Bulgarian Empire

Politics has been dirty since ancient times. Don't look at the Allies and Allies fighting each other to the death on the battlefield, but in private, everyone's mutual contact has never been broken, and there are even some insider transactions going on.

Between countries, allies and enemies have always been on the line. As long as the interests are large enough, allies can also become enemies, and enemies can also become allies!

The most typical ones are the feud between Britain and France, and the mortal enemies of Britain and Russia, which became allies under the influence of interests, while Britain and Germany have been negotiating for an alliance, and suddenly became enemies.

Even one year before the official alliance, if anyone said that Britain, France, and Britain and Russia could form an alliance, everyone would take it as a joke!

When Ferdinand attacked the Austro-Hungarian Empire, it was not something that Bulgaria could decide unilaterally. In fact, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was also actively cooperating!

The most typical example is that after suffering a loss at the beginning, the Austro-Hungarian Empire changed its strategy and decisively let Bulgaria choose to go to PK with Russia. Of course, there are factors in which Bulgaria is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the bear is also attacking. , their Eastern Front is under too much pressure, more because of the tacit understanding between the two countries to protect Austria!

As for the purpose of the behind-the-scenes transaction, it is actually very obvious: 1. The Russians are too great a threat to the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

2. A strong Russia is not in the interests of Bulgaria, especially after the Russo-Japanese War, Bulgaria has been out of the control of the Russians, Ferdinand naturally does not want a strong Russia to come back again!

Then, in terms of weakening Mao Xiong's position, the two countries have the same interests, so naturally they hit it off, and then the governments of the two sides tacitly reduced the scale of the fighting. Even if the generals on the front line discovered the opportunity to fight, they were forced to stop by the government.

But this kind of tacit understanding cannot last long. When the Eastern Front battle is over, the Russians have been weakened, and the common interests of the two sides will naturally cease to exist.

So the Austro-Hungarian Empire tried every means to pull the Germans to launch the southern front battle, and Ferdinand naturally had no need to show mercy.

You must know that since the start of the war, the Germans have bombed London and Paris, and Britain and France have bombed Berlin. Bulgaria, which was the first to make efforts in the air force, has never bombed Vienna on a large scale. This is simply a fantasy!

Well, the Bulgarian Air Force is also often dispatched, but most of the time it is soy sauce, and there are many bombings of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but every time it just drops a few grenades to deal with it!

It is also under such circumstances that it is not surprising that even if the Russians give up their interests in Romania, they will push Bulgaria to the foreground.

It's a pity that, unlike the last time the Allied Powers pitted the Russians collectively, Bulgaria is obviously not worthy of being pitted by Britain, France and Russia. The sudden defeat of the Russians has frightened Britain and France. I am afraid that Bulgaria will come again, then they will have to face Germany alone people!

Don't say that the French are afraid now, even John Bull, who is a professional cheating teammate, is scared at this time, and cheating teammates must also choose a good time. If one does not operate well and bury himself, it will be a tragedy!

Of course, now that the war has progressed, Ferdinand will naturally take action, and it is also a good choice to induce the Austro-Hungarian Empire to defect from the standpoint of Bulgaria.

Unfortunately, this is impossible. The Austro-Hungarian Empire is almost controlled by the Germans. Even if Ferdinand II is unwilling, at most he just wants to withdraw from the war with dignity. OK!

The Austro-Hungarian Empire can't stop the Germans' revenge. Even if the Germans are really going to die, they still have the ability to drag a big country to the underworld before they die. There are two answers to choose between picking up traitors and picking up enemies. Question, there is no need to think about this question at all!

But not being able to do it doesn’t mean you can’t do it. In politics, success and failure are never purely. Sometimes the benefits of failure are even greater than success!

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At the Bulgarian Foreign Policy Symposium,

Ferdinand proposed: "Mr. Megev, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should seize the time to communicate with the Austro-Hungarian government and try to get the Austro-Hungarian Empire out of the war.

If an agreement cannot be reached, then we will cooperate with the Kingdom of Hungary. I believe they do not mind withdrawing from the war! "

There is no doubt that this is threatening the Austro-Hungarian government. It is very clear that they can cooperate. If the cooperation fails, Bulgaria will support the independence of the Kingdom of Hungary!

Even support the independence of the nationalities in the Austro-Hungarian Empire and dismember this old empire!

Foreign Minister Megev frowned, and said worriedly: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid this will be very troublesome. It is well known that our strategic focus has shifted from Europe to Asia.

