Rise of Australia

Chapter 324 Anti-Bulgarian Alliance

After the popularity of the Olympic Games and airship sailing around the world has gradually declined, the ongoing Balkan war in Europe and the peace talks among the Balkan countries have once again become the focus of discussion among European countries.

In fact, this is also normal.There has not been a major war in the huge Europe for decades. This kind of war involving multiple European countries and mobilizing millions of soldiers from both sides is enough to attract the attention of Europeans and be talked about.

The peace talks between the Balkan countries and Turkey were chosen in London, which is the capital of the British Empire. With the British Empire as the witness of this peace talk, it is natural that it will be more trusted and recognized by other countries.

At this time, London was crowded with people, and rich people traveled in all kinds of cars on the roads extending in all directions in London.

Ladies, in twos and threes, hold a glass of cola drink in their hands, sip a few sips with a straw from time to time, and laugh with their friends around them.

With such a prosperous appearance, it is worthy of being the capital of the most powerful country in the world and one of the most developed cities in the world.

To all Londoners, even Britons and Europeans, the ongoing Balkan wars seemed to be nothing more than a war that existed in history and folklore.

The knights were wearing gorgeous armor, and it seemed that they only needed one charge to kill the crap of the enemy and flee in all directions.

These European gentlemen whose memories have been washed away by time have no idea that war is cruel to anyone, and war is a ruthless harvesting machine for any life.

From the start of the Balkan War to the present, the combined casualties on both sides have exceeded tens of thousands.There are already tens of thousands of soldiers who simply died.

If it hadn't been for the location of the peace talks in London, perhaps such a brutal war would have nothing to do with London.

But even if such a peace talk takes place in London, it still does not affect the lives of European gentlemen.

Although the London peace talks have lasted for more than half a month, the progress is almost equal to zero.

Every little bit of progress in the peace talks will be influenced by the great powers, which will destroy the progress.

The reason is also very simple. Although the Balkan war seems to be the Balkan countries' dissatisfaction with Ottoman Turkey's oppressive policy in the Balkans, it is actually still a political game in the Balkans between the powers headed by Austria and Russia.

The participation of the great powers made the land extremely chaotic, and also made the progress of the peace talks go in a somewhat incomprehensible direction.

To put it bluntly, after more than half a month of peace talks, the only consensus reached by the two sides was that Ottoman Turkey admitted that it was defeated in this war.

No other progress has been made at all. The half month of peace talks is more like representatives of various countries enjoying life in London.

The most anxious about this peace talks should be the Balkan countries.

Turkey is not very impatient. After all, the longer the time is delayed, the more strength Turkey can accumulate in the country. Maybe it can wait for an opportunity to launch another counterattack and regain the occupied land.

But for the Balkan countries, the domestic general mobilization is a kind of burden for the country. If the general mobilization lasts for one day, the losses to the country's economy and industry are immeasurable.

The sooner the peace talks can be reached, the sooner the reserves cannot be disbanded, so that these people can return to their previous production and life.

Moreover, the Balkan countries have a large amount of newly occupied land, and new policies need to be formulated to occupy and digest it.

If it continues to drag on like this, it is inevitable that there will be no extremists in Turkey, which will have an impact on the domestic situation.

Naturally, the sooner these fatty meats that have already occupied the mouth are eaten into the stomach, the more reassuring they are.

However, the current quarrel among the powers is very fierce, which can be roughly divided into Germany and Austria, which support Ottoman Turkey, and Russia, which supports the Balkan Union.

The Balkan Union has a lot of disputes about the distribution of spoils. These various fierce contradictions make it seem that there is no hope of reaching a consensus in the current peace talks.

Except for Germany, Austria and Russia, which ended directly, Britain and France took a neutral attitude towards the peace talks.

For Britain and France, as long as the situation in Constantinople is stable, no matter how the situation develops, it is acceptable.

But if Constantinople is at risk of falling into the hands of Russia, then Britain and France don't mind participating directly and using various means to interfere in the peace talks.

Although Italy, which was relatively close to the Balkan War, had no intention of intervening or participating in this peace, Italy also invaded the Dodecanese Islands in the Aegean Sea during the Balkan War.

It is worth mentioning that Italy took advantage of the opportunity when the Balkan countries declared war on Turkey and took advantage of Turkey's exhausted efforts to win a major victory on the battlefield and successfully forced the Turkish government to sign the Treaty of Lausanne.

The signing of the treaty made the Italian government breathe a sigh of relief, and also allowed Italy to obtain the territories of Tripoli and Cyrenaica, and successfully expanded its colonies in North Africa.

In fact, if there were no Balkan Wars, I am afraid that Italy would have to work harder if it wanted to reach a contract with Turkey.

