No matter how you look at it, the strategy formulated by Ferdinand is full of temptation, once Bulgaria completes the counterattack, Dick Si will become rich and handsome in an instant!

Of course, it is not so easy to complete this strategy, although the Ottoman Turkish Empire has decayed, but it is still so big, and the risk of failure is still not small!

But in the face of interests, how many people can resist temptation? If there is, it must be that the temptation is not big enough!

Anyway, the current Bulgarian government can't resist the temptation of expansion, and the harvest of the Bulgarian war alone, once digested, is enough to make the Bulgarian government struggle for ten more years!

Konstantin said uncertainly: "Your Excellency, can we do it?" The Ottoman Turkish Empire is not weak, if they want to give up the Balkans, unless there is a full-scale war, can we win? ”

Ferdinand smiled and said, "If the Ottoman Turkish Empire can fully mobilize, of course we are no match for them!" But will they be able to fully mobilize?

Don't forget, the Ottoman Turkish Empire had many enemies and more!

In the Caucasus, in the Crimea, they were to defend against the Russian Empire; In Central Asia, India was to worry about the invasion of the British; The Italians are eyeing the Libyan region; Austria-Hungary has its eyes on Bosnia and Herzegovina and is ready to swallow at any moment!

The Armenians in the country are fighting for independence, and the other minorities are also restless, as long as we push it, it may be a wolf smoke at any time!

With so many unfavorable factors, even if the Sudanese government attaches more importance to the Balkans, it is impossible to invest more than half of its forces and sit idle in the Balkans without determining what we are going to do!

As long as these unfavorable factors are provoked, whether they are calculated or not, the rotten Ottoman Empire is not so invincible! ”

After listening to Ferdinand's analysis, everyone nodded excitedly, and it seemed that the chances of success were still very high.

At the end of the 19th century, the Ottoman Empire's internal transportation was not very good, but the land area was so large that troops had to be divided and guarded everywhere.

If the war breaks out suddenly, I am afraid that the armies of the various parts of the Ottoman Empire will not have time to assemble, and the war in the Balkans will already be over.

It's easy to lose territory, but it's even harder to get it back, especially for a weakened empire!

After all, the weakening of the Ottoman Empire is the consensus of all the European powers, and even Germany, which supports the Sultan government, is unlikely to take the lead on this issue!

Unless you don't want to get mixed up in Christendom, after all, it is not World War I, the international contradictions have not intensified, and the European people are politically correct about the believers who save God from the pagans!

An example of this is the ongoing crisis in the Near East, where the Armenians were clamoring for independence and were under pressure from public opinion and the European powers were putting pressure on the Ottoman Empire.

Chekov asked excitedly: "Grand Duke, then when are we going to do it?" Isn't it ready now?? Now the Armenians are fighting for independence, and the Ottoman Empire's suppression of the Armenians has been condemned by the international community!

If we intervene, the Armenians will be independent and will easily gain the support of the Great Powers! ”

Everyone looked at Ferdinand with expectant eyes, startling him. That's too much of a hurry, isn't it? I've just been discussing a strategy, and now you're going to do it?

No wonder the First Balkan War just ended, and the Second Balkan War broke out again! Even if there is a contradiction, you can use diplomatic means to delay time!

If the second Balkan war, dragged on for a few more months, Bulgaria completes its strategic material reserves, then history may have been rewritten!

Ferdinand also knew that this was a common problem of small countries, lacking patience in strategy, being easily aggressive, and lacking long-term vision!

"No! We have just finished fighting Serbia, and the consumption of strategic materials is very large, and it needs to be replenished. And the results obtained this time still need to be digested before they can be transformed into national strength! Ferdinand affirmed

Ferdinand's words were like a basin of cold water falling from the sky, pulling Konstantin and others back from their dreams.

Now the Ottoman Empire is indeed weak, but Bulgaria, why doesn't it need to recuperate? Starting a war at this time is completely thankless, and it is fighting a lose-lose war? ?

After calming down, everyone began to develop a series of plans around this strategy.

First of all, reserve training must be further expanded!

The Ottoman Empire is not Serbia, and the combat effectiveness of the army against the team is irrelevant, but the number is absolutely indispensable!

200,000 Bulgarian troops, who could beat Serbia; But if the opponent is Ottoman, if you don't do it, you will be buried by the crowd tactics!

The Serbs are the best example of this, after the outbreak of war, they sent soldiers who had never been trained to the battlefield, and then contributed to the Bulgarian army with remarkable achievements!

The Cabinet has always decided that every year you must extend the training time of the reserves, and the scope must be expanded!

Simply in the slack period, the training is good for two months, which is four times that of the original half a month; Well, the whole people should participate, and all school-age young people should participate, including government officials!

When Ferdinand saw it, he gasped, this is too ruthless! Even the members of the cabinet, who are part of the reserves, must find time to participate in training.

Sure enough, it is a fighting nation, crazy and not even letting go of oneself! Then, Ferdinand simply cut out the top of the government.

Are you kidding? If the war is fought to the point where cabinet ministers are needed to carry guns to the front, it is estimated that Bulgaria is also finished!

Secondly, of course, there are material reserves!

In the later stages of the Paussa War, the logistics of the Serbian army collapsed, thanks to the fact that they were defeated too quickly and did not have time to experience the misery of running out of ammunition and food!

When it came to the people of Belgrade, they experienced first-hand the pain of lack of supplies!

The grain reserve is the simplest, and the government still holds most of the country's land in its hands, so as long as the grain produced is sold less every year, it will be saved.

And there is also a new territory, as long as a year or two later, the resettlement is in place, the land is developed, and the total grain production of Bulgaria will be further increased, so there is no need to worry about this!

The most troublesome thing is the weapons and ammunition, in a single Bulgarian war, Bulgaria fired more than 90 million rounds of ammunition and more than 200,000 shells, completely suppressed the Serbs in terms of firepower, and won the victory easily.

Needless to say, of course, the production line will be expanded immediately, and as for the excess budget, it doesn't matter if it is only a few million leva, the Bulgarian government can still figure it out!

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