Bulgarian Empire

Chapter 24, Anticlimactic

On July 8, 1909, Ferdinand issued the famous "Declaration of Self-Defense" in the Bulgarian Congress, directly labeling the "Anti-Bulgarian League" as an aggressor!

On the same day, Bulgaria submitted letters of war to Greece, Montenegro, and Romania, and the Second Balkan War broke out.

Oh, and at the same time that war was declared, the armies of both sides were already at war. Regardless of the fact that the main force of Bulgaria seems to be in the Asia Minor peninsula, there are still two construction corps in the country, with a total of more than 300,000 people, and they can go directly to the battlefield with weapons.

Although the combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the regular army, it is still not inferior to the anti-guarantee alliance!

Coupled with the hundreds of thousands of regular troops in the country, the 400,000 Bulgarian troops fought against the Anti-Bulgarian League at the beginning of the war, and even gained the upper hand.

Due to the sudden attack, the Anti-Protection Alliance did not have time to complete the full-scale mobilization. Greece sent 80,000 troops, Montenegro 70,000 troops, and Romania 300,000 troops, so they rushed to attack.

The unsuccessful attack immediately cast a shadow of failure on the Anti-Guarantee Alliance. If they can't make a decisive battle and fight for consumption, they will definitely be the first to be unable to support them!

At this time, the one who regretted the most was Nicholas I. Like the first Balkan War, the army of the Kingdom of Montenegro once again stopped at Shkoder.

Nicholas I angrily ordered: "Give me an attack, attack at all costs, today we must take the Shkoder fortress!"

The war has erupted for a week, but the Kingdom of Montenegro, the strongest fighting force in the Anti-Protection Alliance, is still fighting hard under the Shkoder Fortress.

As for getting around here and moving on?

Nicholas I was also a veteran on the battlefield, how could he not have thought of it? But he dare not!

Ferdinand in Albania was entrusted with many military nobles. As soon as the war broke out, they automatically gathered in villages and towns and took up arms to defend their homes and the country.

The vanguard of the Kingdom of Montenegro will experience the vast ocean of the people's war at the beginning of the war, especially the people composed of a group of veterans with weapons!

If Montenegro's army is not steady and steady, once the main force has passed, just wait to be dumped!

Bulgaria has no less than 30,000 retired officers and soldiers registered in the Albania region, most of whom are the family members and descendants of the group of military nobles who were enfeoffed back then.

It can also be regarded as a gathering place for military families. Coupled with the simple training of the reserve forces, Bulgaria has mobilized an army of 80,000 people here in just one week, and it is still expanding.

Although the Kingdom of Montenegro is also mobilizing across the country, in terms of war potential, they are not as good as an Albanian region!

How could Nicholas I not be in a hurry? If it takes another day or two, reinforcements from Bulgaria will arrive. With 10,000 defenders and 80,000 reinforcements coming over, even the Kingdom of Montenegro will send 30,000 reinforcements to him. He has no idea. ah!

If the difference in strength between the two sides is not large, and the Kingdom of Montenegro has fallen into a disadvantage in terms of weapons and equipment, can the Kingdom of Montenegro still win this battle?

As for why he wanted to smash the Albanian region, Nicholas I was also forced to do nothing! The area bordering the Kingdom of Montenegro and Bulgaria, except for Albania, is the only Kosovo area!

As the junction of Bulgaria and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Kosovo area has always been heavily populated. Even if the second Balkan outbreak broke out, the 50,000 Bulgarian defenders still have no signs of mobilization!

In the spirit of persimmons looking for a soft pinch, I didn't expect the military nobles who were entrusted by Ferdinand to be so difficult to deal with!

Oh, there is nothing they can do now, the number of people in the family has increased, and the land will not be enough for the next generation. They are trying to expand the fief, and Nicholas I brought the army to the door.

Compared with the bitterness of Nicholas I, George I didn't feel it at all. There is no doubt that the Greek army on the front line has been defeated, but he is not moved at all, as if this is what he expected!

no way,

What's the use of thinking so much about a king who is about to be completely emptied?

In the middle of the night, he was reading a mysterious telegram. After reading it, George I directly lit the telegram and burned it to ashes.

