Mediterranean Hegemony Road

George I is in a very unbalanced mood now. He is also doing things in the Ottoman Empire. Bulgaria has done a lot of things without any problems. When it comes to Greece, it will be different. A Cretan uprising will trap Greece. It made him ride a tiger with difficulty!

George I asked with a gloomy mood: The Minister of Foreign Affairs, contact Bulgaria and Mentegro and ask them to fulfill the covenant. I want a clear answer from Bulgaria. Do you have any questions?

Well, weak countries have no human rights, Mente Negro is just incidental, who told them to have fewer soldiers?

The Foreign Secretary said solemnly: No!

King George I nodded with satisfaction. Whether Bulgaria will participate in the war or not, this question does not need to be considered at all. It is nothing more than a question of time sooner or later, or a question of how many benefits you want!

George I asked again: Prime Minister, how is the preparation in the country? If it is only us, can we start a war against the Ottoman Empire now?

The Prime Minister's face paled slightly, and he said cautiously: I'm afraid this is still difficult, and we are not ready for war! When the Balkan Alliance was established before, the Bulgarians requested that the war time be put in the war reserve that we made after 1900. Also according to this plan.

Not only us, but Mente Negro and Bulgaria have drawn up a set of plans for a war against the Ottomans in 1900. It is estimated that their combat readiness is not much better than ours!

Oh, Bulgaria's reserve training, go faster, it started in full swing last year, if the war breaks out now, their mobilization ability should be no problem!

George I's face changed. This is the biggest bad news. Now not only is Greece not ready for war, but neither are the two allies!

After thinking about it, King George I said again: It's not just that we are not ready, right? The Ottoman Empire is not expected to be much better, and there have been many uprisings in the Ottoman Empire in the past two or three years. I don't believe they are now ready for war!

We have a plan anyway, don't we? Start the national mobilization now, how much time will we need to be able to complete it?

How many troops can we mobilize at the limit? How long can the strategic material reserve be supported? How long can government finances support the war?

The Prime Minister thought for a while and said, Theoretically, in the case of nationwide mobilization, we can mobilize 250,000 troops, but due to the lack of professional training, only the current 110,000 troops have combat effectiveness in the short term!

The situation of the navy is better. Due to the existence of the Bulgarian fleet, the main navy of the Ottoman Empire was dragged in the Bosphorus Strait, and our pressure is not too great!

Strategic materials, this is a bit troublesome. Under the high-intensity combat situation of the 250,000 army, our current reserves can only support at most two months!

Of course, this problem is not too big, we can still buy from the British, French, and Italians, and it can still be solved!

The trouble is money. The government's revenue has always been bad. Especially in the past few years after the economic crisis broke out, the government has been in deficit!

George I nodded, the strategic reserves are insufficient, that simple, with the geographical location of Greece, it is completely possible to buy it! Even if the country is embargoed during the war, as long as there is money, the capitalists will always find a way!

No money is a headache. Greece has a long history of financial problems. It is normal to have no money, but it is difficult to solve financial problems!

And what he is more worried about now is the attitude of Bulgaria. If the Bulgarians are not ready and cannot join the war immediately, then there is no Bulgaria to contain the main force of the Ottoman Empire, then the pressure on the Greek army will be too great!

George I sighed and said: We will decide whether to declare war on the Ottoman Empire after Bulgaria has made a decision!

Now for a nationwide mobilization,

In addition, the Ministry of Finance has to find a way to raise a war fund! The Ministry of Foreign Affairs first approached the foreign powers to purchase strategic materials. Whether we fight or not fight in the end, we must be ready for war!

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In fact, just by looking at the preparations of George I, we know that the war is settled, and the power of the main war faction in Greece has taken the lead. Even if they do not fight this time, they will still create other excuses to declare war!

The preparations of the Greeks made Ferdinand feel relieved. Regardless of whether George I was willing or not, Greece must be the first bird this time!

The Greeks asked Bulgaria to fulfill its obligations as an ally. Ferdinand immediately said that there was no problem, and reassured them that Bulgaria would definitely do what the covenant required!

Does this make it difficult for the Greek ambassador to Bulgaria to do it according to the covenant? The war broke out in advance, and Bulgaria joined the war in three months? If this is the case, Greece will be taken advantage of! With such a result, how could he make a deal with the country?

Then there was another war of words. The Bulgarian government agreed to make concessions. Ferdinand said that if the Greek government could delay the declaration of war to next year, Bulgaria could declare war at the same time!

George I was so angry that he kept scolding his mother. Isn't this a joke? Is this something that the Greek government can decide? Even if the Greeks were willing to wait, the Ottoman Empire had to agree!

After such a round of bargaining, the Ottoman Empire is also beginning to prepare for war, and the Greek government knows that it can no longer be delayed. Otherwise, it is estimated that the war will break out, and the two sides will still not be able to come to a conclusion!

The Greek government gave up its demand for Bulgaria to join the war immediately, and of course Bulgaria could not really wait three months to join the war.

In the end, the two sides reached a compromise. As soon as the war broke out, Bulgaria must mobilize the whole country to contain the troops of the Ottoman Empire, and within fifteen days after the war started, declare war on the Ottoman Empire and launch an attack!

At the same time, the Ottoman envoys also arrived in Sofia, demanding that Bulgaria remain neutral in the war, and in return, the Ottoman Empire agreed to cut tariffs on Bulgaria!

Well, the price gap between the two sides is too big, and Ferdinand directly left it to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to deal with it. Anyway, it is impossible to negotiate the result with the Ottoman Empire.

In order to let the Ottoman Empire and Greece enter the urn earlier, Ferdinand also added some materials to the two sides. A very simple operation is to hype public opinion!

In this day and age, it is still safe to hype such public opinion, and you don't have to worry about being discovered!

Patriotic intellectuals!

Promoted the Greek threat theory in the Ottoman Empire. Describe Greece as a pawn of the great powers, a pawn for the great powers to carve up the great Ottoman Empire!

Ask the Ottoman government to destroy the evil Greek government to deter the covetous powers!

If a compromise is made to Greece, it will trigger a frenzy of division among the powers, and the Ottoman Empire will be finished!

All in all, Greece is evil and must be eliminated. Whoever dares to be reconciled is a traitor. The slogan God punishes the traitor has been shouted out!

As soon as these theories were put forward, they were widely recognized by all walks of life in the Ottoman Empire. These contents already existed, but they were not as serious as what was said in the newspapers!

Since it exists, it is easy to find evidence. The Bulgarian intelligence officers who led a wave of public opinion have also become patriotic intellectuals of the Ottoman Empire!

The propaganda in Greece is similar, just with a different version. The Crete uprising planned by the Greek government was described as a national liberation movement in Greece.

And advocated that the liberation of all Greeks enslaved by the Ottoman Empire is the greatest sacred mission of contemporary Greek youth!

Well, this slogan caters very well to the hot-blooded young people in Greece, and it is also in line with the interests of the main war faction, so politicians soon took advantage of it, and the opposition party has regarded it as a campaign slogan!

Ferdinand let the people of the 19th century understand what is meant by coercion of people's righteousness! Of course, in this era, no one really sees it. Even if it is seen that it is unfavorable to the government, they all think it is the heartfelt cry of patriotic youth!

Patriotism is innocent! ! When countless young students took to the streets and asked the government to defend the country's sovereignty, it was too late!