Bulgarian Empire

With the arrival of winter, the German-Austrian Allied Forces ended their offensive on the Eastern Front. After robbing most of Ukraine, the German-Austrian Allied Forces had to stop their eastward advance and set their sights on the Southern Front due to logistical constraints.

Ferdinand made a big move in Romania, how could it be possible to hide it from the Allies? There is a Romanian government-in-exile, so it's not easy to get some information about Romania.

Originally, Falkenhayn planned to turn around and kill the French in one fell swoop on the Western Front after the Eastern Front was over, ending this cruel war.

But Bulgaria continued to send troops to Romania, which attracted the attention of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In just a few months, millions of troops were gathered, and this number continued to increase. Conrad was not stupid and naturally knew that this was directed at them, and immediately asked the Germans for help.

Now the border between Bulgaria and the Austro-Hungarian Empire is very long. Fortunately, the Bosnia-Herzegovina region is dominated by mountains, and it is unlikely that the two sides will break out in a war there. \u00261t;i\u003e\u00261t;/i\u003e

But other areas are in trouble. Like the Belgrade area, Bulgaria's military front has threatened the Hungarian Great Plains, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire had to deploy heavy troops for defense.

Due to the failure of the winter battle in the first half of the year and the fall of Transinnia, the Kingdom of Hungary has now been exposed to Bulgaria's soldiers.

Now Bulgaria has gathered heavy troops in Romania. If the main force of the allies leaves, Bulgaria will attack, and the Kingdom of Hungary will not be able to stop it.

Within a year, after two consecutive wars, the Austro-Hungarian Empire is now exhausted, and now they no longer have the strength to fight Bulgaria alone.

The winter battle at the beginning of the year was a disastrous defeat, directly losing more than 1.5 million troops; then they jointly launched a summer counter-offensive with the Germans. This battle was fought beautifully, but they still paid nearly 800,000 Russian troops. casualties. \u00261t;i\u003e\u00261t;/i\u003e

In the eyes of the Germans, the funny guy in Italy is no longer their ally, and it will be a matter of time before they surrender to the Allied Powers.

The other allies are basically dead, and the only ally left is the Austro-Hungarian Empire. If you don't help, you can't do it! In any case, the Austro-Hungarian Empire cannot be allowed to fall. This is the bottom line of the Germans.

So Falkenhayn had to take this tired army to fight on the southern front. Of course, the war could not be fought in a day or two, and neither side was ready.

At least Falkenhayn would not attack until the Germans had all the logistical materials together, and it was even more impossible for Ferdinand to send troops to the plains to fight the German-Austrian allied forces. He did not forget that this army of millions of lions How much moisture is in it!

If the defense is based on the position, these cannon fodder troops can still be used, no matter how bad they are, they can consume the enemy's troops. If they enter the field state, these hundreds of thousands of cannon fodder troops can only be responsible for killing people. \u00261t;i\u003e\u00261t;/i\u003e

Conrad once again found Falkenhayn, the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Front of the German-Austrian Allied Forces, and urged: "Your Excellency, Commander, when will we attack the Bulgarians?"

Falkenhayn rubbed his forehead. He couldn't remember how many times this was Conrad's urging, but the problem is that the state of the German army on the Eastern Front is not as good as it looks.

The German army is also a person, not a machine, and they also need to rest. They just disabled the Russians. From the outside world, they seem to have a bright future, but in fact, only they know the pain inside.

More than 3 million Russian troops were killed in World War I, and the main force of the Russians was almost finished. They lost their wealth accumulated over more than ten years. Even if they could recover their strength quickly, they would not be able to recover their combat effectiveness.

But did the Germans not lose? How is this possible! At its peak, the German army had a total strength of more than 2.2 million troops on the Eastern Front, but now there are only about 1.1 million troops left. In addition to deploying more than 500,000 troops to reinforce the Western Front,

The German army still permanently lost more than 600,000 troops. \u00261t;i\u003e\u00261t;/i\u003e

Falkenhayn also wants to conquer Romania, which not only has the most scarce oil resources in the Allies, but also the granary of the Wallachia Plain.

But the problem is that the Bulgarian army on the opposite side has more than one million, and the number is still increasing. No matter what the combat effectiveness is, it is enough for them to drink a pot.

