Just when Jochen asked to be wary of the British making small moves in Ottoman Turkey, the British naturally had their own little calculations, but Ottoman Turkey, an inferior country that could only be regarded as an alliance to the British, naturally would not let the noble British gentleman put down his body and win over.

"There was a revolution in the Ottoman Empire, and now the situation is unstable, and I think the Balkans are about to move again." In the general election, the leader of the Liberal Party, who defeated the Conservative Party in the name of balancing the budget and reducing the pressure on the government's debt, and thus sat on the throne of the British Prime Minister, it was not easy at this time.

Although the naval shipbuilding plan approved by his predecessor has eased the frenzied sentiment of the people to some extent, it is unclear whether he will be able to achieve the goals he declared in the general election next year.

However, if we want to reduce the financial pressure, we will have to take action on the navy's funding, but there is still no doubt whether the move to reduce the navy's budget will cause the temporarily calm public to overreact again.

Under all these troubles, Asquith now has an attitude of wanting to stay away from any possible trouble, and he really does not want to go to the muddy waters of Ottoman Turkey.

"Your Excellency the Prime Minister is worried about the situation in the Ottomans?" Gray is relieved: "I don't think there's a need to worry too much, although the Ottoman political turmoil may make some people in the Balkans a little unrealistic, but it won't affect us. ”

"If it's just those people in the Balkans who want to make trouble, I'm not worried, it's just a clown, even if the situation in the Ottoman Empire is turbulent now, but it would be completely self-defeating for them to want to do something to the Ottoman Empire on their own, and my main concern is Germany." Asquith sighed.

"Germany? What can Germany do in the Balkans? Gray was a little surprised, since the dissolution of Austria-Hungary. More than ten years have passed since the Germans took the initiative to withdraw their tentacles from the Balkans, and I haven't heard of any arrangements the Germans have in the Balkans.

"But now that the Germans are building a railway to Baghdad, the Ottoman government is very cooperative with the Germans, so the construction of the railway is progressing quickly, but if Hamid II falls, it is not known whether the new government will be able to cooperate as it was originally." Asquith also had a headache: "If those Germans want to intervene here." Then we can't sit idly by. ”

The Germans don't want to do it, but they are worried that the British will make the first move, and the British are too lazy to do it for fear of trouble, and they are also worried that the Germans will take the initiative to find trouble for themselves.

"If that's the case, we really can't sit idly by." Gray mused: "Although Hamid II is now pro-German, the power in the Ottomans is still slightly superior to our country and France, if the Germans plan to strengthen their power in the Ottomans." And to squeeze out our country and France, and finally to make the Ottoman government completely fall to Germany, then we will be very passive. ”

"However, it is not very suitable for either our country nor France to go toe-to-toe with the Germans on the Ottoman question at this time." Asquith pinched the bridge of his nose, the Hague International Peace Conference has only been a few months, Britain and France did not take advantage of this meeting at all, and they were also seized by the Germans and severely criticized, and now at this time, it is easy to see malicious retaliation against Germany on the Ottoman issue.

"Ahh If it is not convenient for us to intervene directly, then how about getting the Russians to intervene? Gray suddenly thought of something. Then he immediately smiled with an expression of idea.

"Russians? They weren't on our side, and I'm afraid that Nicholas wouldn't have bothered his cousin for such a thing. Asquith was not very optimistic about this: "The Russians have not yet recovered from the effects of the war in the Far East, and now they have the heart and strength to take care of the Balkan affairs?" ”

"Your Excellency, do you remember that the Ottoman region of Bosnia and Herzegovina is now part of the Croatian-Slovenian Kingdom Trusteeship?" "And Serbia, which the Russians now control, has always wanted to gain access to Bosnia and Herzegovina to the sea, and if we can stir up a contradiction between Serbia and Croatia here, then Germany and Russia, which are the backing of both sides, will be kept in check." It will make the Germans dare not act rashly. ”

"It's a good idea, so that we can stay out of the situation and let the Germans and Russians dikes each other." Asquith nodded approvingly.

