Bulgaria, which is bent on fighting, and the Ottoman Empire, which is preparing for war, on the other, if the result can be negotiated, it will be a problem!

More than two months have passed since the start of multilateral negotiations on January 5, and even though the Germans have been trying to mediate diplomatically, by March 12, the negotiations have broken down!

At this time, the Foreign Secretary hurriedly ran into the palace and reported the news to Fei.

"Your Majesty, the Kavala negotiations have failed, and the Ottomans have refused to make concessions!" Metev said excitedly

Ferdy said with some excitement: "Good! Immediately give the Ottomans an ultimatum to give them 24 hours to reply, either accept our terms in their entirety, or go to war? ”

Due to the intervention of the Germans, the Bulgarian government also had to make concessions in this negotiation. From the beginning of the compensation negotiations, because the Ottoman Empire had no money, in the later stage the two sides have talked about using territory to compensate.

Ferdinand was a little worried, and the Ottoman Empire directly agreed. After all, Bulgaria's appetite could not be too big in the negotiations, as long as the Ottoman Empire threw out a dozen islands, it would almost be over.

For this reason, Ferdinand also deliberately mobilized the intelligence department to create momentum within the Ottoman Empire, inducing the main war faction to make trouble, hindering the negotiation process, and finally letting the Sudanese government hold on!

The front has been held out, will the Sudanese government compromise in the last 24 hours? Obviously this is impossible, and if they give in now, their insistence in front of them will become meaningless!

On March 14, Ferdinand convened an extraordinary parliament in Sofia, and the Bulgarian government submitted a "proposal for a declaration of war against the Ottoman Empire" to the parliament, and then in just half an hour, the parliament completed the vote and passed it unanimously!

On the same day, Ferdinand openly declared war on the Ottoman Empire on behalf of the Kingdom of Bulgaria; On the 15th, the Ottoman Empire also issued a war letter to Bulgaria, and thus the second full-scale war between Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire broke out.

This war, so to speak, was the debut of the Bulgarian Navy. As soon as the war broke out, the Bulgarian Navy took the initiative to seek a decisive battle with the Ottoman Navy, but unfortunately the Ottoman Navy chose to avoid the battle.

As a last resort, the Bulgarian Navy could only cover the army and carry out the operation of seizing the island, first Samothrace and then Lemnos, and advance step by step.

In order to force the Ottoman Navy to come out for a decisive battle, Ferdinand still used the old trick of creating public opinion to put pressure on the Sudanese government, and at the same time, the navy did not forget to deliberately stay in the trap to lure the Ottoman Navy!

It's a pity that Ferdinand still overestimated the strength of the Ottoman Navy, not that they didn't want to come out for a decisive battle, but that they didn't have the possibility of fighting at all!

Since the last Balkan war, when they were heavily damaged by the Russians, they have not added a single warship, and even the post-war warship repairs have been dealt with.

Although they still have twelve ironclad ships, there are four of them, which were badly damaged in the last war, and the ships have been repaired and can barely go to sea, anyway, the wind and waves in the Aegean Sea are small!

The problem is that the lost artillery has not been replaced, a lot of combat equipment is lacking, and even the ammunition reserves of the First Great War are insufficient! In addition to the fact that the decoration of the warship is still luxurious, there is no shortage of it!

All this is an open secret at the top of the Ottoman Empire, but there is only one person who does not know, and he is the supreme leader of the Ottoman Empire, His Majesty the Great Sultan!

This is a big problem, but fortunately, the Sultan also knows that the combat effectiveness of the Ottoman Navy is not good, and he does not expect them to win the war, but he just needs them to go to sea to hang around, so as to give an explanation to domestic public opinion.

The navy, which was forced to be helpless, now can't even find a general who is willing to go to sea, there is no way to take too much risk, and the nobles are not willing to take risks.

Everyone knows that the Bulgarian Navy has been equipped with dreadnoughts, regardless of the combat effectiveness, just looking at other people's artillery and armor, everyone knows that now the Ottoman Navy is going to deliver food when it meets people!

Under normal circumstances, this pile of outdated old ironclads would be injured by a 12-inch (305) main gun, and may even be killed; And most of their armaments are 210mm guns, which can probably tickle people.

The power of the artillery is not comparable, even if it is not, it is normal that the range is not comparable, and it doesn't matter if the rate of fire is not comparable, the key is that the fuck just wants to run for your life, and you can't outrun others, can this battle still be fought?

