Rebirth of the Spanish Empire

Russia took Novi Sad back from the hands of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which greatly surprised other countries. At the same time, they felt that these four times were the beginning of the storm. Therefore, everyone is paying close attention to the development of the world situation, especially the attitudes of various countries.

However, the attitudes shown by various countries make people feel puzzled and excusable at the same time.

The first is the German Empire. In an unknown revelation whether it was intentional or not, the German Empire made it clear that it would continue to implement its previously established policies and continue to sell weapons to countries that are friendly to Germany as in the contracts signed before. And the most surprising thing is this time. , the German Empire actually directly announced that the country will support the German Imperial Navy in selling two Nassau-class dreadnought battleships that have just been in service for a long time to Bulgaria. The fastest, it will be within a month. It will sail to the Aegean Sea within a short period of time. After arrival, Bulgaria will be directly trained on the operation of the two ships. After they are proficient, a formal handover ceremony will be held.

As soon as the news came out, everyone was shocked. You must know that the current Nassau-class battleships are the most advanced Dreadnought-class battleships in Europe and the world. The British Dreadnought battleship, the American South Carolina battleship, the Spanish Dreadnought battleship named after each state, etc., etc. They are already the most powerful battleships in the navy today. It would be fine if it were from other big countries, one more or less would be indispensable, but now, it is Bulgaria. You must know that although this country has been independent for more than 30 years, but . They have always been living in the cracks, being attacked and collided by Tsarist Russia and the Ottoman Empire everywhere, and cautiously trying to survive. But now, such a country will actually have two of the world's most advanced naval overlords. Battleship, such news has to surprise everyone, you know. Now in the Far East. Except that Japan has a slightly larger navy. Other countries, such as China and Thailand, only have two or three ships, while Japan has even more. Nor does it reach the number of fingers on both hands. And to know. Japan at this time. It is already the number one regional power in the Far East. Far above Russia, it can also be ranked among the top naval powers in the world.

And Thailand and China. It was also because of Spain that it was able to obtain such battleships. Originally, in the Balkan Peninsula, apart from the British garrison that frequently moved there, there were only a few ships from the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the Adriatic Sea to the north. Although the Ottoman Empire is known as a powerful country in the southern Balkans, it only has three battleships. In other words, as long as these battleships are absorbed, Bulgaria, a country that was originally not a good naval general, will become a real nation. The magnificent transformation of the third largest naval power in the country really makes many people, especially many people in the region, unbelievable and unwilling to accept it.

So, of course, these countries complained to their respective forces at this time, mainly asking other major powers to stop the German Empire's single-arms production business. The reason was that this greatly destroyed the strategic balance of the Balkan Peninsula. At the same time, these countries also requested strong support. Ask to buy weapons and equipment, because only if you have a big fist, you will not be intimidated and threatened by other countries. Also, they are making preparations on both sides. Just in case it really can't be stopped, you can use force as much as possible to maintain your own safety.

Such an idea led many in the Balkans and even nearby small and medium-sized countries to secretly stockpile a large amount of arms. The result was that, according to later statistics, the two German battleships caused this inability to purchase weapons. The tide is over 500 million pesetas, which is several times the combined annual income of many small countries. This can be called a classic example of a typical arms sales operation.

After the German Empire's attitude came out, the attitude of Britain, which had just warned Greece, changed. Although many of the contents were still the same as before, warning other countries not to touch Britain's allies Greece and The war spread to colonial Egypt, etc. However, Britain was deeply disturbed by such blatant actions of the German Empire. Therefore, in order to implement its strategy against the German Empire, Britain also made several requests from Greece, so Britain seemed to be angry. , indicating that the United Kingdom will send more naval fleets to station in the Eastern Mediterranean to prevent unexpected accidents. It is really funny. With such an action, who would not know that the United Kingdom is mainly defending against the German Empire.

The battle between Britain and the German Empire has become fierce over the years. It can be said that although both sides have sometimes made compromises, it is difficult to imagine how long this compromise will last. The current approach has become serious enough to cause friction. The gun was on the verge of going off, which made many people nervous and excited at the same time. Among them, these enthusiastic people were naturally Russia.

