1908 was a very critical year for the future of the world's situation, in early May, the Anglo-Bulgarian negotiations that lasted for more than half a year finally came to an end, and on the 18th, the two countries signed the "Anglo-Bulgarian Entente" that had a far-reaching impact on world history!

The treaty states:

1. The two sides recognize each other's core interests and support them diplomatically;

2. Bulgaria recognized the hegemony of the British in the Mediterranean region, and the two sides demarcated their respective spheres of influence against the Ottoman Empire.

That is: the Egyptian colonies, as well as the area around the Euphrates Valley, were all under the interests of the British, including the Suez Canal!

The British recognized the Aegean Sea and the Asia Minor peninsula, including Greece, as part of Bulgaria's sphere of influence!

3. The British supported Bulgaria's expansion operations on the African continent, and in return, the British Navy had free navigation rights in the ports of Bulgaria's overseas colonies!

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Oh, this is also the third great power after France and Russia to recognize Bulgaria's sphere of influence, especially since the other side is the British Empire, which dominates the world!

The Anglo-Bulgarian Entente was also unanimously recognized by all Bulgarian circles as another great diplomatic victory for the Bulgarian government!

Apparently no one has a development crisis looming! Only Ferdinand knew that it was the British who were cheering up the Entente, otherwise according to the current momentum of German development, it would not be long before the Entente would admit it!

At least within the Bulgarian government, there have always been many people who advocate joining the Allied Powers, after all, the Germans have the world's largest army, and there are two teammates Austria-Hungary and Italy, if Bulgaria is added, the European continent will be the world of the Allied Powers!

Anyway, there is no major conflict of interests between Bulgaria and the Triple Alliance, even with Austria-Hungary, which already borders on it, there has been no major conflict between the two sides!

Oh, if Ferdinand didn't know how pitted his two teammates of Italy and Austria-Hungary were, he would have thought so!

If it weren't for the strong enough strength of the pro-Russian faction in Bulgaria and the strong suppression of Ferdinand, Bulgaria would have fallen to the Allies by now!

Since the defeat of the Russians in the Far East, the Franco-Russian Entente has ceased to be an opponent of the Triple Alliance, and the balance on the European continent has been broken!

Later, with the efforts of the French, the newly rising Bulgaria was drawn into the Entente, which barely balanced the strength of the two sides, otherwise the situation on the European continent would be even more severe!

If the British could not stand up for the Entente, a compromise between Bulgaria and Russia with Germany would be about to happen, anyway, there would be no major contradictions, and they could be reconciled at any time!

This is something that John Niu will never tolerate, and once the two countries choose to compromise, then there is no doubt that the French will also give in to the Germans, and hatred is not an opponent of bayonets in the end!

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The time when the Germans dominated the European continent was not far off, this was the opinion of many at that time!

John Bull finally couldn't help it, it was not easy to pull Bulgaria and the Russians on board, there was a serious conflict between the Russians and Austria-Hungary in the Balkans, but now it no longer exists.

With the strong rise of Bulgaria and the heavy losses of the Russians in the Far East, the core conflict of interests between Russia and Austria no longer exists.

Now the Russians do not know whether to cry or laugh, Bulgaria, which has been raised by one hand, has lost control and is now about to join the club of the great powers; In the same way, thanks to the rise of Bulgaria, the Russians have much less pressure on the defense of the European continent!

No matter what the Russians think in their hearts, anyway, the hearts of the British are happy, and the rise of Bulgaria - means that they have one more chess piece in their hands that can be used!

If it weren't for the fact that the main enemy was the Germans now, there would have been thugs to stop the expansion of the Russians in the Near East!

The British are still very confident in this, as long as they are tempted to take advantage of it, and then provoke it, they are not afraid that the two countries will not turn their faces!

Of course, this is a matter for the future, and the main task of the London government now is to protect Russia and Russia in Eastern Europe to join forces against the Germans.

The British are different from the French, the French government paid real money to pull Bulgaria and the Russian Empire on board, and the British were generous!

