Mediterranean Hegemony Road

After the end of the Russo-Japanese War, the international situation has undergone earth-shaking changes again. The Allied countries, which had the upper hand, have now been suppressed by the Allied countries in Europe.

This pressure is mainly aimed at the French. The current contradiction between the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente is mainly the contradiction between Germany and France!

The contradiction between Russia and Austria tended to ease after the Balkan War. After the Russo-Japanese War, the Russians began to shrink their strategy, and the contradiction between the two sides was increasingly weakened. The contradiction between Germany and Russia, Russia and Italy was minimal!

Not to mention Bulgaria, there is no major conflict with Germany, Austria, and Italy, and it belongs to an existence that can compromise at any time!

Against this background, French politicians had to consider whether to compromise with the Germans!

Similarly, the Germans are also on the rise at the moment, and Germany's economic strength has surpassed that of the British and has jumped to the second place in the world.

They also don't want to go to war with the French. Even if the Russians are not in the state, the strength of the Three Kingdoms Entente should not be underestimated!

Once the two major alliances have a war, it will only be a loser, and the fisherman will benefit! Both sides are very jealous of the British, so the tension in the European Big 6 is starting to dissipate!

This situation hurts the British very much. It has been the long-term national policy of the London government to maintain the European big 6, but now due to the strong rise of Germany and the decline of the Russians, this evenness has been broken!

From an industrial point of view: Germany\u003eFrance, Austria-Hungary\u003eRussia, Italy≥Bulgaria, Germany≈France+Russia;

From the point of view of military strength, it is mainly the military strength of the 6 armies: Germany\u003eFrance, Russia\u003eAustro-Hungary, Bulgaria\u003eItaly, but the Germans are too strong, Germany + Austria + Italy ≥ France + Russia + Paul!

No matter how you look at it, as long as the British do not intervene, it will be a matter of time before the two major alliances compromise.

The Allies are also not sure that they can easily solve the Entente!

What if you lose both? Wilhelm II did not dare to take risks, otherwise, in the later period of the Russo-Japanese War, the Germans would have attacked France!

At that time, the Russians were still fighting with the Japanese in the Far East, and there was a revolution in the country. There was simply not enough strength to help the French!

Not to mention Bulgaria, do they still have the strength to penetrate Austria-Hungary and attack Germany to support the French?

Germany and France duel, what is the result?

The main reason why the Germans did not do anything is that France is not without the strength of a war. Once the two sides go to war, they will also suffer heavy losses and will be benefited by the British fisherman!

Oh, in fact, after the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War, Britain and France began to move closer to each other. The main purpose of both sides was to end the Russo-Japanese War as soon as possible, and to bring the Russians' strategic focus back to the European Union!

It is worth mentioning that in 1904, Britain and France signed the "England-French Treaty", and many problems in the colonial dispute between the two sides have been resolved!

By 19o6, the main enemies of the London government had changed from Russians to Germans!

There is no way to call the Russians incompetent, the entire Pacific Fleet has been wiped out, even the 6th Army has not been able to deal with the Japanese, and there is still a revolution in the country. Naturally, it is no longer a threat from the British Empire!

The Germans performed very well. First they surpassed the UK economically, and then the Germans showed their ambition to dominate the European Big 6. If the London government did not suppress the Germans, who should they suppress?

In this context, Britain and Russia began to compromise, and the contradiction between the two sides was only Central Asia at this time!

The Black Sea Fleet in the Near East was wiped out, and the British were naturally not worried that the Russians would enter the Mediterranean Sea; in the Far East, both Japan and Russia were licking their wounds, and the Russians could no longer threaten the interests of the British!

The conflict between the two countries in Central Asia is not a problem either. Who says the Russians are not in a state now?

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"Your Majesty, the British invited us to join the division of the African Big Six!" Foreign Minister Metev ran in and said excitedly.

Ferdinand was stunned for a moment, followed by a joy! Obviously, John Bull is unwilling to be lonely, and he is going to do something again!

"What conditions did the British have, and what place did they assign to us?" Ferdinand asked with concern

"The British proposed that Morocco, Tripoli, Cyrenaica, or Ethiopia could be considered!" Metev said excitedly

"puff"! Ferdinand spit out a sip of tea

I know that the British are uneasy and kind, and Morocco is good, but unfortunately the French and Germans have taken a fancy to it. Did Bulgaria join in and humiliate it?

