Another World: Naval Storm

At this time, the support from the Germans arrived. The wealthy Drake people gave the dying Ottomans a shot in the arm. In order to enable them to help the Drake Empire, the Drake Empire could not wait to actively cooperate with the Ottomans in economics, politics, and military.

The Imperial Treasury of Drak spent more than 5 million gold marks on the purchase and delivery of war supplies to the Ottoman armed forces. In addition, it provided the Ottoman government with nearly 5 million in cash and credit to import non-military supplies such as grain, coal, and machinery from other members of the Allied Powers, led by Drak.

The Ottomans tied up the Drak Empire in all aspects, and the pro-Taren faction declined.

“We are all patriots!”

"For the dignity of Serbia!" A group of seven people put their hands together and roared to encourage everyone.

In June 1914, the Ottoman Empire's Crown Prince, Archduke Karl, went to the Ottoman Empire's Bosnia Condominium to review military exercises. This military exercise also used Serbia as an imaginary enemy, thus arousing the hatred of Serbian nationalists.

At about ten o'clock in the morning on June 6, the Imperial Crown Prince Archduke Karl and his wife arrived at the train station. Hundreds of people warmly welcomed them on the way, and among the crowd there were seven assassins waiting for an opportunity.

Crown Prince Karl was riding in an open limousine to the city hall. On the way, he passed by two of the assassins, but they did not attack him because they were timid. Later, Archduke Karl's motorcade was attacked by a third assassin with a grenade. Archduke Karl subconsciously waved his hand, and the grenade rolled behind the car and exploded immediately. He was lucky to escape, and only some guards and onlookers were slightly injured. The assassin was shot dead on the spot.

Later, although Archduke Karl changed his scheduled itinerary, as luck would have it, an assassin happened to be lying in wait on his route. The assassin fired two bullets at Archduke Karl with a pistol from a distance of less than two meters, and then committed suicide by taking cyanide.

"Governor, I have ordered the Far East Fleet to catch fire and return to the Empire! I hope you are also ready to fight!" Leo mobilized the fleet when he learned that Crown Prince Karl had been assassinated!

"Without the Empire's orders, you are AWOL!"

"My lord, I am only leading the fleet on a necessary patrol!"

"Is war really unavoidable? Crown Prince Karl is not dead yet, he is just seriously injured!"

"Whether Crown Prince Karl is dead or not, the Osmagali Empire has an excuse, and this is what the Empire hopes for!"

After the assassination of Crown Prince Karl, a large-scale riot broke out in the Serbian region, during which civilians of the Osmagali Empire were deliberately attacked.

The Osmagali Empire decided to use this as an excuse to start a war and annex Serbia.

With war on the verge of breaking out, various countries were nervously conspiring to prepare for the fight. Emperor William of Draco frantically shouted that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. After the Osmagali Empire obtained the support of the Franconian Republic, the Franconian Republic surprisingly supported the Osmagali Empire, but then, under the threat of the Rakshasa Empire, it opposed the military action of the Osmagali Empire. On July 7, the Osmagali Empire proposed extremely harsh conditions to Serbia, requiring it to sign a reply within 23 hours. In order to endure the humiliation, Serbia was forced to accept all the conditions except that the Austrian side sent personnel to participate in the pursuit and trial of the murderer.

"Governor, you can now recall Drake's garrisons in other places in Xunyang. Concentrate the troops in Qifeng Port, so that they can hold out longer." Leo had no hope of defending Qifeng Port. After all, Drake's strength in the Far East was too weak!

"Well, the war is just around the corner, we should strengthen our defenses! Those small warships in the fleet..."

"Some of them will sink by themselves. Of course, I will give you the weapons and ammunition that can be disassembled before they sink. After all, we can't let them sink to the bottom of the sea in vain."

"Or we can sell it to the Xunyang people! At least they are neutral now and won't attack us!"

"Okay!" Leo had already planned to leave. The affairs of Qifeng Port had nothing to do with him anymore.

Leo planned to lead the main fleet to cruise in the Pacific Ocean, looking for opportunities to attack Japan and the Tarun people, and send three cruisers to attack merchant ships in the Bharata Ocean. Then the fleet will sail to the eastern Pacific Ocean and the coast of South America, where there are many neutral countries and supporters of the Drake Empire, and they can get support and assistance. Now it depends on when the war will start and the movements of Japan and the Tarun people.

Things developed just as Leo had imagined. The Osmagali Empire still used the excuse of not getting a satisfactory answer to officially declare war on Serbia on July 7. Archduke Karl was of course not dead, he still wanted to lead the army for revenge. Archduke Karl himself was a fanatical militarist, and annexing Serbia was his long-cherished wish.

In order to protect Serbia's independence, the Rakshasa Empire announced a general mobilization. The Drak Empire asked the Rakshasa Empire to stop the general mobilization but was rejected. So it declared war on the Rakshasa Empire on August 8. The Drak Empire then declared war on the Franconian Republic, and the Osmagali Empire declared war on the Rakshasa Empire.

The Japanese Kingdom in the Far East also took advantage of the troubled waters. In order to expand its influence in the Far East, it took advantage of the fact that the Drake Empire had no time to look east and issued an ultimatum to the Drake Empire, demanding that the German-occupied Port of Chifeng be unconditionally handed over to Japan. However, its request was rejected, so Japan declared war on the Drake Empire again.

The Ottomans then joined the Allied forces, and the First World War in this alien world began!

Influenced by isolationism, the Republic of Yemelica pursues national interests to the extreme, does not want to participate in any country's alliance movement, and wants to stay out of world wars. Of course, this is just wishful thinking of the Yemelica people.

Pursuing national interests. The Republic of Yemelica was a debtor country at the time. After the outbreak of the war, Yemelica used its status as a neutral country to trade between the warring parties, thus turning the debtor country into a creditor country, promoting economic development, and making a little money. Of course, it did not want to join the war group so quickly.

According to the military situation of Yemelica at that time, the army of only 25 was not enough to fill the trenches. The navy was also slightly weak due to the replacement. If Yemelica participated in the war, it would probably suffer heavy losses. In addition, the Onebaroa battlefield was far away from the Republic of Yemelica, making logistical support difficult.

The early top leaders of Yemelica believed that the war on the Onebaroa continent had nothing to do with Yemelica and only wanted to sell their products to other countries and develop domestic light and heavy industries.

Moreover, Yemelica took advantage of the fact that other powers were involved in war to intensify its foreign economic expansion and colonial plunder. It used the opportunities during the war to further plunder the lands of various American countries and Pacific island countries and intensify its economic aggression and infiltration into Xunyang.