This can't be blamed on the British, who is called the old ship of the Ottoman Empire? Basically, they were all from before 1874, and the warships of their same period, the British were all decommissioned!

However, when the Bulgarian Navy aimed at Lesvos Island, the Sultan went berserk, and it was not a matter of not fighting back just by being beaten!

If Bulgaria is allowed to follow its own strategy, and when the people control all the islands off the coast, they can land from wherever they want to land at that time, how can this be guarded?

True, the Sultan government strategically miscalculated, and according to their estimates, the Bulgarians should have landed directly from Bandelma and attacked the peninsula of Asia Minor.

After all, after the Balkan War, the Ottoman Navy withdrew from the Sea of Marmara, and the few broken ships left in Bulgaria were enough.

Who knew that Ferdinand would choose to do it in the waters of the Aegean Sea? After all, this is likely to be a protracted war, and even if all the coastal islands fall, it will not be enough to make the Sudanese government compromise!

The Sultan was furious and said: "I don't care if you have any reason, the navy must be dispatched, you all go out and walk around, and listen to what the people have to say!"

Say that we have made a traitorous deal with Bulgaria and give all the Aegean islands to the Bulgarians!

Otherwise, where is our navy? Even if you can't beat the Bulgarians, at least go to sea to harass other people's transportation lines, is it difficult?

……”

In the face of the furious Sultan, no one in the Ottoman government dared to cut his beard, and he was forced to have no choice but to find a replacement for the dead!

Ahmed Pasha is once again in the spotlight, the last time the unlucky guy lost to the Russians, and now he has been removed from his post and left at home.

This is a talent, how can it be wasted? It must be activated immediately, although it was defeated last time, but the opponent is the Russians, although it is still glorious.

At least the main force of the Navy was preserved, didn't it? Now that the national crisis is at hand, of course, this kind of elite talent must come out of the mountain!

Oh, don't want to do it? Are you unpatriotic? Or is it dissatisfaction with the Sudanese government?

So the unlucky Ahmet Pasha was again appointed commander of the Austro-Hungarian Navy.

At a time when Austria-Hungary was worried about its naval officers, the Bulgarian army was marching high, and Ferdinand was receiving good news these days!

It doesn't seem very appropriate to describe it as war, and armed parades seem to be more suitable! First there was a burst of artillery bombardment by the navy, and then the army landed, and it was over!

It's not that the Ottomans don't work hard, the key is that the island is small, how can they resist just the thousands of people deployed on the island?

The Sudanese government is reluctant to use the new army that it is fortunate to have trained so hard to send over as cannon fodder! Not even a single rifle can be used, how strong can an army with a broadsword and spear be?

It was not until the island of Lesvos that the Bulgarian army encountered a formed enemy for the first time, causing a little trouble for the landed army!

Lesvos Island is an island in the Aegean Sea, 10 kilometers away from Turkey, with an area of 1632.8 square kilometers, fertile land, rich vegetation and mild climate, which is considered an important island in the Ottoman Empire.

By this time, the Bulgarian army had already committed five regiments of the landing force, and the main forces of the Navy had already reached the island of Chios, which created an opportunity for the Ottomans!

Ahmed Pasha, who had just come out of the mountains, knew that trying to win the Bulgarian navy was tantamount to a fool's dream, even if his fleet was increased tenfold, it would be useless!

Now the navy of the Ottoman Empire, there is not a single ship that can catch up with the enemy! To put it simply, if you encounter an enemy, it's good to win, but if you can't win, you'll be finished!

This is the reason why no one is appointed to the high-ranking official position of commander of the navy, and everyone knows what it means to take the Ottoman naval fleet, whose fastest speed does not exceed 16 knots, to fight a decisive battle with the Bulgarian fleet, whose minimum speed starts at 20 knots!

Seeing that the main forces of the Bulgarian Navy had already left, Ahmet Pasha decided to go out to sea and send a batch of supplies to Lesvos Island.

After all, Lesvos Island is still a little well-known in the Ottoman Empire, and if you ignore it completely, it will be difficult for domestic public opinion to explain!

The most important thing is that it is close, Lesvos Island is only a dozen kilometers away from the mainland, and it is not far from the nearest port, even if you meet the Bulgarian Navy, you can run back!

"Adjutant, inform the government to let them raise a batch of supplies, we will send them to Lesvos Island, it is better to organize another batch of reinforcements, and we will send them together!" Ahmed Pasha said unhurriedly