The deal is completed, the officer corps in the northwest has not left, Turkey is a good place, located at the junction of three continents, very close to Basra, the only port in the northwest abroad, and is connected by the Baghdad railway, the traffic is extremely convenient, and it is a good choice to maintain a certain contact with the Turkish government, at least when facing some emergencies, it will not be isolated.

The 600 people who came were military observers, so they performed the duties of military observers, and except for some of the staff officers, who worked with Germany to help Turkey formulate strategies, the rest of the people went to the recruit divisions and grassroots units to train the recruits and pass on the more advanced shooting experience in the northwest.

Of course, it's just the most basic experience, some specialized, training for snipers, they are careful not to teach, but in this way, for the Turkish army, it is also a great improvement, 500 genuine marksmen, in terms of comprehensiveness, may not be comparable to the special forces, but in shooting such a single item, the northwest marksman, will not be worse than any special forces, some of their experience, for some of the more talented Turkish soldiers, is simply the best experience, It was from this day that the Turkish sharpshooter unit began its tradition.

The situation in Turkey is stable, with a huge heritage, after Turkey eased up, it began to put huge pressure on the countries of Kosovo, Romania is a protectorate of Russia, after Turkey repelled them, there was no further progress, and all 10 Russian-Turkish wars were lost. Turkey has little courage to challenge Russia, and if it provokes German intervention, it could be another Russo-Turkish war. Turkey has been losing in the face of the Balkan Union, not to mention Russia, which has been losing for two centuries.

Persimmon always has to pick up the soft one to pinch, Turkey did not dare to touch Russia, so it had to take the knife with other people, Serbia, Montenegro. Albania and even Greece, countries that gradually became independent from the territory of the Ottoman Empire. They were all aimed at, to recover the land, to restore the glory of the Ottoman Empire.

The Turkish 15 divisions, began to cross three fulcrum cities. Attacking in depth, the three countries, which were somewhat unable to resist because of the marksman troops and the Turkish counteroffensive, suddenly had some great pressure, and the battle line was advanced by the Turkish army for 80-120 kilometers, with brilliant results.

Three of the four countries of the Balkan Alliance were under tremendous pressure, and almost unanimously asked for help behind them, and the eyes of the Entente countries looked at them. The situation in the Balkans has become completely tense, and the reason why the Balkan alliance dares to attack the powerful Turkey. The decline of the huge Ottoman Empire was partly due to the fact that the Entente was behind the back, and the support of Britain, France and Russia made them emboldened.

The Balkans are simple. Europe is not a central region, but it is a source of unrest. When Turkey was preparing to make a move against the Balkan Alliance, Britain, France and Russia almost unanimously stood up, Britain and France supported Greece, Serbia, and Russia supported Romania.

Germany and Austria-Hungary, can not let the younger brother suffer, but also stand up, especially Austria-Hungary, almost the Balkans as their own bag, it is also immersed in the glory of the Holy Roman Empire, as one of the three and a half emperors in Europe, Austria-Hungary also wants to regain the glory of the past, to the northwest because of the relationship with Germany, no way, the east is Russia, and the independent Balkans, has become his most coveted.

The Balkans are really a powder keg, and the crisis caused by Turkey and the Balkan alliance once again made the two blocs stand together,-for-tat.

The friction between the two blocs was severe, and among them, Germany's reaction was particularly strong, and it was under the intervention of Britain and France that Turkey was losing and retreating, and was almost beaten out of the European region by the Balkan Alliance, and now it has just stabilized and is preparing to regain lost territory, but it was blocked by Britain and France, which is absolutely unacceptable.

Britain, France, and Russia are even tougher, and the Balkans cannot be handed over to Turkey, otherwise, Turkey will completely want to connect with Austria-Hungary and Germany, form a whole, and completely divide the Entente into two halves.

The British and French Mediterranean fleets came directly to the front of the Dardanelles Strait in Turkey and began to issue an ultimatum that if Turkey did not change its original intention and insisted on continuing to attack the Balkan Alliance, Britain and France would directly intervene.

The naked threat between Britain and France suddenly put Turkey under great pressure, although all the troops were former dreadnoughts, but they were all battleship-level capital ships, 12 battleships with 11-inch and 12-inch main guns, for Turkey, which only bought 2 old battleships from Germany, it was simply irresistible, and the Turkish soldiers defending the fortress were facing 12 battleships and could only hide in the city defense, but whether this city defense could withstand these huge artillery pieces was really unknown.

Compared with the ability of Britain and France to transfer troops, Germany is one step behind, the high seas fleet is still blocked in the Baltic Sea, and the Kiel Canal is still in a tense rush, even if it is through, in the face of the comparison of almost double the capital ships, it is almost impossible for Germany to mobilize the high seas fleet, which will completely touch Britain, and a full-scale war will break out almost instantly.

