69novels Chapter 456
Chapter 456
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Compared with the native chickens, Mainz paid less attention to Bulgaria.
Bulgaria’s strength limited their upper limit. Their population was less than 100,000, they had almost no industry, and their land was very poor. They were located in the hilly area between the Balkan Mountains and the Rhodope Mountains. There were no large plains in such places. Most of them were mountains and hills, and only the coastal areas had some small plains.
Bulgaria did not originally have very good land, such as the Thrace region, but these territories were ceded after World War I, which led to a sharp reduction in their land area and a significant decline in national strength. At this time, for Hans, their main significance was to serve as a barrier in the Balkan Peninsula.
So Mainz did not refuse the Bulgarians’ surrender.
It would be better to let Hans take over Bulgaria and let the resources of this little brother flow into Hans’ territory than to continue to let the Allies suck the blood of Bulgaria. This is much better than a large amount of war reparations flowing into the British Empire and Gaul, which is a disguised aid to the enemy! In
May 192, Hans and Bulgaria signed the Berlin Agreement in Berlin. Hans officially included Bulgaria in his list of protectorates. After Bulgaria received Hans’ protection, it immediately tore up the Treaty of Neuilly and refused to continue paying war reparations to the Allies!
When the economic crisis swept the world in 1926, they could no longer pay the war reparations, so they once applied to the Allies, hoping that the other party could reduce part of the reparations!
But the Allies rejected their request unceremoniously!
Bulgaria is not Hans after all. The Allies were able to quell Hans’ anger, amend the Treaty of Versailles, and reduce Hans’ war reparations because Hans was very powerful. Once Hans tore up the treaty, the Allies would be greatly threatened, so they had to make concessions.
Bulgaria does not have the strength of Hans, so they cannot threaten the Allies. Even if they want to tear up the agreement, with the 20,000 troops in their country, who can they stop?
No one can stop it!
So if they dare to refuse compensation, the Allies only need to send troops to occupy them. At that time, they will not worry about not getting enough compensation. They will privatize all kinds of mines and lands in their country and sell them to their own businessmen, and then sign a 100-year agreement to make the Bulgarians slaves of the Allies forever, and continue to squeeze and exploit them. In that case, not only can they recover the war reparations, but they can even get more benefits!
Moreover, they have been doing this kind of thing for hundreds of years, and they are very skilled, and there is no problem in executing it!
The Bulgarians also knew the consequences of tearing up the agreement, so after the other party rejected their application, they had no choice.
But now the situation is different!
After getting the protection of Hans, the Bulgarians immediately became bolder. After returning home, they immediately tore up the Treaty of Neuilly and refused to pay compensation to the Allies!
This decision immediately made the Allies lively. The Allies clamored to launch military retaliation and use force to force Bulgarians to continue to pay compensation! The
Bulgarians were really brave, because there was an example of Hans sending troops to protect Hungary, and they were not afraid of the Allies’ armed threats at all!
They were very sure that Hans would definitely send troops to help them!
So when they faced the threat of the Allies, the Bulgarians did not give up, but chose to fight to the end!
After they tore up the Treaty of Neuilly, they immediately carried out large-scale conscription in the country, increasing the number of troops from 20,000 to 250,000, and also imported a batch of weapons and equipment from Hans to arm their own troops.
In addition to strengthening their own armed forces, Bulgaria also invited Hans’s officers to join them to help them train and transform their army, and formed ten German armies according to the standards of the German army.
After this move, the Allies were in a dilemma!
Hans was selling equipment and sending officers. Obviously, they would not give up Bulgaria easily.
In this case, if they really sent troops to attack Bulgaria, there would be another Hungarian incident!
When they interfered in Hungary’s internal affairs and sent troops to invade Hungary, they did not expect Hans’s attitude to be so firm!
After they sent troops, Hans immediately sent troops to aid Hungary!
Not only that, Hans also directly attacked Jake, resulting in the elimination of an important ally of the Allies in Central Europe!
At this time, Jake’s body was still warm, and the Balkan Peninsula was in turmoil again.
If they continue to treat Bulgaria in the same way as they treated Hungary, Hans may make a move again. In that case, they are likely to be in the dilemma of stealing chickens and losing rice again!
Last time they lost their ally, Jake. This time, if their intervention fails, which ally will they lose?
The British Empire took a look around and found that their younger brothers in the Balkan Peninsula were trembling, including the Xina people who regarded themselves as the orthodox of the Byzantine Empire and wanted to restore the peak of the Eastern Roman Empire. Facing the olive branch thrown by the British Empire, they turned a blind eye and pretended not to see it! The British
Empire originally thought that with their influence in the Balkan Peninsula, as long as they really shouted, their allies would not immediately respond? Then they could form a coalition force in minutes, kill into Bulgaria, and use force to force them to continue to pay war reparations honestly!
Unexpectedly, few countries bought their account!
“What happened, and why did the Empire’s influence in the Balkans decline so much?”
In the Fog City, the top leaders of the British Empire seemed very puzzled.
After King George V intervened, Lloyd George returned to the position of Prime Minister.
However, compared with when he stepped down five years ago, the British Empire today is no longer the same one! In just five years, the British Empire’s international influence has declined a lot. In addition to the Eagle Sauce’s continuous erosion of their influence, the rapid rise of Hans has also quickly squeezed their sphere of influence in Europe, causing their influence in Europe to drop to a higher level!
The Battle of Jake, which took place not long ago, has made the British Empire’s credibility among its allies close to collapse!
They clearly provided independent protection for Jake, but because they were afraid of Hans’ national strength, they did not dare to take action with Hans, so they finally watched Jake being destroyed by Hans!
This scene chilled the hearts of countless younger brothers who followed the British Empire wholeheartedly.
Today’s Jake may very well be what they are tomorrow! Jake is so strong and its position is so critical, but it can be abandoned by the British Empire. What about other countries? Seeing this, everyone had to think about their position in the hearts of the British. Was it so important that the British dared to break up with Hans and rescue them at all costs?
After serious thinking, most countries realized that their position in the hearts of the British was not so high, so if the same thing happened to them, the British would definitely not help them!
An elder brother who could not provide protection for his younger brothers and abandoned his younger brothers at will when they encountered danger would naturally not be recognized by his younger brothers, and it was normal for the younger brothers to be hypocritical to the elder brother!
At this time, the British themselves were still unaware and were still complaining here, not knowing that their image in the eyes of their allies was already stinking!
Prime Minister Lloyd George was worthy of being an old prime minister. He was extremely experienced and had a very unique political vision.
Before other British people could react to such a strong contrast, he had already felt this huge crisis!
“Stanley really did a good thing. His concession in the Jie Ke incident has put us in a very unfavorable position. Our allies have lost confidence in us!”
The old prime minister said worriedly to his staff around him:”If we continue like this, I am afraid that our British Empire will soon become an isolated country!”
“What should we do then?”
The staff members began to get nervous when they saw that the old prime minister made the matter so serious.
The reason why the British Empire could stand firm was because they were very good at winning over one faction and suppressing another, and they never fought alone!
But now, they are gradually losing friends, which has sounded the death knell for the hegemony of the British Empire, making all the people of the British Empire nervous and uneasy!
PS: Sorry, I didn’t read this chapter when I uploaded it, and I uploaded it by mistake. I’m sorry!