"My Chief of General Staff, you won't come to ask for an increase in war funding, will you?"
As soon as General Pule stepped through the door, he heard Edel's words. This made him slightly stunned, but he immediately reacted and replied: "Your Majesty, if you can get the government to allocate more funds to us, of course I will be very happy."
of pleasure."
When Eder heard what the Chief of General Staff said, he smiled and said: "This is unlikely."
Pleshan thought about Prime Minister Bretianu and the Minister of Finance whom he met on the road, and he understood a little. It was probably the prime minister who had beaten the king away from him, which made the king feel resentful. He also knew some news and heard the intelligence
The department has made a fortune from Russia. With the Prime Minister's character, it would be strange not to make a fortune. There has been some turmoil in the government recently, and the Prime Minister can hardly sleep because of funding issues.
But this is none of his business. He is already busy with the war and has no time to care about government issues. This is the Prime Minister's job.
When Edel heard that the question was not about money, he was relieved and asked: "What is it about this time?"
When asked by the king, Admiral Plösberg replied: "It's about preparing for the Hungarian campaign."
Plesan was a little afraid that Edel would not understand, and continued to explain: "At present, we have driven the Allied troops out of the country, and now the Allies require us to continue to attack the Austro-Hungarian Empire. And this is in line with our needs, so I
Prepared this battle plan."
After finishing speaking, Plesan took out a document from his body and placed it in front of Edel.
Eder also knew what Admiral Plösberg said. The main reason for this was the last wave of offensives carried out by Germany and Austria in order to avoid the failure of the war.
In January of this year (two months earlier than in the original history, this was because the Soviet Union and Germany and Austria signed the peace treaty earlier), Germany was mobilizing elites from the Eastern Front to the Western Front and planned to make the final move.
Due to wave's efforts, Austria-Hungary also launched a new wave of offensive that did not exist in the original time and space.
Among them, the Austro-Hungarian army, under the planning of its emperor Karl I, launched an attack on Italy with a strength of 800,000 troops. It successively captured the Piave River, Udine and other places, and its troops reached Venice.
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In order to protect this important city, the British, French and Italian fleets broke through the mine array deployed by the Austro-Hungarian Navy in the Adriatic Sea at the cost of losing five cruisers and three pre-dreadnoughts. The Austro-Hungarian Navy faced an absolute dominance
The superior Allied fleet did not dare to leave the port to intercept. As for the army, facing the desperate struggle of the Austro-Hungarian army, Britain and France urgently sent eight divisions of reinforcements to Italy. The Italian army also rarely showed a bloody side, concentrating
Most of the country's troops fought against Austria-Hungary here. In the end, faced with the combination of land and sea, Austria-Hungary failed to capture the water city of Venice.
The spring offensive launched by the Germans was planned by Ludendorff in January. Using the infiltration assault tactics that were so brilliant on the Eastern Front, they launched an attack on the defending British troops along the Somme River. Its main purpose was still to capture
Paris, the capital of France, forced it to surrender. Britain and France had actually been prepared for Germany's attack, but they did not expect its use of new tactics. In the three-month spring offensive (shorter than in history), Britain and France
More than 200,000 casualties were incurred as the German army advanced 60 kilometers, finally preventing the German army from achieving its strategic objectives.
Encountering desperate attacks from Germany and Austria one after another, Britain, France and Italy were extremely eager to put pressure on Germany and Austria. On the Western Front, the United States has already sent 300,000 troops to France, and can transport 60,000 people from the country to France every month (due to the British and French
The losses were greater than in history, so the United States accelerated the transportation of troops, which was 10,000 more than in history.).
After negotiations between France and Washington, these American soldiers were directly arranged to the front line to feel the atmosphere of war, and they would also participate in the subsequent counterattack against Germany.
As for Austria-Hungary, due to the heavy casualties of the Italians, they could only find ways to counterattack Austria-Hungary from other directions. As Romania, which has performed very well so far, became their target. Therefore, the Allied Powers regained the strength under Admiral Courtois.
After losing territory, they immediately asked Romania to launch an offensive against Austria-Hungary to contain its power.
