"Austria-Hungary has defected!" Newspapers all over the world have been robbed by this news, and many people are wondering if April Fool's Day is here again!

Originally, after the Entente rejected Italy's job hopping, everyone thought that the Entente was going to kill the Allies this time, after all, there was a conflict of interest between countries.

Since France and Bulgaria can directly kill Italy because of the conflict of interests in the Mediterranean, can't Bulgaria and Russia divide Austria-Hungary because of their interests on the European continent?

Well, the Russians did think so, but Ferdinand chose to give up! Bulgaria is not ready to compete for hegemony on the European continent, and he has always had little interest in making wedding dresses for others!

Besides, in order to get Bulgaria to give up the partition of Austria-Hungary with the Russians, Britain, France and the United States have all worked hard.

That's right, this time the Americans also shared! From this, it can be seen that the Russians have a lot of hatred, and even the US government, which has nothing to do with this war, has to find a way to block them!

Of course, because they did not participate in this world war, the Americans are not confident enough to face up to their own strength.

Therefore, the Americans, who had made a lot of money in the world war, directly offered their best "gold dollar diplomacy", increased Bulgaria's credit line, and also reduced the interest rate, and then Ferdinand decisively accepted the olive branch thrown by the Americans.

Even the Japanese in the Far East, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, made their attitude clear and very strongly resisted the continued expansion of the hairy bear!

Of course, the poor Japan should not expect any good, people just shouted a few words, and Ferdinand did not care about the so-called friendship of the Great Japanese Empire!

Don't look at this world war, the Japanese also made war money, but because they were cheated by Ferdinand in the past, they owed a huge amount of foreign debt, and the profits have been rolled over the years for so many years, which has long been an astronomical amount, and the Japanese government is still a poor bastard!

In order to repay the debt, the Japanese also sent an expeditionary force to Europe in this world war, but it was a little embarrassing, and after the first batch, it was disgusted by Britain and France!

Of course, this "shame" is only because they came at an unfortunate time, and the fifteen main divisions of the Japanese army just caught up with the giant pit of Verdun, and it was finished without a chance to perform!

As a matter of fact, the Japanese army still has some combat effectiveness, and although its equipment and tactics are backward, its will to fight is good, and it is much stronger than that of the colonial troops.

The problem was that later their asking price was too high, Britain and France felt that it was not economically cost-effective, and due to Ferdinand's butterfly effect in this time and space, the Entente did not lack troops at all, so naturally they did not ask for a second batch.

Even though the Japanese government has been working hard to expropriate and expropriate, it still has a foreign debt of 450 million pounds, but their external debt has also increased to 380 million pounds, and it is estimated that it will be balanced after the end of the world war.

This is also caused by Japan's special system, because of the world war, the Japanese made money, but this money did not go to the Japanese government, most of it still went into the pockets of the consortium, and naturally this situation occurred!

Therefore, compared with the same period in history, the confidence of the Japanese in this time and space is much less than that of the pride of claiming to be the third largest power in the world!

(Note: After the Treaty of Washington, the Japanese government acquired the world's third-largest naval tonnage after Britain and the United States, and then they claimed to be the world's third-largest power.) ）

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With the development and change of the international situation, the rift between the Conservative Russian Alliance is getting bigger and bigger, unless Ferdinand wants to play the Conservative Russian Alliance to challenge the world, it is a matter of time before the two sides part ways!

As for the pre-war treaty signed between the two countries to establish a Slavic federal empire, it was long ago thrown out of the clouds by Ferdinand.

Even the tsarist government did not mention this topic again, it seems that everyone is not stupid, how can such an obvious thing not be seen?

Now that Bulgaria has hardened its wings, it doesn't want to continue to be a little brother and is ready to fly solo!

In addition to the growth of Bulgaria's own strength, Britain and France did not contribute less, if it were not for them deliberately allowing Bulgaria to expand into Asia and Africa, would Ferdinand dare to make trouble with the Russians so quickly?

Of course, if John Bull had chosen to suppress Bulgaria in the first place, the current outcome would definitely have made them cry in a corner!

Bulgaria, which had no way to expand its colonies, could only follow the Russians in expanding on the European continent, and it is estimated that Austria-Hungary would have long been divided between the two countries.

