Rebirth: Romania Rising

In the Tsarnovo Castle, the Bulgarian Tsar squinted at the documents, and after looking at the map for a long time, a satisfied smile appeared on his lips: "It's time for this map to change, Bulgaria? It's only been a few months, and I've completely changed it." Unrecognizable."

"After the First World War, most of Macedonia and Thrace belonged to our country."

Said, he wanted to go out of the palace to see for himself. The castle was dozens of meters high, and the wind outside was really strong. It made Tsar Ferdinand III's silver hair fly. He looked in the southeast, northwest and northwest directions:

Next to the tsar's palace, there is the ancient royal garden. Its architectural style is quite simple and elegant. There are dense flowers and trees in the garden, horses are kept, elk live under the trees, and rowing can be done in the pond.

Nowadays, the garden is beyond recognition, the trees have been cut down by the citizens, and the manor full of rare trees is left with only an ugly open space full of tree stumps.

The rare and exotic animals that only the royal family could hunt in the past have probably become delicacies for the poor.The entire field of vision of the tsar was filled with dilapidated ruins and black masses of refugees, which made the tsar frown and feel uneasy.

There is a river between the palace and the city. Over the past decades, countless families have gathered on the other side of the river, opened up endless fertile farmland, and established churches and schools...

But now, those fertile fields that should be busy with spring plowing and planting corn and wheat seedlings are empty, not even a sparrow.The common people were dispersed, but there were countless wanderers, holding hoes, digging potatoes and other grains in a steady stream.

Seeing this, the Bulgarian Tsar's hand holding on to the railing began to tremble slightly.He leads the whole country, conquers the north and south, and expands the territory. It is all because of these unscrupulous people who hold him back and hinder his "big Bulgaria dream."

As long as Bulgaria's ideal territory is realized, all sacrifices will be worth it. Those unscrupulous people are really short-sighted and cannot see the future glory of the Bulgarians, and only want the temporary peace of the moment.

"I wonder what the attitude of Serbia and Greece is today?" Ferdinand III asked. Although he had worked for many days and his eye-catching beard was messy, he still did not hide his royal style. Although he was tired, he was not tired at all. Not showing signs of depression, those eyes are still full of energy.

On the other hand, the officials who were negotiating seemed a little down and out.Although the Tsar had made plans in advance to threaten the two countries with war and prevent them from further expansion, his officials did not expect that Greece and Serbia were so determined that they wanted to fight at the meeting. They are very stressed.

"Your Majesty, they rejected your request for mercy and mercy."

The Tsar narrowed his eyes and did not understand what these two countries were doing. Where did they get the confidence to claim our territory?

The diplomatic threats that were carefully planned to easily subdue the enemy failed to work. Although Ferdinand III was a little confused, he did not lose his head. He did not choose to talk nonsense anymore, because Tsar Ferdinand knew that Serbia and Greece The two countries must have colluded with each other, otherwise the two countries would not have the guts to oppose themselves.

Even if they unite together, he is not worried at all. Anyway, as soon as the army arrives, everyone in the two countries will be frightened, and the proud army will just flee.If we ask for land at this time, we can actually achieve peace.

Moreover, Bulgaria has received the support of independence guarantees and huge loans from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Tsarist Russia, which is also a Slav, has also acquiesced in its expansion, and the entire country has also tried its best to incite its citizens against other allies.

But he had already played out such a scene in his mind: Bulgaria launched an undeclared war, suddenly attacked Serbia, quickly invaded the Serbian capital, signed a city alliance with Serbia, and then freed up its hands to take over Greek Western Thrace in one fell swoop and annex more Much territory.

The process in between was only two months. Everywhere the Bulgarian army went, there were surrendered enemy officers and soldiers. Their own rangers entered the capitals of the two countries unimpeded as if they were in uninhabited territory.

The situation in Serbia and Greece is indeed difficult. Although it is not that exaggerated, it is to a certain extent what Ferdinand III expected.The two countries have a shallow foundation and weak strength in the newly occupied lands.

But the tsar did not know that Bulgaria at this time was actually riddled with holes. Except for the situation in the capital, which was still barely there, the people in other places were already having a very difficult time.From the Danube River in the north to Thrace in the south, hundreds of people were killed every day by disease and famine due to wars.Factories have shut down and tens of thousands of workers have lost their jobs.

