The Goeben's entry into the Strait of Gibraltar made the people of the entire Turkey excited, and even held a grand welcome ceremony for the arrival of the Goben, which was the first time that Turkey lost a large area of territory and weakened the world's mainstream capital ship, this powerful Goben, which satisfied the Turkish military and civilians, the thirst for warships, and satisfied their pursuit of maritime power.

Originally, the relationship between Turkey and Britain was lowered to the bottom, and Germany's influence was rising, and the arrival of the Goeben brought this relationship to the peak.

When the German diplomatic delegation came to Turkey, it immediately announced a series of supportive acts, such as building a large number of factories, providing employment, and even supporting some high-quality products, most of which were actually purchased from China, part of which was the purchase of the balance of Jiaozhou Bay, and only a small part was real money or German machinery, but this aid of nearly 100 million US dollars suddenly captured Turkey's heart, whether it was for the sake of being strong or for the restoration of the Ottoman EmpireThere were not many contradictions between Turkey and the Central Powers, and even the differences with Austria-Hungary on the Balkan question were not irreconcilable.

The German diplomatic delegation has been in Turkey for about a week, and many substantive intentions have been signed, and the Germans' support for Turkey is solid, and Turkey is more supportive from the people at the bottom to the top, and then compare with the attitude of the United Kingdom. After weighing for a long time, the three pasha of Turkey. The final decision was made to join the sequence of the Allies.

British diplomats. is also making the final retention, but unfortunately it is too late, the arrogant John Bull, in front of Turkey, suffered Waterloo, the British have risen to the top three among the most hated people in Turkey, even if it is a military junta country, it is impossible to completely ignore public opinion, plus the Germans are more sincere. The wood is already in the boat.

Turkey was at least a year ahead of its history, and in its true history, Turkey signed the Treaty of Military Alliance with Germany in August 1914, drawing it into the Allied bloc, and in November Turkey declared war on the Entente. Now, it has only been more than June 1913, which is really more than a year ahead of schedule.

Turkey joins the Central Powers. Let the core of the Central Powers, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy. In the Balkans, Austria-Hungary and Turkey maintained a great deal of oppressive power against the Balkan Alliance, which had been battered so badly. And for Russia, both sides also have a certain amount of pressure. Let the Entente be quite passive.

The biggest benefit is also that it resolves safety along the railway to Baghdad. A 3B railway, which connected the three core alliances, made it much easier for Germany to travel to Austria-Hungary or Turkey.

After Turkey joined the Central Powers, it also followed Germany and Austria-Hungary and began a war readiness plan, and a large number of arms were continuously transported to Turkey either through Guò Baghdad or through the Guò 3B railway, which was much stronger than Turkey, which was difficult to recover after its defeat in the two Balkan Wars.

Turkey and Austria-Hungary have entered a state of mobilization for war, which has put Russia under tremendous pressure, and the irascible Russia has kept clamoring that if Austria-Hungary and Turkey do not immediately back down, they will go to war.

This is probably the first country among the core countries of the Entente to take war as a threat and directly put it forward, because a series of treaties between France and Russia, Britain and Russia, if Russia declares war on Turkey and Austria-Hungary, Britain and France must also declare war at the same time, and the Allies will definitely declare war, a major war that may instantly engulf the entire European powers, almost instantaneously, will break out.

At this time, the British diplomats became the busiest, not only to help the Admiralty wipe their butts, to completely digest the consequences of Turkey's accession to the Allies, but also to bear the consequences of changes in the situation in Europe, especially Russia, for decades, a search for the Balkan territory, for which the Russian-Turkish war launched 10 consecutive Russian-Turkish wars, from Turkey where to obtain huge territory, but now, Turkey and Austria-Hungary, even have the ability to counterattack, this has no way, so they can not accept

The situation was very tense, but under the mediation of Britain, the Entente still took a step back, negotiated with Turkey, and decided to continue to implement the warship order, but Turkey refused, originally Turkey was ready to agree, who did not want to have one more battleship, but the northwest intervened and changed a qiē.

Under the complicated situation, even the northwest heard the situation in Europe, especially Turkey's new entry into the Allies, which made Yang Yuanzhao suddenly think of the battleships seized by the British, which belonged to Turkey, and there were 2 ships at that time, with a cost of more than 5 million pounds, that is, 50 million US dollars, which is a huge amount of money. Under the current situation in Europe, war is almost inevitable to break out, and at this time, the money will be returned, and when the payment is finished, Britain will not give it, isn't this taking its own money to build ships for Britain?

