After the Russo-Japanese War, the international situation has undergone tremendous changes once again, and the allies that originally occupied the upper hand, at this time in Europe 6 have been suppressed by the allies to breathe!
This pressure is mainly directed at the French. The current contradiction between the three-nation alliance and the three-nation agreement is mainly the contradiction between Germany and France!
The contradictions between Russia and Austria tended to ease after the Balkan war. After the Russo-Japanese War, the Russians began to shrink strategically. The contradictions between the two sides have gradually faded. The contradictions between Germany, Russia, and Italy are minimal!
Not to mention Bulgaria, there was no major conflict with Germany, Austria, and Italy. It is an existence that can be compromised at any time!
In this context, French politicians have to consider whether to compromise with the Germans!
At the same time, the Germans are now at a high level, and Germany's economic strength has surpassed the British, and has leapt to the second place in the world.
They also do not want to have a war with the French. Even if the Russians are not in the state, the strength of the Three Kingdoms Agreement cannot be underestimated!
Once the two major alliances have a war, it will only be a lose-lose and let the fishermen gain! Both sides are very jealous of the British, so the tension in Europe Big 6 is beginning to dissipate!
This situation hurts the British, keeping the European Big Six evenly matched is the long-term national policy of the London government, but now due to the strong rise of Germany and the decline of the Russians, this evenly matched enemy is broken!
From an industrial point of view: Germany ＞ France, Austria-Hungary ＞ Russia, Italy ≥ Bulgaria, Germany ≈ France + Russia;
From the perspective of military strength, it is mainly the military strength of the 6th Army: Germany> France, Russia> Austro-Hungary, Bulgaria> Italy, but the Germans are too strong, Germany + Austria + Italy ≥ France + Russia + Bulgaria!
No matter how you look at it, as long as the British do not intervene, it is a matter of time before the two alliances compromise. After all, the strength of the two sides has not yet been stretched, and the allies have no confidence that they can easily resolve the allies!
What if both lose? William II did not dare to take risks, otherwise the Germans should start fighting against France in the late Russo-Japanese War!
At that time, the Russians were still dead in the Far East and the Japanese, and there was a revolution in the country. There was simply not enough strength to help the French!
Not to mention Bulgaria, do they still have the strength to penetrate Austria-Hungary and attack Germany to support the French?
Germany and France are singled out, is it necessary to say the result?
The main reason the Germans didn't do it was that France is not without the power of World War I. Once the two sides go to war, they will also suffer heavy losses and they will be profited by the British fishermen!
Oh, actually, Britain and France started to get closer to each other after the Russo-Japanese War broke out. The main purpose of both sides was to end the Russo-Russian War as soon as possible and bring the Russians' strategic focus back to Europe 6!
It is worth mentioning that Britain and France signed the "British-French Treaty" in 194, and many issues in the colony dispute between the two sides have been resolved!
By 19o6, the main enemy of the London government had changed from a Russian to a German!
There is no way for the Russians to give up. The entire Pacific Fleet is annihilated. Even the 6th Army has not managed the Japanese. The revolution is still in the country. Naturally, the British Empire is not a threat!
The Germans did very well. First, they overtook Britain economically, and then the Germans showed their ambition to dominate the Big Six. Who would the German government suppress if they did not suppress the Germans?
Against this background, Britain and Russia have begun to compromise. At this time, the conflict between the two sides is only Central Asia!
The Black Sea Fleet of the Near East region was annihilated. Naturally, the British did not worry that the Russians would enter the Mediterranean. In the Far East, Japan and Russia lost their wounds and licked their wounds. The Russians could no longer threaten the interests of the British!
The conflict in Central Asia between the two countries is not a problem. Who tells the Russians are not in the state now?
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"Your Majesty, the British invited us to divide up with the Big Six!" Foreign Minister Matev rushed in and said
Ferdinand stunned, followed by a joy! Obviously John Niu was unwilling to be lonely, and he was going to do things again!
"What conditions does the British have and what place is assigned to us?" Ferdinand asked with concern.
"The British have proposed that Morocco, Tripoli, Cyranica, or Ethiopia can consider it!" Metev said excitedly
"puff"! Ferdinand sips tea
You know that the British are uneasy and that Morocco is good, but unfortunately the French and the Germans have watched it. Did Bulgaria join in to humiliate it?