What's even more frightening is that everyone around Bulgaria has secretly formed an anti-Bulgarian alliance. In fact, Bulgaria has been isolated.

But until now, His Majesty the Tsar's ambition has not been satisfied.

New teams are recruited every day and are arranged to rest in camps in border areas, ready to invade other countries at any time.The number of people recruited for corvee work gradually increased from the initial few hundred to one thousand, thousands, ten thousand, tens of thousands...

The entire ten-mile-long area of ​​the military camp was densely covered with temporary shacks. When cooking, almost half of the sky was filled with black smoke.

The newly recruited young men greeted each other, chatted, exchanged food, and spoke with different accents.Some are young men from newly annexed territories, some are dressed in strange costumes, speak obscure dialects, and are completely confused about orders and commands...

These people traveled hundreds of miles and took great pains to gather here. Of course, they were not here for tourism.But because of one person - none other than Ferdinand III, the Tsar of Bulgaria.

At his order, these people from different regions seemed to be small streams, manipulated by huge forces to come together, and gradually merged into rivers, and then into lakes.

Bulgaria's strong ability to mobilize the grassroots was clearly demonstrated before the war started.

As expected by Victor, after the snow melted in spring, everyone was gathered together. The general camp was densely packed, and the military camp was filled with people for a while.

And just in the military camp on the western border, someone said with a smile: "The Baojun army is still powerful, and mentioning its name will probably stop the Serb baby from crying..."

"The residual power? I'm afraid it's the residual smell!" shouted a young and energetic Serb boy.

"Who? Who said that just now!?"

"Joseph, shut up! Do you want your life?" The brother on the side covered his mouth.

"Sergei, have you really surrendered to the Bulgarians?"

The man named Sergei also spoke unscrupulously: "How is that possible? Of course I remember it, you don't need to remind me!" Then he suddenly changed his color and lowered his voice and shouted angrily: "If you continue to talk nonsense, you are really going to kill our fellow Serbs." Got it!"

"I know, just don't say anything."

Yes, the two brothers Sergei and Joseph are both Serbs, and they only recognize themselves as Serbs.It's just that the Bulgarians now rule their homeland, and they have no choice but to be conscripted by the Tsar as corvees to serve the Bulgarians who invaded their homeland. What kind of humiliation is this?As for the "remaining power" of the Bulgarian army, it is of course its "excellent" style and military discipline.

The Bulgarian officers who commanded these logistics troops shouted to everyone.There is no standard Mandarin in Bulgaria at this time.

The dialects of the unified language are very different, not to mention the different languages ​​of each ethnic group. You can only say one sentence, and then let the soldiers below pass it on in turn, and let the message be translated into various dialects or languages ​​​​and then spread throughout the world.

"For many months we have been tortured by the problems imposed on us by the Treaty of London. This problem has escalated and worsened and has become unbearable for us."

"Macedonia was, and still is, a Bulgarian city. The people there are also Bulgarian. All the development of this region is entirely due to Bulgaria. Without Bulgaria, these regions would still be mired in barbarism."

"Now the Tsar calls on us to take back the land that should belong to us! Let the Greeks and Serbs know the power of our troops!"

"Those who try their best will be rewarded for their merits; those who run away from battle will be punished for their mistakes!"

After the officer finished reading, he read again the military orders and regulations that civilians and soldiers must abide by.At this time, everyone stared at the officer excitedly. The meaning was obvious: "It's true, Bulgaria is going to attack Serbia and Greece!"

On June 1913, 6, a huge Second Balkan War was about to begin.

"I finally caught up." Victor sighed repeatedly when he watched the newspaper announcement. He knew that this was the first time that he had been involved in the great wave of this era. This was the first step, but it was by no means the last step. You will be getting closer and closer to controlling your destiny...

Although at this moment, he is just a small officer, just an inconspicuous drop in the waves of this era, thrown among tens of thousands of people, he will be lost in the crowd and difficult to find a trace.

But Victor firmly believes that when the dust of the war settles, he will become one of the trendsetters in Romania of this era!

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