When the four countries of Serbia, Romania, Greece, and Montenegro reached a secret treaty, Bulgaria, their target, was not aware of it. In fact, they were prepared for the alliance between Serbia and Greece. As for Montenegro, they could ignore it, but they did not know that Romania had joined.
Affection.
Now Bulgaria is discussing how to resolve the territorial disputes with Serbia and Greece. Among the people, the three parties are now agitated under the influence of nationalism, and they all dislike the other party, especially in Bulgaria. There have been several outbreaks among the people.
This time, there were demonstrations against Serbia and Greece for occupying the territory that Bulgaria should get. In this regard, the government agencies headed by Prime Minister Gaiszov have been overwhelmed by the demonstrations.
The army was also affected by civilian influence. Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov had previously told King Ferdinand I that the army was showing signs of instability, which made Ferdinand I secretly determined to
Serbia and Greece will take back the territories they occupied. If peace cannot solve this problem, then war is within the scope of consideration.
"Your Majesty, Prime Minister, now let me tell you the plan prepared by our army."
Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov stood in front of a map and said to King Ferdinand I in front of him. Behind the kingdom were Prime Minister Gaschov, Foreign Minister Tyrasnoch and other senior government officials.
Ferdinand I said to his Minister of War: "Let's get started, Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov."
After Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov bowed his head slightly to the king, he picked up the command team and began to explain. "What we in Bulgaria need to face now is that Serbia has 210,000 garrison troops in Macedonia. Among them, those who invaded our country
There are 190,000 people in the Bitola and Ohrid regions, and there are about 60,000 troops in the country. Greece has more than 70,000 troops occupying our Salonika region, and there are 60,000 troops in the country.
troops."
After introducing the armies of the two countries, Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov began to talk about the Bulgarian army. "We in Bulgaria have the largest military strength among the three countries, reaching 360,000 troops. Since we currently need to face
The two countries launched an attack, so their total military strength is slightly less than that of Sethi and Greece. After deducting the 30,000 troops needed to defend the Ottomans and the 20,000 troops deployed to defend other areas, we actually only have 310,000 troops."
Facing Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov's explanation, Ferdinand I and Prime Minister Gaishov listened quietly without saying a word.
In fact, in the original history, Bulgaria did not have so many troops. It was all the result of the instigation of the butterfly Edel. At that time, Bulgaria only had 300,000 troops. And after the Balkan War, the Bulgarian army had little ammunition. But now
Thanks to the blood transfusions from Romania and Germany, the reserves of the Bulgarian army are still above the normal line. Bulgaria has 761 artillery pieces and 683 machine guns, which are 167 and 412 higher than in history respectively.
After Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov finished talking about the armies of both sides, he began to explain the plan prepared by the military. "In our plan, since the total military strength of the two countries is higher than that of our country, we are prepared to use surprise attacks.
method."
Hearing that a surprise attack would be an undeclared war, Foreign Minister Dirasnoch couldn't help but interrupt and asked, "Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov, isn't this method too uncivilized?"
The reason why Foreign Minister Dirasnoch said this is because the pattern of war in Europe has always been to start an attack after declaring war on each other. Fighting without declaring war will be despised by others and considered to be uncivilized countries. So during World War II
Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor made the United States so angry.
Faced with the words of Foreign Minister Dirasnoch, Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov explained. "The population of Serbia and Greece is 1.7 times that of ours. If the war goes according to the normal situation, it will be difficult for us to defeat Sechi."
Allied Forces."
After hearing Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov's explanation, Foreign Minister Dirasnoch stopped asking questions.
After seeing that the Foreign Minister did not continue to object, Prime Minister Gaishov said to him. "Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov, please continue."
"The main force we need to deal with this time is the Serbian army. To this end, we have concentrated the First Army, the Third Army, and the Seventh and Fourth Divisions. The total strength is 210,000. We are preparing the First Army to attack Bito
There are 60,000 people in the Serbian Second Army in the area, and our First Army has 80,000 people, which can completely defeat the opponent. The Third Army and the Fourth Division attack the Ohrid area, and Serbia is defending in this area.
The defensive strength of the First Army and the Third Army is 130,000. Since we and they have the same strength here, the main target of our raid is here. The 7th Division passes between the two places, depending on the situation.
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After listening to Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov's explanation, King Ferdinand discovered that this was similar to the previous model of the Bulgarian War. However, both the size of the troops and the weapons and equipment were much better than those of that era.
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However, Ferdinand I still praised, "You did a good job."
Faced with the king's praise, Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov was still a little embarrassed, but he still said truthfully. "Your Majesty, our plan is based on the modifications made during the last war."
Prime Minister Gaishov asked the key question. "So, Your Majesty, when are we going to start?"
Ferdinand I replied, "It depends on when Austria-Hungary is ready."
Previously, Bulgaria and Austria-Hungary discussed attacking Serbia at the same time, but it ended because Germany did not support it. Because Austria-Hungary could not bear the wrath of Russia, in the past few decades, without the help of Germany, Austria-Hungary would have been defeated by Russia.
It was sorted out. So after Germany refused to provide guarantees, Austria-Hungary sent its prime minister to lobby Germany. Now Germany's attitude has become a little hesitant.
After hearing the king's words, Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov said hesitantly. "Your Majesty, but we can't just wait like this. Moreover, the mood of the army is currently high. If it is delayed, I am afraid that the situation will be worse."
Change."
After hearing Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov's words, Ferdinand I also walked back and forth thinking about the gains and losses. All the ministers looked at their king quietly, fearing to disturb him, and the whole room was quiet for a while.
Come down.
In the end, Ferdinand I stopped as if he had made a decision. He looked at the ministers waiting for him to make a decision and said, "We will wait for a week. If there is no news, then let us solve the current problem ourselves."
