Bulgarian Empire

Everyone's face changed slightly. If there is any other power besides Germany that has the best relationship with Ottomans, it would be France.

Without it, interest!

In 1895, France's investment in the Ottoman Empire was second only to Russia, with a total investment of more than 2.5 billion francs, accounting for about 10% of France's total foreign investment.

In addition, France also holds 60% of the government bonds of the Ottoman Empire. When these are added together, the total amount of funds invested by France in the Ottoman Empire has exceeded 3 billion francs!

Out of interest considerations, the French government most hopes that the Ottoman Empire will maintain the status quo! After all, once the war breaks out, the interests of the French in Ottoman will definitely be affected.

It's a pity that apart from France, Germany may secretly support the Turks for the sake of wooing the Turks, the other powers are the enemies of the Sudanese government!

Is it possible for France to unite with the Germans for the Turks? Of course it is impossible! Unless the French government is crazy, it will choose to stand with the Germans.

Moreover, it is impossible for the Germans to provide much substantial help to the Turks.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire in the "Triple Alliance" was fighting endlessly with the Turks in the Balkans, and the Bosnia-Herzegovina issue was the focus of conflict between the two countries; the Italians were eyeing the Turks' Libya and Morocco; Abandon Austria-Hungary and Italy!

The British know their position just by looking at their plan to carve up Ottoman. Especially at the time of the Anglo-Boer War, the British still had to worry about the Sudanese government taking advantage of the fire to regain Egypt!

Needless to say, the attitude of the Russians. If you look at the history of the Russian-Turkish war, you will find that there have been many small battles. The average big war is less than once in 19 years. According to the time, a new round of the Russian-Turkish war should come again. !

The two sides have been fighting for more than two hundred years, and the hatred is as deep as the sea. If you want to ease the relationship, let's dream!

The Russians rejected the British partition plan, mainly because they worried that the British would be uneasy and kind, such as undermining Russia's Far East strategy, or taking the opportunity to enter the Aegean Sea.

No way, who is called the Black Sea Strait, is it so closed? Blocking any important road can block the sea traffic line leading to the Mediterranean Sea!

And even if Britain kept its promise, it would be of little use to the Russian Empire. The great powers will not let the Russian navy gain a foothold in the Mediterranean, and there will be more enemies by then. With the current strength of the Russian navy, it is impossible to challenge the maritime hegemony system established by the United Kingdom!

Anyway, the risks are too great and the returns are not enough!

But on the issue of weakening the Ottoman Empire, the positions of the four countries of Britain, Russia, Italy, and Ottoman are the same! The Russians are worried that the Ottoman Empire will rise again and threaten themselves again!

It can be said that the current international situation is worse for the Ottoman Empire than the First Balkan War!

If Bulgaria wants to challenge Ottoman now, the big powers don't mind supporting it!

This is different from the "Greek-Turkish" war in 1897. At that time, the powers had reached a preliminary compromise, the Armenian issue had been downplayed, and the conflicts between the Turks and other countries had temporarily eased.

At that time, the attitude of the great powers changed, hoping to maintain stability in the Balkans, and did not support the Greeks in fighting. Even so, the attitude of the great powers was still inclined to the Greeks during the negotiations.

But now all this is different! Due to Ferdinand's butterfly effect, Bulgaria, which was originally in the right and left, is now embraced by the Russians; Serbia has been abolished and may be annexed by Austria-Hungary at any time.

The situation in the Balkans has changed, and historically the conflict between Russia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire has become less intense.

Historically, the Austro-Hungarian Empire had an advantage in the Balkans. The Russians were worried that Austria-Hungary's expansion in the Balkans would threaten the security of the Black Sea Strait, and they opposed the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Austria-Hungary.

Moreover, Serbia and Montenegro also stood up to support the Russians and opposed the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Austria-Hungary. The attitude of the Bulgarian government was wavering again.

At this time, the Germans were busy competing with the British for South Africa, and did not want to get involved in the disputes in the Balkans. Austria-Hungary, without the support of the Germans, was forced to make concessions.

In order to implement the Far East strategy, the Russians do not intend to expand in the Balkans. In 1897, the two countries reached a compromise on the Balkans!

Everything is different now, although the conflict between the Germans and the British has become more acute due to the "British-Boer War", and they have no energy to participate in the disputes in the Balkans.

However, due to Ferdinand's butterfly effect, the Russian Empire's actions in Serbia have not yet succeeded, and the second Bauer War broke out. Serbia has been completely controlled by Austria-Hungary, and it has no ability to come out and sing against the boss; Bulgaria has embraced it again. The thighs of the Russians are blocked by Bulgaria, and the threat of the Austro-Hungarian Empire to the Black Sea Strait has not yet been reflected!

The contradiction between the Russian Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire was far less acute than in the same period in history. Although the two sides have not yet settled on the issue of partitioning the Balkans, there is no conflict of core interests between the two sides.

Now the strategic focus of the Russians is in the Far East, and the expansion of the Balkans is mainly based on supporting Bulgaria.

At the same time, Austria-Hungary's Balkan partition plan and Ferdinand's Balkan strategy are basically the same in the short term!

Naturally, this point cannot be hidden from the shrewd politicians. In the second Baosai War, the Austro-Hungarian Empire ate the biggest cake by sitting on the sidelines and ignoring the war. This is undoubtedly the best example!

In the eyes of interested people, Bulgaria is likely to have reached an agreement with Austria-Hungary on the Balkan issue!

President François Philippe Faure also realized this, and he was sure that the Russians would support Bulgaria's actions!

Putting Constantinople in the hands of the Turks is nothing like controlling it in your own hands!

As for Bulgaria, forget it! In his eyes, the Bulgarian army is okay, and the navy? What kind of creature is that?

In any case, a Bulgaria without a navy had to turn to the Russians to control the Black Sea Strait. In essence, Constantinople was still in the hands of the Russians!

"It seems that the Turks are going to be unlucky again! But this has nothing to do with us, as long as we can protect our interests!" François Philippe Fore thought for a while and said

The foreign minister said with a smile: "If we don't plan to intervene, then the Bulgarians' loans will be handled by the capitalists themselves. I believe they will have a satisfactory harvest this time!"

Everyone looked at each other and smiled, not only the capitalists will have a satisfactory harvest, but everyone sitting here will also have a satisfactory harvest. After all, international loans require the government to come forward, otherwise the capitalists will not be able to collect debts from a country!

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