Romanian Eagle

The genius remembers the address of this site in one second: (apex Chinese), the fastest update! No ads! Edel asked Calusta. "Is the news confirmed?"

The captain of the guard, Carust, spoke uncertainly. "The news was reported by Zagreb's "Sporbrand Daily", which revealed that the Grand Duke will go to Bosmia to observe military exercises in early summer, and will then visit Bosnia and Herzegovina."

Because he was afraid that his arrival would affect the trajectory of history, this year he asked the chief of guards to pay more attention to the news of Austria-Hungary, especially the whereabouts of Archduke Ferdinand, the crown prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Carust didn't know the intention of the crown prince, but he still carried out Edel's orders seriously. Now that there is no definite news in a newspaper, he also reported it to the crown prince in advance.

After hearing Carust's uncertain tone revealing the source of his news, Edel was very sure that it was true. In his previous life, he wondered how Archduke Ferdinand encountered so many assassins in Sarajevo. Now it seems that the news was leaked three months in advance, so it makes sense to encounter an organized assassination. I saw that the management of intelligence by the Austro-Hungarian Empire was also a big omission.

Seeing the contemplative Crown Prince Edel, Carust asked. "Your Highness, shall we continue to follow the developments in Austria-Hungary?"

Edel returned to his senses and spoke to the captain of the guard beside him. "Continue to inquire about Austria-Hungary's intelligence, but be careful not to expose yourself."

After getting a reply from the crown prince, Carrust left the office. Now he has a lot of things to do not only pay attention to the intelligence of Austria-Hungary, but also cooperate with Milok to prepare Russian affairs, and also need to pay attention to domestic developments. Now he is too busy to even go home.

Now the two major Romanian intelligence agencies are the royal intelligence department controlled by Calust and the government intelligence department controlled by Milok. Last year, Edel personally re-divided the scope of their respective jurisdictions for the two, one inside and the other outside, so as to avoid friction between the two due to their spheres of influence. It is only this year that the dynamics of Austria-Hungary are very important to the crown prince, so Calust keeps an eye on the whereabouts of Archduke Ferdinand for himself.

In this regard, Milok also cooperated with Calust at the right time, not only handing over several important chess pieces lurking in Austria-Hungary to him, but also preparing a separate intelligence line for him. Therefore, the relationship between the two major intelligence agencies has gradually eased this year, and the atmosphere is not as tense as before.

After confirming that Archduke Ferdinand will still visit Sarajevo for a death visit, then the historical line is likely to continue along the established track. Now the focus of Eder's attention is to hurry up and make Romania stockpile enough materials.

He knew that the Ottoman Empire later fell to Germany because of the dreadnought. In order not to bring aid to Russia, it would be a great possibility to close the Black Sea Strait in the Ottoman territory to Romania. If Romania had the size of Germany, then the Ottomans would not dare to make such a choice. As for even the military spending of one-tenth of the poorest power Japan, how can they have the confidence to discuss with the allies.

Then, when the road to Romania's sea exit is completely blocked, its land transportation will be used as the main means of transportation. Just open the map of Romania and you can see that there are not many neighboring countries, only Russia, Austria-Hungary, Seville, Bulgaria has four countries, just two alliances and two allied countries, but the direction of Romania's economic exports is Central Europe and Western Europe plus a Southern Europe.

Having to pass through the territory of Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria, it is completely nonsense for the two countries to agree that Romania will export goods to Italy, Britain, France and other countries, so it is impossible. As for Russia and Serbia, they are not traditional markets for Romanian exports. Russia’s grain exports are still competing with Romania in Europe. In addition, Russia’s poor finances can’t buy any goods, so Romania can only export to the allies.

Fortunately, the outbreak of World War I Allied maritime trade will be cut off, and the surrounding countries except the three Nordic countries are all enemies. Moreover, the food, oil and automobiles exported by Romania are the necessities of life and the materials that can be used in the war, so in the early stage, they can only be exported to the allied countries to obtain benefits.

However, since the surrounding countries are in a state of war, Romania, which can export in large quantities, is believed to be able to make good profits.

It’s just that Edel still has a worry, that Romania has gained enough profits in the early stage, and will it become a thorn in the eyes of Britain and France, the defenders of the European order after the war. You must know that after World War I, the British and French libraries can run away. So whether Romania, which has gained a lot of economic benefits, can escape the extortion of the two countries will be a big problem.

And Romania needs Britain and France to ensure that it will gain Transylvania from Austria-Hungary, which will become the key to its rise. Since the current dividing line with Austria-Hungary is divided along the southern line of the Carpathian Mountains, it can be seen from the map that Romania's territory is a large recess when facing Austria-Hungary. From a military point of view, Austria-Hungary's 100,000 troops can see Romania's 200,000 troops. Of course, this is without considering the gap in equipment morale.

It can be said that if it hadn't always maintained a good relationship with Austria-Hungary, Romania would have been under the pressure of national defense, just like the Soviet Union, which had Mongolia in its previous life, fought against its own motherland. Therefore, Eder has always wanted to eliminate this disadvantage. As for the Bessarabia area currently occupied by Russia, I believe that under the threat of its Red Russia, the local people will be very willing to fall into the arms of Romania, a country of its own.

However, this requires a high level of diplomacy, and now only the current Prime Minister Bretianu has this skill. Coupled with the fact that both Britain and France now consider him to be the leader of the Anglo-French faction in Romania, Eder can tolerate this prime minister who keeps making small moves. So don't look at Prime Minister Bretianu as docile as a cat here in Eder. In fact, as long as he leaves the palace, he is a legitimate Prime Minister of Romania, and he is also a strong Prime Minister.

However, he is also very smart and will only argue with Edel on some trivial matters. The crown prince takes into account the prestige of the prime minister, so most of them approve his proposals. This makes him a figure who can be balanced with Crown Prince Eder in the eyes of Britain and France, who is downright pro-German in the eyes of Britain and France. This makes Edel, who is determined to make Romania powerful, dumbfounded. In fact, he should be considered the leader of the German faction.

After receiving the news that Archduke Ferdinand is going to visit Sarajevo as scheduled, Eder can only step up and urge all domestic industries to make preparations, regardless of whether these people understand it or not. Now he can only hope that everything will develop according to the course of history.