Mediterranean Hegemony Road

There is no reason for it, it is all the fault of gold! At the end of the 19th century, in the age of the gold standard, no one wanted the British to acquire South Africa's gold and master the lifeblood of world finance!

The British, who have committed public anger in history, skillfully used diplomatic means to provoke contradictions between countries, making it impossible for the great powers to unite.

Even so, under the small actions of various countries, the British finally fought hard for three years before winning.

However, against the backdrop of countries manipulating public opinion to block the British, the European people set off a climax of boycotting the British.

While winning, the British still paid a price. Industrial products were forced to lose part of the market in Europe and were replaced by German artificial goods, creating an opportunity for the German economy to surpass the British!

The current situation is worse than in history. In Ferdinand's view, no matter how good John Bull's diplomacy is, it cannot be done in a short time. Of course, the British still don't think the Boers are so powerful!

Oh, and now the British are preparing to send troops to intervene in the crisis in the Near East after the Boers have been defeated!

If Bulgaria were to take action to weaken the Ottoman Empire, it is estimated that they would be so happy. After all, the importance of Egypt is self-evident, and the British are not allowed to let go of the land line of communication to India!

By contrast, the importance of the Balkans is set back. In addition to limiting the expansion of the Russian Empire, it is really not worth mentioning for the British Empire in terms of interests!

Ferdinand took a deep breath, calmed down, and said, Since everyone has no opinion, let's sign a contract with France and Russia as soon as possible!

Don't think about those useless things, all we have to do now is to prepare, prepare, prepare! Try to win the war with the smallest price and get the biggest piece of cake!

As for the navy, leave it to the Russians. Anyway, this is also a precedent. Wasn't the previous army also arranged by the Russians?

Isn't the Army back in our own hands now? Don't have any inner pressure, instead of this, it is better to devote your energy to the construction of the country!

The new Defense Minister Petrov asked nervously: Grand Duke, are we going to prepare for war right now?

Ferdinand thought for a while, then nodded and said, Well, what plans does your Ministry of Defense have?

Petrov said calmly: Our Ministry of Defense has formulated a national reserve training program, and all young people of school age (over 17 and under 55) in Bulgaria are required to participate in military training.

Taking into account the actual situation, we have focused on the training of the reserve force in rural areas, and used the slack period to conduct militarized training.

The training time ranges from three to six months per year, but such high-intensity training also requires the government to allocate some funds to subsidize the young adults who participate in the training.

Of course, urban residents are no exception, but considering the actual situation, most of them work in factories, and we have compressed the training time to one month per year!

In theory, once a war breaks out, 300,000 troops can be mobilized within three days, 600,000 troops can be mobilized within a week, and the maximum mobilization can reach one million!

Ferdinand's face changed slightly, and then he returned to normal, thinking: This may be the mobilization system of Bulgaria in history! But if you use it now, I'm afraid it's a little crazy. After all, the people have not experienced the humiliation of the second Balkan war. Who knows if the people can bear it?

Mr. Petrov, did your Ministry of Defense make this plan, considering the actual situation? This is already a national army. Can the Bulgarian people bear it?

Petrov said confidently: Your Excellency, Grand Duke, please rest assured! Bulgaria has a tradition of all people being soldiers since ancient times. In fact, the Balkan countries have a tradition of all people being soldiers. Serbia can do it before, but there is no reason why we can't do it!

As long as military spending is sufficient,

We at the Ministry of Defense can guarantee the completion of this task!

Looking at the confident Minister of Defense, Ferdinand knew that it is difficult to say in other countries, but Bulgaria can really do it, but the capitalists are uncomfortable, or Ferdinand himself will suffer heavy losses!

Besides, if it's just Bulgaria and Ottoman one-on-one, Ferdinand might really be desperate, but it's not up to that.

So he kicked the ball to the cabinet and asked, What does the cabinet think?

The result was beyond Ferdinand's expectations. The cabinet, which he thought would be opposed, actually collectively supported the plan of the Ministry of Defense!

Constantine: Grand Duke, I think there is no problem with the plan formulated by the Ministry of Defense, which can maximize the war potential of Bulgaria!

Then the Minister of Foreign Affairs Metev, the Minister of Industry Wei Zheng-Ivanlov, and the Minister of Education Chekov expressed their support!

Ferdinand finally understood why Bulgaria was able to break out during World War I, seeing a leaf and knowing the autumn, in the context of ups and downs, what can't be done?

He still shook his head and said: Theoretically yes, but you have ignored the logistical supply after the outbreak of the war! We must also have enough manpower to devote ourselves to the logistics!

From a military point of view, after the outbreak of the war, the main battlefields are the Macedonia region and the Istanbul region, and other regions are secondary battlefields, we simply do not need to use so many troops!

How big is the army of the Ottoman Empire? How many troops are there in Europe? Now there are less than 200,000 in Europe! Even their national army is only 500,000 or 600,000!

With their rotten system and low efficiency, if they want to carry out nationwide mobilization, it is estimated that the war has already ended!

The enemy forces we face are at most 300,000 to 400,000, and we also need to consider the situation of them eating empty noises. The detailed information on this aspect will be handed over to you later!

Don't be intimidated by the name of the Ottoman Empire, this vast empire is dying. The most they can mobilize is the European region, and the reserve training is also abandoned!

Material reserves are a joke! It's going to be a fight, it is estimated that they are not as good as the Serbs! At least in the face of national disaster, the officials of the Serbian government are still qualified.

Ottoman Empire? If half of the funds are actually used, it is already open. Usually, it is deducted layer by layer, and it is their normal level to float up to seven or eight layers!

In addition, don't ignore it, we still have 200,000 troops at our disposal! The road construction workers under militarized management can be sent to the battlefield with a little training when necessary!

Therefore, the preparation for this battle is mainly in terms of materials and personnel training, rather than simply pursuing quantity!