Bulgarian Empire

In the Royal Palace of Sofia, when Ferdinand's family was enjoying the family happiness, a piece of news from the Far East broke the peaceful atmosphere!

The Russo-Japanese War broke out!

Although Ferdinand knew that the Russo-Japanese War would break out, he did not know exactly when.

Judging from the current situation, the Russians have a great advantage, and it is very unwise for the Japanese to initiate a war at this moment!

Especially when the British have not made up their minds to fully support them, once the attitude of the London government softens, the French and Russian coalition forces will teach them how to behave!

The conflict between Japan and Russia has a long history. It broke out when the "Three Kingdoms Intervened and Returned Liao Dynasty".

With the support of the British, the Japanese government no longer satisfies its existing interests in North Korea and Northeast China, and hopes to expand further, but it was resisted by the Russians!

In July 1903, the Japanese government formally proposed to the Russians to negotiate on the Korean and Northeast issues. Since the conditions of the two parties are too different, it is difficult to reach an agreement, and they are still wrangling.

This is all Ferdinand knows, neither the Russians nor the Japanese are ready for war now, but the war has broken out!

In any case, Japan and Russia have already started a PK, and the Bulgarian government must come up with its own position. Ferdinand held a special state conference on the Far East issue.

"What's going on? Why did the Japanese suddenly go to war against the Russians?" Ferdinand asked suspiciously

Foreign Minister Metev replied: "The cause of the outbreak of this war is: On January 28, in a tavern in Incheon, two Russian soldiers were drunk and clashed with three Japanese soldiers. The soldier shot and killed a Japanese soldier, and the two armies who came to inquire about it started to fight, and there were casualties on both sides!

Such small conflicts have not happened once or twice between Japan and Russia, but they were suppressed by the high-level officials of both sides.

But this time was a bit special. One of the dead was the younger brother of a Japanese army major. In order to avenge his younger brother, he led troops to raid the Russian camp that night.

After the incident broke out, the Japanese army in the Korean area simply did not do anything, and launched an attack on the Russian army.

It can be said that the outbreak of this war was very unexpected. The Japanese government was dragged into the water by the army and had to go to war with the Russians! "

History has changed!

This was Ferdinand's first thought. Historically, when the Russo-Japanese War broke out, the negotiations reached an impasse, and the Japanese government chose to strike preemptively after knowing that it could not achieve its goal through negotiation.

Then the navy took the lead in attacking the Russian fleet in Lushun Port and Incheon Port, but this time it was the army that acted first!

In any case, the Russo-Japanese War is definitely about to break out, and the Japanese army has already launched an attack on Russia. Even Nicholas II has always opposed the war with the Japanese now, and now he has to fight!

In fact, the early outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War had something to do with Ferdinand. Due to his butterfly effect, Bulgaria was much stronger than in history. Due to the existence of the Bulgarian-Russian Alliance, the pressure on the Russians in continental Europe was reduced a lot. , so their power to the Far East has been greatly strengthened.

The progress of the Siberian Railway is much faster than in history. Now only the section of Lake Baikal is left. According to the current progress, the whole line will be open to traffic by 1907 at the latest.

This worried people of insight in Japan, especially the radicals in the Japanese army. They advocated pre-emptive strikes and a decisive battle with Russia in the Far East before the opening of the railway!

This incident is just an inducement in the background, even without it, there will be other triggers!

Prime Minister Constantine asked worriedly: "What is the attitude of the British? Will they go to war with the Russians for the Japanese?"

Megev thought for a while and said, "I don't know, the Russo-Japanese War broke out yesterday, and neither side has declared war yet.

The London government has not made any statement on this matter!

However, our Ministry of Foreign Affairs believes that most of the British will not go to war with the Russians for the sake of the Japanese!

After all, according to the covenant, once the British go to war against Russia, we and the French must also join the war. I dare not say it in other regions, but the British are at a disadvantage in the Mediterranean region!

Moreover, on the Far East issue, the German government also supports the Russians. Under normal circumstances, the British would not take this risk! "

Not only that, Ferdinand also knew that Nicholas II and William II still planned to form an alliance, but the British used the beautiful idea of ​​the "British-German" alliance to temporarily fool the Germans!

From a strategic point of view, it seems like a good combination for the British to develop the navy and the Germans to develop the army.

In fact, there is no possibility of an alliance between the two sides. The business circles of Britain and Germany have long been incompatible. How can an alliance without common interests be realized?

The words of the Minister of Foreign Affairs undoubtedly gave everyone a dose of tranquilizer. Since the Anglo-Russian war will not break out, no matter how violent the Far East fights, it will not affect Bulgaria.

Ferdinand said calmly: "The British are now being tricked by little Japan. They have just seen the dawn of victory in the battle against the Boers in South Africa. Now that the Russo-Japanese War broke out, I am afraid they will continue to fight again!

