Romanian Eagle

"The Serbs played well in Kumanovo."

Eder sat behind his desk and looked at the telegram in his hand, praising the Serbian army to the captain of the guard in front of him. In the face of the crown prince's question, the captain of the guard Carust nodded in agreement with his speech. Edel continued. "Serbia is not the best player in the war. I don't know how Bulgaria's results will be at that time?"

"It should be soon. The military observation group we sent has now entered the Ottoman territory with the Bulgarian army."

The captain of the guard still knows something about the crown prince's question.

"So it should be known soon."

"I think so."

A knock on the door rang out, interrupting the conversation between the crown prince and the chief guard.

"Come in."

Following the crown prince's summons, a guard in a white dress came in to salute the crown prince and the chief of the bodyguard and said. "The German ambassador, Mr. Baslober, asks to see you."

Hearing that it was the German ambassador asking to meet, Eder was already prepared. Ever since Romania declared war on the Ottomans, he had known that the ambassador would come to him sooner or later, but it had been four days before he arrived, so he said to the guard. "Please come in."

The captain of the guard, Carust, consciously followed the guard out of the crown prince's office.

After a while, the ambassador Baslob walked into the crown prince's office. In the past two years, Ambassador Baslobe has not had a good time, because the Romanian government has gradually turned neutral from Germany, and he has been reprimanded by the German Foreign Office for many times, saying that his diplomatic work in Romania is very bad, It is not that someone in the government protects him, and it is estimated that he will be recalled to the country.

After Ambassador Baslob entered the door, he walked in front of Edel and bowed and said. "Good day, Your Highness."

Edel said it knowingly. "I don't know what the ambassador is looking for me for?"

"His Royal Highness, our German government is very concerned about the current Balkan war. Now the war has caused many civilian casualties, and many more people are homeless. I don't know what position Romania takes in this war." Bass Ambassador Loeb first expressed Germany's attitude.

His attitude of caring so much about Romania has a lot to do with the interests of the German Ottomans. Now Germany has a strong presence in the Ottomans: it undertook the restructuring of the Ottoman army and was given a concession to build the Baghdad railway. Therefore, diplomatically, they chose to support the Ottoman Empire.

In this Balkan war, the European powers all held different positions. Britain and Russia chose to support the Balkan Alliance because of their interests in the Balkans. Russia supported Serbia and Bulgaria, Britain supported Greece, and France followed Russia and Britain. Attitudes support the Balkan countries.

Romania's neighbour Austria-Hungary now also supports the Ottomans. This is because the strategic location of the Balkans is particularly important for Austria-Hungary. He wanted to annex northeastern Serbia and give the rest of Serbia to Bulgaria. It has obtained a concession from the Turkish government to build the railway from Uvac to Kosovo Mitrovica, where the railway to Thessaloniki has been built, plus the national issues in the country So it is not surprising to choose to support the Ottoman Empire.

Italy is more complicated, on the one hand he has just fought with the Ottomans before signing the peace treaty (Treaty of Uchi 1. Turkey must withdraw all military personnel from Benghazi province, but in return Italy will return Rhodes and 12 islands close to Turkey. 2. Benghazi province will have a special status with a regent and judges to represent the caliphate. 3. Before appointing these regents and judges, the Turks will ask the Italian government. 4. The Turkish government will be in charge of the regents and judges Judge's fees), on the other hand, Italy also had its own ideas about the Balkans, so he chose to secretly support the Ottoman Empire.

Faced with the question from Ambassador Baslob, Eder said the answer he had prepared for a long time. "Mr. Ambassador, we in Romania can only express regret for this war."

Seeing that Ambassador Baslob was still staring at him, Edel continued to talk about his most relevant topics. "Mr. Ambassador, you should know that this declaration of war is only because of the alliance. This is a last resort. In fact, our country has no idea of ​​mobilizing the army. I hope Mr. Ambassador can bring our country's attitude to the German government and let them know Romania. In fact, there is not much interest in this war, we are just fulfilling the basic obligations of an allied country, and we can call the relationship between Romania and the Ottoman Empire the Cold War."

After hearing Crown Prince Eder's speech, Ambassador Baslob secretly relieved and put down the burden in his heart. Because the task given to him by the German government is to find out the attitude of the Romanian government, if there is a tendency to send troops, so that he can persuade Romania's ideas.

