Vol 4 Chapter 24: Tiger head
On July 8, 19o9, Ferdinand presented the famous "Self-Defense Declaration" in the Bulgarian Parliament, directly putting the "anti-protection alliance" on the hat of the invaders!
On the same day, Bulgaria submitted war books to Greece, Montenegro, and Romania, and the Second Balkan War broke out.
Oh, at the same time that the war was declared, the armies of both sides had already fought. Do not look at Bulgaria's main force seems to be in the Asia Minor Peninsula, but there are two construction corps in the country, a total of more than 300,000 people, can also go directly to the battlefield with weapons.
Although the combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the regular army, it is not against the Shanghai Anti-Insurance Alliance!
Coupled with more than 100,000 regular troops in the country, 400,000 Bulgarian troops at the beginning of the war, they played well with the anti-protection alliance and even prevailed.
As a result of the sudden attack, the Anti-Insurance Alliance did not have time to complete the full mobilization. Greece sent 80,000 troops, Montenegro sent 70,000 troops, Romania sent 30,000 troops, and rushed to attack.
The attack was not smooth, and immediately cast a shadow of failure on the anti-protection alliance. If you ca n't fight it out and fight for it, it will be them who cannot support it first!
At this point, the last regret was Nicholas I. Like the first Balkan war, the army of the Kingdom of Montenegro stopped at Shkoder again.
Nicholas I ordered angrily: "Give me the offense, attack at all costs, and today you must win the Skutai Fortress!"
The war has been going on for a week, but the kingdom of Montenegro, which has the strongest fighting capacity in the anti-protection alliance, is still fighting hard under the Skutai fortress.
As for bypassing here and moving on?
Nicholas I was also a battlefield host, how could he not have thought of it? But he didn't dare!
Ferdinand in Albania, however, sealed off many military aristocrats. As soon as the war broke out, they assembled together in units of villages and towns and took up weapons to defend the country.
The vanguard of the Kingdom of Montenegro will teach you at the beginning of the war, what a sea of people's war, especially a group of people who are armed with veterans!
If the army of Montenegro is not stable, once the main force has passed, wait for dumplings!
Bulgaria has no fewer than 30,000 retired officers and soldiers registered in Albania, most of them are the family members and descendants of the military merit aristocrats who were sealed off that year.
It can also be regarded as a gathering place for the family of soldiers. In addition to simple training reserve, Bulgaria has mobilized an army of 80,000 people in just one week, and it is still expanding.
Although the Kingdom of Montenegro is also mobilizing nationwide, they are not comparable to an Albania region in terms of war potential!
How could Nicholas I be in no hurry? If it drags on for another day or two, Bulgaria's reinforcements will arrive. Ten thousand defenders plus eighty-six additional reinforcements will send him thirty thousand reinforcements even within the Montenegro Kingdom. what!
If the difference in military strength between the two sides is not large, and the Kingdom of Montenegro falls behind in weapons and equipment, can the Kingdom of Montenegro still win this battle?
As for why he died in Albania, Nicholas I was forced to do nothing! The area bordering the Kingdom of Montenegro and Bulgaria, except for Albania, is only Kosovo!
As the border between Bulgaria and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Kosovo has always been heavily populated. Even if the Balkans exploded for the second time, the 50,000 Bulgarian garrison still showed no sign of movement!
In the persimmon to find the soft pinch, I did not expect that the military aristocracy that Ferdinand was sealed off was so difficult!
Oh, people ca n't help it now. The number of people in the family has increased, and the next generation of land is not enough. They are trying to expand the fiefdom. Nicholas I brought the army to the door without hitting him.
Compared to the torture of Nicholas I, George I had no feeling at all. There is no doubt that the frontline Greek army has been defeated, but he has not moved at all, as if this was his expected thing!
No way, a king who is about to be completely lifted, what's the use of thinking so much?
Late at night, he was watching a secret call from God. After reading it, George I directly ignited and burned the message to ashes.
After reading the secret letter, George I fell into deep contemplation and could not sleep for a long time!
