Bulgarian Empire

On the southern front, after the Battle of Transylvania, the Allied Powers turned from offense to defense. The group of defeated soldiers who had lost their weapons and equipment were also re-armed by Marshal August von Mackensen. Naturally, they didn't have any, but they still captured a lot of weapons and equipment in the previous battles on the Eastern Front. It's okay to pick out some of them and use them first.

In other words, the judgment made by Dante Christopher was not accurate. The current Allied Powers already had an army of 530,000, not the 400,000 they estimated in advance.

However, even if the estimate is wrong, this still cannot change the strength comparison between the two sides. Whether it is 400,000 troops against 900,000 troops, or 530,000 troops against 900,000 troops, the Allies are at an absolute disadvantage in strength.

The most important thing is that after several months of fighting and running-in, the Indian division with the lowest combat effectiveness has been exhausted, and the newly formed mercenary division has changed from recruits to veterans!

Generally speaking, the combat effectiveness of the Bulgarian army has not declined, but has increased slightly, which is not so good for the German-Austrian coalition forces that have been severely weakened.

As for the Romanian Restoration Army, let’s ignore them for now. If it weren’t for political needs, their establishment would have long since disappeared. Even if it was for political needs, most of their troops were Romanians recruited from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Composed of people, the total strength is less than 10,000, which can't change the overall situation at all!

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At the military meeting, August von Mackensen said in a low tone: Now the enemy is coming fiercely, and our army has just suffered heavy losses. We don't have the strength to fight the enemy in a short period of time!

Now that the enemy has air supremacy, we are doomed to be unable to defend the front line of Debrecen. I decided to make a strategic retreat of the whole army and rebuild the defense line along the Tisza River.

Now we still need to buy time for the construction of the defense line, so I decided that all the troops will resist step by step, cover and retreat alternately, and we must also remove or destroy all the ships on the south bank, so as to cut off the possibility of the enemy crossing the river in a short time !

As soon as Marshal August von Mackensen’s words fell, he was opposed by the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The commander of the 16th Army of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Count Andra Hill, said very firmly: “No, we disagree!

After a pause, Earl Andrahill explained: Even if Debrecen falls, we can continue to build a defense line in Pisperkolodani and continue to fight the enemy instead of just avoiding the battle. !

If we retreat to the Tisza River, this is equivalent to abandoning the central plain of the Danube River, then one-third of the grain-producing areas of the Kingdom of Hungary will fall, and Belgrade’s flanks will also be in danger. Such consequences are simply not something we can afford of!

Andra Hill's objection was not beyond everyone's expectations. As an officer from the Kingdom of Hungary, he would have a problem if he didn't object.

Marshal August von Mackensen's plan is indeed very good, it can be said to be extremely conservative, according to his strategy, there is almost no possibility of failure.

But this also seriously damaged the interests of the Kingdom of Hungary. The Transylvanian Plateau had already fallen, and now if the middle plain of the Danube was abandoned, the territory of the Kingdom of Hungary would fall to nearly four levels.

The best choice in military affairs is the worst choice in politics. One can imagine how serious the consequences would be to the Kingdom of Hungary once such a thing happened!

August von Mackensen said coldly: Enough is enough, stop making trouble for no reason! From a military point of view, this is the most correct choice at the moment. If you are not military idiots, you should know that we are now What kind of situation are you facing!

As for politics, to hell with damned politics! As a soldier, I hope you all can understand that national interests are above all else, and you cannot ignore national interests for personal or group interests!

The current situation is already very dangerous to the Allies,

For Germany and Austria, the most important thing at the moment is to win this war. Everything we do now is to serve to win this war!

As for harming the interests of certain individuals or groups, I hope that everyone can take the overall situation into consideration and not allow some people to put personal or group interests above national interests!

Obviously August von Mackensen has exploded, he is very dissatisfied with the behavior of the Hungarians holding their hind legs, this is a very obvious accusation.

In his opinion, there is no problem in defending Debrecen. As long as the Hungarians are willing to send reinforcements and take out strategic materials, these are not problems!

