"The Austro-Hungarian Empire has switched sides!" Newspapers around the world were seized by this news, and many people wondered whether April Fools' Day had come around again!
After the Entente refused Italy's defection, everyone had thought the Entente was determined to beat the Alliance to death this time. After all, there were conflicts of interest between every country.
Since France and Bulgaria could directly wipe out Italy over their conflicting interests in the Mediterranean Sea, could Bulgaria and Russia not divide up the Austro-Hungarian Empire over their interests on the European continent?
Well, the Russians really had thought so, but Ferdinand chose to give up! Bulgaria was not yet ready to contend for hegemony over the European continent, and he had never had much interest in making a wedding dress for someone else!
Besides, Britain, France, and the United States had put in no small amount of effort to make Bulgaria abandon the idea of dividing up the Austro-Hungarian Empire with Russia.
That's right, the Americans had a hand in this too! This showed just how much hatred the Russians had drawn—even the United States government, which had little to do with this war, wanted to find a way to make trouble for them!
Of course, since they had not participated in this world war, the Americans still lacked confidence and had not been able to face their own strength squarely.
Thus, the Americans, who had made a fortune from the world war, directly brought out their greatest specialty: "Dollar Diplomacy." They raised Bulgaria's credit limit and lowered the interest rates, and Ferdinand decisively accepted the olive branch the Americans had extended.
Even the Japanese in the Far East expressed their stance through their Foreign Ministry, vehemently opposing the Russian bear's continued expansion!
Of course, there was no point expecting