With the containment of the Balkan countries, most of Turkey's troops in Europe were exhausted. Without sufficient troops, the Turkish army suffered a major defeat so quickly, and then had to sign a contract.

From this point of view, the Balkan countries can also be regarded as Italy's benefactors, attracting a lot of hatred for Italy.

In order to repay the kindness of the Balkan countries, Italy immediately expressed its occupation of the islands in the Aegean Sea, and set its sights on the Albanian region that declared independence during the war.

The peace talks did not go well, which caused the Russian representative a headache.In order to ensure that the situation in the Balkans was close to that of Russia, Russian representatives visited the representatives of Britain and France to ask their views on the Balkan peace talks.

Although the three countries of Britain, France, and Russia stood firmly with each other because of the mutual agreement.

But on Constantinople and the Black Sea Straits, the attitudes of Britain and France are surprisingly unified, that is, Russia is absolutely not allowed to control Constantinople.

In addition, Germany and Austria also favored Turkey in the peace talks. After the Russian representative consulted the country, the Tsarist Russian Empire finally chose to back down.

On August 1912, 8, the Balkan Treaty, the "London Treaty", was officially signed, bringing the long-lost peace to the Balkan region.

According to the Balkan Agreement, all Turkish land territories west of the line from Enez to Midina on the Caspian Sea, except for Albania, shall be ceded to the Balkan Alliance countries.

Albania has gained independent status, but it is subject to the supervision of Russia, Britain, France, Germany, Austria, and Italy.The issue of the Aegean Islands will be handled by Germany, Austria, Italy, and Russia.

The signing of the London Treaty caused the Ottoman Turkish Empire to lose all European territories west of Constantinople, and also allowed the Balkan Alliance countries to directly expand the power of the Balkan Peninsula.

But at the same time, the Balkan countries are also facing a more serious problem, that is, the distribution of benefits after the war.

Serbia's plans to gain access to the sea from northern Albania were thwarted by Austria-Hungary, and Albania gained independence, supervised by six major powers.

However, Bulgaria, which together with Serbia is the two major powers in the Balkan Union, suffered a lot of setbacks in its attack on Constantinople, but its operations to capture territories in other regions have progressed very smoothly.

Looking at the four countries of the Balkan Alliance, Bulgaria occupied the most land in this war. From the east of Thessaloniki to the west of Constantinople, the total area of ​​newly acquired territory even surpassed that of Serbia, Montenegro and Greece. the sum of the territories.

Although the pre-war interests were indeed divided in this way, Bulgaria did send the most troops.

But the problem is that the expansion of Serbia's access to the sea was undermined by the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but Bulgaria's expansion did not suffer any setbacks.

Coupled with Greece's jealousy towards Bulgaria's expansion, as the country with the most expanded territory in this war, it is only natural that Bulgaria has become the target of public criticism.

On August 1912, 8, four days after the signing of the London Agreement, the Greek representative responsible for signing the agreement, Greek Foreign Minister Korizis, appeared in the Romanian capital Bregas.

In the reception hall of Romania's foreign ministry, Greek Foreign Minister Korizis said to the old man in front of him with a righteous face.

The identity of the old man is the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania, a politician with great status and prestige in Romania.

"Your Excellency Korizis, if your purpose of coming here is to get Romania to join the alliance against Bulgaria, then please go back! Romania has no interest in participating in your disputes." The old man smiled. Shaking his head at Korizis, he has no interest in the plan proposed by Korizis to unite against Bulgaria.

"Your Excellency Tyrol, it's not that we want to deal with Bulgaria. I believe you can see from the current situation that after Bulgaria acquired new territory, its land area has already ranked first among all Balkan countries. As long as they can integrate the new The population size of the people in the land will be about the same as that of Romania." Greek Foreign Minister Korizis was not frustrated because Tyrol rejected his proposal, and continued.

"But you have to know that the bravery shown by the Bulgarians in this war is enough to make their army superior to the Balkan countries. If Bulgaria is allowed to integrate the newly acquired territories, they will become a well-deserved Balkan The number one power in the region. As Bulgaria's neighbor, is your country really going to remain indifferent to Bulgaria's upcoming rise?" Korizis said with a smile.

It is impossible for any country and powerful person to let the threat in front of them continue to grow.

The Balkan countries all have big ambitions, and Korizis does not believe that Romania can really allow Bulgaria to rise and let a powerful country appear around it that can threaten its status and security.

"Before coming to Romania, we have reached a consensus with Serbia. As long as your country is willing, we can form a joint army with several times the number of the Bulgarian army. After completely defeating Bulgaria, Romania will also get the due reward , that is the South Dobroga region." Korizis continued to speak, but what he said made Tirol's heart a little bit.

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