Bulgarian Empire

The breeze in March blows across the earth and fields, and the earth rejuvenates and is full of greenery.

During this wonderful time, Ferdinand lay quietly on the lawn, bathed in the embrace of spring, feeling the vitality of life to the fullest.

"Your Majesty, something serious has happened! The Hungarians just announced their joining the Allied Powers this morning, and Budapest was raided by the Germans in the afternoon. They have already asked us for help!" Foreign Minister Megev said calmly

Ferdinand could see that although he was talking about great things, the joy on his face couldn't conceal his gloating!

In order to cooperate with the encirclement and annihilation of the German-Austrian coalition forces, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had communicated with the Hungarians, but the Hungarians refused to disclose the time of their actions to Bulgaria on the grounds of confidentiality, which made the Ministry of Foreign Affairs very embarrassed. Now the Hungarians have fallen Mold, it is the turn of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to see their jokes.

Ferdinand is not a generous person. Since the Hungarians can't trust Bulgaria, he will naturally not go to trouble. Now that the Germans have raided the capital of Hungary, it can only be considered that the Hungarians are unlucky!

Anyway, Bulgaria's goal has been achieved. The Hungarians rebelled and the Germans chose to raid Budapest, so the defense line of the German-Austrian coalition forces on the Tisza River naturally collapsed.

Now the Bulgarian army only needs to cross the river, and due to the defection of the Hungarians, the Austro-Hungarian Empire's defense line in Belgrade will naturally be unable to hold, and the smaller half of the Austro-Hungarian Empire will soon fall!

As for the Kingdom of Hungary, is their life and death important? Anyway, this path was chosen by them themselves. How could they leak information about such an important matter in advance?

Of course, if Ferdinand cared a little bit about Hungarian intelligence, he wouldn't be absolutely surprised.

Even if there is a defection, it is enough for a few people at the top of the government to know, and at most a few more powerful factions in the country will know.

It's a pity that the Kingdom of Hungary held a meeting so stupidly that more than a hundred people knew about it. If the Habsburg family didn't even have a few diehard loyalists, why would they rule the empire?

Now that the Austro-Hungarian Empire knows, it is normal to report the news to the Germans. At least they will use the hands of the Germans to kill a group of independents!

It doesn't matter whether the Austro-Hungarian Empire reached a deal with the Germans, anyway, Ferdinand didn't intend to take care of the mess of the Kingdom of Hungary!

What if the Germans occupied Budapest? Without the cooperation of the Hungarians, it is impossible for them to hold the Kingdom of Hungary.

"Ask for help? Let the Hungarians hold on, we are gathering troops, and we will definitely arrive in Budapest within half a month!" Ferdinand said with a smile

Not to mention half a month, even a week, the Hungarians can't hold it. Who told them that their main force has almost been consumed in the war?

It is undoubtedly a dream to block the attack of more than 300,000 German troops with the mob they assembled!

It’s not that Ferdinand deliberately tricked them. They dug their own pit and buried themselves. The Germans found out only after they touched their noses. Doesn’t this explain the problem?

Even if there is a handwriting of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in it, but you are all ready to turn your face against others, don't you even know that you sent a few more spies to watch the German army?

It’s not close from the Tisza River to Budapest. If you don’t take the train, you won’t be able to get there in a few days. Tens of thousands of German troops ran under their noses, and they deserved to suffer if they didn’t find out!

Obviously, this time the Germans wanted to make an example of others. Even if the Bulgarian army set off immediately, they would have to fight across the river, right? Ferdinand didn't think that the Germans had pulled out the defenders on the other side!

For the Germans, abandoning the Kingdom of Hungary has become a foregone conclusion, and there is no need to continue to fight the Bulgarians desperately!

But slow down the marching speed of the Bulgarian army and teach the Hungarians a lesson, they must do it too!

