Vol 4 Chapter 26: ,Strategic Transformation

While Ferdinand was hesitant, a bad news interrupted his thoughts. On August 4, 1909, his mother, Princess Clementine, passed away.
The news came suddenly. They had lunch together at noon, but in the evening, a maid came and told him that Princess Clementine had passed away!
Ferdinand felt very abrupt. Princess Clementina's body had always been healthy. Why did people suddenly say that they were gone?
Originally, he thought that after avoiding the death of 1907, Princess Clementine should be able to live for a long time. He did not expect that things are impermanent. After two years, she still died!
Ferdinand was in a very bad mood. Although Princess Clementina was only the mother of the original owner, after more than 20 years of getting along, the two sides also developed a deep relationship. Now that it is gone, it is gone!
Queen Xenia thoughtfully comforted: "Well, dear, cheer up! Mother is walking peacefully, is she still watching us in heaven?"
Ferdinand nodded reluctantly. After crossing, he saw a lot of wind and waves. He would not be defeated by one thing so easily!
The death of Princess Clementina had a great impact on Ferdinand, and he became conservative in his actions.
At this point, the Ottomans should thank Princess Clementina, otherwise the Ottoman Empire may really be over!
In fact, Ferdinand began to implement a conservative strategy, which is exactly what Bulgaria needs now. After eating almost, it should be digested.
After more than 20 years of hard work, Bulgaria is no longer a small country that was poor and white. There is no need to continue walking a tightrope!
When starting a business, you need to dare to work hard, and when you stay in business, you need to be calm and steady. This is also true for a country!
While Ferdinand was busy for the funeral of Princess Clementine, the battle on the front line also changed.
The first to be unlucky was the Kingdom of Montenegro. Even if Nicholas I had a strong talent, there were still a lot of internal contradictions in this kingdom that had just been established for ten years.
After he fully supported the attack on Albania and failed, the internal contradictions that he suppressed strongly began to intensify.
The Kingdom of Montenegro is not without a price to rely on Bulgaria economically. Over the past ten years, the Kingdom of Montenegro has also cultivated a group of pro-guarantees. They are all vested interests in the trade between the two countries and they are also those who do not want this war to break out. !
If Nicholas I can win on the front line, then this contradiction can continue to be suppressed, but the futility of the front line has stimulated domestic dissatisfaction.
Now the domestic situation in the Kingdom of Montenegro is already a gunpowder barrel. As long as there is a little spark, it will explode, and this spark will soon come!
No way, who told Nicholas I to choose Albania this time?
As the base camp of military nobles, everyone here is martial arts. The goal of many people in life is to gain military exploits and become real nobles!
It is also a place known as the combat effectiveness of the militia, comparable to the regular army! Due to the large number of military aristocrats, the atmosphere of admiring martial arts is strong, and everyone has a strong desire to fight, there is no shortage of retired soldiers and retired officers here. It is one of the fastest places in Bulgaria to complete the mobilization!
Now that Ferdinand got the information, how could he not be prepared at all? At least weapons and ammunition have been secretly transported to the front line, so Nicholas I bumped in and faced a war machine that had already been mobilized!
In the first week of the war, the Bulgarian defenders could only defend. In the second week, the two sides began to communicate with each other. By now, the army of the Kingdom of Montenegro led by Nicholas I has fallen into a disadvantage.
The Prime Minister rushed to the front again and persuaded Nicholas I: "Your Majesty, withdraw! While the Bulgarians continue with Romania and the Ottoman Empire, we are withdrawing now and it is still too late to negotiate with Bulgaria, otherwise we will wait until something happens to them. ,We will then……"
Nicholas said with a wry smile: "Oh! I understand what you said, but don't you think it's too late?
We betrayed Bulgaria this time and were also regarded as traitors by the Allies. Now we can only go to the dark with the Allies!
If you betray the Anti-Protection League now, do you think the Allies can tolerate us? If it can't be accommodated, will the Allies accept us? "
Hard to ride a tiger!
Now the Kingdom of Montenegro is in such an embarrassing situation. After all, this time it is to offend Bulgaria miserably. Even the Russian Empire, which has always supported the Kingdom of Montenegro, is now very dissatisfied with them!
