Vol 4 Chapter 102: Pitted

Also entangled are the Russians. The German-Austrian coalition forces are constantly expanding their victories in pursuit of victory. Now the daily casualties of the Russian army are tens of thousands.
The line of defense built by the Russian army has collapsed across the board. Although it has not yet reached a thousand miles, it has already been broken.
After the northern Russian front was annihilated, the Germans passed the message of peace talks to the Russians through the neutral country Denmark, and they immediately received the support of the Russian proponents.
In early August 1916, Vasilichkova secretly arrived in St. Petersburg and was received by Nicholas II. Apparently, the attitude of the tsarist government had changed.
In the long-term war, Russia's domestic economy has been severely hit, especially after the news of the defeat at the front line returned to the country, people's anti-war sentiment began to rise, making the tsarist government hope to end the war quickly.
Of course, the mutual suspicion between Britain and Russia is also an important factor. In the view of the Russians, this defeat at the front line was entirely caused by the lack of full support from other Allied members, and it increased the Russians' idea of ​​conducting peace talks alone.
Especially after the defeat on the front line, the Russians proposed to allow Britain and France to launch an offensive on the western front, and the request to contain the German forces was rejected, and the power of the Russian leader and faction began to skyrocket.
The pro-German faction headed by the czar of the German imperial family has gradually gained the upper hand in the government. With the arrival of the German emissaries, after the Russian main battle faction’s representative foreign minister Sazonlov was forced to resign, the Zhuhe faction completely controlled The situation, no one can stop the start of the German-Russian negotiations.
However, the negotiations are negotiations, and the battle is still to be fought. The German-Austrian forces at the front did not show mercy to the Russians because the negotiations started, and they even fought harder to weaken the Russians.
The Russian army was forced to start a strategic retreat, and then Ferdinand’s trouble came. Due to the retreat of the Russians, a loophole appeared in the Romanian defense.
There are only two roads before Bulgaria, either to increase troops to take over the defense line that the Russians gave up, or to abandon the Wallachia Plain that has already been acquired!
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The Palace of Sofia was brightly lit. Since the Russians offered to let Bulgaria take over the northern defense line of Romania, Ferdinand immediately called an emergency military meeting.
Obviously, the Russians are retaliating. Bulgaria did not fully support them before and watched them fight with the German-Austrian forces on the front line!
Of course, there is no way to explain this reason clearly. The Russians still don't want to turn their faces with Bulgaria. At any rate, they still gave three days, just enough for Bulgaria to bring the army to the front.
Ferdinand smiled bitterly and said: "Let’s talk about it. The Russians are now broken. It is estimated that Ukraine will give up more than half of them. In addition to taking over the defenses of northern Romania, we may still do a good job. Take over the defense of Moldova!
Or maybe a strong man breaks his wrist and directly abandons the Wallachia plains that he has already obtained, and withdraws to the country to rely on the perfect fortress bunker for defense! "
He has always pitted the Russians. I didn’t expect that it was his turn to be pitted by the Russians, and there were still unspeakable pits. This time the Russians were "very generous" and declared directly that as long as Bulgaria could hold Romania, They will not participate in Romania's post-war sharing of interests.
This is a naked conspiracy, undoubtedly it is to lure the East into trouble, to induce Bulgaria to go shopping with the German and Austrian forces, to change the situation where the German and Austrian forces caught them!
No way, the Wallachia Plain in Bulgaria now has the food needed by Germany and Austria, as well as the famous Ploiesti oil field. The Germans will definitely not let go.
Well, the oil field Ferdinand doesn't care if you let go. Anyway, the Romanian has bombed the Ploiesti oil field once before, and has not yet recovered the full production capacity. He doesn't care about bombing it again!
After a big deal, we will get oil from the Russians through the Black Sea, but the food will not work. Looking at the current situation, Ukraine will at least fall into the majority. Then how can the Russians be overwhelmed by the time to export food?
