Mediterranean Hegemony Road

In fact, Ferdinand did not take the agreement reached with Britain and France in his heart, and the distribution of benefits ultimately had to rely on fists to speak.

As long as Bulgaria actually occupies these places, these places are naturally Bulgarian territory. On the other hand, if Bulgaria does not have the strength to occupy these territories, then Britain and France will not mind dividing it up again.

What really satisfied Ferdinand was that the conflict between Britain and France was much greater than he had expected, which meant that the post-war Bulgarian diplomatic environment would be much better.

After all, the French want to expand on the European continent, but the British do not want the French to become bigger. In this regard, there are natural contradictions between the two parties that cannot be reconciled.

But it doesn't matter to Ferdinand. If the French are good enough, they can expand as they like. Anyway, he has no idea about Western and Central Europe.

As for the unification of Europe, what even Napoleon did not do, Ferdinand didn't believe that the Gallic Chicken could do it now, and the continental balance should be left to the British to play!

Ferdinand did not know yet that under his butterfly effect, both Britain and France had the intention of imitating Bulgaria.

It's a pity that the British who are alone overseas are destined to have a natural disadvantage in this regard. It is impossible to return to the European continent now. At most, they will send the Irish away. It is estimated that this is difficult to achieve!

The French are different. According to the ideas of some activists, they have already planned to pack the Germans out directly, and France will directly annex Central Europe.

For these people's ideas, Ferdinand can only say that they are too naive. If the Germans were beaten half paralyzed, there is still a chance that their ideas will be realized; if, as in history, the Germans' military strength is still alive, they will surrender.

If the French dare to move, and John Bull supports another wave, the war will break out immediately. Can the Gallic chickens stand it?

Of course,

If the Gallic chickens are smart enough to go to bully the Italians, the problem seems to be small, and they have an absolute advantage in force.

Anyway, these have nothing to do with Ferdinand. The strength of a country is always in itself, not on the decline of its opponents. Of course, the Americans are an exception!

As long as he thinks about the large number of deserts on Bulgarian territory in the future, Ferdinand will have a headache. Does he still have to make a century-old plan - planting trees and afforestation?

Forget it, this problem will still be a headache in the future. Anyway, this cannot be solved overnight!

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The European continent was still filled with gunpowder smoke. After the conditions were negotiated, 33 infantry divisions and two artillery divisions were sent to reinforce France.

There is no doubt that these are the mercenary legions that were recruited before. Of course, Ferdinand is still very disciplined. These troops were recruited before the outbreak of the World War, and they have PKed with Austria-Hungary, Romania, and Montenegro, and have rich combat experience.

The fighting power is there, and I am not afraid of what Britain and France say. Anyway, for Britain and France, defending the Verdun line of defense is the key, as long as the reinforcements have combat effectiveness, as for the difference between Bulgarians and hairy bears, this is really not important!

With a reduction of 500,000 troops, it is natural to recruit another 500,000. Fortunately, there are enough cannon fodder prepared before, and this number can be quickly made up.

When Ferdinand sent troops to reinforce France, the Eastern Front also changed, and the Russians launched the Winter Offensive.

Due to Ferdinand's butterfly effect, at the beginning of the war, the Russians targeted the Austro-Hungarian Empire and did not blindly attack East Prussia, so naturally there was no initial defeat.

Now that the French can't stand it anymore, as the European Gendarmerie, the bear must also exert his strength. According to the information from Russia, Ferdinand knew that the commander of the Russian Southwest Front Army, Brusillo, was in charge of the battle. Husband Admiral.

He also has an amazing identity - the founder of the Blitz, and in history Brusilov commanded the Russian army to win the victory of the Brusilov offensive.

It’s just that historically, the Brusilov offensive occurred in summer, and now it is in winter.

However, the winter in Germany and Austria is a piece of cake for the bears. Compared with their domestic ones, this can be regarded as spring-like warmth. Of course, the premise is that the Russian people have the concept of spring!

However, Mao Xiong is Mao Xiong in the end. They have three fronts on the Eastern Front, namely the Southwest Front Army, the Western Front Army, and the Northern Front Army. This time they launched an attack on Germany and Austria at the same time.

Fully let the whole world see what human sea tactics are, the entire Eastern Front battlefield, more than 4.8 million Russian troops, launched an attack at the same time.

Seeing that Ferdinand's eyes are dizzy, there is no need to play like this with a little military common sense! He wanted to greet the Russian strategy-making staff. Did he lose his mind? If so many troops launched an attack at the same time, have they considered logistics?