"If the plan goes well, then we will not only be able to make Germany unable to take advantage of the Ottoman question, but more importantly. We may be able to bring Russia to our side more quickly. Gray's aim was not just an Ottoman Turkey: "The Russians have been oscillating between Germany and France now, hoping to maintain trade relations with Germany and to obtain economic support from France on the other, and we have been passive in diplomacy several times because of the ambiguous attitude of the Russians and even in favor of Germany, but it is not easy to completely pull the Russians to our side, but this is a good opportunity." ”

"To sow discord between Croatia and Serbia, in order to create distrust between Germany and Russia, and then let France take another hand, even if Russia does not turn against Germany, the German emperor may not be able to continue to trust his cousin!" Asquith smiled with satisfaction.

Since the senior official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, El. In the eyes of the British, the contradictions between Britain and Germany have become irreconcilable, and to maintain Britain's survival, it is necessary to defeat Germany in all directions.

"Your Excellency, it may not be enough for that greedy country to create a dispute in the Balkans and to get France to support Russia economically. Germany should also be able to come up with a corresponding countermeasure, after all, the ownership of Bosnia and Herzegovina is not a big problem in the eyes of Germany and Russia, and the price that the Germans will have to pay for the Russians to support Croatia to maintain control of Bosnia and Herzegovina is probably not too high. ”

Gray's conjecture is very correct, historically Russia's support for Austria-Hungary's annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina was that Austria-Hungary supported Russia's revision of the "Berlin Treaty" to relax the right of passage in the Black Sea straits, but Austria-Hungary took the lead when the Russians were still negotiating with Britain and France, and after the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the support of Germany, decided not to fulfill its commitments, and the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina was opposed by Serbia, and Russia therefore supported Serbia on the grounds that Austria-Hungary had broken its commitments, thus leading to the Bosnian crisis.

Although in the end, because of Russia's lack of strength, Austria-Hungary finally backed down with Germany's support, but for the current Germany, it is not unacceptable for Jochen to support Russia to obtain a freer right of passage through the Black Sea Straits, after all, Germany only needs to make a statement at the international conference, and it is still the Russians' own business to deal with Britain and France, and Britain and France will offend Russia if they do not agree.

However, the current situation is different, the strength of Croatia-Slovenia is far inferior to the historical Austria-Hungary, Serbia was taught a lesson by Austria-Hungary and then sold to Russia by various countries, and now it is completely a follower of the Russians like Bulgaria, and it will no longer provoke Croatia without the benefit of the Russians, after all, Croatia is behind Germany, which everyone knows.

Russia's losses in the Russo-Japanese War were greater than in history, and the fact that it was not completely defeated in the Far East made it impossible for Nicholas II to willingly surrender the entire Far East, and now Croatia is not in a position to support the Russians in revising the Treaty of Berlin, so the Russians did not expect to gain more free passage through the Black Sea straits. On the contrary, under the butterfly effect, the Balkans are at peace.

But it also gave the British room to maneuver, because whether Croatia proposed to annex Bosnia and Herzegovina, or Russia proposed to revise the Treaty of Berlin, Jochen would think of taking the opportunity to win over Russia.

But now that nothing has happened in the Balkans, it has become a great mistake for Jochen to think that Germany has completely withdrawn from the Balkans and Austria-Hungary has dissolved, and that there is no longer the possibility of a contradiction between the Balkans and Russia, and that all his eyes should be focused on the revolution in Osman-Turkey.

"Then we'll come up with a quid pro quo that the Russians can't refuse." Asquith smiled and said that Britain was not Germany, and that he could exchange as many cards as he could: "We can support the Russian Navy in rebuilding the Baltic Fleet, except for the condition that the Russian Black Sea Fleet wants to enter the Mediterranean, we can agree to any conditions that will help it restore its naval strength." The recovery of the Baltic Fleet would also make the Germans less secure.

And as long as the Russians and we can reach a consensus on the issues of Central Asia, the Far East, and West Asia, then it is not impossible for us and France to provide Russia with the technology and equipment to build dreadnoughts. ”

The British decided to take advantage of the opportunity to make a move. (To be continued......)

PS: The update of the last two weeks is really a mess.,I'm sorry here.,One is that people haven't been in good health in the last two weeks.,It's not that I'm sick.,It's just that I don't feel well.

The other is that the funny oak tree has been retributed, and the 6-2 boss point fishing boat is poisonous, and the bucket of resources has not been fished.

As soon as the two are combined, there is no mood for updates.

This week began to resume normal updates.,I don't dare to say that it's more every day (for example, I was called by a friend to see the return of the great sage yesterday),5 more a week should be no problem if it's not a special situation.。