In 1909, after several months of careful preparations, the Association for Progressive Unity carried out a second revolution on the grounds that Hamid II secretly contacted the army loyal to him to launch a military coup d'état, attempted to dissolve the parliament, regain power, and destroy the achievements of the revolution.

Hamid II was forced to abdicate and give up the sultan to his younger brother, and after the new Sultan Mehmed V ascended the throne, the Progressive Unity Association took control of the entire Ottoman Turkish Empire, and began to expand the power of parliament and achieve constitutional monarchy.

The German Empire expressed its support for the Progressive Unification Society's control of the Ottoman Empire, and the two sides immediately began formal negotiations on a previously secretly agreed cooperation project, and the rapid signing of a series of commercial and military cooperation agreements led those who had previously thought that the German Emperor's visit to the Ottoman had achieved little diplomatic success, and that the Germans had chosen just another collaborator.

As expected, a series of collaborations between APS and Germany quickly stabilized the situation in the country, did not allow a military coup to turn into a nationwide political upheaval, and the deposition of Hamid II gave the long-oppressed Ottoman peoples a warm welcome to the "revolution" of APU.

For Germany, as the cooperation between the two sides deepens, the Ottoman Empire will become more and more closely connected with Germany, and the emergence of a future ally, at least what appears to be quite a heavyweight, is exciting news for the Germans.

Of course, what makes the Germans even more excited is that the real Mark is beckoning to him, and as the content of the military cooperation project is slowly revealed, the Ottoman Empire's order for the formation of the air force and the construction of the navy has become a stimulant for German domestic enterprises.

In particular, after the Ottoman Navy's intention to order a dreadnought was transmitted back to China, it triggered a frenzied scramble among many shipyards. Although I was slightly disappointed that this dreadnought was small in tonnage and less oil and water, and the major shipyards were a little disappointed, no matter how small the mosquito's legs were, it was still meat. All shipyards interested in competing immediately sent their own bidding teams to Istanbul with their design proposals.

As for helping to continue the construction of Abdul? The work on the Kadir and the refit of the Misudis, which was of little interest to the established shipyards, and also because of the distance, the Ottoman navy preferred to hand over the two old ships to the shipyards on the Adriatic coast.

In the end, after several months of comparison and bidding, the Danube Ganz shipyard, which was building a combined-forces class battleship for the Kingdom of Croatia, came up with a standard displacement of 15,000 tons. The small dreadnought scheme with a speed of 24 million marks 24 million marks (about 1.2 million pounds) won the bid at an ultra-low price of 24 million marks, about 1.2 million pounds, using a long bow ship type, equipped with 8 283 mm 45 x diameter naval guns, 12 x 5 x secondary guns, a 280 mm main armor belt with a height of 4.6 meters and an inclination of 10 degrees.

And continue to complete Abdul? The work on the Kadir and the conversion of the Misudis was handed over to the Trieste shipyard, which was also building the Combined Forces-class battleships for the Kingdom of Croatia, at a cost of 12 million marks, or about 600,000 pounds.

The £1.8 million price was no longer a problem for the Ottoman government, which had reached an agreement with the Croatian-Slovenian Kingdom to transfer the region of Bosnia and Herzegovina for £2 million. The remaining £200,000 was used to buy planes from Germany to form an air force, so that the Ottoman government almost spent nothing on the most important military cooperation.

The signing of these military cooperation projects can also be used to announce to the outside world that the military strength of the Ottoman Empire is recovering, so as to deter the Balkan states who are trying to react to the changes in the Ottoman domestic situation, which can be described as mutually beneficial.

But since there is good news, there is also bad news. The Ottomans were slowly moving closer to Germany, while Russia was drifting away.

"The British and the Russians came to an agreement? Expectedly, this situation was already known to be the result when they made contact, and there was no need to be sad. "Inside the Charlottenburg Palace. Jochen persuaded a sad-faced Mashal.

However, such words obviously did not give the Reich Prime Minister the slightest relief: "We did know in advance that this would be the result, but we did not expect the British to be so straightforward. The signing of the three agreements would worsen the strategic security environment of the Empire. ”

The signing of the "Agreement on Persia", "Agreement on Tibet", and "Treaty on Afghanistan" made it impossible for Britain and Russia to deal with each other as before, and with France threading the needle through it, Russia's accession to the Anglo-French Entente was almost a foregone conclusion, and Germany would thus be caught in a huge encirclement network.

