Bulgarian Empire

The battle on the southern front ended in Bulgaria's victory. This result undoubtedly stimulated Nicholas II. Even though the results of this battle were not very great, a win is a win!

This world is so cruel, everyone only pays attention to the result! The chivalry of the Middle Ages is long gone. Naturally, Nicholas II will not feel that Bulgaria is invincible by bullying more and winning less. He is not a boy in the second grade. Tactics!

The end of the battle on the southern front made Nicholas II see clearly the reality of the allies, and now the strength of the Germans on the eastern front has undoubtedly dropped to the lowest point in history.

Although the Russian Empire is now seriously injured, the 3 million army is still there. If so many troops are put into any battlefield, it is enough to set off a war that will shock the world!

The new Chief of General Staff Mikhail Vasilyevich Alexeyev said excitedly to Nicholas II: Your Majesty, the main force of the Germans is fighting bloody battles with Britain and France on the Western Front, and they cannot be separated in the short term. If we win or lose, we regain lost ground at this time, and the Germans are simply powerless.

And they had just lost a battle on the southern front, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire also mobilized its front-line troops to return home. The Allies' troops on the front line are running out. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

Obviously, the Russian military can no longer sit still, and is eager to fight a war with the Allies in order to prove their capabilities to the outside world, and completely shift the responsibility for the last battle on the Eastern Front to the capitalists!

The most important thing is that there is no risk in launching a counterattack from the Eastern Front. Now, in order to resist the Bulgarian attack, the Austro-Hungarian Empire has withdrawn all the troops on the Eastern Front, leaving only the Germans to defend alone.

And a mere 600,000 to 700,000 German troops are scattered on this defense line that stretches for thousands of miles, and there are loopholes everywhere!

Insufficient troops, it is useless even if the German army can fight now! The German army lost 300,000 troops in the just-concluded battle on the southern front, while the losses of the German army in the two battles on the eastern front that broke out last year have already exceeded one million, let alone the battlefield on the western front, which is definitely in the millions of!

In other words, from the beginning of the war to the present, the German army has actually lost more than two million yuan, and it is just around the corner to break through the three million mark.

It's no wonder that the Germans are short of troops. Their population base is so large. Now they can still maintain an army of more than 4 million. It is already doing their best.

It's a pity that even if the Germans have an army of more than 4 million, it is not enough now! The current situation is obvious. The Germans on the western front have invested more than 140 divisions, with a total strength of more than 2.6 million troops, while the Germans on the southern front still left the remaining 300,000 troops to help Stabilization of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

This will cost more than three million troops, plus the more than 40 divisions of the Germans on the Eastern Front with more than 700,000 troops. In fact, the mobile force in the hands of the Hindenburg government is only about 300,000. .

It sounds like the number of more than 300,000 is quite a lot. If it was in a peaceful age, many countries would not have a standing army of more than 300,000.

But in a world war, this number is not enough. The casualties of any major battle are more than 300,000.

For the Germans, the number of this emergency force is too small, and even more than 300,000 troops on the battlefield are not enough to consume a month of war.

Once the war on the Eastern Front broke out again, the Hindenburg government really had nothing to do. The defense line on the Eastern Front was too long. More than 700,000 troops are distributed across thousands of miles of borders, and it is too easy for the enemy to find a breakthrough point.

To some extent, the Russians lost a lot of territory, which also created an opportunity for this counterattack. After all, the border line between the two sides has become longer. The Germans not only allocated troops, but also lengthened the front line, making it more difficult to supply!

Obviously, everyone knows this problem, but unfortunately the Germans can't give up these lands at all now, unless they want to go hungry.

After thinking about it, Nicholas II asked, What's the plan of the staff?

Chief of Staff Mikhail Vasilyevich Alekseev said confidently: Your Majesty,

Now the border between us and the Germans is so long, and their strength is extremely limited. As long as we concentrate our strength, it is not a problem to break through the enemy's defense line.

