March 1914.

The Balkans are once again clouded by war.

Things turned out as expected, and when the signs of another economic crisis appeared in Europe, the five powers of Britain, France, Germany, Austria and Italy chose war at the same time. -- Divert the economic crisis with war!

Liu Xian does not remember that there were signs of a new round of economic crisis in Europe at the end of 1912, but the 14-year First World War covered everything up, and now the crisis appeared as scheduled, although the time was delayed, but it still became one of the triggers for the war.

The Europeans continued to direct the Balkan League to start wars, and this time the Balkan League was stronger, with Romania in addition to Serbia, Bulgaria, and the Negro Kingdom renamed Montenegro and Greece.

Romania is not a small country like Greece or Montenegro, a country that is only slightly smaller than Belarus and a small power in southeastern Europe. There are more than 200,000 standing troops in the country, and the armament is advanced, because Romania has the most scarce oil resources in Europe, and it is close to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Although there were no heavy tanks, there were hundreds of medium and light tanks of the Anglo-French system.

The Balkan Union, with the addition of Romanian power, was enough for the Ottomans to have a headache. What's more, they also have the powerful European five behind them. This time the danger of the Ottomans was even greater!

At the same time, the contradiction between the big wave and the dish cooking Russia is becoming more and more intense. The Poles and the Polish government after independence were as hostile to Russia as the big Bobo of independence after the First World War in the previous life. Of course. There are also some reasons for this because of the poor Polish party, but the big Bobo is a little far from Moscow. Only hatred can be put in St. Petersburg. They don't care, St. Petersburg and Moscow are also life and death rivals!

For Big Bobo, the dead Russians are good Russians.

The two countries are at loggerheads. Raise a large army on their respective borders, as if they are going to war. This was beyond the expectations of the five powers. Especially Germany. No one thought that Poland would be an opponent of St. Petersburg. Even if it's only half Russia there!

The same was true of Germany, which had a large number of interests in Poland. When the Polish government was first set to make Russia an enemy, the Germans also got involved in it. But isn't St. Petersburg's reaction a little too big this time? It's just an ordinary border conflict, and it's not like this before, why are they really calling it now?

The Russians have long planned it! In the end, the Germans could only think of this one explanation.

In other words, while the five European powers were focusing on the Ottoman Empire, St. Petersburg was also trying to restore the former glory of the Russian Empire. I'm afraid they won't make trouble only in Poland. The three Baltic states will also be coveted by St. Petersburg.

These three small countries are only half the size of Poland and have a combined population of only three million. Compared with St. Petersburg's dishes, Russia can be said to be a small place, if you do not take into account international pressure, St. Petersburg can easily eat these three small countries in one bite.

If these three countries can be obtained, and the slowly expanding Baltic Fleet of Russia can be cooked, it can be said that the range of operations and the optionality of the ports to be stationed will be greatly increased.

Berlin sensed the loss of control in St. Petersburg, but they chose to sit idly by. This time is the key to Guan Jianzhong. You must not allow yourself to be easily dragged into troubled waters. Although St. Petersburg is only half of the territory of Russia in Europe during the Tsarist era, it has a large population, a standing army of more than one million for many years, and a considerable number of tanks and airships. Although it is ranked in the sequence of second-rate countries in Europe. But when it comes to combat effectiveness and comprehensive war potential, St. Petersburg is stronger than Spain and Big Bobo, if not as good as Italy and Austria-Hungary. It and Moscow's poor party Russia. It can be said that it is tied for the first place among the second-rate countries in Europe.

International and domestic attention is all on Istanbul and St. Petersburg. The current Ottoman Sultan Ahmet IV, who is not yet 30 years old, succeeded to the throne only last year. It's Abdul. Hamid II's youngest son, who studied in China for three years. His political stance was much firmer than when his father was there. The pro-Chinese faction of iron and iron.

Now the whole Ottoman Empire is well aware of the fact that they could not turn to Europe, and that the Europeans would not allow their rule to continue unless they ceded their best interests for reasons.

If the Ottoman Empire wanted to maintain its original interests, it could only rely on China.