Rather than just pointing aside like now, without taking actual action! Do the Hungarians think they can stop the enemy with their mouths?

Or is it that the Kingdom of Hungary can't even get more than 100,000 or 200,000 reinforcements? This is obviously impossible, anyway, he is also the second in charge of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, no matter how poorly he is, the troops of more than a dozen divisions can still be used! Even if there is no such thing, the temporary mobilization of the Kingdom of Hungary can be made up!

As for the strategic materials needed on the front line, they are not allowed to bear the full amount. August von Mackensen just needs them to provide a batch of emergency materials.

The Kingdom of Hungary is at least a medium-sized kingdom with a population of more than 20 million. As long as they are willing, they can deduct part of it from the capitalists. There will always be supplies for the front line for two or three months, right?

After all, it is now defending the mainland of the Kingdom of Hungary? It doesn't make sense to just let friendly troops contribute money and effort, and they themselves will beat me with soy sauce and shout flags, right?

Obviously, the position of the Hungarians is completely different from that of Marshal August von Mackensen. In the eyes of the Hungarians, this war is a war between the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the German Empire, and has nothing to do with the Kingdom of Hungary!

As for the fact that the Kingdom of Hungary supported the Austro-Hungarian Empire to participate in this war, they have long since left it behind.

Since this war has nothing to do with the Kingdom of Hungary, they have contributed money and efforts to help fight the war before, but now that the war has hit their homeland with heavy losses, it is not too much to ask Germany and Austria to compensate?

As for continuing to contribute to this war, it is obviously impossible! Haven't they already worked hard before? The losses they have paid are so great, and they have not received any compensation until now, so why do they continue to fight?

After all, John Bull just promised not to hold the Hungarian Kingdom accountable for the previous war. It does not mean that their future wars and the Allied Powers will not hold them accountable!

The positions of the two sides are different, and the ideas are naturally different, but Marshal August von Mackensen still issued orders in his capacity as the commander-in-chief of the German-Austrian coalition forces on the southern front.

As for the Hungarians, if they have the guts to disobey their orders, they don't have to implement it at all! Anyway, after retreating to the Tisza River, August von Mackensen didn't need so many troops anymore. He really didn't care about the 30,000 to 40,000 troops in Hungary!

The prerequisite is that these Hungarian troops stay here and don't go back. Otherwise, if they disobey the military order, they will still be shot when they go back.

Well, the main reason why the Vienna government dares to continue the war is that so far, the war is mainly concentrated in the Kingdom of Hungary, and has not yet hit Austria. Now it can use this war to weaken this disobedient kingdom, which will also help Austria The Hungarian Empire has long-term peace and stability!

Facing the powerful Marshal August von Mackensen, the Hungarians decisively chose to admit defeat. Of course, as a price, when the troops retreated to the other side of the Tisza River, the Hungarians added more troops. Thousands of deserters!

Undoubtedly, those who escaped were all locals, who ran away and went home. Anyway, this war has nothing to do with them, let whoever wants to fight fight!

This is also the main dilemma that the Kingdom of Hungary is facing now. If the ethnic problems of the Austro-Hungarian Empire are serious, then the ethnic problems of the Kingdom of Hungary are a powder keg!

Even though Hungarians accounted for half of the total population of the kingdom, their bad ethnic policy made a mess in the country.

In this respect, they are far behind the Austro-Hungarian Empire. At least under the rule of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, everyone still recognizes this country!

It will not work in the Kingdom of Hungary. The grievances accumulated by the ethnic minorities who are suppressed and forced to live in the country are about to explode. Soldiers fleeing is just one aspect of it!

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Prime Minister Tissa is very upset now. Although the strategic retreat of the German-Austrian coalition forces avoided the fate of being encircled and wiped out by the enemy militarily, it was very bad for the Kingdom of Hungary politically.

A large area of ​​the country has fallen, and domestic nationalism has begun to explode. They advocate withdrawing from this war, recovering lost land, and establishing a new Kingdom of Greater Hungary.

