Vol 4 Chapter 64: , Sleepless night-declare war

When the Germans issued the ultimatum, European governments became busy, and the destiny time has come!
Bulgaria is no exception. Ferdinand immediately convened an enlarged high-level meeting, and all the military and political circles could come.
Of course, this is not a combat meeting. Ferdinand will not make a combat plan until the war is about to begin, as in the TV series!
The General Staff had a plan ten years ago, but it has been revised and improved, and it is now very detailed.
In fact, this is a regular meeting before the war. The frontline officers who are really responsible for commanding operations have already been on the front line. As long as Ferdinand gives an order, they can immediately launch an attack.
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Ferdinand said calmly: "Prime Minister, you can talk about the stock of supplies first!"
However, from the tone of his voice, he can still judge the tension in his heart, and more than 20 years of painstaking preparations, just to burst out overnight!
The World War is not so easy to fight. It is completely different from Keyboard Man. The power gap between the Allied Powers and the Allied Powers is far less than what people later think. "Winning or losing is 50-50". Human opinion!
In fact, the same is true, at least at the beginning of the war, both sides have equal chances of victory! There is no doubt that the more you delay, the more resource-rich Entente countries will win!
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Constantine replied
"As of now, we have stored 18.47 million tons of grain, of which more than 85 percent is rye, as well as some soybeans, corn, and potato flour.
Reserve tents of 1.2 million; reserve 400,000 tons of various kinds of medicines, including part of ‘plant medicine’ (Chinese medicine); reserve 2 million tons of oil; reserve 5.8 million tons of precious minerals..."
Ferdinand smiled and nodded. In order to save money on the premise of storing as much grain as possible, he ordered all the wheat in the grain reserve to be replaced with cheaper rye.
Anyway, the nutritional value of rye is higher. The staple food of the Bulgarians at that time was rye buns, and white bread was a luxury item that people above the middle class could enjoy, and there was no need to worry that soldiers would have opinions.
In fact, there are still many strategic materials, but the Balkans originally had output enough to meet the needs of the war, so naturally they were not included in the reserve materials.
Ferdinand routinely said: "Chief of General Staff, tell me about the military's preparations!"
He knew everything about the army's preparations and material reserves, but others didn't know it. It was time to give them a reassurance!
"Okay, Your Majesty!" Chief of Staff Imya Dimitev replied
"As of now, we have recovered 700,000 retired officers and soldiers, and formed 60 mercenary divisions at the same time. We have initially formed combat effectiveness. Now our total strength will exceed 2.3 million. The actual situation on the battlefield will determine whether further mobilization is needed!"
Obviously, these troops were trained in advance, otherwise these sixty cannon fodder divisions would not be able to become combat effective in just a few days.
As early as the end of 1913, Ferdinand amended the Military Service Act to allow the military to include foreign workers in reserve training. These troops have actually experienced at least half a year of training. Although they are not as good as the regular army, they are used. It's enough to be cannon fodder!
There is no doubt that the officers are all Bulgarian officers. However, in order to boost morale, they also apply to the Bulgarian regular army’s military merit award system, with a series of benefits such as military pay and casualty pensions.
Of course, these are just the pie drawn by Ferdinand, and those who survived can indeed get all of them after the war; but the unlucky ones who died early are miserable. Their family members are still in the Russian Empire and want to get these pensions. Kim immigrate first!
Well, there are still some idiots who choose to take the ruble as their military salary, and Ferdinand did not interfere. They can only be considered unlucky.
Anyway, in order to save money, only a small amount of cash is issued now, and the rest are directly paid to the soldier’s bank account, and then used to purchase the national debt, but these national debts can also be used as currency, which can be used directly in the bank. Exchange the principal!
This series of dazzling operations really fooled many ordinary people. In essence, the government wanted to use the additional currency to pay them military pay, and worried about the currency devaluation, so it played a routine.
As long as these treasury bonds are not released for circulation in large quantities, it is equivalent to this part of the funds sinking to the bottom of the bank, and there will be no inflation.
The unlucky person who chose the ruble will deal with the ruble in the future, but they are settled according to the interest of the current national debt. On the surface, it does protect the interests of the soldiers, and they get higher interest!
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Compared with the Italians next door to Bulgaria, the Balkans is still rich in resources. Many strategic materials can be produced on their own, and there is not much need to reserve.
But Italy is the worst existence among many European powers, and all material reserves are clouds! Even the most basic coal, steel, and grain all need to be imported. Now that war is about to break out, the Italians' strategic material reserves can only support them for a three-month war.
Of course, this is because European countries generally believe that the duration of this war will be very short, but everyone’s strategic material reserves are basically prepared in one or two years.
