The development of the situation in the Balkans made Yang Feng very happy, it was obvious that Yiqiē was developing towards his expectations, and if it continued like this, it would not be long before the war between the Balkan League and Hamid II could be fought, but before that, he still had to give Greece and other countries a reassurance, after all, it was difficult for them not to have any scruples about such a big lump here.

"The alliance between China and the Ottoman Empire is only to defend against possible Russian aggression, and there is no alliance obligation for other countries to fight with the Ottoman Empire, and of course I do not want the peace in the Balkans to be destroyed, and it would be a very regrettable thing if there really was a war between the Balkan League and the Ottoman Empire.

As for the rebellion against the Ottoman Empire in Albania, this is an internal affair of the Ottoman Empire, and no one should interfere, even if we have an alliance with the Ottoman Empire, there is no reason to meddle in their internal affairs. Why do we have to resort to violent rebellion?

I have the impression that His Majesty Hamid II is a respectable and benevolent monarch, a peace-loving ruler who will listen carefully to the voices of his subjects. Yang Feng said very brazenly that he could say that it was indeed shameless enough for him to say that Hamid II, the famous bloody sultan in Ottoman history who slaughtered hundreds of thousands of Armenians, as a benevolent monarch.

Sa Daoyi, who was standing in front of him, really couldn't find a reason to describe this guy, as long as he was still peace-loving! In the eight years since he came to China, from Asia to the Americas, he has fought six wars alone, and millions of innocent people have died in the wars. I can still say that I love peace, and I have to say that this thick-skinned person is also the pinnacle.

However, he was still very satisfied with Yang Feng's statement, which was tantamount to telling himself that China would not interfere in the Balkan war, although the reputation of the emperor's majesty had always been relatively poor, but considering the six perfect battleships of the Royal Navy that were sailing to Singapore, Sa Daoyi still believed in his sincerity very much.

Of course, these six battleships will not come to contain China as their destiny, and in order not to cause unnecessary misunderstandings on the Chinese side, this powerful fleet has flown the banner of adaptive training, and by the way, it will visit China. After all, it was the first time that the British Navy had been equipped with such a warship, and it was completely understandable to run away or show off.

However, their arrival still caused a wave of dissatisfaction in China, after all, the Chinese Navy has been accustomed to being the only one in the Pacific Ocean in recent years, and it is difficult to welcome a group of uninvited guests with similar strength to themselves, and the Chinese Navy has also redeployed in order to deal with the British fleet. Considering that there was practically no point in maintaining battleships in the Americas, the two battleships Taihang and Wuyi were withdrawn to China. In addition, the armored cruiser Changbai also retreated to San Diego Military Harbor, sending two Princess-class ships to San Juan as the core of the American Fleet.

Anyway, the Panama Canal will be almost completed in a year at most, and then Li He's Eastern Pacific Fleet will be able to enter the Caribbean Sea through the Guò Canal at any time. In addition, there are the Spanish and German navies as allies, which are enough to ensure China's interests in the Caribbean, and there are no notable enemies there at the moment, just the strength of the American navy. A single Spanish Caribbean Fleet alone could be wiped out at any time.

In another half a year, China's second batch of perfect battleships will be ready for service, with these three battleships and three battlecruisers joining. China's navy does not need to be so stretched, especially the latter, driven by the powerful power of 120,000 horsepower, the speed is even as high as 35 knots, can maintain a speed of more than 30 knots for 60 hours, and can run from China to Hawaii or Kuwait within a week, with a terrifying global intervention capability.

After getting Yang Feng's clear assurance, Prime Minister Balfour was relieved, of course, he also knew that Yang Feng could not ignore Hamid II at all, such as arms support, instructor training, and advisory group guidance operations, all of which were indispensable, everyone understood and tacitly agreed, anyway, as long as he did not send the army to formally participate in the war, other ways were acceptable. Besides, Britain itself is also preparing to do that, everyone is a person with status, naturally they can't roll up their sleeves and scuffle together like those little kids, proxy wars are the right thing, stuff some guns and cannons to let the little brothers kill a river of blood, and talking about friendship with wine here is the demeanor of a great country.

China will not interfere in the Balkan War's guarantee, and then the British told the four Balkan countries, now the four are relieved, as long as China does not send troops to help Hamid II, they are still very confident that they can win the war, as for Germany and Austria-Hungary for the time being, they do not need to think about it, they want to start a big war in the whole of Europe, for the Ottoman Empire, which is not an ally, to take such a risk, William and Franz. Joseph wasn't that stupid, and everyone still had this realization.

