Mediterranean Hegemony Road

How could the Germans' diplomacy be so loud, how could they be able to hide from Ferdinand?

Unfortunately, even if he knew about the Germans' plan, Ferdinand still had to go into the pit!

The benefits are often proportional to the risks. The higher the risks, the greater the benefits!

The Germans hoped to use the anti-guarantee alliance to contain the development of Bulgaria and at the same time keep the Ottoman Empire; but Ferdinand also wanted to find an excuse to attack his neighbors?

As for the Ottoman Empire, such a good neighbor, why push him down? If the Ottoman Empire is really divided up now, then the expansion of Bulgaria will be blocked in the future. Could it be that Ferdinand can still snatch the spoils of war with Britain, France and Russia?

Compared with the Germans' Near East strategy, the British's tactics are much more sophisticated. The Germans hope that Bulgaria will send troops to the peninsula of Asia Minor to create opportunities for the anti-guarantee alliance.

What the British are most concerned about is not the local interests of the Near East. Instead, what they are most concerned about now is how to provoke contradictions between the Allies and the Allies, and use the contradictions between countries to achieve the British's strategic goal of containing the Germans!

In this state, the Bulgarians may disembark at any time, and may even defect under the enticement of the Allies. This is what John Bull cannot bear!

Compared with the challenger to check and balance the German world hegemony, the expansion of Bulgaria is insignificant!

Now that Germany has actually delivered it to the door by itself, the two sides are interested in love and concubine, so naturally they hit it off!

While John Bull cooperated with the Germans, he directly leaked the news to Bulgaria.

This is equivalent to telling Ferdinand clearly, don't you want Asia Minor? Want Greece? Now is the chance, as long as you take the risk, your teeth are good enough, and your appetite is big enough to eat it, it's yours!

Do Bulgaria now have such good teeth? The answer is: yes!

But did Ferdinand have this appetite? Without a doubt: no!

Now that the time of the world war is not far away, even if Bulgaria can swallow it, there is no way to digest it in a short time, let alone to enhance the comprehensive national strength!

While the UK and Germany were using various means, no one noticed that the Italian Minister to Bulgaria had secretly met with the Bulgarian Foreign Minister Metev twice, and the two sides still had a great conversation!

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Prime Minister Constantine said excitedly: "Your Majesty, the British have publicly recognized our sovereignty over the peninsula of Asia Minor, and have also tacitly acquiesced in our expansion to the Greek peninsula!"

In his view, the diplomatic recognition of the British Empire is undoubtedly of great significance. But in Ferdinand's view, unless Bulgaria really occupied Asia Minor. Otherwise, the so-called diplomatic recognition has no substantive benefits!

Ferdinand said earnestly: "The British really spared no effort in provoking a conflict between us and the Allies!"

To be honest, Ferdinand never thought that the United Kingdom would be so ruthless. The Asia Minor Peninsula and the Greek Peninsula would be thrown as soon as they were thrown, but the bigger the bait, the greater the natural risk!

Oh, this also has little to do with the interests of the British in the area, not unrelated! Far less than the Germans and French, John Bull is generous again this time!

Compared with others, only Ferdinand knew that the issue of the Asia Minor peninsula,

It is likely to evolve into one of the main contradictions of the First World War, and the Anti-Protection Alliance has tied these countries to the chariot of the Allied countries in one fell swoop!

After listening to Ferdinand's words, Constantine suddenly reacted. The Allies can condone Bulgaria's expansion, but the Allies can't, they can't keep watching Bulgaria bully their younger brother anyway!

It is conceivable that the conflict of interests between Bulgaria and the Allied countries is inevitable. In the future, it will be difficult for Bulgaria to stay outside the mainstream conflicts in the world!

Constantine thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, the conflict between the Allies and the Allies is inevitable. Bulgaria will pull in sooner or later. Instead of passively joining, it is better to join in!"

"Oh!"

Ferdinand smiled slightly and said, "It seems that I have entered a dead end, and the sky is falling, and the tallest person will hold it first!

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Sure enough, it is the most suitable development direction for Bulgaria to be surrounded by enemies, otherwise our allies will be worried!

According to the original plan, cooperate with them to perform a play! "

Instead of worrying about the world war, it is better to eat the meat in the mouth first. Anyway, the British, French, and Russians are the main forces in this war.

Bulgaria seems to face many enemies, but the opponents are all weak chickens. As long as the Allies do not fail, Ferdinand does not have to worry about Bulgaria being defeated!

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In the game of the great powers, the most hurt is undoubtedly the small country!

For example, the Kingdom of Montenegro was sandwiched between Bulgaria and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Nicholas I had great ambitions, but was unable to perform!

Originally, the Kingdom of Montenegro moved closer to Bulgaria under the Russians' move to build a bridge, but when Ferdinand refused to support the Serbian revolution, an indelible gap was left in the relationship between the two countries!

Later, due to the economic blockade of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Bulgaria controlled the economy of the Kingdom of Montenegro, which made more people dissatisfied in Montenegro.

The Prime Minister of Montenegro has publicly stated on many occasions that he wants to change his economic dependence on Bulgaria and break the status quo of working for Bulgarians.

Obviously, the Kingdom of Montenegro is used to the "selfless" assistance of the Russians before, and they are not used to the support of Bulgaria in return now!

So what Ferdinand took for granted became the main contradiction between Bulgaria and Montenegro.

Prior to this, there have been trade frictions between the two sides. For example, the capitalists in the Kingdom of Montenegro raised the export price of timber uniformly; the capitalists in Bulgaria did not go to purchase for a year, and finally forced them to make concessions...

The Kingdom of Montenegro also wanted Bulgaria to help them establish their own industry, but was rejected by Bulgaria.

This is not a deliberate attempt by Ferdinand to make things difficult. There is no money, no resources, and no market. How can such a three-nothing kingdom achieve industrialization?

In short, under this series of contradictions, the Kingdom of Montenegro has been thrown away by the Germans, and they have turned their backs!

Oh no! Nicholas I's original idea was to sell at a price, hoping that Bulgaria could come up with better conditions to win over them. It is a pity that Ferdinand was not on the road, and directly closed the trade channel between the two countries!

Then, getting on and off is easy! The Kingdom of Montenegro was unable to ride a tiger and had to bite the bullet and join the Anti-Protection Alliance.

In order to strengthen the confidence of the anti-guarantee alliance, on May 26, 1909, Bulgaria sent troops to the peninsula of Asia Minor and landed at Zonguldak, Banderma and Karaburun respectively.

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