After Bulgaria's request for an armistice was sent out, it was immediately received by the governments of various countries.
Among them, Crown Prince Edel, who was operating with the Romanian army, also received the news immediately. Faced with Bulgaria's peace request, he summoned the Army Minister General Courtois in the newly captured city of Norwich.
Lieutenant General Preshan, Chief of the General Staff, and the generals of other armies discussed whether to accept Bulgaria's peace proposal.
In the command post in the city, Edel sat in a superior position and watched the generals on both sides of him, who were surging with stars, begin a heated debate over Bulgaria's peace request.
"I think the Bulgarian army now has no strength to compete with us. Why should we accept their armistice agreement?" Lieutenant General Andrew, commander of the Second Army, stood up and expressed his opinions impassionedly to the crown prince and his colleagues.
"We are fully capable of reaching Sofia and getting Ferdinand I to sign our armistice conditions."
Edel looked at Lieutenant General Andrew and expressed his opinion. In fact, this opinion should represent the thoughts of the general staff headed by Plesan. They all favored Edel and were promoted by the crown prince. Basically
They are relatively lacking in military merit, so they hope to get more credit in this war to make themselves more popular. Therefore, they are unwilling to accept Bulgaria's cease-fire request. After all, where can they find credit after the war has ceased?
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Faced with Lieutenant General Andrew's impassioned speech, the commander of the Third Army, Lieutenant General Salamik, had different opinions.
"I have different views on Lieutenant General Andrew's opinion." He stood up first and expressed his disapproval of the attitude, and then continued to talk about the reasons. "Even if we hit Sofia, our conditions are the limit that Bulgaria can accept.
The benefits are not great for us. Instead, the benefits for other countries are greatly increased. For us, this is a typical example of doing things for others, so I think we can agree to Bulgaria’s request."
After Lieutenant General Salamik finished speaking, the other generals present were talking quietly below. Edel himself also agreed with Lieutenant General Salamik. After all, he was not willing to live in peace after having achieved his goal.
It consumes a lot of Romania's limited funds.
You must know that in the previous battle of Tarnovo, the Romanian military fired 15,000 tons of ammunition. Prime Minister Bratianu was almost angry to death, and the crown prince himself was frightened by the military's consumption.
A big jump. You must know that the Romanian army only consumed more than a thousand tons of ammunition in previous military operations. The cost of fighting a major battle increased tenfold. Romania’s family is not rich and cannot withstand such major battles. Therefore, it is
He was very interested in Lieutenant General Ramick's suggestion.
Seeing that the opinions of his deputy Lieutenant General Andrew were suppressed by Lieutenant General Salamik, and the most important thing was that the Crown Prince also showed enough interest, Pleshan believed that he needed to stand up and express his opinions, otherwise continuing this war would lead to
It's unlikely.
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He gathered his thoughts and coughed softly. Seeing that the Chief of General Staff had something to say, other senior military officials present fell silent.
Plesan was very satisfied with the current atmosphere. He stood up and said, "Your Highness, I think it is not a good time to agree to the Bulgarian armistice agreement."
When Edel heard what the Chief of General Staff said, even though he didn't like it, he was his spokesperson in the army after all, and it was not easy to embarrass him in front of the generals, so he took over what he said and asked, "So what does Lieutenant General Puleshin mean?"
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"We should continue to fight Bulgaria. It is best to completely defeat their military strength. Otherwise, if the conditions are not negotiated well, we will have to fight again."
Faced with the Crown Prince's inquiry, Pulieshan found a pretty good reason. However, it was difficult for the senior military officials below Puliesan to express his position. After all, they all knew that the people behind Puliesan were still sitting on the throne.
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After hearing what Chief of General Staff Presan said, Edel felt in his heart that the people he promoted were a little impatient. This kind of proposal obviously only took into account his own ideas and did not take into account the interests of Romania as a whole. Edel
I secretly decided to water them so that they would not be so impatient.
At this moment, General Courtois, who was the Minister of War, stood up and spoke slowly. "I also have some opinions of my own to say."
Facing the Minister of War, who rarely expressed his position in this war, no one would despise his opinion. Eder also wanted to see the opinion of General Courtois, who was in charge of the army for his father.
Seeing everyone waiting quietly for him, Admiral Courtois made his suggestion. "We should not only consider this war. The post-war relationship with Bulgaria is also one of the key points we need to consider."
After he said this, he sat back in his seat and began to take a nap like an ordinary old man. However, what he said made the military leaders present think secretly. Although General Courtois did not say whether
Keep fighting, but his attitude has been made clear.
It is true that they can continue to fight this time, but Bulgaria is a country that none of the countries participating in the war has the ability to carve up. This is also not allowed by the European powers. If they go too far, it will be difficult to improve the relationship between the two countries. Although Romania is now
Bulgaria is not afraid of its size, but who wants to have multiple countries that are hostile to themselves?
Eder himself was also moved by Admiral Courtois' words. It is impossible to carve up Bulgaria in the war starting next year. After that, Romania will need to face a big red country, and it will inevitably pay less attention to the flanks, so give Bulgaria a little in advance.
Showing kindness is also a good choice.
After thinking of this, Edel had already made his choice. He waved his hand to stop General Plesan who wanted to continue, and spoke out his decision. "After listening to the suggestions of the generals, I fully considered their suggestions.
, finally I decided to accept Bulgaria’s proposal for a truce, and from now on our Romanian army will stop continuing military operations against Bulgaria.”
After finishing his decision, Edel continued to add. "However, our troops cannot withdraw yet. We need to wait until the outcome of the negotiations is announced before retreating. I will lead Chief of the General Staff Preshan to return to Bucharest, and the troops in Bulgaria will temporarily stay in Kurdistan."
Led by Admiral Artois."
After hearing Crown Prince Edel's decision, Pulesan's eyes flashed with a trace of disappointment and he immediately recovered. However, when Edel saw it, he didn't care about Puleshan's thoughts. If he couldn't understand the past few years,
The Chief of General Staff's work was in vain. Instead, he smiled at General Courtois and said, "General Courtois needs to work hard for you."
General Courtois did not expect that Crown Prince Edel would hand over the command of the Romanian army to him, and he quickly stood up and said, "Your Highness, please rest assured, I will be optimistic about the army and will not cause trouble here."
The day after Bulgaria issued an armistice request, Romania responded to Bulgaria's request and expressed its willingness to armistice. At the same time, it sent its own decision to Serbia, Greece and Montenegro. After these three countries saw that the main forces in the war agreed, they only
They all agreed to Bulgaria's armistice proposal.
Enver, the chief of staff who led the Ottoman army to attack, also secretly regretted this. Now they were still 50 kilometers away from Adrianople. However, when all the Balkan countries agreed to an armistice, he could not let the Ottomans go their own way and could only stop.
actions of the Ottoman army.
The Second Balkan War initiated by Bulgaria on July 30 came to a complete halt. This time it ended with Bulgaria's defeat. Now that the smoke has cleared from the battlefield, it is time for diplomats from various countries to compete for the interests of their countries.
PS The steamed buns haven’t recovered from the cold yet, so they’re late again. I hope you don’t blame me.
