Bulgarian Empire

Chapter 104, John Bull, the Enemy of the World

At the beginning of September, the Romanian defense war had not yet started, and the Ukrainian defense war started first. The Germans seemed to turn a blind eye to the Bulgarian army hiding in the defense line, and directly entered Ukraine from the Polish region. \u00261t;/p\u003e

Obviously, forcing the Russians to withdraw from the war is the real strategic goal of the Germans. Compared with going to Romania to grab food, they can grab more in Ukraine. \u00261t;/p\u003e

As for oil, you don't need to think about the Germans. Anyway, even if they get the oil field, they won't be able to produce oil for a while! If the Romanians can fry oil wells, so can the Bulgarians! \u00261t;/p\u003e

The offensive of the German-Austrian coalition naturally put more and more pressure on the tsarist government. Most of the Lithuanian and Belarusian regions have fallen, and the war in the Ukrainian region has also reached the Golun River. \u00261t;/p\u003e

For the Russian Empire, every day the war goes on, the losses are astronomical. Unfortunately, the conditions of the two sides still cannot be negotiated. The Winter Palace in St. Petersburg is already full of gloom, and Nicholas II has not shown a smile for a long time. . \u00261t;/p\u003e

At the political meeting, Nicholas II roared: "What are the Germans trying to do? Don't they think the great Russian Empire is a soft persimmon?\u00261t;/p\u003e

Ceded Poland, half of Lithuania, and part of Ukraine? Do they think we are settled? "\u00261t;/p\u003e

Well, the Germans are still negotiating with the Russians with this concept in mind, asking for the price and repaying the money. Unfortunately, the tsarist government can’t afford it. Every day there are battle reports of lost cities and lands. No wonder Nicholas II couldn’t bear it. \u00261t;/p\u003e

Perhaps the negotiations have not yet ended, and the German-Austrian coalition forces have already arrived in St. Petersburg. As for the newly built line of defense, I am sorry that the time is too short, and the inefficient Tsarist Russian government has not had time to implement the plan. \u00261t;/p\u003e

The Russian army on the frontline has gone from more than 5 million people at its peak to more than 2 million people left. This is based on the premise that the tsarist government has dispatched reinforcements from the country several times, otherwise the situation will be even worse ! \u00261t;/p\u003e

The foreign minister said calmly: "Your Majesty, this is only a preliminary request made by the Germans, and it is not the final condition. We can definitely keep most of our interests through negotiation!"1t;/p\u003e

It is even possible not to cede land, but only need to pay a war reparation, or sell a batch of supplies to the Germans at a low price, and we can end the war decently! "\u00261t;/p\u003e

Now it's not just the Russians who want a truce. Why don't Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire want to end the war? At least we must get rid of two-front warfare, so that the Allies may win the war in the short term! \u00261t;/p\u003e

In order to win the war, it seems that it is not unacceptable to make some concessions to the Russians? Of course, this is only the situation in the eyes of politicians, but in fact, it is not something that the government can make concessions if it wants to! \u00261t;/p\u003e

Nicholas II's anger was suppressed. Since it was a negotiation, it was inevitable for the lion to open his mouth. His bottom line was to pay the war indemnity. He would cede a few more cities at most, and continue the war if there were more! \u00261t;/p\u003e

He said coldly: "Then what should we do on the front line? If we continue to be defeated, maybe the negotiation is not over yet, we will have to move the capital first!" \u00261t;/p\u003e

The new Minister of the Army bit the bullet and said: "Your Majesty, the offensive of the German-Austrian coalition forces has slowed down a lot recently, and with the increase of the front line, they are almost unable to hold on. \u00261t;/p\u003e

Now Britain and France are almost ready on the Western Front,

The Italians have already begun to withdraw their troops from the Western Front. If they want to defend the homeland, the Germans will need to fill in the gap in this part of their strength. \u00261t;/p\u003e

In June, the total strength of the German-Austrian Allied Forces reached more than 4 million people. After more than three months of war, their military losses did not go down to one million. Now their total strength that can really be put into battle is only about two million. We can definitely delay the war until winter, and then launch a counterattack! "\u00261t;/p\u003e

Although it was a very suffocating explanation, Nicholas II still accepted it. Napoleon fell into the sand in the winter of the Russian Empire, and the Germans were naturally no exception. \u00261t;/p\u003e

It is already the beginning of September, and winter has already begun to fall in many places in Russia, and it is still getting colder as you go east. After another month at most, the German-Austrian coalition forces will have to stop their advance, otherwise the severe cold will make them They are fucked. \u00261t;/p\u003e

In fact, is it that simple? The Russian winter is terrible, and the Germans also know that Napoleon has told the world with real cases how terrible the winter in the Russian Empire is! \u00261t;/p\u003e

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"Your Majesty, we have received news that the British are secretly negotiating with the Italians. It is very likely that the Italians will withdraw from the war in the near future!" the intelligence chief Xi Ou said cautiously. \u00261t;/p\u003e

Ferdinand was slightly taken aback. The Allied forces were less than a hundred kilometers away from Rome. Perhaps it would take less than a week to parade in Rome. Now John Bull jumped out to make trouble again! \u00261t;/p\u003e