After sending Megeve away, Ferdinand said to his attendants: "Send a telegram to the Balkan Regional Command,

Let them take advantage of the internal turmoil in the alliance to take Belgrade, and if conditions permit, they can also take the Bosnia and Herzegovina region. "

The troubles of the Hungarians made the life of the Allies even more difficult, and Ferdinand was not the only one who wanted to get rid of the stones?

First of all, Britain and France launched a comprehensive counter-offensive on the Western Front. Their purpose was very simple to hold back the Germans and make them unable to support the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

At this time, the Russians couldn't stand it anymore. On the third day of Hungary's defection, the Russians launched a campaign to recover Ukraine, and the German army was in a hurry on the Eastern Front.

On the front line in Italy, Wallicot also led the Allied forces to attack Austria, and the air forces of Britain, France and Paul plundered over Vienna!

The Germans were dumbfounded by the full-scale outbreak of the Allied Powers. Now they are blooming in all directions and cannot look at each other. What should we do?

Reinforcements are needed everywhere at this moment, and the German reserve team is limited and cannot be deployed on multiple battlefields at the same time. A considerable number of people in Germany have begun to take a pessimistic attitude towards the war.

Compared with the Germans, the situation of the Vienna government is much worse. Now many of them are starting to regret it. If they had known that this kind of thing would happen, they would just jump back and forget it. It is better than letting the Kingdom of Hungary jump ship first like now , much better!

The Austrian Emperor Ferdinand II also began to worry. Seeing that the Allies were about to end, what should the Austro-Hungarian Empire do?

Now the Kingdom of Hungary has jumped ship. Although they may be suppressed by the Germans, the Allied Powers have admitted that they have joined, which is very detrimental to the Austro-Hungarian Empire politically!

Who knows that the Entente Congress will support Hungary's independence and dismember the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the future? This consequence is much more serious than Bulgaria's annexation of Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and even more serious than Mao Xiong's annexation of Poland!

The Austrian Foreign Minister said anxiously: "Your Majesty, the Bulgarians have put forward new conditions, and they also demand that we give an answer immediately, otherwise Vienna will be turned into ruins!"

Obviously this is blackmail by force, but do they dare to bet? In theory, as long as the Allied Powers are willing, they can drop hundreds of tons of bombs into Vienna every day. Perhaps in less than two months, Vienna will really be in ruins!

On the issue of air supremacy, even if the Germans are powerless now, otherwise they would not be suppressed to death by the British and French Air Forces on the Western Front!

In the case of a small difference in quality, quantity is the key factor in determining the outcome of the war. Obviously, the Allied Powers have an absolute advantage in this regard!

By 1917, the industrial capacity between the two major alliances was completely out of balance. It can be said that for every aircraft built by the Allies, the Allies can build two or three!

Who said that the United States has become the arsenal of the Allies? The Allied Powers, which already had an industrial advantage, now have even greater advantages!

Austrian Emperor asked coldly: "What kind of conditions did they put forward?"

The foreign minister said with some hesitation: "The Bulgarians demand that we give up all of Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. In return, they will oppose the dismemberment of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, try to ensure the territorial integrity of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and give up claiming reparations from the Austro-Hungarian Empire! "

Ferdinand II still said in a cold tone: "They are going to annex Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia, so why are they talking about keeping the Austro-Hungarian Empire territorially intact?"

After finishing speaking, the temperature in the room seemed to have returned to the cold winter months. After a moment of silence, Ferdinand II said coldly, "Promise them!"

Obviously, he was very unwilling to accept this condition, but finally decided to compromise. The reason is very simple. With the defection of the Kingdom of Hungary, the Austro-Hungarian Empire can no longer defend whether it is Serbia or Bosnia and Herzegovina!

If you want to stay and fight the Bulgarians, apart from increasing casualties, the Austro-Hungarian Empire will not get any benefits.

Instead of that, it's better to trade some benefits. If nothing else, the Allied Powers have already won the World War. After the war, the Austro-Hungarian Empire will inevitably be divided up. In the end, it will depend on the means of the Habsburg family to leave some property behind!

