Bulgarian Empire

When the Germans issued an ultimatum, the governments of various European countries became busy, and the moment of fate has come!

Bulgaria was no exception. Ferdinand immediately convened an enlarged high-level meeting, and everyone from the military and political circles came.

Of course, this is not a battle meeting, Ferdinand will not be like in TV dramas where the brain is not ready to make a battle plan until the war is about to start!

The staff department had a plan as early as more than ten years ago, but it has been revised and improved, and it is now very detailed.

In fact, this was just a routine meeting before the battle. The frontline officers who were actually in charge of commanding the battle had already gone to the front line. As long as Ferdinand gave an order, they could launch an attack immediately.

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Ferdinand said calmly: "Prime Minister, please tell us about the material reserves first!"

However, from the tone of his voice, one can still judge the tension in his heart. The painstaking preparation of more than 20 years is just for the eruption today!

The world war is not so easy to fight. Participating in person is completely different from keyboard man. The power gap between the Allies and the Entente is far from as huge as people imagined in later generations. Human opinion!

This is also true in fact, at least at the beginning of the war, both sides have equal chances of winning! There is no doubt that the further the delay, the greater the chances of winning for the resource-rich Allied Powers!

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Constantine replied

"So far, we have stockpiled 18.47 million tons of grain, of which more than 85% are rye, as well as some soybeans, corn, and potato flour.

Reserve 1.2 million tents; reserve 400,000 tons of various medicines, including some "plant medicine" (Chinese medicine); reserve 2 million tons of oil; reserve 5.8 million tons of precious minerals..."

Ferdinand nodded with a smile. In order to save money while storing as much grain as possible, he ordered to replace all the wheat in the grain reserve with cheaper rye.

Anyway, rye has higher nutritional value. The staple food of the Bulgarians at that time was rye bread, and white bread was a luxury that people above the middle class could enjoy, so there was no need to worry about the soldiers’ opinions.

In fact, there are still many strategic materials, but the Balkans already have output, enough to meet the needs of the war, so naturally they are not included in the reserve materials.

Ferdinand said routinely: "Chief of the General Staff, tell us about the military's preparations!"

He is clear about the army's preparations and material reserves, but other people don't know it. Now is the time to give them a reassurance!

"Yes, Your Majesty!" replied Chief of the General Staff Imya Dimitev

"As of now, we have recovered 700,000 retired officers and soldiers, and formed 60 mercenary divisions at the same time, which have initially formed combat effectiveness. Now our total strength will exceed 2.3 million. The actual situation on the battlefield will determine whether further mobilization is necessary!"

Obviously, these troops have been trained in advance, otherwise the sixty cannon fodder divisions would not be able to become combat power in just a few days.

As early as the end of 1913, Ferdinand revised the Military Service Act to allow the military to incorporate foreign labor into the reserve training. These troops have actually undergone at least half a year of training. Although they are not as good as the regular army, they are used It is enough to be cannon fodder!

There can be no doubt that the officers were all Bulgarian officers. However, in order to boost morale, they also apply to the military merit reward system of the Bulgarian regular army, and have a series of welfare benefits such as military pay and casualty pensions.

Of course, these are just big cakes painted by Ferdinand, and those who survived can get them after the war; but the unlucky ones who died early will be miserable. Their families are still in the Russian Empire, and they want to get these pensions Kim immigrates first!

Well, there are still some idiots who choose to use rubles as military pay, and Ferdinand didn't interfere, so they can only be considered unlucky.

Anyway, to save money,

The current military pay is only a small amount of cash, and the rest is directly transferred to the soldiers' bank accounts, and then used to buy national bonds, but these national bonds can also be used as currency, and the principal can be exchanged directly in the bank!

This series of dazzling operations has indeed fooled many ordinary people. In essence, the government wants to use the newly issued currency to pay them military salaries, but it is worried that the currency will depreciate, so it played a routine.

As long as these national debts are not circulated in large quantities, it means that this part of the funds will sink to the bottom in the bank, and naturally there will be no inflation.

The unlucky ones who chose the ruble will deal with the ruble in the future, but they will be settled according to the interest of the current national debt. On the surface, it does protect the interests of the soldiers, and they get a higher interest rate!

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Compared with the Italians next door to Bulgaria, the Balkan Peninsula is still rich in resources. Many strategic materials can be produced by themselves, and not many need to be stored.

But Italy is the worst existence among the many powers in Europe, and any material reserves are just clouds! Even the most basic coal, steel, and food all need to be imported. Now that the war is about to break out, the Italians' strategic material reserves can only support them for three months of war.

Of course, this is because European countries generally believe that the duration of this war will be very short, but everyone's strategic material reserves are basically prepared according to one or two years.