In this battle on the Eastern Front, the Russians lost in logistics, but that doesn't mean that the Germans' logistics were so good. If it weren't for the logistical chaos of the Allies in the middle of the war, the Russians might really lose their pants now!

Falkenhayn smiled wryly and said: "Your Excellency, Marshal, you are not ignorant of the current situation. This battle on the Eastern Front has already consumed a lot of our combat supplies, and now we urgently need to replenish them. Your army is similar, right?

Moreover, after several months of continuous combat, the soldiers are already very tired, and they need to rest, which will take time. \u00261t;i\u003e\u00261t;/i\u003e

I think it would be great to be able to attack the Bulgarians years ago! "

Conrad said helplessly: "I know all this, but now the country is constantly urging us to attack on the southern front as soon as possible, and the Bulgarians are ready to move again, and they are likely to attack again in the Belgrade area!

Recently, the Kingdom of Hungary has been very troubled. They are worried about the lost Transinia, and Britain and France are messing with it. Now they have even made a request. If we cannot recover Transinia as soon as possible, they will alone Side out of war! "

It is difficult for people who are not from the Austro-Hungarian Empire to understand the system structure of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. As a dual empire, the Kingdom of Hungary has very large autonomy.

Although the Austro-Hungarian Empire is still in charge of Austria, the Hungarian government may not cooperate. Without the support of the Kingdom of Hungary, the war potential of the Austro-Hungarian Empire would be reduced by one-third. \u00261t;i\u003e\u00261t;/i\u003e

Political pressure naturally evolved into military pressure. As the chief of staff of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Konrad had to find a way to attack as soon as possible to ease the increasingly severe political situation in the country.

Conrad put the situation on the bright side, and Falkenhayn couldn't continue to pretend to be stupid, so he had to agree to start the battle on the southern front in advance.

"Okay then, wait another half a month before we attack the enemy!" Falkenhayn said with a headache

Similarly, due to lack of preparation, the German army could not use its full strength, so this time it is called a battle, it is better to say that it is a political battle to give an explanation to all parties politically!

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After defeating Conrad, Falkenhayn began to worry about the war again. He had no doubt that the Allies could win the battle. \u00261t;i\u003e\u00261t;/i\u003e

But as a commander-in-chief, especially if he is the chief of staff of the German army, it is not only necessary to consider the problem from the tactical level, but also to conduct a more comprehensive and in-depth consideration from the strategic point of view.

First of all, he had to control the casualties of the German army. In the two battles on the Eastern Front in 1916, the German army had lost millions of troops. However, the war on the Western Front lasted for a year and a half. Naturally, the German army lost more than a hundred troops. Ten thousand!

Note that the "loss" here refers to the loss of troops, not casualties! This "loss" refers to the permanent loss of this part of the troops, mainly refers to: soldiers who died, were captured, injured and disabled and lost their combat effectiveness, excluding soldiers who can recover after being injured!

It can be said that the current losses of the German army have far exceeded the same period in history.

Don't look at the Germans' rivalry in tactics. They killed Belgium on the western front, fought against Britain and France at the same time, and disabled the Russians on the eastern front\u00261t;i\u003e\u00261t;/i\u003e

But strategically, the Germans did not achieve a real victory.

Although the Russians on the Eastern Front were defeated, they did not withdraw from the war. When this winter is over, there will still be four to five million gray cattle on the Eastern Front next year. The situation of fighting on the two fronts has not changed.

Not to mention the Western Front, the number of British and French troops has been rising rapidly for more than half a year, regardless of combat effectiveness, but the number is already so large that the Germans feel dangerous.

More than 2.4 million French troops and more than 600,000 British troops, as well as 200,000 Belgian troops, plus more than 1.5 million colonial cannon fodder troops, and the colonial troops are still at the rate of more than 20 divisions per month. degree is growing.

This is why the Germans are eager to fight the British and French. If the British and French armies continue to expand, they may really consume the German army with crowd tactics in the future. \u00261t;i\u003e\u00261t;/i\u003e

Of course, the growth of troops on the Western Front is not unlimited. What restricts them is not human resources, but strategic materials.

In the current war on the Western Front, Britain and France have commanded the colonial troops to counterattack the Germans every day. The purpose is obviously to consume the German troops.

It is acceptable for Britain and France to consume the main force of the German army with cannon fodder, no matter what the exchange ratio is, but not for the Germans.