"Aide, tell the foreign minister to come and see me immediately!" \u00261t;/p\u003e

Fortunately, all this has not happened yet. If the Italians really withdraw from the war in such an understatement, who will be reimbursed for Bulgaria's war funds? \u00261t;/p\u003e

The Germans just paid the war reparations from Britain and France, and their economy collapsed. Even if Bulgaria gets a part of the share, they don't know that it will take a year to get it! \u00261t;/p\u003e

Will the existence of the Austro-Hungarian Empire be a question mark? Can the dismembered small country still be expected to take out this money? \u00261t;/p\u003e

Are there any other members of the Confederate States who survived? Even if there is, who can afford it except Germany, Austria and Italy? \u00261t;/p\u003e

Of course, the Italians are also extremely poor, but what is their size, even if they can’t pay for it in a short time, they can pay off their debts slowly, and they are not afraid of them daring to renege on their debts! \u00261t;/p\u003e

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Foreign Minister Megev rushed over from the outside in a hurry. Before he could speak, Ferdinand said: "The British are conspiring with the Italians, and the Italians may withdraw from the war in a short time!\u00261t;/p\u003e

It is also a good thing for us that the Italians withdraw from the war, but how to withdraw from the war is a problem! \u00261t;/p\u003e

We cannot tolerate an enemy who was fighting us to the death just now, and immediately becomes our ally. This is a blasphemy against the sacrificed soldiers! \u00261t;/p\u003e

Therefore, Bulgaria only accepts the surrender of the Italians, but refuses to allow the Italians to join the Entente! \u00261t;/p\u003e

I ask the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to negotiate with the French immediately. The problem in Italy is that we must be consistent and jointly put pressure on the British to protest their shameless behavior of betraying their allies and contacting the enemy in private! "\u00261t;/p\u003e

Ferdinand admitted that John Bull's diplomatic skills are great, but now I only accept the Italians to surrender. If John Bull can persuade the Italians to surrender, then he will accept it! \u00261t;/p\u003e

If it is to let the Italians join the Allied Powers, forget it! Now the Allies don't need Italy's semi-disabled navy, and their army's combat effectiveness is not good, and it is of little use. \u00261t;/p\u003e

The most important thing is to let them join the Allied Powers, and everyone has to provide a lot of supplies to feed them! This is equivalent to grabbing food from Bulgaria's bowl. Originally, the supplies of the Allied countries are not rich, and everyone is saving a little. \u00261t;/p\u003e

The basic distribution principle of the materials shipped from overseas is 3.8:4.3:1:o.9! Bulgaria can get very little material share, if one more person is added to share, it will be worth it! \u00261t;/p\u003e

The long-term interest is money, and the short-term interest is the distribution of materials. From the standpoint of Bulgaria, no matter how you look at it, it is more cost-effective to make Italy surrender. \u00261t;/p\u003e

And the French must stand with Bulgaria as long as they are interested in Italian territory. Now the French are very dissatisfied with the French-Italian dividing line, at least they need to get a few strategically important places. \u00261t;/p\u003e

Whether the French have greater ambitions, Ferdinand does not know, anyway, as long as the French do not annex the entire Italian peninsula, he can accept it. \u00261t;/p\u003e

After thinking for a while, Megev said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's not enough to just make diplomatic protests. Once the British and Italy reach an agreement and create established facts, we can't do anything about it!"\u00261t;/p\u003e

Ferdinand said fiercely: "That's why we have to reach an agreement with the French. The British' actions this time are mainly to check and balance the French. As long as the Italians become allies, the French will have no way to continue Italian expansion!"1t; /p\u003e

But we need the French to continue to expand abroad after the war and provoke the conflict between Britain and France to attract the attention of the British and provide cover for our expansion! \u00261t;/p\u003e

Now, the allied forces of the Allied Powers are about to come to Rome. Even if the British and Italy have reached an agreement, so what? \u00261t;/p\u003e

As long as we the French stand on the same side, even if the Italians declare their withdrawal from the war, we can continue to attack Rome and force the Italian government to surrender! "\u00261t;/p\u003e

"Yes!" Chekov replied. \u00261t;/p\u003e

We are still allies now, and we will be competitors after the war. When Bulgaria wants to expand abroad, it will naturally have to face the tricks of other countries. \u00261t;/p\u003e

The best way to solve this problem is to provoke conflicts among countries so that countries cannot jointly target Bulgaria! \u00261t;/p\u003e

Don't the British have a list of the first enemy, the second enemy, and the third enemy? Well, let's create powerful enemies for them! \u00261t;/p\u003e

In the Americas, there is the United States that wants to drive them out for a moment. In East Asia, there is a Japan that is eyeing their colonies. In Europe, there is another France that is about to dominate the European continent. The behemoth in the inland sea, do they still care about Bulgaria? \u00261t;/p\u003e

In terms of threats, three of the above four enemies threatened John Bull's world hegemony. In contrast, Bulgaria most affected their right to speak in the Mediterranean, but had no strength to drive them out! \u00261t;/p\u003e

Ferdinand doubted whether John Bull would be able to retain his position as the world's hegemon. The days of being enemies all over the world would not be so easy! \u00261t;/p\u003e

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