Bulgarian Empire

Compared with the clear strategic goals of the Allies, the strategy of the Allies is a bit embarrassing!

As the boss of the Germans, they are still in a daze. They regard the biggest enemy as the French, and they are planning to overthrow France again, so as to dominate the European continent!

And the remaining two younger brothers are still choking each other, and the Italians are still eyeing the Austro-Hungarian territory. Although the Germans are trying to reconcile in the middle, this contradiction still exists!

Similarly, the Italians are also eyeing their quasi-ally the Ottoman Empire, and even the semi-allies of Greece, the Italians have also expressed interest!

If you talk about cheating teammates, throughout the ages, Italy should be the first to be promoted. It is estimated that people who understand the modern history of Europe will have no doubts about this!

Then came the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Joseph I's mind is still very clear now. After annexing Serbia, he regretted it!

The ethnic conflicts in the Austro-Hungarian Empire were already big enough, and the endless internal conflicts suppressed his desire to expand the territory!

Generally speaking, the performance of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the moment is still good, but their desire for war is really worrying!

Without the conflict in the Balkans, the Austro-Hungarian Empire has no desire to fight the Russians! Grab the site? Are internal conflicts still unresolved?

The Hungarians have shown a strong interest in Romania, but unfortunately they are still allies now, and the Vienna government will never tolerate them!

After taking stock of Ferdinand, he found that although the Triple Alliance is still strong on the European continent, they have many internal conflicts. The Germans are not Britain and France, and they have not been able to resolve internal conflicts through diplomatic means!

So even though the Allies are more united than they have been in history, their core is still German.

Austria-Hungary and Italy have their own plans, and even they are not so willing to see the Germans dominate the European continent!

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Time flies by, and Christmas comes again in a flash. On this day, the whole of Bulgaria is on holiday, and Ferdinand is taking the four little ones to play with the Christmas tree.

Oh, the eldest brother and the second child are helping, the younger Caesar is in charge of making trouble, and the third son Peter is waving flags and cheering, clapping his hands to cheer, just like a victorious general, but Ferdinand doesn't look angry at all!

The king's son is not so easy to be. Little Caesar probably still has a year or two of good life, and Peter is his last happy time. He will soon follow in the footsteps of his two elder brothers and experience what is elite Noble education!

Ferdinand had to be thankful, fortunately, the family has a profound heritage, and there is a strict education system for the offspring. Basically, those who have been trained strictly since childhood, will not produce waste when they grow up!

Usually this kind of training is aimed at the eldest son in many cases, so there are many things that after the eldest son has an accident, the successor behind is a waste!

But when he came to Ferdinand, he directly decided to treat them equally, and all his sons should receive the same education!

The big deal is that in the future, a few more kingdoms will be created overseas, and they will be thrown out as kings. In this way, even if there are any changes in the future, the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-Kohari family can maintain their prominent status. !

Oh, this is all in the future, let's enjoy the family fun now!

But Ferdinand was quickly attracted by a piece of news!

"Your Majesty, the Sofia has been completed, and it is ready to start its sea trial at any time. We have our own dreadnought!" Prime Minister Constantine said somewhat incomparably.

"What?" Ferdinand said in surprise.

"Your Majesty, we are the second country in the world to have dreadnoughts!" Constantine said excitedly

After repeated confirmations, Ferdinand finally confirmed that this matter is true! Due to Ferdinand's butterfly effect, Bulgaria started preparations in advance, and finally replaced Germany as the second country in the world with dreadnoughts!

I believe that this news will soon shock the world!

Perhaps among the upper echelons of the countries,

They will not be too surprised, after all, they know that the Bulgarian dreadnought started construction in the first half of 1907, and with the technical support of the Gallic Chicken, it is not surprising that it can be built!

But ordinary people don't know it! They will only be shocked by the strength of Bulgaria's industry and lament the strength of Bulgaria!

Although this kind of folk recognition cannot increase Bulgaria's hard power, it can increase its soft power! What the Bulgarian government lacks now is precisely this kind of soft power!

"Okay! The sea trial ceremony is scheduled to be held in three days. Now announce the news and invite the envoys of various countries to participate in this grand event!" Ferdinand said excitedly

He knew that as soon as the news came out, this Christmas would change, and the whole world would be shocked by it!

After all, in everyone's perception, the second dreadnought should be the French, the Germans, or the Russians, Austria-Hungary, Italy, or even the Americans are within their guessing range!

The second country capable of building dreadnoughts is Bulgaria? The first reaction of normal people would be that this is impossible!

What the hell is Bulgaria? Is it God's back garden? I heard that the roses there are good, that's all!

Although Bulgaria has risen after the Balkan War, its international influence is limited to the Near East, and its popularity in the world is still so unknown!

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In fact, due to the backwardness of information transmission in this era, except for the people of Bulgaria, other countries only got the news at Christmas.

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As the news spread, Sofia became lively first. Of course, Christmas is already very lively! This news undoubtedly added another point of joy!

Many people's first reaction is, is today April Fool's Day? Although everyone knows that Bulgaria has launched the dreadnought project, no one can believe that it was completed so quickly!

We must know that only the British have this technology in so many countries around the world, and Bulgaria's dreadnoughts are coming too fast!

From the beginning of the War of Independence to the present, after two generations of unremitting efforts, the dream of a great country is finally coming true!

Of course, this is not the dream of a big country in Ferdinand's mind. He is very clear that Bulgaria has only taken the first step, and there is still a long way to go in the future!

History told him that if a country does not have enough territory and people, it will never become a real big country!

Can half of the Balkan Peninsula support a powerful country? The answer is no!

Even the entire Balkan Peninsula can only support a regional power at most. This point has been proved by the British and French in parallel time with practical actions!

The ideal country in Ferdinand's mind is that it includes...