The Ottoman Empire tasted the benefits of forming mercenaries, which allowed them to fight bravely and save a lot of military expenses, so they sent the Kurds who had migrated from the two rivers to the Balkans together to form two chieftains, of course, mixed with other minorities, and in these two tribes also required the formation of 30,000 mercenaries each, that is, 10 infantry regiments; The Armenians in the southern part of the Caucasus Mountains were divided into two, one part moved to the Balkans, and some remained in place, which weakened the Armenians in disguise, and the Armenians who were moved to the Balkans were formed into two chieftains, each with more than 200,000 people, and each chieftain tribe was required to form a force of 30,000 people, that is, 10 infantry regiments; The Armenians, who remained in place, were asked to form 10 infantry regiments as the first line of defense against the Russian Empire. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

As a result of this operation, the Ottoman Empire's supernumerary army increased by more than 200,000 and greatly enhanced the strength of the Ottoman Empire.

In order to facilitate the control of these mercenaries, the Ottoman Empire equipped them with rifles, cannons and heavy machine guns and other heavy weapons that were replaced by the previous army, and their role was to cooperate with the main force of the Ottoman Empire to fight, such as garrisoning places, suppressing uprisings, transporting baggage, etc., and they could not be left alone for the time being.

These mercenaries saw that the Ottoman Empire did not use them as cannon fodder, and they were still very grateful to the Ottoman Empire.

In the Balkans, these seven tribes were settled separately in Albania, Macedonia, Thrace, etc., and each tribe was allocated a piece of land, each occupying one side, and in order to have more land, it was necessary to obtain more military exploits.

In order to protect their land, and in order to win more land in the future, these tribes have each formed a tribal army of tens of thousands of people, not only to protect their land, but also to serve as a source of mercenary officers and soldiers, and when the mercenaries have war losses, they can directly draw officers and soldiers from the tribal army to replenish them.

These tribes were originally nomadic people, and in tribal warfare they were all soldiers, and it was very easy to form troops, as long as they chose the right age group, and the tribesmen were very willing to join the army.

Older men, women and children can work in farming and grazing.

These natives had been very strong in the tribal attacks against each other, and they were very satisfied with this arrangement of the Ottoman Empire, eager for military success.

In order to obtain land, it is necessary to have a strong army, and they are all mercenaries, they must rely on military exploits to obtain the necessary supplies to keep the tribe alive, and when the Ottoman Empire sent instructors to train them, they trained very hard, they have already lost their homeland once, and they do not want to continue to live a wandering life.

The Ottoman Empire was very satisfied with the attitude of the mercenaries.

The Ottoman Empire had a powerful navy, a powerful army trained with the help of the Xia Empire, and now more than 200,000 strong army forces, and their ambitions began to swell, first using mercenaries to fight the local independence forces and stop their attempts at independence, and in addition, to combat the constant harassment of the border by Greece, Bulgaria and other countries.

The placement of seven large tribes in the Balkans was very annoying to the British, French and Russian, which would increase the conflict and instability on the peninsula, and for this reason, they would have to deploy more troops in the region to maintain the balance of power.

Austria-Hungary and Germany welcomed the Ottoman Empire's approach, which would contain the large number of British, French, and Russian troops and relieve them of pressure.

The arrival of these tribes not only made the local ethnic groups feel pressure and danger, but also the surrounding independent or autonomous Greece, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, etc., also felt strong military pressure; Although they were independent or self-governing, there were still parts of their lands and people under Turkish rule, and they fought many wars with the Ottoman Empire over these lands.

In the face of the powerful Ottoman Empire, they could only unite, and soon the four countries signed alliance treaties one after another.

The treaty of alliance provided that the parties guaranteed each other's independence and territorial integrity, and that in the event of an encroachment by one of the other countries, the remaining parties should give their full support; They also agreed that in the event of an attempt by any major Power to annex Balkan territory, the parties should assist each other with all their armed forces.

