Chapter 136: Truce negotiations

费 Franz Josef I was in a good mood at the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna!
The performance of the Bulgarian army still surprised him a little, despite knowing that Serbia will definitely lose this war, how could it have ended so soon!
Of course, this is all a minor problem! The point is that Serbia has been miserable, and once again submits to Austria-Hungary!
The decision is back in Vienna again. Franz Josef loves the feeling that everything is under control!
Jeff Ferdinand is very aware of current affairs and knows who is currently the boss in the Balkans and is willing to cooperate with the Austria-Hungary decision on the Serbian issue!
But with the cabinet meeting, his good mood was broken! The reason is that Serbia was beaten too badly. At first, it was estimated that Serbian casualties were no less than 200,000 in this war!
Serbia looks like it's over. Someone inside Austria-Hungary has other ideas for him and annex Serbia!
On the surface, Serbia has suffered heavy losses, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire can easily annex it! In this regard, Bulgaria has indicated its support. In exchange for the territory south of the Moldova River in Serbia, it is reward!
In history, Grand Duke Francis Ferdinand and Chief of General Staff Konrad von Herzendorf, the hawk leader of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, have always advocated the annexation of Serbia! !!
康 Conrad Chief of Staff even declared publicly that the Austro-Hungarian Empire must expand into the Adriatic Sea, the Balkans, the eastern Mediterranean, and parts of North Africa! !!
年底 At the end of 1907, the Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister Elenthal suggested to Konrad that it annexed northeast Serbia, including Belgrade, and hand over other parts of Serbia to Bulgaria.
At the same time, the main faction also proposed to use the "Trinity" to reorganize the Austro-Hungarian Empire, that is, to establish a new kingdom composed of Yugoslavs! First, annex Serbia and Montenegro!
History proves that the "Trinity" is only used to scare the Hungarians. The Austro-Hungarian Empire never really wanted to implement it!
I can't stop the voice of annexing Serbia, it has been high! !! Both the central government and the Hungarian local government have plans to annex Serbia!
年底 At the end of 1894, the internal contradictions of the Austro-Hungarian Empire had not yet intensified, and the main faction had not yet prevailed!
The main faction advocates dividing Serbia along with homeopathy, and there is not much difference on this point! However, on the issue of handling Serbia, the forces of various parties collided fiercely!
Hungarians hope that the Serbian region can be placed under the Kingdom of Hungary. This is unacceptable to Austria; Austria's proposal to establish a province directly has met with strong opposition from the Hungarians!
The two sides are still in dispute. Franz Joseph I hesitated. Is it necessary to intensify the contradictions in the country for the sake of Serbia!
At this time, the shortcomings of the binary empire were fully exposed, and the conflicts of interests of all parties in the country have spread to internal affairs and diplomacy!
Since it is impossible to reach an agreement on the issue of Serbia, there is no way to talk about annexation!
Franz-Joseph I's political skills are not covered. How can a person who can establish an empire by diplomatic means choose to intensify contradictions?
The plan to annex Serbia was put on hold indefinitely!
However, this does not mean that Serbia has passed. In fact, its tragic fate has just begun. There is also a method of in the world called "colonial"!
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年底 At the end of 1894, with the strong intervention of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the two countries ceased fighting!
However, at this time, the south of Serbia's Morava River has been completely occupied, and the vast areas of Leskovac, Kraljevo, Kragujevac, etc., to the north are also occupied by Bulgarians!
The capital Belgrade has also been surrounded. It can be said that two-thirds of Serbian territory is already under Bulgarian rule!
The negotiation place of the two sides was selected in Vienna, but the protagonists of the negotiations were not Bulgaria and Serbia. Serbia had lost all of them and lost all the bargaining chips!
Without the intervention of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Serbia would become history in a maximum of half a month!
This negotiation also attracted the attention of the powers! The British, the French, the Germans, the Italians, and the Russians sent representatives to participate!
At the talks on Lu Ming, Bulgarian representatives are arguing with Serbian representatives, and the major powers have exerted influence!
Secretly another Bulgarian team arrived in Vienna long ago in secret and reached a preliminary agreement in advance!
The gold-yuan offensive adopted by Jeff Ferdinand was still very effective. The Austro-Hungarian nobles did not mind generating income for themselves without prejudice to national interests, group interests, and their own interests!
So the Serbs were betrayed, of course, the Austro-Hungarian Empire ~ EbookFREE.me ~ is still working hard to protect Serbian interests!
The major powers do not care what kind of booty Bulgaria has obtained! Anyway, Serbia is the sphere of influence of the Austro-Hungarian Empire defaulted by all countries. As long as Austria and Hungary do not annex Serbia directly, everyone is essentially indifferent!
Of course, the scene is another matter. The Russian representative clearly supports Bulgaria! This is beyond doubt, even if there is no Bulgarian-Russian alliance, just to add a block to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, St. Petersburg will do the same!
Because of the "French-Russian League", the French give Russia a face, and tend to Bulgaria in attitude!
The Germans undoubtedly chose to agree with the Austro-Hungarian Empire and support Serbia.
The attitude of the British is very complicated. Support Serbia on this issue for a while, and then support Bulgaria on that issue. The typical style is buried with nails!
Italians are responsible for making soy sauce, just attend the audition, the Balkans are still unable to speak!
Mopping is still going on, but Serbs can't stand it! After the siege of Belgrade, all personnel entering and leaving the country were charged a transit tax by the Bulgarian army!
冬天 Now winter has come. Unfortunately, the materials stored in Belgrade have been patronized by the Bulgarian army shells before, and the losses are heavy!
The basic lives of the people are not guaranteed now! Must buy food, coal and other necessities from the outside!
Unfortunately, all the incoming and outgoing materials must be Bulgarian army, a 95% transit tax is levied, and people enter and exit for 50 pounds!
Serbia had to ask for help from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but this time the Bulgarian delegation was resolute and refused to give in!