Very weird, right? The Hungarians want to separate from the Austro-Hungarian Empire and establish a new Kingdom of Greater Hungary independently, which means that they still recognize the Hungarian throne of Ferdinand II!

This is the unique political system in Europe. Jurisprudentially, Ferdinand II is the king of the Kingdom of Hungary, which is recognized by the whole world. They also swore allegiance to Ferdinand II as subjects, so naturally they will not Can easily betray!

Even though they have essentially betrayed, in their view, they are against the Emperor Ferdinand II of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, not against the King of Hungary-Ferdinand I! (Remarks: The Kingdom of Hungary was established for a short period of time. It was established in the hands of Joseph I. He was also the first member of the Franz family named Ferdinand, so he was also Ferdinand I.)

Even after the end of the First World War, Grand Duke Karl, who was abolished from the throne, almost became the king of the Kingdom of Hungary again, but this guy is too deadly, and his political methods are too bad, and he has not had time to seize power. He was put down for fun, and the throne was directly abolished!

Although Hungarian nationalism is prevalent now, and the major political factions have reached an agreement to withdraw from the Austro-Hungarian Empire and establish an independent Hungarian Kingdom, he still does not object to Ferdinand I continuing to be king.

Well, the so-called political faction, in fact, means that the big nobles and big capitalists in the Kingdom of Hungary have reached an agreement on their positions, and they decided not to continue playing with the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

The main reason is that they believe that the failure of the Allies in this war has become a foregone conclusion. If they continue to stay in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, they will be equivalent to a member of the Allies, and they will definitely be liquidated by the Allies after the war!

People tend to be interested, in order to escape the punishment of war, they naturally want to change jobs. In this regard, the capitalists are particularly active. Compared with the big nobles, their background is really poor, and they have no ability to resist risks!

The traditional big aristocrats are not so worried. Simply put, their relatives are all over Europe, and at most they are robbed of some money. Basically, their lives are not in danger, and some property can be preserved through family relations.

For example, Ferdinand, the Kohari family, a branch of the Gotha Dynasty, he was born in is also a member of the Hungarian nobles, and they are still the top few.

As long as you scroll up, everyone is definitely relatives. In this context, if the Bulgarian army entered the Kingdom of Hungary, would they worry about their safety?

Obviously not, even for the sake of fame, Ferdinand must ensure that most of them live well, which is also the common law of European nobles.

Of course, this is not considered free of charge. For example, although Ferdinand’s large areas of Abra and Sitno in Slovakia were taken over by the government in name, in essence, everyone has not moved this area. The castle and manor below still belong to the Kohari family. (Note: Before World War I, most of Slovakia belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary)

Obviously, this is one of the unknown insider transactions. In return, the castles and manors of these nobles have not been patronized by the Bulgarian army. Even in the occupied areas, Ferdinand has not touched theirs. property?

As for the property of the capitalists, when did the Bulgarian army soften its hands? Isn't it just confiscating all the way if you fight all the way?

Undoubtedly, this is all communicated in advance by everyone. In line with the principle of not putting eggs in one basket, and in the absence of conflicts of interest, everyone is still willing to keep some love for each other!

If they really carve up Ferdinand's fief regardless of their disregard, are they really going to die?

As for the consequences? Think about it first, can you resist the revenge of a king?

Who wouldn't abuse their power? People are selfish, and Ferdinand is no exception. If anyone touches his cheese, he will kill him!

Wanting revenge is not easy, such as bombing the city of Budapest, breaking the foundation of some people; another example is that the enemy's manors and castles suddenly turned into munitions warehouses in the clearing report, and became the key bombing targets of the Bulgarian Air Force. This question cannot be used to test Ferdinand's integrity, he really has no lower limit!

So what is really worrying now is these big capitalists. If they still tie themselves to the broken ship of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, then once the war fails, no one can help them keep their property, and they may even lose their lives.

Anyway, Europe has a tradition of giving preferential treatment to nobles in this era. Everyone will try to avoid killing nobles for no reason, but capitalists are different. Their reputation can be said to be notorious in this era, and no one cares about their life or death!

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