Mediterranean Hegemony Road

With Ferdinand's order, the Bulgarian war machine immediately began to operate. The benefits of investing heavily in infrastructure are reflected, and strategic materials from all over the country are gathered in Sofia in an orderly manner.

Sofia, despite its rich history and excellent climate, is not a good capital from a safety point of view! It is too close to the border line, and once a war breaks out, it will immediately become the front line.

The closest place to Serbia is only a hundred kilometers away. Poor relations with Serbia make it subject to military threats from Serbia at any time!

In order to protect the security of the capital, Bulgaria had to deploy a large number of troops in Kinzi and Trun. Half of the country's troops can be gathered around Sofia, and a Serbia can contain more than 60% of Bulgaria's military power!

Since Ferdinand came to the throne, he has always wanted to solve the military threat from Serbia to Sofia. It is gratifying that Serbia has not been in a state since the Bulgaria-Serbia war nine years ago, and Ferdinand has not been unable to sleep!

The contradiction between Baosai has a long history, and the grievances between the two sides are not clear. After Ferdinand succeeded to the throne, it was not that he did not think about easing the relationship between Baosai, but after he had a deep understanding of the contradiction between Baosai, he could no longer have the idea of ​​reconciliation!

If it is said that the conflict between Germany and France is due to the Alsace-Lorraine territorial dispute, the continental hegemony dispute, and the market competition between capitalism, it is difficult to ease!

In addition to the territorial dispute, the battle for the defense is more importantly the struggle for survival! ! Both are in the Balkans, and when the powers look around, both countries have the will of self-improvement, but how can the small Balkans be able to accommodate it? ?

At the same time, both countries are a mixture of Slavs and other ethnic groups. Under the influence of Russia, both countries consider themselves the leaders of the Slavs in the Balkans!

One holds the flag of Greater Serbia and the other holds the flag of Greater Bulgaria. The two sides have a tacit understanding of the other side within the target range, it can be said that water and fire are incompatible!

Compromise does not exist anymore, everyone wants to annex the other side, war is a matter of time, unless one side completely falls!

Ferdinand can swear that he is really not interested in Serbia, and he does not want to build a new version of the Austro-Hungarian Empire!

But I can't stand the people of the whole country who have this idea. Ferdinand has no ability to fight against the people of the country! To use a popular saying, A qualified Bulgarian does what he has to do to eat, sleep, believe in God, and fight Serbia! If possible, beat the Ottomans, even better! !

Speaking of the Serbs on the other side, they have similar ideas. Even now that Bulgaria's national strength is several times that of Serbia, no one from the Serbian government has proposed to improve relations with Bulgaria!

Since you are destined to be the enemy, you can only take advantage of your illness to kill you!

In line with the principle of strike first to be stronger, and later to suffer, on October 5, 1894, the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs submitted an ultimatum to Serbia!

The Serbian government was ordered to hand over the war criminals in the Bulgarian-Serbian war nine years ago within three days for public trial by the Bulgarian Special War Tribunal, and a list of war criminals was also listed!

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is still very disciplined, not fabricated out of thin air, there is solid evidence! It's just that the list is a bit longer. Basically, the officers who were still alive were on the list after participating in the last Paulo War!

There is simply no choice for the Serbian government, and the countdown to the war has begun!

The foreign ministry's far-fetched excuse, Ferdinand wisely chose to ignore it! In the last Bulgarian war, Serbia was defeated. Although it did not pay much price, it still admitted defeat and apologized, admitting the act of aggression!

In theory, the Bulgarian government still retains the right to pursue war criminals, but it has been nine years! It doesn't matter, this excuse, on the surface, the war started by Bulgaria,

Still just. Anyway, all Bulgarians believe it, and that's enough!

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In the new district of Sliven, Bulgaria, Weibot is working overtime in a dejected manner, without the passion of the past!

That's right, his application to join the army was rejected again! Not only him, but the engineers of the entire machinery factory are not recruited!

Although they also actively signed up, the reason is very simple. The machinery factory is a key enterprise.

In the Balkans, every man has a heroic dream! Weibot is no exception. As a native Bulgarian, it has always been his dream to join the army to fight Serbia!

Without him, Ferdinand's patriotic education, hatred between Pauls! And the key is that Serbia is weak enough, it is safe and secure to fight it, and it can also make military exploits and make a fortune. Every Bulgarian believes this!

Nine years ago, the Pau War was an example. Howell, Weibot's brother, participated in that battle!

Because Weibot was hunting in the mountains with his father when he was recruiting, he missed the registration time and missed that battle! Every time he hears his brother's brag, Webert is in awe!

To sum up, Serbia is weak enough and Bulgarians brave enough! The proof is that in a battle on the South Morava River, the new regiment where brother Howell was in, in the absence of guns and medicine, defeated the two opposing Serbian regulars with fewer victories and more!

Howell, who has a limited education level, can't describe the specific situation. Anyway, he just obeyed the order to fight, and after paying hundreds of casualties, he won the fight in a confused way!

After the war, Howell returned triumphantly and was treated like a hero! In addition to the rewards issued by the government, it also brought back rich loot and became the core of the home!

Later, when he was young and angry, Shengwei Bote came out to seek a life. There was no way he wanted to be a hero, and he didn't want to live in the shadow of his brother!

Even though he is married and is already the father of three children, Weibot still has not extinguished his heart to go to the battlefield!

This is the pot of Ferdinand's reserve plan. Adult Bulgarian men have to participate in military training for half a month every year! It can also be regarded as a tradition in the Balkans, and adult men can go to the battlefield at any time!

Supor is also very annoying now. The leaders have spoken out and asked them to do the ideological work of the workers! Not only to complete the production task, but also to exceed the task!

Well, he is also interested in going to the battlefield, just like the government propaganda, A life without going to the battlefield is an incomplete life!

Anyway, the work is still to be done! This is military production, don't hold back!

Seeing the restless Weibot, Supor's signature greeting: What's wrong with Weibot? What's wrong recently?

Weibot said with a wry smile: You already know, the enlistment application was rejected again!

Supor pretended to be indifferent and said: What do I do, isn't this normal? Guess what, how many people can defeat them in a mere Serbia? They were our defeated soldiers back then, not to mention now!

So, even if you join the army, you don't have the chance to go to the battlefield. It is better to stay in the rear to produce weapons and ammunition, which will play a greater role!

After listening to Supor's consolation, Weibot's mood is much better, that's right, it's just Serbia!

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Well, Ferdinand probably did not expect that the self-confidence of the Bulgarian people is much stronger than that of the government! The battle has not yet started, and everyone thinks that we must win, and many people want to enter the melee!