The requirements of the Allied Powers were also in line with Romania's next operational goals and Edel's goals. He had no reason to disagree. In his opinion, the least secure territory promised to Romania after the end of World War I was from Transylvania.
The area from the border to the Tisza River.
In the original time and space, perhaps in order to compensate for Romania's heavy defeat by the Allies, or to prepare for the Soviet Union, the Allies assigned Bihel and Timiş in this territory to Romania. In this time and space, Romania's participation in the war was shorter, and the addition of
A lot of war wealth has been made, and more importantly, it is much stronger than in history. It is no longer necessary to replenish strength to prevent Soviet Russia from infiltrating. Therefore, Edel believes that to avoid long nights and dreams, we must be the first in the war.
Take this area.
This will also leave enough room for Romania to operate. Whether it is for a future referendum to cover up the public, or to make things difficult for others on the issue of sharing the spoils, the foundation needs to be laid in advance. Moreover, there are too many Hungarians in the area, so it is not possible to use the war period
Partially removing it will inevitably leave problems or hidden dangers in the future.
In Edel's view, Romania, which gained new territory after the war, will become a multi-ethnic country. In addition to Romanians, there will also be Poles, Ukrainians, Germans, Hungarians, Bulgarians, etc. in the country. Among them, Romania will remain.
The Hungarians will become a hidden danger that is difficult to deal with due to historical reasons.
As for the Poles, Eder plans to negotiate with the future Polish government to return those who are willing to go to Poland to live. I believe that with the Poles' recognition of the establishment of the new country, a large wave of people will live in this country.
The Ukrainians do not have such a good life. This nation, which has been suppressed in its national awakening, will continue to be suppressed. Moreover, Edel has already considered a strategy to divide them. He first mixed sand in the area and destroyed many Romanians.
People will immigrate there. Then the taxes in the area will be raised a lot, and then some Romanian words will be given partial exemptions for learning. This will allow these Ukrainians to consciously develop the habit of learning Romanian.
Moreover, newspapers and broadcasts will greatly increase the use of Romanian language and Latin. As for children, education textbooks must also use the current Romanian Latin, and spoken language must also learn Romanian. In two or three generations, these
People will be assimilated. As for those who can't bear it, they can go to the great Soviet Russia and experience it. They will immediately feel that Edel's kindness has at least not made them starve to death. They will make a rational decision on whether to stick to tradition or choose bread.
This decision was entirely based on Edel's experiences in his previous life, which gave him great inspiration.
As for the possibility of resistance, Edel is not afraid as long as he does not get the support of external powers. Soviet Russia will not even hit itself in the foot. Britain and France also need Romania to ensure that Soviet Russia will not do such stupid things.
As for the Bulgarians, it is not a problem at the moment. The sweetness of the economy has covered those people who are still in Romania. These people are not willing to let them return to Bulgaria, where they are suffering now.
As for the small number of Germans, it is not a problem at all.
As for the fact that many territories are still in the hands of Germany and Austria or their puppet governments, this is not a problem at all. As long as after the defeat of Germany and Austria, the two puppet governments take these territories from their hands and conduct an armed march. Dare to resist
, let them know the power of hundreds of thousands of troops who have been tempered by war. This is Darwinism, the big fish eats the small fish, and the small fish eats the shrimp.
Knowing this, Edel now needs to do his part to defeat Austria-Hungary. He picked up the battle plan for Pleshan and looked at it. It was intended to use the Transylvanian Army as the main body, and then start from Molda.
Army Group Via deployed several additional standing divisions to supplement it.
Moreover, technical units such as several heavy artillery regiments and flying wings will be given to enhance their combat capabilities. Edel also saw that Hoffmann's armored brigade was also sent to the army. It seems that Pljeshan intends to use the flat terrain of Hungary.
Try its power on the plains, I hope these Malza people like it.
In addition, Pleshan will also assign Lieutenant General Freit, who performed well in this war, to General Salamik as his deputy. Its combat plan also aims to capture the territory east of the Tisza River.
It was also the one that Edel was most satisfied with. After reading this combat plan, Edel signed his name and said to General Pulse: "This plan is very good, let's do it this way."
"Okay, Your Majesty."
In this way, Romania's new combat plan was decided during the conversation between the two.
