Mediterranean Hegemony Road

On the southern front, after the Battle of Transylvania, the Allies turned to the offensive and defensive. Naturally, they didn't, but they still captured a lot of weapons and equipment in the previous Eastern Front battle, and it's okay to pick out some of them and make do with them first.

That is to say, the judgment made by Dante Christophe is not accurate. The current Allied power is already 530,000 troops, not the 400,000 troops they estimated in advance.

However, even if the estimate is wrong, this still cannot change the strength of 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 military disadvantage.

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 created mercenary division has changed from recruits to veterans!

In general, the combat effectiveness of the Bulgarian army not only did not decline, but instead increased slightly, which was not so wonderful for the German-Austrian coalition, which was severely damaged.

As for the Romanian Restoration Army, ignore them first. If it wasn't for political needs, their establishment would have long since disappeared. Even for political needs, most of their troops were Romanian recruits from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It is composed of people, and 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, and our army has just been hit hard. 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 destined to be unable to hold the Debrecen front line. I decided to conduct a strategic retreat with the entire army and rebuild the defense line along the Tisza River.

Now we still need to delay the construction of the defense line, so I decided that each unit will resist step by step, alternately cover the retreat, 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. !

The words of Marshal August von Mackensen just fell,

It was opposed by the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The commander of the 16th Army of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Count Andrasil, said in a very firm tone: No, we do not agree!

After a pause, Count Andrasil explained: Even if Debrecen falls, we can continue to build a defensive line in Pishpoklodani 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 Danube Plain, then one-third of the Hungarian Kingdom's grain-producing area will fall, and Belgrade's flank will be in danger. Such consequences are simply beyond our ability to bear. of!

Andrasil's objection did not surprise everyone. As an officer from the Kingdom of Hungary, it would be a problem if he did not object.

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

However, this also seriously damaged the interests of the Kingdom of Hungary. The Transylvania Plateau had long since fallen. If the central Danube plain was now abandoned, the territory of the Kingdom of Hungary would have fallen by nearly four layers.

The best choice in military is the worst choice in politics. It is conceivable that once such a thing happens, what serious consequences will be caused to the Kingdom of Hungary!

August von Mackensen said coldly: Enough, don't make trouble anymore! 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 now we are What kind of situation are you facing!

As for politics, let the damn politics go to hell! As a soldier, I hope you can all understand that national interests are above everything else, and that national interests cannot be ignored for the sake of personal interests or group interests!

The current situation is already very dangerous for 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 the purpose of winning this war!

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

Obviously August von Mackensen has exploded. He is very dissatisfied with the behavior of the Hungarians supporting 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 to come up with strategic materials, these are not problems!

Instead of just pointing and pointing, as it is now, without taking actual action! Do the Hungarians think they can stop the enemy with their guns?

Or is it that the Kingdom of Hungary can't even get more than a dozen or two hundred thousand reinforcements? This is obviously impossible. After all, he is also the second head of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. No matter how bad it is, the troops of more than a dozen divisions can still come out! Even if it is not, the temporary mobilization of the Kingdom of Hungary can also come together!

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

After all, the Kingdom of Hungary is also a medium-sized kingdom with a population of over 20 million. As long as they want, they can deduct a part of it from the capitalists. There are always supplies for the front line for two or three months, right?

After all, you are defending the homeland of the Kingdom of Hungary right now? There's no reason to just ask the friendly troops to contribute money and efforts, and they themselves will play soy sauce on me and wave the flag, 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 had long since been thrown out of the sky.

Since this war has nothing to do with the Kingdom of Hungary, they have all contributed money to help fight the war before, and now the heavy loss of the war has hit their homeland, it is not too much to ask Deo to compensate?

As for continuing to contribute to this war, this is obviously impossible! Haven't they done their best before? The losses are so great that they have not received any compensation so far, so why do they continue the war?

After all, John Bull just promised not to be held accountable for the previous wars of the Kingdom of Hungary, which does not mean that the Allied Powers will not be held accountable for their future wars!

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

As for the Hungarians, if they have the courage to disobey their orders, they can absolutely not execute them! Anyway, after retreating to the Tisza River, the army in the hands of August von Mackensen didn't need so much, and he really didn't care about the 30,000-40,000 Hungarian army!

