Chapter 324 Anti-Bulgarian Alliance

After the popularity of the Olympics and the airship voyage around the world gradually declined, the Balkan War currently underway in Europe and the peace talks of the Balkan countries have once again become the focus of discussion among European countries.

In fact, this is normal. The vast Europe has not had a large-scale war for decades. A war like this, involving multiple European countries and mobilizing up to one million soldiers on both sides, is enough to enter the eyes of Europeans and be talked about with relish.

The peace talks between the Balkan countries and Turkey were held in London, the capital of the British Empire. As a witness to this peace talk, the British Empire will naturally be more trusted and recognized by other countries.

At this time, London was crowded with people, and the rich people were riding all kinds of cars, traveling on the roads that extend in all directions in London.

The ladies were in groups of three or two, holding a cup of drink called Coke in their hands, taking a few sips with a straw from time to time, and chatting and laughing with their friends around them.

Such a prosperous appearance is worthy of being the capital of the world's most powerful country and one of the most developed cities in the world.

For all Londoners, even the British and Europeans, the ongoing Balkan War seems to be just a war that exists in history and folk tales.

The knights are wearing gorgeous armor, and it seems that they only need a charge to kill the enemy and make them flee.

These European gentlemen whose memories have been washed away by time have no idea that war is cruel to anyone and a ruthless harvester for any life.

From the beginning of the Balkan War to now, the casualties of both sides have exceeded tens of thousands. The number of soldiers who died alone is already tens of thousands.

If the location of this peace talk was not chosen in London, perhaps such a cruel war would have nothing to do with London.

But even if such a peace talk was held in London, it would still not affect the lives of European gentlemen.

Although the London peace talks have lasted for more than half a month, the progress is almost zero.

Every little progress in the peace talks will be exerted by the powers, thus destroying the progress.

The reason is very simple. Although the Balkan War seems to be the result of the Balkan countries' dissatisfaction with the oppressive policy of the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans, it is actually a political game in the Balkans led by the powers led by Austria and Russia.

The participation of the powers has made this land extremely chaotic, and has also made the progress of the peace talks go in a direction that is somewhat incomprehensible.

To put it more bluntly, after more than half a month of peace talks, the only consensus reached by both sides is that the Ottoman Empire admits defeat in this war.

There is no other progress at all. It is better to say that the representatives of various countries are enjoying life in London during this half-month of peace talks.

The most anxious about this peace talk should be the Balkan countries.

Turkey is not very anxious. After all, the longer the peace talks are delayed, the more power Turkey can accumulate in Turkey. Maybe it can wait for another counterattack to regain the occupied land.

But for the Balkan countries, domestic mobilization is a burden for the country. If the general mobilization lasts for one day, the losses to the country's economy and industry are immeasurable.

The sooner the peace talks can be reached, the sooner the reserve forces can be disbanded, so that these people can return to their previous production and life.

Moreover, the Balkan countries have a large amount of newly occupied land, and new policies need to be formulated to occupy and digest it.

If it continues to drag on like this, it is inevitable that there will be Turkish extremists who will affect the domestic situation.

The sooner these fat meats that have been occupied are eaten, the more reassuring it will be.

But the quarrels among the great powers are very fierce at present, and they can be roughly divided into Germany and Austria, which support the Ottoman Turkey, and Russia, which supports the Balkan League.

The Balkan League has a lot of disputes over the division of spoils. These fierce contradictions have led to the current peace talks seeming to have no hope of reaching a consensus.

Except for the three countries of Germany, Austria and Russia, which are directly involved, Britain and France have a neutral attitude towards this peace talk.

For Britain and France, as long as the situation in Constantinople is stable, they can accept any situation in the peace talks.

But if Constantinople is at risk of falling into the hands of Russia, then Britain and France would not mind directly participating and using various means to interfere in the peace talks.

Italy, which is relatively close to the Balkan War, did not intend to interfere and participate in this peace group, but it also occupied the Dodecanese Islands in the Aegean Sea during the Balkan War.

It is worth mentioning that Italy took advantage of the opportunity of the Balkan countries declaring war on Turkey and took advantage of Turkey's fatigue to win a major victory on the battlefield and successfully forced the Turkish government to sign the Treaty of Lausanne.

The signing of the treaty made the Italian government feel relieved, and also allowed Italy to obtain the territories of Tripoli and Cyrenaica, successfully expanding its colonies in North Africa.

In fact, if there was no Balkan War, I am afraid that Italy would have to spend more effort to reach a contract with Turkey.