Wilhelm II from the previous intelligence, on the northwest of the comparative attention, to find staff officers and diplomats, a through the study, the final feel that the war is likely to break out within a year, or even three or five months, in this case, Turkey belongs to the Allies in the sequence, if the order is completed, it means to help Britain build warships, when the time comes, the money is gone, the battleships are built, the war has also broken out, the hostile sides, the seizure of each other's materials and funds is normal, and the battleships are even more unlikely to give.

Turkey is now, not a neutral country, but an ally country, watching Turkey's losses in vain, but not getting anything possible, then stop the order, so the losses caused, Germany will make up for it as appropriate, with the productivity of the northwest, Germany is very confident.

The mediation of British diplomats did not bear any results, Turkey did not continue the order, spent almost 1 million pounds on the ship, after the completion of 7 percent, there was no follow-up capital injection, if it was only one is a little easier, the key is another one, the seven-turret warship ordered by Brazil, but also because Brazil's finances are not able to wrap up, give up this search ship, which is equivalent to a year, both ships have been abandoned, this is a ship that occupies two slipways and a lot of money.

It seems that after paying the deposit, Britain has built two half-built ships in vain, and there is a deposit of about 2 million pounds, but the ship is half repaired, and it has no effect at all, occupying the slipway in vain, hindering the use of the slipway, which is also a great waste.

Britain began to frantically look for buyers for these two ships, and even the price was lowered again and again, and in the end, there was not even a 2 million pounds left, France, the United States, Italy, Japan, and even China were all the targets they were looking for.

It's a pity that there is not much response, needless to say, France has its own shipbuilding capabilities, their warships, and they are also satisfied, the United States and Italy are the same, they are both naval powers, and Italy also has the ability to build ships.

In the end, Britain set its sights on Japan, the only little brother of Britain in Asia, the Japanese have great enthusiasm for the navy and warships, but unfortunately after ordering the King Kong, they quickly drove 3 battleships under the premise, their funds have been doubled out, and now Japan, the shape shì above, is far better than in history, before it was based on rubber, evaporated a lot of wealth, and in the cotton crisis, it was hit hard, and it has not been restored until now, and then the Japanese exported, It was blocked by the all-out attack of the northwest, and the blow was huge, and now, a few years have passed, and it is only barely recovering a little vitality, and the distance is intact, and the difference is too far.

Even the most loyal little brother didn't buy it, what should I do with these two ships, put them on the slipway in vain, this is probably the biggest burden and unfinished building in Britain.

At this moment, the Admiralty is also in a hurry, these two warships, if they want to enter the naval sequence, need a certain amount of modification, and even after the modification, it is not as good as the capital ship's Cheng dù, after all, it is an outsourced battleship, from the moment the keel is laid, many things have cut corners, sold to other countries, maybe they will feel strong, but the British Navy uses itself, there are many problems.

Two more ships, but not one plus one equals two, itself, belongs to the Navy part, the subsidy for the purchase of warships, but now it has become the Admiralty itself, after reducing this part of the income, the Admiralty has at least one less battleship income, and it is also necessary to refit these ships, redesign, so that he can reappear on the basis of greater strength, these are all problems.

In the end, Churchill reluctantly relied on the support of the Prime Minister to digest the two ships, but the direct impact was that the original five Queen Elizabeth-class plans were directly turned into 4, and the last Malaysia was directly floated, and the saved funds and slipways were used for the renovation and continued construction of the two unfinished ships, which made the Navy vomit blood, the Queen Elizabeth class, but a new generation of battleships, is the perfect combination of speed and firepower, in the interior of the United Kingdom, There is even a tendency to name it a fast battleship, the speed of the battle cruiser, the guns and armor of the battleship, this is simply the nemesis of the battle cruiser, and because of its strength, it was planned at that time, 4 ships were started at one time, and even in the plan, after this slipway is vacated, another one will be opened, a total of 5 ships in one level, but now there are none.

Germany didn't know the way in the middle, if it knew, it would definitely laugh from ear to ear, a Goeben, won Turkey, a loyal ally, and made the British Navy suffer a big loss, a core capital ship was lost, and when the time came, the decisive battle, it would be more relaxed. (To be continued......)