Bulgarian Empire

Time flies, and the three-day deadline for the ultimatum will soon pass!

There is no doubt that Serbia did not choose to compromise, and justly rejected Bulgaria's unreasonable demands!

At this point, it is impossible for Ferdinand to pretend to be a coward! Just as he was about to declare war, at the last moment Ferdinand remembered the Congress and felt that his food was too ugly, so he decided to frame it.

On October 8, 1894, Ferdinand convened an emergency parliament and submitted a motion to declare war on Serbia!

Then it passed unanimously, and there were no abstentions. Even those who were unable to arrive and were forced to be absent sent telegrams to vote. Although they were invalid votes, they had to join in the fun! No way this year, in Bulgaria, playing Serbia is politically correct!

On the evening of October 8, 1894, Ferdinand publicly declared war on Serbia on the grounds that Serbia was sheltering war criminals!

War broke out!

It is impossible to make a sensation in the world. Europeans are used to it! It is normal for wars in the Balkans to be a problem if there is no war!

Ferdinand, who cherished his face, did not order a sneak attack at night, and was ready for a head-to-head confrontation! !

Well, it's all advertised in the newspapers!

In fact, it's not that Ferdinand didn't consider a surprise attack and undeclared war, but considering the relationship between the two countries, the attack is a fart! Old rivals, how could they not be on guard?

The most important thing is that the power of the artillery cannot be exerted at night, and it is easy to accidentally injure one's own people!

Bulgaria has a lot of advantages this time, and there is absolutely no need to give up its advantages and choose an adventurous night attack!

Almost all of the senior Bulgarian military have participated in the last Bulgarian war, and they clearly know that the Serbs are not as weak as propaganda in the newspapers!

And after the last war, Serbia frantically built defensive fortresses on the border. Fortunately, the Serbian government was short of money, and the defense line was not completed!

According to the plan of the General Staff, Bulgaria sent 150,000 troops this time, dividing the troops into the left, middle and right, and attacked Serbia at the same time.

The main force is in the middle route army, attacking from the Teren area, the goal is to disintegrate the main military force of Serbia south of the South Morava River, three standing divisions, one new division, a total of 70,000 troops will hunt Leskova. tz.

The Left Army has a standing division and two new divisions, with a total of more than 50,000 people, starting from the Mijul mountain area, and the goal is to occupy the important town of Niš in Serbia!

The Right Route Army has the smallest number of partial divisions. There are only two divisions with more than 30,000 people, but they are all standing divisions. Although the number is small, their combat effectiveness is not weak at all! Starting from the Vidin area, go straight to the Domurava River, and the goal is Belgrade, the capital of Serbia!

After the intensification of the conflict between the defenders, Dante Kristof, the commander of the Bulgarian 3rd Division, who was stationed in Mt Mijul, began to worry!

He is not worried about not being able to win Serbia, but Ferdinand's order to minimize the casualties of soldiers and kill the living forces of the Serbs as much as possible!

The third division is the Bulgarian standing division, and its combat effectiveness is undeniable. This time, it will form the Left Army with the newly-formed 10th and 12th divisions. Dante Kristof became the commander-in-chief of the Left Army by virtue of his outstanding performance in the last war!

Dante-Christoph is not afraid of fighting, how can he weaken the living force to the greatest extent possible, which makes it difficult for him!

Kill prisoners?

Kill civilians?

This is obviously impossible! Ferdinand wasn't so crazy yet, and neither was Dante Christophe!

He probably understood what Ferdinand meant, that is, to beat Serbia down at one time, it is best to listen to Bulgaria, and ask them not to cause trouble to Bulgaria for decades!

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Time went back to three days ago, the joint operations expansion meeting, all the cadres above the legion level on the left road participated, and hundreds of people were all over the place.

Dante Christophe said: "Under normal circumstances, on October 8, 1894, we will declare war on Serbia. Chief of staff, please introduce the basic situation!"

The chief of staff said in a lively atmosphere: "The battle plan for Serbia was formulated by the staff very early. If it were to be piled up together, this room might not be able to be piled up!"

Everyone burst into laughter, watching everyone's nervousness eased slightly, the chief of staff began to introduce the strength comparison between the enemy and us.

"Okay, this is the end of the joke, as everyone knows, our Left Army is composed of three divisions and two artillery regiments this time, with a total of more than 56,000 people.

There are more than 54,000 rifles, all of which are Bulgarian 1889 type (imitation water lentils), more than 150 machine guns, more than 100 light and heavy artillery guns, and more than 3,000 pistols of various types.

Compared with the Defence War nine years ago, our family background is much thicker, and the firepower of the Left Route Army alone exceeds that of the year!

Weapons and ammunition, this time everyone can put their hearts in their stomachs. 20 million bullets and 80,000 artillery shells have all been in place, and there is a steady stream of ammunition at the rear that can be replenished. The material reserves are enough, we can start a war at any time! "

After a pause, he added: "Look at the Serbs on the opposite side. There are more than 168,000 people deployed in the Niš generation, which is almost three times as many as us!

But don't worry, we all know that Serbia has a little fighting force in the regular army, and their standing army is only 110,000. No, it should be more than 90,000. They have lost more than 10,000 in the civil war not long ago!

In other words, they deployed the main force in the Nis area, with a maximum of 30,000 or 40,000 people, which is my main opponent this time.

After all, the border between us and Serbia is so long, and we need to be guarded everywhere. The other 100,000 people are a group of peasants who have just put down their hoes and resisted guns!

Maybe not everyone even has a gun. The intelligence department has found out that their weapons and equipment are very confusing. There are many kinds of weapons and they are so old that they can open a weapons museum! "

At the joke of the chief of staff, everyone couldn't help laughing again, and the discussion started whispering. Although there is no doubt about the outcome of this war, the hundreds of thousands of troops on the opposite side seem to be very deterrent.

Now it was discovered that the opponents were only tens of thousands of regular troops, and the rest were farmers, and everyone suddenly relaxed. It seems that this task is not difficult to complete!

Dante Kristof slapped the table solemnly and said, "Quiet! Look at you guys, don't forget what our mission is this time?? It's not simply defeating the enemy and it's over, but doing everything we can May weaken their vitality!

What do you mean, don't need me to explain! Although we are rough, we all went to school, at least all of them graduated from the officer training class!

I can tell you clearly that it is impossible to kill prisoners to complete the task! Military law will not show mercy!

How to do it specifically? I do not know either! Anyway, at the beginning of the war, in addition to completing the deployment tasks, whichever unit kills the most enemies is the first credit!

I don't care what you do, as long as the result! "