Taking into account the actual situation, the staff plans to recover Ukraine first, and then join forces with Bulgaria to attack the Austro-Hungarian Empire. After the Austro-Hungarian Empire is destroyed, the four countries will join forces to deal with the Germans!

There is no doubt that last year's battle on the Eastern Front has awakened the Russians. They know that the Germans are not easy to mess with, and now they have become conservative in formulating strategies.

Nicholas II nodded in satisfaction. The conservative strategy is good. Now he likes to be conservative. The Russian Empire can no longer afford a big defeat. If the situation of last year reappears now, he will never be able to find the blame object.

Well, a very good battle plan, I approved it, let's implement it as soon as possible! Nicholas II said

Chief of Staff Mikhail Vasilyevich Alekseev went on to say: Your Majesty, I am afraid this will take some time. Our ammunition and weapon reserves are limited, and at most we can only last until the Ukrainian region is recovered!

So far, we have an army of 3.36 million, but we are only equipped with more than 1.6 million rifles, more than 5,300 light and heavy machine guns, more than 4,800 artillery pieces, 230 Six tanks, 200 million rounds of ammunition and more than 2 million rounds of artillery shells.

Now one quarter of our soldiers lack weapons, and the weapons and ammunition are only enough to fight a medium-scale battle, so...

Nicholas II interrupted coldly: Stop, I know what you said, but we don't have a choice now, do we?

You are also very clear about the situation on the battlefield now. The Allies are about to end. The British, French and Bulgarians have opened up a new front in Italy, and the Allies have lost the battle on the southern front. How long do you think the Austro-Hungarian Empire can last?

Once the Austro-Hungarian Empire surrendered, how long could the Germans last? We can't wait until the Allies have surrendered. We still have a lot of land in the hands of the enemy, right?

If this happens, the war will be in vain for the Empire. The Allied Powers have agreed on the principle of dividing up the spoils after the war based on the size of their contribution on the battlefield. Our current performance is not qualified to get what we want everything!

Once war is hooked with politics, it will deteriorate. The military must make concessions to politics, and no matter how unreasonable it is in the military, it must be fought!

Mikhail Vasilyevich Alekseev could only smile wryly in the face of a self-serving czar, but the situation is very good now, at least Nicholas II did not let them immediately make peace with him. The Germans fought the decisive battle.

From a theoretical point of view, with four times the superior force, even if they fight the Germans immediately, their chances of winning are very high.

It's a pity that this is no longer the era of cold weapons. The outcome of a war is not determined by military strength alone. In last year's Eastern Front War, the Russian army had already lost most of its wealth, and it would not be able to recover in the short term.

If it hadn't been for the coming of winter, perhaps in last year's war, the Russian Empire would have had to admit defeat.

To some extent, it was the German-Russian negotiations that saved Russia. The Germans made a wrong judgment that Russia would withdraw from the war and did not take military adventures before winter.

Mikhail Vasilyevich Alexeyev thought for a while and said: Your Majesty, let's ask the Allied Powers for help. As long as they provide enough weapons and ammunition, we can launch a counterattack immediately! Or Let the Ministry of Foreign Affairs communicate with Bulgaria and let them deliver the goods in advance?

After a moment of silence, Nicholas II said: We urged the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to do it, but you must also be mentally prepared. Now the British, French and Germans are fighting very fiercely on the Western Front. They I'm afraid there is not much spare power to provide us with assistance!

And Bulgaria's military production capacity is also limited. It should not be a big problem if only some weapons and equipment are delivered in advance, but it may be impossible for them to complete all our orders in advance!

Mikhail Vasilyevich Alexeyev said with a wry smile: Yes, Your Majesty! But it is better than nothing, at least let the Bulgarians come up with two or three hundred million rounds of bullets, let us Emergency!

Both of them tacitly did not mention domestic military production. At its peak, the Russian Empire could produce 500 to 600 million rounds of ammunition a year, which could only meet a quarter of the consumption of the Russian army itself!