Although Russia claims to have more than one million troops and hundreds of millions of reserve troops, it still feels very nervous when facing the German Empire, which is already known as the world's largest army. Although the German Empire has only them. That's half as much as Nicholas II, but no matter how ignorant or arrogant Nicholas II was, he didn't dare to say that he could match the sophisticated troops of France. Therefore, it goes without saying that he thought that his army could not defeat the German Empire. The most powerful army in the world can be ignored. Therefore, over the years, although he has focused his attention and energy on fighting the Austro-Hungarian Empire and fighting with Spain from time to time, he The German Empire has always been the biggest obstacle to Tsarist Russia's land hegemony in dominating the Eurasian continent. Therefore, they are always paying attention to every move of the German Empire.

When he heard that Germany would sell two of the most advanced battleships to Bulgaria, his heart began to sink. He was very famous for the Nassau-class dreadnought battleships. He had long hoped for them. Tsarist Russia's Although not bad, their battleships still have problems with speed and vitality compared to other countries. Even in other aspects, their battleships cannot compete with those of the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, the United States, and France. In comparison, even in the Far East, it is not as good as Japan. This has always been Nicholas II's biggest regret, and it has also been the regret of all tsars in the past dynasties. Now the German Empire actually sold even Tsarist Russia's advanced dreadnought battleships to the former Tsarist Russia's little followers. Now the German Empire is indeed following. This makes Tsarist Russia feel shameless, and at the same time, it also feels a real threat from the German Empire. , especially this time, in addition to the west, it was also brought from the south, which made him deeply dissatisfied. Therefore, he rarely asked for help, but he wrote a letter himself for the first time and sent it to Britain and France. Two allies with a covenant. He expressed the hope that they would join forces to express their dissatisfaction with the German Empire's destruction of the situation in the Balkans.

Russia's idea is often correct. After all, these three countries have jointly faced the rapid expansion of the German Empire over the years, and have had many experiences of cooperation. This has made many people feel that these three countries are actually in Germany. As long as the empire continues to exist, it will definitely be a natural ally. However, this time, this time, Russia miscalculated.

On September 25, 1912, when many people were paying attention to the trend of imported weapons in the Balkans caused by the arms trade between the German Empire and Bulgaria, the International Olympic Committee issued a notice that everyone was concerned about. The unexpected news has caused huge controversy not only abroad, but also in Spain.

This message is: In view of the recent assessment results of the Spanish government, it seems that there are certain factors in the international movement that have caused the movement to be inactive, and in view of the tense development of the current international situation, especially in the Balkans. Due to the current tense situation in the birthplace of the Olympic Games, the Spanish government has finally carefully considered that in order to make the Madrid Olympic Games in Spain more successful, Spain has decided to postpone the Madrid Olympic Games after applying and the International Olympic Committee agreed. to be held in the next four years.

The news immediately caused a huge response around the world. Especially those who have been preparing for the Olympics for many years. They have worked hard to prepare for the Olympics for four years, but the final result is that when the Spanish government came out with such a result, they were dissatisfied, and even had some problems because of it. A few athletes have come out with the idea of ​​boycotting Spain's hosting of the next Olympic Games. Naturally, some people are pushing for it, but these are not important. The important thing is that this seems to have exceeded the control capabilities of the Spanish government and even the International Olympic Committee. There are some people who don’t know what to do. It is said that on October 1st, more than 200,000 people around the world held demonstrations to express their dissatisfaction. The total number of people in the past few days has exceeded one million people. This makes the Olympic Committee happy that people are paying attention to it, but also regrets this decision. At the same time, I was also complaining about the decision made by Spain, which affected the International Olympic Committee.

But other countries, such as Spain, which has always had opinions, laughed because of this, especially the United States and the United Kingdom, which had just hosted the third and fourth host countries, laughed at it. When it comes to Spain, the Nordic countries, France, Germany, etc. that failed to compete for the right to host the event have both official and private condemnation of Spain. And expressed many opinions that Spain should not host this Olympic Games.

In short, the current Spain really seems to have aroused the anger of the people. Even many people in the allies did not understand Spain's actions and expressed dissatisfaction. (To be continued...)