Obviously, the Italians are not ready yet, but the current Italian Prime Minister Gioviti is a smart man (many people in later generations think he is a pessimist).
Gioviti has extreme distrust of the Italian army. He believes that the Italian army does not have the ability to protect the homeland. Once it joins this war, it will be disastrous for Italy!
Due to the butterfly effect of Ferdinand, the Allies did not make great efforts to win over the Italians, so now the power of the pro-Allies in Italy is not strong enough. Instead, the pro-Allies have the upper hand.
Therefore, the Italians are having a fierce quarrel at this time, and it is estimated that there will be no results for a while.
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The British continued to play with their diplomatic methods. At the cabinet meeting, everyone still decided to be neutral, but secretly the government was preparing for this war, and even the ministers who were pro-Allied in the cabinet were concealed.
In order to convince the Germans of the neutral attitude of the British, two days ago, George V had a meeting with Prince Henry of Prussia (the younger brother of William II), and made a final effort for peace; the British Foreign Secretary also had a meeting with the German Prime Minister. Urgent consultations are an attempt to eliminate the war.
However, Ferdinand knows that all of this is to cover up, and interests determine that Britain and Germany must have a war. If the Allies win this war, nothing will happen to the British Empire!
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The atmosphere of the Tsarist government in St. Petersburg is much better. Without so many explanations, it is just a single word "fight". It is the dream of generations of Russians to turn the Baltic Sea into an inland sea.
It's just that the countries along the Baltic Sea are not easy to provoke. First, the Danes created the "Kalmar Alliance", and the bears were still weak.
Then the Commonwealth of Poland and Lithuania and Sweden rose again. When they fell, the Germans broke out again. In short, none of them were easy to provoke!
Forcing Teddy Bear to fought in the Black Sea and smashed the Ottoman Empire. Unfortunately, Teddy Bear at its peak was blocked by Britain and France, and suffered heavy losses and was forced to expand the Far East.
The Russo-Japanese War failed again. After looking around for a week, it returned to the original point. The Tsarist government found that it was more reliable to win the Baltic Sea as its maritime strategy. The battle between the two major alliances was their best opportunity!
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The Vienna government is embarrassed now. If it hadn't been tied to the ship, Ferenz-Joseph I would never want to participate in this war. Unlike in history, the military pressure of the Austro-Hungarian Empire is too great.
Facing two big countries at the same time, Austria-Hungary is not a bear, not so thick-skinned, nor is it a German. It is not as capable of fighting as the German army. The old emperor naturally does not want to fight this battle!
It's a pity that they can't help anymore. Russia and Bulgaria are already eyeing them. Even if Austria-Hungary wants neutrality, the Russians will not agree to it. Of course, Ferdinand doesn't mind the neutrality of the Austro-Hungarian Empire!
Needless to say, the rest of the Germans have all been issued the war briefs. Do they still need to doubt their attitude?
As a republic, France is often the position of the government! Is the position of the French people still doubtful? Of course there is revenge. Just look at their president from Lorraine, and you will know the result!
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In the early morning of the next day, the French government publicly rejected the request of the Germans. The French Minister of Foreign Affairs also clamored for the Germans to withdraw from Lorraine and Alsace within 24 hours. UU read www.uukanshu. Com otherwise the French army will take extraordinary measures!
There is no doubt that the war has come. After receiving the reply from the French, William II was furious. The French were provoking!
Is it tolerable or unbearable!
The angry William II immediately ordered a declaration of war against the French. After receiving the German declaration of war, the French ambassador to Germany also took out the prepared war declaration and gave it to the Germans!
At the same time that Germany and France declared war, Ferdinand did something shocking. On the grounds of the Four Nations Agreement, he collectively declared war on the Allies on the same day!
However, to share the pressure, Ferdinand still pulled the Russians to act together. While Bulgaria declared war on the Allies, the Russians also declared war on the Allies at the same time!
Bulgaria and Russia have both acted so positively. The French have no reason to persuade them. Naturally, they also declared war on the Allies collectively following the trend!
Everyone knows that the world war broke out in an all-round way, and the Italians who wanted to be neutral were stunned. They had been declared war before they had done anything!
It is a pity that they have a grievance and can't say it. From the outside world, the Italians are the allies, and the two major alliances are going to war anyway. There is no big deal about declaring war early and declaring war late!
There is no way, no matter how reluctant to declare war, you can't pretend that you don't know anything, right? The Italians still couldn't do such a thing, so they had to bite the bullet and declare war on the three countries of Russia, France and Bulgaria.
The Bulgarian and Russians are nothing more than to behave a bit more positively. This is all a small section. At least the French are still very moved. The money is not in vain. The allies are reliable at the critical moment!
The whole world has set its sights on the British Empire. Is the London government now busy looking for excuses for war?
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