But it does not mean that Germany will do nothing, Germany has mobilized a part of the warships, as well as the Austro-Hungarian navy, and the most important thing is that the German Seventh Army is ready to attack while being threatened by Britain and France, and the group army of more than 180,000 people is definitely Germany's elite troops, which will go to Turkey to fight at the first time through the Guò 3B railway.

Both sides did not give an inch, and the outbreak of war was almost predictable, and such a change greatly surprised Yang Yuanzhao's expectations, and the European intelligence agencies stepped up their actions. Beginning to collect a piece of information about Europe, Turkey got some of the information, almost all of which were clearly indicated. If things continue to deteriorate and the two sides continue to be tough, maybe World War I will break out. This is not only the view of the Northwest, but also the view of the world, and most countries have just woken up from a dream, as if the war is so close to them, or a war involving almost all the great powers in Europe.

World War I is historical. It broke out in August 1914 because of the Sarajevo incident. In a matter of days, the major countries of Europe have been dragged into the war, and the current world situation is completely different from the previous life. Not to mention that Germany was strengthened on a certain course, with the help of the northwest, the army was directly the standard in the middle and late stages of World War I, the number of division-level artillery increased by 1.5 times compared with before, and the number of division-level light machine guns and heavy machine guns was almost close to 1,000, which was dozens of times higher than the previous dozens. Simultaneously with the increase in firepower, the combat effectiveness has also increased several times.

In addition to the improvement of hardware and munitions, the earthwork is above. It is also the point, the perfect trench tactic, which entered the German field of vision several years in advance, and they not only took the initiative to learn this tactic, but also tried to crack it, without much success. But he also summed up some experience, trench warfare. Only a trench can be dealt with, the frontal impact has been fixed, and a fully protected trench is a nightmare for the attacker, and unless it is pushed with human life, the possibility of breach is very small.

The clear understanding made many of the German Army's battle plans change, the assembly of the Seventh Army was said to be interference, but the German Army was confident enough that once the war broke out, it would be enough to block the attack of about 3 times the enemy.

In terms of the army, because of Yang Yuanzhao's butterfly, the strength has been improved, and the navy has been improved more, the king class because of Yang Yuanzhao's butterfly wings, at the last moment, has been greatly enhanced, 14-inch guns, the improvement of the power system, so that the king-level strength to a higher level, the most important thing is that the navy at the beginning of 1913 seems to be compared with the capital ships of the British home fleet, the difference is not too big, in this case, Germany has the confidence to be tough,

Britain, France and Russia are even more confident, especially Britain began to prepare as early as a few years ago, and now the British Royal Navy fleet, for the German high seas fleet, the advantage is not as big as a few years ago, but it also occupies the absolute lead in numbers, occupying the Sea Emperor Trident for more than a hundred years, Britain, confident in this field of battleships, is the strongest in the world, has a huge advantage over Germany, is not afraid of Germany to attack.

After the Seventh Army was assembled, it only operated on the national border, at most to Austria-Hungary, and did not approach the territory of Turkey at all, and the British and French warships were only showing off their might outside the Dardanelles, let alone attacking the strait, even if it was the main artillery, it did not fire a single shot, as if it was just traveling.

All kinds of information are gathered together, after Yang Yuanzhao reads it, unless there are some accidents, or force majeure, this battle can hardly be fought, the actual development, and Yang Yuanzhao's expectations coincide, the confrontation between the two sides, persisted for almost a month, just a war of words, no further action, which made some countries waiting for the outbreak of the war a little disappointed, especially in the northwest, although after the outbreak of the First World War, it will catch him off guard, and many preparations have not been made, but the sooner it breaks out, the better the German side, they simply can't afford to drag it out.

Since the war could not be fought, it was impossible for the two sides to continue to fight endlessly, and the war in Turkey was slowly extinguished on the seventeenth day after the Entente and the Central Powers, under the joint mediation of several parties, and the two sides retreated to the actual control line before the outbreak of the Balkan War, which was an acceptable result for both sides, Germany and Austria-Hungary also had a step to go down, and Britain was also helpless, after all, the Balkan alliance did too badly, if it was not for them to access, or maybe it would be counterattacked by Turkey, that kind of shape shì is even worse.

A tense situation, because of the compromise between the two sides, can be regarded as temporarily extinguished, but the contradictions between the two sides, in this confrontation, completely emerged, the Balkan alliance has also been greatly hit, Turkey is licking its wounds, ready to look for an opportunity, the fatal fuse, completely buried, war is almost inevitable in the future. (To be continued)