Greece’s Roman Road

Chapter 118: public opinion

When a multi-ethnic, multi-religious empire takes the pill of the nation-state, its enemies are not just from those who have malicious intentions.

The nationalists in the country may be her worst enemy.

The Ottoman Empire allowed domestic soldiers to slaughter Armenians, which caused an uproar in the international community.

You must know that in the 19th century, one of the great powers counted as one, and they were all Christian countries.

Now a declining empire, openly cleaning up Christians in the country, in such an international context, has naturally become the object of crusade by the international community.

In countries other than Greece, public opinion was also shocked by this brutal massacre by the Ottoman Empire.

It's just that Greek public opinion, with the government's intentional or unintentional support, is particularly violent.

Thinking of the recent trade friction between the two countries, discerning people have seen some unusual signs.

The Greek people read the news about the massacre of Christians by Ottoman Turkey in the newspapers, and they all felt sorry for the Greeks living in the Ottoman territory. The atrocities of the evil empire were widely circulated in Greece.

In July 1895, at the Palace of the Constitution Square, in order to solve the economic dilemma, King George once again held a royal conference.

It's just that Constantine and the chief of staff Emanuel, who are the main high-ranking members of the Greek army, are on the list.

In a quiet conference room, King George, sitting on the main seat, frowned and looked at the national economic documents of the last six months. Due to the setback in exports, the Greek economy shrank by 5% in the first half of this year.

This is the first time in recent years that the Greek economy has encountered difficulties, and domestic grief is everywhere.

"There's really no other way?" King George looked at Prime Minister Trikupis.

"Almost all the methods have been used. The market of the Ottoman Empire is irreplaceable for Greece."

After a moment of silence, he looked at Emmanuel, who was sitting on the right: "The army is ready, we can't watch the Greek economy collapse and remain indifferent."

After a moment of silence in the conference room, he asked Prime Minister Terry Kupis, "What is the attitude of the senior government and members of the parliament towards a possible war?"

"There are some supporters, but there are also quite a few opponents, and the quarrel is fierce," the Prime Minister, who folded his hands and supported on the table, responded.

 

After the meeting, Constantine and Emmanuel, who were walking side by side, talked: "How is the formulation of the Athena plan?"

"Combining with the recent information from the Intelligence Department, the plan has been completed, but the risk is still a little big." Emanuel shook his head.

Through the efforts of the Intelligence Department, it has continued to invest for several years, and has hired a large number of intelligence personnel to collect information on Ottoman Turkey as much as possible. So far, all aspects of Ottoman intelligence have been quite complete.

"Recently, the army's strategic material reserves have been completed, with 20 million rounds of ammunition and 1.5 million shells."

"According to the plan of the General Staff, in a moderately intense war, it is not a problem to support these materials for three months. If the delay is longer, then..."

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South Aegean Sea, Thessaloniki port, warehouse area.

Under the gray sky, and the night had not yet faded away, Volgaris and Kulos, with 30 people and six freight carriages, quietly came to the dock area to take over a batch of special goods from the Greek Congo Corporation.

For security reasons, these 30 people were all recently sent to Thessaloniki from China.

Kuros observed these agile "workers". With the experience of intelligence officers, he felt that these people were more like soldiers, and their behaviors were completely different from ordinary people.

Kuros curiously asked Volgaris about the origins of these people, but was blocked by the other party on the grounds of organizing secrets.

Volgaris was the top person in charge of the intelligence department in Thessaloniki, while Kuros, under the direction of the other party, spent nearly a year "painting" around Thessaloniki.

Looking at the mysterious team, Kuros whispered, "What if customs officers come to check during the unloading of this batch of goods?"

"Don't worry, I've checked everything, they won't be embarrassed."

Everyone who came to the dock saw that a freighter had docked, and the warehouse and the dock were connected by wooden boards. Volgaris directed everyone to enter the cabin to unload the cargo.

Everyone in order, in groups of two, took turns to carry the long wooden boxes in the cabin, and put them on the carriage.

The two people around them deliberately held high kerosene lamps to provide lighting for the busy crowd.

One of the group, in the process of lifting the wooden box up in front of the carriage, accidentally fell to the ground, the life of "touching" was muffled, and the mysterious goods in the wooden box revealed their faces: among the yellow thatch, rolled out a few A fist-sized grenade with a wooden handle.

After noticing this scene, Kuros was stunned. He didn't show any emotion on the surface, but his heart was full of shock: The Thessaloniki Intelligence Department only had dozens of people, so why did they send so many arms?

On the other hand, the other people around who were moving the boxes, UU reading www.uukanshu.com seemed not surprised, and continued their work.

Volgaris, who was commanding, stepped forward quickly, squatted down, grabbed with both hands, put the thatch and the pistol back in the box, stood up, and shouted loudly, "Be careful, you are sloppy, what do you think? where is this?"

While speaking, Volgaris looked around and was relieved to see that no one around noticed this scene.

Everyone was busy working together, and soon the goods were unloaded and transported to the warehouse. It was also Volgaris who directed everyone to store the goods in three warehouses.

Under the command of Volgaris, everyone first made room, stacked wooden boxes, and then stacked sacks containing coffee beans and cane sugar on it, until the wooden boxes were completely invisible.

After busy work, the relaxed Volgaris finally let out a long sigh of relief.

Kuros suddenly came up and asked in a low voice, "Valgaris, are we doing something?"

Volgaris said angrily, "Just draw your map, why bother?"

"You don't know. Recently, those msls in Thessaloniki, who are often on the street, suddenly punched and kicked those Armenians. Even the look in my eyes was very weird."

"I heard that the Ottoman Empire is currently massacring Armenians in the Armenian settlements in the eastern region."

After a moment of silence, Volgaris suddenly said to Kuros, "They won't be complacent for too long."

It's just that, no matter how Kuros asked, Volgaris stopped answering, and instead started to urge Kuros to work: "The detailed map of Thessaloniki, you have to hurry up, the headquarters is already in a hurry."

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