He can't control the bad things of the Russians, but he still ordered to pay close attention to the war situation. If the Russians make a big news and make a breakthrough across the board, then Bulgaria will stab Austria and Hungary again and snatch the spoils!

Of course, he thinks the Russians are more likely to lose the war! Now that the momentum is getting bigger, the German reinforcements have also come, and trouble has come, the gap in strength, just relying on a famous general of Brusilov is not enough!

In any case, the momentum of the Russians has been created, and no one knows what the outcome of the war will be.

Of course, for the French, the Russians did a very good job this time, at least the Germans had to send troops to reinforce the Eastern Front.

Otherwise, just relying on their 300,000 to 400,000 defenders and the more than 3 million troops of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, it would be unreliable to see nearly 5 million gray animals!

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When he received the information that the Germans had dispatched troops to reinforce the Eastern Front, Ferdinand began to observe a moment of silence for the Russians. If you don't die, you won't die!

Anyway, after the German army reinforces the Eastern Front, it will definitely show its record. Although Bulgaria's Balkan defense line is not as good as Verdun, it can't stand their thickness!

According to Ferdinand's idea, basically a few hills are a line of defense. Although it is not so reliable, delaying time is the best choice.

Except for a limited number of places that must be focused on defense, other places are basically a series of small defense lines stacked on a large line of defense.

The Austro-Hungarian army had already experienced this, and they finally launched a surprise attack to break through the position. The Bulgarian army immediately reacted and regained the position again.

If you want to drive straight in, you can only fight all the way. After a few fights, the Austro-Hungarian Empire gave up the plan to fight against Bulgaria.

Obviously, what the Germans want is a quick solution, and a battle of attrition with Bulgaria is very uneconomical, that is, they cannot achieve the desired results, and they cannot solve the crisis on the Eastern Front.

Then the Eastern European plain is the best breakthrough, and only in the plain area can the German army win quickly. Moreover, the Germans must also solve the main force of the Russian army so that their eastern front will be safe.

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In St. Petersburg, Nicholas II is still in high spirits guiding the country in the Winter Palace.

It has been almost a year since the outbreak of the World War, and so far the Russian army has not shown impressive results, which makes him very dissatisfied.

Due to Ferdinand's butterfly effect, with the rise of Bulgaria, the Austro-Hungarian Empire faced two powerful opponents at the same time, and they naturally would not be foolish to take the initiative.

As a result, the Austro-Hungarian Empire acted as an ostrich, and honestly played positional warfare, and Mao Xiong couldn't help them for a while, so naturally they didn't have a shot.

However, the French resisted the Germans' attack. Although they were at a disadvantage, they still fought with the Germans. The British also locked the German navy, and the army was still supporting the French. Even the Bulgarian The former younger brother has also become prosperous. First, he overthrew the Italian navy, and then almost unified the Balkans. Now he is still preparing to attack the Ottoman Empire.

This is still unbearable for the arrogant and arrogant Nicholas II. They can't use their victory over the Ottomans in the Caucasus as a show of success, right?

He still can't afford to lose that person. Now it's Russia's turn to break out. After so long of preparation, the Russian army has finally gathered weapons and ammunition and can break out!

Of course, the most important thing is the distribution of interests after the war. Now that the Russian Empire can't show a convincing record, why should the most delicious cake be divided?

You must know that after the Russian-Japanese War, the status of the Russian Empire in Europe has dropped significantly. Many people think that the European military police is old!

This is not good news, everyone knows that they can retire when they are old!

And after the outbreak of the World War, the performance of the Russian army can only be very average, under the support of colleagues, it can also be described as bad.

Misnamed!

This was undoubtedly catastrophic for the tsarist government. Once European countries believed that the strength of the Russian Empire was not true to its name, then not only the establishment of a Slavic Empire, but also the distribution of benefits after the war would not be considered. How much say they have!

It can be said that the powers are very realistic. Before the outbreak of the World War, Bulgaria still had the lowest voice among the powers.

However, with the outbreak of the World War, Bulgaria's strength has been recognized by the outside world, and its influence in the Allied countries has greatly increased. On the contrary, the influence of the Russians is declining.

Your Majesty, our best time to attack has been missed. Now that the German reinforcements are reinforcing the Eastern Front, our strategic purpose of relieving the French military pressure has been achieved, and there is no need to continue this war! Chief of General Staff Little Nikolai Nikolaevich Romanov proposed

According to his idea, since the Germans have been mobilized and the crisis of the French has been temporarily lifted, there is no need to fight this war again.

