Compared with the French government, the Vienna government is much more straightforward, and the British Empire is very awesome, but this awesomeness has nothing to do with them.

Even if the Royal Navy dominates the world, it is impossible to run to the Adriatic Sea to achieve its majesty, but Bulgaria next door is even more terrifying.

If they are on the wrong side at this time, they will not be able to live their lives.

The Strait of Otranto is an inland river in Bulgaria, and as long as Bulgaria conducts military exercises here every once in a while, the shipping of Austria-Hungary will be completely destroyed.

Maritime transport is only a small problem, and as a land power, Austria-Hungary has always had very little choice in diplomacy.

Just as they had to deal with the Germans before the First World War, they had to deal with Bulgaria after the First World War, and they had almost no choice in diplomacy.

It can only be said that God did not bless them, and the geographical location determined their tragic life.

In the Crimean War, Austria-Hungary betrayed its ally, the Russian Empire, causing heavy losses to the Russians, thus opening the prelude to the Russian-Austrian contradictions.

In the First World War, Austria-Hungary betrayed the Germans again, this time avenging the Austro-Prussian War, but since then Germany and Austria have also formed a mortal enmity.

Traitors are always the most hateful!

Without major changes, the hatred between Austria-Hungary and Germany and Russia could not be dissolved in a short time.

At this time, if you get on the bar with Bulgaria again, you can't even think about the calf!

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The news that Bulgaria is going to dig the Grand Canal in the Gulf of Aqaba has caused a stir on the European continent, and many people are speculating that the Anglo-Bulgarian conflict is about to break out.

However, one thing is certain, that is, it has something to do with the Suez Canal management company's increase in navigation fees, and the conflict of interest is the most irreconcilable contradiction.

Almost all countries in the world are expecting the contradictions between Bulgaria and the British Empire to intensify, and it is better to fight directly.

In particular, the revolutionary party in Southeast Asia, which is making an effort to become independent, was even more encouraged by the news from the Japanese.

Obviously, they thought too much, and as time passed, they did not see the escalation of the contradictions between the two countries, except for a scolding war between the two countries in the newspaper, and then it ended.

No, it's just that Bulgaria is over. Britain is very lively, and the media in London are arguing about this issue, and there are all kinds of arguments, and no one can convince anyone.

However, the London media still highly praised the performance of Stanley Baldwin's cabinet in this incident.

From the beginning to the end, the Stanley Baldwin cabinet was very calm in fighting with the Bulgarian government, without exacerbating the contradictions between the two sides, let alone going straight to the ground without being stupid.

After all, although the Suez Canal has a very great political influence, it has no half-dime relationship with the vast majority of the British people in the economy, except for the people involved.

Whether their economic interests are damaged or not, they do not feel the pain, and certainly do not want the conflict to escalate.

Even if the Grand Canal in the Gulf of Aqaba is opened, the role of the Suez Canal will indeed be reduced, but the core value of interests will not change, and it can still connect the most important colony of the British Empire - India.

As long as the core interests are preserved, the loss of some navigation fees is not within the scope of most people's concern, no matter how much the canal company earns, it has nothing to do with them.

In the eyes of ordinary people, if the Bulgarians want to dig canals, they can dig them, and if people dig canals on their own land, the British Empire will not be easy to intervene!

Moreover, the canal cannot be dug in a day or two, the Suez Canal has been dug for more than ten years, not to mention the more difficult construction and the Gulf of Aqaba Canal, which is farther away?

According to British media reports, the most optimistic estimate will take ten years, most of them are expected to dig for twenty or thirty years, and the most pessimistic estimate is that this is a lifetime series.

Their calculation method was inferred with reference to the engineering volume of the Suez Canal and the Panama Canal, and as for the organizational ability, scientific and technological progress, they directly ignored it.

Everyone is an amateur, and if you guess correctly, you can report that they are prescient in the future, and it doesn't matter if you guess wrong, you can find a whole bunch of reasons to argue.