Aren't Tripoli and Cyrenaica Libya? The Italians have long been ...
No, Libya is still the territory of the Ottoman Empire. In 1911, Italian talents acquired Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
So it seems that Bulgaria still has a chance? So the purpose of the British is to stir up the contradictions between Bulgaria and Italy?
Ferdinand thought deeper, it seemed that the conflict between Bulgaria and Italy was not the real purpose of the British! Is it the British's real goal to provoke the contradictions between the two European alliances?
As for Ethiopia, Ferdinand directly filtered it out. It is not a problem of not being beaten. The key is what is the use of it?
Every time I have to pass through the Suez Canal, the traffic line has been pinched in the hands of the British, it feels not so wonderful!
What's more important is that Ethiopia has a large population. Ferdinand is not confident that Bulgaria can digest Ethiopia before the collapse of the colonial system!
Of course, if the distance is closer, he really doesn't mind taking a risk, after all, Ethiopia's resources are still good.
Both minerals and water resources are good, that is, it can develop industry and agriculture, and if it can become local, it will be worth the cost!
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"Call the cabinet right away!" Ferdinand told the attendant.
If you want to grab Libya with the Italians, this problem is still a bit big, and you must consider it carefully. Ferdinand feels that this kind of thing still has to listen to the opinions of the cabinet and make a decision!
The resources of Libya are beyond doubt. Rich oil resources are the most precious wealth in the coming era of internal combustion engines!
Secondly, the area of Libya is large enough, after the independence in the later period, it will have 1.7595 million square kilometers.
Although the area of arable land with sufficient water resources only accounts for 2% of the country's land area, this number is also 35,200 square kilometers!
And they have abundant groundwater resources in the southern desert, which can be a desert oasis. Once this plan is completed, it can add hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of land suitable for human habitation, and it has a bright future!
What makes Ferdinand most tempting is that there are few Libyan people, and the population distributed in this land of more than one million square kilometers may be less than one million!
Simply put, as long as it is annexed by Ferdinand, it can be incorporated into the Bulgarian territory! There are not many people, naturally there will be no independence, and the cost of governance may not be too high!
With a total of 1.8 million Ottomans, Ferdinand said that it is a good choice whether to centralize them, to expel them, or to send them back to the Ottoman Empire!
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"Your Majesty, this is a rare opportunity for us! With the endorsement of the British, we can easily defeat them and occupy Libya!" Navy Secretary Petrov said excitedly.
"Your Majesty, the Minister of the Navy has said very well. The strength of the Ottoman Empire is not worth mentioning. Moreover, Libya is next to the French Algeria. We can also get logistical supplies from the French. There are no military problems!" 6 Pope Popov
The Minister of War thought about it and said, "Yes, Bulgaria is now a big country, but we don't even have a colony, which is totally incompatible with our international status!"
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Ferdinand nodded, without saying anything. Needless to say, the military's opinion is a natural main faction. After all, everyone knows that the Ottoman Empire is a soft persimmon!
He set his sights on the government, and the military's statement undoubtedly told everyone that it was not a problem to **** Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
The question is what the Italians are reacting to. If the Italian government directly declares war on Bulgaria regardless of it, then things will be a big deal. The two major alliances will likely pk directly, which obviously does not conform to Bulgaria's interests!
Cabinet Minister Chekov (part-time Minister of Education) said in distress: "I'm afraid not now, and the Italians also look at Libya Our navy is too weak compared to them. Once there is a conflict, we Will suffer! "
Ferdinand frowned. Now that the Bulgarian Navy has limited strength, it is okay to bully a ruined family like the Ottoman Empire, and it will definitely suffer a lot from the Italian Navy.
"If we compete with the Italians for Libya, how likely is there to be a war?" Ferdinand asked with concern.
"Your Majesty, if we have the support of the British, there is almost no possibility of a full-scale war between the two sides. Although the overall strength of the Allies is stronger than ours, in the Mediterranean region, they are still at a disadvantage!
As long as we have the support of the British, the Italians dare not act lightly! Konstantin