Chapter 297: Victory in the Balkans
Bruno would enjoy a nice evening with the Habsburgs, and the festivities they threw to celebrate their victory over the Allies in the Balkans before eventually returning to Berlin where he would spend the rest of his free time with his family. And in doing so, sire another child with Heidi. Explore stories at empire
But eventually the time came for the official convention for peace in the Balkans to begin. Separate treaties had already been signed and ratified by the Serbians, Albanians, and Bulgarians. Leaving only the Ottoman Empire left to yield.
And yield they would, more specifically the territory which the Greeks were requesting of them. But not before some fierce negotiations could take place.
What was left of the Ottoman Army was concentrated in the lands once known as Phrygia and Lydia, as Anatolia, the Levant, Eastern Thrace, Ionia, Cyprus and the Dodecanese islands were all currently occupied by the Central Powers.
Because of this, as the autumn turned to winter, the various heads of state met within the city of Constantinople, along with their top generals.
Or at least those who had fought in the theater. Bruno sat there and minded his own business, wearing his German dress uniform in its full glory, with all of his most recent medals granted to him by the German Kaiser.
More than a few heads turned to notice these decorations as they were indeed new additions to the man’s uniform, ones that represented his conquests in this very theater of war they were negotiating the end of hostilities to.
It was a subtle reminder to the Ottoman Sultan, and his Army representative who had ceded the city of Constantinople to Bruno that they had lost, and there was no chance to resist whatever demands were forced upon them.
And because of these things proceeded without difficulty, as there was truly nothing the Turks could do but accept the demands of their conquerors.
In the end, the treaty was about to be signed, and in doing so cede over all the claims which Greek desired, when Bruno put his hand in the way, staring at the Sultan, aka current Caliph of the Islamic world, as the Ottoman Field Marshal next to his side.