According to Rupresit's idea, in the end, in less than 4 years, everyone will fight well, and then just fight it out. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info But soon, the facts tell Rupresette what it means to backfire! In addition to climbing technology, carrying out military reforms, and accumulating supplies, under the leadership of Germany's first super-dreadnought Helgelan, a formation of four German dreadnoughts and super-dreadnoughts began their first round-the-world voyage. And just when the German fleet had just entered the Caribbean, ready to chat with its allies the Americans, something finally happened in the Balkans!

On September 15, 1908, three Danton-class battleships flying the Greek flag appeared in the Aegean Sea. The next day, Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece and Montenegro suddenly announced the formation of the Balkan Alliance, but on September 20, 1908, all four countries declared war on the Ottoman Turkish Empire at the same time! Caught off guard, the Turkish Empire could only rely on its less than 100,000 troops in Europe to resist the first wave of the opponent's attack of up to 400,000 troops!

In this case, in the face of a group of nationalist leaders, who smashed the pot and sold iron to engage in armaments, and at the same time received the strong support of the Entente countries in the Balkan Alliance (one-third of the national income was used to expand the armament war), Turkey, which hastily responded to the war, was naturally defeated and defeated. Turkey's reinforcement plans were also awked by three Danton-class battleships flying the Greek flag. If you want to transfer troops from the depth of the empire by land, it is very slow, and if you take the sea route, you can't cross the Aegean Sea at all, and the only relatively modern armored cruiser of the Turkish Navy, the Prince Albert, can't do the Dandong-class quasi-dreadnoughts that are a circle larger than themselves, not to mention that there are three more!

The younger brother was caught off guard and was beaten, and he couldn't do anything in a short time, so naturally he had to find the eldest brother, and on the third day after the outbreak of the war, the Turkish ambassador to Germany sent a diplomatic note asking for help. In the afternoon of the same day, the relevant documents were delivered to Rupresit's desk in the form of telegrams.

"It's a good time." Rupresit had to admit that this time he had miscalculated, he did not expect that the Entente would dare to instigate the four Balkan countries to wage war against Turkey when Russia's strength had not yet fully recovered. At the same time, the explosiveness of the four Balkan countries also surprised Rupresit, how to say? To sum it up, the combat effectiveness is a bit high!

The total population of the four countries together is just over 10 million, but the first wave of the army has amassed 500,000 troops, a 5% enlistment rate! The proportion of this army in the total population had already reached that of Germany in the middle and late World War I. It is impossible for the first wave of Germany to mobilize 5% of the total population, which is 3.5 million troops! In fact, the first wave of Germany's participation in the offensive and defense was not even 2.5 million! But the question is, Germany is one of the most industrialized countries on the planet, and what are the four Balkan countries?

In particular, what made Rupresit feel terrified was that Serbia, a country with a total population of only 2.91 million, only 1.5 million men, and only 530,000 soldiers of appropriate age, actually mobilized 175,000 troops in the first time! A third of school-age men have joined the army! It's not an exaggeration to say that it's a wave of dragging! With this kind of desperate energy, it is no wonder that in World War 1, a small Sevillea actually made the Austro-Hungarian Empire feel like a fish in the throat!

In addition to Serbia, the Kingdom of Greece is not weak, with a population of 2.6 million, Greece has also mobilized nearly 100,000 troops, the second largest of the four, and the navy of the Kingdom of Greece has played an extremely important role, in the history of Greece with an armored cruiser purchased from Italy to steadily suppress the Turkish Navy, and cut off the sea transportation line. This time, the Greek Navy, with its three Danton-class battleships, even had enough spare capacity to support the army, so the Greek army, with the support of the navy, brought the entire coastal area of the Peloponnese under its control. This hand is very good to play with the sea and land.

The timing chosen by the Entente and the Balkan Alliance was really good, the Prussian Army was reforming its army after the painful defeat at the last exercise ground, and it did not have the time or energy to take care of Turkey's affairs, or in other words, it was a very cost-notable thing to delay or suspend the military reform within Germany for Turkey, not to mention the German General Staff, and even Rupresit himself did not recommend a big deal in such a situation.

The use of naval deterrence is also a way, at least to ensure that Turkey's sea transportation is smoother, but now, the four main forces of the German high seas fleet are in the Americas, and the strength of the home fleet has been greatly reduced, and it is impossible to pull a fleet with sufficient deterrent power to go to the Mediterranean to protect Turkey's interests. So, the end result was that although Rupresit thought that the Entente should not dare to do anything to Turkey, in fact, they did it!

So the question now arises, how should the German government deal with this matter? One week after the outbreak of the war, Mackensen came to Bavaria on behalf of the Prussian Army General Staff to discuss the Turkish problem with Rupresit.

"In this case, it is not convenient for the German Reich to intervene, and the situation of the Reich army, you know, we are in the midst of a life-and-death reform. Nothing external should affect this reform, and the timing was not right for the Empire to enter the war directly into a war between the Allies and the Entente. But the Bavarian Legion in the hands of His Highness has completed the reform and is very combat-ready. At the same time, the performance of the Blue Legion, which is based on your country's elite forces, is very impressive in the Far East, South Africa and North Africa, so the central government of the Reich hopes that this time the Kingdom of Bavaria will turn the tide and help our allies tide over the difficulties. Mackenson paused and continued.

"Of course, the military expenses of your legion to participate in the war this time will be borne by the imperial government, and your country can also reach some economic or trade cooperation agreements with the Turkish Empire, and these empires will not interfere," Mackensen's words have been very clear, let the Bavarian legion be a mercenary again, help Turkey solve this crisis, and then have the benefit to watch the profits.

"No, this time the Bavarian Legion is not fit to fight." Rupresit shook his head and gave a surprise answer.

The third is more present~~~! The Balkan War was only a transition, and soon a war. (To be continued.) )