Isn't Tripoli and Cyrenaica the same as Libya? Italians have long...

No, Libya is still the territory of the Ottoman Empire. In 1911, only the Italians acquired Libya from the Ottoman Empire.

So it seems that Bulgaria still has a chance? So the purpose of the British is to provoke a conflict between Bulgaria and Italy?

Ferdinand thought about it a little further, and it seems that provoking a conflict between Bulgaria and Italy is not the real purpose of the British! So provoking contradictions between the two major European alliances is the real goal of the British?

As for Ethiopia, Ferdinand directly filtered it out. It's not a question of whether it can be beaten, but what's the use of it?

Every time I have to pass through the Suez Canal, and the traffic line has been pinched in the hands of the British, it does not feel so wonderful!

More importantly, Ethiopia has too many people. Ferdinand is not confident that Bulgaria can digest Ethiopia before the collapse of the colonial system!

Of course, if the distance is closer, he really doesn't mind taking a risk, after all, Ethiopia's resources are still good.

Both minerals and water resources are good. It can develop both industry and agriculture. If it can become local, it is worth paying a high price!

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"Call the cabinet at once!" said Ferdinand to the squires

Whether or not to rob Libya from the Italians is still a big issue and must be carefully considered. Ferdinand felt that he still had to listen to the opinions of the cabinet and make a decision!

There is no doubt about Libya's resources. The rich oil resources are the most precious wealth in the coming era of internal combustion engines!

Secondly, the area of ​​Libya is large enough, and it has 1.7595 million square kilometers after independence in the later period.

Although the area of ​​arable land with sufficient water sources only accounts for 2% of the country's land area, this figure is also 35,200 square kilometers!

Moreover, the groundwater resources in the southern desert are rich, and they can create desert oasis. Once this plan is completed, hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of land suitable for human habitation can be added, and the development prospect is bright!

What fascinated Ferdinand the most was that there were few Libyans, and the population of this land of more than one million square kilometers might be less than one million!

Simply put, as long as it is annexed by Ferdinand, it can be incorporated into the mainland of Bulgaria! There are not many people, so naturally there will be no independence, and the cost of governance cannot be too high!

There are only 1.8 million Ottomans, Ferdinand said, whether it is to centralize their management, or to expel them, or to send them back to the Ottoman Empire, it is a good choice!

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"Your Majesty, this is our once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! With the endorsement of the British, we can easily defeat the Ottoman Empire and occupy Libya!" Admiral Petrov said excitedly

"Your Majesty, the Admiralty is right. The strength of the Ottoman Empire is not worth mentioning. Besides, the Libyan region is next to the French Algeria. We can also obtain logistical supplies from the French. There is no military problem at all!"6 War Minister Popov agreed

The Minister of War thought for a while and said, "Yes, Bulgaria is also a big country now, but we don't even have a colony, which is completely inconsistent with our international status!"

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Ferdinand nodded and did not express his position. Needless to say, the military's opinion is that their position is a natural main battle faction. After all, everyone knows that the Ottoman Empire is a soft persimmon!

He turned his attention to the government. The military's statement undoubtedly told everyone that grabbing Libya from the Ottoman Empire was not a problem.

The question now is how the Italians will react. If the Italian government ignores and declares war on Bulgaria directly, then things will be a big deal. The two major alliances are likely to directly pk, which is obviously not in the interests of Bulgaria!

Cabinet Minister Chekov (who also serves as Minister of Education) said in embarrassment: "I'm afraid not now. The Italians are also eyeing Libya. Compared with them, our navy is too weak. Once there is a conflict, we will suffer!"

Ferdinand frowned. Now that the Bulgarian navy has limited strength, it's okay to bully a poor settlement like the Ottoman Empire, but it will definitely suffer a big loss for the Italian navy.

"If we fight for Libya with the Italians, how likely is a war to break out?" Ferdinand asked with concern

"Your Majesty, if we have the support of the British, there is almost no possibility of a full-scale war between the two sides. Although the overall strength of the Allies is stronger than ours, in the Mediterranean region, they are still at a disadvantage!

As long as we have the support of the British, the Italians will not dare to act rashly! "Phase Constantine

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