Since the outbreak of the Second Balkan War, the St. Petersburg government expelled the ministers of the Kingdom of Montenegro. The two sides severed diplomatic relations and told the Kingdom of Montenegro with actual actions that you have been abandoned!
This also awakened the dream of Nicholas I. It is impossible for the Russians to unconditionally support the Kingdom of Montenegro, at least for now they have chosen Bulgaria!
Nothing else is determined by national interests! The Kingdom of Montenegro cannot bring benefits to the Russian Empire, and Bulgaria is now the most important ally of the Russians in the Balkans!
Whether it is economic, military, or even political, both sides have great common interests!
The Prime Minister continued to persuade: "Your Majesty, but we have already paid a lot of casualties in this war. If we continue and the main losses are exhausted, I am afraid we will have to follow Serbia!"
Hearing Serbia, Nicholas I trembled in his heart, and the kingdom of Montenegro became what it is now, and it has nothing to do with Serbia. If it hadn't been for supporting the Serbian Revolutionary Party, it would not have been targeted by the Austro-Hungarian Empire all these years!
After a while, he calmed down again. Now the Germans will never allow the Austro-Hungarian Empire to annex Montenegro, otherwise, who would dare to be their little brother?
However, Bulgaria may not dare to be afraid. Because of the entanglement with the Allies, the Kingdom of Montenegro has become a traitor to the Allied Powers. As traitors, it is impossible for Britain, France and Russia to give them a head!
Is it possible for the Allied nations to betray the Kingdom of Montenegro? Theoretically, the reason is very simple. The Kingdom of Montenegro is not a member of the Allied Powers, but it has just turned around. Neither Germany nor the Austro-Hungarian Empire regards them as their own!
In this regard, the Kingdom of Montenegro is similar to Greece, and neither is a direct line of the Allied Powers!
If you look at the status of the four countries of Montenegro, the Kingdom of Greece, Romania, and the Ottoman Empire in the hearts of Germans:
Romania is the earliest younger brother of the Germans and the closest;
The Ottoman Empire is the most powerful of the four countries and the most valuable in winning;
Greece is the weakest of the four countries, but its strategic location in the Mediterranean is very important;
And the Kingdom of Montenegro is the most embarrassing existence of the four countries!
Nicholas I didn't have much time to struggle, because the Bulgarian army had already begun a counterattack. There are now 110,000 troops gathered in the Albanian Military District, and the strength of the two sides has been reversed.
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On the other side, Carol I was not easy. After the main force of Bulgaria arrived on the battlefield, the Romanian army was defeated and retreated.
As Romania’s capital, Bucharest, was behind him, King Carol I raised aloft the banner of defending his homeland and promised a lot of conditions to the soldiers, relying on the deaths of the soldiers to pile up, finally stabilized the situation!
But something went wrong in his rear, and the peasant uprising in Brasov broke out again!
Since Carol I came to power, UU reading www. The endless peasant uprisings on uukanshu.com have always been a problem that plagued the Romanian government.
On the one hand, it comes from the serious exploitation of the peasant class by the Romanian government, and more importantly, it is due to the greed of the domestic aristocracy and landlord class!
Parallel to time and space, the peasant uprisings that Carol I suppressed in his life were no less than double digits. Among them, there were two most influential ones, which almost threatened his rule!
Not to mention this plane, because of Ferdinand’s butterfly effect, Romania’s agricultural exports have been hit hard.
The Romanian government, the aristocratic class, the landlord class, and the bourgeoisie have a hard time, and the ruling class has a hard time. The lives of the people at the bottom can be imagined!
In order to maintain their decent living, naturally they can only further increase their exploitation of the peasant class!
It can be seen from the purchase price of wheat:
In 1896, the purchase price of wheat in Romania was 286 lei per ton (about 11.44 pounds);
By 1909, the purchase price of wheat in Romania was 216 lei per ton (approximately £8.64).
More than ten years have passed. Romania’s domestic food prices have fallen by nearly a quarter, but the international food prices have not fallen, but have risen slightly!
Although there are also factors that have contributed to the increase in the cost of Romania’s grain exports due to rising tariffs, the most critical factor is the exploitation of the peasantry by the bourgeoisie!
The problem is that the Romanian government has not taken measures to reduce the burden of the peasant class. Instead, it has continued to adopt the high taxes in the past, which has further intensified social conflicts!
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