After the signing of the Four-Power Alliance Treaty, the Balkan Alliance with Bulgaria as the core was formed; The purpose of this alliance was to free the Balkan states and the entire Balkan Peninsula from Turkish domination and to oppose the annexation of the Balkans by the great powers.

In the process of the formation of the four-nation alliance in the Balkans, Russia, Britain, France, Germany, Austria-Hungary and other national enterprises tried to use the alliance to achieve their own expansion goals; It was also a product of the game between the Central Powers and the Entente.

After the formation of the Four-Power Alliance of the Balkans, the Ottoman Empire also felt the pressure, and with the help of the Xia Empire, stepped up the reorganization of its existing army, and by the end of 1910, a total of 20 main divisions had been established, each with a strength of 20,000 troops; In addition, 10 cavalry divisions were formed, each with a strength of 10,000 men; It also followed the example of the Xia Empire and established a second-line army, the Wehrmacht, and formed a total of 40 divisions of the Wehrmacht, each with 16,000 people; 2 brigades of heavy howitzers were also created, armed with all 155mm howitzers, 4 guns per company, 16 guns per battalion, 64 guns per regiment, and 256 guns per brigade; 5 light howitzer brigades, each armed with 256 105mm light howitzers.

If the Ottoman army is reorganized, the regular army of the entire Ottoman Empire will exceed 1.2 million people.

After the Xia Empire reorganized, trained and replaced its army, the strength of the Ottoman Empire's army was greatly improved, and it quickly became a European military power.

In order to stabilize the situation in the Balkans, the Ottoman Empire finally formed two chieftaincy tribes of the Armenians south of the Caucasus Mountains; the reorganization of the Kurds in the eastern part of the Ottoman Empire into 3 chieftaincy tribes; The five tribes were relocated to Kosovo and the north of Albania.

The provinces of Jordan, Syria and Beirut were mixed with some indigenous people and Arabs who had migrated from the peninsula to form four chieftains, which were settled in the northern border region of Greece.

So far, the Ottoman Empire has formed a total of 16 chieftaincy tribes, each tribe is about 250,000 to 350,000 people, and with reference to the Xia Empire's management methods for mercenaries, the mercenaries of all tribes have been mixed, and the mixed formation can strengthen the Ottoman Empire's control over mercenaries, each brigade has 10,000 people, under the jurisdiction of 3 infantry regiments, each brigade headquarters directly governs a 12-gun 75mm mountain artillery battalion, a fire support company with 16 heavy machine guns and a cavalry battalion of 400 people, a total of 48 brigades, more than 480,000 people.

In the Balkan region, there are 5 main divisions of the Ottoman Empire, 20 defense divisions, 1 heavy howitzer brigade and 2 light howitzer brigades, and nearly one million troops are stationed in the entire peninsula region; In addition, successive reorganized armies were stationed in the Balkans.

In order to feed such a large number of troops, the Ottoman Empire intensified its raids on other peoples, and exploited them even more brutally.

In order to be able to confront the Ottoman Empire's navy, the Hellenic Republic also purchased 2 Xia-class battleships and 1 King-class battleship from the Xia Empire, making the Greek Navy the second largest navy in the eastern Mediterranean after the Ottoman Empire, breaking the naval balance of countries in the Mediterranean.

The Ottoman Empire's military power rose rapidly, and national sentiment was high, calling on the empire to drive out foreign forces in Egypt and North African provinces from Britain and France as soon as possible; Britain, France, Italy and other countries in Africa also felt a lot of pressure, not to mention the feuding Russian Empire, which was close at hand.

In this situation, Germany and Austria-Hungary actively lobbied the Ottoman Empire, hoping that the Ottoman Empire would form an alliance with them to jointly deal with the military pressure of Britain, France and Russia.

The rise of the Ottoman Empire and the migration of many new peoples to the Balkan Peninsula not only made the situation in the Balkans more complicated, but also made the contradictions between European countries more acute, which is exactly what the Xia Empire wanted to see.