The Rise of the Empire

"Our navy has shown great benefits before it even started construction! Just a week ago, after the representatives of the empire expressed their willingness to build a navy to the Germans, the Germans had already shown full sincerity. They Expressed that he was willing to discuss with us the issue of the ownership of Western Ukraine, and said that in the area south of this line, wherever the imperial army’s troops are located, it is all imperial territory! We can even swallow the entire Ukraine, and even go to Transcaucasus Everything is possible! This is the first time that the Germans have clearly responded to the Empire’s territorial concerns, and as long as the Imperial Navy can undertake this obligation, an agreement can be formed soon!” In the Hungarian Parliament, Archduke Ferdinand was excited Said.

Now Archduke Ferdinand finally has a good reason to develop the navy! That is the future ownership of Ukraine! Even if this is just the moon in the well, it is enough to make the entire empire excited! Unlike Ruprecht, the Austro-Hungarian Empire trusted its own power too much, or trusted the Germans too much. They think all day about how to start a war and how to profit from it, but they don't think about how to conduct a war and how to avoid defeat. And now, the Germans have written them a huge empty promise, giving them a goal.

They may indeed not intend to bring the Caucasus region under control, but Ukraine alone is enough to attract their attention and put the final cost on it! Even the Hungarian government, which has never been very interested in war and the navy, is excited, because Hungary is next to Ukraine...  If the Austro-Hungarian Empire can obtain Ukraine, then they must also get a big share of the pie, right? Such an idea popped into the heads of almost all Hungarian MPs!

"A historic opportunity is in front of us. We must not give up. Let us unite and concentrate our full strength to survive this test of God. If we win, we will usher in new glory. If we fail, There will be no more, not only the Empire, not only Austria, nor Hungary! What are we hesitating about? What are we worrying about? Let go of our hearts and open our hearts to our brothers. We need to forget our fears and move forward, and the Navy Construction will be our first step towards glory! For this glory, we are willing to provide more help to the brothers of the Kingdom of Hungary!" Under the instigation and promise of Grand Duke Ferdinand, the Hungarian Parliament finally chose to support the Empire The military expansion plan, so that the empire will be more abundant in funds, so that it is possible to complete this batch of military expansion plans.

When news of the Austro-Hungarian Empire's agreement reached Berlin, the Kaiser decided to sell the two Mainz armored cruisers to the Austro-Hungarian Empire at a very low price within three years in order to express his support for the Austro-Hungarian Empire. With the further expansion of the German Navy, although the performance of the two follow-up warships of the Mainz class is not bad, they are not as good as the Kaiser's eyesight, and these two warships have some doubts about the navies of even the regional powers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. For the country, it is still very attractive.

All of this is not for nothing. Germany helped the Austro-Hungarian Navy build a fleet, and Austria-Hungary deployed the fleet in Istanbul for strategic interests. So how to act, how to build, and what the future strategy is, all require exchanges between the two sides. It even needs to communicate with the Kingdom of Turkey.

According to the plan, Germany will appoint a senior general to form a joint command with Austria-Hungary and the Turks. In the end, Earl Spey was appointed as the representative. Of course, for the sake of confidentiality, this general who has participated in many naval battles can only be stationed in Vienna in the name of the naval attaché of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Since everyone was very willing, the whole plan began to advance rapidly,

Earl Spey and General House, the commander of the Austro-Hungarian fleet, came to Munich together to meet His Royal Highness Ruprecht, the general planner of the German-Austrian naval cooperation plan. And as the Kaiser guessed, neither Germany nor the Austro-Hungarian Empire had any objection to this appointment. After all, no matter in terms of professional level or relationship, the Austro-Hungarian Empire believed that the prince would not cheat himself.

The reason for the Kaiser’s trust is that Ruprecht’s performance in the past was very good, he had a sense of the overall situation, and he did not harm the interests of Germany in his exchanges with the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Such a capable and capable real power Therefore, the Kaiser generously delegated all the powers of this aid plan to the crown prince, and hinted that if the behavior of the Austro-Hungarian Empire deviates from the original plan, then the prince can Stop at any time.

"The start now is much better than in history." The prince stood up and came to the huge sand table in the Balkans and Aegean region that had just been completed, and began to think about the layout of his Mediterranean Sea. Judging from the current situation, without the outbreak of the Balkan war, Turkey's environment in the entire region is really good, and it also has a foothold in the Balkan region.

From the map, the current Serbia is only about one-half of Serbia before the start of World War I in history, and places such as Macedonia and Albania now belong to Turkey, and Greece is also suppressed in the Peloponnese Peninsula, the entire Aegean Sea Most of the coast is Turkish territory. There was a land connection between the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish Empire.

And this situation, it should be said, will continue. Russia is weaker than the same period in history, and Germany and Austria are already ready to go to war with the Allied Powers as soon as possible. Turkey is an ally of the Empire at this time. Therefore, if the Allied Powers are behind If the small Balkan countries are instigated to attack Turkey, Germany will definitely not stand idly by. In this case, the Allied Powers may not dare to attack Turkey. Of course, this is just the prince's guess. In fact, this time, the prince was really wrong.

If it is further extrapolated to the situation at the time of the war, the Kingdom of Greece is estimated to remain neutral. After all, Greece has been neutral from the beginning in history. It was because Britain and France forcibly broke neutrality that they finally joined the Allied Powers. Outside, it is the territory of Turkey. It can be said that the surrounding environment is very good, there is at least one exit into and out of the Mediterranean Sea.

And this sharp sword hidden in the Aegean Sea directly blocked the Suez Canal, Britain's most important transportation throat in the Mediterranean! Even if the main fleet does not move out, simply using submarines or minelayers to harass the northern end of the Suez Canal is enough to cause the British to be overwhelmed. After all, the shortest distance from India, Southeast Asia, or even Australia to import materials and personnel to Europe is to go to Suez Canal up!

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