Chapter 612 Innocence
The 12 battles are all named with the same name, which proves that they are all in this same area, and neither side has made any progress.
This is the most advanced way of pecking each other.
George did not return to Constantinople immediately. The meeting was not only a summary of 1914, but also a look forward to 1915, which was of great significance.
There is nothing to summarize in 1914. All fronts had losses and losses. The two front commanders in the European theater were used as scapegoats. The performance of the Balkan theater was not perfect because of the Kingdom of Seville.
The focus is on 1915.
The defensive counterattack strategy developed by George for the Russian army before the war completely failed. The German army has shifted part of its attention from the Western Front to the Eastern Front, which means that the pressure on the Russian army will be increasing.
Nicholas Jr. hopes to strengthen the offensive in the Balkan theater, preferably to defeat the Austro-Hungarian Empire as quickly as possible, force the Austro-Hungarian Empire to withdraw from the war, and concentrate its forces against Germany.
George said frankly that the Balkan theater is now facing a pincer attack from the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Ottoman Empire, and it is difficult to concentrate forces to attack the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
The 14th Army led by Yankov is facing the siege of the superior Austrian army and is in a difficult situation.
George has already sent a telegram to Ye Luoxin and continues to mobilize the Japanese army to fight in Europe.
After devoting two Greek divisions, George also sent marines from the Crimea Peninsula to the Asia Minor Peninsula.
At the same time, the Mediterranean Fleet and Air Force were ordered to make every effort to provide fire support to the 14th Group Army.
In this case, it was difficult for George to launch a full-scale attack on the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
“I have ordered the Balkan countries to conduct a second mobilization. It will take time for the newly mobilized troops to form combat effectiveness.”
George promised to launch a ground attack on Austria-Hungary in May.
After the Petrograd Conference, the Allied Powers will also hold a meeting on the French island of Corsica in February to discuss the 1915 battle plan.
Nicholas was also very worried about the security of Constantinople, and once again deployed 8 divisions from the second batch of mobilized troops of the Russian Empire to reinforce the Balkan theater.
Little Nicholas was not very happy, but he didn’t say anything. After all, since the outbreak of the war, the European Theater of Operations has received much more reinforcements than the Balkan Theater of Operations.
In response to the situation in the European theater, George suggested that Nicholas focus on defense and not overly stimulate the Germans to avoid becoming the main target of the Germans.
The size of the Russian army on the Eastern Front was already more than twice the size of the German-Austrian Allied Forces.
If George were Hindenburg, he wouldn't be able to sleep either.
Since the Allied Powers can receive a steady stream of reinforcements from overseas colonies, if the world war reaches a protracted war, it will be very detrimental to the German-Austrian Alliance.
So the Germans would launch a larger offensive in 1915.
News from Paris shows that the British and French forces are also planning a million-level battle, hoping to reverse the passive situation since the war began.
On January 13, good news finally came from Serbia. After nearly half a month of hard fighting, the 11th Army led by Brusinov captured Belgrade, annihilating 60,000 Austrian troops, capturing 47,000, and capturing more than 300 artillery pieces.
After this battle, the Austrian Sixth Army was completely wiped out.
While besieging Belgrade, Brusinov sent troops to attack the Kingdom of Montenegro and Albania respectively. The Austrian Eighth Army was also defeated.
Following the Balkan Campaign, Brusinov once again amazed the world with his outstanding performance. While being promoted to cavalry general, he also received his second personal Order of St. George, First Class.
There are still scattered Austrian troops in the mountains of southern Serbia, and their defeat is only a matter of time.
After ending the fighting in the Kingdom of Serbia, Brusinov will launch an attack on Bosnia no later than the end of March.
When George left Petrograd, Nikolai took George to the train station.
Before leaving, Nicholas and George made an appointment to visit Constantinople at the end of April and beginning of May.
This is definitely an inspection, but it is also a supervising operation.
The train George takes has wireless telegraphy. Even on the train, George will not delay his work.
While Brusinov was unstoppable on the front line, he was supposed to be the protagonist of the Serbian campaign, but instead caused trouble in Sofia.
After the Serbian campaign broke out, Sternovic actively asked George to fight, hoping that George would agree to the Serbian army cooperating with the 11th Group Army.
