The British proposal to reduce the navy came to nothing, but it was just an episode in 1908. Except for the three countries involved, people in other countries did not know about the proposal.
The international event that attracts the most attention from all countries at present is the war in the Balkans.
The Three Kingdoms of Boggio are now fighting in full swing. The three countries have gathered more than 600,000 troops in Adrianople and surrounding areas for a decisive battle.
Regarding this decisive battle, most people are optimistic about the Bulgarian-Greek coalition. The reason is very simple. The reports sent back by the observer missions sent by various countries basically have the same conclusion, that is, if no other countries intervene in this war, then the Bulgarian-Greek two countries will
There is a high probability that you will win.
The form of the battlefield is what they said. Although the equipment of the Ottoman army is not bad and the training is okay, it is far inferior to that of the Bulgaria and Greece. In order to prepare to seize the remaining Ottoman territory in the Balkans, the military expenditures of the Bulgaria and Greece have been occupied all year round.
With about 40% of the finance, and in terms of artillery, morale and combat level, Bulgaria and Greece have the absolute upper hand.
In this case, when there is no difference in the strength of the two sides, the balance of the battlefield will inevitably tilt towards the Bulgarian-Greek coalition. Important places such as Chattano Town, Gardner Town, and Bavit Mountain are located in Adriano.
, was successively captured by the Bulgarian-Greek coalition forces. The Bulgarian-Greek coalition forces had already assumed a semi-encirclement posture facing Adrianople on three sides.
Faced with such a dilemma, the Ottomans on the one hand used the strong fortifications of Adrianople to hold on, and on the other hand stepped up the deployment of troops from Asia. At present, the Ottomans have mobilized 181,000 troops from Asia to reinforce Adrianople. However, these troops from Asia
The troops, equipment, training and morale that came in were not as good as those in Europe, so their performance on the battlefield was not that good, but this could serve the purpose of wearing down the coalition forces of Bulgaria and Greece.
In the face of the Ottoman army's attempt to use manpower to consume them, the Bulgarian-Greek coalition was actually well aware of it. The way the Bulgarian-Greek coalition responded was to use its trump card. The heavy siege artillery units of the two countries had been transported to Adrian.
Fort. They planned to use the heavy artillery in their hands to knock open the hard walnut of Adrianople.
The decisive battle of Adrianople was in full swing, which naturally attracted the attention of all countries. However, an inexplicable strange incident at this time also attracted attention.
In the early morning of the last day of June in 1908, near the Tunguska River in the Russian Far East, local residents had just woken up. The sun was lazily shining through the windows. Suddenly, they discovered that there was an extra "sun" in the sky.
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A fireball-shaped object with a diameter of 50-100 meters crossed the sky from southeast to northwest. A few minutes later, a bright light illuminated the entire sky. Later, an explosion occurred with a loud noise like thunder. It was heard within a thousand kilometers.
A huge roar.
The explosion was recorded by seismic stations across Eurasia, and the pressure instability caused by it was even detected by the automatic pressure recorder just invented in Britain at the time. In the days after the incident, the night skies of Asia and Europe appeared
Out dark red.
In the United States, the Smithsonian Astrophysics Observatory and the Mount Wilson Observatory have observed that the transparency of the atmosphere has decreased for at least several months. People in many European countries have seen daytime flashes in the night sky, even as far away as the United States across the ocean.
, people also felt that the earth was shaking.
Faced with such a phenomenon, no one could explain what happened. Some newspapers publicized that this was the end of the world predicted by the Mayans. Some people said it was an alien invasion, and others said it was a natural phenomenon.
But no matter what it is, it has greatly increased the sales of newspapers in various countries, and various scientists are trying to interpret the phenomena encountered.
The extensive coverage in newspapers naturally attracted Carlo's attention.
"How could I forget this?"
Carlo looked at the newspaper reports and recalled seeing a trace of red in the night sky two days ago, and a memory came to his mind.
That's right, the Gustone explosion was very popular in later generations. Some people said that it was caused by antimatter. A meteorite composed of "antimatter" accidentally broke into the earth and caused this disaster.
Some people also say that it was caused by the impact of a comet, a comet composed of loose snow from a distant place in the solar system. When it broke through the atmosphere on the earth's surface at a speed of 40,000 kilometers per hour, it produced superheated gas due to friction. This
As soon as this gas contacted the ground, a huge shock wave equivalent to the destructive power of several atomic bombs occurred. Since the comet evaporated quickly, no debris was left on the earth as "physical evidence".
Others say it is caused by icy bodies, comets composed of ice and gas, or the impact of snow-like gas mixed with high-melting point particles.
Even more unreliable is the belief that this was a big explosion caused by the crash of an alien spacecraft.
The most recognized one is that the Gustone explosion may have been caused by an asteroid impact.
The main reason for the various speculations that were circulated in the previous life was that no one was sent to investigate at the first time. The first investigation in history had to wait until 1927, when a scientific expedition team composed of Soviet scientists conducted the first time in the area.
investigation.
This was 19 years after the Big Bang. As time goes by, traces of many things can no longer be found.
But despite this, the expedition team was also very shocked by this. An impact crater with a span of about 50 meters, the surrounding 30 kilometers was full of scorched earth after the fire, and beyond that, thousands of square kilometers of trees fell in all directions. Kulik was in the meteorite
After digging several meters near the impact crater, unexpectedly no trace of the meteorite was found.
Carlo was very curious about this and wanted to know the cause of the big explosion, so he wanted to send a scientific expedition team to conduct a thorough investigation.
"Ask the captain of the guard to come see me. I have something to arrange. Also, please ask Mr. Bacona to come over. I need him to communicate with Russia."
Following Carlo's order, the captain of the guard rushed over immediately.
Carlo asked the captain of the guard to summon a group of geologists, biologists, and astronomers to form a scientific expedition team to investigate Gustone.
Facing Carlo's order, the captain of the guard immediately started to do it.
He came and went in such a hurry that when the Foreign Secretary arrived, he could only see his back.
"Your Majesty, why are you summoning me?"
Facing Bacona's inquiry, Carlo said, "I want you to send someone to communicate with the Russians."
Carlo's words made Bacona feel nervous. At this time, when the situation in the Balkans is so complicated, it would be too conspicuous to send people to communicate with Russia. You must know that the interests of Italy, Germany and Austria are very closely entangled at present.
, it is not a good idea to send people to contact Russia.
But Carlo didn't give the foreign minister in front of him much time for his inner drama.
"Our country wants to send a scientific expedition team to investigate the big explosion that occurred in the Russian Far East."
ah?
Bacona was surprised by Carlo's words. He did not expect that when the situation in the Balkans was so tense, His Majesty would actually want to investigate a big explosion.
"What, what's the problem?"
Seeing the surprised and stunned Foreign Minister, Carlo asked about him.
"As you command, Your Majesty, I will do it right away."
