Mediterranean Hegemony Road

No matter how you look at it, Ferdinand's strategy is full of temptation. Once Bulgaria completes its counterattack, Diaosi instantly becomes a rich and handsome man!

Of course, it is not so easy to complete this strategy. Although the Ottoman Turkish Empire has decayed, it is still so big, and the risk of failure is still not small!

But in the face of interests, how many people can resist the temptation? ? If there is, it must be that the temptation is not big enough!

Anyway, the current Bulgarian government is unable to resist the temptation to expand. Once the gains from the Serbian War alone are digested, it will be enough to save the Bulgarian government ten years of struggle!

Constantine said uncertainly: His Excellency the Grand Duke, can we do it? The Ottoman Turkish Empire is not weak. If they want to give up the Balkans, unless there is a full-scale war, can we win?

Ferdinand smiled and said: If the Ottoman Turkish Empire can be fully mobilized, we are certainly not their opponents! But can they be fully mobilized??

Don't forget, the Ottoman Turkish Empire is not much else, that is, there are many enemies!

In the Caucasus and Crimea, they have to defend against the Russian Empire; in Central Asia and India, they have to worry about the British invasion; the Italians are eyeing the Libyan region; Austria-Hungary has already eyed the Bosnia and Herzegovina region and is ready to swallow it at any time!

The Armenians in the country are fighting for independence, and other ethnic minorities are also restless. As long as we push it, there may be chaos at any time!

So many unfavorable factors add up, even if the Sudanese government attaches great importance to the Balkans, it is impossible to invest more than half of its forces and leave it idle in the Balkans without determining that we are going to do it!

As long as these unfavorable factors are provoked, the rotten Ottoman Empire is not so invincible!

After listening to Ferdinand's analysis, everyone nodded excitedly, and it seemed that the chances of success were still very high.

At the end of the 19th century, the transportation in the Ottoman Turkish Empire was not very good, but the land area was so large that it was necessary to separate troops everywhere.

If the war breaks out suddenly, I am afraid that the troops from all over the Ottoman Empire will not have time to assemble, and the war in the Balkans will be over.

It's easy to lose territory, but it's hard to get it back, especially for a weakened empire!

After all, weakening the Ottoman Empire is the consensus of all European powers. Even Germany, which supports the Sudanese government, cannot stand up for it on this issue!

Unless you don’t want to get mixed up in the world of Christ, after all, it’s not a war yet, and the international conflicts have not intensified, the European people are politically correct to rescue the believers of God from the pagans!

The ongoing crisis in the Near East is an example. The Armenians are fighting for independence. Under the pressure of public opinion, European powers are putting pressure on the Ottoman Empire.

Chekov asked excitedly: Grand Duke, when will we start? Is it ready now?? Now the Armenians are fighting for independence, and the Ottoman Empire's suppression of Armenians has been condemned by the international community!

If we intervene, the Armenians are independent and can easily get the support of the foreign powers!

Everyone looked at Ferdinand with expectant eyes, startling him. Is this too urgent? I was just discussing the strategy, and now I plan to do it?

No wonder the first Balkan war just ended and the second Balkan war broke out again! Even if there is a conflict, you can use diplomatic means to delay the time!

If the Second Balkan War dragged on for a few more months and Bulgaria completed its strategic material reserves, then history may have been rewritten!

Ferdinand also knew that this is a common problem of small countries. They are impatient in strategy, easy to be aggressive, and lack long-term vision!

No! We have just finished fighting Serbia, and the strategic materials have been consumed a lot.

Also needs to be supplemented. Moreover, the results obtained this time still need to be digested before they can be converted into national power! ' said Ferdinand with certainty.

Ferdinand's words were like a basin of cold water falling from the sky, pulling Constantine and others back from their dreams.

Now the Ottoman Empire is indeed very weak, but Bulgaria, why doesn't it need to recuperate? Launching a war at this time is completely thankless. Are you fighting a lose-lose war? ?

After calming down, everyone began to make a series of plans around this strategy.

First of all, reserve training must be further expanded!

The Ottoman Empire is not Serbia, let alone the combat effectiveness of the army, but the number is absolutely indispensable!

Two hundred thousand Bulgarian troops can hang and beat Serbia; but if the opponent is the Ottomans, they will be buried by the sea tactics!

The Serbs are the best negative example. After the outbreak of the war, they sent soldiers who had never been trained to the battlefield, and then contributed to the Bulgarian army's remarkable record!

The Cabinet has always decided that the training time of the reserve force must be extended every year, and the scope must be expanded!

Simply in the slack season, the training is good for two months, which is four times as long as the original half month; the scope is good, the whole people will participate, and all young people of school age must participate, including government officials!

Ferdinand took a deep breath when he saw it, this is too cruel! Even the members of the cabinet are members of the reserve force and must make time to participate in training.

Sure enough, it is a fighting nation, going crazy, not letting go of my own! Then, Ferdinand simply cut out the top government officials.

What are you kidding? If the battle reaches the point where cabinet ministers are required to carry their guns to the front line, it is estimated that Bulgaria is also finished!

Second, of course, is the material reserve!

In the later period of the Bulgarian War, the logistics of the Serbian army collapsed. Thanks to their defeat too fast, they did not have time to experience the misery of running out of ammunition and food!

When it came to the people of Belgrade, they experienced the pain of a lack of supplies!

Grain reserves are the easiest. The government still controls more than half of the country's land. As long as the grain produced is sold less every year, it will be saved.

And there are new territories. As long as the immigration is in place and the land is developed after one or two years, the total grain output of Bulgaria will be further improved. You don’t have to worry about this aspect!

The most troublesome thing is weapons and ammunition. In a mere siege war, Bulgaria fired more than 90 million rounds of bullets and more than 200,000 rounds of artillery shells, completely suppressing the Serbs in terms of firepower, and only then could they easily win.

Needless to say, of course, the production line will be expanded immediately. As for the excess budget, it doesn’t matter if it is a few million levs, the Bulgarian government can still find a way to get it together!

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