Starting from our strategic interests, the existence of an Austro-Hungarian Empire with a certain strength is far more valuable than the fragmented Austro-Hungarian Empire.

For a long time to come, we all need a stable Eastern Europe that allows us to concentrate on operating the Asia Minor peninsula! "

Ferdinand nodded. The Austro-Hungarian government still has the confidence to negotiate conditions, no doubt because they think they have insight into Bulgaria's future strategy.

They think that a "strong" Austro-Hungarian Empire exists, which can check and balance the continued expansion of the Russians to the European continent. For strategic considerations, neither Britain, France nor Bulgaria will allow the Austro-Hungarian Empire to collapse!

It's a pity that the Vienna government made a wrong calculation this time. After all, Ferdinand II was still inferior to the old emperor Joseph I's diplomatic insight. He ignored that strength is the root of all this!

If the Austro-Hungarian Empire withdraws from the war early and preserves its strength, then everything is still to be discussed. Conversely, if after the end of the war, the Austro-Hungarian Empire loses its strength and loses its ability to check and balance Mao Xiong, are they still valuable to Britain and France?

After pondering for a moment, Ferdinand said coldly: "Then remind the Vienna government that only strength is the root of all this. We don't need a waste!"

Of course, Ferdinand did not expect Austria-Hungary to withdraw from the war with a single threat, but this threat was enough to make the Vienna government hesitate.

This is a conspiracy. If the Vienna government wants to preserve its own interests, it must first preserve its own strength!

No matter whether they continue to cooperate with the Germans or turn to cooperate with the Allied Powers, their own strength comes first, so will they dare to give it a go in the following wars?

Don't look at the present, Germany and Austria are the closest allies. Once the strength of the Austro-Hungarian Empire is exhausted and the world war is over, there is nothing surprising about turning around and annexing them!

Interests always come first among countries. There are many voices calling for the establishment of a Greater German Empire in Germany. Does the Vienna government dare to bet? Or if there is not enough interest, why should they gamble?

Why was the Austro-Hungarian Empire able to persist for more than four years in history? The reason is simple. The Russians collapsed first in 1917, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire lost its greatest enemy on the Eastern Front. The major political groups in the country saw a chance to win!

In essence, the production and transportation system in Austria-Hungary has begun to collapse, and their war potential has almost been exhausted.

Taking food production as an example, the Austro-Hungarian Empire is indeed the granary of Eastern Europe. This is not mentioned, but when the war rages on the Austro-Hungarian mainland, should agricultural production be guaranteed?

The war has mobilized a large number of human resources and livestock, so what about agricultural production? Where will the lack of labor be replenished? There is no place to replenish, so we can only reduce production! A large number of people are out of production, coupled with the increase in material loss, this is no problem!

Of course, the Russian prisoners of war also made up for part of the labor shortage, but unfortunately this part of the bonus has nothing to do with the country, and the corrupt system of the Austro-Hungarian Empire directly swallowed all of this!

The food produced was not used to maximize the livelihood of the people, but was used by the capitalists for hoarding, especially the Kingdom of Hungary, which is one tenth outstanding!

As for the transportation system, the transportation intensity during wartime is much higher than usual, so the maintenance cost of railways and roads will naturally increase, and the loss of transportation will naturally be much greater. However, the service life of a train may be several years or more than ten years, but it may only need a few months to be replaced or overhauled if it runs around the clock during the war!

Due to Ferdinand's butterfly effect, the Austro-Hungarian Empire is now at the forefront, especially after the two major battles on the Eastern Front last year, the Austro-Hungarian Empire has been seriously injured.

Not only did they lose more than 2 million troops, but they also consumed a large amount of strategic materials stored in the country. The most important thing is that the industry in Bohemia also suffered heavy losses. move!

At the same time, the ethnic contradictions within the Austro-Hungarian Empire were actually very serious, and it was fine if there were no main ethnic groups. The poor dualist political system was undoubtedly the source of contradictions!

The defeat of the war will undoubtedly intensify the national conflicts in the country. Originally, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was brought together by the powerful influence of the Habsburg family. The current Ferdinand II does not have the long-term establishment of the old emperor. prestige!

Domestic careerists naturally also saw the opportunity. If the Allied Powers didn't know how to take advantage of it, their brains would be flooded!

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Then there was no more. When Ferdinand's opinion was conveyed to the Vienna government, the Austro-Hungarian government began to feel embarrassed.

If the war did not break out in their homeland, it is estimated that the Vienna government would have pretended to preserve its strength, but now that the enemy has hit the door, how can it preserve its strength?

