At the end of November 1934, the 10th anniversary celebration of the founding of the Ottoman Navy Southern Fleet was held in the Port of Abbas in southern Persia. In order to show the world the strong revival of this ******* Empire spanning the Eurasian continent in the era of great industrialization, the Ottoman Empire transferred their newly-serted battleships from the Mediterranean Sea and invited the German, Italian, Austro-Hungarian and Ireland, which were stationed in the Persian Gulf region, to participate. Japan, the only Eastern Allied country that expanded its power to the eastern coast of the Bay of Bengal, was also invited to send a tour group.

Although Ottoman Sultan Maijid II did not attend this grand celebration, the throne's heir Ahmed, who was in the limelight, visited the port of Abbas, Vizier (equivalent to the Prime Minister of the Government) Enville, Navy Commander-in-Chief Abbas and other dignitaries. When the watch ships lined up in the Strait of Hormuz fired their salutes, the scene was spectacular. Who would have expected that such a heavily guarded political show would turn into a political disaster ceremony. The watch ship "Sulaiman I" that Ahmed was riding suddenly exploded and capsized in less than 15 minutes. The heir of the empire left the ship in panic under the protection of his servants, but the lifeboat he was riding accidentally flipped during the lifting process. Ahmed fell into the water from more than four meters high and eventually drowned.

There are many different opinions on the reason for the sinking of the "Sureman I". Some people believe that it was attacked by torpedoes by American submarines. Because surviving sailors claimed that they saw the torpedo trails before the explosion, and some people believed that it touched the mines laid by the Allies. You should know that in order to prevent the US and British navies from entering the Persian Gulf, the Allies laid thousands of mines in the waters near the Strait of Hormuz. After the US and British troops evacuated South Asia, the Allies took months to clear a small part of them. Some people speculated that it was a crew error. The most direct evidence was another Ottoman warship that sank in the Dardanelles in the summer. The investigation concluded that torpedo soldiers accidentally maintained the torpedo and triggered a tragedy.

Regardless of the truth of the incident, this new warship costing 32 million marks finally sank in full view of the public. It was not only the face of the Ottoman Empire. At the moment when the heart of the man named Ahmed stopped beating, this country with a dead tree that seemed to be in full bloom was hit hard by the inside. Hearing this bad news, the old Sultan Maijid II, who was in poor health, fainted on the spot and almost went to see Allah. After that, he became worse and worse, and soon became terminally ill. All forces peeking at the position of the Sultan were in a secret struggle.

The commander of the Guards, Vasibi Pasha, supported Maijid II's youngest son to inherit the throne, and used his control over the capital Istanbul to make other princes and royal relatives unable to get close to Maijid II. This made Maijid II's brother-in-law, Enver, who was in charge of the political power of the Ottoman Empire, and Fatih, the youngest son of Maijid II, and the former former Sultan Mohammed V, feel very dissatisfied. It should be noted that since the 17th century, the Ottoman inherited the throne system, that is, the oldest male among the royal members inherited the throne.

Megid II was still awake, and all forces were not at the same time. The news that the old Sultan fainted again came out, and all the men immediately broke up. The Ottoman warships anchored in Golden Horn Bay pointed the black muzzle at the palace in Istanbul. The troops who obeyed Envil's orders rushed from all over the place to the capital. Vasibi Pasha in Istanbul tried his best to subvert the elder male inheritance system and restore the elder son inheritance system...

Taking advantage of the political situation of the Ottoman Empire, the Soviet government, which had been chasing the Southern Caucasus on the New Baku Agreement and partitioning the Baku oil field, suddenly launched an attack on the grounds that the Ottoman patrol crossed the border to attack the Soviet sentinels. In less than two weeks, it recovered all the Caucasus territory lost during the Tsarist Russia period and cut off the land contact between the Baku League's Allied Team and the rear. The German government urgently mediated, demanding that the Soviet army stop the offensive and retreat to the border side agreed in the 1931 New Baku Agreement, but was strongly rejected by the Soviet government. The Russians restricted the Allied Team from evacuating all of Baku within three days, otherwise they would launch an attack by force.

The Caucasus struggle has been around for a long time. The reason why the Allies had a certain advantage earlier was that they relied on the super combat power of the German team, but from any aspect, the Ottoman army was the main force against the Soviet Union in this direction. Now the political situation of the Ottoman Empire is in turmoil. The factions in the army are either ready to move or protect themselves. Few people still have the heart to fight with the Russians. Moreover, whether the army's logistics support can be maintained is still a big unknown. Even so, the Germans are still unwilling to give up Baku. They go online through the water in the Caspian Sea.