"War is inevitable, and anything aimed at encircling Germany. So that the policy of isolating and paralyzing Germany would have disastrous consequences, but fortunately we were not completely unprepared. Army Chief of Staff Golz said lightly, but behind these bland words are the core of almost the entire German policy and the consensus of all walks of life. That is, in the face of the pressure brought about by the encirclement of the great powers that have formed around Germany, Germany must counter it with a tougher policy and break the encirclement by military means.

The preparations that Goltz spoke of were naturally his own operational plan for defending the west and attacking the east.

Although at the beginning of the planning. There was opposition within the Army, after all, all of Germany's preparations during Schlieffen's tenure revolved around the Schlieffen Plan.

In addition, the German Army generally believed that the domestic political situation in France was chaotic, the French government was not firm in its will to fight, and the army's combat capability was limited. As a result, there was disagreement with Goltz's attempt to overturn the achievements of his predecessor as soon as he took office.

However, with the support of His Majesty the Emperor, Goltz's ability and prestige were enough to overwhelm the officer corps, and Goltz did not explicitly state that he would overthrow the Schlieffen plan, but began to formulate its own plan on the grounds that the German Army could not only attack on the Western Front, and that if war broke out on the Eastern Front, the Army could not be prepared at all, and so far the plan had begun to take shape.

"I believe in the Army's capabilities, but I want the Army to understand what the objectives of the offensive plan on the Eastern Front are." Jochen nodded to Goltz, and by the way, gave the Army another eye pill.

War is for the sake of government, and the German Army in World War I has completely forgotten this original purpose, overthrowing the emperor, controlling the government, ignoring any possibility of stopping the war, and only for the sake of a complete victory, which is actually unlikely.

On May 15, 1917, the British Parliament publicly stated that it could negotiate an armistice with Germany on the premise of restoring Belgium's pre-war status, but the German Army, which was not willing to give up the fat it had eaten, ignored it, but it is ridiculous that at the beginning of the formulation of the Schlieffen plan, Schlieffen did not think of annexing Belgium at all, and if it could be exchanged for Britain's promise not to enter the war, then Germany would also promise Britain that Belgium's independence and neutrality would be restored after settling France.

So Jochen should also be careful that the current army will have a lot of fun when the brain is hot and wants to completely kill Russia.

"Please rest assured that the mistakes that Napoleon made before will not be repeated." Goltz also understood what Jochen meant, because from the very beginning the emperor's orders to himself were very clear, and Goltz was also very confident in this, and there was no reason why the German Army could not do what the yellow-skinned monkeys in the Far East could do.

"It's not enough to be militarily prepared, and I hope that if war breaks out, the intelligence services will be able to produce results that I am satisfied with." Yochen nodded: "The most important thing is to ensure the secrecy of our current actions, and no news can leak any rumors." ”

If the western-eastern offensive was the general direction of Goltz's plan, then Goldz's eastern offensive was also divided into two parts, just as Schlieffen planned to defend the southern front and the northern left-hook attack.

Jochen is not prepared to make the same mistakes as the moustache and the empty grid in history, at the beginning, we have a big advantage, and it is okay to draw A in the past, and in the middle of the game, the battle is deadlocked, we give up the lower lane and focus on the upper lane, and in the end, we play GG.

Historically, the Germans tried to control the Baltic Sea through guò, let the navy help the army land in Riga, and then pointed at St. Petersburg's plan Jochen did not consider it at all, the Russians completely used the tactics of mine blockade in the Baltic Sea, and even the German navy had nowhere to go like a hedgehog, and after the landing in Riga, it was difficult for the army to go deeper into the northern front to open a breakthrough.

So the plan that Jochen asked Golz to develop was to focus on attacking Ukraine from the beginning, allowing the army to concentrate most of its forces in the lower abdomen of the Russians. The aim is to seize this grain-producing and oil-producing region, and the climate in Ukraine is not as difficult for the Germans to adapt to as it is on the northern front. The loss of large areas of the country and grain-producing areas would weaken Russia's resistance and make it easier for it to lead to revolution.

Therefore, the main offensive force of the army is placed on the southern front, so the northern front is mainly defensive, but in order to reduce the defensive pressure of the army, the important work of the intelligence department is to incite Poland, Finland and other regions to launch anti-Russian struggles in order to contain the offensive forces of the Russian army. This work naturally requires extreme secrecy, and the consequences of actions to establish contact with anti-Russian forces in these regions will be very severe, if exposed.

In response to Jochen's concerns, Goltz was confident: "Please rest assured, I believe that no one will be able to solve our mystery now." (To be continued......)