At that time, when Ambassador Baslob received the telegram, he wanted to put this telegram into the mouth of the person who gave him the order. He is only the ambassador to Romania, not the Romanian Supreme Emperor, and such a big event as sending troops is something he can persuade as a small ambassador. It's just that this telegram was sent by the Prime Minister, and he didn't dare to express his attitude. He could only come to visit Crown Prince Eder, hoping that Romania had no plans to send troops. Now it seems that he is lucky.

"Our German government is grateful for Romania's restraint in this war. This is good news for the people who suffered in the war." Ambassador Baslob also said thanking Romania for its restraint. The article does not have Germany's own requirements, which is hypocritical enough.

As for Romania, the country with the strongest volume and mobilization power in the Balkan League, Baslob still relies on his experience as an ambassador here for several years, and can infer that Romania has no problem mobilizing 600,000 troops. In this Balkan war China is already a decisive force. It must be known that only a total of more than 700,000 troops have been drawn from the several countries that have sent troops. It can be seen that Romania plays a role in it. It is not surprising that the German government asked Ambassador Baslob to dissuade Romania from sending troops.

Ambassador Baslob left after a few chats after Crown Prince Eder got the answer he wanted.

Seeing the departure of Ambassador Baslob, Edel breathed a long sigh of relief. Now he doesn't want to have a conflict with Germany. Romania's industrialization has not yet taken shape, and it needs a lot of support from Germany.

Just when Edel was going to take a break, a guard came in to report. "His Royal Highness, Your Excellency the Prime Minister, please see me."

As soon as he heard that it was Prime Minister Bretianu asking to see him, Edel knew what he was looking for, so he cheered up and ordered. "Please come in the Prime Minister."

After the guard went out to pass the news, Prime Minister Bretianu walked in refreshed. It seems that power is really a life-saving medicine for men. After he walked to the crown prince and saluted, he said. "His Royal Highness, according to the calculation of our government's transportation department, through railway transportation, this war will have limited impact on our Romanian economy in a short period of time."

After hearing the Prime Minister's words, Edel asked with interest. "Tell me about the specific situation."

Now Eder is most concerned about economic issues. What he cares most about joining the Balkan Alliance is that the Ottoman Empire closed the Dardanelles to them. In fact, on October 22, the day after Romania declared war on the Ottomans, Dardanelles The strait is closed to Romania. Now their export is only via the railway to Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria. Fortunately, he made the government plan ahead to transport exports by rail, which is better than not being able to transport it despite the high cost.

"His Royal Highness, now we in Romania have 876 steam locomotives with 23,700 carriages, including 6,700 passenger carriages and 17,000 freight carriages. After deducting the domestic freight and passenger trains that we must guarantee, we now have 527 1 steam locomotive can be used, and 11,000 freight cars can be attached for transportation. The average time for our trains to transport foreign goods is about three days. After deducting the round-trip maintenance and repair time of the train, we can send three trains to foreign countries in one hour. freight train."

Mr. Prime Minister also explained after he finished speaking. "The round-trip time is longer because most of our exports go to Western and Central Europe, which makes our country's transportation time longer."

After hearing the Prime Minister's detailed description of the current situation of railway transportation, Eder silently calculated in his heart. The shipment volume of 1,800 tons per hour should be able to satisfy Romania's foreign exports.

Edel was still unsure about asking the Prime Minister. "Can the current railway capacity guarantee our normal export yards?"

After hearing the question of the crown prince's concern, Prime Minister Bretianu said in a very positive tone. "After our calculation, the railway capacity can meet the export demand." After saying this, the Prime Minister said in a different tone. "However, this full-load operation puts a lot of pressure on the railway. We can only guarantee this state for three months. After three months, the railway and trains need to be fully maintained."

After hearing the Prime Minister's remarks, Eder thought of the Spring Festival travel in his previous life, which seemed to be an outbreak mode. Edel also had no good solution, and could only speak to Prime Minister Bretianu. "I am very grateful to the Prime Minister for this transportation statistics. I hope that I can discuss it with the transportation department after I come down and try to keep this state as continuous as possible."

"I will."

After Eder and the Prime Minister talked about rail transport to keep Romania's economy going, he personally sent him out of the house.

Back in the office, Crown Prince Eder can only count on the Balkan countries to finish the war quickly.

Facing Edel's wishes, Bulgaria, the most powerful in the Balkan Alliance, is now launching an offensive against the Thrace region.

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