Mediterranean Hegemony Road

At the Berlin General Staff, Hindenburg lit a cigarette and started smoking. The thing he was most worried about was still happening. The defection of the Austro-Hungarian Empire meant that the most dangerous moment for the German Empire had come!

At this moment, he was extremely angry with Marshal August von Mackensen, who refused to carry out the order. In his opinion, if these German troops were withdrawn to the Austrian area to help Austria-Hungary to defend Vienna, then the Vienna government would absolutely Don't dare to surrender so easily!

Of course, the biggest possibility is that they don't even have the chance to enter Vienna, as long as Ferdinand II is not stupid, he will not let them in.

From this point of view, the decision of Marshal August von Mackensen is correct. After all, before the Austro-Hungarian Empire defected, everyone was still allies, and they refused the German army to enter the capital. Could it be that they can still attack?

If you really want to attack your allies, it is estimated that the consequences will be more serious than that of the Austro-Hungarian Empire! If this happens, who would dare to be an ally with the Germans in the future?

However, he can't even bother to settle accounts with August von Mackensen. For these generals in the army, the deterrent power of the General Staff is getting lower and lower!

Under the butterfly effect of Ferdinand, the Junkers aristocratic government represented by Hindenburg had no chance to perform. In this war, the Germans won several major victories during the reign of Wilhelm II. .

Many Germans now believe that the strategic level of Wilhelm II with two knives is better than that of the Hindenburg government. This is not good news for them!

As time went on, Hindenburg kept lowering the bottom line for ending the war. Now he doesn't want the French homeland. Even the Belgian territory of Germany can be given up, and the eastern front occupied the Russians. The territory can also be returned, as long as the native land is kept intact, and the Allied powers compensate them in the colony!

Well, his current bottom line is not as good as the terms of the peace talks proposed by the black-clothed prime minister last year when he was in power. At least they can add more than half of Poland to the mainland of Germany, and it is not worth it to start this war.

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The interest group he represents does not agree! Even now, Hindenburg is still unable to convince the Junker nobles to accept his terms of peace talks!

The battlefield war has been fought for more than two years, and thousands of Junker noble officers have already shed blood on the battlefield, but they have not obtained the benefits that match them. How should they explain to the families of these people? For this problem, the military leaders are also very troubled!

The cigarette was gradually burnt out, and Hindenburg put out the cigarette butt and let out a long sigh. Now there is not much room for him to choose, either make a last-ditch effort regardless, or immediately admit defeat and stop the loss!

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Hindenburg asked anxiously: What do you say in English and French?

He knows that now in contact with the Entente countries, there is no need for Russia and Bulgaria to talk, and they have no bargaining chips to threaten these two countries at all!

Even if the Germans come to the whole country once, they will not scare others! In a war of attrition, who is afraid of whom?

Even if the Germans suddenly exploded and severely damaged the Bulgarian army on the front line, Ferdinand would only suffer once. Bulgaria has not suffered a major defeat for so long after the war.

Not to mention the tsarist government, without these three million, the big deal is to wait until next year to fight again, the soldiers and their losses will start!

You must know that the Soviet Union lost more than 27 million people in World War II, and most of them were troops. Didn’t they persist? Now the population of Russia is even larger than that of the Soviet Union, and the war has only lost more than 10 million people until now. Even if the tsarist government is weaker, it can still hold on!

Therefore, in this secret contact with the Allies, Hindenburg focused on Britain and France. After all, at this time, if the Germans really fought hard with Britain and France, they could still suffer heavy losses!

For example, if you are in a hurry, the German Navy has a stud directly with the British Royal Fleet. As long as one-third of the tonnage of the Royal Navy can be sunk, John Bull can't stand it!

Similarly, the French have all been exposed to the iron hoofs of the German army. As long as the defense of Paris begins, no matter what the result is, Paris will be in ruins, and the French are destined to be the losers!

These are all the bargaining chips in the hands of the Germans now. As for the problem of burning tens of millions of people in northeastern France, it is enough to talk about it, and it is impossible to execute it!

German Foreign Minister Simons said with a wry smile: The result is very bad. The British asked us to hand over all the main ships and submarines of the navy for free, and signed a treaty to never show the navy. Only then did they agree to end the war!

The French demanded our immediate withdrawal from their territory, and they demanded from us Lorraine and Alsace, and they agreed to end the war only if these conditions were met!

Hindenburg said coldly: That is to say, we want to return to the pre-war period, but the Allies have not agreed?

Simmons thought for a while and said: It can also be understood in this way. The Allies have no sincerity in peace talks at all. Bulgaria's opening is a war reparation of 200 million pounds. The Russians even asked us for East Prussia's territory, which is simply treating us as fat. Sheep!

Hindenburg did not answer. He knew that the Allies had already made a choice for them. Only after Paris had been conquered and the British and French forces were severely damaged, could everyone sit down and negotiate again calmly.

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Well, if it is Ferdinand, it is estimated that it will be a compromise with Britain and France!

The British want Germany to give up the navy. This is no problem. It is a country with six powers. Why not do business?

To hand over all the battleships, should the two sides still have discussions, such as selling them all to John Bull, or exchanging interests?

The French want Alsace and Lorraine, and this can be negotiated, such as exchanging the colony, so that everyone can have an explanation for the country!

It's a pity that Hindenburg is not a traveler. He still doesn't know what he has missed for Germany by suspending the negotiations with the Allied countries now!

Then needless to say, the two sides start a new round of pk! The main force of the Germans fought one against two on the Western Front, and they just pressed the Anglo-French allied forces to fight!

