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Under Ferdinand's butterfly effect, 1914 passed so insanely, history turned a corner here, and the World War that originally broke out in 1914 was postponed!

Due to the rise of Bulgaria and the division of Serbia with Austria-Hungary, the Balkan gunpowder seems to have been wet with water, and it is dumb!

Serbia has been annexed by Austria-Hungary for more than ten years. Internal resistance and nationalism have been suppressed almost. The people's will to resist is always vulnerable under the butcher knife!

Of course, even if the "Sarajevo incident" erupts now, it is useless. It is an internal problem of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The Allies have looked at the bustle at most and it is impossible for the Serbs to take the lead.

All countries are doing the final preparations before the war. The most prominent performance is that the battleships increased sharply like dumplings. In 1914, all major European powers had battleships in service. What Ferdinand did not think was that even the soy sauce Bear actually served four fearless ships.

With the help of Britain and France, Russia completed the four Dreadnoughts Gangant, Petropavlovsk, Poltava, and Sevastopol at the end of 1914, and then was incorporated into the Baltic Sea. Fleet is in service.

Well, the Russian fearless ship plans to start designing and constructing in 1908. It was not completed until the end of 1914 and began to serve in early 1915. This shipbuilding speed is probably only comparable to the eight-year shipbuilding record set by the Italians. !!

Of course, the long-term sequelae are also very serious. The longer the time, the greater the influence from the outside world. According to Ferdinand's knowledge, the Russian battleships have been revised seven or eight times, and finally they learned the Italians.

I really don't know what the Russians think. They are more like battlecruisers than battleships, and more like battleships than battlecruisers.

Simply put, the Russians wanted both the firepower of a battleship and the speed of a cruiser, and finally they came up with a thin-skinned battleship.

Of course, the weakness is very deadly. The speed is not as good as the battle cruiser, and the combat effectiveness is not as good as the fearless ship. The main reason is that it is not resistant, and it can be finished with a few shots.

specification

Displacement: 23360 tons

Length: 181.2m

Width: 26.6 meters

Draft: 8.4m

Main engine: Parsons direct-drive steam turbine 2 sets / 4 shafts

Main boiler: 25 Yarrow fuel oil water tube boilers

Power: 42000 horsepower

Speed: 23 knots

Endurance: 3500 nautical miles at 10 knots

Armament: 4 305mm 52-fold triple guns (front and back, two crotch), 16 120mm 50-fold single guns, 4 47mm single guns, 450mm underwater torpedo launch tube 4

Armor: 225 mm side, 50 mm deck, 150 mm gun base, 203 mm in front of the turret, 254 mm in the command tower

Crew: 1126

Seeing the Russian battleship, Ferdinand finally found self-confidence. Obviously, this was distorted by the Italians' thinking. The tsarist government dared to come to four ships at a time and had to admire their courage.

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Foreign Minister Metiev hurriedly brought Ferdinand news that was both unexpected and reasonable.

"Your Majesty, there has just been an armed conflict on the German-French border.

The French claimed that when two German patrol soldiers violated French sovereignty, they were detained by the French, and then the brutal German army launched a sneak attack on the French!

The Germans claimed that the French had detained two German soldiers for no reason. After the two sides failed to negotiate, the German army used force to rescue the hostages! "

Ferdinand sighed a little, what should come is still coming, as for the reason, this doesn't matter! Anyway, the allies believe the French, the allies believe the Germans, and the crowd is very confused!

After pondering for a while, Ferdinand said cautiously: "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that Bulgaria will support the French in their righteous actions to safeguard national sovereignty!"

Ferdinand knows that Bulgaria ’s current position is undoubtedly one step closer to the war, but Bulgaria is no longer able to drag on, and the preparations to be made are almost done.

If it continues to drag on, Bulgaria's economic crisis is not far away. War is undoubtedly the best weapon to consume excess capacity!

At the same time as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement, Bulgaria was also mobilizing for war. All officers and men on vacation were notified and returned to the army immediately.

The restored officers and men are also required to stand by at any time, and the reserve forces in various places have been regrouped in the name of military exercises. It can be said that Bulgaria was the first to mobilize war among the European continents!

But now the dominance of the war is not in the hands of Ferdinand. France and Germany are at the center of this conflict. The two countries are still fighting. If Paris or the Berlin government are not willing to make concessions, the war is inevitable. .

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Obviously, the French government has no retreat this time. Nationalism is a double-edged sword. Now the French government has been abducted by nationalism.

The British and Bulgarians in the Allies agreed on the same position and hoped that the war would break out immediately. Russia also showed support for France this time. These factors gave the French the confidence to launch a war!

The British were frightened by the Germans' production capacity. If the arms race continues, the German Navy will soon catch up with the Royal Navy, which is not acceptable to the British government.

Of course, with John Cattle's pitting properties, they will not directly express their views. After all, the pro-Germans in the London government are still strong, and most of the Liberals and the working class are anti-war.

So they made the same choice as in history. John Cow cheered the French while calling on both sides to calm down the conflict.

The Russians have counseled once during the Moroccan crisis. If they continue to pretend, then they really do! Therefore, the Tsarist government is very resolute this time and has publicly stated that it will support any action by the French to safeguard national sovereignty.

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"Your Majesty, just now a large-scale demonstration in London has called for peace, and the British government has publicly announced that it will make every effort to avoid the outbreak of the war in continental Europe!" Foreign Minister Metiev said worriedly

There is no way Britain can do too much. Even their own people have been deceived. Now the whole world knows that less than ten people are about to start war in the Allied Countries. Of course Megeve doesn't know, otherwise he won't be so worried.

After all, without the entry of the British, the sea power of the Allies could not be guaranteed. Now the German navy is the second in the world, and the main force of the French navy remains in the Mediterranean. You ca n’t expect the Bear Bear Navy to kill the Germans, right?

"Don't worry, Britain cannot tolerate German dominance in Europe. Our plan remains the same!" Ferdinand said lightly.

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There is no doubt that under the superb diplomatic methods, even the Germans have been deceived, let alone the Germans!

William II also naively thought that this time the British still had to sit on the sidelines and not directly join the war, so the Germans accelerated the pace of the war!

In addition to the British's statement ~ www.novelmtl.com ~, there is a more important factor. If the time comes to complete the expansion of France and Russia in 1917, the strength comparison between the two sides will change.

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Since the outbreak of the German-French conflict on February 23, countries have mobilized war tacitly, but the Germans have responded slightly faster. Within a week, the Germans mobilized 800,000 troops, and the standing army amounted to more than 1.6 million. The Germans believe that the time has come to wage war!

On March 2nd, the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued an ultimatum to the French government, limiting the French to hand over the perpetrators within 24 hours, and apologizing to Germany, and paying two billion marks in compensation!

No need to think about it, the French will definitely not accept it, otherwise the people in Paris will start this meaningful activity again!

At this time, the war has entered the countdown, and the whole world knows that perhaps today or tomorrow, the European War is about to erupt.

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