Of course, they were not too eager to do this, and these guys were also in danger of being played by Britain, France and Russia, after all, in terms of their identity, in the eyes of these big crocodiles, it was difficult to have a value worthy of keeping their promises, until the six British battleships arrived in Singapore, and at the same time, 100,000 Russian troops drawn from the Americas and the Philippines arrived in Vladivostok, and of course, a large amount of arms aid was sent to the hands, and the four Balkan countries finally reassured and began the war against the Ottoman Empire.

The first to attack was Montenegro, a small country with a coastline but blocked by mountains, and their main access to the sea was via Lake Shkodra and then via the Buena River, and if you look closely at the map, you will see that anyone in the position of Nicholas I would expect a war. Because this river, which is only twenty or thirty kilometers long, the downstream part is the boundary between Montenegro and the current Ottoman Empire, but from the exit of Lake Skadar to the upper half of the dividing line belongs to the Ottoman Empire, the Montenegrins must contribute countless import and export taxes to the Ottoman Empire every year for this river channel with a straight line length of no more than ten kilometers, and this is still a hurdle that cannot be avoided in any case, because it is next to the mountainous area, and it is impossible to dig a canal by yourself.

It is conceivable how sad and angry the mountain people should be for hundreds of years, the Ottoman Empire was strong in the past, it would be good for them to protect themselves, how dare they ask for more, now there is such a good opportunity, naturally it must not be missed, after the four countries decided to start a war against the Ottoman Empire, the Grand Duchy of Montenegro first declared war on the Ottoman Empire under the pretext that the Ottoman army killed two Montenegrins in the rebellion, and then the 30,000 Montenegrin troops who had been waiting at the border for a long time launched an attack on Shkodra.

This is all the armies of the country.

Stationed at Shbakoda was a division of the Ottoman Forces nouvelles, which had just arrived, and this force under the guidance of Chinese advisers began to defend the city with well-fortified fortifications.

An hour after the Grand Duchy of Montenegro declared war on the Ottoman Empire, the Kingdom of Greece declared war on the Ottoman Empire on the grounds of fulfilling its alliance obligations, and the two armies of Visalia and Epirus attacked Salonika and Yanina, respectively.

Within two hours of the declaration of war on Greece, the Kingdom of Serbia and Bulgaria also declared war on the Ottomans on the grounds of fulfilling their alliance obligations, and the three Serb armies entered Macedonia, while the Bulgarian armies attacked Istanbul from the north, and the Balkan War officially began.

However, at this time, a very speechless scene happened, it is clear that the Albanians, who are mainly Muslims, do not welcome these Orthodox Christians to emancipate themselves, they do want to be independent, but they do not believe in these infidels, although they make the Ottoman Empire rebel, but at this time, they prefer to believe in their caliphate. After the Balkan League declared war on the Ottoman Empire, the Albanian resistance not only quickly subsided, but many chose to fight alongside the government forces that had come to destroy them, and more than 10,000 Albanian rebels in Shbakar turned their guns and joined the resistance against the Montenegrins.

"This is the Balkans, a chaotic land that cannot be fathomed by common sense, where they can only live happily under chains, and once they are given freedom it is the beginning of their nightmare." Emperor Yang looked at the map and said with emotion. He was not too worried about Hamid II, the Ottoman army at this time was not the first Balkan war in history, it had just experienced an internal upheaval, and the young Turks who deposed Hamid II in the civil war were unable to control the country, and the defeat in the Italo-Turkish war exacerbated this point. The Ottoman army had no fighting spirit throughout the war, except for the rout was a rout, and the tactics were outdated, most of them were hastily conscripted, and they could not even pull the bolt of the gun, and only fought two decent battles on the outskirts of Shkodra and Istanbul, and hastily sued for peace when the Bulgarian army was almost in the city.

But now with the more than 200,000 Chinese and German instructors trained as the backbone of the new army, plus a large number of Chinese and German advisers to help command, Hamid II is also now being supported, and he has far more advanced equipment than the Balkan League's armies, and even a powerful fleet that can threaten the coasts of Greece and Bulgaria, and can easily attack and defend with ease. (To be continued......)