Of course this is only from a military point of view, but politically it is completely different!

In the military, it is a good policy to let the Germans keep mobilizing on the east and west fronts, and they are exhausted and eventually drag the Germans down!

But politically, now the Russian Empire needs a victory, and a victory that will amaze the world!

The Prime Minister retorted with a smile: Mr. Chief of Staff, if it is purely military, your opinion is fine.

But politically, now the Russian Empire has to fight, which is related to our position in the Entente and the distribution of future benefits.

If this time we stop the attack and turn to defense on the spot, the century-old prestige accumulated by the Russian Empire will be destroyed in one fell swoop!

War Minister Alexei Andreevich Polivanov sneered and said: Mr. Prime Minister, the prestige is all played out, and if we launch a full-scale attack now, we have no complete confidence in winning!

If the front line is defeated, the consequences will be even more serious. Rather than that, let's reduce the scale of the war and increase the confidence of victory!

I don't think it is necessary to launch an attack from all three fronts at the same time. Two of the fronts are feinting, and one front is the main attack. Even if there is any change, it is within our grasp!

And we have to take into account the logistics. The front-line troops have only one and a half months of combat material reserves. Once this time is exceeded, we need to transport them from the rear.

And our domestic material reserves are also very limited. It is almost impossible to support the battle of nearly five million troops at the same time!

Moreover, even if the government has a way to collect this batch of materials, with our poor traffic conditions, we cannot complete this huge transportation task!

Compared with the same period in history, the life of the Russians in this time and space is much better. Due to the existence of Bulgaria, their external communication lines have not been completely cut off.

At the same time, there is no PK with the Germans yet, and their army losses are not as heavy as historical losses.

At least in history, there has not been a situation where a few Russian soldiers have only one rifle. Although it is still a variety of equipment, in the end it is still possible to have a rifle, and the weapons and ammunition are still barely available.

This gave the tsarist government an illusion that it felt good about itself. They believed that as long as the Russian Empire exerted its strength, it could kill the German and Austrian coalition forces on the Eastern Front.

As long as this battle is won, then this war will be over. As the biggest hero, the Russian Empire is naturally entitled to the biggest cake.

Of course, it is not ruled out that someone has received money from Britain and France. After all, in order to promote Russia's attack, Britain and France also spent a lot of money, and the cost of tackling key problems is naturally indispensable.

The Foreign Secretary said abruptly: Your Majesty, Britain and France have committed themselves to bear all the costs if we launch this attack.

As for the shortage of supplies that the War Minister is worried about, the Allies can also provide. We have reached an agreement with Bulgaria, they will coordinate the capacity and ensure our supplies!

Nicholas II, who had been shaken, was once again tempted. If Britain and France could bear all the expenses and be responsible for the supply of strategic materials, then it would not be a big deal to fight this war.

In his view, as long as these problems are solved, the possibility of losing the war has been minimized. The big deal will cost human lives and allied countries. Anyway, the most important thing in Russia is gray animals.

Nicholas II asked worriedly: Will the promises of Britain and France be fulfilled? There are not a few materials to support five million troops in combat. How can they guarantee the transportation?

The Foreign Minister said calmly: Please rest assured, Your Majesty, we have negotiated with Bulgaria. If the British and French supplies cannot be supplied in the short term, they can pay part of it in advance.

Well, Ferdinand didn't even know when he had agreed to advance strategic supplies for Britain and France.

However, there are not too many deceitful things in the tsarist government. Now their main purpose is to fool Nicholas II into launching an all-out attack on Germany and Austria. Some minor details, the UK and France will be responsible for it!

Nicholas II nodded with satisfaction and asked, If Britain and France can do what they promised, can we launch an attack?

The Minister of War Alexei Andreevich Polivanov thought for a while and said, Your Majesty, I still recommend reducing the scale of the war...

Nicholas II said dissatisfiedly: Enough, the difficulties you mentioned have been resolved, can't we launch a full-scale attack?

To know that ending this war as soon as possible and getting the spoils we want is the top priority!

Don't you know how much this war has brought to the Russian Empire?

Almost all of our international commercial trade has stopped. If the war continues, our domestic economy is about to collapse!

Obviously, Nicholas II is not an idiot, and he still knows some domestic situations. The life of the people of the Russian Empire is not very easy now. Affected by the war, everyone's living standards have been greatly reduced!

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