Mediterranean Hegemony Road

Politics has been dirty since ancient times. Don't watch the Allied and Allied countries fight to the death on the battlefield, but in private, everyone's mutual connection has never been broken, and there are even some insider trading going on.

Between countries, allies and enemies are always on the front line. As long as the interests are large enough, allies can become enemies, and enemies can also become allies!

The most typical example is the feud between Britain and France, and the sworn enemies of Britain and Russia, who became allies under the influence of interests, while Britain and Germany have been negotiating the issue of alliance, and suddenly became enemies.

Even a year before the official alliance, anyone who said that Britain, France, Britain and Russia could form an alliance would be regarded as a joke!

When Ferdinand attacked the Austro-Hungarian Empire, it was not decided by Bulgaria unilaterally. In fact, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was also actively cooperating!

The most typical is that after suffering a loss at the beginning, the Austro-Hungarian Empire changed its strategy and decisively let go of Bulgaria to choose to pk with Russia. Of course, there are factors that Bulgaria is easy to defend and difficult to attack. , the factor that their eastern front is too much pressure, the more is that the two countries have reached a tacit understanding!

As for the purpose of the behind-the-scenes deal, it is actually very obvious: 1. The Russians are too great a threat to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Even if Austria-Hungary does not fight woolly bears, they will not let them go;

2. A strong Russia is not in the interests of Bulgaria, especially after the Russo-Japanese War, after Bulgaria was out of the control of the Russians, Ferdinand naturally did not want a strong Russia to come back again!

Then, in terms of weakening Mao Xiong, the interests of the two countries were the same. Naturally, they hit it off. Then the two governments tacitly reduced the scale of the war. Even if the front-line generals saw the opportunity, they were forced to stop by the government.

But this tacit understanding could not last. When the battle on the Eastern Front was over, the Russians had been weakened, and the common interests of the two sides naturally disappeared.

So the Austro-Hungarian Empire tried every means to pull the Germans to fight on the southern front, and Ferdinand naturally had no need to show mercy.

You must know that since the start of the war, the Germans have bombed London and Paris, and Britain and France have bombed Berlin. Bulgaria, which was the first in the air force, has never bombed Vienna on a large scale. This is simply a fantasy!

Well, the Bulgarian Air Force is also often dispatched, but most of the time they are playing soy sauce and bombing the Austro-Hungarian Empire a lot, but every time they just drop a few grenades to deal with it!

It is also in this situation that even if the Russians give up their interests in Romania, it is not surprising that they have to push Bulgaria to the front.

It’s a pity that, unlike the last time the Allies collectively pitted the Russians, Bulgaria is obviously not worth the joint pit of Britain, France and Russia. The sudden defeat of the Russians has terrified Britain and France, for fear that Bulgaria will come again, then they will face Germany alone. people!

Don't say that the French don't dare now, even John Bull, who is a professional pit teammate, is cowardly at this time, and pit teammates must also choose a good time. If one operation is not good, it will be a tragedy to bury himself!

Of course, now that the war is going on, Ferdinand is naturally moving, and it is also a good choice to induce the Austro-Hungarian Empire to defect from the position of Bulgaria.

Unfortunately, this is impossible. The Austro-Hungarian Empire is almost under the control of the Germans. No matter how unwilling Ferdinand II is, he just wants to withdraw from the war decently. OK!

The Austro-Hungarian Empire could not stop the retaliation of the Germans. Even if the Germans were really going to die, they still had the ability to pull a big country to Huangquan together before they died, and they could choose between the two answers of cleaning up the traitors and cleaning up the enemy. Well, this question doesn't need to be considered at all!

But if you can't do it, it doesn't mean you can't do it. Politics has never been a simple success or failure. Sometimes the benefits of failure are even greater than success!

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At the Bulgarian Foreign Policy Seminar, Ferdinand put forward: Mr. Metev, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should seize the time to communicate with the Austro-Hungarian government, so as to make the Austro-Hungarian Empire withdraw from the war.

If we can't reach an agreement, then we will cooperate with the Kingdom of Hungary. I believe they don't mind withdrawing from the war!

There is no doubt that this is threatening the Austro-Hungarian government. It is very clear that they can cooperate. If the cooperation fails, then Bulgaria will support the independence of the Kingdom of Hungary!

Even support the independence of various nationalities in the Austro-Hungarian Empire and dismember this old empire!

Foreign Minister Metev frowned and said worriedly: Your Majesty, I am afraid this will be very troublesome. It is well known that our strategic focus has shifted from Europe to Asia.

