Edel sat behind his desk and looked at the telegram in his hand, praising the Serbian army to the captain of the guard in front of him. Faced with the crown prince's question, the captain of guard Kalust nodded in agreement with his speech. Edel continued. "Serbia.
Not even the most capable fighter in the war, I wonder what the results will be like for Bulgaria by then?"
"It should be soon. The military observation group we sent has now followed the Bulgarian army into Ottoman territory."
The captain of the guard still knows some information about the crown prince's problem.
"So you should know soon."
"I think so."
"Tap-tat-tat" a knock on the door rang, interrupting the conversation between the crown prince and the captain of the guard.
"Come in."
Following the crown prince's summons, a guard in a white dress came in, saluted the crown prince and the chief of guard, and said, "Mr. Baslob, the German Ambassador, would like to see you."
Hearing that it was the German ambassador asking for an audience, Edel had already been prepared. Ever since Romania declared war on the Ottomans, he knew that the ambassador would come to him sooner or later, but it took four days before he arrived, so he asked the guard
Saying, "Invite him in."
Captain Calust followed the guard out of the Crown Prince's office very consciously.
After a while, Ambassador Baslob walked into the Crown Prince's office. Ambassador Baslob's life has not been very easy in the past two years, because the Romanian government has shifted from leaning towards Germany to gradually leaning towards neutrality, which has made him suffer.
The German Ministry of Foreign Affairs reprimanded him many times, saying that his diplomatic work in Romania was very poor. If someone in the government had not protected him, he would have been recalled to the country.
After Ambassador Baslob entered the door, he walked to Edel, bowed and saluted, and said, "Good day, Your Highness."
Edel asked knowingly, "I wonder if Mr. Ambassador wants to see me for anything?"
"Your Highness, our German government is very concerned about the current Balkan war. The war has caused many civilian casualties and left more people homeless. I don't know what Romania's position is on this war." Bass.
Ambassador Lorber first stated Germany’s attitude.
His attitude of caring so much about Romania has a lot to do with the interests of the German Ottomans. Now Germany occupies an important position in the Ottomans: it undertook the reorganization of the Ottoman army and obtained the concession to build the Baghdad Railway. So in diplomacy, it is
Choose to support the Ottoman Empire.
In this Balkan War, the European powers all held different positions. Britain and Russia chose to support the Balkan Alliance because of their interests in the Balkans. Russia supported Serbia and Bulgaria, the United Kingdom supported Greece, and France followed Russia and Britain.
Attitude supports the Balkan countries.
Romania's neighbor, Austria-Hungary, now also supports the Ottomans. This is because the strategic location of the Balkans is particularly important to Austria-Hungary. He wants to annex the northeastern part of Serbia and hand over the other areas of Serbia to Bulgaria. It has obtained the support from the Turkish government.
Obtained a concession to build a railway from Uvac to Mitrovica in Kosovo, and a railway to Salonika has been built in Mitrovica, Kosovo. In addition, due to domestic ethnic issues, it chose to support the Ottoman Empire.
Not surprising either.
Italy is more complicated. On the one hand, it has just signed a peace treaty ("Ushi Treaty" 1. Turkey must withdraw all military personnel from Benghazi Province, but in return, Italy will return Rhodes Island and
12 islands close to Turkey. 2. Benghazi province will have a special status, with a regent and judge representing the Caliphate. 3. Before appointing these regents and judges, the Turks will ask the Italian government. 4. The Turkish government will be responsible for the regency and
Judge’s fees), on the other hand, Italy also had its own ideas about the Balkans, so it chose to secretly support the Ottoman Empire.
Facing Ambassador Baslob's question, Eder gave the answer he had prepared long ago. "Mr. Ambassador, we in Romania can only express regret for this war."
Seeing that Ambassador Baslob was still staring at him, Edel continued to talk about his most relevant topic. "Mr. Ambassador, you should know that we only declared war this time because of our alliance. This was a last resort. In fact, our country did not
There is no idea of mobilizing the army. I hope Mr. Ambassador can bring our country's attitude to the German government and let them know that Romania is not actually very interested in this war. We are just fulfilling the basic obligations of an ally. We can combine Romania and the Ottomans
This relationship between empires is called the Cold War.”
After hearing Crown Prince Edel's eloquent speech, Ambassador Baslob secretly breathed a sigh of relief and let go of his heavy burden. Because the task given to him by the German government was to find out the attitude of the Romanian government. If there was a tendency to send troops, let him know
He was able to persuade Romania of its ideas.
When Ambassador Baslob received this telegram, he wanted to put it into the mouth of the person who ordered him. He was just the ambassador to Romania, not the Emperor of Romania. A big event like sending troops was just a small matter for him.
The only thing the ambassador could persuade was that this telegram was sent by the Prime Minister, and he did not dare to express his attitude. He could only come to visit Crown Prince Edel, hoping that Romania had no plans to send troops. It seems that he is lucky now.
"We, the German government, are grateful to Romania for its restraint in this war. This is good news for the people who suffered during the war." Ambassador Baslob also thanked Romania for its restraint and expressed satisfaction.
The article does not have Germany's own requirements, which is hypocritical enough.
For Romania, the country with the strongest size and mobilization power in the Balkan Alliance, Baslob relied on his experience as an ambassador here for several years to deduce that Romania would have no problem mobilizing 600,000 troops. In this Balkan war,
China is already a decisive force. You must know that the several countries that have sent troops now have only mobilized a total of more than 700,000 troops. It can be seen that Romania’s weight among them is not surprising. It is not surprising that the German government wants Ambassador Baslob to be certain.
To dissuade Romania from sending troops.
After Ambassador Baslob got the answer he wanted from Crown Prince Edel, he left after chatting for a few words.
Seeing Ambassador Baslob's departure, Eder breathed a long sigh of relief. He didn't want to have a conflict with Germany yet. Romania's industrialization had not yet taken shape and needed a lot of support from Germany.
Just when Edel was about to take a rest, a guard came in and reported, "Your Highness, Your Majesty the Prime Minister, I would like to see you."
When he heard that it was Prime Minister Bretianu who was asking for an audience, Edel knew what he was asking for, so he cheered up and said, "Please come in, Prime Minister."
After the guard went out to announce the news, Prime Minister Bretianu walked in refreshed. It seems that power is really a life-saving medicine for men. After he walked to the crown prince and saluted, he said, "Your Highness, after passing
According to the calculations of our government's transportation department, through rail transportation, this war will have a limited impact on our Romanian economy in the short term."
After hearing what the Prime Minister said, Edel asked with great interest, "Tell me about the specific situation."
Now Edel is most concerned about economic issues. What he is most concerned about about joining the Balkan Alliance is that the Ottoman Empire closes the Dardanelles Strait to them. In fact, on October 22, the day after Romania declared war on the Ottomans, the Dardanelles
The Seal Strait is closed to Romania. Now their exports can only go through the railways leading to Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria. Fortunately, he asked the government to make a plan in advance to transport exports by rail. Even though the cost is high, it is better than not being able to transport it.
"Your Highness, we now have 876 steam locomotives in Romania, with 23,700 carriages, including 6,700 passenger carriages and 17,000 freight carriages. After deducting the domestic freight and passenger trains we must ensure, we now have 527
A steam locomotive can be used, and 11,000 freight carriages can be allocated for transportation. The average time for our trains to transport foreign goods is about three days. After deducting the round-trip maintenance and repair time of the trains, we can send three trains to foreign countries in one hour.
freight train."
After finishing speaking, the Prime Minister also explained: "The reason for the long round trip time is that most of our exports go to Western and Central Europe, which makes our country's transportation time longer."
After hearing the Prime Minister's detailed description of the current situation of railway transportation, Edel silently calculated in his mind that the shipment volume of 1,800 tons per hour should be able to meet Romania's external exports.
Edel still asked the Prime Minister uncertainly. "Can the current railway capacity guarantee our normal export code?"
After hearing the Crown Prince's concerned inquiry, Prime Minister Bretianu said in a very positive tone. "After our calculations, the railway transportation capacity can meet the export demand." After saying this, the Prime Minister changed his tone.
"However, this kind of full-load operation puts great pressure on the railway. We can only guarantee this state for three months. After three months, comprehensive maintenance of the railway and trains will be required."
After hearing the Prime Minister's remarks, Edel thought of the Spring Festival travel season in his previous life. It seemed that this situation was in outbreak mode. Edel had no good solution and could only say to Prime Minister Bretianu, "Thank you very much, Prime Minister, for what you have done."
I hope to discuss this transportation statistics with the transportation department after the statistics are released, and try to maintain the sustainability of this situation."
"I will."
After Edel discussed with the Prime Minister that railway transportation would ensure the economic operation of Romania, he personally sent him out the door.
Crown Prince Eder, who has returned to his office, can only hope that the Balkan countries can quickly end this war.
In the face of Edel's wishes, Bulgaria, which has the strongest military force in the Balkan Alliance, is now launching an offensive against the Thrace region.
