Bulgarian Empire

The Germans' diplomacy is so big, how could it be possible to hide it from Ferdinand?

It's a pity that even if he knew the German's plan, Ferdinand still had to get into the pit!

Benefits are often directly proportional to risks, the higher the risks, the greater the benefits!

The Germans hoped to use the anti-Bulgarian alliance to contain the development of Bulgaria while preserving the Ottoman Empire; but Ferdinand also hoped to find an excuse to attack his neighbors?

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

Compared with the German's Near East strategy, the British's methods are much more sophisticated. The Germans hope that Bulgaria will send troops to the Asia Minor peninsula to create opportunities for the Anti-Bulgarian Alliance.

What the British are most concerned about is not the local interests of the Near East. What they are most concerned about now is how to stir up conflicts between the Allies and the Entente, and use the conflicts between countries to achieve the strategic goal of the British to contain the Germans!

In the current state, the Bulgarians may disembark at any time, and may even defect under the temptation of the allies. This is what John Bull can't stand!

Compared with the challenger to check and balance the world hegemony, the Germans, Bulgaria's expansion is insignificant!

Now Germany actually came to the door by itself, and the two men had lovers and concubines, so naturally they hit it off!

While cooperating with the Germans, John Bull directly disclosed the news to Bulgaria after changing hands.

This is equivalent to clearly telling Ferdinand, don't you want Asia Minor? Want Greece? Now the opportunity is here, as long as you dare to take risks, your teeth are good enough, your appetite is big enough, and you can eat it, I will give it to you!

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

But did Ferdinand have the appetite? There is no doubt: no!

Now the time for 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 use it to enhance the overall national strength!

While Britain and Germany were using their own means, no one noticed that the Italian Minister to Bulgaria had secretly met with Bulgarian Foreign Minister Megev twice, and the two sides had a very happy chat!

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Prime Minister Constantine said excitedly: "Your Majesty, the British have publicly recognized our sovereignty over the Asia Minor peninsula, and also 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 the Asia Minor peninsula. Otherwise, the so-called diplomatic recognition has no substantive benefits!

Ferdinand said earnestly: "The British really spared no effort to provoke conflicts between us and the Allies!"

To be honest, Ferdinand did not expect that Britain would be so ruthless. The Asia Minor Peninsula and the Greek Peninsula could be thrown away, but the bigger the bait, the greater the risk!

Oh, this has little to do with the interests of the British in the area, and it has nothing to do with it! Far inferior to the Germans and French, John Bull is being generous again this time!

Compared to others, only Ferdinand knew clearly that the issue of the Asia Minor peninsula was likely to turn into one of the main conflicts in World War I, and the Anti-Baobao Alliance tied these countries to the allies in one fell swoop. On the chariot!

After hearing Ferdinand's words, Constantine reacted immediately. The Allies can condone Bulgaria's expansion, but the Allies can't, they can't keep watching Bulgaria bully their little brother anyway!

It is conceivable that a conflict of interests between Bulgaria and the allies will inevitably occur in the future. It will be difficult for Bulgaria to stay out of the mainstream conflicts in the world in the future!

Constantine thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, the conflict between the Allied Powers and the Entente Powers is unavoidable. Sooner or later, Bulgaria will be drawn in. Instead of passively joining, it is better to actively join in!"

"oh!"

Ferdinand smiled slightly,

Said: "It seems that I have entered a dead end, the sky is falling and the tallest person will bear it first!

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Sure enough, surrounded by enemies is the most suitable development direction for Bulgaria, otherwise our allies are not at ease!

Proceed according to the original plan, let's play a play with them! "

Instead of worrying about the world war, it is better to eat the meat on your lips 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. As long as the Allies do not fail, Ferdinand does not have to worry about Bulgaria's defeat!

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

For example, the Kingdom of Montenegro was caught in the middle by Bulgaria and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Nicholas I had great ambitions, but he was unable to display them!

Originally, the Kingdom of Montenegro had moved closer to Bulgaria under the Russians' relocation, 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 even more dissatisfied people in Montenegro.

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

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

Therefore, what Ferdinand took for granted became the main conflict between Bulgaria and the Kingdom of Montenegro.

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

The Kingdom of Montenegro also hoped that Bulgaria would help them establish their own industries, but Bulgaria refused.

This is not Ferdinand deliberately making things difficult. There is no money, no resources, and no market. How can such a three-nothing kingdom rely on to achieve industrialization?

In short, this series of contradictions prompted the Kingdom of Montenegro to defect when the Germans threw away their olive branches!

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

Then, it's easy to get on board and hard to get off! The Kingdom of Montenegro was in trouble, so it had to bite the bullet and join the Anti-Protection Alliance.

In order to strengthen the confidence of the Anti-Bulgarian Alliance, on May 26, 1909, Bulgaria sent troops to the Asia Minor peninsula, and landed in Zonguldak, Bandirma, and Karabrun respectively.

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