Vol 4 Chapter 87: Russian decision

Ferdinand's mood is very good recently, and there are frequent news reports on the front line. The country is still peaceful, and the war has not disturbed the social order in Bulgaria.
The most important thing is that the trouble is gone. Popov made it impossible for the military court to try many people. Most of the Ottomans ran away. It seems that basically everyone is more or less involved in the minority. Persecution and even slaughter.
Although it is military management, everyone wants to leave the hordes of Ottomans to leave. Instead, they ran the charge in front of world opinion.
As for how many people the Ottomans killed, it is difficult to determine. According to preliminary statistics of later generations, the number of Armenians killed by the Ottoman government during the First World War was as high as 150,000.
There is also the recent tragedy in Syria, where millions of Romanians, Greeks, Blacks, and Serbs died under the butcher knife of the Ottoman army.
All these are conclusive evidence, which provided a favorable basis for public opinion to end the Ottoman Empire in Bulgaria. Even if someone later wanted to use the Ottoman as an essay, we would not dare to support it in the open.
This is the second most important thing, which is to accelerate the demise of the Ottoman Empire. Many times it ’s not me, the more I have, the better, especially in the case of insufficient food.
Suddenly there were three or four million more mouths open. Did the Ottoman government have so much material reserves? The answer is clear: no!
The Ottoman Empire had a population of just over 20 million people. It is reasonable to say that their vast land should be very nourishing. Unfortunately, they still stayed in the agricultural productivity of the last century, and it was difficult to fill their stomachs.
Even if the agriculture is backward, you can still buy it! It's a pity that the Ottoman government was so cumbersome that the Sudanese government gave the Turkish Al-Shabaab a mess, hundreds of millions of pounds of foreign debt. Before the outbreak of the World War, the biggest problem of the Ottoman government was debt repayment.
Naturally, there will not be much grain reserves, and now that the grain-producing areas are lost, the days will naturally be even worse.
The Ottoman government has a good life, but Ferdinand doesn't care. He only knows that this will weaken their war potential.
New refugees always need help? Relief requires the consumption of materials, without aid, it will lose the hearts of the people and induce riots. No matter what the Ottoman government does, they must eat this loss!
Moreover, the casualties of the Ottoman Empire ’s light army have passed the one million mark since the start of the war. For a country with a population of more than 20 million, the pressure is already very high.
The most important thing is that among their only more than 20 million people, no more than 15 million are willing to support the Ottoman government!
Ferdinand knows that if a normal country collapses now, the Ottoman Empire can persist to this day. The main thing is to rely on religion and belief. Unfortunately, faith cannot be eaten!
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At this time, the eastern battlefield also changed. With the arrival of the main force in Germany, the Russians gradually fell on the battlefield, and two important figures, Hindenburg and Ludendorff, began to enter the stage of history.
Less than half a month after the end of Russia's winter offensive, the situation began to take a turn for the worse. The Russian army, which had been victorious all the way, was defeated by the German-Austrian joint forces.
The reason is simple. The winter is over, the snow and ice begin to melt in the summer, the roads become muddy, and the Russian army's logistics supplies have serious problems.
Mainly there was a problem with the supply of food, weapons and ammunition. Many of the food, weapons and ammunition that should have arrived are still on the way.
There are even some grains that, due to poor management, have been wet by the rain and have begun to sprout. Of course, sprouts are only a small problem. Anyway, feeding malt to livestock is just as good.
Obviously, the bears understand the principle of getting enough food and clothing by themselves. They already have the tradition of "feeding on the enemy." So far, their frontline army has not collapsed.
The most important thing is weapons and ammunition. A few people only have one rifle, but the tragedy of only one bullet of several rifles has appeared.
Well, this is the pot of English and French, the Russian logistics department can not back it! Due to the rapid expansion of the Russians and the domestic production capacity could not keep up, Britain and France provided them with a batch of weapons and ammunition assistance, including rifles.
Because everyone ’s bullet calibers are different, the Russians ’military production capacity is limited, and they naturally have no ability to add new production lines. The later ammunition consumption can only rely on British and French assistance.
Now the supplies promised by Britain and France have not been delivered on time. Without bullets, these rifles naturally became burning sticks. Not only did they not rob, many machine guns and artillery in the Russian army are now "hungry."
Fortunately, there are not many British and French weapons equipped in the Russian army, the proportion is still less than 20%, and the remaining parts are equipped with Russian-made or protected weapons. Everyone's bullet caliber can be used universally.
