Romanian Eagle

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In the face of the Allied countries and Romania taking advantage of your illness to kill you, the Bulgarian government has no good solution at present. They can only ask their allies for help.

In Berlin, German executives gathered to discuss Bulgaria's request for help. As the newly appointed chancellor, Count George Heiglin is presenting his views to the Kaiser and colleagues present.

"We must respond to Bulgaria's request for help, and according to our intelligence in Sofia, Bulgaria is currently planning to withdraw from the war. This is a disastrous result for us. I believe the military does not want to see this happen. ."

Prime Minister Heeglin said that at the end, he also pointed to Hindenburg and Ludendorff who had come back from the front to attend the meeting. The two people who participated in this meeting on behalf of the military, of course, knew how harmful this situation was to the Allies.

And if Bulgaria is withdrawn from the war at this time, it will give the British and French troops who are currently struggling to resist the German offensive planned by Ludendorff on the front line, what a great encouragement. And it will have a greater impact on the attacking German army, which is unacceptable to the military.

For this reason, as the current first person in the military, Hindenburg spoke unpleasantly. "As Chief of the General Staff, of course I know the consequences of the Allies' withdrawal from the war, and we will never ignore it. I have discussed this with First Quartermaster General Ludendorff."

When Hindenburg said this, he signaled to Ludendorff, and the first quartermaster as his partner immediately took Hindenburg's words and continued to speak. "On the way, I and Your Excellency the Chief of the General Staff have already made a military plan. The troops we can immediately deploy are the 48th and 94th divisions in Munich, and the 89th and 153rd divisions in Nuremberg. , as well as the 72nd and 286th divisions refurbished at Stuttgart. Then add the 42nd, 62nd, and 87th divisions that have been transported to Frankfurt to form a temporary new army, Responsible for military reinforcements. In addition to this, we have also asked the Allies to send troops to reinforce Bulgaria, but we have not yet received a response from Vienna and Istanbul.”

After Ludendorff finished speaking, his heart was bleeding. Not to mention the currently refurbished troops, the three divisions that have been transported to Frankfurt, but the troops that were just drawn from the Eastern Front. He also intends to use it as the second echelon of his offensive reinforcements, but for now it can only be used first in the newly formed Bulgarian direction.

In fact, he didn't say a word, that is, if the reinforcements rush past, in case Bulgaria has withdrawn from the war. Then these troops will be joined with the Austro-Hungarian army as a defense against the release of the Allies from Bulgaria. Of course, in addition to this, Marshal Mackensen, who is currently entangled with the Romanians in Bacau, will also receive a telegram from the General Staff. Ludendorff intends to question the outstanding master of mobile warfare why he has been entangled with the Romanians for so long.

After Ludendorff had spoken about the military plan, Heegelin, the prime minister, knew it was time for him to speak out about the government's plan. I saw him walking in front of the crowd and speaking. "Our government has also discussed the assistance to Bulgaria, and plans to allocate some of the materials obtained from the Bushelviks to aid Bulgaria. Among them, the most critical point is food and other living items, we can only allocate 40,000 tons of wheat, and one One thousand tons of meat and one hundred tons of sugar as aid.

In addition, our negotiations with Austria-Hungary and Turkey were not smooth, and Vienna was only willing to give 5,000 tons of food as aid. Istanbul is willing to give 10,000 tons of grain and 800 tons of cotton as aid. According to the negotiation process, we believe that this is also the biggest concession that the two countries can make. "

After listening to the Prime Minister and the military have already negotiated, William II, who has been overridden, can only answer. "Then let's follow this plan."

As the German plan was ready to be implemented, military aid programmes from Austria-Hungary and Turkey were also introduced.

Austria-Hungary prepared to cooperate with Germany's military operations, and formed the last batch of troops from the Eastern Front to form the 15th Army, and together with Germany's newly formed 16th Army to reinforce Bulgaria, reinforced Sofia.

On the Turkish side, General Otto Zanders, the German commander who won the Battle of Dardanelles, led the Turkish Third Army to immediately reinforce the Salonika front line, so that the Bulgarians could withdraw enough troops to deal with the Romanians' attack. .

The reason why Turkey and Bulgaria are so troublesome is that the relationship between the two countries has always been relatively tense. In addition, as the German side mediating it, it also made a lot of efforts. In order to get Turkey to agree to send troops, it also gave a lot of promises, including various weapons and ammunition. The Turkish side also knows the importance, and attaches great importance to Bulgaria, the only ally that can be connected by land, and immediately dispatched the third army to defend Istanbul as a reinforcement.

The reinforcement plans of the Allies could not escape the eyes of the Allies. After learning of the plans of the Allies, Britain and France were also preparing to dispatch troops to defeat the Bulgarian defenders in Thessaloniki in one fell swoop. Among them, the British side will directly turn the bow of the newly formed Australian and New Zealand troops preparing to reinforce the French front to reinforce the Greek side. The French side, which suffered a lot of casualties, also gritted its teeth to pick and choose from the colonial troops drawn from North Africa, and took out three divisions as reinforcements to reinforce Greece.

As for Lieutenant-General Fereit, who was already at war with the Bulgarian army in Pleven, he also received telegrams from home. The two newly formed mobilization divisions are ready to assemble to Varna, which can replace the thirty-ninth division formed by the militia defending here, so that it can reinforce Lieutenant General Freiette.

His Excellency Lieutenant General, who received the telegram, was attracted by Previn, who was about to turn into ruins. The Bulgarian army, which had been resisting its own footsteps for a long time, was about to collapse. In fact, the Bulgarian soldiers were indeed on the verge of collapse after suffering tragic casualties and the failure of reinforcements to arrive.

But Lieutenant General Kudinchev, as its commander, has some skills. He had it loudly preached among the soldiers that resisting the Romanian army was not for others, but to protect one's family from the invaders. Of course, this can only slightly improve the morale of the army. In addition, he also rewarded the soldiers with all the meat, tobacco and alcohol that he had stored in Pleven, and also rewarded those brave soldiers with many treasures.

After both spiritual and material rewards, Bulgarian soldiers were able to continue to fight against Romanian soldiers who possessed superior firepower.

However, these measures could only delay the decrease in the morale of the Bulgarian army, but could not completely resist the gap in firepower and troop capability. Bulgarian soldiers were gradually driven out of their positions in the continuous fierce attacks. And now Fereit is waiting for the only one, the soldiers drove the defenders out of the last position in the city. Located in a block called Varian in the west of the city, this is the last way to protect the defenders in the city, so it is also the most solid point. Now the Romanian army, intending to get the Bulgarian soldiers out of the city, has launched the most violent offensive against it. The Romanians who attacked for this purpose used three 210 heavy artillery direct fire, I believe this will make the defenders feel desperate.

The process does not need to be described. At 4:15 in the afternoon, a report on the capture of Varian was placed in front of Lieutenant General Freiette.

Seeing that some of the staff members in front of him were blushing because of the news of the victory, Lieutenant General Freiit spoke up. "Send a telegram to the country and tell them the good news. In addition, let the 2nd Imperial Guard Division, the 3rd Division and the 6th Division form the leading force immediately, and immediately follow the retreating enemy to launch a harassing offensive. I don't want to fight this kind of offensive and defensive again. battle."

The voice of Lieutenant General Freiit fell, and the staff immediately replied. "Yes, as ordered. I'll give the order right away."

As the order was issued, the three divisions that had just captured Pleven and had no time to rest immediately launched a pursuit. And at home, the news of Previn's victory has everyone cheering, especially at this critical juncture.

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