From our strategic interests, the existence of an Austro-Hungarian Empire that retains a certain strength is far more valuable than a fragmented Austro-Hungarian Empire.

For a long time to come, we all need a stable Eastern Europe that allows us to concentrate on the Asia Minor peninsula!

Ferdinand nodded. The Austro-Hungarian government still has the confidence to talk about conditions. No doubt they thought they had insight into Bulgaria's future strategy.

They believed that a strong Austro-Hungarian Empire existed, which could check and balance the continued expansion of the Russians into Europe. For strategic reasons, neither Britain nor Bulgaria will let the Austro-Hungarian Empire collapse!

It is a pity that the Vienna government made a mistake this time. After all, Ferdinand II is still inferior to the diplomatic insight of the old emperor Joseph I. He neglected that strength is the root of all this!

If the Austro-Hungarian Empire withdraws from the war early and preserves its strength, then everything remains to be discussed. Conversely, if the Austro-Hungarian Empire lost its strength after the war and lost its ability to check and balance the bears, would they still be valuable to Britain and France?

After pondering for a moment, Ferdinand said coldly: Then remind the Vienna government that only strength is the foundation of all this, and we don't need a waste!

Of course, Ferdinand did not count on a single threat to pull the Austro-Hungarian Empire out of the war, but this threat was enough to make the Vienna government look ahead.

This is a conspiracy. If the Vienna government wants to protect its own interests, it must first preserve its own strength!

Whether they continue to cooperate with the Germans or turn to cooperate with the Allies, their own strength is the first, so will they dare to give it a shot in the following war?

Don't look at it now, Germany and Austria are the closest allies. Once the strength of Austria-Hungary is exhausted and the world war is over, it is not surprising to turn around and annex them!

The interests of countries always come first. The call for the establishment of the Great German Empire in Germany is not low. Does the Vienna government dare to bet? Or that there is not enough interest, why are they gambling?

How did the Austro-Hungarian Empire last for more than four years in history? The reason is very simple. The Russians collapsed first in 1917. The Austro-Hungarian Empire lost its vitality and lost its biggest enemy on the Eastern Front. The major political groups in the country saw the opportunity to win!

Essentially, Austria-Hungary's domestic production and transportation system has now begun to collapse, and their war potential has almost been exhausted.

Taking food production as an example, the Austro-Hungarian Empire is indeed the granary of Eastern Europe. This is not mentioned, but when the war hits the mainland of Austria-Hungary, should agricultural production be guaranteed?

The war has drawn a lot of human resources and livestock, so what about agricultural production? Where can the lack of labor come from? There is no place to replenish, so I can only reduce production! A large number of people are out of production, coupled with the increase in material loss, this is no problem!

Of course, the Russian prisoners of war also made up for a part of the labor shortage. Unfortunately, this part of the dividend has nothing to do with the country. The system of the Austro-Hungarian Empire directly swallowed all this!

The food produced is not used to maximize the livelihood of the people, but is used by capitalists for hoarding, especially the Kingdom of Hungary has done a tenth of it!

As for the transportation system, the transportation intensity during wartime is much higher than usual. As a result, the maintenance cost of railways and highways will naturally increase, and the loss of transportation will naturally be much larger. For example, before the war, trains , The service life of a train may be several years or ten years, but during the war, it runs around the clock, and it may only take a few months to update or overhaul!

Due to Ferdinand's butterfly effect, the Austro-Hungarian Empire is now at the forefront, especially after the two major wars on the Eastern Front last year, the Austro-Hungarian Empire has been severely damaged.

Not only did it lose more than two million troops, but it also consumed a large number of strategic materials in domestic reserves. The most important thing is that the industry in Bohemia also suffered heavy losses. For example, the largest military industrial enterprise Skoda Arsenal was forced to retreat during the war. move!

At the same time, the ethnic contradictions within the Austro-Hungarian Empire are actually very serious, and there is no main ethnic group. The bad dualistic political system is undoubtedly the source of contradictions!

The defeat of the war will undoubtedly exacerbate the national contradictions in the country. Originally, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was brought together by the strong influence of the Habsburg family. The current Ferdinand II does not have the kind of long-standing established by the old emperor. prestige!

The domestic careerists naturally saw the opportunity, and if the Allied countries didn’t know how to take advantage of it, they would be flooded with water!

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Then there was no more. When Ferdinand's opinion was conveyed to the Vienna government, the Austrian-Hungarian government began to be in a dilemma.

If the war did not break out in their homeland, it is estimated that the Vienna government would have pretended to preserve its strength, but now that the enemy has hit their doorstep, how can they preserve their strength?

