Bulgarian Empire

George I's mood is very unbalanced now. He was also doing things in the Ottoman Empire. Bulgaria made a lot of troubles without any problems; it was different when it was Greece's turn. An uprising in Crete locked Greece. It made him unable to get off the tiger!

George I asked with a depressed mood: "Minister of Foreign Affairs, contact Bulgaria and Montenegro and ask them to fulfill the covenant. I want to get a clear answer from Bulgaria. Is there a problem?"

Well, weak countries have no human rights, and Montenegro is just incidental. Who told them to have fewer soldiers?

The foreign minister said seriously: "No!"

King George I nodded in satisfaction. Whether Bulgaria will participate in the war is not a matter of consideration at all. It is nothing more than a matter of time, or how much benefit you want!

George I asked again: "Prime Minister, how is the domestic preparation? If we are the only ones, can we launch a war against the Ottoman Empire now?"

The Prime Minister's face was slightly pale, and he said cautiously: "I'm afraid there are still difficulties. We are not ready for war! When the Balkan Alliance was established before, the Bulgarians asked to put the war time after 1900. The war reserves we made It was also done according to this plan.

Not only us, but even Mente Negro and Bulgaria have formulated a plan to launch a war against Ottoman in 1900. It is estimated that their combat preparations are not much better than ours!

Oh, Bulgaria's reserve training is moving faster, and it has been in full swing since last year. If war breaks out now, their mobilization ability should be fine! "

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

After thinking for a while, George I said again: "It's not just that we are not prepared, is it? The Ottoman Empire is probably not much better. In the past two or three years, there have been endless uprisings in the Ottoman Empire. I don't believe they are now ready for war!

We have a plan anyway, don't we? Starting the national mobilization now, how long will it take us to complete it?

In the limit state, how many troops can we mobilize? How long can the strategic material reserve last? How long can the government finances support the war? "

The Prime Minister thought for a while and said, "Theoretically, we can mobilize 250,000 troops when the whole country is mobilized, but because we haven't received 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 naval force of the Ottoman Empire was dragged in the Bosporus Strait. Our pressure is not very great!

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

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 fiscal revenue has not been good, especially in the past few years after the outbreak of the economic crisis, the fiscal deficit has been in a state of deficit! "

King George I nodded. The strategic reserve is insufficient. That is simple. Given the geographical location of Greece, it is absolutely possible to buy it! Even if countries embargo during the war, as long as they have money, capitalists will always find a way!

No money is a headache. Greece has a long-standing financial problem. It is normal to have no money, but it is difficult to solve the financial problem!

And what he is more worried about now is Bulgaria's attitude. If the Bulgarians are not ready and cannot join the war immediately, then without Bulgaria to contain the main force of the Ottoman Empire, the pressure on the Greek Army will be too great!

George I sighed and said: "After Bulgaria makes a decision, let's decide whether to declare war on the Ottoman Empire!

Now start the national mobilization,

In addition, the Ministry of Finance must find a way to raise a sum of war funds! The Ministry of Foreign Affairs first approached the great powers to purchase strategic materials. Regardless of whether we fight or not, we must be prepared for war! "

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In fact, just looking at King George I's preparations, one can tell that the war is settled, and the forces of the Greek domestic war faction have already occupied a dominant position. Even if they don't fight this time, they will still make other excuses to declare war!

The preparations of the Greeks made Ferdinand feel relieved. Regardless of whether George I wanted it or not, Greece must be the leader this time!

The Greeks asked Bulgaria to fulfill its obligations as an ally, and Ferdinand immediately said that there was no problem, and reassured them that Bulgaria would definitely do it in accordance with the requirements of the covenant!

This can be a pain for the Greek ambassador to Bulgaria, according to the requirements of the covenant? The war broke out in advance, and Bulgaria will join the war within three months? If this is the case, Greece will be taken advantage of! With such a result, how could he make a business trip to China?

Then there was another verbal battle, and the Bulgarian government agreed to make concessions. Ferdinand said that if the Greek government can delay the declaration of war to the next year, Bulgaria can 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 the Greek government can decide? Even if the Greeks are willing to wait, the Ottoman Empire must agree!

After such a round of bargaining, the Ottoman Empire is also beginning to prepare for war, and the Greek government knows that it cannot drag on any longer. Otherwise, it is estimated that the war broke out, and the two sides still can't come to a conclusion!

The Greek government gave up its request for Bulgaria to join the war immediately. Of course, it is impossible for Bulgaria to wait for 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 Ottoman army, and within fifteen days after the war started, declare war on the Ottoman Empire and launch an attack!

At the same time, envoys from the Ottoman Empire 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 difference between the two sides is too big, Ferdinand directly threw it to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to deal with it. Anyway, it is impossible to negotiate a result with the Ottoman Empire.

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

In this day and age, it is still very safe to hype such public opinion, and there is no need to worry about being discovered!

"Patriotic intellectuals!"

Advocating 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 eliminate the evil Greek government to deter the eyeing powers!

If there is a compromise with Greece, it will trigger a frenzy of carve-up among the powers, and the Ottoman Empire will be over!

All in all, Greece is evil and must be eliminated. Whoever dares to make peace is a traitor. The slogan "Heaven punishes the country" has been shouted!

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 the newspapers said!

Since it exists, it is easy to find evidence. The Bulgarian intelligence personnel who guided a wave of public opinion became patriotic intellectuals of the Ottoman Empire!

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

And advocated that "liberating all Greeks who were enslaved by the Ottoman Empire is the greatest sacred mission of contemporary Greek youth!"

Well, this slogan caters very well to the passionate youth in Greece and is in line with the interests of the main fighters, so politicians quickly took advantage of it, and people in the opposition party have already used it as a campaign slogan!

Ferdinand made people in the 19th century understand "what is coercion of the people's righteousness"! Of course, in this day and age, no one really sees it. Even if they see it is not good for the government, they think it is the cry of patriotic young people from the heart!

Patriotism is innocent! ! When countless young students took to the streets to demand that the government defend national sovereignty, it was too late!