Bulgarian Empire

Historically, the Crete uprising broke out under the background that the Armenian issue had subsided, and the powers once again formed a fragile balance in the Near East. The powers hoped that the Near East would remain stable, and the Greek government’s move did not win the support of the powers.

But everything is different in this time and space, the Armenian issue is still raging, and the uprising in Constantinople is not so easy to suppress!

In order to attract people's attention, many newspapers blamed the Sultan government. The tragedy that happened in Constantinople became the revenge of the Ottoman army after the chaos!

Of course, this is not completely in the dark, the Sudanese government really has to pay the main responsibility!

In terms of public opinion, the Ottoman Empire has always been in a disadvantageous position, and the Sudanese government is also used to being blacked out by the Western media.

Politically, the actions of the Russians caused a strategic misjudgment for the Sudanese government, thinking that the Russians were manipulating the Balkan countries to be hostile to them, so they did not show goodwill to the Russian Empire. The relationship between the two countries is still at a freezing point!

Naturally, the Russian Empire doesn't mind adding obstacles to the enemy, and its attitude is obviously inclined to the Greeks.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire intends to take advantage of the fire and annex Bosnia and Herzegovina. How can it not support the Greeks now, but stand on the side of the Ottoman Empire?

Of course, the core issue is that the Austro-Hungarian Empire has reached a compromise with the Russian government! The two sides acquiesced to each other's next actions, that is, Austria-Hungary annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Russians brought the Black Sea Strait including the Bosphorus into their sphere of influence!

The attitudes of the Russian Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire are the same, and they can basically represent the attitudes of the great powers in the Balkans. The strength of other powers in this region is limited, and their attitudes are not that important!

The British who originally wanted to maintain the status quo in history have changed their attitude now. If the Ottoman Empire wants to gain their support, it must recognize the status quo in Egypt!

On Crete, the last country to have a say, Italy was ignored this time. There is no way who told him that he didn't even win Ethiopia, and now everyone doesn't 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 great powers, the gap is still huge!

In history, without the support of the great powers, the Greek government dared to fight the Ottoman Empire when it was alone. Now that they have the support of the great powers, it is self-evident what they will do!

And can the Ottoman Empire compromise? Obviously - no! If the Sudanese government wants to make concessions to a mere Greece, why don't other big powers swarm over and make a big carve-up? ?

Since neither side intends to compromise, the war is not far away!

Knowing the opponent's choice, the two sides started a new round of diplomacy in order to win.

Obviously, the Ottoman Empire was at a disadvantage in this round of diplomatic mediation. The Greeks had the backing of the Balkan Alliance, but the Ottoman Empire could not find any allies!

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After the Crete Uprising broke out, Ferdinand knew that the war was coming. 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 are still not fully completed. After all, Bulgaria has only initially completed industrialization, and its industrial production capacity is limited!

Weapons production is fine. It took two years, and the arsenal has only completed the production task of 500,000 rifles. The production task of machine guns is expected to be completed next month, and the production of artillery can also complete the task by the end of this month.

But the production of ammunition has encountered troubles. As of now, Bulgaria still only has a reserve of 700 million rounds of ammunition, and more than 2.4 million rounds of various types of ammunition reserves, including the previous reserves!

Even so, since 1896, the arsenal has exerted its production capacity to the limit,

Three shifts were started, and except for the necessary mechanical maintenance, the rest of the time was running at high speed!

During the period, the arsenal also increased the production line several times, but even so, it was still unable to complete the set goal!

After all, military production is a technical activity. Due to the lack of enough engineers and skilled workers, the production capacity has not yet exploded!

Of course, this is also what Ferdinand expected. In fact, the production capacity of the Bulgarian arsenal is already against the sky. In terms of production capacity alone, it surpassed any arsenal in the world during the same period!

Of course, this is based on the premise that the arsenal of the great powers has not fully exploded! Even so, the Bulgarian arsenal was one of the largest arsenals in the world at the end of the 19th century!

In terms of the strength of the army's military industry alone, Bulgaria is already among the top ten in the world, and its production capacity has surpassed that of Italy, and it has squeezed into the ranks of the great powers. The price was tens of millions of pounds, which was consumed by this gold swallowing beast!

In terms of ammunition, it is still enough for the Ottoman War. According to the historical consumption of the Russo-Japanese War, there is more than enough.

It’s just that Ferdinand has always had a shadow, that is, in the second Balkan war in history, Bulgaria was besieged by Balkan countries. Due to lack of enough weapons and ammunition, many achievements in the first Balkan war were lost. This is what he said The reason why the staff deliberately overwhelmed the large ammunition consumption!

But now, Ferdinand also knows that the Second Balkan War, even if it will happen, will be different from the history!

Serbia, the main force, has been eliminated; the Ottoman Empire is much weaker than during the Balkan Wars, and they cannot bear it financially; the Greeks are not much better. After this war, their Does the army exist or not? As for the navy, the fleet that exists in Bulgaria can still be scary!

History has changed so much. If Bulgaria is still the same as in history, Ferdinand doesn't have to mess around. He might as well hit him to death with a piece of tofu earlier to save embarrassment!

After taking inventory, Ferdinand was surprised to find that in this Balkan war, it doesn't matter even if Bulgaria eats alone!

Neither Greece nor Montenegro has the strength to retaliate. Romania seems to be singled out, and there is no pressure!

Ferdinand, who had figured it out, became more relaxed.

Compared with Ferdinand's ease and comfort, King George I of Greece was in a hurry. After the outbreak of the Crete incident, although Bulgaria and Montenegro were supporting Greece, they did not move in actual actions!

Now the Greek government has been cornered, and it was forced by its own people. The nationalists in the country are eager to declare war on the Ottoman Empire, as if the Ottoman Empire is just paper, and it will be broken with a poke!

But George I didn't dare to underestimate the Ottoman Empire, and are the two allies still watching the show? It wouldn't be wonderful if Greece fought to the death in the front, and the two allies in the back jumped out to pick peaches in the end!

Obviously, both Ferdinand and Nicholas I of Montenegro planned this way, so don't take advantage of the bastard!

In the face of national interests, everyone knows how to choose!