Ferdinand knew that the bait was poisonous, but he still chose to swallow the bait in the face of interests, anyway, the French had paid once, and the British bait was nothing more than tying the rope to death!

Moreover, even if a world war breaks out, the enemies that Bulgaria will face directly are all weak chickens, as long as they do not come out of the way, the overall strategy is still safe!

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Oh, not long after the signing of the Anglo-Bulgarian Entente, the negotiations between Britain and Russia came to an end, and on May 28, the two countries signed the Anglo-Russian Entente, and thus the Entente was officially established!

Due to the entry of the British, the influence of the Entente increased greatly, and the "Triple Entente", which was originally at a disadvantage, has now become the "Quadruple Entente", and the Triple Alliance has been suppressed on the European continent!

The British once again used diplomacy to make the world understand who is the boss of this era!

At this moment, Germany, Italy, and Austria were silent, and the politicians of Britain, France, Russia, and Bulgaria were all celebrating this great diplomatic victory, as long as Ferdinand was secretly shaking his head, he knew that a world war was inevitable!

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"Your Majesty, can we attack Libya?" Petrov asked cautiously

Ferdinand shook his head and thought to himself: The influence of the British in this era is really strong, and as soon as the Four-Power Entente is established, the military will begin to be impatient!

"No, it's not the time yet!"

Ferdinand decisively chose to suppress the main battle faction, purely from a military point of view, the Ottoman navy was greatly damaged after the last battle of the Sea of Marmara, and the Sultan government was limited by financial resources and had not purchased a single warship until now.

Even if the tonnage of the Ottoman Navy is still slightly larger than that of the Bulgarian Navy, it is a pity that the ironclad fleet of 80,000 tons is already behind the times, and it really can't win the new fleet of 50,000 tons!

Not to mention the army, how many soldiers did the Ottoman Empire have in Libya? General Popov, the Minister of War, said that only two regiments were needed to easily defeat them, and one division could occupy Libya!

This is really not bragging, although Libya covers an area of 17.8 million square kilometers, except for the coastal zone, most of the other areas are deserts, and it is not too difficult to occupy it!

Anyway, with the support of Niu Niu, supplies can be obtained from Egypt, and Tunisia and Algeria on the other side are the territory of the French, and they can also get help!

But Ferdinand was clear that Libya and Albania were completely different concepts!

The Italians did not clash with Bulgaria over Albania, the Italian Army had just suffered a defeat in Ethiopia, and even the most confident radicals at home did not think that their soft-footed shrimp army could compete with the Bulgarian army!

It is human nature to bully the weak and fear the hard, and it is impossible for the Italians to challenge an opponent who is impossible to win for the sake of a colony that cannot be obtained!

But Libya is different, although its economic value is not high, and its strategic value is not very good, but now the African continent has been almost divided?

If they give up again, where else can the Italians grab later? Ethiopia? Their army veteran said that whoever likes to go will go, anyway, they are cowards!

The army is intimidated, but it does not mean that the navy is also instigated! At least now the Italian Navy still has the strength to suppress Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire!

The reason why they haven't done it yet is mainly out of fear of the Ottoman Empire, and the attitude of the Germans!

That's right, the Italians were still afraid of the Ottoman Empire, and if it weren't for the help of the British in history, the Italians might not have been able to win the "Italian-Turkish War" if it weren't for the help of the British and forbade the Ottoman army from passing through Egypt!

Although the Entente was established, Russia, France, and Bulgaria assumed military obligations to each other, while the cunning British retained the right to move freely!

In case Bulgaria and the Italians for the Libyan issue detonated the world war in advance, and the British watched the play from the sidelines, then Bulgaria would have to fight with Germany!

After all, the current Germans have not yet reached the peak of development, and the navy is not yet the opponent of the French, as long as Britain makes some efforts in the back, theoretically France, Russia, Bulgaria and Germany, Austria, and Italy still have the strength to fight!

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