And they haven't had time to coordinate their relationship with the Germans. If the Germans fully support the Russian Far East strategy, the British Empire will not be able to withstand the pressure of the three major powers of Germany, France and Russia. Even the Americans are supporting the Japanese!

Now we need to express our attitude. All business dealings with the Japanese are now prohibited. As for our position in this war, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs must first find out the attitudes of the major powers before making a decision! "

That's right, due to Ferdinand's butterfly effect, the British were suffering in South Africa, and the whole of Europe supported the Boers. It took nearly two years for the British to use diplomatic means to keep countries neutral in the war.

But the power of the Boers is still stronger, at least for the tens of thousands of extra mercenaries, only the lobster soldiers can drink a pot.

Now, at the moment when the Boer government was finally forced to compromise, the Russo-Japanese War broke out again. Didn’t this give the Boers hope of victory again?

Besides, the French should do something now, right? It is not too much to support the Boers!

The Germans were slapped in the front by the British, and now the Russians are rushing to the front, not to do anything to the British. Is this still the style of William II?

As for the Portuguese, if they had the courage to blockade France and Germany, Ferdinand would really admire their courage! As for the guarantee ticket given to them by the British, everyone knows that it is a contract whose validity is pending!

Although the attitudes of the major powers have not yet come out, for Bulgaria, even if it declares war on the Japanese immediately, Ferdinand will not have any pressure, and it will be out of reach anyway!

There is also the so-called economic sanctions against Japan, which is even more ridiculous. Is there a large amount of commercial trade between the two countries? Is there a million levs? It's a big question mark?

This is completely made by Ferdinand to show the Russians, to show that I support you!

Foreign Minister Megev replied: "Okay! Your Majesty, we will try to find out the attitudes of the major powers!"

"By the way, Japan and Russia are about to start a full-scale war. The Ministry of War will discuss with the Russians and send some of our new weapons to test their power. By the way, let's see what the Russians still lack and see if there is anything we can provide!" Ferdinand added carelessly,

Well, in the eyes of Ferdinand in the Russo-Japanese War, the most important thing is to make war fortune! Anyway, the Russians are not ready. Once they fight, they will develop a lot of strategic material reserves.

In terms of the relationship between Bulgaria and Russia, the pro-Bulgarian faction within the Russian government is also very strong. The two sides have had friendly and cooperative relations for many years, and of course they must continue to maintain it!

Even the so-called testing of new weapons is not to let the Russian military take the initiative to place an order after seeing the power?

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On January 30, the third day after the Japanese army launched an offensive, the Japanese government finally handed over the letter of war to the Russians nervously; on the same day, the Russian government also declared war on the Japanese, and the Russo-Japanese War broke out.

On February 1, the London government declared neutrality, followed by France, Germany, the United States, Italy, Austria-Hungary and other countries, and even the Qing government came out to join in the fun and declared neutrality, but Ferdinand did not express his position for a long time!

Oh, the position of the Bulgarian government on this issue is really not important, so everyone didn't pay much attention.

Ferdinand was also happy, and continued to keep silent! He has made up his mind to make war fortune. If you continue to sell weapons after being neutral, you will definitely be criticized by the international community, especially the British!

As soon as the war started, the Russians were beaten by one measure, and they retreated steadily on the battlefield.

Russia now has a total population of 141 million. At this time, the total strength of the Russian Army Standing Army is about 1.05 million, and the number of reservists has reached 3.75 million.

Among them, 90% of the troops were deployed in the western region. In the Far East, there were only more than 98,000 regular army troops, 168 cannons, and 328 machine guns (historically: 148 guns and 8 machine guns).

At the same time, the Russian Navy has more than 200 warships, of which the Pacific Squadron has more than 60 combat ships (192,000 tons).

It can be said that the Russians have great strength, but in the Far East, they can only show one point!

Correspondingly, Japan now has a total population of about 44 million, a total army strength of about 375,000, a reserve force of 2 million, and 1,140 cannons, of which 250,000 can be used for operations outside the Japanese archipelago.

37% of the artillery is mountain artillery, which is suitable for the terrain characteristics of the Northeast battlefield. 847 machine guns (147 in history).

The Japanese Navy has about 80 warships (260,000 tons), most of which are new ships built in the UK with good performance and uniform specifications.

Affected by the Balkan War, both Japan and Russia realized the importance of machine guns and increased the number of machine guns.

If it is only a disadvantage in the number of troops, the Russians said that they can make up for it at any time, but the logistical problem is the real trouble!

The section of the Trans-Siberian Railway around Lake Baikal has not been fully completed. It takes nearly five weeks to travel from Europe to Northeast China (six weeks in history), but only 2-3 military trains can be driven every day and night.

Although in the Far East, the Russians are at a disadvantage militarily; but in terms of national strength, the Russians have an absolute advantage. In terms of industry, the Russians are more than ten times that of Japan!

Therefore, the outside world is still generally optimistic that the Russians will win the final victory!

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