Bulgarian Empire

Under Ferdinand's butterfly effect, 1914 passed without risk. History had a turning point here, and the World War that had exploded in 1914 was postponed!

Due to the rise of Bulgaria and the partition of Serbia with Austria-Hungary, the gunpowder keg of the Balkans seemed to be wet by water, and it became dumb!

Serbia has been annexed by Austria-Hungary for more than ten years. The internal rebels and nationalism have almost been suppressed. The people's will to resist is always weak under the butcher's knife!

Of course, even if the "Sarajevo Incident" is exploded now, it is useless. Those are all internal problems of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The Allied Powers will look at the excitement at most, and it is impossible to stand up for the Serbs.

All countries are making the final preparations before the war. The most prominent manifestation is that battleships have increased sharply like dumplings. In 1914, the major powers in Europe had battleships in service. What Ferdinand did not expect was that even the Mao Zedong had been playing soy sauce. Xiong actually served four dreadnought ships. &1t;i>&1t;/i>

With the help of Britain and France, at the end of 1914, Russia completed the construction of four dreadnought ships, namely the Gangut, Petropavlovsk, Poltava, and Sevastopol, and they were then incorporated into the Baltic Sea. The fleet is in service.

Well, the Russian dreadnought project began design and construction in 19o8, and it was completed at the end of 1914, and it only began service in early 1915. This shipbuilding rate is probably only comparable to the eight-year shipbuilding record set by the Italians before. !

Of course, the sequelae are very serious. The longer the time, the greater the influence from the outside world. As far as Ferdinand knows, the Russian battleships have been revised seven or eight times, and finally they learned from the Italians.

I really don't know what the Russians think. They are more like battlecruisers than battleships, and they are more like battlecruisers than battlecruisers.

Simply put, the Russians wanted to have the firepower of a battleship and the power of a cruiser, and finally came up with a thin-skinned battleship. &1t;i>&1t;/i>

Of course, the weakness is very deadly, the speed is not as good as the battle cruiser, and the combat power is not as good as the dreadnought. The main reason is that it is not resistant to beatings, and it will be finished after a few shots.

specification

Displacement: 2336o tons

Length: 181.2m

Width: 26.6 meters

Draft: 8.4m

Main engine: Parsons type direct drive steam turbine 2 groups/4 shafts

Main boiler: 25 Yarrow-style oil-fired water tube boilers

Power: 42ooo horsepower

Flight: 23 knots

Endurance: 35oo nautical miles at 1o knot

Armament: 4 3o5mm 52-diameter triple guns (one front and one rear, two midships), 16 12omm 5o double-diameter single-loaded guns, 4 47mm single-loaded guns, 45omm underwater torpedo tubes 4 sets &1t;i>&1t;/i>

Armor: side 225mm, deck 5omm, gun mount 15omm, front turret 2o3mm, conning tower 254mm

Crew: 1126

Seeing the Russian battleships, Ferdinand finally found his confidence. Obviously, this was distorted by the thinking of the Italians. The Czarist government dared to come four at a time, and had to admire their courage.

...

The Foreign Secretary Medev hurried over and brought Ferdinand news that was unexpected and reasonable.

"Your Majesty, an armed conflict just broke out on the border between Germany and France.

The French claimed that when two German soldiers on patrol crossed the border and violated the sovereignty of France, they were detained by the French, and then the barbaric German army rudely attacked the French!

The Germans claimed: The French detained two German soldiers for no reason, and only after the two sides negotiated to no avail, the German army used force to rescue the hostages! ”&Amp;1t;i>&1t;/i>

Ferdinand sighed slightly, who should come or will come. As for the reason, this is not important! Anyway, the Allies believed the French, and the Allies believed the Germans. The onlookers expressed their confusion!

After pondering for a while, Ferdinand said cautiously: "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Bulgaria will support the just actions of the French to safeguard national sovereignty!"