But Bulgaria's warnings can't be ignored, otherwise disaster will come soon. As long as the Bulgarian Air Force drops tens of thousands of tons of bombs on their railway lines, it is estimated that their front-line troops will be hungry!

You can see this by looking at the Germans. They are all outside the country, but Berlin is still bombed regularly! Well, thousands of tons of bombs are dropped on London every year!

air defense? It is good to be able to defend Vienna, and the arsenal can still be hidden, but how can the railways and stations scattered all over the country be hidden? Anyway, if you see a train skin and throw a bomb, you can't go wrong!

Of course, the Austro-Hungarian Empire could also choose retaliatory bombing, but unfortunately, this idea is not at all feasible militarily.

This point was exposed in the previous battle, and the survival rate of the planes that went to bomb the positions of the Bulgarian 6th Army was less than one-third!

Even if the pilots of this era are not as valuable as later generations, they are still much more expensive than the 6th Army. More than two years after the war, the pilot casualties of the Austro-Hungarian Empire have already exceeded five figures, and the loss of aircraft has also exceeded five. Thousands!

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At the national policy meeting, Ferdinand II said coldly: The Bulgarians are giving us an ultimatum. Once we refuse, Vienna will soon become a battlefield. Our intelligence personnel have confirmed this!

The Allied Forces built a large number of airports in northeastern Italy. Obviously, this is aimed at Vienna. Perhaps as the Bulgarians said, as long as tens of thousands of tons of bombs are thrown over, the Austro-Hungarian Empire will be finished!

Everyone frowned, and everyone knew that at this time, there was no one who could help them, and the only choice was to save themselves!

But can they accept the terms of the Allies? Do you really think Germans are easy to mess with? They are different from Italy. Italians and Germans do not share borders. Even if they betray the Germans, it is convenient to take revenge immediately.

But the Austro-Hungarian Empire is different, as long as they dare to be traitors, maybe in less than a week, Vienna will fall under the iron shoes of the Germans!

Don't expect the Entente to rescue them. This is impossible. Why would they want Germany and Austria to fight each other?

Conrad knew that it was time for him to appear, and he couldn't let everyone be frightened by tens of thousands of tons of bombs, otherwise it would be easy to make wrong judgments.

Conrad explained: Your Majesty, don't worry too much, the threat of the Bulgarian Air Force is not as deadly as everyone thinks.

As long as we deploy a large number of anti-aircraft weapons in important cities and traffic arteries, the enemy's aircraft will not dare to bomb at low altitudes. If the country is at an altitude of several kilometers, the hit rate will be much lower. They may be able to attack us. traffic, but they can't cut off our transport lines!

His words just made everyone breathe a sigh of relief, and Xiang suddenly asked: So, even if the enemy blows up our railway, we can repair it immediately?

But what if they bomb our cities? This does not require hit rate, as long as the bomb is dropped, it is enough for us!

As for the deployment of air defense weapons, can the staff be specific? How many anti-aircraft weapons do we need to deploy to keep us safe from enemy air threats? How long does it take to deploy?

In the end, what did our Air Force do? Why not fight back against the enemy?

Conrad's face changed greatly and he said with great embarrassment: These problems are very complicated. In theory, after the enemy blows up our railway line, they can be repaired immediately, but we also need to take into account the actual situation. The railways are equipped with maintenance personnel, so the repair still takes a certain amount of time!

As for the fear that the enemy will bomb the city, the probability of such a situation is not high. Our enemy is still a civilized person, and they still cannot do the massacre of civilians! Except for the Russians, of course, no one can guarantee their integrity!

Even if the city is to be bombed, the enemy will choose important areas such as factories and warehouses. We only need to focus on deploying defenses in these places.

Obviously, Conrad's answer did not satisfy everyone. He placed the safety of the city on the integrity of the enemy. Who knows if they would bomb it randomly, and then explain that it was an operation error. Anyway, the hit rate of aircraft in this era is really high. pit!

Conrad even avoided talking about the latter two questions, which made him even more dissatisfied with the military!

The Chancellor of the Exchequer continued to ask: Your Excellency Marshal, you haven't answered the next two questions?

Seeing that he couldn't escape, Conrad smiled bitterly and said, I'm sorry, I can't answer how many anti-aircraft weapons are needed, it depends on the determination of the enemy!

As for what our Air Force is doing? Since the start of the war, our pilots have changed a few times, don't you know?

In any case, we have tried our best, and it can only be said that the enemy is too powerful! Who told us to face two great powers at the same time? The lads have defended the dignity of the Air Force with their lives and they are not to be blamed!

The meeting fell into silence again, and everyone was thinking about how to deal with the current situation!

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