Mediterranean Hegemony Road

Edward VIII's love farce contracted the whole year's jokes, and finally found that it could not be stopped, and Prime Minister Stanley Win Baldwin still made concessions.

Marriage is fine, anyway, they will not give the title of queen, and their future children will not have the right to inherit.

Prime Minister Stanley Wayne Baldwin can't do without surrender, and the raw rice has been cooked, so the king can't really abdicate, can he?

This is different from the situation in history. Several younger brothers of Edward VIII have established themselves outside, and it is impossible for him to abdicate on his own initiative now.

The strength of the royal family is a little bit stronger than in history. The London government has had enough troubles. Prime Minister Stanley Win Baldwin cannot bear the crime of forcing the king to abdicate.

The farce was over, but the sequelae were quite serious. It was supposed to be a wedding that attracted the attention of the world, but there was not a single important guest at the end.

Even the media in London mentioned it briefly, and the British people felt ashamed, so they were embarrassed to mention it again.

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Your Majesty, the governor of Somalia proposes to occupy Ethiopia to enhance our competitiveness on the African continent! Colonial Secretary Attlee said

Let's talk about the situation in Ethiopia first, and the reason for taking military action? Ferdinand asked with concern

Since this issue has come to him, it must have been supported by the government, or at least one of the Ministry of War, the General Staff, and the Bulgarian Military Council.

There is no need for the Ministry of War to think about it. As long as there is a battle, most of them will support it. Do the generals in the army still want to be knighted?

So on this kind of issue, their right to speak is not high, and they can only serve as a reference. Of course, the war they all oppose will definitely not be fought.

Your Majesty, from a military point of view, as early as more than ten years ago, the Somali Governor's Palace began to infiltrate Ethiopia. After so many years of encroachment, we now use the Shabelle River as the dividing line.

At the same time, the Kingdom of Greece in Asmara has also been fighting Ethiopia. Since five years ago, Ethiopia has been at a military disadvantage.

The strength of the Ethiopians has been almost exhausted, and their vitality has been severely damaged by the long-term battle.

The Somali Governor's Office believes that our local troops,

Can defeat the enemy!

From an economic point of view, Ethiopia has many kinds of minerals, abundant hydropower and forest resources, and has great development value.

Strategically, we can further put pressure on the British to let them understand our importance to Africa and force them to increase their military investment in South Africa! ' explained Attlee

Little Ferdinand nodded, war is a continuation of politics.

He can directly ignore the military reasons, the two sides are not at the same level at all, and they are not qualified to be taken seriously by Bulgaria.

The economic reasons can only be regarded as mediocre. The value of Ethiopia is not too high, and it does not belong to the kind of place that is bound to be won.

Putting pressure on the British strategically is what Ferdinand attaches most importance to.

Everyone knows that the army is not the strong point of the British. It would be great if the UK could increase its investment in the army.

Your Majesty, the terrain of the African continent is extremely harsh, and it is simply not suitable for large armies to fight. Transportation and logistics are the biggest problems.

The Anglo-Boer War is the best example. Rather than saying that the Boers and the British fought for two and a half years, it is better to say that the bad traffic held the British back for two years, and the remaining half a year was the time to fight.

The borders between us and the British colonies are all wild areas, and the British deliberately ignored local traffic.

In order to avoid conflicts, we did not build in the border area, and both sides left enough buffer zones.

If we want to make the British feel military pressure, unless we repair the railway all the way, even if we occupy Ethiopia, it will not be of much use until the traffic problem is solved!

The British are not fools. They will not give up their strengths and compete with us on land. If you want to put pressure on them, I suggest increasing troops in Africa.

Even conducting several military exercises around the Sinai Peninsula is much better than attacking Ethiopia! ’ the Chancellor of the Exchequer objected

No one doubts whether Bulgaria can occupy Ethiopia. The question is how much military expenditure it needs to pay to occupy it. No one can answer this question.

Although the colonial garrison has repeatedly stated that they can handle it themselves, but what about this time?

The area of ​​Ethiopia is not small. Even if part of the area has been encroached by Bulgaria over the years, and part of the territory has been robbed by the Greeks, there is still a remaining territory of 800,000 to 900,000 square kilometers.

Your Majesty, Ethiopia is also an independent country. If we launch a war for no reason, it will affect our international reputation! Foreign Minister Coleman said

Your Majesty, excuses for war are everywhere. Although Ethiopia is an independent country, it does not have a high status in the world. In the eyes of many people, this is a large African tribe.

Internationally, there is no one to stand up for them. As long as we publicize in time, we can completely shift the responsibility for the war to them! ’ retorted Klossoff, Chief of the General Staff.

Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, even if you are talking about hype, no one will think that Ethiopia dares to invade Bulgaria. In fact, they can't even win against the Greeks!

The so-called pretext for war is not suitable to appear now. At this time, we are competing with the British, a good international reputation is very important! Prime Minister Tolsky said

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The General Staff + Army + Colonial Government VS Cabinet, the War faction and the Peace faction are considered to be a tie, and the final decision is in the hands of Ferdinand Jr.