The road provided supplies to the Baku garrison, and at the same time put pressure on the Soviet Union from Eastern Europe, the 1st and 2nd Armored Corps, which went to Belarus and northern Ukraine in a massive manner. Thousands of fighter jets transferred from Western and Central Europe to various aviation bases in Eastern Europe. Correspondingly, the Soviet army mobilized on a large scale in the Estonia-Belarus-Ukraine border area, and all deployments were turned into a defensive posture. The western and southwestern cities began to conduct military mobilization to hide their strength and maintain a low life for 18 years. The Russians finally revealed the muscles of the combat nation!

In the era of Bismarck and Mafia, Prussia successfully avoided fighting on both sides, thus winning the victory of two important wars between Pau and Pau, and Pau, laying a solid foundation for the rise of the German Empire. However, in the era of Schliffen, how to win the battle on both sides became a topic that German generals and staff devoted themselves to studying. The glorious victory of World War I made them feel even more confident. Since then, the strategic thinking of the German team is just like the "two strong standards" at the peak of the British Empire, and it is said that "winning two wars at the same time."

In the summer of 1933, Germany would resolutely launch a war against the United States and Britain without only Ireland giving the guarantee of participation in the war. The price was that at the most stalemate period between Britain and Azores, Germany had to retain 40% of the army's combat power and 30% of the air force in Eastern Europe to prevent the Soviet Union from entering a secret agreement with the United States and Britain from advancing westward with a million troops. According to the information discovered by German spies, the Soviet Union carried out two secret mobilizations between at least September and November 1933. The German side judged that if

The US-British Allied Forces took over the Azores, and the Soviet government had a more than 80% chance of declaring war on Germany. So in October 1933, Germany carried out a second mobilization, more than 600,000 young people of appropriate age were enlisted in the army, and the eastern region also carried out national defense mobilization accordingly. Just over a month later, the German General Staff proposed the first batch of demobilization plans due to changes in the strategic situation, and placed the 600,000 reserve troops and 200,000 first-line troops on the list of dismissals. Soon after, with Italy, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Ottoman Empire and the Spanish.

The pressure of the German team garrison in the occupied areas was further reduced, but because the Crown Prince William Xiao actively planned a plan to attack North America across the ocean, a large number of troops began to assemble to the Azores, and the first batch of demobilization plans were temporarily postponed. The Soviet Union made tough moves at this time, which naturally made Germany very indignant. With the two ace armored clusters already deployed to Eastern Europe, the German General Staff transferred seven first-line corpses from the local and western Europe, four heavy artillery divisions and six aviation corpses, and the border areas were suddenly covered with dark clouds of war.

Under the strong oppression of the German team, the Soviet government eased its attitude. They agreed to negotiate and resolve the issue of the South Caucasus and Baku through negotiations. During this period, allied ships were allowed to enter and exit the Baku port freely. Germany, Ottoman, and the Soviet Union immediately held consultations in Baku. However, the slowing situation in the Caucasus did not change the civil strife in the Ottoman. On December 27, 1934, Maijid II passed away at the Istanbul Palace. The commander of the Guards Vasibi Pasha and several Vizier tried to ensure that the 17-year-old prince Mahmoud ascended the throne. Before the new Sultan could perform the throne, the warships under Fatih fired artillery at the city defense forces, and the armed sailors landed on a ship. Enver, who was at the city from the east, also attacked Vasibi Pasha's guards.

Although the Ottoman Guards stationed in Istanbul had only more than 30,000 people, far less than the troops supporting Envel, and were unable to drive away the Ottoman fleet commanded by Fatih from Golden Horn Bay, relying on the high walls and the fear of the other party not daring to use artillery on a large scale, they blocked the rounds of attacks of the power seizers. The reason why the worldly Vasibi Pasha dared to challenge Envel and Fatih who had grasped the military power of the Ottoman Army and Navy was on the surface because he had always been incompatible with the two and was worried about being liquidated in the future. In fact, he had already offered very attractive conditions to the two countries through the German and Italian ambassadors to the Ottomans: as long as the two countries expressed their support for Mahmoud as the new Sudan, the newly explored oil fields in the eastern and southern Persia would be handed over to the two countries for free for exploitation.

The Italian government coveted the new oil fields and was willing to get as much benefit as possible from this civil unrest. The heads of the German government felt that a weak and young monarch and a military and political leader who were willing to sell out national interests were more suitable than those candidates with outstanding military achievements and more independent spirit. Therefore, before the uprising of Vasibi Pasha, both politicians secretly expressed support. However, when all parties met, Germany had a major change: the personal tendency of the German emperor and son was above objective and rational choices, because they supported Enver, who had more than 20 years of friendly and cooperative relations, and the staunch pro-German faction elected another cousin of the late Sultan Maijid II, who was over 50 years old and disabled, to take over the Sultan, so the German government finally expressed its condemnation of Mahmoud and Vasibi Pasha for violating the legal system and usurping power and causing rebellion.
Chapter completed!