Bulgarian Empire

In addition to the death of the old emperor, a far-reaching event happened at the end of 1916. Falkenhayn, who had just won the victory on the Eastern Front, was impeached by the German military. He was dismissed on December 1 and replaced by a Junker aristocrat Hindenburg served as Chief of the German General Staff.

The next day, Chancellor Theobalden von Batemann Hollwig submitted his resignation letter to Wilhelm II. Together with him, the German Minister of Finance, Minister of Logistics, and Minister of the Interior and other high-level government officials resigned.

Obviously, in this round of political struggle, the military won an overall victory, the German government lost its dominance over the country, and Hindenburg also started the road to military dictatorship.

As for William II, he has completely become a rubber stamp emperor. Even if he did not express his position in this political struggle, he was still emptied by the military.

After receiving the news, Ferdinand had to admit that an indecisive person is really not suitable to be an emperor. Originally, he and the government could suppress the Junkers by joining forces.

As a result, because of his momentary hesitation and indecision, the military forces representing the Junker nobles defeated the government. Even at this time, as the king, he still has the ability to intervene!

But William II still chose to remain silent, and watched the government fall, and then the bigger military also took advantage of the situation to take him away!

Of course, this is not comprehensive. William II has also made efforts, such as promoting Hindenburg, who was born as a Junker aristocrat, as the chief of staff. He tried to reconcile the contradictions between Georgia and Fang through this effort.

Needless to say, the result is the same as in history, as soon as he came to power, he united with the Junker nobles and emptied him as a king.

The rise of the German military had a huge impact on the World War. First, the High Seas Fleet left port, ready to fight the British for a decisive battle.

This is also inevitable. With the end of the Eastern Front and the beginning of the Southern Front, the German army fell into the predicament of protracted combat, and the dream of trying to end the war on the mainland was shattered.

However, the German financial circles and the Junker nobles did not agree to end the war, so the German Supreme Command had to change its original intention and shift its strategic focus to the sea.

In order to break through the British naval blockade, ensure Germany's freedom of action at sea, and reverse the passive situation, the German ruling authorities decided to look for opportunities at sea to fight a decisive battle with Britain.

So on December 10, 1916, the German High Seas Fleet and the British Royal Navy's Home Fleet broke out in the Atlantic Ocean in what felt like the largest sea battle in the history of war!

Well, Ferdinand was directly stunned by this shocking news. If the Germans had the courage earlier, they would have a decisive battle with the British as soon as the war broke out.

Not only can it severely damage the British Royal Navy, but it can also save the navy's huge expenses. This funding can at least allow Germany to add another 50 infantry divisions. Maybe the history of the World War can really be rewritten!

As for the possibility of the Germans winning, Ferdinand never thought about it. The strength gap between the two sides is too great, and the navy is not an army that can rely on courage and tactics to make up for the gap!

Now the eyes of the whole world are paying attention to this naval battle. Even the news that the Allies and Allies are fighting on the western and southern fronts has been covered up by this naval battle.

Ferdinand knew that, if nothing else, this was a replica of the Jutland sea battle in history. Even the location didn't change much, it was all near the Jutland peninsula in Denmark.

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When the war broke out, the British main fleet squatted like a watchdog in the port of Scapaflo, staring at the German High Seas Fleet and trapping it in Wilhelmshaven and Bremerhaven. The German High Seas Fleet became a veritable The "fleet of existence".

Due to Ferdinand's butterfly effect, in this time and space, the German High Seas Fleet now has 21 battleships, 3 more than in history, while the Royal Navy's Home Fleet has 35 battleships, 2 more than in history.

There is no doubt that these battleships are dreadnoughts or dreadnoughts. In addition, both sides have a series of large and small warships.

Germany has a total of more than 400 large and small warships,

The British owned more than 700 large and small warships, and the Germans were less than half of John Bull in terms of total tonnage of warships.

Admiral Reinhard Scheer, the commander of the German High Seas Fleet at the time, faced the powerful Royal Navy fleet in frustration. The capital fleet of cattle.

After receiving the domestic decisive battle order, Admiral Scheer was in a bad mood. In the end, he still made the same decision as in history, luring part of the Royal Navy to come out and kill them. If the time is right, he will lead the High Seas Fleet and Some of the main battles of the Royal Navy!

After much hesitation, Admiral Scher decided to hand over this task to Hipper. At 5 pm on December 8, Hipper led five battlecruisers and twelve cruisers out, while the High Seas Fleet The main force set sail in more than three hours.

Contrary to the high-profile voyage of the Hipper fleet acting as a "bait", the main formation led by Scheer maintained strict radio silence.

At the same time, the radio station in Wilhelmshaven continued to use the call sign of Scheer's flagship, the "Frederick the Great", to communicate with the outside world, creating the illusion that Admiral Scheer and the main force of the Oceanic Fleet were still in the port.

In fact, winter is not a good time for a decisive battle, but Admiral Scheer has no choice. If the conditions are really suitable for naval operations, the British will not be fooled.

"Your Excellency, will the British be fooled?" the chief of staff asked worriedly

Scheer replied without hesitation: "I don't know! If we are unlucky and encounter a British reconnaissance plane as soon as we come out, we may change from hunters to prey!"

