Romanian Eagle

"This is absolutely not possible, our ammunition is completely insufficient, and you should see that the 80,000 tons of ammunition we provide per month is already the limit."

Negotiations are still going on. The French Minister of the Army, Paul Panreweis, said this, and he completely refused when faced with the Romanian lion's open request for 250,000 tons of ammunition per month. In his words, if Romania's demands were complied with, then the French army would not have to fight.

The one who answered the minister was Major General Dotov, the Romanian military representative, and the major general spoke up. “Minister Panlevé, of course we have a better understanding of the pressure on the Western Front, but we also hope that you can see the plight of our Romania. We are facing the state of being surrounded by allied countries. Except for the Black Sea, we are in every aspect. The enemy. And we have to prevent attacks from the Black Sea, which is too stressful for us, and we don’t have enough ammunition in stock.”

Speaking of this, Major General Dotov made an ambush and continued to talk. "Our Romanian military currently only reserves one million tons of ammunition, which is not enough to fight for three months according to the current intensity of the Western Front."

"But you can't reach the intensity of the Western Front."

Seeing that Major General Dotov had a worse trend, Admiral Pétain, who had already served as the commander-in-chief of the French army, spoke out about the difference. This negotiation was initiated by Pétain, who is now interested in every job that can relieve the pressure on the French army. He saw too many casualties at the Battle of Verdun, and the cost of pulling up a division was calculated in hours. Therefore, after taking over the post of commander-in-chief, Petain showed great enthusiasm for finding reinforcements and letting the British take over the defense of more important areas. At present, his performance seems to be very good. The British army has taken over many important positions. For example, the Somme region has been completely accepted by the British army.

"Yes, Your Excellency. But we can fight for up to five months in the face of three directions."

In the face of Petain's point of difference, Major General Dotov generously admitted it. "But I believe that you didn't let us join the camp just to let Romania defend the front, right?"

In the face of this eloquent Romanian military representative, French Army Minister Paul Panrewei immediately answered. "Of course not. We also hope that the Romanian army can fight bravely and make greater contributions to defeating the evil Deo, but we really can't meet your requirements for ammunition materials."

Major General Dotov asked after thinking. "Then how much material and ammunition can you give?"

After hearing the words of Major General Dotov, Minister Panlev and Admiral Pétain discussed it quietly. "We can only give 100,000 tons of material and ammunition per month at most. If this does not meet your requirements, then you can choose to defend against the attack of the Allies."

Major General Dotov heard the amount of supplies given by the Allies, and said it after thinking for a while. "Then go with that number."

After Romania and the Allies negotiated the aid of military supplies, there was only one last issue left to be resolved, and that was Bulgaria, which lay between the two sides. As a supporter of the military power of the Allies on the southern front, Bulgaria has mobilized no less than one million people. For Bulgaria, which has a population of only five million, it can be regarded as a whole country. Regardless of the combat effectiveness of the mobilized soldiers, the mobilization rate of more than 20% is the highest among the participating countries. However, the domestic situation in Bulgaria, which has mobilized such a force, is not very good. Too many people have joined the army and are not engaged in production. As a result, the crops in Bulgaria have failed year after year in the past two years, and domestic dissatisfaction has intensified.

When it comes to the coordinated operation of Bulgaria, Major General Dotov immediately asked the topic that Romania is most concerned about now.

"According to the proposal of our two sides to work together, our attack on Bulgaria needs your army in Greece to contain it first. I wonder how long you can contain it?"

In the face of Major General Dotov's inquiry, this topic was immediately taken over by Admiral Pétain. "Our army in Greece is no stronger than Bulgaria's. You must know that there are 460,000 Bulgarian troops facing us in Thessaloniki, and there are 250,000 second-line troops in Sere, Zlama and other places behind it. And we There are only 430,000 troops in Greece, and it is completely impossible to fight."

"Your Excellency Petain, those second-line Bulgarian troops are actually completely unconcerned. The weapons they are equipped with are already 30 or 40 years old, and most of the artillery is old-fashioned. There are also many bronze cannons. I don't think you need it at all. Be careful." Major General Dotov said another topic at the same time. "And you have no less troops in Greece than in Bulgaria."

Facing the topic that Major General Dotov suddenly threw up, Admiral Pétain shook his head. "I have calculated accurately, we only have so much of the local army."

In the face of Petain's words, Major General Dotov said, "Your Excellency, you still have an army on Greek soil, and they have been here for two years."

Faced with Dotov's words, Pétain immediately remembered that Romania wanted the Serbian army to join the attack on Thessaloniki. In fact, two years after the retreating army of Serbia was retrained in Greece, this army, which had only 160,000 troops at the time, now has 180,000 people. Britain and France have fought their ideas more than once, but they were all rejected by the Serbs, and they only participated in the battle to restore the country. This gave Britain and France a big headache, and now the mention of Major General Dotov makes Pétain quite excited.

Pétain immediately began to think about the use of this Serbian army. As for the reason for its participation in the war only to restore the country, Pétain ignored it at all. There is nothing more important than reducing the French army. In his view, this is just an excuse. If they were not concerned about Russia's attitude before, they used Britain and France to rectify them with great efforts. These Serbian troops have no excuse to say anything else. Now that the Romanian representative has named 180,000 Serbian troops, then they have no reason to refuse, unless they don't want to get their share after the war.

But Major General Dotov obviously not only surprised Pétain, he also surprised Belfort. "And I think the Anzac in Egypt can actually join the European battlefield, first to defeat Bulgaria, and then to defeat the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which is much more useful than in the Middle East."

The Anzac Corps that Dotoff said was the main force of the British army in Egypt, the army that had taken Jerusalem, was also called the Oceania Corps because most of its soldiers were from Australia and New Zealand. Now that Romania has their idea, this also makes the Foreign Minister Belfort, who has not spoken at the beginning, a little overwhelmed.

Still a little confused, he spoke. "I didn't bring military personnel this time, so I can't answer your question."

Seeing the departure of the British negotiator, the French representatives who have already gained a lot from this negotiation have also left, and it seems that they will also take time to consider the Romanian proposal. All that was left in the room was the Romanian himself.

At this time, Barnosk, the negotiator, stepped forward and patted Major General Dotov on the shoulder. "Major General, your proposal is really good."