Mediterranean Hegemony Road

Bulgaria's unification of the Balkans quickly caused a sensation in the world. This time, Ferdinand didn't hide his clumsiness and declared the entire Balkans into Bulgarian territory.

And Ferdinand also characterized this war as a war of national unity in Bulgaria. Whether others believe it or not, the Bulgarian people are happy to accept this statement!

Of course, the concept of the Balkan Peninsula is still a general term. There is no unified standard for the specific boundary line in this era. The thick-skinned Ferdinand directly chose to forget it and did not announce the specific boundary line.

Anyway, everyone is paying attention to the world war now, and there is no energy to study the specific border line of Bulgaria! As for the future, it is only a few small countries that will discuss border demarcation with Bulgaria. I believe that the talks will be very pleasant at that time!

I have to say that Ferdinand chose a good time this time. Bulgaria has just announced the unification of the Balkans, and it has been recognized by the French.

Of course, the main purpose of the French is to urge Bulgaria to defeat the Austro-Hungarian Empire as soon as possible, and then everyone will hunt Berlin together. Bulgaria's acquisition of the Balkan Peninsula was agreed by everyone before, and now admitting it is just to show its attitude!

Immediately after the other Allied members, they also recognized Bulgaria's sovereignty over the Balkan Peninsula. Even John Bull didn't jump out to do things this time. It can be seen that in order to end the world war as soon as possible, everyone does not want to make extra troubles!

Germany and Austria are publicly condemning Bulgaria's war of aggression, but unfortunately they have lost the right to speak. Even the two royal families of Romania and Montenegro, which have been wiped out, expressed their support for the unification of the Balkans.

That's enough, you have already destroyed other people's countries, why don't you want others to congratulate you? Being able to stand up and support Bulgaria's unification of the Balkans is also forced out by reality!

Seeing that the Allies were about to fail, and they had no hope of recovering, they naturally had to compromise with Bulgaria. In exchange they agreed to transfer the throne to Ferdinand, but Bulgaria must be responsible for returning a crown to each of their two families.

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There is no way to guarantee this time. Who knows when someone will lack a king? Let them go to Africa to be chiefs, people don't want to?

Simply put, when there will be a vacancy for the king in the European Big 6 in the future, and when they are eligible to compete again, Bulgaria must do its best to support them in their enthronement!

And before they get a new crown, their royal annuity must be borne by the Bulgarian government, no less than before they went into exile!

Well, this kind of weird thing can only happen in Europe. Ferdinand was speechless. In order to gain legal sovereignty, he still chose to pay!

Then, under the witness of the representatives of the European royal family, the representatives of the two sides signed a treaty and completed the transaction. Since then, Ferdinand has added two crowns of Montenegro and Romania to his head.

Only after realizing it did Ferdinand realize it. It turned out that the crowns of the Big 6 in Europe can also be bought and sold. I knew that he would even get the crown of Greece, but unfortunately there is no chance now.

It's just that in the past, to trade the throne, it was necessary to obtain the approval of the Holy See. Now that the Holy See has declined, everyone no longer needs to bird them.

Seeing that the Allies were about to end, the Germans were naturally unwilling to fail, and took out their unique trick "infinite submarine warfare" in an attempt to cut off the supply of materials to the Allies and reverse the outcome of this war!

In fact, as early as the end of 1916, the Germans began to start the infinite submarine warfare, but because of the defeat of the Italians, their submarine force in the Mediterranean Sea was almost wiped out, and it was delayed.

Now that the submarine force has recovered its vitality, it is natural to come out to do things. There is no way to go to the Mediterranean Sea. They have no place to stay there. They can only catch John Bull and beat him!

Therefore, since 1917, the good days of the British have come to an end. On average, one out of every four ships from the British Isles will never return!

In just three months, 2.16 million tons of ships from the Allied countries sank into the sea. Among them, the German submarine force achieved a good result of sinking 860,000 tons in March alone. John Bull was frightened by this data. .

Is it okay to go on like this? If this goes on, everyone will starve!

Well, the Germans are now catching Niuniu and bullying them. Even the French next door are not afraid of German submarines. They can go to the Mediterranean for transportation, but the German submarines have limited voyages, so they cannot go deep into the Mediterranean!

This made John Bull's heart very unbalanced. The Germans wanted to put them to death, so the British decided to take revenge and let Hans know that they were not easy to bully!

Now the Allied powers are clearly in good shape. As long as everyone works harder, the Germans will be finished. Therefore, the London government has made a decision to induce Russia, France and the three countries to do their best to directly overthrow the Germans in order to relieve their hatred!

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On April 5, British Foreign Secretary Gray visited the French President, and the two countries reached an agreement on the final battle against Germany.

On April 6, the British Embassy in St. Petersburg paid a special visit to Nicholas II, and the two sides reached friendly consultations on the war against Germany.

On the same day, the British ambassador to Sofia, Christieve, also approached Ferdinand. Ferdinand was very clear about the British's intentions, except that they could not stand it.

Due to the sudden rise of Bulgaria, the Allies had a much better life than in history. Of course, John Bull was an exception. The Germans still suffered heavy losses in the infinite submarine war!

In this respect, the Russians can see that they have all collapsed in history, but now Nicholas II can still use an army of 3 million to counterattack against Germany, and they know that their days are not bad.

Even the pressure of the French is much easier. After all, Bulgaria is not as pitiful as Italy. Not only did they fail to defeat the enemy in 6 places, but they did not even do a good job of containing the Austro-Hungarian submarines!