Since the Battle of the Eastern Front, Britain and France have started this shrinking tactics. In a few months, they still caused more than 200,000 casualties to the German army. Of course, their casualties were even greater, but most of the deaths were cannon fodder. No pressure at all.

Falkenhayn thought more and more, and finally he suddenly found that Germany was in danger! No matter what kind of results he achieves on the southern front, it cannot change Germany's strategic crisis! \u00261t;i\u003e\u00261t;/i\u003e

Fighting kills people. There are still more than 1.8 million Austro-Hungarian troops on the southern line, but only 600,000 to 700,000 troops can really enter the Romanian battlefield, and the rest of the troops must be on the border. Up against Bulgaria and Mao Xiong.

Although the German army now has more than 1.1 million troops, he still has to allocate half of his troops to defend against polar bears. The number of troops that can really be put into the battlefield is less than 600,000.

Even if it is 600,000 German troops and 700,000 Austro-Hungarian troops, can these troops defeat Bulgaria? Won't the enemy increase their troops again?

At least in his opinion, the Balkans are much more important than the Asia Minor peninsula. If it is needed for war, Bulgaria will have no pressure to deploy hundreds of thousands of troops. At least there are hundreds of thousands of reserves in the country that can be used!

And even if the battle is won, what price will the German army have to pay? The Bulgarian army on the opposite side made the tortoise shell bigger, and at a glance it was full of criss-cross trenches. \u00261t;i\u003e\u00261t;/i\u003e

Due to the short time, most of the fortifications built by the Bulgarians are very simple, but they can't stand up to others' defense lines! As long as it is suitable for setting up a line of defense, trenches are basically dug, and it means that relying on the trenches is disgusting to kill the opponent!

And this is exactly the situation Falkenhayn does not want to see. The thickness of the Bulgarian army's defense line is beyond his imagination. It is tens of kilometers away and almost catches up with the Western Front. It is completely a war of attrition. appearance.

In the spirit of being happy alone is worse than being happy with others, Falkenhayn returned his speculation to the German Supreme Command. It boiled down to one point that if Germany wants to win this war, it must first solve the problem of supplies!

Otherwise, like now, it is clear that the sooner the war is launched, the better it is for the German army, but due to waiting for strategic materials, the opportunity to fight was delayed in vain.

If the supply of materials could be opened, the German-Austrian coalition forces would not need to go to Ukraine to grab food, and would have already attacked Romania. \u00261t;i\u003e\u00261t;/i\u003e

You must know that when the Russian army just evacuated, the Bulgarian army in Romania was only about 400,000. At that time, as long as the German and Austrian coalition forces attacked with all their strength, even Ferdinand was a traverser, and there was no way to keep Romania.

Even after the more than 2 million German-Austrian coalition forces conquered Romania at that time, they still had the opportunity to break into the Bulgarian mainland in one go, defeat Bulgaria, and end the long-term confrontation on the southern battlefield.

But now it is different. More than two months have passed, and the Bulgarian army has assembled more than one million people. Even if the Germans can win tactically, they cannot win strategically!

Before the window paper was pierced, all of this was covered up by the German army's triumphant advances and victories; but when the window paper was pierced, the top German army immediately discovered problems.

William II also began to formalize this issue. Although the current situation is dangerous, the German army is still the world's largest army power. Even the second-ranked France and the third-ranked Bulgaria combined are not their opponents. \u00261t;i\u003e\u00261t;/i\u003e

But two fists are hard to beat with four hands. The Allied Powers have four great powers, Britain, France, Russia and Bulgaria; while the Allied Powers have only two German and Austrian powers + Italy, a fake power.

The current military strength rankings of various countries made by the German General Staff:

german boss 1o

France followed by 5

Bulgaria third 3.3

Russian Empire IV 3.1

Austria-Hungary Fifth 3.1

UK sixth 2.8

Italy 1.3

With their huge number of troops, the Russians were originally the second largest military power, but they fell to fourth due to their failure in the Eastern Front battle and heavy losses.

According to the ranking of the Army's strength calculated by the German General Staff, the strength of the Allies and the Allies is roughly equal, and the strength of the Allies is even more concentrated, so they can completely defeat the enemy!

However, the allies were limited by the lack of strategic materials, which restricted the combat effectiveness of the army, and were unable to defeat the opponents one by one. Instead, they were caught in the embarrassing situation of fighting on the third front and being exhausted.

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