Chapter 557 is a bit floating
If the Kingdom of Bulgaria relies on the Russian Empire for everything, Polis will never grow up.
No matter how much George loves Polis, as long as the Russian Empire still exists, George will focus on the Russian Empire.
In fact, during this period, the assistance the Kingdom of Bulgaria received from the Russian Empire has caused dissatisfaction among other Balkan countries.
Polis only saw that the Kingdom of Bulgaria was having a hard time, but other Balkan countries were not much better.
The Balkan countries were all built on the ruins of the Ottoman Empire, and their economic conditions were not much better. Although the Russian Empire provided a certain degree of economic assistance to the Balkan countries after their establishment, economic assistance is never too much. many.
Since we are all younger brothers, why should we favor one over the other?
Each Balkan country has its own difficulties.
The Kingdom of Romania gained South Dobroga. Although the interests of Romanians in this area have been strengthened, it has also aroused dissatisfaction among Bulgarians, and a new round of social crisis is brewing.
Although Serbia’s territory has further expanded and it has not gained access to the sea, “Greater Serbia” is still a dream.
Although the Kingdom of Greece obtained Crete and southern Macedonia, the Kingdom of Greece was not strong enough. It failed to completely control Crete and was unable to appease the Macedonian people. Domestic conflicts became increasingly acute.
Relatively speaking, the situation of the Kingdom of Bulgaria is already good. At least in Western Thrace, Polis has replaced the Ottoman Sultan and became the king truly supported by the locals.
During the Balkan War, the Ottoman Empire's power in Western Thrace was wiped out, and a large amount of unowned land appeared. These lands were sold by Polis to local civilians at low prices. This is the only point. , Polis quickly gained the support of the Western Thracians.
This is what wealth distribution means.
Those Thracians who have obtained land must support the rule of Polis if they want to keep their property, otherwise their land will still be taken away by the powerful class.
Relatively speaking, the Macedonians have greater opinions on the Kingdom of Greece, because the ownerless land of Macedonia was divided up by the elite class of the Kingdom of Greece, and the civilian class gained nothing.
The land issue is still second. The biggest problem of the Kingdom of Greece is that King Constantine I’s position is ambiguous and he has not won the support of the powerful elite in the country.
In 1909, a coup broke out among the military alliance in Greece, and Crown Prince Constantine was relieved of all military duties.
During the Balkan Wars, Constantine was appointed commander-in-chief of Greece. He led the Greek army to victory in the battles of Sarentapolo and Giannisa, and occupied Thessaloniki before the Bulgarian army. Gee, the performance is pretty good.
After the assassination of George I, Constantine became the king of Greece. The first thing he did after ascending the throne was to invite the German Army Chief of Staff Moltke to visit Greece, which cast a shadow on the future of the Balkan Alliance.
The military alliance coup in Greece was related to Constantine's pro-German stance.
George didn’t know what kind of ecstasy drug William II used on Constantine to make Constantine so determined that he could not wait to express his position as soon as he took the throne at the risk of incurring domestic opposition.
This also poses a certain threat to the security of the Kingdom of Bulgaria.
Although the Second Balkan War triggered by the assassination of George I ended with the defeat of the Kingdom of Bulgaria, there are still endless calls for punishment of the Kingdom of Bulgaria in Greece.
In order to ease the conflict between the two countries, the Kingdom of Greece voluntarily ceded Western Thrace to the Kingdom of Bulgaria, which aroused the anger of the Greeks.
If Constantine I insists on having his own way, the Kingdom of Greece will become the biggest hidden danger to the Balkan Alliance.
"Don't worry, if you want to get Macedonia back, you'd better pray for Athens to join the German-Austrian Alliance."
George is not afraid of Greece jumping back, on the contrary, he is looking forward to it. The total population of the Kingdom of Greece is only 3 million. Although the Greek army performed well in the Balkan Wars, it was because the main force of the Ottoman Empire was held back by the Kingdom of Bulgaria and the Kingdom of Serbia, which gave Constantine a chance to perform.
Otherwise, with the level of training and equipment of the Greek army, it would be impossible to fight against the Ottoman army.
Greece is mountainous and its agricultural and industrial levels are relatively backward. It needs to import a large amount of food from the Russian Empire every year to meet its own consumption.
George has nothing to say. If Greece dares to rebel, George can just cut off exports to Greece and starve the Greeks to death.
"Will there definitely be a war between us and Berlin?"
Anne did not want to see the Russian Empire and Germany fighting each other.
George was silent for a long time, he didn't want to, but he had no choice.
The main contradiction between the Russian Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire was in the Balkans. The Austro-Hungarian Empire had never concealed its ambitions in the Balkans. The reason why Constantine had a close relationship with Germany had a lot to do with the Austro-Hungarian Empire's assistance to the Kingdom of Greece.
Greece cannot produce weapons and ammunition domestically and mainly relies on external procurement.
After the marriage of Constantine and Princess Sophie, the Austro-Hungarian Empire increased its assistance to the Kingdom of Greece. A considerable part of the weapons and equipment in the Greek army came from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
During the Second Balkan War, in order to show support for the Kingdom of Greece, the Austro-Hungarian Empire sent the newly commissioned battleship "United Forces" to visit Athens, but was watched by Russian and British warships.
In order to safeguard British interests in the Mediterranean, Britain also established a Mediterranean Fleet, with its home port being Alexandria, Egypt.
The strength of the British Mediterranean Fleet is second only to the British Home Fleet.
The strength of the Russian Mediterranean Fleet is second only to the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
A total of four "United Forces" class all-heavy artillery battleships of the Ottoman Empire will be built, but now only one has been built. It has not yet formed combat effectiveness and cannot compete with the two Mediterranean fleets.
The "United Forces" did not reach Athens at all and were forced to return to their home port on the Adriatic Sea. As a result, the Austro-Hungarian Empire liked to nickname the "Sick Man of Europe".
Previously this title belonged to the Ottoman Empire.
Since the Ottoman Empire lost all its European territories in the Balkan War, it was collectively expelled from the continent by European countries and became an Asian country.
George failed to go to the Aegean Sea for vacation as planned. On January 4, the genius strategist Alfred von Schlieffen, who once served as the German Chief of Staff, passed away. Nicholas urgently summoned George back to St. Petersburg.
Schlieffen, as the architect of the "Schlieffen Plan", had an important influence on the German military's operational thinking.
Nicholas hopes that George will develop an attack plan against the German-Austrian alliance.
How to say it.
George felt that Nicholas was a little drifting after taking over the Black Sea outlet.
(End of this chapter)