Mediterranean Hegemony Road

"Your Majesty, our army is ready to land on the Asia Minor peninsula at any time!" said War Minister Popov solemnly.

"Your Majesty, our navy is also ready to cover the landing of the army at any time!" Admiralty Petrov added.

Ferdinand knew that the military could no longer hold back, and if it hadn't been forcibly suppressed by himself, they would have already started.

The contradiction between Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire cannot be eased for a long time, and it is undoubtedly the best choice to settle the grievances in the world war. So let the Ottomans make one last contribution now, Ferdinand thought to himself.

"Well, Syria can fall!" Ferdinand said lightly

He knew the order could cost millions of lives, but politics was so cruel.

Now the Syrian area is different from the desolation of the Ottoman Empire. The Greeks who arrived first, and the Romanians and Montenegrins who arrived later, have a total population of 3.18 million.

Among them, there are 1.78 million Greek immigrants, 430,000 immigrants from Montenegro, and the remaining 970,000 are Romanians.

If Bulgaria wants to defend, just arm them and you'll be done. Obviously Ferdinand would not do this, and it was not in Bulgaria's interest.

Of course, it is impossible for Bulgaria to give up Syria suddenly, so it is easy to be seen as a flaw and cause unnecessary trouble.

Among the immigrants who migrated from Montenegro, many of them used to be supporters of the Ottoman Empire. If they were given a chance, the defeat of the defenders would be logical if they became the Leading Party!

In this regard, the intelligence department is better at it, so the new garrison commander in Syria is Major General Vicky Clinton, who was born in the intelligence department. His mission this time is to reasonably lose Syria within two months!

Well, defeating a war is hard for any general, but it's nothing for an intelligence agent.

They have encountered even more bizarre tasks. There is no way for them to meet the boss of Ferdinand? He, who was baptized by the Internet in later generations, naturally borrowed many classic routines.

After Syria fell, launching a landing operation was decided by Ferdinand after careful consideration. If you want to kill with a knife, you have to give the enemy a chance to use a knife, right?

After the Ottomans made their move, Bulgaria appeared again as a savior,

Even if the conflict with these immigrants cannot be eliminated, at least part of the hatred can be transferred smoothly.

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At the same time as Syria fell, the Bulgarian army also launched an attack on the Italian colony of Iritrea.

Oh, after the outbreak of the World War, the Italian colonial government in Eritrea declared its neutrality very strangely.

Seeing that they are safe enough, and they are not strategically important places, the Allied Powers did not seek their bad luck for a while, and now their good days are over.

Obviously they are all smart people, otherwise they would not have thought of such a strange means of declaring neutrality!

But smart people also have the characteristics of being afraid of death. As soon as the Bulgarian marines landed, they announced their surrender.

Of course, one can't expect the combat effectiveness of the thousands of Italian soldiers who are alone overseas.

In fact, it was not Ferdinand's intention to rob Iritrea, which was requested by George I on his own initiative. Jordan is really not a good place, you don't want anything.

To be king in such a place is not suitable for George I, who has no ambitions. Although he is not young, he still wants to fight.

Iritrea is different. It is not far from the Suez Canal and has convenient maritime trade. It is also on the African continent, far from the core area of ​​European powers.

The Ethiopia next to him was regarded as fat by George I again, and he greatly imitated Ferdinand's posture of overturning the Ottoman Empire, preparing to annex Ethiopia to establish a new empire.

In Ferdinand's view, this is another person fooled by the "rise of great powers". In fact, the theory of "the rise of great powers" that Ferdinand came up with has a high degree of dissemination around the world, and there are quite a few people who believe in his theory.

George I can be said to have witnessed the rise of Bulgaria, and his feelings were even deeper, and he naturally accepted this theory when he was in a state of emergency.

By the way, he also used this theory to persuade many elites among the Greeks. The reality is in front of us. Even if the country is restored in the Greek peninsula, it is destined to be a small one, and there is no chance of becoming a powerful country.

But the African continent is different. Once Greece annexes Ethiopia, the foundation of a great power will be there, and the opportunity to revive Greece is at hand.

Of course, this is also the case in Europe, where people are more open-minded, people can leave their homes, and accept the wonderful theory that a country can be built wherever people are.

Then the Greek government signed a territorial transaction agreement with Bulgaria, that is, the Greek peninsula was exchanged for Iritrea. Considering the different levels of development on both sides, Bulgaria was responsible for helping Greece "relocate" as compensation.

The whole world was stunned, but considering European traditions, there were not a few cases of territory being traded. It's just that in the past 100 years, this kind of national migration has rarely happened.

Shock is shock, but now the world war is fierce, and everyone has no time to pay attention to this trivial matter.