In the past two years, with the strong support of China, they have done their best to boost the war capital, especially Abdul. With the death of Hamid II and the succession of a new sultan, the Chinese government's support for the Ottomans was even greater.

In the war 3 years ago, the entire Ottoman Army had only more than 300 tanks, and all of them were light.

The Ottoman Army, which has now grown to 1.2 million troops, already has more than 1,000 tanks and armor, of which at least 30% are medium and heavy tanks in the main battle category. There were also countless trucks, tractors, and more than five times the number of airship troops.

Now that the war has begun, although the Balkan Alliance has Romania, a good horse boy, and has been supplemented by the top five powers, it still can't take advantage of the Ottoman Army on the battlefield. It is even fair to say that if it were not for the Balkan Alliance's air force strength to completely defeat the Ottomans, the Ottoman Army would have been able to invade the Balkan Alliance territory on a large scale at this time.

As for the Balkan Union countries, except for Romania, which has built dozens of airships itself for oil extraction, other countries simply cannot afford to raise enough helium. The source of these airships in the sky is naturally the five European powers behind them.

"Father!" has been an emperor for many years, and Liu Sheng's bearing has long come out. Although he, the emperor, has much weaker power than his Lao Tzu. But as a king, a person, a person, and a long time, his bearing is self-sufficient. At this time, I was a little out of breath.

"Something isn't right. Wrong. There were too many airships for Anglo-German support to the Balkan Alliance. You say ......, are they ...... Got a plane? ”

Liu Sheng was uneasy. There was a hint of irritability in his brows, and he couldn't hide it. The airships of the Europeans seemed to have suddenly become worthless, and Britain and Germany threw many airships to the Balkan Union like rags. This means that there is a good chance that the Europeans also invented the airplane!

Liu Sheng must attach importance to the Air Force. His whole life was inextricably linked to the sky. This 'discovery' stimulated him so much that he couldn't hold his breath.

Liu Xian was not touched by the invention of the aircraft by the Europeans, but he was slightly disappointed. Just like in his previous life, he firmly believed that there were many aliens in the universe besides earthlings. In the starry sky, there is always a planet that resembles the earth's environment!

As long as China's own aircraft are better, they will crush the Europeans as well. Moreover, in the case that bombers and transport planes are not yet complete, the existence of airships is still very necessary.

China's airships have been moving closer to safety and carrying capacity for many years, and the requirement for speed has been on the back burner. So the outside world showed the combat airship, the performance with the Europeans from beyond to balance. There is no advantage anymore. No one knew that it was because of the appearance of airplanes, and many Chinese people were worried about it.

"Father, who dares to guarantee that our planes are more advanced than the Europeans? There was not a single word from the OEU. I ...... heart here" Liu Sheng's heart is already out of balance. The loss and fear of the unknown corroded his heart like poison.

"Who wouldn't dare to guarantee that our planes are more advanced than the Europeans?"

"Let's go back to the palace."

"If you really can't calm down, go to Baotou and take a look at the flight base you have built!"

Liu Xian drove his son out of Xiangshan. airplanes, he has long been mentally prepared. But he also firmly believed that the planes invented by the Europeans must not be as powerful as their own, and may be just a rag with a firing coordinator.

Chinese aircraft. The overall level has reached the late stage of World War I, and the new fighter used for testing is moving towards a monoplane fighter, and Liu Xian does not believe that China will lose in this point.

The war between the Ottoman Empire and the Balkan Alliance entered the second month, and the war between the Great Wave and the Russian Bowl also broke out. The commander of the Polish army was one of the most famous people in the modern history of the Great Bobo. Pilsudski. The commander of the Russian army is Vladimir. Aleksandrovich. Cavalry General Sukhomlinov.

Pilsudski. Whoever this person is, as long as you know anything about Poland in history, you should know his place and significance in Polish history. It was he who took the initiative to provoke the Polish-Soviet War between 1919~1920. Victorious and then defeated, he was beaten outside Warsaw by the poor party army. It was also he who turned the tide at a critical juncture. He led the Polish army to defeat the Soviet commander-in-chief Tukhachevsky in Warsaw, and won an unexpected and decisive victory. It greatly traumatized the gemming spirit of the poor party. It can be said that the history of Europe in the 20 years that determined the original time and space almost unconsciously. Let the nascent poor party Russian government abandon the idea of international gemming.