With the containment of the Balkan countries, most of Turkey's troops in the European part were exhausted. Without sufficient troops, the Turkish army suffered a great defeat so quickly and had to sign the contract.

From this perspective, the Balkan countries can be regarded as Italy's benefactors, and have attracted a lot of hatred for Italy.

In order to repay the kindness of the Balkan countries, Italy immediately expressed its intention to occupy the islands in the Aegean Sea and set its sights on the Albanian region that declared independence during the war.

The unsuccessful peace talks gave the Russian representatives a headache. In order to ensure that the situation in the Balkans was close to Russia, the Russian representatives visited the representatives of Britain and France and asked for their opinions on the Balkan peace talks.

Although Britain, France and Russia stood firmly together because of their mutual agreement.

But on Constantinople and the Black Sea Strait, the attitudes of Britain and France were surprisingly unified, that is, Russia would never be allowed to control Constantinople.

In addition, Germany and Austria also favored Turkey in the peace talks. After consulting the country, the Russian representatives finally chose to give in.

On August 17, 1912, the Balkan Treaty, namely the London Treaty, was officially signed, bringing long-awaited peace to the Balkans.

The Balkan Treaty stipulated that all Turkish land territories west of the line from Enez to Medina in the Caspian Sea, except Albania, were ceded to the Balkan Alliance.

Albania gained independence, but was supervised by Russia, Britain, France, Germany, Austria, and Italy. The issue of the Aegean Islands was handled by Germany, Austria, Italy, and Russia.

The signing of this London Treaty caused the Ottoman Empire to lose all European territories west of Constantinople, and also allowed the power of the Balkan Alliance to directly expand to the entire Balkan Peninsula.

But at the same time, the Balkan countries also faced a more serious problem, that is, the distribution of interests after the war.

Serbia's plan to obtain an outlet to the sea from northern Albania was destroyed by the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Albania gained independence and was supervised by the six major powers.

However, Bulgaria, which was one of the two major powers of the Balkan Alliance together with Serbia, suffered a considerable setback in its attack on Constantinople, but its actions to capture other territories were progressing very smoothly.

Looking at the four countries of the Balkan Alliance, Bulgaria occupied the most land in this war. From the east of Thessaloniki to the west of Constantinople, the total area of ​​the newly acquired territory even exceeded the total of the territory acquired by Serbia, Montenegro and Greece.

Although the interests before the war were indeed divided in this way, Bulgaria did send the most troops.

But the problem is that Serbia's expansion to the sea was destroyed by the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but Bulgaria's expansion did not suffer any setbacks.

In addition, Greece was jealous of Bulgaria's expansion. As the country with the most expanded territory in this war, it was natural for Bulgaria to become the target of public criticism.

On August 21, 1912, four days after the signing of the London Treaty, the Greek representative responsible for signing the treaty, Greek Foreign Minister Koritsis, appeared in Brugast, the capital of Romania.

In the reception hall of the Romanian Diplomatic Department, Greek Foreign Minister Koritsis said to the old man in front of him with a righteous face.

The old man is the Romanian Foreign Minister, a politician with great status and prestige in Romania.

"Sir Koritsis, if your purpose of coming here is just to get Romania to join the alliance against Bulgaria, then please go back! Romania has no interest in participating in your dispute." The old man smiled and shook his head at Koritsis, and he had no interest in Koritsis's plan to unite against Bulgaria.

"Sir Tyrol, it is not us who want to deal with Bulgaria. I believe you can see from the current situation that after Bulgaria acquired new territories, its land area has ranked first among all the Balkan countries. As long as they can integrate the people in the new land, the population size will also be similar to that of Romania." Greek Foreign Minister Koritsis was not frustrated by Tyrol's rejection of his proposal, and continued.

"But you have to know that the bravery and fighting skills shown by the Bulgarians in this war are enough to make their military combat effectiveness surpass that of the Balkan countries. If Bulgaria is allowed to integrate the newly acquired territories, they will become the undisputed first power in the Balkans. As a neighbor of Bulgaria, do you really want to be indifferent to the upcoming rise of Bulgaria?" Kolizis said with a smile.

No country or strong person can allow the threat in front of them to continue to grow.

The Balkan countries have great ambitions. Kolizis does not believe that Romania can really allow Bulgaria to rise and allow a powerful country that can threaten its status and security to appear around it.

"Before coming to Romania, we have reached a consensus with Serbia. As long as your country is willing, we can form a joint army with a number several times that of the Bulgarian army. After completely defeating Bulgaria, Romania will also get the due reward, that is, the southern Dobruja region." Kolizis continued to speak, but what he said made Tyrol a little moved.

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