As journalists, as long as there is a topic, they are not the chief engineer of the Gulf of Aqaba Canal, and they are not responsible for these statements.

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"Your Majesty, something has happened to the British colonies in Southeast Asia!" Foreign Minister Metev gloated

"The British colonies in Southeast Asia are full of gunsmoke every day, what big things can happen?" Ferdinand said indifferently

In his opinion, most of the British colonies in Southeast Asia have fallen, no matter how bad the situation is, it will be like that.

"On May 8, 1927, the rebels in Southeast Asia launched a counteroffensive against the British at the same time, and the British army was almost completely defeated by it, Singapore fell, and Mr. Churchill became a prisoner if he had not run fast.

Not only that, but the warships of the British, anchored in the port of Singapore, were also sunk by the rebels, one battleship, two cruisers! Metev replied solemnly

"It can't be! Could it be that the British army is a rice bucket? Is this what the rebels in Southeast Asia can do? Ferdinand questioned

This is no longer an impressive record, this is simply a mythical record!

What's more, the battleships are all sunk, are you sure there is no hanging?

No matter how poor Churchill's command ability is, the army in his command can't do anything, can't he fight a rebellion in the jungle, can't he defend the city?

How effective are the rebels, do you still need to doubt it? Must it be a rabble? Could it be that the British army could not even win against a rabble?

"Your Majesty, this news is true! I have already verified that it was not the rebels who defeated the British this time, but the harsh climatic conditions in Southeast Asia.

According to the information we have gathered, since March, Southeast Asia has entered the summer, and a large number of mosquitoes and ants have multiplied.

After being bitten by mosquitoes, the British army experienced very serious non-combat attrition, and the morale of the army had long since fallen to an underestimate.

Most of these foreign reinforcements have lost their combat effectiveness because of the relationship between water and soil, and the rest are also panicked and have no intention of fighting. Metyev explained

"No, it's not been a day or two since the British occupied Southeast Asia, and it is impossible for them not to know these problems, in this case, they should have been prepared in advance, how could such a low-level mistake occur?" Ferdinand asked, confused

"Your Majesty, this may have something to do with politics, in order to suppress the rebellion as soon as possible, the reinforcements drawn by the British government from outside this time were sent to the front line before they had time to adapt to the local climate.

At the same time, this time the Japanese also took action, including the army that conquered Singapore, which was dominated by Japanese expatriates, and it seems that many Chinese also joined the rebels.

Their combat effectiveness was much stronger, and they were commanded by experienced Japanese officers. Moreover, in the more than half a year of fighting, the rebels also obtained a lot of weapons from the British.

The elite of these rebels are not much worse than the British in terms of weapons and equipment, and under the conditions of the same strength, the British are really not their opponents! Mejev analyzed

Ferdinand thought about it and found that it seemed that this was a real possibility, and Mr. Churchill made this mistake in the First World War in history.

For the sake of political needs, regardless of the actual situation, when the Anglo-French forces were not ready, they ordered the launch of the Battle of Dardanelles, and staged a flower style to give away the head.

This time it is nothing more than a change of time, a different place, and the same mistake was made, and it seems that it is not impossible.

May ~ October in Southeast Asia is the rainy season, if the rebels cannot be suppressed before the rainy season comes, after entering May, the British army can only be beaten passively.

Probably summing up the defeat of the previous year, in February and March 1927, the British army had been fighting very well, and had suppressed the range of activities of the rebels.

Victory was in sight, but Burma reversed, and the previous efforts were in vain, so after the arrival of reinforcements in April.

Fighting back before the rainy season comes, striking at the arrogance of the rebels, giving an account to the country, and relieving the pressure on oneself is very much like Mr. Churchill's style.

As a result, the reinforcements who were not adapted to the water and soil were dispersed on the battlefield, and after a few days of fighting, they lost their combat effectiveness, and finally the enemy took advantage of it.

These are all made up by Ferdinand himself, the real situation has yet to be verified, and there are many factors for the failure of the British, and it is definitely not as simple as it seems.

