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Chapter 561: Only Russia is Honest
There was no concept of monster houses in East Asia in the early 20th century, but this did not affect the combat effectiveness of the Goryeo vassal army.

Koreans have a characteristic: when they do something alone, they usually have no confidence. Even when facing the Japanese, they are timid and have no confidence at all.

Once they had a strong leader, the Koreans' fighting power was comparable to that of the Cossacks.

The officers of the Goryeo vassal army were all Cossacks.

The Greeks still remember the assassination of George I.

The man who assassinated George I was a homeless man named Alexander Sinas.

According to Schinas, he shot George I because he refused to give him money.

The Greek government's explanation was that Schinas was drunk at the time.

This reason is obviously unconvincing, and many Greeks still insist that George I was murdered.

After the Goryeo vassal army entered Bulgaria, conflicts often occurred with the border patrols of the Kingdom of Greece.

A day earlier, the border patrol of the Kingdom of Greece entered the Kingdom of Bulgaria in search of a lost military dog ​​under the pretext of losing it, and clashed with the Goryeo vassal army.

The Goryeo vassal army took the initiative to attack and used sticks to beat the Greek soldiers severely. Although no one was killed, more than a dozen arms were broken.

George never expected that as time went by, the nickname "Mu Fengzi" would still be entangled with the Koreans.

Before George had time to deal with the matter, Constantine took the initiative to come to George to apologize, saying that he would withdraw the border patrol and take the initiative to establish a five-kilometer demilitarized zone on the Greece-Bulgaria border.

This is a good idea.

Since the relationship between the two countries is not good, reducing the chances of contact between soldiers will naturally reduce the probability of conflict.

Although Constantine spoke nicely in front of George, George learned the next day that the Kingdom of Greece would hire military instructors from Germany.

Constantine's reason was that he hoped to improve the combat effectiveness of the Greek army through rigorous training by German instructors.

Nicholas was very angry and summoned George and little Nicholas to the Winter Palace to discuss how to resolve the issue.

George didn't know why there were always so many people in this world who overestimated their abilities.

Nicholas the Younger was cruel and suggested that Constantine be placed under house arrest in St. Petersburg and that Georgy be supported to ascend the throne.

"No, I can't do that."

Nicholas was very sad. He didn't know why all his relatives were inclined towards Germany.

It is understandable that Waldemar is pro-German, after all, he is a German.

Constantine's only wife was William II's sister. His mother was Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinovna of Russia. His eldest sister married Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia, his third brother married Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia, and his fourth sister married Grand Duke Paul Mikhailovich of Russia.

Even with so many Russian relatives, Constantine could not stop himself from heading to Berlin.

It is precisely because of so many relatives that Nicholas cannot keep Constantine under house arrest, otherwise Nicholas will become the target of public criticism.

"In any case, he is no longer fit to be King of the Kingdom of Greece."

George didn't like Constantine. The name made him feel uncomfortable.

"Konstantin" means Constantine in Russian.

Why do you, a Greek, care so much about Constantinople?
"Yes, that's what I mean."

Little Nicholas means the same to me.

"What are you going to do?" Nicholas didn't want any bloodshed.

This is actually not that difficult to say.

The Kingdom of Greece has not been peaceful in recent years, with domestic coups and the assassination of the king, which is similar to Bulgaria.

George is not so cruel as to kill anyone he dislikes.

Constantine has issues with the Greek military, and George hopes to take advantage of this.

Coincidentally, Greek military officers, led by Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos of the Kingdom of Greece, were also very dissatisfied with Constantine's invitation to German instructors.

In Greece, Venizelos was definitely an outlier. He organized an armed uprising against George I on the island of Crete in 1902 and was forced into exile after his failure.

In 1909, the Greek military coalition launched a coup, George I and the military coalition reached a compromise, and Venizelos became the Prime Minister of Greece.

Due to the relationship between Germany and the Ottoman Empire, Venizelos strongly hated Germany and repeatedly asked to join the Allied Powers, but was rejected by George I.

Under the chairmanship of Venizelos, the Kingdom of Greece was the only country that opposed a hasty end to the Balkan Wars. He hoped that the Balkan League would overthrow the Ottoman Empire in one fell swoop.

Since Venizelos had strong anti-German tendencies, George naturally had to take advantage of them.

To be honest, George doesn't even need to do this work himself.

Because of the conflict between the Greek Kingdom troops and the Goryeo vassal army, Brusinov took the initiative to send a telegram to Venizelos, asking Venizelos to meet in Dede Agach (Alexandroupolis).

After coordination by Venizelos, the meeting place was changed to Thessaloniki.

The reason George did not go to see Venizelos in person was that Joffre had not yet left and the British First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill, was visiting.

The reason for Churchill's visit was also because of the arms race.

Don't listen to the British shouting that if Germany builds one, Britain will build two, just to show that they have no shortage of money.

In fact, Britain has reached its limit, otherwise it would not have contacted Germany to discuss a plan to stop the arms race.

Churchill did not expect the Germans' attitude to be so tough. In Churchill's view, Germany was full of warmongers from top to bottom, and the only way to end the arms race was war.

Since the arms race could not be stopped peacefully, Churchill, like Joffre, hoped that the Russian Empire would take the initiative to join in and attack Germany together with Britain.

George also had demands on Britain.

Britain spent more than 90 percent of its military expenditure on the navy, and the army did nothing. George asked Churchill, if Germany attacked France or the Russian Empire from land, how would Britain provide assistance to France and the Russian Empire?

You can't drive a dreadnought onto land.

"The United Kingdom has a strong mobilization capability. Once the war breaks out, the United Kingdom can complete the mobilization at the fastest speed. We will besiege Germany from three directions and wipe out the Germans completely!"

Churchill's trip to Hamburg was not smooth, and his disgust with Germany reached its peak.

But this is just talk.

Although the war had not yet broken out, George could almost foresee that no matter who Germany attacked, the other two countries would only cheer and would not take the initiative to attack Germany.

To put it bluntly, it is better for me to die than for my fellow Taoists to die.

That’s not right. In another time and space, the Russian Empire was killed by the British in this way.

(End of this chapter)