In a blink of an eye, months passed by, and the spring of 1904 had completely penetrated into every corner of the European land. The mechanical roaring of Germany, the wheat waves surging, and a thriving sunrise scene; this federal empire, which was integrated more than thirty years ago, is showing the world its vitality and prosperity that is the best in the continent.

On a grass somewhere in the Charlotte Castle Palace, the German Emperor William was lying lazily in the chair for a nap. The bright afternoon sun shone on his face, full of joy. Since the war between Japan and Russia started, William's mood has become more and more comfortable. When he was working or discussing affairs, whenever he thought of the Russians fighting fiercely in the Far East and Japan, William, who was slightly nervous, could not help but curl up his mouth and even laughed out loud. William's casual behavior made the group of generals and ministers under his command look at each other, not knowing what they didn't know.

Russia's use of troops to the Far East is really beneficial to Germany. Before this, Russia deployed millions of troops on European borders, which was more than Germany and Austro-Hungary, which has always made Germany deeply afraid. Now that the Far East war end is opened, Russia's military power goes east, which undoubtedly greatly slowed down the pressure on Germany on the Eastern Front. Although due to the restrictions that the Siberian Railway has not yet been fully opened to traffic, the Russian army can only send 20,000 troops to the Far East battlefield every month, this is already an extremely considerable speed. You must know that it is impossible for them to go to the Far East to fight alone, weapons, food, baggage, ammunition, mules and horses.

A series of equipment must be accompanied by; a large amount of Russian combat readiness materials were consumed on the Far East battlefield and the transportation to the Far East, which made William feel excited when he remembered. Because the divided Poland made Germany and Russia have a large area of ​​territory bordering, whenever the Russian army was about to leave, the German army opposite would hold a large-scale friendship farewell party with them, cheering for Russian colleagues in the majestic and rushing Russian march. Now William only regrets that Russia's Siberian Railway has not been fully opened. If the entire line is connected, it is estimated that one-third of the army will be transferred to the Far East to fight the Japanese in half a year!

In addition to direct military benefits, the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War also set up an excellent stage for Germany's diplomatic game. Due to Russia's full efforts to advance eastward, the country's poor and weak must take a contraction in Europe, while Germany can take the opportunity to take action and achieve goals that are difficult to achieve in daily life at a smaller price. This time, Austro-Hungary rushed in front of Germany at a surprising speed as a vanguard; when the news of the Russian Far East fleet's defeat in the naval battle reached Europe, Austro-Hungary, who was originally a little cowardly, stood up almost overnight, began to frequently win over Romania, and opened bloody mouths of sharp teeth against Serbia and Greece. The decision makers in Vienna knew very well that now is the time when Russia is the weakest in the Balkans. If they don't take this opportunity to make a quick guide, then what would it be if they are leucorrhea in their minds?

In the Allies' actions to take advantage of the robbery, what made William most happy was the construction of the Middle East Railway led by Germany.

As early as 1888 when William II ascended the throne, Germany and the Ottoman Empire were in love and in harmony. With the implementation of William's world policy, Germany's capital also began to go out of the country to invest abroad, which just made the Ottoman government, which was eager to build railways to revitalize the domestic economy, find a breakthrough. In the eyes of the upper class of the Ottoman Empire, since the country is unable to build this artery, then handing over the railway to Germany, which has sympathy for pan-Islamism, is obviously better than handing over to Britain, which regards hundreds of millions of Muslims as a cattle and horse.

The hands of France, which controls millions of Muslims, and Russia, which has been resentful for two hundred years, are much more beneficial. Unlike the hatred, aggression and exploitation of the Ottomans by Britain, France and other countries, Germany came to the empire with clean hands with its hands, and innately had the image of making the Ottomans close to them at the Berlin Conference, which thwarted Russia's attempt to expand in the Balkans, which greatly increased the favorability of Hamid Sultan, who lost in the Russian-Turkish war. In this autocratic and tyrannical dictator

With efforts, the Germans built the railway from Constantinople to Ankara (located in the middle of the Asia Minor Peninsula, now the capital of Turkey). The train direct to the Ottoman hinterland from Berlin not only deepened the relationship between the two countries, but also promoted the development and prosperity of the bilateral economy. In just four years, Germany's export of goods to the Ottoman increased by 2.5 times, and the total value of the Ottoman products exported to Germany soared by more than 6 times. In the Greek-Turkish War that broke out in 1897, the Ottoman used the advanced railway built by the Germans to quickly transport troops and materials, and used equipment.

