Vol 2 Chapter 70: , The navy moved

The Hermitage in St. Petersburg, after receiving Ferdinand's protest telegram, Nicholas II laughed!
Oh, these are not the main points, mainly because the opportunity that the Russians have waited for a long time has finally come!
Bulgaria asked the navy to join the war to cut off the connection between Constantinople and Asia Minor. After more than half a month of artillery battles, the Ottoman Empire’s artillery reserves had been reduced to a minimum!
At the same time, the Bulgarian artillery can also suppress the Ottoman's shore artillery. After all, the Bosphorus Strait is so wide, and cross-strait bombardment is not a problem at all!
The Secretary of the Navy said excitedly: "Your Majesty, the Navy is ready and ready to send troops!"
The Chancellor of the Exchequer suggested: "Wait? Or simply wait for the Bulgarians to occupy Constantinople before the navy is dispatched, so that it will be safer?"
The Secretary of the Navy was stunned, and said without changing his face: "Can't wait any longer, the night is long and dreamy! According to the news we received, the Ottoman Empire has now ordered a batch of weapons and ammunition from the Germans. Once they return this batch of weapons and equipment to China , Our trouble is big!"
The Secretary of the Army hesitated again and again, but decided to help, so he said: "Your Majesty, according to the judgment of the Frontline Observer Group, we have now obtained an absolute firepower advantage, but this advantage is based on the consumption of countless shells!
From the beginning of the war to the present, Bulgaria has consumed nearly 3 million shells, of which more than 80% were consumed in Constantinople, including hundreds of thousands of shells we provided!
Now every day it lasts, we have to pay more than 100,000 shells. If this continues, we are almost unable to hold it, let alone Bulgaria!
According to the analysis of the observation team, at most one week, the supply of heavy artillery ammunition provided by us will be out of supply! "
In fact, now the Secretary of the Army has to say, after all, most of the artillery shells that support Bulgaria are taken out of the army's ammunition reserve, as long as a small part is provided by the navy!
However, the stock of heavy artillery shells is limited. If it continues, problems are prone to occur!
As for the problem, of course it is the moth in the Russian army, and it is likely to be exposed! During the Russo-Japanese War, the Russians were miserable by these people in the Far East!
Now the Secretary of the Army, don't want to uncover this lid, otherwise he will offend more people! Anyway, after the Balkan War, they had a way to settle the balance, adding a zero to the ammunition supporting Bulgaria!
The words of the Secretary of the Army immediately shocked everyone. The depletion of this war has exceeded everyone's expectations!
In less than two months, the number of ammunition fired by the Bulgarians has almost exceeded the Crimean War!
Of course, due to the different times, the two sides are not comparable!
Nicholas II asked suspiciously: "Why do the Bulgarians have so much ammunition? I remember that they had a battle with the Serbs a few years ago, and their artillery was not very good!"
The Secretary of the Army began to flicker: "The main reason is that the Serbs are too weak. After the first Serbian War ten years ago, they have never recovered!
In the Second Serbian War, Serbia also used a large number of weapons left over from the previous war. Bulgaria has just completed the replacement. Their Bulgarian 1891 rifles are comparable to our Mogan rifles!
There is a big gap between the two sides' weapons and equipment, and the morale of the military is not at the same level. The Bulgarian artillery does not have many opportunities to play!
And their 75mm field gun in active service is a new type of rapid-fire gun that crosses the age, and it was installed only after the Second Conservation War!
This rapid-fire gun was also independently developed by the Bulgarians. Judging from this aspect, the Bulgarians have reached the world's advanced level in some military fields!
In recent years, the Bulgarians have expanded the arsenal several times, and now their army military production capacity has surpassed that of the Italians, and they are also ranked very high in Europe! "
Nicholas II nodded. This situation is not uncommon in Europe. The emergence of military-industrial powers in small European countries is not the first. Bulgaria is not the first. Sweden and Belgium have also developed well in the military industry!