And the rest can only be supplemented by the outside world. On the issue, what Russia lacks is more than just bullets. They basically lack all kinds of strategic materials. Inability to meet all the needs of the Russians.

Even with the addition of Bulgaria's military production, it still cannot meet the needs of the Russians. There is no way around it. Bulgaria must also give priority to meeting its own needs. Ferdinand does not have the spirit of internationalism to explode for the sake of the Russians. !

In other words, since the outbreak of World War II, the Russian army has never had enough weapons and ammunition, and naturally the Russian army's combat effectiveness has never been overwhelmed!

Restricted by transportation, after the outbreak of the World War, the Russian military production capacity not only did not continue to grow, but shrank instead. After the production capacity reached its peak in 1915, it began to decline all the way.

Especially after Nicholas II launched the Great Purge of St. Petersburg, the irritated capitalists artificially reduced the production capacity of the military industry. Except for the factories in St. Petersburg, military enterprises in other regions of Russia have reduced production for various reasons!

At its peak, Russian military enterprises could produce 50 million rounds of ammunition per month, but now this output is only 13 million rounds left.

Under this background, the Tsarist government had to turn its attention to the outside world. First of all, Bulgaria, which is next to it, has received a large number of orders. Cannonballs, more than 200,000 rifles, more than 500 artillery pieces, more than 300 aircraft...

And the more the better, in order to stimulate the Bulgarian military industry to increase production capacity, the Russians even announced that they would accept all the extra products as they were ordered.

A few months ago, Ferdinand was worried that his company would suffer heavy losses due to the war, and was preparing to rescue the market. It didn't take long for the huge orders from the Russians to get them out of the woods.

After all, the weapons and equipment purchased by the government are given at the cost price, but no one cares what price you want to sell the products sold to the Russians, and now all companies that produce for the military during the war are tax-free.

Of course, it doesn’t work if there is no tax exemption. People have been selling goods at cost price before, so what kind of tax is there if there is no profit? It's just that now there is an extra bear to be taken advantage of, so that everyone can get back some blood.

However, it seems that all heavy industrial enterprises in Bulgaria have never paid taxes. This policy has been implemented since Ferdinand succeeded to the throne, otherwise they would not be able to develop so fast!

Oh, in fact, the Russians don't want to be taken advantage of, mainly because they are forced to do nothing!

At the beginning of the war, the Russians were reluctant to bid for weapons and ammunition from Bulgaria. They hoped that they could purchase at cost prices like the Bulgarian government.

Then there is no more, everyone is not an idiot, if there is not enough profit, who will take their order?

Then they tried several times to find ways to purchase weapons and ammunition from the Bulgarian government. Ferdinand was not a vegetarian, and he sold what kind of weapons at any price.

The warehouse was turned around, and the weapons and ammunition seized during the Balkan War were packaged to the Russians. Anyway, as long as the procurement officials were bribed, they were qualified products whether they could be used or not.

If the junk is sold out, the transaction will naturally be over. Anyway, the lack of production capacity is the best reason. Didn’t the Russians make trouble on the Eastern Front last year? Wasn’t Ferdinand watching the show?

We didn't provide them with a batch of weapons until they were about to lose the battle, and then Mao Xiong suffered a tragedy.

So now Mao Xiong has learned how to behave. They know that the capitalists in Bulgaria are not easy to mess with. If they have no money, they will not buy it. The Tsarist government also had to pay a large price for purchases.

Well, in fact, these are also the fault of the Russian capitalists. They made a wrong judgment and thought that this war would not last long at all.

For their own benefit, it is natural to hinder the government's foreign procurement, and then they use their influence to prompt the Russian officials in charge of material procurement to make wrong decisions.

Therefore, before the war, the government trade volume between Bulgaria and Russia was not very large, but private trade developed rapidly.

Up to now, the Russian capitalists have lost control of the country, so naturally they cannot continue to hinder the normal trade between the two countries.

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