Is it asking for help from the British and transporting it back from overseas? As Nyima did, the Bulgarian government estimated that it would not be far from bankruptcy after the war ended. The most important thing is that it is not good, and it must be prepared to go hungry!
Since the war has proceeded, Bulgaria’s food supply has not been problematic. It is based on the premise that the Wallachia Plain was occupied at the beginning of the war. At least the Wallachia Plain cannot be abandoned until the autumn harvest this year!
After harvesting this season’s food, Bulgaria can easily survive until next year. By then, Bulgaria can obtain enough food by reclaiming the Asia Minor Peninsula. Most of the millions of prisoners of war in Bulgaria’s hands have been sent to mine and plant land. Up.
Otherwise, you will have to wait until the grain harvest on the Asia Minor Peninsula in 1917, and Bulgaria's grain reserves will have to consume at least half of it! God knows how long the war will last. Ferdinand can't sleep without enough food reserves?
Prime Minister Constantine said worriedly: "Your Majesty, since the beginning of the war, we have received more than 2.8 million refugees, mainly Romanian refugees caused by the war, including a small number of Slavs who came from Bosnia and Herzegovina. !
But now, due to the defeat of the Russian army, a large number of Russian people have begun to flee, and the number of people entering our country has also increased dramatically!
Therefore, the grain reserves we have made before may be insufficient in the future, so we cannot abandon the Wallachia Plain anyway! "
Ferdinand nodded. Many of the Romanian refugees were deliberately caused by Bulgaria, and the purpose was to force them to emigrate in order to consolidate the local rule.
After confiscating a large number of noble land, Ferdinand decisively adopted mechanized farming. A large number of Romanian farmers went bankrupt after losing their leased land!
In addition to farmers, the few factories in Romania suffered even more. Due to the war and the backward production capacity, most of them were directly abandoned, and workers naturally lost their jobs.
For these people, they are naturally diverted. No matter how they are diverted, they still have to eat. The food consumption in Bulgaria will naturally increase.
The Chief of Staff then added: "Your Majesty, from a strategic security perspective, we cannot abandon Romania, otherwise if the German-Austrian forces choose to continue to attack us, then the flames of war will be on our homeland!
Instead of this, it is better to fight them in Romania. Anyway, as long as you drag them for a few months, the battle will be over when Italy is over or the situation changes on the Western Front! "
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Ferdinand pondered for a moment, then smiled and said: "Yes, now we have to fight this battle with the German-Austrian coalition forces. Since the establishment of the Bulgarian Army, there has never been a world army power against it. Now is the time to test the results, lest people always say that we only pinch the persimmons!"
Compared with a wave of German-Austrian forces, Ferdinand still thinks that being hungry is more terrifying!
A battle with the German-Austrian coalition forces would result in a loss of 800,000 troops. Anyway, most of them will die from cannon fodder; but if you don’t have food, you will be hungry. This is unbearable!
It is easy to decide to fight the German-Austrian coalition forces, and how to fight this battle is another difficult problem. Previously, the General Staff had also formulated an emergency plan, but no one expected that the Russians would abandon Romania!
According to the previous estimation of the staff, the Russians were unable to defend Romania after the defeat, Bulgaria could take advantage of the situation to incorporate their defeated troops, and then rearm them and send them to the front as cannon fodder. Now all this is gone!
Despite being cheated by the Russians, Ferdinand has nothing unacceptable. There is only interest between countries! Everyone, by their own means, was deceived and deserved it, the big deal is to retaliate again next time!
Of course, he did not know that the British were preparing to intercept Italy. Once the Italians announced their withdrawal from the war before the Allied forces occupied Rome, Ferdinand would not be able to laugh.
According to Ferdinand’s plan, if the coalition forces are allowed to occupy Rome and then force the Italians to withdraw from the war, then Bulgaria will be eligible to take the big shot when Italy is divided up after the war. At least a large sum of war reparations is indispensable!
But if the Italian withdrew from the war under the pressure of the British diplomatic means, the treatment of the Italian would be different. Even if there is war indemnity, there will only be two things left!
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