"Your country has participated in several similar wars. It has fought with world powers like Britain and regional powers like Japan, and has not fallen behind. Why did it refuse to fight with the Balkan countries this time? Are you worried about Russia? If they don't participate in the war, the German government will never sit idly by." Markensen said.

"In this situation, at this point in time, the Bavarian Legion is not suitable for participating in the war. This war is not the same as previous wars."

"In the Far East War, the Blue Legion fought only with a small group of Japanese troops. Although the scale of the war in South Africa and North Africa was large, the military density of both sides was not high, and the troops had great mobility space. Moreover, in the Boer War, Bavaria mainly provided military technical support, and the main force was the Boer. As for North Africa? When the two sides fought mobile warfare, the Italians' military strength advantage was greatly weakened, and Italy was indeed weak. So the battle was smooth."

"But this time, the situation is completely different! Think about it, hundreds of thousands of troops from the Balkan countries are concentrated on a battlefield of less than 100,000 square kilometers, and my army is not as prepared as it is, we cannot even choose a suitable landing point and obtain steadily supplies from the rear. From the map, we can know that the nearest route of my army is to go from Bavaria to the Austro-Hungarian Empire and then go to the Balkans through the Adriatic Sea. It takes about 2 weeks for our troops to go from preparing to mobilize to the Balkans. During this period, whether Turkey can defend its estuary is a problem, and there is no cover from the Imperial Navy throughout this process. I cannot joke about the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers."

"If we want to curb the ambitions of the Balkan countries, then this will be a large-scale battle. We need at least two troops to do a cross-sea expedition. It is still a bit difficult for a kingdom to send so many troops to conduct a cross-sea expedition. This is not just an economic problem. We have 100,000 troops fighting in the Balkans, and we also need 300,000 people to provide them with various support such as supplies, equipment, transportation, etc., which is too much pressure for Bavaria. It will disrupt our plans."

"You know, my wife, Princess Mary, is now the Grand Duke of Bohemia-Moravia. One of our descendants will inherit this crown, and we also need to undertake the defense tasks of this region. The Kingdom of Bavaria needs to pay a lot of money and manpower to strengthen the region, so we really don't have enough energy to send two armies to expedition to the Balkans, even with the support of the imperial government." Ruprecht said.

The Ottoman Turkish Empire was indeed an ally of Germany, and Ruprecht really wanted to help Turkey, but this does not mean that he had to provide help without considering the actual situation and the cost. The so-called battle without any determination was broken. This war broke out a bit suddenly. Ruprecht was not prepared for the corresponding preparations. Look at the previous actions of the Bavarian army. Didn’t the war start after months or even years? In a small area, nearly 100,000 troops were invested in haste to fight to the death with hundreds of thousands of troops on the other side. Ruprecht thought he was not that stupid.

Moreover, Bavaria is indeed unable to make any moves now. Princess Mary has been granted the title of the female grand duke of Bohemia-Moravia. Ruprecht also seized the time to send additional personnel to reorganize and reform the legions in the region. A considerable number of experienced officers and soldiers have gone here, and Bavaria has also begun to expand its own armored troops and air force technical branches. In this case, it is true that Bavaria can gather two troops, but it is impossible to say how many officers and veterans can be allocated. Therefore, Ruprecht will never send a large number of troops to interfere in this matter.

"But as an ally of the German Empire, we should give the Turks an explanation. And don't you think that if Turkey loses all of Europe's territory, or even the Dardanelles, will our future plans be bad?" Markens said earnestly. In his opinion, Ruprecht did this. As the heir of a kingdom, he naturally has to put the interests of the kingdom first. As an external representative, the central government of the empire cannot effectively assume the responsibility for its allies, so naturally it is impossible to require the kingdom below to make sacrifices. It is true that Markens still wants a result. After all, the offensives of the Balkan countries this time were a bit fierce, and he was afraid that Turkey would not be able to withstand it.

"The only way now is to delay. Turkey is not without troops, but these troops are in the heart of the empire, and it takes time to mobilize them. When a large number of troops arrive, although they still cannot regain the occupied territory, the stability of the situation is still enough. Turkey cannot win this war, but it is still possible to rely on defense to leave a bridgehead in the Balkans. If the opponent attacks, we defend, and with some economic support, the longer the balkan countries suffer, the more losses they suffer!"

"Of course, as allies, we should still express our opinions to the Turks. We can provide Turkey with some technical officers and a large amount of military equipment, but we must let Turkey shrink its defense line and defend some key areas as much as possible." Ruprecht thought for a while and said.

Even if the incident happened suddenly, the Balkan war situation in this plane was still much better than in history. At least Turkey did not fight with the Balkan Alliance and Italy at the same time. Because the Young Turkish Party took power earlier, Turkey is much stronger than in history in terms of economic and military power. Although it still cannot completely defeat the Balkan countries with strong support from the Allies, at least it will not lose as much as it did in history. There is only one corner of Europe left.

Although the start is very bad, if you do it carefully, the result may not be bad. After all, war consumes a lot of national income, especially for a small country that used one-third of its national income to build an army before the war. Every day the attack delays, it consumes huge amounts of funds and materials. Since defense saves a lot than attack, let the Balkan countries fight for a while. See how long they can support it!

"We can at least keep here." Ruprecht drew a line in the southeast corner of Turkey's Balkan territory, which accounts for about a quarter of Turkey's Balkans. I hope the imperial government can guarantee the Turkish government that the interests lost by Turkey in this war will be reclaimed in the next war."
Chapter completed!