Bulgarian Empire

With Ferdinand's order, the Balkan Peninsula became lively again, and all countries were chattering non-stop.

Nicholas I regretted it again. He just wanted to help Romania share a little pressure, but he didn't expect to get burned.

The Kingdom of Montenegro is currently mobilizing the whole country, but it has only collected 150,000 troops, and the military-to-civilian ratio has reached 1:7. If the more than 200,000 people in the concentration camps are deducted, this ratio is as high as 1:5.

Obviously this has reached the limit of their mobilization, and this is still based on the premise that the Austro-Hungarian Empire provided them with material assistance.

Originally, if the Kingdom of Montenegro relied on the mountains for defense, it would be fine, and Ferdinand didn't have the energy to look for their bad luck, but it's a pity that they came out this time.

First, it launched an attack on Kosovo with the Austro-Hungarian army, but it failed; then it also launched an attack on Albania, although it was only a tentative attack.

Unfortunately, for the sake of stability after the war, Ferdinand decided to attack them in advance. The army that was originally going to land on the Asia Minor peninsula was first used on them.

The reinforcements of the 20th Division and the local defenders totaled 400,000 people. Under the leadership of Lieutenant General Parif Hristov, they launched a counterattack against the Kingdom of Montenegro.

The strengths of the two sides are not at the same level at all. In the era of aircraft + cannons, it is already difficult to defeat the strong with the weak.

In addition, Lieutenant General Parif Hristov strictly implemented Ferdinand's regional policy, occupying one place, controlling one place, and cleaning one place.

In just one week, Nicholas I lost Gusine, Ivangrad Nova Zapal, Lake Skadar and other areas, and he was about to encircle Podgorica.

It's a pity that the Kingdom of Montenegro is too small. The Bulgarian army has only advanced the front line by tens of kilometers, and they can't stand it.

"What do the Russians say?" Nicholas I asked expectantly.

Lost soldiers and generals, lost cities and lost land!

Nicholas I knew that this war could no longer be fought, and he pinned all his hopes on the Russians, hoping that the Tsarist government could come forward to reconcile and give the Kingdom of Montenegro a chance to return to the Allied Powers.

When the Allied Powers win the Allies, the Kingdom of Montenegro can share another share of the spoils in the future. Out of checks and balances, the Bulgarian Russians will definitely support the Kingdom of Montenegro to establish the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. At that time...

Unfortunately, he forgot that this is no longer the era of Alexander II, and the patience of the Russian royal family to the Kingdom of Montenegro has been wiped out.

The Foreign Minister said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, the Tsarist government stated that they are willing to mediate the conflict between us and the Bulgarians only if the Kingdom of Montenegro can surrender unconditionally."

"Unconditional surrender" Nicholas I almost vomited blood angrily. If he agreed, not to mention the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, even the preservation of the Kingdom of Montenegro would be a problem.

Well, the foreign secretary's words are already very mild. In fact, after the tsarist government received the request from the Kingdom of Montenegro, they flatly rejected it. It was only after the people in his Ministry of Foreign Affairs begged hard that Russia reluctantly gave this answer.

Now the tsarist government still hopes to establish a huge Slavic empire, relying on this empire to dominate the world.

Purely from the perspective of interests, in fact, the establishment of such a huge empire is very beneficial to both the Russians and the Bulgarians.

Once this empire is established, World Island will tremble under this behemoth. In theory, as long as Bulgaria and Russia reach an agreement, whether it is the British, the French, or even the Americans, they will not be able to stop it.

From the point of view, the strength of this great empire is much more terrifying than that of the later Soviet Union. According to the Russians' conception, after annexing most of Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, together with the basic markets of Bulgaria and Russia, it will become a behemoth with an economic aggregate surpassing that of the United States and a population of over 300 million.

Regardless of whether it can be realized or not, the ambitions of the tsarist government are so great. Under this background, can the small Kingdom of Montenegro still catch their eyes?

Moreover,

Back then, the Russians did not give less support to the Kingdom of Montenegro, but Nicholas I missed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to develop the Kingdom of Montenegro.

A wrong step is naturally a wrong step. Now no one thinks that relying on the Kingdom of Montenegro can check and balance Bulgaria.

"Why!"

Nicholas I sighed, and then said fiercely: "In this case, we can only do our best!

Order all the troops to resist me steadily, and if you can't win, drill a ravine for me and drag Bulgaria to death for me. "

There is no doubt that Nicholas I did not have enough confidence when he said this. The main reason is that the Kingdom of Montenegro is too small. In terms of size, it is only the territory of a city.

It is definitely not possible to learn from the Boers to play guerrilla warfare, there is nowhere to run! What's more, Ferdinand is still constantly relocating their population. After hiding in the mountains for several months, they suddenly found that there are no people left. This is guerrilla fart!