After reading the secret letter, King George I fell into deep thought and couldn't fall asleep for a long time!

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The performance of the Greek army this time directly made the Greeks lose confidence. The 80,000 Greek army was directly defeated by a Bulgarian garrison division in the Epirus military region!

The activists in Greece collectively lost their voices at this moment and woke up from their dreams!

It's not that the Greeks didn't work hard. The problem is that in the first Balkan War, the Greek army was almost wiped out. In the next ten years, the restricted powers controlled the finances and were unable to rebuild.

Now suddenly it was said that the war broke out, so a group of farmers were recruited and put down their hoes. Before they had time to train, they resisted the robbing and went directly to the battlefield. It is a strange thing to be undefeated!

Well, after the defeat on the front line, the Greek government immediately gave up. They didn't even bother to mobilize the whole country. They lost anyway. Why continue to waste the lives of the boys?

It can only be said that the Greeks had their spines broken in the first Balkan War, and now they no longer have the courage to fight to the death!

Oh, now that the war is here, Ferdinand is a little dumbfounded. He originally expected the Italians to sell their teammates and let the navy come over.

Then withdraw the third front army, outflank the Greeks' retreat, first kill Greece, and then go to find the bad luck of Romania and the Kingdom of Montenegro. As a result, Greece withdrew before it even started!

Well, this time only the Italians can be cheap!

That's right, now that the Bulgarian navy has returned to the Aegean Sea from Libya, it originally wanted to catch the Greeks by surprise, but of course it can't be used now!

But Greece still has to fight, but it can only be put at the end. The third front army in the west still has to mobilize part of it, and now it is completely unnecessary to continue to advance towards the Asia Minor peninsula, since it won't be able to eat it anyway!

Ferdinand thought for a while and said, "Order the third side to shrink the front line, and send five main divisions back home to participate in the self-defense counterattack!"

Although the performance of the Greeks is substandard, the Kingdom of Montenegro and Romania are still behaving normally. The peoples in the Balkans are all fighting peoples. This sentence is absolutely true!

Even the Romanians in the plains were not to be trifled with, and directly launched attacks from many places along the long border between the two countries.

It is mainly the plain area of ​​the lower reaches of the Danube. The two sides are fighting fiercely. If the newly mobilized militias are used on a large scale, the losses in winning this war will be great!

The world war is about to come, and Ferdinand still cherishes the lives of soldiers!

Now that the war has come, everyone knows that the anti-guarantee alliance is about to lose! After all, in the war between a small country and a big country, as long as the first wave does not win, and the opponent reacts later, there is basically no chance!

The failure of the anti-guarantee alliance, now the most worrying is not the Germans, but the Austro-Hungarian Empire!

No way, in the Triple Alliance, only the Austro-Hungarian Empire borders Bulgaria?

No, after the war broke out, Ferdinand never mobilized a single soldier on the border of Bao-Austria, but instead increased the troops on the defense line?

Obviously, this is to prevent the Austro-Hungarian Empire from taking advantage of the fire. Due to the disgraceful role played by the Austro-Hungarian Empire in this incident, it is certain that the diplomatic relations between the two countries will stop here!

Mediation, must mediate immediately!

For the Austro-Hungarian Empire, it is now necessary to find a way to preserve the strength of the "Anti-Protection Alliance", otherwise the Austro-Hungarian Empire will face the military pressure of Russia and Bulgaria alone in the future!

When the Austro-Hungarian Empire moved, the Germans naturally moved, and they planned this war. If they don't intervene, maybe their younger brothers will be finished soon!

After all, no one knew that the Greeks would be so weak, and the militias in Albania were so capable of fighting. The expected military crisis in Bulgaria did not appear.

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Foreign Minister Megev said calmly: "Your Majesty, the three countries of Germany, Italy and Austria have sent a diplomatic note, hoping to mediate this war!"

Ferdinand smiled slightly and said, "So fast? They are too impatient! Where are the five divisions drawn from the Third Front?"

Army Minister Popov immediately replied solemnly: "Just arrived in Razgrad, and the vanguard troops will arrive at the front line tonight."

"Well, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should find a way to delay the time first! If you want to negotiate, you have to defeat the enemy before negotiating, otherwise how can we get what we want?" Ferdinand said lightly

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