Although Churchill's proposal was not approved, Britain and France had decided to satisfy Romania's appetite and reduce their pressure on the Western Front. So three days later, the British and French ambassadors informed Romania of the news.
After receiving the news, Eder summoned Prime Minister Bretianu, Foreign Minister Barnosk, Army Minister General Courtois, Chief of General Staff General Presan and others to the palace.
After summoning all his important ministers, Edel set the tone as soon as he opened his mouth. "Everyone, the Allies have agreed to our conditions for Romania. What we need to focus on now is the secret mobilization of the army in the military and in diplomacy.
We also need to stabilize the Allies and buy us time to mobilize."
Faced with the king's strong tone, the ministers present did not say a word. They are all veterans who know the importance of time to Romania. Moreover, the king's judgment of the situation has always been accurate in the past few years, which is why they have always trusted
its reasons.
After seeing that none of the ministers had any objections, Eder asked by name, "General Pleishan, does your military have any requirements for the Allied Powers?"
Facing Eder's inquiry, Pleshan, as a representative of the army, had a lot of demands, but now he could only pick out the important ones and said, "Your Majesty, we have a lot of demands from the Allied Powers, but the most important one is Greece.
The problem of cooperation between the Allied forces in the region and ours."
Faced with Preshan's words, Edel also admitted it. "This is indeed a question of whether we can open up a situation in the region. Chief of General Staff, please rest assured that I will ask Foreign Minister Barnosk to propose
We demand."
Seeing that Mount Pule still had some unfinished business, Edel, as the king, was moved in his heart and added: "It would be best if your army could send one person to participate in the negotiations, so that when discussing military issues with the Allied Powers, it would be best.
You can help."
After seeing the king say what the army wanted, General Puleshan thanked him. "Thank you for your interest in the army. We will definitely send professionals who understand the army to assist in the negotiations."
Faced with Plesan's actions, Edel knew the whole story. Because Romania declared war on the Allies, the people who were under the greatest pressure were their military. Facing the more than one million battle-hardened Allied troops, the talented people of the General Staff
The staff members are almost burning their heads. Because Romania can be called an elite and has the confidence to withstand the German army and its offensive. It only has 400,000 standing troops, and the militia and reserves can only resist the attack of the Austro-Hungarian army at best. In addition, Romania
The reserves of weapons and ammunition can last up to half a year according to the status of the Western Front, which makes the military very troubled. Therefore, obtaining them from its own allies has also become a consideration for the military.
In fact, this is the reason why the General Staff has the smallest number of people in Bulgaria, but most of them are elite troops. Romania needs the assistance of the Allies too much, whether it is military or material help.
Some people may ask, why can't we produce more? This has a lot to do with Romania's military industry. Before the outbreak of the war, the production capacity of the Bucharest Arsenal, Romania's main military industry enterprise, had reached an annual output of 150,000 guns of various types and four to five hundred artillery pieces.
Door, 400,000 tons of various types of ammunition. However, it is impossible to compare the production capacity of the two camps. You must know that at that time, the annual output of ammunition by the major powers was more than two million tons. Moreover, training soldiers required ammunition, and in addition, they could produce
Weapons and ammunition are in short supply and difficult to purchase during wartime.
After the war, Romania needs to seize the Transylvania region to reduce its defensive pressure, so it will need more ammunition. This is why Romania has stockpiled 1.4 million tons of ammunition, but the General Staff only
The reason why I think I can fight for half a year.
Why is this result? The basis given by the General Staff is the ammunition consumption of Britain and France on the Western Front. The annual ammunition production of Britain and France is more than two million tons, and they can fight no more than three major battles a year. Of course.
In addition to the major battles that concentrated on consuming ammunition, there are usually other consumptions. However, several major battles on the Western Front accounted for most of the British and French ammunition consumption, and Germany, their opponent, was no exception.
Looking at the German battles of World War I, you will find that except for the initial Battle of the Marne (August 30) and the Battle of Tannenberg (August 25), the eastern and western front battles broke out alternately. This is also
Because the German army's material reserves can only maintain high-intensity operations in one direction, it also caused Germany's dispute over the East-West Front. The Romanian military also saw Germany's predicament, so in order to have enough military supplies, it defeated Bulgaria and opened up
Contact with the Allies became a top priority.
After asking the military, Eder turned to the prime minister and asked. "The government needs to be prepared to declare war."
Faced with Edel's words, Prime Minister Bretianu, as the head of the government, had to make a statement. He stood up and said, "The government is already preparing for this and will not delay."
The prime minister's light answer does not mean that the government's work is less. In fact, this work has almost made the hair on the prime minister's head, which is already few, tend to become thinner. The main reason is the Romanian economy and the German-Austrian crisis.
The high degree of agreement, coupled with the large number of German and Austrian capitals in its territory, how to define these capitals after the outbreak of the war was a difficult problem for the government to consider.
According to Romanian government statistics at the beginning of 1917, 27% of Romania's large-scale enterprises had German and Austrian capital, 9% of which were solely owned by them. Among the industries involving German and Austrian capital, grain processing, transportation, machinery
The processing industry is the main target of its investment.
Moreover, according to government surveys, German and Austrian capital investment in Romania reached 124 million pounds, while the total investment of Britain, France, and Russia was less than 40 million pounds. When this report was sent to Eder, he
Only then did I realize that Germany and Austria had done a lot in Romania.
A quarter of the workers depended on the capital of Germany and Austria, which involved Romania too much. If he hadn't known that the Allies would win, Edel would not have dared to declare war on Germany and Austria because it would cause chaos in his own country.
Therefore, disposing of German and Austrian capital in Romania has become a major difficulty for the government. Especially after Romania first stopped, it will continue to obtain technology, equipment and talents from Germany and Austria, so it cannot learn from the United States, Britain, France and other countries to transfer them.
The confiscation of hair has further aggravated the loss of the Prime Minister's hair.
The difficulty of dealing with German and Austrian capital is a headache for the Prime Minister. He also has a headache about how Romania's economy can quickly transform to serve the military after military mobilization.
