The force before them was naturally not the army of the Kingdom of Greece, but Austrian troops in different uniforms.
In Albrecht's original plan, the Kingdom of Greece's army should have been enough to deal with the Ottomans. By his estimation, the two sides should have reached a stalemate on the lands of East Thrace, which was precisely what Franz wanted.
However, Albrecht seemed to have overestimated the Greeks. These newly conscripted recruits could not fully master the Austrian Empire's rifles.
The Austrian Empire had phased out those rifles precisely because they had all manner of problems, from loading to design. The models purchased by the Kingdom of Greece were even more of a hodgepodge, including many types made by other countries.
The Kingdom of Greece was poor. Its so-called standing army of one hundred thousand spent most of its time in meditative training, and their proficiency with firearms was extremely low. Coupled with the intense pressure of the battlefield, many of them had not even managed to fire a single shot.
In truth, the Austrian army had arrived at the battlefield three days earlier. After spending a day changing uniforms and preparing, they should have entered the fray directly. Yet the Greek commander in this war had been exceedingly stubborn and demanded that Albrecht give him another two days.
This was the Greeks' home ground, and the Austrian army also needed time to familiarize itself with the battlefield environment, so Albrecht agreed to the request.
In fact, this was good news for Austria. After all, they did not need to use their own troops as cannon fodder to probe the enemy's firepower.
Over those two days, the Greek army lost more than ten thousand soldiers, and Albrecht finally witnessed the pig-brained commanders Franz had spoken of.
He found it