Now the islands in the Adriatic Sea are basically occupied by Bulgaria, and the navy of the Austro-Hungarian Empire does not dare to emerge.

Now it depends on what kind of conditions John Niu is willing to give. As long as the interests are sufficient, Ferdinand can immediately attack the Germans. Of course, this refers to the Germans on the Eastern Front!

As the time as king became longer and longer, Ferdinand's temper also began to rise, and he ignored the cumbersome diplomatic etiquette as long as it was not on a formal occasion.

When he saw the British ambassador to Bulgaria, Ferdinand didn't even greet him. He waved his hand and said casually, "Mr. Crestife sits casually. I don't know what you mean by coming here today?"

For Ferdinand's habits, Christieve was already familiar with it, and he didn't find it strange.

"Your Majesty, for the sake of world peace, we hope that your country will launch an all-out attack on the Allies as soon as possible and end this war as soon as possible!"

Ferdinand took a sip from the teacup, and then said slowly: "According to the original agreement of the Allies, we have already completed the task, and now if Bulgaria needs to continue to invest more, what conditions are you willing to give? ?"

This is not Ferdinand's bragging. According to the original agreement, Bulgaria only needs to be responsible for dealing with the Ottoman Empire, Romania, the Kingdom of Montenegro, and the 1.5 million troops that contain the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

But now the kingdoms of Romania and Montenegro do not exist anymore, the Ottoman Empire is about to end, and even just one order from Ferdinand, they can be solved within a week!

And the army responsible for containing the Austro-Hungarian Empire, not to mention, the Austro-Hungarian army destroyed by Bulgaria is more than 1.5 million. If Bulgaria continues to fight against Germany, it means that after the German surrender in the future, they will The legacy Bulgaria left behind is also eligible for division!

In fact, there is not much controversy on this issue. Britain and France have suffered heavy losses in this war, and they cannot eat the legacy left by the Germans.

Well, mainly the British can't eat it, and they can't annex Germany anyway? Of course, Bulgaria is just as impossible!

And the colonies left by the Germans, except for a limited number of places, are not regarded by Britain and France. If it is not used to deal with garbage, Ferdinand will not look at it!

Simply put, the cost of governance is too high, and the German colonies have always been in a state of loss, and this loss has not been able to make up for it in other ways.

In fact, the Bulgarian colonies are also in a state of loss now, but they don't lose much. As long as the resources of the colonies are opened up after the war, they can turn losses into profits immediately.

Anyway, there is no administrative cost to rule the desert. It only needs 10,000 or 8,000 troops to rule over a million square kilometers of territory. This cost is actually very low.

For Ferdinand's request, Christief was not at all surprised. Europeans are used to going straight.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured that this time we are here with sincerity. The British Empire is willing to provide your country with an interest-free loan of 100 million pounds, and your country can get a share of the war achievements after the war based on its actual performance on the battlefield. Compatible loot!"

After pondering for a moment, Ferdinand said: "There is no problem in principle, but I hope that your country can increase the amount of interest-free loans. You must also know that the cost of war is too high now, and Bulgaria's fiscal revenue is impossible. Support us in the long battle!"

Christie replied readily: "No problem, I will feed back your Majesty's request to China. I believe that with the friendly relationship between the two countries, the loan amount is not a problem!"

Ferdinand smiled slightly, but did not answer. I really thought to myself: what I want is an interest-free loan, is there any interest-bearing loan in Bulgaria?

Seeing that the Allied Powers are about to win the war, now the capitalists around the world will not worry about Bulgaria's repayment ability, because now Bulgaria not only has enough collateral, but also has the least government debt among the major powers participating in the war. client!

Of course, the Bulgarian economy has not yet collapsed since the World War. In addition to Ferdinand's foreign debts, the contributions of the Russians are also indispensable.

The huge Russian orders have always been an important factor supporting the Bulgarian economy, and the influx of Russian refugees has made up for the shortage of Bulgarian labor. During the war, Bulgaria's industry not only did not shrink, but continued to grow.

To put it simply, the profits from trade with Russia supported Bulgaria's finances, so now Ferdinand is living so freely.

Of course, as a price, the debt of the Russians is now a little bit higher than in history, not a lot, just an increase of hundreds of millions of pounds, plus a little more outflow of gold.

This is many times better than in history, where money can't buy anything! As long as you think about the days when the Russians used the Trans-Siberian Railway as their lifeline, Ferdinand can feel at ease. He helped them solve a big problem!

Seeing Ferdinand laughing without saying a word, Christieve asked impatiently, "Your Majesty, when can you send troops?"

Ferdinand was stunned for a moment, then he reacted quickly, and said very calmly: "This is simple, within a week we will gather 1.5 million troops to attack the Allied countries in an all-round way!"

Well, Bulgaria has already made a plan to counterattack, that is, John Bull is now driven crazy by the German submarine war, otherwise they would have seen that both Bulgaria and Russia are planning to jump out and grab the spoils.

Of course, it is more likely that they have seen it and are still pretending to be confused. After all, the Germans are really bullying people. If they don't get rid of them sooner, the British ships can't afford to lose it!

You can't just let the world war drag on for a little spoils, right? Usually it doesn't matter, but now the London government really can't stand the pressure. The food supply in the British Isles has begun to run out. If it drags on for a few months, who knows if everyone will be hungry?

Oh, the main reason is that the British haven't escorted the freighter yet. The German submarines are naturally extremely arrogant!

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