Ferdinand knows that Bulgaria's position is undoubtedly a step closer to the war, but now Bulgaria can't drag it on anymore, and the preparations are almost done.

If it continues to procrastinate, the time for Bulgaria’s economic crisis is not far away, and war is undoubtedly the best weapon to consume excess capacity!

At the same time that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement, Bulgaria was also mobilizing for war. All the officers and soldiers who were still on vacation were notified and immediately returned to gather their troops. &1t;i>&1t;/i>

The officers and soldiers who have recovered are also required to be on standby at any time, and reserve forces in various regions have also regrouped in the name of military exercises. It can be said that Bulgaria was the first to mobilize for war among the six major European countries!

However, the dominant power of the war is not in the hands of Ferdinand. France and Germany are the central point of this conflict. The two countries are still fighting. If the Paris or Berlin governments refuse to make concessions, the war will be inevitable. .

...

Obviously, this time the French government has no retreat. Nationalism is a double-edged sword. Now the French government has been kidnapped by nationalism.

The British and Bulgarian positions in the Allied Powers were the same, and they both hoped to explode the war immediately. Russia also showed support for France this time. These factors gave the French the confidence to start war!

The British were terrified by the German production capacity. If the arms race continues, the German Navy will soon catch up with the Royal Navy, which is unacceptable to the British government. &1t;i>&1t;/i>

Of course, with John Bull’s scam properties, they will not directly express their views. After all, the pro-German faction in the London government is still strong, and most of the Liberals and the working class are anti-war factions.

So they made the same choice as in history. While John Bull cheered the French, he called on the two sides to calmly mediate the conflict.

The Russians have been counseled once in the Moroccan crisis. If they continue to pretend to be counseled, they are really counseled! Therefore, this time the tsarist government’s attitude is very firm and publicly expressed its support for any action by the French to safeguard national sovereignty.

...

"Your Majesty, there has just been a massive demonstration in London calling for peace. The British government has publicly announced that it will make every effort to avoid a European 6 war explosion!" Foreign Minister Metjeev said worriedly

There is no way for Britain to act too hard. Even its own people have been deceived. Now that there are less than ten people in the world who know that the Allied Powers are about to wage war, Metzhev naturally does not know, otherwise he would not be so worried. &1t;i>&1t;/i>

After all, without the participation of the British, the sea dominance of the Allied Powers cannot be guaranteed. Now the German navy is the second largest in the world, and the main force of the French navy remains in the Mediterranean. You can never expect the Mao Bear Navy to explode and kill Germany. People?

"Don't worry, it is impossible for Britain to tolerate the Germans to dominate Europe. Our plan remains unchanged!" Ferdinand said lightly.

...

There is no doubt that even his own people have been deceived under the high diplomatic means, let alone the Germans!

William II still naively thought that the British would still sit on the hill and watch the tigers fight this time, and would not directly join the war, so the Germans accelerated the pace of the war!

In addition to the attitude of the British, there is a more important factor. If time is delayed until the expansion of the French and Russian troops in 1917 is about to be completed, the comparison of strength between the two sides will change.

...

Since the German-French conflict broke out on February 23, all countries have been tacitly mobilizing for war, but the Germans reacted slightly faster. Within a week, the Germans mobilized 800,000 6 troops, and the standing army was more than 1.6 million. The Germans believed that the time for war had arrived!

On March 2, the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued an ultimatum to the French government, restricting the French to surrender the perpetrator within 24 hours, and apologize to Germany, as well as pay 2 billion marks in compensation!

Don't think about it, the French will definitely not accept it, otherwise the people of Paris will start to fall again this meaningful activity!

At this time, the war has entered the countdown, and the whole world knows that perhaps today or tomorrow, the European war will explode.

...

Genius remembers this site address in one second: .. Mobile version reading URL: m.

Please remember the domain name of this book's first publication:. Bookstore mobile version reading URL: