After receiving support from Germany and Austria, Bulgaria flatly rejected the requests of Serbia and Greece. This made Serbia and Greece very dissatisfied with Bulgaria's actions, and the number of secret talks between the two countries became more and more frequent. For Serbia and Greece
It’s not that Bulgaria doesn’t know everything about his close contacts, he also has his own ideas.
However, among the people, the media of the three countries were more excited than the governments. From the beginning, Serbian newspapers published that Bulgaria, which had gained the most from the Balkan War, should use some territory to compensate Serbia and Greece for their losses in Albania. This made the Balkan countries
A society where nationalism is prevalent has caused an uproar.
The Bulgarian newspaper also refuted politely. This is the reward that Bulgaria should receive, and Bulgaria has sent the most troops and suffered the most casualties. Such accusations are undesirable. Moreover, Serbia also occupies the Bitola and Ohrid regions that should belong to Bulgaria.
, and Greece also occupies the Salonika area, which should be returned to Bulgaria.
The Greek media also followed up and accused Bulgaria of only caring about itself and not caring about its allies. For a while, the three countries were constantly scolding each other, but careful people will find that it was mainly the Serbian and Greek media that pointed at Bulgaria, while the two countries accused each other.
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The governments of the three countries did not care about this, making all countries feel that the Balkan Alliance has fallen apart and now they are starting to fight each other for their own interests.
Soon the scolding war in the newspapers turned sour. Serbia and Greece began to expel Bulgarian teachers, priests and residents from the areas of Macedonia they occupied. The Bulgarians were not less aggressive in their revenge, and in some places even
An armed conflict occurred.
In the Bulgarian palace, Ferdinand I was asking about the cause of the conflict. "What is going on?"
Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov, Minister of Army, told the king's inquiry what happened. It turned out that in the middle of the line of actual control between Serbia and Bulgaria, there was a small village called Haasci. A Bulgarian soldier saw a Serb
They drove away the Bulgarian citizens in the village and stepped forward to stop them. As a result, the two sides started fighting. Then the Serbian and Bulgarian armies arrived. Of course the Bulgarian army was not happy to see its soldiers being beaten and stepped forward to help. The Serbian army saw that its soldiers were being beaten.
After being beaten by the Bulgarian soldiers, he also rushed forward. During the fight, I don’t know who fired the gun, and soldiers from both sides also fired at each other.
The final result was that 14 people were killed and 34 injured in Bulgaria, and 16 people were killed and 41 injured in Serbia. Both sides pointed to each other's fault, which made it impossible for the Serbian and Bulgarian governments to step down. Now both parties
The people of the country are filled with resentment, and everyone blames the other party's fault.
After listening to the words of the Minister of War, Ferdinand I knew that the anger of the people now needs to be vented. If it is not vented on Serbia, it will be vented on himself. Now he can only make military preparations. Thinking of this, he asked Minister of War Mihai
Lieutenant General Ersavov. "How are we prepared now?"
Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov knew what the king meant and informed him of the army's preparations. "Your Majesty, we need to replenish ammunition now. It is best to prepare more Madsen machine guns and cannons for us."
What impressed Bulgaria the most in this war, apart from the cannon, was the Madsen machine gun. This machine gun, with a net weight of 9.07 kilograms, performed better than the Maxim in the mountains of the Balkans. This is because most of the Bulgarian army
When launching an attack, the Maxim heavy machine gun cannot charge together with the infantry, but this Madsen machine gun can follow the infantry charge and can support the infantry at any time.
Now everyone in the army is very fond of this Romanian-aided machine gun, and now Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov hopes to add another batch to the army to improve their attack capabilities.
After hearing the request from the Minister of War, King Ferdinand I said to him, "I will find a solution to your request."
King Ferdinand asked the Minister of War, Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov, to wait here for a moment, and he called a guard. "Call the Prime Minister."
The guard left after receiving the order. Now Bulgaria has to prepare for the next war and it is urgent to strengthen its army. After all, the armies of the two countries are not comparable to those of the Ottomans. He still knows this in his heart.
