Romanian Eagle

After the Battle of Tarnovo, the Bulgarian army retreated directly to Norwich, taking advantage of the three days of desperate resistance of the First Army. Going to rest a little and continue back to Jabranica, which is the only way to Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria.

While Bulgaria was preparing, news of the Romanian army's overwhelming victory at the Battle of Tarnovo spread around the world. In fact, when the Bulgarian army retreated, the outside world already knew the news, but it was not reported how much Bulgaria lost. In fact, this is also what Crown Prince Eder intends to do, just to make the armies of the two countries have scruples, so that Romania can occupy more areas and gain greater benefits. This is also the best reward for "helping" the Romanian army between the two armies of Sehi.

It was not until it could no longer hide it that Romania made public the results of the battle, and at the same time allowed observation groups from various countries to visit the prisoner of war camp. Of course, the two countries are dissatisfied with Romania in their hearts, but in view of their strong combat effectiveness, they can only swallow their dissatisfaction. Who let them secretly make a black hand before, and now they can only hope to break the Bulgarian position Come to give yourself extra points and be in a favorable position in the post-war battle for interests.

Observers from various countries have reported Romania's performance to the country. It must be the first battle after Romania's army was reorganized. Before, it was only superficial understanding. Now the performance on the battlefield is the most critical. After observing the battle, they all raised the rating of the Romanian army in their hearts.

Among them, Colonel Hans von Seeckert, head of the German observation group, wrote in a report to the General Staff. The Romanian army has performed very well in this war. Their command at the battalion and company level is no less than that of the imperial army. However, there is a small gap between the imperial army and the imperial army above the regiment level, mainly due to some gaps in cooperation. , and it is still a lot worse than the imperial army in terms of infantry artillery coordination. But I believe that they will be no different from the imperial army after training like this for a few years. Now the third Romanian division and the two guard divisions have reached our level.

In this report Colonel Seekert compares the Romanian army with the Germans, placing the Romanian army high. He also had the same opinion as Colonel Yerovsky, the head of the Russian observation mission, and General von Kesmann, the representative of the Austrian-Hungarian observation mission. Among them, Colonel Yerovsky believed that Romania's current army is not much different from Russia's, and the three most elite divisions can be compared with the Guards. The representative of Austria-Hungary, General von Kesmann, believed that the Romanian army could compete with the army of the Germans in Austria-Hungary. The remaining representatives of Britain, France and Italy also believed that the Romanian army had broken away from the second-rate European army and could completely compete with the armies of the foreign powers.

After countries sent the performance of the Romanian army back to their home countries, Germany, Austria and Russia paid the most attention to it. Because no matter which side Romania goes to, it can strengthen the opponent's army of hundreds of thousands. It will also increase the population of the other party by 9 million. You must know that except for Russia, the population of other countries is only 30 to 40 million. Moreover, Romania produces grain and oil, among which grain is the foundation of a country. In the post-World War I coup d'etat caused by the lack of clothing and food, it is not difficult to understand why grain is so important. In the face of Europe's second largest grain-producing country, it is no problem to win over all parties.

After Germany received Colonel Seekert's telegram, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Prime Minister Herwig and Chief of General Staff Admiral Moltke discussed the current situation in the Balkans together.

"General Mooch, what do you think of the current Balkan war?"

William II is now more concerned about the situation in the Balkans. On the one hand, it involves Romania and the Ottomans, which have good interests in Germany, and Bulgaria, which is gradually leaning towards him. He had been informed that the Ottomans were preparing to declare war on Bulgaria, thanks to the large group of German advisors in the Ottoman army, so he knew exactly where the Ottomans were.

On the other hand, because Austria-Hungary, its most important ally, has huge local interests,

This is very likely to conflict with Russia, and Germany must pay close attention to local trends.

"Your Majesty, I don't think Bulgaria has any chance of winning now. After the Battle of Tarnovo, there were only 330,000 Bulgarian troops left, and the elite troops suffered heavy losses in this battle. Now they need to face the Balkans. The millions of troops of the five countries, this is an impossible task, and now they need to make peace to reduce their losses."