The premise is that these Hungarian troops stay here and do not go back, otherwise they will disobey the military order and go back and still have to eat guns.

Well, the main reason why the Vienna government dares to continue the war is that so far, the war has been mainly concentrated in the Kingdom of Hungary, and has not yet hit Austria. It is also helpful for Austria to use this war to weaken this disobedient kingdom. The Hungarian Empire will last forever!

In the face of the strong Marshal August von Mackensen, the Hungarians decisively chose to admit counseling. Of course, as a price, when the troops retreated to the other side of the Tisza River, the Hungarian troops increased again. Thousands of deserters!

Undoubtedly, those who escaped were all locals, and they went home while they were running around. Anyway, this war has nothing to do with them anymore.

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

Even though the Hungarians made up half of the kingdom's population, their poor national policies made the country a mess.

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

When it comes to the Kingdom of Hungary, it will not work. The grievances accumulated by the ethnic minorities who have been suppressed by force in the country are about to explode. Soldiers fleeing is only one aspect of it!

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Tiszasian is very bad now. The strategic retreat of the German-Austrian allied forces, although militarily avoiding the fate of being surrounded and annihilated by the enemy, is politically very bad for the Kingdom of Hungary.

A large area of ​​the country was occupied, and nationalism in the country had begun to explode. They advocated withdrawing from the war, regaining lost territory, and establishing a new Great Hungarian Kingdom.

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

This is the unique political system in Europe. In law, 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. Can be easily betrayed!

Even if they have betrayed in essence, but in their opinion, they are against the Austro-Hungarian Emperor Ferdinand II, not against the Hungarian King - Ferdinand I! (Note: The Hungarian Kingdom was established for a very short time. It was established in the hands of Joseph I. He was the first of the Franz family to be named Ferdinand, so he was also Ferdinand I.)

Even after the end of the First World War, Archduke Karl, who was abolished from the throne, almost became the king of the Kingdom of Hungary again, but this guy was too mortal and his political methods were too poor, and he had not had time to grasp the power. It was played down by someone, and the throne was directly abolished!

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

Well, the so-called political factions, in fact, the big nobles and big capitalists in the Kingdom of Hungary have reached an agreement on their position, and they have decided not to continue to play 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 are equivalent to being a member of the Allies, and they will definitely be liquidated by the Allies after the war!

People tend to have interests, and 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 too poor, and they have no ability to resist risks!

The traditional big nobles are not so worried. Simply put, their relatives are all over Europe. At most, they are robbed of some money. Basically, they are not life-threatening, and they can keep some property through family relations.

For example, Ferdinand, the Kohari family, a branch of the Gotha dynasty, was also a member of the Hungarian aristocracy, and it was still the top.

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 safety?

Obviously not, even for the sake of fame, Ferdinand must ensure that most of them live well, which is also the general rule of European aristocracy.

Of course, this is not free. For example, although Ferdinand's large territories in Abra and Sitno in Slovakia were taken over by the government in name, in fact, everyone has not touched the interests of this area, and he remains The castle and manor below still belong to the Kohari family. (Note: Before the First World War, 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 great nobles have not been visited by the Bulgarian army. Even in the occupied area, Ferdinand has not touched them. property?

As for the property of the capitalists, when has the Bulgarian army softened? If you don't fight all the way, you will be confiscated all the way?

There is no doubt that this is all communicated in advance by everyone. Based on the principle of not putting eggs in one basket, in the absence of conflict of interest, everyone is still willing to leave some incense with each other!

If they really carve up Ferdinand's fiefs regardless, is it really killing them?

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

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

It is not easy to get revenge. For example, the bombing of the city of Budapest will break the foundation of some people. Another example is that the enemy's manor and castle suddenly turned into an arsenal in the clearing report and became the key bombing target of the Bulgarian Air Force. The question can't 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 ruined ship of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, then once the war fails, no one can help them keep their property, or even lose their lives.

Anyway, there is a tradition of preferential treatment of nobles in Europe in this era, and everyone will try to avoid unprovoked killing of nobles, but the capitalists are different. In this era, their reputation can be said to be notorious, and no one cares about their life or death!

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