But Bulgaria's warning cannot be ignored, otherwise disaster will come soon. As long as the Bulgarian Air Force drops tens of thousands of tons of bombs on their railway line, it is estimated that their frontline troops will be hungry!

You can see this by looking at the Germans. They are all defending against the enemy outside the country, but Berlin is still bombed regularly! Well, thousands of tons of bombs are dropped on London every year!

air defense? It would be nice to be able to defend Vienna, and the arsenal can still be hidden, but how to hide the railways and stations scattered all over the country? Anyway, if you see the train skin and throw a bomb, you can't go wrong!

Of course, the Austro-Hungarian Empire could also choose retaliatory bombing. Unfortunately, this idea is not at all feasible militarily.

This has been exposed in the previous battles. The survival rate of the planes that bombed the Bulgarian Army positions was less than one-third!

Even if the pilots of this era are not as valuable as later generations, they are still much more expensive than the army. After more than two years of war, the casualties of pilots in the Austro-Hungarian Empire have already exceeded five figures, and the loss of aircraft has exceeded 5,000 shelf!

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At the national policy meeting, Ferdinand II said coldly: "The Bulgarians are giving us an ultimatum. If we refuse, Vienna will soon become a battlefield. Our intelligence personnel have confirmed this!

The Allied Forces built a large number of airports in northeastern Italy. Obviously, this was aimed at Vienna. Perhaps, as the Bulgarians said, as long as tens of thousands of tons of bombs are thrown over, the Austro-Hungarian Empire will be over! "

Everyone frowned, everyone knew that at this time, nothing could help them, the only choice was to save themselves!

But will they be able to accept the terms of the Allies? Do you really think Germans are easy to mess with? They are different from Italy. The Italians do not border the Germans. Even if they betray the Germans, it is convenient to take revenge immediately.

But the Austro-Hungarian Empire is different. As long as they dare to be traitors, Vienna will fall under the iron heels of the Germans in less than a week!

Don't expect the Entente to rescue them, this is impossible, people still want to let Germany and Austria fight each other?

Conrad knew that it was time for him to appear on the stage, and he couldn't let everyone be intimidated by the tens of thousands of tons of bombs, otherwise it would be easy to make wrong judgments.

Conrad explained: "Your Majesty, there is actually no need to worry too much, the threat of the Bulgarian Air Force is not as deadly as everyone imagined.

As long as we deploy a large number of anti-aircraft weapons in important cities and traffic arteries, enemy planes will not dare to bomb at low altitudes. If the country is at an altitude of several thousand meters, the hit rate will be much lower. They may be able to attack us. The traffic caused a certain impact, but they can not cut off our transportation lines! "

As soon as his words made everyone breathe a sigh of relief, the prime minister suddenly asked: "So, even if the enemy blows up our railway, we can repair it immediately?

But what if they bomb our cities? This does not require a hit rate, as long as the bomb is dropped, it is enough for us to bear it!

As for the deployment of anti-aircraft weapons, can the staff be more specific? How many anti-aircraft weapons do we need to deploy to protect us from the enemy's aerial threats? How long will it take to deploy?

What did our Air Force do in the end? Why not fight back against the enemy? "

Conrad's face changed greatly and he said in a very embarrassed way: "These problems are very complicated. In theory, after the enemy blows up our railway line, it can be repaired immediately, but we must also consider the actual situation. There are maintenance personnel on all the railways, so the repair will still take some time!

As for worrying that the enemy will bomb the city, the probability of this happening is not high. Our enemies are still civilized people, and they still cannot do the massacre of civilians! Except for the Russians of course, no one can guarantee their integrity!

Even if you want to bomb the city, the enemy will choose important areas such as factories and warehouses. We only need to focus on these places for defense. "

Obviously, Conrad's answer was not satisfactory to everyone. He placed the safety of the city on the enemy's morality. pit!

Conrad avoided talking about the latter two issues even more, which made people even more dissatisfied with the military!

The Minister of Finance continued to ask: "Your Excellency Marshal, you haven't answered the next two questions?"

Seeing that he couldn't escape, Conrad said with a wry smile: "I'm sorry, I can't answer how many anti-aircraft weapons are needed, it depends on the enemy's determination!

As for what our air force is doing? From the beginning of the war to the present, our pilots have changed a few times, don't you know?

No matter what, we have tried our best, we can only say that the enemy is too strong! Who told us to face two powerful countries at the same time? The boys have defended the dignity of the Air Force with their lives, they should not be blamed! "

The meeting fell into silence again, and everyone was contemplating how to deal with the current situation!

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