Bulgaria had reasons it had no choice but to fight; the Ottoman Empire now had its own hardships that left it no choice but to fight as well!
After its defeat in the Balkan Wars, the Ottoman Empire carried out a top-down reform. On the surface, it had succeeded.
Following this reform, the Sultan's government had raised its overall national strength in the short term and established a modern army.
At the same time, nationalism within the country began to flourish. One only had to look at the endless stream of radical groups springing up at home to know that the Ottoman Empire was far from stable internally!
For the Sultan's government, launching a war to redirect internal conflicts was also not a bad option. But now was not the right time. At the very least, before the Ottoman navy had completed its rebuilding, they had no desire to go to war with Bulgaria!
Unfortunately, Ferdinand would not give them that opportunity. After the "Kavala Bombardment Incident," the Sultan's government knew that war would break out ahead of schedule!
That was right. The Sultan's government had mistaken this bombardment incident for the work of domestic radical groups!
They believed that the radicals at home could no longer hold themselves back and desperately wanted to start a war. Even if this matter were resolved, the radicals would continue stirring up trouble!
Unless they could sweep up all the domestic radicals in one net, such incidents would be unavoidable!
Nor could the Sultan's government keep wiping their asses forever. At least this time, the Sultan's government was already unable to cover it up!
As for the astronomical compensation of one hundred million pounds demanded by the Bulgarians, the Sultan's government could never possibly produce it. If they had that spare money, they