The chief of staff smiled wryly and said, "Well, originally I wanted to seek comfort from you, but I didn't expect you, the maker of tactics, to be more pessimistic than me!"

Scheer sighed and said: "I'm not pessimistic, but the truth! Even if the British are fooled, so what, as long as they are cautious enough to come out, we still have to run for our lives!

Or he only sent a fleet of troops, and the commander is a coward who took advantage of it and accepted it as soon as it was good, and didn't pursue it at all, so what can we do with them? "

After a moment of silence, the chief of staff said, "It seems that now we can only expect God to bless us!"

The two ended the conversation. This was a gamble. If the Germans won this sea battle cleanly, there would be another sea battle waiting for them. John Bull's navy was simply not something they could solve in one go!

If it is lost, or if both sides suffer, then there will be no more, and the German Navy can announce its withdrawal from this world war in advance!

The luck of the Germans this time is still very good. The reconnaissance plane of the British returned directly after discovering their cruiser fleet.

Of course, their good luck ended here. Because of the weather, the British pilots mistakenly turned the battlecruiser into a battleship and reported it!

After receiving the news, Admiral Jericho, commander of the British Ocean Fleet, immediately made a decision to deploy a large net and send a decoy fleet to lure the Germans into the pit!

At 21:30 on the evening of the 8th, Jellicoe personally led a huge fleet consisting of 26 battleships, 3 battlecruisers, 20 cruisers and 50 destroyers out of Scapa Flow.

After that, Beatty led the vanguard fleet consisting of 4 battleships, 6 battlecruisers, 14 light cruisers and 27 destroyers to leave the port of Rosyth.

A few hours later, the German submarine ambushed outside the port of Rosyth returned a telegram to the Oceanic Fleet that "the enemy fleet is sailing". And Germany's "bait fleet" has long been under the surveillance of the British.

Almost all the two fleets thought that their "bait tactics" had succeeded. At this time, neither Scheer nor Jellicoe expected that the opponent's fleet had all been dispatched. What's more, they didn't expect that they would personally participate in the world's largest fleet battle in the near future.

... (Forget about the cookie-cutter sea battle, everyone doesn't want to watch it, and I'm too lazy to talk about it)

Time flies by, and in a flash, December 13th has been three days since the decisive battle between the Anglo-German navy. The Bulgarian intelligence department finally figured out the outcome of the war.

Intelligence leader Sim handed over a document to Ferdinand and said, "Your Majesty, the results of the Anglo-German Jutland naval battle have come out, please take a look!"

Ferdinand took the document and read it carefully. There is no doubt that the British and German governments are bragging.

According to their previously announced results, they are all winners, but there can only be one winner in a battle, or there is no winner!

The British declared: sinking 3 German battlecruisers, 3 dreadnoughts, 1 dreadnought, 2 former dreadnoughts, 7 light cruisers, 9 destroyers, 8 torpedo boats (total tonnage of 366,000 tons), Injured 8 German dreadnoughts and 2 battlecruisers...

The Germans claimed to have sunk 2 British battlecruisers, 5 dreadnoughts, 2 dreadnoughts, 3 pre-dreadnoughts, 2 armored cruisers, 10 light cruisers, 9 destroyers, and 5 torpedo boats (gross tonnage 485,000 tons), damaged 12 British dreadnoughts and 8 cruisers...

And Ferdinand received information showing that the Germans did take advantage of this sea battle, but both sides were exaggerating the results.

The Royal Navy sank 2 pre-dreadnoughts, 3 battlecruisers, 3 armored cruisers, 6 destroyers, 2 cruisers, and 5 torpedo boats (gross tonnage of about 178,000 tons).

The High Seas Fleet sank 1 battlecruiser, 1 pre-dreadnought, 4 light cruisers, 3 destroyers, and 5 torpedo boats (gross tonnage of about 89,000 tons).

Although the losses of both sides are much greater than in history, they are still not to the point of being injured. A sea battle in which not a single main battleship is sunk can only scratch an itch for the British and German navies up.

Of course, the small loss of warships does not mean that the loss of personnel is also large. At least the sum of their casualties is close to the total number of Bulgarian navy!

The total strength of the British army was about 65,000, and the number of casualties was as high as 10,472, with a casualty rate of 16.1%. The total strength of the German army was about 50,000, with 4,356 casualties, and a casualty rate of 8.7%.

This is also the aftermath of the decisive battle in winter, falling into the icy sea water, and the survival rate dropped sharply!

Fortunately, both countries have a bottom line. After the war, they both sent rescue ships. The two sides tacitly rescued the people who fell into the water, and then exchanged their respective soldiers and went back home!

For this result, Ferdinand was satisfied. The Germans won tactically, with even more victories than in history; the British won strategically, albeit with heavy losses.

From the standpoint of Bulgaria, Ferdinand only cared about whether the Royal Navy could continue to block the Germans. As for the casualties of the British navy, it was not worth mentioning.

Looking at the countries participating in the war on the continent of Europe, there are hundreds of thousands, or even millions of casualties for anyone who is not active. A mere 10,000 people can't keep up with the casualties of a day on the Western Front!

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