"If this is the case, then the navy will act immediately! The Ministry of Foreign Affairs must pay attention to coordinating relations with the Bulgarians, and stop chaos at critical moments!
Kill the Marmara Sea as soon as possible, kill the Ottoman navy, put the fruits of victory in your bag, and don't give the British a chance to intervene! "
Obviously, Nicholas II was even more worried about the British causing trouble to him. This is the core reason for advocating immediate action!
In fact, the London government now has a hard time saying that the Boers are really not so easy to deal with, especially in Europe there are still a group of people who are nursing them!
The British Empire dispatched five infantry divisions. The performance of this group of lobster soldiers was really not good. Not only did they fail to get the Boer Republic, they were crushed and beaten by the Boer's Wehrmacht!
Of course, the British will not admit this. The Boer army also brings together volunteers from all over the world. It is more accurate to describe it as a mercenary!
Anyway, rich in gold and diamonds, the Boer Republic lacks everything except money!
In the face of benefits, even the British Empire brand is not good!
As long as the profits are high enough, no capitalists dare to do it!
This world lacks everything but desperadoes!
At this moment, the British are busy using diplomatic methods to deal with the Germans and French. They have no energy to deal with the Russians. They can no longer care about the Near East!
Well, Russians have never been a fuel-efficient lamp. In Central Asia and Afghanistan, conflicts between Britain and Russia have not been seen, but they have been temporarily restrained for the sake of the Bosphorus!
The London government does not want to open a new front in Afghanistan with the Russians in the case of South Africa and Germany pk, North Africa and France pk!
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With the participation of the navy, this war has entered a new stage!
Ferdinand’s protest was still a bit rewarding. He still got part of the command of the navy. The specific situation is understood in detail!
On June 8, 1897, the main force of the Black Sea Fleet set sail at the port of Sevastopol on the Crimean Peninsula, headed to Burgas to join the "Bulgarian Navy", and then smashed to the Bosphorus Strait!
The Russians' ethics is really not very good. To be on the safe side, they didn't care if they would be blamed. They used the main force of the Black Sea Fleet to directly attack the Ottoman Empire!
Of course, they did not forget to change a national flag to cover up, indicating that the Russian Empire has not yet entered the war, and these navies are Bulgarian and it doesn't matter to us!
As for whether anyone believes it, it doesn't matter. Mercenaries have always been popular in Europe anyway! Although the navy's mercenary is also a little different, but it is just a side effect!
After the Russian Navy approached the Bosphorus, UU Reading www.uukánshu.com was quickly discovered by the Ottoman Empire. Such a huge fleet cannot be kept secret at all!
However, the Ottoman navy seems to have made up its mind to get the turtle to the end! Did not pay attention to the Russian navy at all, trying to rely on the strait defense!
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At this time, Ahmed Pasha, the commander of the Ottoman navy, was not in a good mood. His family knew what happened to his family. Now the Ottoman navy really cannot fight!
There is no maintenance for months, and the weapons and equipment on the fleet have not been fully equipped up to now; most of the naval officers are named, and now they are put on the ship, many people are still crying and crying; the soldiers are even more. Needless to say, the number of people is not enough!
These problems have nothing to do with him! For more than ten consecutive years without full funding, warships have become antiquities, combat effectiveness?
If it were really capable of fighting, it would have killed the Greek navy! Several times the tonnage advantage did not get the Greeks, let alone the Russians!
"Send a report to the Admiralty and tell them to quickly replenish us with all the supplies. We will rely on the Bosphorus to fight the Russians!"
An adjutant hurried over and handed a document, saying: "Report, General Edel Pasha’s urgent, request fire support!"
Ahmed Pasha said lightly: "How many times is this?"
The adjutant replied immediately: "This is the sixth time, but apart from the first two, we never provided them with support!"
Ahmed Pasha nodded and said helplessly: "I still remember that in order to give them fire support, our two destroyers were hit by Bulgarian artillery and are still under repair!
Tell General Edel Pasha that the Russian fleet has arrived, and our ammunition is limited and we cannot support them! "