Chapter 784: No Way Out
Chapter 767: Not Giving a Living
On the Near East battlefield, the defense of Ankara has reached a critical moment. This defense of the capital, Ottoman outburst of power shocked the Russians.
Luckily, Marshal Ivanov had seen big scenes, or else the daily casualties of up to four figures would be too much for the average person to bear.
Unlike the Russo-Prussian War, which was a matter of national destiny, the end of the Ottomans’ demise had long been predetermined, and there was no point in paying heavy casualties.
At the moment, Marshal Ivanov was looking at the map of Ankara in a daze, seemingly looking for a way to quickly defeat the enemy.
A stout young officer walked in and reported, “Marshal, the Ottoman government has sent a representative who wants to discuss ……”
Without waiting to finish, Ivanov decisively refused, “Not to be seen!”
The young officer wanted to say something, although he thought that accepting the surrender of the Ottoman government could end the war with the smallest cost, but Ivanov had already made a decision, the soldiers still have to obey orders as the first element.
After a few moments of effortless silence, Ivanov added, “Get rid of the Ottoman representatives, and in the future there will be no need to report on such matters.”
If the surrender of the Ottoman government could be accepted, this war would not have been fought until now. As long as the Anti-Turkish Alliance was willing to accept the Ottoman powerbrokers, there would be people selling out the Sudanese government in minutes.
The Ottoman government was able to overplay its hand and explode with amazing fighting power, and it was actually forced out.
Ordinary people could surrender, but not the Ottoman power elite. If the Anti-Turkish Alliance wanted to annex the Ottoman Empire, it was inevitable that it would have to cleanse the upper echelons of the country.
If we don’t get rid of these vested interests, how can we resettle the meritorious officials? There must also be fruit to share.
Fueled by the power of hatred, the governments of Vienna and St. Petersburg coincidentally issued retaliatory orders – refusing the surrender of the Ottoman Empire.
By the time the Allied Command arrived, this order was further expanded and refined, and summarized in two articles:
1. Frontline officers and soldiers were forbidden to negotiate with the Ottomans in any situation;
2, The Allied Forces would accept only one mode of surrender, and that was to lay down their arms and walk into a prisoner of war camp.
Seemingly bland order, in fact, cut off the possibility of Ottoman surrender. Walking into a POW camp meant nothing.
For those with a vested interest, it was killing them. If the allied forces don’t leave a way out, of course they’re going to fight for their lives.
Knowing full well that the coalition command had over-interpreted the orders from the top, no one was clamoring for the Ottomans.
This is the power of hate, both Austria, and the Russian Empire were the Ottomans’ sworn enemies.
There is no way, the two countries, but the heritage of more than a hundred years of aristocracy, seven or eight out of ten have a blood feud with the Ottoman Empire.
Unfortunately, now the two countries are in charge of both happen to be the Ottoman enemy. National hatred of the family together, do not retaliate on the idea of not pass.
As for the heavy losses, there is no such thing as a war without death. The Russo-Prussian War killed millions of people, everyone has experienced, and will not be afraid of the daily four-digit casualties.
To the bureaucrats on the home front, it’s just a set of numbers, far less important than the political gains.
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Skeptically apprehensive, Chancellor Midhart stepped into the underground palace of the Royal Palace, a product of the last war.
After seeing the power of the Austrian airships, Abdul Hamid II decisively ordered the construction of the underground palace.
In order to escape the threat overhead, the Ottoman government turned to underground offices once the defense of Ankara broke out.
Abdul Hamid II asked with anticipation, “How is the situation, have the Russians agreed to negotiate with us?”
The war had gotten so far that Abdul Hamid II had accepted the reality. Anyway, there is no tradition of regicide in Europe, and even if it is liquidated after the war, it will be exiled at most.
With his knowledge of Austria, the anti-Turkish alliance led by the Vienna government would not do anything that extreme. Most likely, they would divide a piece of land and send the remnants of the Ottomans packing.
The only trouble was that it was not the Austrian army that attacked Ankara, but the unruly Russians.
Midhart shook his head, ”The Russian commander in chief, Ivanov, hates us in the extreme, and without even showing his face, he kicked out the representatives we sent there.
It’s basically certain that the path of negotiating with the Russians is not going to work.”
Abdul Hamid II’s face instantly paled, the door to negotiations was blocked, it was more than obvious what that meant.
His ancestors had caused the trouble, and now he needed to pay the price. Both the one in Vienna and the one in St. Petersburg had motives to get him killed.
Regicide was a felony, to be condemned by the European world, though one exception could be made, and that was death on the battlefield.
“Bang” sound, Abdul Hamid II dropped a cup not far away, said fiercely: “Since the enemy does not give us a way out, then we will fight them.
Start the destruction plan, even if we are going to be finished, we have to drag them along with us, everyone go together ……”
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The Near East War has entered its final stage, and the “Guano War” has come to an end. Chile, Bolivia and Peru finally came to the negotiating table.
The British defended their hegemony in South America with practical actions, crushing the two French and Austrian challengers.
Influenced by the great power game, Bolivia and Peru, the two unlucky ones, succeeded in advancing to the losers.
Can not blame the backstage is not strong, even if the loss of the right to control the sea, France and Austria two good at least still want to find a way to send the supplies in, but unfortunately they themselves do not compete, the battlefield to two to fight one are lost.
To know in order to protect their logistical supplies, Austria also knocked the Colombian government a stick, and now Colombia have not come out of the civil war.
In this cruel world, the fist is the right to speak, Peru and Bolivia lost on the battlefield, the negotiation table naturally can not harden up.
This South American war seems to have lasted more than three years, but in fact the casualties on all sides were not large.
Of course, this “not big”, but also relative to Europe, for the three little rookies are greatly injured.
Before and after the Chilean war dead 16,000 people, Bolivia and Peru were killed 19,000 and 17,000, casualties far more than the same period in history, can be said to be the largest war in South America ever.
Britain, France and Austria were all very busy, and now had no time to toss around in South America, and without the powers adding to the chaos, this negotiation went very smoothly.
There were no surprises, as the winner of the Chile get the coveted Atacama Desert, the number one unlucky Bolivia lost all access to the sea, directly reduced to landlocked countries.
The failure of the test in South America did not surprise Franz. The British world dominance is based on the Royal Navy shot by shot down, and is not so easy to shake?
Besides, the price paid by the Viennese government paid off. Bolivia’s half-dead little brother aside, Franz’s dark plan was accomplished.
The South American war was used as an opportunity to provide Austria with a pretext for planning the Panamanian independence movement without provoking the wrath of the South American countries.
To this day, the Panamanian Independence Organization controls a quarter of the territory of the Republic of Colombia, often beating the Colombian government forces to the ground.
This is the result of the Austrian Central American Viceroyalty’s intentional control, otherwise the independence organizations would have swept through the whole of Colombia.
As awesome as that sounds, it’s really just that. The Republic of Colombia has a population of just over two million people, young and old, and less than a quarter of them are white.
It is normal to be unable to defeat the independence organization, after all, it is only a vest thrown out on the surface, the force bearer is still the Austrian colonists.
Fighting on their own behalf, the fighting force is always easy to burst. The Austrian colonial government of Central America gave a promise: whoever fights down the territory will belong to whom.
Then, the civilian colonization team will be crazy influx, soon let the Colombian government doubt life.
The promised Panamanian independence organization is now drinking from the Magdalena River, so how come it doesn’t stop?
(End of chapter)