The army prepared German weapons and trained by German instructors defeated the Greeks in half a month. The great victory of this war completely deepened the belief in the prosperity of Hamid Sultan and Germany in full cooperation. In 1903, the railway from Ankara to Basra, near the Persian Gulf, started construction again under the leadership of Germany's leading financing; once this 2,400-kilometer railway was built, the German forces would expand in all directions like the germination of spring wood, and eventually achieve a destructive balanced control of the Ottomans in both political and military.

Historically, since the Ottoman Empire's independent finances collapsed in 1881 and could not provide railway subsidy guarantees for the Baghdad Railway Company in accordance with the agreement, the German-led company stopped after extending the railway eastward for 200 kilometers. However, the situation in this plane changed fundamentally.

Due to the efforts made by the Qing and Britain, Germany's efforts to win over the Ottoman Empire were much stronger than in history; in addition, Germany, in the basic plane, received a large amount of low-interest loans from the United States as investment, and the government's already rich money bag was overflowing with gold coins. In this case, William seized the opportunity of Russia's deep-seated quagmire in the Far East War and launched a plan that shocked the world: Didn't the Ottoman have no money to provide subsidies to the Baghdad railway line? I can help the Ottoman to pay the Baghdad Railway Company, which raised funds from Britain, France and Germany; however, the price is that Germany's dominance over this railway must reach a new absolute height, further compressing the percentage of British and French capital holdings!

The Ottomans are dead pigs and are not afraid of boiling water. For them, their equity in this railway is only a symbolic fraction, and no matter how much they compete, the British, French and German families have no relationship with them. Compared with the United Kingdom, which regards themselves as a cruel devil and a low-key grass, and France, which has controlled most of their fiscal revenue through usury loans, Germany, which has always been friendly to them, is obviously the absolute controller that the Ottoman is willing to see. Now in the eyes of the Sultan of Hamid, William is simply the messenger sent by Allah to save him; because once William's plan is passed, the Ottoman side can immediately resume construction without spending a penny, which is exactly what they dream of!

However, Fang Fu made this plan public, but caused quite a stir in the two countries involved in Britain and France.

Because the United Kingdom was the largest trading partner of the Ottoman Empire, it had huge interests in Asia Minor and Iraq; and once Germany's power penetrated into the Middle East, it would inevitably pose a serious threat to Persia, Afghanistan and even India in the east. In view of this, Britain has always been extremely opposed to the Middle East Railway led by Germany. It was just because it was busy competing with the Boers in South Africa and had no time to get into the bad habit of William II. So it was with the Germans to plead guilty to some companies and acquiesced to put financial resources into this furnace. According to the original idea of ​​Britain, it was to completely resolve the Boers issue first, and then turn around and use the power of the great victory to cut off Germany.

The tentacle stretched to the Middle East. However, the British miscalculated. The expected military trip turned into a catastrophic nightmare, not only losing 250 million pounds of super-huge war expenses, but also completely exposed the incompetence of the British army to the world, causing Britain's international prestige to fall. However, Germany achieved a leap forward during this period, surpassing Britain ten years ahead of schedule with the sudden injection of American loans. As one went up and down, the British power in his hands was already greatly relaxed, and now Russia is advancing eastward, which has become the last straw that crushed the camel. What countermeasures can Britain take when facing Germany and the Ottomans?

Put pressure on Germany? Germany is different from 10 years ago. Not to mention whether they have the ability to make the Germans suffer losses. If William strongly supports Russia's Far East expansion in anger, it will inevitably be more than worth the gains for the British. Put pressure on the Ottoman? This is a soft persimmon. However, the deterrence of the British army has been completely defeated in the Boer War, and the navy has to deal with the threat of the French and Russian fleets. The Ottoman Empire is mainly based on the mainland.
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