Mediterranean Hegemony Road

Historically, the Crete uprising broke out under the background that the Armenian issue had subsided. 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 gain the support of the powers.

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

In order to attract people's attention, many newspapers have swayed the Sudanese government. The tragedy in Constantinople has become the revenge of the Ottoman Empire after the turmoil!

Of course, this is not completely dark, the Sudanese government does have to pay the main responsibility!

In terms of public opinion, the Ottoman Empire has always been in a disadvantageous position, and the Sudanese government has been accustomed to being smeared by the Western media, and it is too lazy to even explain it. After all, the two sides have been hostile for hundreds of years, and the explanation is unbelievable!

Politically, the Russians’ actions caused a strategic misjudgment to the Sudanese government, believing that the Russians were manipulating the Balkan countries to be hostile to them, so they did not release goodwill to the Russian Empire, and the relationship between the two countries was still at a freezing point!

The Russian Empire naturally doesn't mind blocking the enemy, and its attitude is obviously inclined to the Greeks.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire deliberately took advantage of the fire and annexed the Bosnia and Herzegovina region. How could it now not support the Greeks and instead 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 move, that is, Austria-Hungary annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Russians included the Black Sea Strait, including the Bosporus Strait, into their sphere of influence!

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

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

On Crete, the last country to have a say, Italy was ignored this time. There's no way anyone could tell 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'm sorry that Italy is really not qualified now. Compared with other great powers, the gap is still huge!

There was no support from foreign powers in history, and the Greek government dared to fight with the Ottoman Empire when it was alone. Now with the support of foreign powers, what they would do is self-evident!

And can the Ottoman Empire compromise? Obviously - no way! If the Sudanese government is going to make concessions to a mere Greece, other powers will not swarm and come to a big partition? ?

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

After knowing the other party's choice, the two sides started a new round of diplomacy in order to win.

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

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After the outbreak of the Crete Uprising, Ferdinand knew that the war had come. 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 its industrialization, and its industrial production capacity is limited!

The production of weapons is not bad. In two years, the arsenal has only completed the production of 500,000 rifles. The production of machine guns is expected to be completed next month, and the production of artillery can also be completed by the end of this month.

But ammunition production has run into trouble. As of now, Bulgaria still has only 700 million rounds of ammunition reserves, and more than 2.4 million rounds of various types of artillery shells, including the previous reserves!

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

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

During the period, the arsenal has also increased production lines several times, even so, it is still unable to complete the established goal!

After all, military production is technical work. Due to the lack of sufficient engineers and skilled workers, the production capacity has not been able to surge!

Of course, this is also what Ferdinand expected. In fact, the production capacity of the Bulgarian arsenal is already very high. From the perspective of production capacity, it surpassed any arsenal in the world during the same period!

Of course, this is based on the premise that the arsenals of the great powers did not explode in full force! 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, making it into the ranks of the great powers. The price is tens of millions of pounds of funds, which were consumed by this gold swallowing beast!

In terms of ammunition, it is still enough for the Ottoman War, and according to the consumption of the Russo-Japanese War in history, there is more than enough.

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

But now, Ferdinand also knew that the second Balkan war, even if it were to happen, would not be the same as in history!

Serbia, the main force, has been eliminated from the game; the Ottoman Empire is much weaker than during the Balkan War, and financially speaking, they cannot bear it; the Greeks are not much better, after this war, their Does the army exist or not? As for the navy, the presence of the Bulgarian fleet can still be scary!

History has changed so much, if Bulgaria is still the same as history, Ferdinand doesn’t have to mess with it, just hit him to death with a piece of tofu earlier, save the shame!

After taking an inventory, Ferdinand was surprised to find that in this Balkan war, it didn't matter if Bulgaria ate alone!

Neither Greece nor Mente Negro has the strength to retaliate, a Romanian seems to be singled out, and there is no pressure!

After Ferdinand figured it out, the whole person became relaxed.

Compared with Ferdinand's ease and comfort, King George I of Greece was anxious. After the Crete Incident broke out, although Bulgaria and Mentegro were both showing solidarity with Greece, they did nothing in practice!

Now the Greek government has been forced into a corner, 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 a piece of paper, and it will be broken with a poke!

But George I dare not underestimate the Ottoman Empire, and both allies are still watching the show? It wouldn't be great if Greece was fighting to the death at the front and the two allies at the back jumped out to pick peaches at the end!

Obviously, both Ferdinand and Nicholas I of Mente Negro planned in this way.

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