Obviously the Italians were not ready yet, but Giolitti, the current Prime Minister of Italy, is a smart man (and many people in later generations think he is a pessimist).

Giolitti has extreme distrust of the Italian army. He believes that the Italian army has no ability to protect the mainland. Once it joins this war, it will be disastrous for Italy!

Due to Ferdinand's butterfly effect, the Allies did not make great efforts to win over the Italians, so now the pro-Allies in Italy are not strong enough, but those who are pro-Allies have the upper hand.

Therefore, the Italians are arguing fiercely at this moment, and it is estimated that they will not be able to come up with a result for a while.

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The British continued to play their diplomacy. At the cabinet meeting, everyone unanimously decided to be neutral, but the government was secretly preparing for the war. Even the ministers who were pro-Allied in the cabinet were concealed.

In order to convince the Germans of the neutral attitude of the British, George V held talks with Prince Henry of Prussia (the younger brother of William II) two days ago, making a final effort for peace; the British Foreign Secretary also had a meeting with the German Prime Minister Urgent consultations in an attempt to eliminate the war.

However, Ferdinand knew that all of this was just a cover-up. Interests determined that there must be a war between Britain and Germany. If the Allies won the war, there would be nothing wrong with the British Empire!

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The tsarist government in St. Petersburg had a much better atmosphere. There were not so many explanations, just one word "fight". Turning the Baltic Sea into an inland sea has been the dream of generations of Russians.

It's just that the countries along the Baltic Sea are not easy to mess with. First, the Danes came up with the "Kalmar Alliance", and Mao Xiong was still a weak chicken.

Then the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Sweden rose again, and when they fell, the Germans broke out again. In short, none of them are easy to mess with!

The Mao Xiong was forced to move to the Black Sea to smash the Ottoman Empire. Unfortunately, the Mao Xiong at its peak was blocked by Britain and France, and suffered heavy losses and was forced to go to expand the Far East.

The Russo-Japanese War failed again. After looking around for a week, they returned to the original point. The Tsarist government found that the maritime strategy was more reliable to win the Baltic Sea, and the war between the two alliances was their best opportunity!

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The Vienna government is now in an embarrassment. If it hadn't been tied to the ship, Ferrantz Joseph I would definitely not want to participate in this war. Unlike history, the military pressure of the Austro-Hungarian Empire is too great now.

Facing two big countries at the same time, Austria-Hungary is not a bear, not so thick-skinned; nor is it a German, not as capable of fighting as the German army. Naturally, the old emperor does not want to fight this battle!

It's a pity that they can't help them now. Russia and Bulgaria are already eyeing them. Even if Austria-Hungary wants to be neutral, the Russians will not agree. Of course, Ferdinand doesn't mind the neutrality of the Austro-Hungarian Empire!

Needless to say, the rest of the Germans, the war ultimatum has been issued, are their attitudes still skeptical?

As a republic in France, the position of the people is often the position of the government! Is the position of the French people still doubtful? Of course, it's about revenge. Seeing that their president was born in Lorraine, you will know the result!

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In the early morning of the next day, the French government publicly rejected the German request, and the French foreign minister clamored for the Germans to withdraw from Lorraine and Alsace within 24 hours, otherwise the French army would take extraordinary measures!

There is no doubt that the war has come. After receiving the reply from the French, William II was furious. The French are provocative!

It is tolerable or unbearable!

The angry William II immediately ordered to declare war on the French. After receiving the German declaration of war, the French ambassador to Germany also took out the war letter that had been prepared and handed it to the Germans!

At the same time that Germany and France declared war, Ferdinand did a shocking thing. On the grounds of the four-nation agreement, he declared war on the Allies collectively on the same day!

However, to share the pressure, Ferdinand still pulled the Russians to act together. While Bulgaria declared war on the Allies, the Russians also collectively declared war on the Allies almost at the same time!

Both Bulgaria and Russia were so active. The French had no reason to be cowardly. Naturally, they followed the trend and declared war on the Allies collectively!

Everyone knows that the world war broke out in full swing, and the Italians who wanted to be neutral were stunned. Before they did anything, war was declared!

It's a pity that they can't tell if they have grievances. From the outside world, the Italians are the allies. The two major alliances are going to war anyway. It's no big deal to declare war early or late!

There is no way, no matter how unwilling people are to declare war, you can't pretend you don't know anything, right? The Italians still couldn't do this kind of thing, so they had to bite the bullet and declare war on Russia, France and the three countries.

The Bulgarians and the Russians are nothing more than a little more active. This is a trivial matter. At least the French are still very moved. The money is not wasted, and the allies are still reliable at critical moments!

With the world's eyes on the British Empire, the London government is now busy looking for a pretext for war?

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