Ferdinand's words are not untargeted, and it is not for nothing that the Greeks dare to single-handedly challenge the Ottoman Empire, but the current Turks are indeed very weak!

It was much weaker than during the First Balkan War, otherwise the British would not have planned to divide the Ottomans, and the Greeks would not have had the courage to declare war on the Ottoman Empire!

In Macedonia, for example, the Ottoman Empire nominally had 110,000 garrisons, but the actual number may be less than half.

The saved military spending has been divided among the domestic elites, and the above points can be used to catch civilians during the inspection period, which is the current situation of the Ottoman Empire at the end of the 19th century!

Unlike Ferdinand, a traveler, Bulgaria had just gained independence from the Ottoman Empire for a long time, and it still had a sense of reverence for the suzerain.

When formulating a strategy, you can't help but overestimate the strength of the other party! Their assessment of the strength of the Ottoman Empire is still very realistic.

Listening to Ferdinand's words, everyone's faces were a little embarrassed, but they were relieved. Since it is an enemy, the Ottoman Empire, of course, the weaker the better, as for the plan? You can change it at any time, as long as you can win this war anyway!

Well, Ferdinand's sinister intentions of preparing to use immigrants as cannon fodder, everyone pretended not to see it. Anyway, they are not nationals of Bulgaria, and no matter how many people die, everyone will not feel distressed, but as for the Russians, they don't care about the life or death of gray animals!

Petrov said very simply: "Okay, I will revise the plan when I go back, include the laborers who will build the road in the preparatory plan, and try to ensure the normal operation of the factory!" ”

I thought of the main factor in the defeat of Bulgaria in the Second Balkan War, which was the lack of guns and artillery, and the army had empty combat effectiveness, but unfortunately there were no weapons and ammunition for them to use.

So, Ferdinand admonished: "In modern warfare, victory is no longer determined by the number of people!" The competition on the battlefield is no longer just people, weapons and equipment have become the core factor that determines the outcome of the war!

Of course, I'm not saying that the human factor is not critical, and the training of soldiers must not be relaxed! But it is a fact that cold weapons can't beat hot weapons, don't hold guns and cannons when the time comes, you can't find ammunition, you can only let the soldiers fight bayonets, it's embarrassing! ”

As soon as Ferdinand's words were finished, Prime Minister Konstantin immediately expressed his position and said: "Rest assured, Archduke, our government will definitely do its best to ensure logistics and supply!"

In order to ensure the completion of the ammunition reserve, our cabinet will immediately allocate funds and order the arsenal to increase the production line, even if it is to rush work 24 hours a day, but also to complete the scheduled task in advance! ”

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Having taken care of the government, Ferdinand finally breathed a sigh of relief. If it were to get into trouble with the Russians now, Bulgaria would definitely not be able to eat and amuse.

No matter how proud the Russians are now, when the Russo-Japanese War breaks out, they will know to cry! As long as we survive this decade, the balance of strength between a badly damaged Russia and a rising Bulgaria will fundamentally change.

This time, the Russians were extremely efficient, and as soon as the secret treaty was signed, the weapons and equipment of the Russian Empire began to be supplied to Bulgaria, and even some of the weapons and equipment banned by the French could be bought.

It's a pity that now Ferdinand: what can be seen is not used, and what can be used is not used! He took the opportunity to purchase a number of cutting-edge machinery and equipment from France, which strengthened Bulgaria's industrial strength.

Then, the symbolic Congress walked around, and the plan for the Great Navy, Bulgaria, was officially released!

What's the specifics? Sorry, God only knows what the Russians are going to do! In any case, the Bulgarian government has no right to interfere with "this new navy".

Ferdinand still underestimated the shamelessness of the Russians, the so-called "Bulgarian Navy", which is directly a branch of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, directly changed the flag, it is the Bulgarian Navy!

Don't say anything, the struggle for control of the Navy is over, and even ordinary transfers must be agreed to by the Russians. This is completely the Bulgarian government's money to raise a fleet for the Russians, from ships to people, there is no place where Bulgaria can meddle!

Well, Ferdinand can only comfort himself: in fact, 200 million leva, thrown into the mouth of the gold-swallowing beast of the navy, will not make much waves, isn't there now a powerful "existence fleet"?

Even though it's not easy to use, you can take it out to scare people, right? In terms of tonnage, Bulgaria is also one of the top ten naval powers in the world!

And it's not completely without gains, in addition to being scary, at least the Russians helped Bulgaria and got a logistics service system.

There is one more dock for warship maintenance, although it is a little rotten, it can still carry out simple warship maintenance!

Of course, Ferdinand always believed that this was the Russian Navy's top brass in order to embezzle military spending, and directly threw these expenses to the Bulgarian government to bear!

However, he readily accepted it, and in addition to the engineers sent by the Russians, the Bulgarian government also stuffed a group of workers into the study, which was regarded as paying the tuition.

Compared with the depression at the top of the government, the people are much more lively. At the end of the 19th century, sea power has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the navy is the most important criterion to measure the strength of a country!

Ordinary people don't care, how much is it boring? Anyway, this bought fleet hung the Bulgarian flag and dangled on the Black Sea!

Everyone has a braggadocio to talk about, and they have a good dream of a big country! Even with the big reserve training that was launched, it was much more enthusiastic.

The changes in Bulgaria, people with a little common sense know that a new round of the Balkan war is about to start again!

The Balkan countries quickly began to follow suit, starting with Mentnegro (Montenegro) announcing a 10,000-strong military buildup. It's nothing compared to other countries, but for Mentenegro, it's the limit!

A small country with a population of less than 400,000 has raised an army of 25,000 men after the expansion of its army.

One has to admire the king of Mentenegro, Nicholas I, who succeeded to the throne in 1860. In 1862 and 1876, he fought against the Turks twice, and finally won a brilliant victory.

Through diplomatic efforts, it was decided at the Berlin Conference that it would double its territory and become a sovereign State.

He visited St. Petersburg in 1868 and befriended the Russian Emperor Alexander II, embraced the Russians, and from then on the Tsarist government often provided him with financial and weapon support.

At the same time, he was also a huge supporter of Serbdom (serfdom) and wanted Serb unity and advocated the establishment of the United Kingdom. However, he was vehemently opposed to Karađorđevićs (untranslatable 😱).

During the Bulgarian War, the Mentenegro government took the side of Serbia and severed diplomatic relations with Bulgaria.