Pilsudski later became a dictator, but he was still remembered by later generations of Poles as a great man.

Vladimir. Aleksandrovich. And what about Sukhomlinov? Surely many people don't know about it. Because his name is too long. But anyone who knows anything about the Russian military history of World War I should not forget Sukhomlinov, who pushed Tsarist Russia further to the precipice.

It was because of him and the commander-in-chief Nikolai Jr. Grand Duke Nikolayevich's disagreement led to the defeat of the Russian army in the Battle of Tannenberg, the Russian Second Army was completely annihilated, the commander Samsonov committed suicide in defeat, and 140,000 Russian troops were taken prisoner.

However, he is also such a person, who has been working for five years in the post of Minister of War to modernize the Russian Army. He set himself four major goals: first, to shorten the mobilization process by three weeks and eliminate the gap between the German army's mobilization arrangements and the Russian army's; second, to achieve scientific and technological progress in the military; third, to revive the morale of the Russian army after the defeat in the Russo-Japanese War; Fourth, improve the organization of the army's quartermasters and reinforcements in wartime. He made conscription a real defense of the homeland. He reduced the garrison of the fortress too much, and with the reduced army he formed a heavy artillery battery, balloonners and radio communication agencies, in addition to forming an additional 6 divisions. He multiplied the number of machine guns, increased the annual conscription by 250,000 men, increased the number of officers, and improved the food and clothing of Russian soldiers. To be fair, Sukhomlinov's military reform, which has greatly improved the combat capability of the Russian army, is absolutely of historical value.

There was no possibility of these two men fighting each other in the original time and space, but in this time and space, Pilsudski successfully ascended to the high position of commander-in-chief of the Polish army, and Sukhomlinov also served as the chief of staff, deputy commander and commander of the Königsberg Military District from the 5th cavalry division after the collapse of Tsarist Russia, and became the governor of Königsberg from 1905. In 1906, he received the rank of cavalry general, and in 1908 he became chief of the General Staff of the Russian army. Each became the top military commander of his country. There is no commander-in-chief of the army in Russia, and the chief of the General Staff and the Minister of War of the Cabinet of Ministers are the supreme leaders of the military. The intention, of course, is to prevent the military strongmen from carrying out a coup d'état!

For the current war, Pilsudski concentrated 70% of the Polish army, about 400,000 people, more than 400 tanks, 3,000 artillery pieces, 8 cavalry brigades, six air detachments, and more than 200 airships.

As for Russia, Sukhomlinov mobilized half of his forces and gathered half a million troops in Belarus, including 5 cavalry divisions, 2 armored divisions, 4 mechanized infantry divisions, 600 armored tanks, and more than 4,000 artillery pieces.

No matter how you look at Poland's strength, it is under the dish of Russia, but the Polish government is not stupid, they have already reached an alliance with the three Baltic countries, and they threw it out on the first day of the outbreak of the war with the dish with the Russian side. Although these three countries are very weak, they also have more than 100,000 troops, which can contain part of the energy of the Russian army. More importantly, the Poles were confident in their combat effectiveness. They had a large group of elite officers with military education in Germany, and they controlled a certain theory of armored offensive. They are confident in their own strength, just as they were in historical time and space.

The collapse of Tsarist Russia on this plane had a greater impact on Russia than the Great War I on the original plane. In just one year, the mighty empire was destroyed by the Chinese defense forces, and this incident made the entire Western world doubt the fighting power of the Slavic nation. And then after two or three years of bad war between Russia and poor Russia, it did not show anything to make people shine, except for the large population, the Slavs no longer have the influence that once shocked the whole of Europe.

It's a pity that the Poles don't know that the big bobo in recent history is a coffee table full of 'cups'.

Liu Xian had a premonition in his heart, the Germans ...... (To be continued.) )