Mediterranean Hegemony Road

With the order of Ferdinand, the Balkans became lively again, and the countries were crackling.

Nicholas I regretted it again. Originally, he just wanted to help Romania share a little pressure, but he did not expect to get burned.

The Kingdom of Montenegro is now mobilizing the whole country, but it has only gathered 150,000 troops, and the ratio of the army to the people has reached 1:7. If the more than 200,000 people in the concentration camps are deducted, the ratio is as high as 1:5.

Obviously, this has reached the limit of their mobilization, which is based on the premise that the Austro-Hungarian Empire has provided them with material assistance.

Originally, if the Kingdom of Montenegro relied on the mountains for defense, it would be nothing, and Ferdinand did not have the energy to look for their bad luck, but unfortunately they came out this time.

First, they attacked the Kosovo region with the Austro-Hungarian army, but failed;

Unfortunately, Ferdinand decided to attack them in advance for the sake of stability after the war. Originally, the troops who were going to board the 6th Asia Minor Peninsula were used on them first.

The reinforcements of the 20th Division and the local defenders totaled 400,000 people. Under the leadership of Lieutenant General Pariv Christov, they launched a counterattack against the Kingdom of Montenegro.

The strength of the two sides is not on the same level at all. In the era of aircraft + artillery, it is already difficult to defeat the strong with the weak.

In addition, Lieutenant General Pariv Christov strictly implemented Ferdinand's regional policy, occupied one place, controlled one place, and cleaned one place.

In just one week, Nicholas I lost Gusigne, Ivangrad Nova Zapar, Lake Shkadar and other areas, and he was about to surround Podgorica.

It's a pity that the Kingdom of Montenegro is too small, and the Bulgarian army has only pushed the front line forward by dozens of kilometers, and they can't stand it.

What do the Russians say? Nicholas I asked expectantly

lost soldiers,

Lost city!

Nicholas I knew that the war could no longer be fought, and he pinned all his hopes on the Russians, hoping that the tsarist government would come forward to reconcile, so that the Kingdom of Montenegro would have a chance to return to the Allied Powers.

When the Allied Powers win the Allied Powers, the Kingdom of Montenegro will be able to share another trophy in the future. In order to check and balance the Bulgarian Russians, they will definitely support the Kingdom of Montenegro to establish the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. At that time...

Unfortunately, he forgot that it was no longer the era of Alexander II, and the patience of the Russian royal family for the Kingdom of Montenegro had been wiped out.

The Foreign Minister smiled bitterly: Your Majesty, the Tsarist government said that only when the Kingdom of Montenegro surrendered unconditionally would they be willing to mediate the conflict between us and the Bulgarians.

Unconditional surrender Nicholas I almost vomited blood in anger. If this was agreed, not to mention the Yugoslav Kingdom, and even the preservation of the Montenegro Kingdom would be a problem.

Well, the Foreign Secretary's words are already mild. In fact, after the tsarist government received the request from the Kingdom of Montenegro, they simply refused it, and it was only after the people from his foreign ministry that the Russians reluctantly gave this answer.

Now the tsarist government also hopes to build a huge Slavic empire, relying on this empire to dominate the world.

Purely from the point of view of interests, in fact, the establishment of such a huge empire is very beneficial to both the Russians and the Bulgarians.

Once this empire is established, the world island will tremble under this behemoth. In theory, as long as the two countries reach an agreement, whether it is the British, the French, or even the Americans, they have no ability to stop it.

It shows that the strength of this great empire is much more terrifying than the Soviet Union of later generations. According to the Russians' conception, after annexing most of Germany and Austria-Hungary, plus the basics of the two countries, it will be a behemoth with an economic aggregate larger than that of the United States and a population of over 300 million.

No matter whether it can be realized or not, the ambition of the tsarist government is so big, can the small kingdom of Montenegro still be in their eyes against this background?

Besides, the Russians did not support the Kingdom of Montenegro less in those days, but Nicholas I missed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and did not develop the Kingdom of Montenegro.

One wrong step is naturally a wrong step. Now no one thinks that the Kingdom of Montenegro can check and balance Bulgaria.

Hey!

Nicholas I sighed, and then said fiercely: If this is the case, then we can only do our best!

Order all the troops to resist me step by step, and if I fail to win, they will drill a ravine for me, and drag me to death in Bulgaria.

There is no doubt that Nicholas I was not confident enough when he said this. The main reason is that the Kingdom of Montenegro is too small. In terms of area, it is a city site.

If you want to learn the Boers to play guerrilla warfare, it is definitely not possible, there is nowhere to run! Besides, Ferdinand was constantly migrating their population, hid in the mountains for a few months, and suddenly there were no people left. This is a guerrilla!

