In the Balkans, the reputation of the Bulgarian mountain people for their bravery and toughness has always been spread. Since the Byzantine era, Bulgaria has always been an important source of troops.
Since the independence of Bulgaria, the army composed of Bulgarian mountain people has proved itself with outstanding military exploits in several wars, and has also won the reputation of Balkan Prussia.
However, in this battle with the Serbian army around the village of Perk, Bulgaria failed to retain this good reputation.
In this decisive battle, the Serbian army withstood the Bulgarian onslaught. The experienced General Putnik released the reserve team at the last moment, defeating the exhausted Bulgarian army who had already attacked in one fell swoop.
, the defeated Bulgaria stumbled back to Slivnica.
The Serbian army, led by General Putnik, did not give the Bulgarians a chance to breathe, and followed them all the way to capture Slivnica. At this time, the Bulgarian army could only continue to retreat until it was no closer than Sofia.
The town of Nacas, 18 kilometers away, stabilized its position.
In this battle, the Bulgarian army suffered 8,419 killed, 17,628 injured, more than 4,000 missing, and nearly 30,000 losses. The Serbian army also suffered 6,791 killed, 12,579 injured, and 627 missing.
Considering that Bulgaria was the attacker from the beginning, such casualties are enough to demonstrate its combat effectiveness.
Of course, the Serbian army is not weak either. After the last war that ended quickly, the Serbians have been training their army hard over the years. At the same time, they are closely following the emergence of new technologies and studying the style of play that suits them.
In addition to the fact that the Serbian army is not what it used to be, Bulgaria itself is actually responsible for half of the defeat. Because according to the plan, the Bulgarian army needs to defeat the Serbian army first, and then confront the invading Romanian army.
This combat plan is very problematic. It allows the Bulgarian army to walk a tightrope on its own. This also means that its commander, Lieutenant General Savov, has no time to spend with the Serbian army here, so he can only attack first. As a result, the wily Putnik took over.
The general made a calculation and lost the game by just one move.
The defeat in Perk made the situation of the Bulgarians even more difficult. First, the capital Sofia was under the threat of the Serbs, and secondly, the Romanians had just conquered Pleven and were also preparing to cross the Stara Mountains and march towards Sofia.
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In addition, the Greek army that was driven back to Thessaly regrouped and attacked again. At present, the Greek army has approached Salonika. Lieutenant General Kudinchev, who is defending the southern front, reported that he intends to use Salonika.
Delay the enemy and stop the Greek army here.
Obviously, the Greek army put a lot of pressure on the Bulgarian southern commander, otherwise he should not have said the words "delay" or "stop", but should have said "defeat" and "rout".
This is indeed the case. Greece has regrouped this time. In addition to replenishing weapons and ammunition, it has also replenished more than 70,000 mobilization troops, bringing the Greek army to 180,000. The difference in strength is so big that the southern front commander Kudince
Lieutenant General Hu could only defend first. Fortunately, there was Salonika, the largest city in Macedonia, and the Greek army would never consider other targets before it captured it.
Faced with such a difficult situation, Bulgaria is looking for help everywhere in order to break the situation. Bulgaria is trying to contact Austria-Hungary, Russia, Germany and even the Turks. However, the most worthy of Bulgaria's interest is Italy, a former ally and directly bordering it.
kingdom.
"Your Excellency Bondarev, regarding the current war between your country and the three Rohisse countries, our country is currently unable to mediate. You must also know that our country has suffered heavy losses in the Messina earthquake and is interested in mediating disputes in the Balkans.
If you are powerless, your country should look for other countries."
In the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rome, facing the Bulgarian Ambassador Bondarev, Bacona informed the ambassador of Italy's decision.
Faced with Bakona's reply, Bondarev, the Bulgarian ambassador, was not reconciled.
"Our country also sympathizes and understands the earthquake and tsunami disasters suffered by your country. However, the actions of the three Rohisse countries have seriously caused humanitarian disasters in the Balkans. Our country is also very considerate of your country, but we also hope that your country can take this into account."
In the face of the suffering people in the Balkans, I ask your country to mediate, for which our country is willing to pay all costs for these people."
Obviously, Ambassador Bondarev’s words mean that the Bulgarian government is impatient. They can’t wait any longer. The conditions are whatever Italy wants (with limits). And it’s not asking Italy to help Bulgaria. It just needs to
Just stand up and mediate.
To say that the country that is best able to mediate the current Balkan war is none other than Italy. Italy's territory in the Balkans borders Serbia and Greece, and its relationship with Romania is not bad, so if Italy steps forward to mediate,
Definitely the most important among all countries.
This also fully shows that Bulgarians are very discerning and know who is most useful to them at this time.
However, it would be a lie to say that he was not moved by the conditions offered by the Bulgarians, but Bacona knew that for this Balkan War, the king strictly ordered Italy not to participate, no matter how much benefit it gained.
Bacona guessed part of the king's strict order. Although he didn't know why the king seemed too cautious about the interests of the Balkans that were so close, he could carry out the king's order without compromise. If it weren't for this habit, how could he be worth it?
He has been in charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for nearly twenty years. From middle age to old age, he can firmly control the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in his hands, relying on the trust of the king.
"Ambassador Bondarev, I'm sorry, our country really doesn't have the energy to interfere with what's happening in the Balkans. Currently, all our energy is focused on the reconstruction work after the earthquake and tsunami disaster in Messina, so I'm sorry that we can't help.
Sorry."
After leaving these words, Bakona ended the meeting with the Bulgarian ambassador.
Italy's refusal to mediate has made the Bulgarian government a little discouraged. You must know that apart from having the best relationship with Russia, Bulgaria had the best relationship with Italy.
But the current war has kept both countries away from themselves. Needless to say, Russia, I don’t know what kind of drug the Serbians gave Russia to make it side with them in this war.
Shuri'an's relationship with Italy has not been as close as before in the past few years, but how can I put it, it is all because of the damn earthquake, which made him focus all his energy on the country for a period of time, and he no longer cares about affairs other than the Balkans.
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Just when Bulgaria was feeling anxious about this, a piece of bad news came that made the Bulgarians feel cold.
At this critical moment, the Ottomans were unwilling to lose the Thracian territory and also declared war on Bulgaria. After defeating a small number of border guards, their 150,000-strong army attacked Adrianople. At this time, Bulgaria was in the east. There were more than 10,000 people in the new territory of Reis. Apart from maintaining law and order, they could not stop the Ottoman army at all.
At this time, Bulgaria desperately discovered that, except for Italy to the west, Bulgaria was surrounded by enemies everywhere. To use a military term, Bulgaria was besieged from multiple directions, and it was almost impossible to break the situation.
Just as Bulgaria was scratching its head to break the situation, another news came that the Romanian army had breached the transportation hub Vratsa, and Romania could reach Sofia just by following the railway.
At this time, Bulgaria's only chance was to defeat the Serbian army. However, looking at the dense fortifications on the Serbian position, the Bulgarian army also lost confidence after attacking several times.
At this time, there was only one way for the Bulgarians to go. Although they were very unwilling to do so, after some thinking and arguing, Bulgaria finally sent a telegram seeking peace.