Even after the war, a Slavic empire that included Eastern Europe, Southern Europe, and Central Europe was about to appear, and this behemoth was even more terrible than the Soviet Union in later generations, and Britain and France, which were greatly damaged, had no way to prevent this from happening!

History has no ifs, Ferdinand had to admire the diplomacy of the British, and the current situation in Europe is basically still under their control.

Now that Austria-Hungary has defected, the death knell of the Germans has sounded, and the world war has entered the countdown phase.

In the future, the pattern on the European continent will become: the Russian Empire, the hegemon of Eastern Europe, France, the hegemon of Western Europe, and Bulgaria entrenched in the Balkans.

In addition to this, there was the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which retained a certain amount of strength, which could both hinder the expansion of the Russians into southern Europe and block the path of Bulgaria's development to the European continent.

Of course, it would be even more perfect if the Italians could be stronger and could contain the French!

In the Mediterranean, although Bulgaria has become bigger, the two major gateways are still in the hands of the British, and the strength of the Royal Navy is enough to suppress everything!

At the same time, due to its geographical location, Bulgaria, which had already risen, had to restrict the Russians from expanding their sphere of influence in the Near East for its own interests, and it was only a matter of time before Bulgaria and Russia parted ways.

If nothing else, after the war, John Bull will provoke a conflict between Japan and the United States to relieve their military pressure in the Americas and the Far East.

If you know, you know, but Ferdinand still can't enter the pit! John Bull used a conspiracy this time, how could a rising Bulgaria continue to be the younger brother of the Russians?

Even if he wants to endure humiliation, he doesn't have a chance! It's not a brain-dead TV series, countries still rely on interests to speak, when the strength of the younger brother and the boss is already very close, can the boss still control it?

Now Bulgaria's mainland in the Balkans includes:

Kingdom of Greece: area 131957 km²;

Albania: area of 28,748 square kilometers;

Republic of Macedonia: area 25,713 square kilometers;

Bulgaria: area of 110,910 square kilometers;

Romania: area 238391 km²;

Serbia: 88,361 square kilometers;

Kingdom of Montenegro: area of 14,442 square kilometers;

Bosnia and Herzegovina: 51,129 sq km;

Part of the territory of Croatia: about 5,000 square kilometers;

Dalmatia: 13,000 square kilometers;

Turkey Europe: 23,417 square kilometers;

Bulgaria now has a combined area of 731068 square kilometers in mainland China, directly surpassing the French mainland and becoming the second largest country in Europe in terms of territory.

Moreover, the world war brought Bulgaria not only territorial expansion, but also an increase of 15 percent in the total volume of industry and 30 percent in the total economic volume!

After the end of the world war, it is inevitable that the population of Bulgaria will exceed 40 million, and it is worth mentioning that most of the population growth in this is due to the selfless dedication of the woolly bear!

Moreover, this population base has already surpassed France, and even with the population growth rate of Bulgaria, it will not be long before it will surpass the British, a proper top power!

At the same time, in terms of colonies, there will be a further increase in Bulgaria after the war, and there will be no good places, but the kind of rotten land that does not have much strategic value and economic value, presumably Britain and France will not be stingy!

If nothing else, there will be no problem at all with the total area of Bulgaria's colonies exceeding 5 million square kilometers after the war, and of course more than 4 million square kilometers of land will be desert!

However, Ferdinand did not dislike it, whether it was valuable or not, it was a sparsely populated place anyway, and it didn't cost much administrative money to govern these places!

There are even places where it is good to only get sovereignty, and it doesn't matter if there is no colonial government, the nomads still let him govern themselves.

In the next 20 years, Bulgaria's center of gravity will still be in the Balkans and Asia Minor, as long as these two peninsulas are developed, Bulgaria will be invincible!

To a certain extent, after the end of this world war, Bulgaria was also equivalent to being given "Zhao'an" by Britain and France. From the rebel camp of the order of the emerging empire, to the camp of the old guardian of the order of the old empire!

Isn't the world's third colonial power the backbone of the colonial empire? In this respect, from now on, everyone in Britain, France and Bulgaria is already in the same camp!

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