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No matter what Nicholas I thought, Lieutenant General Parif Hristov moved forward steadily anyway, and soon approached Podgorica, the capital of the Kingdom of Montenegro.

It is said to be a capital, but in fact this is a small city with a population of less than 100,000. It is located on the banks of the Moraca River in the Shkoder Basin. The Kingdom of Montenegro does not have that much money to build fortresses.

Therefore, the battle to defend the capital of the Kingdom of Montenegro became fierce. In just one week, the Bulgarian Air Force dumped thousands of tons of bombs on this small city, including a large number of incendiary bombs.

The whole city was like a city of fire, with fires burning and thick smoke everywhere. Before the siege battle started, the defenders in the city had already suffered heavy casualties.

Not everyone has the spirit of seeing death as home, especially now, without even touching the shadow of the enemy, he was burned to death by the fire and smoked to death!

Many people collapsed directly, and a large number of Montenegrin Kingdom people escaped from it. Naturally, there were also a large number of defenders among them. With fear and hatred in their eyes, they were forced to surrender to the besieging troops.

But it doesn't matter, they are all going to be packed and sent away anyway, even if they hate Bulgaria more than the sky when they arrive in Syria, it won't help.

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There is no doubt that the turbulent capital of the Kingdom of Montenegro - the defense of Podgorica has failed, and the main city of just a dozen square kilometers has been baptized by artillery fire.

The remaining defenders in the city were already powerless to resist the attack of the Bulgarian army.

However, the Kingdom of Montenegro is no better than Romania. Even if their capital is conquered, the subsequent war will continue for a long time. Anyway, according to the estimates of the General Staff, this war will continue until the first half of 1916.

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At this time, changes also took place on the Romanian battlefield. In order to keep the granary of the Allies, the Austro-Hungarian Empire dispatched 400,000 reserve troops from the country to join the battlefield. This was also their last mobile force.

With the joining of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the morale of the Romanians increased for a while, and the war became more tragic.

As for the consequences, it is natural that the Romanians suffered even greater casualties.

Bulgaria only wiped out the direct participants of the rebels, and exiled their family members to the Syrian region, and basically did not get involved.

Bears are not so easy to talk about. In order to vent their anger, they organize a massacre from time to time, directly using butcher knives to frighten the Romanians.

No matter which method is used, it has achieved the same effect, that is, the Romanians in the occupied area have settled down.

The Romanians in the unoccupied areas have also become united in their hatred, and their will to resist has become firmer.

Well, mainly the Romanian nobles and capitalists whose interests have been damaged are angry. Whether it is Russia or Bulgaria, after occupying the area, the first thing is to confiscate their illegal income!

It is naturally impossible for them to go to the front line to fight desperately. In order to retaliate, they naturally began to fool ordinary people to go to the front line to fight desperately. In short, the hatred between the two sides is getting deeper and deeper.

Seeing the casualty reports on the Romanian battlefield, Ferdinand finally understood why there were so many casualties in World War I!

If the Romanians continue to be strong, then they will be Serbia in history, and it is not impossible to lose 30 to 40% of their population.

It can be seen from the casualty data that Bulgaria suffered 58,000 casualties on the Romanian battlefield in September, and the Romanians paid at least twice that number.

The war broke out in Romania, how could their civilian casualties be few? Under normal circumstances, civilian casualties tend to be higher than those of the military!

It is mainly siege warfare. Basically, as long as every city has fierce resistance, the number of civilian casualties will be a huge number.

Cannonballs don't have eyes, and it's impossible to specifically catch the army! Neither the Bulgarian army nor the Russian army cared about civilian casualties in Romania, and they fought as much as they wanted anyway!

The most important thing is that the Romanian government does not pay attention to civilian casualties. In many cases, they can obviously evacuate the people first, but they do not do it.

For example, the Bulgarian army suffered 58,000 casualties in September, but with effective treatment, the real death toll is only 8,000, and everyone else can recover.

The Romanians are a tragedy. There is neither enough medicine nor enough doctors. As long as soldiers are injured, they can only resign themselves to their fate.

According to the estimates of the General Staff, in September alone, the number of casualties in Romania exceeded 500,000. As for how many people died, only God knows.

Mao Xiong made a great contribution to this aspect. In terms of destructive power, the Russian army is more powerful. Even the destructive power of the mercenaries recruited by Ferdinand is amazing. This aspect seems to be their innate talent.

From Ferdinand's point of view, the current Romanians have gone crazy. Arming people who have never been trained and putting them into the battlefield is completely sending them to death!

More importantly, most of the Romanian soldiers were recruited by the government. No matter how they advertised, ordinary people had lost confidence in resisting the attacks of Bulgaria and Russia.

Austro-Hungarian reinforcements can boost morale, but this effect is also fading over time.

Many Romanians found that the combat effectiveness of the Austro-Hungarian army was half a catty compared to them, and they couldn't stop the joint attack of Bulgaria and Russia at all.

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