Kavala was Bulgaria's most important port on the Thracian Sea. Beyond it lay the Aegean Sea, and it was also one of Bulgaria's centers of the tobacco industry!
On January 3, 1909, Kavala Harbor gathered Bulgaria's senior government officials, envoys from various countries, and journalists who had rushed over upon hearing the news!
"Everyone is here. The ceremony can begin now!" Ferdinand said with a smile.
That was right—today was the sea trial ceremony for Bulgaria's first Dreadnought, the Sofia. At Ferdinand's command, amid the astonished cries of the crowd, the Sofia began its performance!
At this moment, Kresdiev, the British minister to Bulgaria, wore a somewhat unnatural expression. The British Empire had originally intended to use the Dreadnought to leave the nations of Europe in the dust and avert an arms race, but the Dreadnought's advantage had lasted less than two years before being shattered!
And it had been shattered by upstart Bulgaria at that. Of course, he knew the French and the Dutch also deserved credit for this!
But this also meant that the lead the British Empire had forged through the Dreadnought no longer existed! If even Bulgaria possessed the technology to build Dreadnoughts, then the Netherlands and France naturally possessed it as well!
All at once, three more nations had acquired Dreadnought-building technology. Naturally, that leading advantage was no more!
Since those three countries could pull it off, there was no reason Germany, the United States, Italy... could not do the same. At most, they would merely be a little later!
What did it mean to lift a stone only to smash one's own foot?
The British were feeling it now. After news of the Sofia's sea trial arrived, Christmas Eve had lost all its shine for many high-ranking figures in the London government!
No matter