"And what about the problem of battleships? Even if the rebels captured the artillery of the British, the artillery of the army could not sink the battleship!

Could it be that God was watching over them, and there happened to be an oil tanker next to it, and the artillery of the rebels hit the oil tanker, and then the fuel oil in it exploded, and finally took away a battleship? Ferdinand asked, confused

"Your Majesty, this is really a good idea, but it's a pity that we have passed the opportunity, otherwise we can get a bunch of oil tankers, fill them with fuel and dock at the port of Singapore, and it is estimated that this time we will lose most of the British Far East.

It seems that the Japanese have developed a suicide missile specifically for the rebels, as long as there is a death squad with a cannonball to attack the warship, this weapon is launched at close range, and the power is very huge!

This time, the rebels fired dozens of suicide missiles to sink one of the British battleships! Mejev lamented

It seems that a golden opportunity was missed, and not only Mejev, but even Ferdinand secretly regretted not taking this issue into account.

Otherwise, the crude oil exported from Bulgaria to Japan can be docked at the port of Singapore, and the explosion of tens of thousands of tons, or even hundreds of thousands of tons of fuel oil at a time, can already fully cover the port of Singapore.

At such a small price, quietly and silently destroying a third of the Royal Navy is completely profitable. It's a pity that such an opportunity is gone!

"It's a pity that not only did this opportunity be missed, but even our plan to take advantage of the colonial rebellion in Southeast Asia to hold back the British was aborted.

If something so big happens, I'm afraid that the London government will soon change people to preside over the counterinsurgency work in Southeast Asia, and with this lesson, the person in charge they sent out will definitely be a general! Ferdinand lamented

Civilian officials who preside over counterinsurgency will definitely think about politics first, and then think about the military, and even in many cases, for the sake of political interests, even if they know that it is not desirable militarily, they will do it.

It is different if they are replaced by military generals, their political sensitivity is naturally inferior, they will think more about the military aspects, and their military command ability is much stronger.

They don't come up with strategies that look very strategically brilliant but can't actually be done.

The situation in Southeast Asia is now completely erosive, but it has become easier to quell the chaos.

It's a pity that a rabble is a rabble, the origin of the rebels is too complicated, they can still work together in the face of a common enemy, and once the enemy is gone, they will have to fight among themselves.

By the time the British regrouped and fought back, the rebels, whose internal contradictions had intensified, were no longer a threat.

Unless there is a powerful group among them that can subdue everyone and unite them to form a new nation.

Then after reunification, they will also have the strength to fight with the British, after all, the army is not John Bull's strong point, as long as they win this battle, they can really be independent.

However, Ferdinand was not optimistic about them at all, and then the British would have to be serious, and the British Empire, which was full of firepower, was not at all something that a group of rabble could deal with.

The Royal Navy blockaded the coastline, and with a steady general, 200,000 British troops were enough to suppress these rebellions.

After all, Southeast Asia was not fully connected, which was very disadvantageous to the rebels, and it was difficult for them to get supplies under the blockade of the British Navy.

After a few battles, the rebel army will fall apart without ammunition replenishment.

From this point of view, the rebel army has been able to hold on to the present, not only has it not finished but has grown, and Churchill, the commander of the British army, is the first hero!

"Your Majesty, should we now take advantage of the chaos in Southeast Asia to create a little trouble for the British?" Metev proposed

"Well, now is the best opportunity to smuggle weapons, these rebels should have a lot of money in their hands, so we'll help them spend some of it.

By the way, the weapons and ammunition sold cannot all be produced in Bulgaria, but also mixed with some weapons and equipment from other countries, so as not to let the British see the flaws!

Moreover, it is not convenient for us to come forward in person this time, so we hire a few people from outside to do it, so that they can show up, and our people try not to show up.

As long as the Bulgarian government does not personally participate, even if the British know that we did it, they can only suffer this dumb loss if they can't find evidence! Ferdinand thought for a moment and said

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Metyev replied

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