Although the ammunition supply is not very sufficient, anyway, there are still supplements. There are still ammunition in one or two battles, otherwise there will be no battle.
In terms of supplies, the Russian army is the worst in the north and the north, the west is the second, and the southwest is the best.
This is determined by geographical location. After Romania is finished, the southwest side can receive military supplies delivered from the Black Sea, or it can get some supplies from Bulgaria.
According to the route of material transportation: Southwest Frontier-West Frontier-North Frontier. Obviously supplies from the Black Sea must pass through the Southwest Frontier's defense zone. Naturally, these materials can be obtained first, while the North Frontier is the last one. .
In terms of numbers, the North Front is the most, the West Front is the second, and the Southwest Front is the least.
This is determined by the strength of the adversary. The northern army faces East Prussia and German Poland, the western army faces the border between Germany and Austria, and the southwest army only needs to face the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Judging from the current form, Ferdinand can judge that the situation that is occurring is very unfavorable to the Russians. The best choice is to shrink the line of defense and move back.
Shorten your own supply line, and at the same time lengthen the enemy's supply line, trade space for time, and wait for the timing to battle the Germans.
According to the Bulgarian General Staff, as long as the Russians' northern and western forces withdrew more than two hundred kilometers, they could keep the line of defense.
After all, the farther east we are, the worse the traffic situation is. In the face of muddy and unbearable roads, the German tank and armored vehicles cannot play a role, and the enemy's advantage in equipment is gone.
Anyway, they only need to hold the Germans for a few months and wait for Britain and France to counterattack on the western front. The more the allies have the advantage, the better it is not to die with the allies. It can also drag the allies.
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Of course Ferdinand, who is good at tortoise shell flow, can understand the Russian thoughts?
If we retreat now, isn't that all the work done? Has the Russian Empire just renounced its name?
In the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, Nicholas II was worrying about the battle on the front line. Of course, he was not worried about the Russian army losing. He was worried about how to defeat the Allies and end the war as soon as possible.
The economic situation in Russia is not very good at present, and many industries affected by the war are in depression. The capitalists took advantage of the looting and forced the workers to work overtime without pay in the name of war, aggravating the war-weariness of the people.
There are still many people who can't stand the oppression and go directly to Bulgaria to be mercenaries. This is very embarrassing. Instead of defending their country, it is amazing to think about helping others fight.
But in the eyes of ordinary people, instead of joining the Tsar's army for free, it is better to be a mercenary, anyway, there are commissions, military rewards, and even land!
Anyway, all of them are fighting the allies, who is not fighting? As for the country? Sorry, this is the country of the Tsar, the noble master, and the capitalists. What does it have to do with them?
Ferdinand has not realized that he has accidentally helped the Russians to share the firepower. After all, as long as there are other options, few people will go to extremes.
Nicholas II asked, "What plans do you have to defeat the Germans and end this war as soon as possible?"
The winter offensive just won has undoubtedly given him confidence. He believes that as long as he is willing to pay casualties, the German cannot be defeated and the German will be consumed.
Within a short period of two months, the soldiers lost by the Russian army have been replenished, and even increased. Now the front line of 5 million troops is proper!
Of course, he didn't know that commanders on the front line wanted to get supplies more than personnel. Obviously, this was suppressed by bureaucrats within the Tsarist government.
"Your Majesty, now we only need to delay the on-site defense and wait for the British and French offensives on the western front, so that the Germans will be exhausted and fight against them!" Vladimir Alexandrovich Sukhlin, Minister of the 6th Army Nove suggested
"Your Majesty, our Ministers of the Six Armies are too conservative. Now that the Austro-Hungarian Empire has been greatly damaged, we should join Bulgaria to continue to fight the Austro-Hungarian Empire. As soon as the Austro-Hungarian Empire collapses, the allies will be finished!" Foreign Minister Sasson Nove objected
The Minister of the 6th Army retorted: "This is impossible ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Bulgaria is still busy with the Asia Minor war and cannot be ended in the short term. Their military strength in Europe is limited, and they are simply not capable of aggressive attacks. !!
We can face the two great powers of Germany and Austria at the same time by ourselves. The defense is okay. It is impossible to succeed in the war of extinction! "
The Minister of Finance objected: "No, Mr. Vladimir Alexandrovich Suhomlinov, you are too conservative, don't forget that the military serves politics!
Now is the weakest time for our allies, we should win and chase, kill the main forces of our allies with one go, so as to lay down our European supremacy! "
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