Historically, the Cretan uprising broke out against the background of the Armenian question, and the great powers again formed a fragile balance in the Near East, which wanted stability in the Near East, and the actions of the Greek government did not receive the support of the great powers.

But everything is different in this time and space, the Armenian question is still boiling, and the great uprising in Constantinople is not so easy to suppress!

In order to attract people's attention, many newspapers have blamed the Sultan government, and the tragedy in Constantinople has become the revenge of the Ottoman army after the rebellion!

Of course, this is not completely dark, and the Sudanese government does have to pay the main responsibility!

In terms of public opinion, the Ottoman Empire has always been in a disadvantageous position, and the Sudanese government has also been used to being blackmailed by the Western media, and it is not even bothered to justify, after all, both sides have been hostile for hundreds of years, and no one believes the explanation!

Politically, the actions of the Russians caused a strategic miscalculation to the Sudanese government, believing that it was the Russians who were manipulating the Balkan countries to be hostile to them, so they did not show goodwill to the Russian Empire, and the relationship between the two countries is still at a freezing point!

The Russian Empire, naturally, did not mind adding to the enemy's blockage, and was clearly inclined towards the Greeks in its attitude.

How could Austria-Hungary, which intended to take advantage of the fire and annex Bosnia and Herzegovina, not support the Greeks and side with the Ottoman Empire?

Of course, the central problem is that Austria-Hungary has reached a compromise with the Russian government! The two sides acquiesced to each other's next move, that is, the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Austria-Hungary, and the inclusion of the Black Sea straits, including the Bosphoru, by the Russians in their sphere of influence!

The attitude of the Russian Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire is the same, and in the Balkans it can basically represent the attitude of the great powers, and the other powers have limited strength in this region, and the attitude is not so important!

The British, who originally wanted to maintain the status quo in history, have now changed their attitude, and the Ottoman Empire must recognize the status quo in Egypt if it wants to gain their support!

On the issue of Crete, the last country to have a say, Italy was ignored this time. There is no way who told him that he didn't even win Ethiopia, and now everyone doesn't recognize him as a member of the great powers!

As for the strength, I'm sorry that Italy is really not qualified now, compared with other powers, the gap is still very huge!

Historically, without the support of the great powers, the Greek government dared to go to war with the Ottoman Empire when it was difficult to support itself, and now with the support of the great powers, it is self-evident what they will do!

And could the Ottoman Empire compromise? Obviously - no! If the Sultan government has to make concessions to just one Greece, why don't the other powers rush to the top and have a big partition??

Since neither side intends to compromise, then war is not far off!

After knowing the other side's choice, the two sides began a new round of diplomacy in order to win.

Obviously, the Ottoman Empire lost the upper hand in this round of diplomatic mediation, and the Greeks still had the Balkan Alliance as their backing, but the Ottoman Empire could not find any allies!

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After the outbreak of the Cretan uprising, Ferdinand knew that war was coming, and by now, the vast majority of the planned reserves of the Bulgarian General Staff had been completed.

However, the most critical reserves of weapons and ammunition are still not fully completed, after all, Bulgaria has only initially completed industrialization, and its industrial capacity is limited!

Fortunately, the production of weapons took two years, and the arsenal only completed the production of 500,000 rifles, the production of machine guns is expected to be completed next month, and the production of artillery can also be completed by the end of this month.

But the production of ammunition has run into trouble, and as of now, Bulgaria still has only a reserve of 700 million rounds of ammunition, more than 2.4 million rounds of various artillery shells, and this also includes the previous reserves!

Even so, since 1896, the arsenal has been operating at its limit to the limit, running three shifts, and running at high speed except for the essential mechanical maintenance!

During this period, the arsenal also increased the production line several times, but even so, it still could not achieve the set goal!

After all, military production is a technical job, and due to the lack of sufficient engineers and skilled workers, the production capacity has not been able to explode!

Of course, this is also expected by Ferdinand, in fact, the production capacity of the Bulgarian arsenal is already very rebellious, in terms of production capacity alone, in the same period, it exceeds any arsenal in the world!

Of course, this is based on the premise that the arsenals of the great powers did not burst out in full force! Even so, the Bulgarian Arsenal was one of the largest in the world at the end of the 19th century!

In terms of the strength of the army's military industry alone, Bulgaria is already among the top ten in the world, and its production capacity has surpassed that of Italy, squeezing into the ranks of the great powers. The price is tens of millions of pounds, which have been consumed by this gold-swallowing beast!

In terms of ammunition, it was enough for the Ottoman War, and judging by the consumption of the Russo-Japanese War in history, it was more than enough.

It's just that Ferdinand has always had a shadow, that is, in the second Balkan war in history, Bulgaria was besieged by the Balkan countries, and due to the lack of sufficient weapons and ammunition, many achievements in the first Balkan war were lost, which is why he signaled the staff to deliberately cross the consumption of ammunition!

But now, Ferdinand also knows that the Second Balkan War, even if it happens, is not the same as in history!

Serbia, the main force, has been eliminated from the competition; The Ottoman Empire was much weaker than it was during the Balkan Wars, and financially alone, they could not afford it; The Greeks were no better, and after this war, it was not even clear whether their army existed or not. As for the Navy, the Bulgarian fleet exists, it's still okay to scare people!

History has changed so much, if Bulgaria is still the same as in history, Ferdinand doesn't have to mess around, just take a piece of tofu and kill it early, save people a shame!

Taking stock of the side, Ferdinand was surprised to find that in this Balkan War, it didn't matter if Bulgaria ate alone!

Neither Greece nor Mentnegro has the strength to retaliate, and a Romania seems to be singled out, and there is no pressure!

Ferdinand, who had figured it out, became relaxed.

Compared with Ferdinand's relaxation, King George I of Greece was in a hurry. After the outbreak of the Crete incident, although Bulgaria and Menegro were in solidarity with Greece, they did not move in actual action!

Now the Greek government has been forced into a corner, and it is forced by its own people, and the nationalists in the country are all in a hurry to declare war on the Ottoman Empire, as if the Ottoman Empire is paper paste, and it will be broken with a stab!

But George I didn't dare to underestimate the Ottoman Empire, and both allies were still watching the play? It wouldn't be wonderful if Greece fought to the death in the front, and the two allies in the back jumped out to pick peaches at the end!

It is clear that both Ferdinand and Nicholas I of Mentenegro intended it this way, there is a cheap and not a bastard!

In the face of national interests, everyone knows how to choose!