take more initiative in future negotiations.
He ordered the Thessaly Army to speed up its march, but he did not expect that in the city They ran into the Turkish defense line 40 kilometers away.
The Turkish troops Constantine encountered in front were all vulnerable, so he believed that the current army would be no exception, so after 20 minutes of artillery preparation, he ordered a storm.
At that time, Kemal's Salonika Army already had more than 50,000 well-trained officers and soldiers.
It also successively received 400 heavy machine guns, 600 light machine guns, and as many as 1,000 assault rifles of various calibers from China.
There are also plenty of ammunition for cannons and 200 barrel artillery pieces.
The Greek army didn't know this, and they still judged the Turkish army from their old perspective.
When they launched a large-scale attack on the defense line, it started smoothly.
The Turkish army hid behind the defense line and did nothing, allowing the Greek army to advance in full swing.
Only scattered gunfire sounded from time to time along the entire defense line.
These gunshots were all made by snipers.
Before the war, the Ottoman Socialist Party selected sharpshooters from its own armed forces and formed a 500-man sniper unit.
This was their first official appearance.
This line of defense has complete anti-artillery bunkers.
For the defenders hiding in the bunkers, the Greek army's artillery fire had minimal effect.
As soon as the Greek artillery fire ceased, they emerged from their bunkers and began their work.
With the sound of these gunshots, Greek officers continued to fall to the ground.
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These officers wearing gorgeous military uniforms and holding command swords were so eye-catching in the queue.
The Turkish snipers were as easy as hunting, knocking these guys who were dressed as conspicuous as roosters to the ground one by one.
However, the number of these officers was small and they did not have much impact on the surging Greek army.
The Greek soldiers with high morale did not care about this loss, and the higher-ups behind them were constantly urging the Greek army to continue their fierce attack.
Seeing that his men would soon rush into the Turkish defense line, Prince Constantine was as excited as chicken blood.
He was already imagining the scene of him riding a tall horse and stepping into the city of Salonika amid the cheers of the crowd.
But he didn't feel proud for long before the smile solidified on his face.
When the Greek army was less than 100 meters away from the Turkish defense line, the Turkish army, which had been silent in front, finally made a move, and it was a big move.
Three green flares were fired from behind the defense line, and densely packed heads of people wearing steel helmets appeared along the entire defense line, followed by a continuous, earth-shattering sound of gunfire.
The Greek army, which was advancing like a huge wave, seemed to have encountered an invisible wall.
The momentum of its advance suddenly came to an abrupt end.
Then, terrible screams rang out from the ranks of the Greek army, and the sound almost overwhelmed Turkey.
In the fire net woven by hundreds of machine guns, the Greek soldiers were knocked down piece by piece like wheat harvested by a harvester.
Because many low-level officers were killed by snipers, in this case, if it was a smooth battle, there would be no problem.
But in this situation, the soldiers who lost their command did not know how to deal with it.
The Greek troops in front of the defense line were in a mess, and those behind continued to rush forward.
This chaotic situation made their casualties even worse.
At the same time, the Greek artillery positions were also attacked by Turkish artillery.
They had a very high hit rate under the correction of the aircraft and destroyed most of the Greek army's artillery.
As a result, the Greek army was unable to even counterattack with artillery fire.
Then the Turkish artillery, which destroyed the Greek artillery position, turned its muzzle and tilted the artillery fire at the Greek infantry and cavalry.
At this time, the Greek army could no longer maintain it and began to retreat in confusion.
They abandoned almost all their heavy weapons and supplies and retreated 50 kilometers in disgrace.
On December 25 alone, the Greek army suffered 12,000 casualties and more than 8,000 injuries.
This is what will be known as the "Christmas fiasco" in Greece from now on.
Of course, it is called the "Christmas victory" in Turkey. .
There were 20,000 casualties in one day, and the Thessaly Army with a total strength of 70,000 was crippled.
Constantine was also stunned by this attack.
He organized defense on the spot and asked for help from the coalition forces.
However, the coalition forces themselves have their own motives.
The Bulgarian army closest to him is storming Constantinople and Istanbul and competing for Macedonian territory.
There is no time to care about the life and death of Greece.
For them, they wish Greece would be unlucky so that they can get more points.
Serbia's plan is similar.
They are currently competing with Greece and Bulgaria to seize Macedonia's territory.
How can they send troops to help?
And Greece's own Epirus Army Group is also unable to escape for a while.
If they go to support, Albania and Macedonia will have to lose all their territory to Bulgaria and Serbia.
Therefore, while the Greek government asked Prince Constantine to resist, it organized a second batch of domestic troops.
But Kemal would not give him a chance.
On December 26, the Salonika Army stormed the Greek army with the power of victory.
The Greek army, which had lost almost all its heavy weapons, could not withstand it at all.
It only persisted for one day and one night, and was completely defeated on December 27.
In this battle, more than 32,000 Greek troops were killed, 27,000 people under Prince Constantine were captured, and the Thessaly Army was completely wiped out.
In the current situation of repeated defeats, the encouragement of this victory is undoubtedly a shot in the arm for the Ottoman Empire.
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Moreover, the Turkish army in Istanbul, which was supported by Germany, Austria, and China, was also much stronger than in the original time and space.
In this case, they also sustained it.
At this time, the Ottoman authorities were in great need of a hero to boost the morale of the people, and Kemal, who had a brilliant record, became the most suitable candidate.
On December 30, the Ottoman authorities promoted Kemal to the rank of lieutenant general, gave him the honorary titles of "Pasha" and "Guardian of Salonika", and appointed him governor of Salonika and Macedonia, responsible for military and political power in the region.
With this appointment, Kemal justifiably replaced all the important military and political positions in the area with his own party members and comrades.
At this point, the area near Thessaloniki and the Halkidiki Peninsula were completely controlled by the Ottoman Socialist Party. .
At the same time, Turkish civilians and fleeing troops in nearby fallen areas seemed to have found a backbone and came to seek refuge one after another
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