Anyway, everyone has long been mentally prepared for Bulgaria to annex the Greek peninsula. Now there are not many Greeks in the Greek peninsula. It is not surprising that the Greek government made such a decision. If they don't run, they will be completely annexed.

In the eyes of ordinary people, this is Bulgaria's tossing, and it has nothing to do with them anyway.

But in the eyes of politicians, it is completely different. This treaty provides a legal basis for Bulgaria to annex the Greek peninsula. This has given many countries interested in expanding their territories on the European continent to see new opportunities.

Among them, the Germans and French are the most interested and have the greatest ambitions.

The Spaniards also seemed to be preparing to do such a territorial transaction with Portugal again, but unfortunately they were decisively rejected by the Portuguese. Now that Portugal has joined the Allies, the Spaniards dare not act rashly.

No matter what the outside world thinks, George I has taken the loan given by Ferdinand and went to Iritrea to announce the reconstruction of the Greek kingdom with a high profile.

With the withdrawal of the Greek government, Bulgaria also completely controlled the Greek peninsula. The first thing Ferdinand did was to find experts and scholars to change the name of the Greek peninsula.

This is not a small project. In the future, so many places in the Ottoman Empire will need to be renamed. This requires a lot of data to be checked and the theoretical basis for the name change to be compiled.

Anyway, according to Ferdinand's request, those with historical allusions should find allusions, and those without historical allusions should make up their own allusions. In short, Bulgaria's legal inheritance rights to these territories should be determined.

Before that, experts had verified the legitimacy of Bulgaria's possession of the Asia Minor peninsula. This can be traced back to the 2nd century AD. Although it has been a long time, it is enough.

The main reason is that modern history is not easy to compile, and it is easy to cross-cut, but ancient history is difficult to verify. According to the logic of these talkative experts, probably Bulgaria has the legal inheritance rights to most of Asia.

Anyway, they have many ancestors. As a mixed race, they can inherit quite a lot.

Of course, these theoretical foundations are still being perfected. According to Ferdinand's estimation, such true and false information should be able to drive the historians of later generations crazy!

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With the re-establishment of the Greek Kingdom, George I still attracted a lot of talents, and Greeks scattered all over the world every day tried to find a way to return to the "New Kingdom of Greece".

Influenced by the theory of "the rise of great powers", everyone did not blame George I for his cowardice this time, but believed that he had the courage to bring new hope to Greece.

George I was also black enough to throw out the cauldron of Greece's two defeats in the war, and directly washed himself.

Even the cauldron of the Greek-Turkish war was pushed to the cabinet, accusing them of corruption and deduction of military salaries, which made the Greek army lose its combat effectiveness, and only allowed Bulgaria to rise.

The gambling agreement he signed with Ferdinand was completely fair, but it was a pity that the government was too corrupt and the army was too weak to fight.

If the Greek army also had the equivalent combat power of the Bulgarian army, then at least half of the Balkans is now Greek territory.

It is reasonable and well-founded, but in fact it is preparing to emulate the Bulgarian system. "Constitutional monarchy centered on the king", this is the evaluation of Bulgaria from the outside world!

This is where the outside world is most puzzled. It is obvious that Bulgaria also has a parliament, which is also democratically elected. But these lawmakers have absolutely no intention of pointing fingers at the government. They usually do what they should do.

It can only be said that these MPs do not care enough about politics, but their laissez-faire, Bulgaria is still developing very well, even more stable than any other country.

This makes many politicians envious. For their own interests, they naturally hope that the Congress can follow the example of Bulgaria, and usually advocate the superiority of the Bulgarian system.

The current Greek government is all of George I's cronies. As for the original batch of worms, he naturally wiped all the worms, and the stolen money confiscated happened to be used by him as the reconstruction fund of the Greek kingdom.

Coupled with the hot-blooded young people who came from all over the world, the newly born Greek kingdom had a thriving scene, and Ferdinand was stunned.

Could it be that the theory of the rise of a great power, which he has tossed around casually, is really feasible? Of course, this still takes time to verify, but George I gave this theory a good start.

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After getting rid of Bulgaria's control and coming to Iritrea, George I had a feeling that the sky was high and the bird was flying, and the whole person seemed to be ten years younger.

"Prime Minister, how is the immigration work going?" George I asked with concern

The Prime Minister said energetically: "Your Majesty, everything is going well. Since the re-establishment of the Kingdom of Greece, we have received more than 10,000 immigrants in just over a month.

And judging from the situation from all over the world, Greeks all over the world are willing to support us in rebuilding the Greek kingdom, and many people are unable to come because of the world war.

If nothing else, the number of immigrants after the end of the world war will greatly increase.

At the same time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reached an agreement with Bulgaria, and they agreed to repatriate all Greeks in Syria. It won't be long before we rebuild our army, conquer Ethiopia and establish the Great Greek Kingdom! "

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