Should we attack Ethiopia?

Looking at the map of Africa, little Ferdinand thought about it. He seemed to understand that it was definitely not a coincidence that the Kingdom of New Greece was placed in Asmara.

This is clearly aimed at Ethiopia. Judging from the current situation, this plan is going very smoothly.

The Greeks who refused to integrate in the country all ran to the Kingdom of New Greece and were busy fighting with the Ethiopians every day. Naturally, they had no time to make it difficult with Bulgaria.

After so many years, the two sides have long had a deep hatred, but the relationship between Greece and Bulgaria has improved.

Transferring hatred, this trick Ferdinand played is simply proficient. He has fought against Ethiopia for more than 20 years. How many Greeks remember the grievances with Bulgaria?

Even if it appears in the history books, their enemy is still Ethiopia next door.

Taking the Bulgarian Empire as an enemy, it is estimated that even the most radical Greeks do not think there is a chance of winning. Since they cannot win, they will naturally admit defeat.

After understanding all this, little Ferdinand knew what to do. Ethiopia can be occupied, but definitely not now!

Bulgaria's reputation cannot be bad, this is related to the future world strategy. Even if it is to start a war, there must be sufficient reasons.

It's a pity that the Bulgarian Empire is too powerful now, and no one, including the British, would take the initiative to initiate a war against Bulgaria unless their brains were flooded.

On the Eurasian continent alone, Bulgaria's contiguous territory exceeds eight million square kilometers.

Here is also the world's most complete industrial system, with a population of more than 80 million, the world's most powerful air force, and the second-ranked army and navy.

Facing any enemy, Ferdinand Jr. did not hesitate. There is no country in the world today whose development is as balanced as Bulgaria.

The most important thing is that among the great powers, Bulgaria has an absolute population advantage, almost equal to the combined population of the British mainland + North America.

When the power is strong and when the power is weak, the foreign policy is also completely different.

At the beginning, Ferdinand could design the Ottoman Empire to take the responsibility of provoking war, or he could show the enemy's weakness and attract Greece, Montenegro, and Romania to attack.

Now little Ferdinand decided not to play like this, otherwise the Eastern European Union would be finished first. Without the Eastern European Union, the price to be paid to single out the world would not be so simple.

The issue of Ethiopia is put on hold for now. For the sake of safety, we will focus on encroachment first. After the overall situation is settled, we will come back to deal with this issue!

Considering the issue of international reputation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs tried its best to promote an alliance between Ethiopia and the British, so that when we do it in the future, we will not be condemned by public opinion! Said little Ferdinand.

Let the enemy group together, and then take it all in one pot. It was this strategy that Bulgaria relied on to successfully unify the Balkans.

Today, little Ferdinand has come up with this strategy again, and everyone will naturally not object.

Ethiopia is not a powerful country. Even if it forms an alliance with the British, it is impossible to enhance the strength of the Western European Union. On the contrary, it will distract the British.

Ferdinand Jr. did not think that Ethiopia would be able to complete industrialization within a few years. You must know that even Bulgaria, which is open to cheating, took more than 30 years to industrialize.

On the basis of his predecessor, it took Ferdinand more than ten or twenty years to complete the initial industrialization.

Industrial upgrading, or after the First World War, relied on the legacy of Russia, the wealth of the Germans, and their own accumulation to complete the counterattack.

When Bulgaria's industrialization started, there were millions of elementary school students and hundreds of thousands of middle school students in the country. With these talents, Ferdinand started the five-year plan.

Ethiopia does not have so many talents now, otherwise it will not wait until the 21st century, and industrialization will not be completed.

Your Majesty, the Ethiopian government has long been close to the London government, but the British are too arrogant to look down on them, otherwise they would have been allies twenty years ago.

This is a conceptual problem, unless the war has broken out, the British will not put down their airs! Coleman said, frowning.

The empire on which the sun never sets naturally has its own arrogance, and it is too embarrassing for them to form an alliance with the African chiefs.

Even small European countries, such as the pro-British Portugal, have not formally formed an alliance, otherwise the number of members of the Western European Union will continue to increase.

Of course, this is not a decision-making mistake by the British, but the more members there are, the more internal conflicts there will be.

Allowing some countries that can only wave their flags to join the alliance will not increase the strength of the alliance in addition to increasing internal conflicts.

Let's just ignore them. We won't be able to fight for a while. If the French can break out and play with the prestige of the Napoleon era, we don't need to fight.

War is not a child's play. In such a war that determines the fate of the country, we can fight as little as possible or try to fight as little as possible! Little Ferdinand nodded and said

Barefoot people are not afraid of wearing shoes. Now both the UK and Bulgaria wear shoes, and both sides are naturally exercising restraint.

If there were no bare feet in Germany and Italy, it would be destined to break the European situation. Ferdinand Jr. would not mind planting another 20 years and let the British admit defeat.

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