General Moltke said militarily that Bulgaria's defeat was inevitable. After hearing this, William II nodded in approval of General Mooch's words. Now that the strength is 1 to 3, everyone can see that Bulgaria has failed. The key now is whether to stop the war. Because Germany was in an embarrassing position in this war, on the one hand, it was Bulgaria, which was moving closer to itself, and on the other hand, it was its traditional friendly country, which really embarrassed them.

In the face of the difficult problem between old and new friendly countries, Wilhelm II asked Prime Minister Helvig. "Your Excellency Helvig, what do you think we should say about this."

Chancellor Herwig said after thinking about the Kaiser. "Your Majesty, I think it's best to let Austria-Hungary speak first, and we stand behind them. After all, we can't make any comments about who we support in our position. Let them discuss it for a while and then we will wait and see."

In the face of Prime Minister Helvig's opinion, General Mooch was not too happy. "Your Excellency Prime Minister, according to your suggestion, it is very easy for us to lose understanding from both parties and make things worse."

In the face of General Mooch's questioning, Prime Minister Helvig was not angry and asked instead. "Then what should we do according to General Mooch's suggestion?"

In the face of Prime Minister Herwig asking about the opinion of the chief of the general staff, Mooch, the Kaiser showed great interest, and it seems that he is also more interested.

"Your Majesty, Prime Minister" General Mao Qi first nodded to them, and then directly stated his suggestion. "I think we should choose the winning side, which will reduce the pressure on us in the region. Austria-Hungary will support Bulgaria anyway, we can choose to support Romania and Ottoman, so that we can account for all three countries."

Hearing the words of General Mooch, the Kaiser and the Prime Minister fell into thinking, which is indeed much better than the Prime Minister's previous suggestion. Wilhelm II and said to Prime Minister Herwig after pondering. "Let's do it first according to General Mao Qi's method. If there is a change, we will adjust it."

In the face of William II's words, Prime Minister Herwig saluted and said. "Okay, Your Majesty, I will arrange for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to do this."

When the Kaiser was discussing his embarrassing position in this war, the Russian Tsar Nicholas II was even more embarrassed than him. After he got the news, he also called ministers to discuss Russia's attitude.

Nicholas II asked his ministers. "Should we mediate this war now?"

In the face of the Tsar's question, the military representative, Duke Nicholas Jr., took the lead. "Your Majesty, I think Romania is the most profitable now. Serbia will not be too satisfied with mediation now."

After hearing the words of his uncle, Duke Nicholas the Younger, Nicholas II looked at Prime Minister Kokovtsov, obviously he needed the Prime Minister's opinion.

"Your Majesty, it doesn't matter whether we mediate or not, because Bulgaria is no longer able to withstand the attacks of the Balkan countries. As long as Ferdinand I is not stupid, he will ask for peace within a week at most." Prime Minister Kokovtsov Suggested to Nicholas II. He knew why the tsar would raise such a question, but on the Bulgarian side they can only give up now, after all, Serbia is much more important to them.

Hearing that neither the Prime Minister nor the military wants to mediate, Nicholas II is not forced to reluctantly. After all, he also needs to respect the unanimous opinion of the ministers.

Only the Austro-Hungarian Empire was left to intervene in this war. However, in the face of the second Balkan War, the five countries have as many as one million troops, and they can only stand on the sidelines. After all, he couldn't be desperate for Bulgaria, and there was Russia watching him beside him.

Now the situation in Bulgaria has reached the most dangerous moment. The surrounding neighboring countries have declared war or are preparing to declare war on it. Now it is time for the Bulgarian government to figure out its own way out.

PS: In the past two days, I was in a bad state, and I was unlucky. The computer that was preparing to code was broken until 7:30 in the evening. The two episodes that had been promised were delayed until the early morning of the next day to finish writing a chapter. Now Mantou is a little cold, running nose and sweating. After finishing this chapter, I will go to bed and make up three chapters tomorrow.

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