After a while, Prime Minister Gayschof came to the palace under the leadership of his guards and met Ferdinand I.
"I have met His Majesty."
After Prime Minister Gaishof saluted the king, he continued to ask, "I wonder if your majesty has anything to do with me?"
"The Minister of War, Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov, came to me and wanted to add some machine guns and artillery to the army. I don't know how much budget there is left in the government finances."
Ferdinand I pointed his finger at the Minister of War and stated his purpose straight to the point. Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov smiled at the Prime Minister to express his goodwill.
After hearing the king's request for the army, Prime Minister Gaishov knew everything about the finances. Now Bulgaria's finances can no longer bear the burden, but the needs of the army still need to be met. After thinking about which funds can be used, Prime Minister Gaishov said,
Said. "Your Majesty, we still have a military aid share of 1.2 million leva in Romania that can be used (Romania's 2 million lei military aid), and a German military aid of 5 million marks (about 6.25 million leva). The government also
Being able to squeeze out 3.5 million leva for procurement is the last fund our government has to spend."
After hearing the Prime Minister's report, Ferdinand calculated in his mind that there were almost 11 million leva, which should be enough to meet the basic needs of the army.
After learning about the financial revenue, King Ferdinand asked Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov next to him. "Tell us what your army needs to purchase so that the Prime Minister can be prepared."
Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov thought for a while and said based on the amount mentioned by the Prime Minister. "For the amount of German military assistance, we can purchase 36 75 field guns and 24 75 mountain guns, and we will purchase the remaining share."
Artillery shells. With Romania’s remaining military aid share plus our own financial funds, we can purchase 300 Madsen machine guns and 50 Maxim machine guns. Then for Madsen machine gun ammunition, I estimate that we need to purchase 3 million rounds of Maxim machine guns.
We need to purchase 1.5 million rounds of ammunition. It would be best if they can send it to us after we place the order."
Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov also calculated it based on the consumption on the battlefield. In the Balkan War, the Madsen machine gun was used more and the ammunition consumption was relatively large. Now there is no ammunition in stock. The Maxim machine gun uses
It's less, so there's still a lot of stock.
After hearing Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov's report on the military's needs, Prime Minister Gaschov replied after thinking for a moment. "The purchase is not a big problem. I need to coordinate the time. I have a lot of confidence in Germany. But.
I don’t know about Romania.”
After hearing Prime Minister Gaishov's words, Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov quickly said remedially. "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, this batch of arms is very important to us. It is related to whether we can defeat Serbia."
Seeing that the Minister of War had gone so far as to say what he said, Prime Minister Gaishov could not say anything and could only reply, "Well, I will definitely bring this batch of arms back before the war begins."
After talking about replenishing the army's armaments, Prime Minister Gaschov returned to his office at the Prime Minister's Office on Podel Street. This is a three-story white conjoined building with 43 rooms, including Prime Minister Gaschov's office.
It's in the best room on the third floor.
After returning to the office, Gaishov Prime Minister Jean called Foreign Minister Diras Lodge. "Send a telegram to Germany and Romania. We need to buy arms."
Foreign Minister Diras Lodge asked. "How much do we need to buy?"
Prime Minister Gaishov told Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov about the military's needs and said to him seriously. "The time for this batch of arms must be told to them. The time is very tight. It is best within half a month."
Arrive within.”
Seeing the Prime Minister's face and tone, Foreign Minister Dirasloch knew that this matter was crucial. Combined with the current relationship between Bulgaria and Sechi, he had a clue in his heart. "Prime Minister, please don't worry, I will send a telegram to let you know."
The two countries will deliver the arms we want to purchase as soon as possible."
After hearing what Foreign Minister Tirasloch said, Prime Minister Gaishov said to him, "Go ahead."
Foreign Minister Diras Lodge left the Prime Minister's Office and personally sent telegrams to the German and Romanian governments, reporting Bulgaria's weapons procurement list and specifically reminding them that they needed to be delivered as soon as possible.
Germany gave a quick reply, saying that it could be delivered to Bulgaria in half a month. However, there is no news yet from Romania.
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