On January 30, after Constantine handed over the work to the army chief of staff, Canaris, Canaris was in charge of handling the work of the Greek army in the occupied area.

Constantine himself, on the other hand, took a train and led a part of the army that had returned from the front to return to Athens.

Sitting in the carriage, Constantine, who had nothing to do, stared at the rapidly receding scenery outside the car window, and was dazed.

After the victory of the Greek army, Constantine felt a lot more relaxed, even breathing.

As the highest front-line commander of the Greek army, Constantine himself has been under enormous pressure since the start of the war, and he carries the expectations of all Greeks - to achieve great ideals and restore the empire.

Once the Greek army suffered defeat, that expectation quickly turned into hatred.

Constantine could well imagine how the Greeks would scold him once the army he commanded failed.

The reputation of the Greek royal family will be criticized for the failure of the army.

Fortunately, the results are good, and the war is almost over - with a winning result.

At present, the Ottoman army is only in a state of confrontation with the Greek army. Since the British Foreign Secretary, the Marquis of Salisbury, the two armies have not taken large-scale military operations against the enemy.

"Dong Dong Dong"

The knock on the door of the carriage interrupted Constantine's silence.

"Come in"

A young man pushed open the door and stood in the corridor. After giving a respectful salute to Constantine, he said, "Your Excellency, Legion Commander, I am here to inform you."

"This military train will stop in the small town of Aonia for the soldiers to make a short repair."

"Get ready for tomorrow's army entry ceremony"

"This is His Majesty's plan"

Constantine, who was completely relaxed, did not expect to face such trivial matters at all, so he pondered: "Okay, I see."

"Is there anything else?" Constantine asked, looking at the officer still standing at the door.

"I am the officer sent by Your Majesty to be in charge of the army's entrance ceremony, Dimitrios"

........

The train stopped in Ionia, a town in front of Athens.

The soldiers on the train got off the train one after another, chatting in twos and threes.

In order to prepare for the grand entrance ceremony and trim the borders of the soldiers, dozens of barbers in the Greek city were organized to arrange makeup for the soldiers who returned to the front line.

The originally peaceful town became noisy after the arrival of 10,000 soldiers.

The children of the town came among the soldiers, pestered them, and inquired about the situation on the battlefield.

After fully satisfying his curiosity, he even played military games on the spot.

After getting out of the car, Constantine took a bath, shaves, and then tried on clothes - a gorgeous and exquisite military dress, under the instructions of Dimitrios.

Due to the urgency of time, the maker of the dress came to the town with Dimitrios in preparation for timely modification.

In the presence of the tailor, Constantine tried on a high-ranking officer's dress, much like a European marshal's dress: a large-brimmed hat - embroidered with two rings of golden olive leaves on the brim; A lot of gold embroidery is bright and bright; breeches and vests are made of fine silk.

After talking about wearing such a gorgeous set of clothes, Constantine had a new sense of military clothes - whoever wears such clothes to the front line is purely courting death.

At eight o'clock in the morning the next day, the soldiers lined up in a neat queue and slowly marched towards the city of Athens, two kilometers away.

Following Dimitrios' instructions, the troops appeared at the city gate.

On the morning of January 30, the news of the victory of the Greek army reached Athens. His Majesty King George personally announced the victory of Greece in front of the assembled people in Syntagma Square.

"When" "When" "When"

The melodious sound of bronze bells resounded through the city of Athens.

The church announced that the church bells were tolled for three consecutive days to celebrate the great victory of the Greek army.

The Athenian people who heard the news gathered on both sides of the road from the entrance to the Syntagma Square to admire the majestic appearance of the Greek army.

In an atmosphere of joy, Constantine rode a strong purplish red horse, leading the army and leading the army into the city.

Immediately behind him, were a group of middle and senior officers who participated in the war, also dressed in fresh clothes and angry horses.

In the end, there was an orderly queue of soldiers with long guns in their hands and shoulders.

The parade troops headed by Constantine marched on the road, and the majestic soldiers and the audience paid attention to them.

The people waved their clothes, hats and flowers to the army, expressing their joy.

I don't know who started and shouted "Long live Constantine, long live Greece"

After two seconds of silence, the infected onlookers shouted in unison: "Long live Constantine, long live Greece"

The sound seemed to overwhelm the "Dangdang" copper bell.

The city of Athens was boiling, and the enthusiasm of the people seemed to warm up the whole city.

The queue of 10,000 soldiers lasted for almost an hour before they all came to Constitution Square to be inspected by His Majesty King George.

After the team disbanded, the happy soldiers scattered around the city and entered leisure places such as cafes and restaurants.

When the shop owners saw soldiers in military uniforms coming to spend, they gave them the treatment of free orders to show their respect for the soldiers.

........

At the same time in Constantinople, the atmosphere in Topkapi Palace was completely different from the warm atmosphere in Athens.

After the Minister of War reported the military situation on the front line, the entire Topkapi Palace seemed to be silent.

In the conference room, King Hamid II, flushed, got up from the chair with shortness of breath, only to feel dizzy and swaying.

The Minister of War quickly stepped forward and tried to help Hamid.

Hamid struggled to break free, and with a "squeak" sounded, he swept all the documents and cups off the table, and sighed fiercely: "Edmund, you pig, you return my legion"

"Even if there are 80,000 pigs, can't the Greeks just catch them all? Ahh"

Since Ottoman Turkey was defeated by Russia in the Russo-Turkish War in 1878, the deeply humiliated Ottoman government has spent a lot of effort in training the new army.

The reason why Hamid II completely abandoned the Ottoman navy was not entirely selfish: although he really resented their repeated participation in "rebellions", Hamid II also had his own difficulties - the Ottoman government did not have that much money.

It is too expensive for a fallen dynasty like the Ottomans to build a navy while maintaining a large army sufficient to deal with Russia.

And the army has the best price/performance ratio for a defending country.

The price of a new warship is enough to build an army of several divisions~lightnovelpub.net~ This strategy itself is not a problem. For a country with weak industry like the Ottomans (almost no industry), the construction of the navy is almost entirely dependent on the military. British and French procurement of warships.

In the late 19th century, it was the period of great development of naval technology. The naval shipbuilding technology of various countries made rapid progress, which also meant that the replacement of naval warships was very fast.

The warships purchased by Ottoman Turkey with huge sums of money have become completely outdated after three or five years.

This means that in order to maintain the situation, the Navy needs to continuously spend money to purchase new warships to ensure that the Navy does not fall behind.

Rather, it is indeed better to spend the money on the Army.

At worst, the Army will not be in danger of not keeping up with the situation in three to five years.

Therefore, since he succeeded to the throne, Hamid has the cheek to invite German officers, buy German-style ordnance, and form and train a new army according to the requirements of German advisers.

Hamid has high hopes for this army.

Now, it's all ruined!

And it was defeated terribly by the hands of Greece that Hamid II had never seen before.

The current Ottoman, who was torn off the last fig leaf by the Greeks, was exposed to the public and became the laughing stock of Europe.

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