Since it was the defense of Paris, Paris naturally became a battlefield. The two sides fought a brutal battle around the city until the Bulgarian army reached southern Germany and the Russian army entered East Prussia, and the Germans conceded defeat!

Of course, this is all in the future! Now everyone is still busy for the defection of the Austro-Hungarian Empire?

With the defection of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Bulgarian army could naturally attack South Germany directly. In order to pay the bill, whether the Vienna government is willing or not, they still sent 300,000 Austro-Hungarian troops to act with Bulgaria!

Now everyone is busy making preparations. The logistics of the millions of expedition troops is not a small number. Even Bulgaria's efficiency is amazing, and it is impossible to gather all these strategic materials without ten days and a half months.

Without more than a month of preparation time, the Bulgarian army will not take the initiative to attack. After all, transportation also takes time. If there are not enough strategic materials, the front-line troops will not have the confidence to fight!

Bulgaria, as the party that took the initiative to attack, just needs to prepare the materials, and the British and French coalition forces that were pressed and beaten are miserable. They are trying hard to confront the Germans!

However, whether it is passive or active, the three British, French, and Pauline families are doing their best to hope that this war can be ended as soon as possible, but another member of the Allied Powers is different.

For the defection of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Nicholas II was more angry than joyful, and the duck he was about to get flew like this!

Obviously, everyone is restricting the exhibition of the Russian Empire, but the problem is that you know it, but Nicholas II can't do anything about it. The only thing he can do now is to urge the Russian army to act faster and win as many as possible. soil of!

Nicholas II said fiercely: Order the front-line troops, speed up the attack, be sure to take East Prussia before the Germans surrender, and turn the Baltic Sea into our inland sea!

Anyway, as long as the established facts are created, it is impossible for anyone to let the Russian Empire spit out the benefits that they have obtained. This time, if they are not able to eat enough in Austria-Hungary, they can only arrest the Germans!

It can only be said that the bears have a good appetite, and a Poland can't feed them enough! If it weren't for the fact that last year's defeat on the Eastern Front hurt their vitality, and now they are still inseparable from the support of the Allied Powers, it is estimated that everyone would have fallen out!

Chief of Staff Brusilov persuaded: Don't worry, Your Majesty, Britain and France can spare the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but they will definitely not let the Germans go!

There is no way to ease the contradiction between Germany and France. After the war, the French will definitely suppress the Germans desperately; the British want to destroy the German navy, and they cannot let the Germans retreat!

We just need to follow the original plan. After winning the Baltic Sea, the last shortcoming that restricts the Russian Empire will be made up!

After listening to Chief of Staff Brusilov's analysis, Nicholas II was in a much better mood. In any case, Russia's most important strategy was realized in this war.

As for the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which escaped the catastrophe, Nicholas II, the defeated general, still does not take it seriously. There will be opportunities to clean up them in the future, and what makes him even more troublesome is the rise of Bulgaria in the Balkans.

It is no longer Prussia of the Balkans, it is about to become Germany of the Balkans! Their industrial strength has actually become the greater the Russian Empire, and their military strength is enough to pose a substantial threat to the Russian Empire!

This is embarrassing. Originally, I just wanted to support a younger brother, but now I am playing and directly supporting a competitor!

Of course, he couldn't say this directly. At present, the friendship between Bulgaria and Russia is still politically correct between the two countries. If there is a conflict between the two countries, the people below can say that only he and Ferdinand can't say it, otherwise they will be subordinated. People give wrong interpretations, causing unnecessary trouble!

Of course, this is also the aftermath of the Russians' defeat on the Eastern Front last year. Otherwise, the Russian Empire would still have the strength to suppress this little brother, and there would not be so much trouble!

As for how to restrict the exhibition in Bulgaria after the war, Nicholas II really did not think of a good way. After all, the economic ties between the Russian Empire and Bulgaria are too close now, and the economic sanctions against each other may even destroy themselves together!

At present, more than 90% of the import and export trade of the Russian Empire is carried out with Bulgaria. Of course, this is mainly caused by the war. After the war, this proportion will definitely decline. No. 1 trading partner!

According to the analysis of economic experts, it is the most suitable choice for the Russian Empire to build an integrated economic circle between Russia and Russia, using economic interests to tie the two countries together.

This is also the national policy that both sides of Bulgaria and Russia are currently implementing, so now no matter how big the political differences between the two countries are, under the influence of common interests, on the surface, the two are still the closest allies!

Nicholas II thought about it and said: Well, but we still have to get the Baltic Sea into our hands quickly, if it takes a long time, the British will definitely make trouble for us again!

Now the Japanese in the Far East are active again. According to the news from the Far East Front, they are going to carry out a big operation again. They simply ignore the empire! When the war is over, we'll have to deal with the troubles to the east!

Brusilov was stunned for a moment, and reacted quickly. It seemed that His Majesty the Tsar was still brooding about the Japanese.

However, for the Russian Empire, this is a good thing. Instead of focusing on the European big 6 and the French, it is better to go to the Far East and squeeze the Japanese as a soft persimmon!

Of course, this is the future. Even if the war is over in the short term, everyone will still have to lick the wounds. Without ten or eight years, European countries will not be able to recover.

After thinking about it, Brusilov said confidently: Yes! Please rest assured, Your Majesty, within a month at most, we can severely damage the German troops on the Eastern Front, and the Baltic Sea is ours!

Nicholas II nodded with satisfaction. Several generations of the Russian Empire have been fighting for the ocean strategy for hundreds of years, and this is the first time that they are so close to victory!

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