In the history of the Crete uprising, against the background that the Armenian problem has subsided, the powers have once again formed a fragile balance in the Near East. The powers hope that the Near East will remain stable. The Greek government 's move did not receive support from the powers.
But this time and space is different. The Armenian problem is still raging. The uprising in Constantinople is not so easy to suppress!
为了 For the attention of bloggers, many newspapers have turned to the Sudanese government. The tragedy in Constantinople has become revenge after the Ottoman army's unrest!
Of course, this is not completely blackmailed. The Sudanese government does have to pay the main responsibility!
The Ottoman Empire has always been in a disadvantaged position in public opinion, and the Sudanese government has also been used to hacking by Western media. Even the defense is too lazy to proceed. After all, both sides have been hostile for hundreds of years, and no one can believe it!
However, politically, the actions of the Russians caused a strategic misjudgment to the Sudanese government, believing that the Russians are controlling the Balkan countries and are hostile to them, and they have not released goodwill to the Russian Empire. The relationship between the two countries is still at the freezing point!
The Russian Empire naturally does not mind blocking the enemy, and its attitude is obviously inclined to the Greeks.
The Austro-Hungarian Empire deliberately robbed the fire and annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina. How could it not support the Greeks and stand on the Ottoman side?
Of course, the core issue is that the Austro-Hungarian Empire has reached a compromise with the Russian government! The two sides acquiesced each other's next action, that is, the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Austria-Hungary, and the Russians included the Black Sea Strait including the Bosphorus Strait into the sphere of influence!
The attitudes of the Russian Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire are the same. They can basically represent the attitudes of the powers in the Balkans. Other powers have limited strength in this region, and their attitudes are not so important!
的 The British, who had historically wanted to maintain the status quo, have now changed their attitudes. To win their support, the Ottoman Empire must recognize the status quo in Egypt!
On the Crete issue, Italy, the last country with a say, was ignored this time. No one can tell him that even Ethiopia has not won. Now everyone does not recognize him as a member of the Great Powers!
As for strength, I am sorry that Italy is really not qualified now. Compared with other powers, the gap is still huge!
In history, there was no support from the great powers. The Greek government dared to fight against the Ottoman Empire when it was difficult to support it. Now with the support of the powers, how can they speak for themselves!
So can the Ottoman Empire compromise? Obviously-no! If the Sudanese government wants to make concessions to a single Greece, the other powers will not swarm up and make a big share? ?
Since neither side intends to compromise, the war is not far behind!
After knowing each other's choice, in order to win, the two sides started a new round of diplomacy.
Obviously, in this round of diplomatic mediation, the Ottoman Empire fell behind, and the Greeks and the Balkan Union were behind them, but the Ottoman Empire could not find any allies!
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后 After the Great Crete Uprising broke out, Ferdinand knew that the war had come. As of now, most of the material reserves planned by the Bulgarian General Staff have been completed.
However, the most critical weapons and ammunition reserves have not been fully completed. After all, Bulgaria has only initially completed industrialization, and its industrial capacity is limited!
Weapon production was okay. In two years, the arsenal also completed only the production of 500,000 rifles. Machine gun production is expected to be completed next month. Artillery production can also be completed by the end of this month.
However, ammunition production has encountered trouble. As of now, Bulgaria still has a reserve of 700 million rounds of ammunition and a reserve of more than 2.4 million rounds of various types of artillery. This also includes the previous reserve!
Even so, since 1896, the arsenal has already reached its maximum capacity and started three shifts. Except for the essential mechanical maintenance, it has been running at high speed at other times!
During the period, the arsenal also increased the production line several times. Even so, it still could not complete the set goals!
After all, military industry production is technical work. Due to the lack of sufficient engineers and skilled workers, the production capacity still failed to go up!
Of course, this is also expected by Ferdinand. In fact, the capacity of the Bulgarian arsenal is already very high. From the perspective of production capacity alone, it exceeded any other arsenal in the world!
Of course, this is based on the premise that the arsenals of the great powers did not burst out! Even so, the Bulgarian Arsenal was one of the world's largest arsenals at the end of the 19th century!
On the strength of the army's military industry, Bulgaria is already in the top ten in the world, and its production capacity exceeds that of Italy, and it has entered the ranks of the major powers. The price was tens of millions of pounds of capital, which was consumed by this gold swallowing beast!
In terms of ammunition, it is enough for the Ottoman war. According to the consumption of the Japanese-Russian war in history, it is more than enough.
However, Ferdinand has always had a shadow. In the second Balkan war in history, Bulgaria was besieged by Balkan countries. Due to the lack of sufficient weapons and ammunition, many of the achievements in the first Balkan war were lost. This is his gesture. The reason for the staff deliberately crossing large ammunition consumption!
But now that Ferdinand knows that the Second Balkan War, even if it will happen, it is not the same as in history!
Serbia, the main force, has been eliminated; the Ottoman Empire is much weaker than during the Balkan Wars, and they cannot afford it alone; the Greeks are no better. After the war, their What if the army does not exist? As for the navy, the Bulgarian fleet is still scary!
History has changed so much. If Bulgaria is still the same as in history, Ferdinand will not have to confuse it. It 's better to hit a piece of tofu earlier and save yourself!
I took a look at one side, and Ferdinand was surprised to find that in this Balkan war, it doesn't matter if Bulgaria ate alone.
Neither Greece nor Mentenegrow has the power to retaliate. A Romania seems to be solo and there is no pressure!
Ferdinand, who had figured it out, became relaxed.
Compared with Ferdinand's ease and comfort, Greek King George I was in a hurry. After the outbreak of the Crete incident, although Bulgaria and Mente Negro are both in solidarity with Greece, they are still in actual action!
Now that the Greek government has been forced to the corner and forced by itself, domestic nationalists are anxious to declare war on the Ottoman Empire, as if the Ottoman Empire was stubborn and broke!
But George I didn't dare to underestimate the Ottoman Empire, and both of the allies were still in the theater? It would n't be great if Greece killed and killed in front, and the two allies at the end jumped out to pick peaches.
Obviously, both Ferdinand and Nicholas I of Mentenegrow had planned this way.
In the face of national interests, everyone knows how to choose!