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No matter what Nicholas I thought, Lieutenant General Pariv Khristov moved forward steadily, and soon approached the capital of Montenegro, Podgorica.

It is said to be all, in fact, this is a small city with a population of less than 100,000. It is located on the Moracha River in the Skadar Basin, and the Kingdom of Montenegro does not have so much money to build a fortress.

Therefore, the battle to defend the capital of the Montenegro Kingdom became tragic. In just one week, the Bulgarian Air Force dumped thousands of tons of bombs, including a large number of incendiary bombs, on the small city.

The whole city is like a city of fire. The fire is burning and the smoke is rising. Before the siege battle starts, the defenders in the city have suffered heavy casualties.

Not everyone has the spirit of seeing death at home, especially now, without even touching the shadow of the enemy, he was burned to death by fire and smoked to death!

Many people collapsed directly, and a large number of people from the Montenegro Kingdom escaped from it. Naturally, there were also a large number of defenders. With fear and hatred, they were forced to surrender to the siege troops.

But it doesn't matter, anyway, they all have to be packaged and sent away. Even if they hate Bulgaria more than the sky when they arrive in Syria, it won't help.

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There is no doubt that the defense of Podgorica, the moving capital of the Kingdom of Montenegro, has failed, and the main city area of ​​only ten square kilometers has been baptized by artillery fire.

The remaining defenders in the city were no longer able to resist the attack of the Bulgarian army.

However, the Kingdom of Montenegro is no better than Romania. Even if they conquer their capital, the following war will continue for a long time. Anyway, according to the estimates of the General Staff, this war will continue until the first half of 1916.

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At this time, the Romanian battlefield also changed. In order to keep the granary of the Allied countries, the Austro-Hungarian Empire transferred 400,000 reserve troops from the country to join the battlefield. This is also their last mobile unit.

With the addition of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the morale of the Romanians increased dramatically, and the war became tragic.

As for the consequences, of course, the Romanians suffered more casualties.

The Bulgarian side just wiped out the direct participants of the rebels, and the family members were exiled to the Syrian area, and basically there was no major involvement.

Hairy bears are not so easy to talk about. In order to vent their anger, they organize a massacre from time to time, and directly use butcher knives to shock the Romanians.

No matter which method was used, the same effect was achieved, that is, the Romanians in the occupied area settled down.

The Romanians in the unoccupied areas also became sympathetic to the enemy, and their will to resist became firmer.

Well, mainly the Romanian aristocrats and capitalists whose interests have been damaged are angry. Whether it is Russia or Bulgaria, after occupying the area, the first thing is to confiscate their illegal gains!

It is naturally impossible for them to go to the front line to work hard. In order to retaliate, they naturally began to fool ordinary people to go to the front line to work hard. In short, the hatred between the two sides is getting deeper and deeper.

Seeing the casualty reports on the Romanian battlefield, Ferdinand finally understood why there were so many casualties in the First World War!

If the Romanians continue to persevere, then they are the historical Serbia, losing 30 to 40 percent of the population, which is not impossible.

It can be seen from the casualty data that Bulgaria suffered 58,000 casualties on the Romanian battlefield in September, and the Romanians paid at least twice that amount.

The war broke out in Romania, how could their civilian casualties be low? Under normal circumstances, civilians tend to suffer more casualties than military!

It is mainly a siege battle. Basically, as long as every city has fierce resistance, the number of civilian casualties is a huge number.

Cannonballs don't have long eyes, and it's impossible to specifically catch the army! And neither the Bulgarian army nor the Russian army has cared about the civilian casualties in Romania, and they are fighting as much as they want!

The most important thing is that the Romanian government does not pay attention to civilian casualties. In many cases, the people could be evacuated first, but they did not do it.

For example, the Bulgarian army suffered 58,000 casualties in September, but with effective treatment, the real death toll is only 8,000, and everyone else can recover.

And the Romanians are tragic. There are neither enough medicines nor enough doctors. As long as the soldiers are injured, they can only resign themselves to fate.

According to the estimates of the General Staff, the number of casualties in Romania exceeded 500,000 in September alone, and only God knows how many died.

In this regard, Mao Xiong has made great contributions. In terms of destructive power or the Russian army, even the destructive power of the mercenaries recruited by Ferdinand is amazing. This aspect seems to be their innate talent.

In Ferdinand's point of view, the current Romanians have gone mad and armed people who have never been trained into the battlefield, this is completely sending death!

More importantly, most of the Romanian soldiers were recruited by the government. No matter how they publicized it, ordinary people had lost confidence in resisting the attack of the two countries.

Reinforcements from the Austro-Hungarian Empire can boost morale, but over time this effect is also fading.

Many Romanians found that the combat effectiveness of the Austro-Hungarian army was only half a pound compared to them, and they could not stop the joint attack of the two countries.

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