Of course, this is only a domestic transaction on the surface. In fact, the two royal families have already reached an insider transaction.

For example: if the Allied Powers win, the Kohari family will try their best to keep the throne of Ferdinand II, at least one of his crowns; in return, the Habsburg family will guarantee the Kohari family in Austria-Hungary The empire's estates are not lost.

Another example: If the Allies win, the Kohari family will transfer all the property of the Austro-Hungarian Empire to the Habsburg family in exchange for Habsburg's efforts to keep Ferdinand's throne.

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There is no way around this. Before the war broke out, Ferdinand began to transfer property. Unfortunately, before he knew it, his industry had grown and penetrated into many industries. It would not be so easy to retreat. .

It is necessary to cut the meat in half, even if it is so, it will not be able to sell much. Who made Ferdinand ignore that before the outbreak of the war, the European continent had already been swept by the economic crisis?

So this deal appeared. Anyway, Ferdinand's strategy included keeping the Austro-Hungarian Empire as much as possible, which is not inconsistent with this deal!

The king is also a human being, so it is natural to consider personal interests and family interests! As a veteran noble in Europe, both the Kohali family of the Gotha dynasty from Ferdinand and the Habsburg family are masters in this area, otherwise they would not become the top family in Europe!

This is just an episode, the most important thing is that Ferdinand II agreed to give up Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, which means that Bulgaria can pay a small price. The great cause of unifying the Balkans can be completed!

Of course, we still have to continue fighting, and we have to do a full set of acting, otherwise, if they get screwed, the Germans won't let Austria go!

On March 12, 1917, Bulgaria sent 800,000 troops to the Balkan theater, and divided the troops into two routes to outflank Belgrade from the Kingdom of Hungary.

On March 20, the Austro-Hungarian army besieged in Belgrade laid down their arms and surrendered to the Bulgarian army.

Since the outbreak of the war in 1915, the two-year battle of Belgrade has finally come to an end.

This battle was the largest, longest, and most casualty battle on the southern front.

By the end of the war, the Austro-Hungarian Empire had suffered a total of 1.029 million casualties, of which 168,000 were killed, 287,000 were disabled, and 368,000 were captured; the Bulgarian side had paid a total of 895,000 casualties, of which 76,000 were killed. 95,000 people were disabled and more than 3,000 people were captured.

The fall of Belgrade caused an uproar in the world again, and many people are predicting when the Allies will end!

Before everyone could recover from the news of the end of the Belgrade battle, on March 26, the Russians won the Ukrainian battle on the Eastern Front and almost took back the entire Ukrainian region!

Well, this battle on the Eastern Front is just a formality. There are less than 300,000 German troops in Ukraine. Facing the attack of more than 2 million Russian troops, it is natural to retreat strategically, but this does not prevent the Russians from winning. This battle!

Immediately afterwards, the Bulgarian army began to sweep across the Serbia region again, and then approached the Bosnia and Herzegovina region. Facing the siege of millions of troops, the Austro-Hungarian army in the Bosnia and Herzegovina region naturally had to retreat strategically!

The battle between the two sides lasted until April 11, when all the Austro-Hungarian troops retreated to the Croatian area, and the Bulgarian army stopped their pursuit.

During this period, the Allies were not without gains. For example: Marshal August von Mackensen was still alive, the Hungarians launched a rebellion on March 1, and the rebellion was extinguished on March 4. In just three days, the hopes of the Hungarians were shattered!

Due to the short time, Bulgaria's reinforcements had not arrived halfway, so they had to cancel the reinforcement plan. Although there was no plan to reinforce them, they still had to look good!

Then the support soldiers turned back directly from Hungary to outflank Belgrade, ending this protracted battle!

With the acquisition of the Bosnia and Herzegovina region, the last remaining territory of the Balkan Peninsula was also brought into the hands of Bulgaria. After a thousand years, the Balkan Peninsula has once again completed its reunification!

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