Chapter 705: Turks' response

The tone of this matter is now set, but the subsequent results will depend on the situation. Germany will intervene in mediation and negotiation at the right time, but there is a premise, that is, the Turkish army must perform well. Otherwise, what is not available on the battlefield is also not available at the negotiation table! For people at the level of the Kaiser and Ruprecht, until the situation becomes clear, they will not put too much energy on this matter. Just leave it to the people below to do it.

  But for the Turks, this war is a real and huge crisis. Unprepared, the Turks have been beaten back step by step and have lost part of Macedonia. However, the Balkan countries are still pressing forward. Bulgaria, Serbia and Greece continue to compress Turkey's European territory from three aspects.

After all, Turkey carried out reforms a few years earlier than in history, and its military and economic strength have improved. When the troops mobilized from Asia Minor and Mesopotamia and German assistance were in place, the Turkish Empire began to regain its strength and gradually stabilize the front line. Come down.

  Under the guidance of the German Army Corps, the Turks responded very quickly. First, they carried out defensive mine-laying operations in the remaining coastal areas, using camouflage mine-laying ships and small boats. The Turkish navy overturned the stock of mines that dealt with the Italians last time, and then deployed them on the waterways of the northern Aegean Sea.

This action also caught the inexperienced Greek navy somewhat by surprise. On the third day after the Turkish navy implemented mine-laying, two Greek transport ships transporting the army were sunk by lightning, and by the way thousands of Greek soldiers were sunk. seabed. And this is not a game. A week later, a Dandong-class pre-dreadnought ship also struck a mine in the waters near Samothrace. Although it eventually sank, the best result of this warship was to go to the dock in Alexandria for several months.

Mines, a simple but highly effective offshore defense weapon, almost make the world’s naval powers suffer. Even with prevention, there will still be problems from time to time. For the junior navy like Greece, it is rented from France. The battleship is a small country where the Turks are full of loopholes and immature sea mines have turned the Aegean coast into a forbidden area for the Greek navy. The navy and transport ships are unable to get through, which also means that the southern region is safe. And then, the direction the opponent can attack is only the western and northern lines.

Needless to say, the Western Front is good for defense, because the front is very narrow, and the Greek and Serbian legions cannot deploy their forces, and all their strengths are greatly reduced. As for the northern line? Although the battlefield is very wide, the relatively long front is only the Bulgarian army, and the number of the Bulgarian army can only be seen. As the country with the largest population and largest territory among the Balkan countries, the Bulgarian army is actually only larger than Montenegro. A little more... Therefore, for Turkey, which has a steady stream of troops transferred to the Balkans, the broad front has become its own advantage.

The Germans did not send a large number of troops for Turkey, but the materials and assistance were not a lot at all. They obtained 800 machine guns, 85 rapid-fire cannons and 32 150mm heavy howitzers from the Turkish army in defensive operations. It is also impressive, and this is only the first aid. The whole battle situation gradually changed from the offensive engagement of the Balkan Alliance to the stalemate. The Serbian countries cannot break through the Turks’ defenses, and similarly, the Turks cannot launch a deadly counterattack.

Regarding what the Germans did, General Shefquet, who was the actual ruler of Turkey, was quite satisfied. He did not expect that Germany and Austria would really send a large army to launch an offensive from behind Serbia, because the result of doing so was between the Allies and the Allies. The war broke out at the same time. For this kind of war that determines the national transport, Turkey is also not ready, and hastily opened the film. The situation in Germany and Austria-Hungary is unknown, but at least the situation in Turkey will be very bad.

And he also knows that although everyone is allies, allies do not mean to take care of everything. They only enjoy the benefits and do not provide help. He knows that until now, Turkey has enjoyed the economic and military assistance from Germany, but Turkey has not done anything. What direct contribution the Allied Powers have made, and the German government has guaranteed that once a war breaks out in the future, if the war is won, Turkey can reclaim the occupied territories of the Balkans, which is considered a reassurance for the Turks.

  Although the current national strength of Turkey is still not as good as Italy, the worst among European powers. But in the face of the **** facts, the Turks really understood the true meaning of the phrase that they would be beaten if they fell behind. The Turks felt that they could cope with the situation on land, but there was really nothing to do with the situation on the sea. Among the first-class naval powers, only second-rate or even third-rate Dandong-class quasi-dreadnought ships can show off at the door of Turkey. This feeling is really uncomfortable.

  Historically, after having tasted the consequences of having the sea without defense, Turkey, which has just ended the war, can order two dreadnought ships from the United Kingdom to deal with the crisis~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and this plane is even more so.

Therefore, even if the war is still going on, and even if the financial situation is not good, a lot of the war funds are advanced by Germany, but the Turkish leader believes that whether it is from the perspective of national defense or from the perspective of rewarding allies As mentioned above, Turkey should all indicate, for example, ordering two warships...

  So, in January 1909. The ambassador of the Ottoman Turkish Empire in Berlin formally issued a request to the German government, hoping that the German government can build two ultra-dreadnought battleships for the Turkish Empire, each of which costs about 2.5 million pounds! The German government, which received the Diplomatic Assembly, directly placed an order for the two warships to the Blomfors Shipyard, and the other order to the Kilgermanian Shipyard under the instructions of the Kaiser.

  As for the specific construction, the Kaiser directly dumped the pot on Ruprecht, who had just returned from Prague. After all, in the opinion of the Kaiser, Turkey is still a very important ally, not the kind that only needs to make money. The navy that can come out can still fight. After all, in the future, the Turkish Navy will be the key force for the Allies to dominate the Black Sea and control the Aegean Sea!

"Finally stabilized." When Ruprecht saw the telegram that the Turkish representative was about to come to Munich, he took a sigh of loyalty. Turkey finally decided to build a navy. This is what Ruprecht's plan came to. Said it is undoubtedly good news!

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