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The performance of the 6th Greek Army directly caused the Greeks to lose confidence. The 80,000th Greek 6th Army was defeated directly by a Bulgarian defender in the Ipirus military region!
The radicalists in Greece have collectively lost their voice at this moment, and they have awakened!
It is not that the Greeks did not work hard. The problem was that in the first Balkan war, the 6 Greek Army was almost annihilated. In the next ten years, the restricted powers controlled the finances and failed to rebuild.
Now suddenly saying that the war broke out, I recruited a group of farmers to put down their hoe. Before they had time to train, they resisted and went directly to the battlefield. Undefeated is a strange thing!
Well, after the defeat of the front line, the Greek government directly advised, and even the national mobilization was too lazy to carry out. Anyway, it was a loss. Why should we continue to waste the lives of the boys?
It can only be said that the Greeks had been interrupted in the first Balkan war, and now they have no courage to fight it!
Oh, Ferdinand was a little dumbfounded after the war. He had expected the Italians to sell teammates and let the navy come.
Then withdrew the Third Front Army, conquering the Greeks' back roads, killing Greece first, and then searching for the bad faith of the Kingdom of Romania and Montenegro. As a result, Greece withdrew by itself!
Well, this time only Italians can be cheap!
That's right, now that the Bulgarian Navy has returned to the Aegean from Libya, the original wanted to beat the Greeks was caught by surprise, of course it is not used now!
But Greece still has to fight, but it can only be put at the end. The Third Front Army in the west still needs to be partly transferred. Now it continues to advance to the Asia Minor Peninsula. It is completely unnecessary, because it can't eat in the stomach anyway!
Ferdinand thought for a while and said, "Order the third party to shrink the front, and send five main divisions to return to the country to participate in the self-defense counterattack!"
Although the Greeks did not perform well, the Kingdom of Montenegro and Romania still behaved normally. The nations in the Balkans are all fighting nations. This is true!
Even the Romanians in the plains were not easy to mess with, and they attacked directly from the long border between the two countries.
It is mainly in the plain area of the lower Danube. The two sides are fighting each other. If the newly mobilized militias are used on a large scale, the loss to win this war will be great!
With the World War coming, Ferdinand still cherish the soldiers' lives!
Now that the war is over, everyone knows that this anti-protection alliance will be defeated! After all, the war between small and big countries, as long as the first wave did not win, and the opponents reacted later, basically there was no chance!
The defeat of the Anti-Insurance Alliance is now the most worrying, not the Germans, but the Austro-Hungarian Empire!
There is no way to call the Three Kingdoms Alliance, so that only the Austro-Hungarian Empire borders Bulgaria.
I haven't seen that after the war broke out, Ferdinand has never sent a single soldier to the border of Pao, but instead increased the number of troops on the defense line?
Obviously, this is to prevent the robbery of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Due to the disgraceful role played by the Austro-Hungarian Empire in this incident, it is certain that the diplomatic relations between the two countries will end here!
Mediation must be mediation right away!
For the Austro-Hungarian Empire, it is now necessary to find a way to maintain the strength of the "Anti-Protection Alliance", otherwise the Austro-Hungarian Empire will have to face the military pressure of Russia and Bulgaria-the two great powers alone!
As soon as the Austro-Hungarian Empire moved, the Germans naturally moved, and the war was planned by them. If they do n't intervene anymore, maybe their little brothers will be finished soon!
After all, no one knows that the Greeks will be so watery, and the militia in Albania is so capable, and the expected military crisis in Bulgaria has not occurred.
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Metiev calmly said: "Your Majesty Germany, Italy and Austria have come to the diplomatic note, hoping to mediate this war!"
Ferdinand smiled slightly and said, "So fast? They are too suffocated! Where are the five divisions drawn from the Third Front Army now?"
The 6th Army Minister Popov immediately replied solemnly: "Just arrived in Razgrad, the vanguard can reach the front line tonight."
"Well, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will find a way to delay time! If you want to negotiate, you must defeat the enemy and talk again, otherwise how can we get what we want?" Ferdinand said lightly.