Alexander firmly opposed and did not allow the Serbian army to go to war on the grounds that the Serbian army still needed to rest.
Alexander’s purpose was very clear. He hoped to return to Belgrade to pick peaches after Brusinov regained the Kingdom of Serbia.
Alexander is still the commander-in-chief of the Serbian army, and Sternovic has to obey Alexander's orders.
The news spread to the Serbian army, and the dislike of Alexander among the Serbian officers and soldiers reached a new level.
Like Sternovic, most of the Serbian soldiers did not want to miss this battle of revenge.
Alexander killed the Serbian army's hope of revenge.
On January 13, the Russian New Year, although no ceremony was held in Sofia, there were still extra meals. Soldiers not only did not need to train on this day, but they were also allowed to drink.
Bulgaria itself is a big wine country. On New Year's Day, a total of 15 cars of wine were delivered to the Serbian Army's camp on the outskirts of Sofia. Many Serbian soldiers were drunk until they were drunk.
When Alexander and Dimitrievich inspected the camp that night, they found that Serbian officers and soldiers had gathered in a crowd, and they would rather retire than return to the Kingdom of Serbia to join the war.
Alexander was very angry and ordered Dimitrievich to arrest the leading willing officer. The next day, Alexander received a tip that some Serbian army officers were plotting an uprising to overthrow the Kara Djordjevic dynasty's rule over the Kingdom of Serbia.
While Alexander was furious, he felt deep fear.
Alexander's father, Peter, came to power through a coup, and the former king and his wife were executed, which triggered many countries to break off diplomatic relations with the Kingdom of Serbia.
Since the army was on the verge of mutiny, Alexander did not dare to go to the military camp, so he asked Ivanov, commander of the Sofia Military District of the Kingdom of Bulgaria, for help.
Ivanov is a Bulgarian of Russian origin. Polis became a Bulgarian citizen after he became the king of Bulgaria.
Once the army mutinies, it will definitely cause destruction to Sofia.
As the commander of the Sofia Military District, it is Ivanov's responsibility to maintain public security in Sofia, so Ivanov went to Sternovic, hoping that Sternovic could appease the Serbian army.
Sternovich is mentally and physically exhausted. He has lost control of the army and now he doesn't know what to do.
After Alexander came to Sofia, he began to install his cronies in the army, trying to sideline Sternovich.
The current situation of the Serbian army is very complicated. There are two sets of command systems. One is the previous command system, and the other is loyal to Crown Prince Alexander. The lower-level officers and soldiers don't know who to listen to.
Ivanov found it difficult to understand that the situation in the Kingdom of Bulgaria was more complicated than that in Serbia, but there was no similar problem in the Bulgarian army.
Theoretically, the Bulgarian army also has two command systems, which must obey the orders of the Balkan Theater and the Bulgarian War Ministry.
Bulgarian Minister of War Eduard Wemel is very smart. He is the only general in Bulgaria from the Ferdinand era and has stood firm through three dynasties.
Edward Wemel did not fight for power. Under his leadership, the Bulgarian War Ministry almost became the staff department of the Balkan Theater, completely obeying George's orders.
George did not treat Bulgaria badly. The First Bulgarian Army, which cooperated with the 11th Army to invade Serbia, is currently besieging the Austrian army in the mountains of southern Serbia and has nothing to do.
Ivanov and Sternovic have not yet discussed a countermeasure. Dimitrievich, who was ordered to go to the military camp to continue arresting people, was killed by the angry Serbian army, and then the Serbian army rushed to Sofia. , demanding that Alexander release the arrested officers, voluntarily give up his qualifications as crown prince, and resign as commander-in-chief of the Serbian army.
Sternovic had to come forward to appease the Serbian army. While negotiating with the soldier representatives, Sternovic suddenly fell ill, had an accidental stroke, and fell into a coma.
This time it was really unexpected. Sternovic was already 60 years old and couldn't stand such trouble.
Sternovic was subsequently sent to the hospital. Now, apart from Alexander, the highest-ranking Serbian army officer is the former commander of the First Serbian Army Jivoin Mišić.
Mišić came to the former Serbian embassy where Alexander was located and relayed the soldiers' demands to Alexander.
“This is a shameful rebellion!”
Alexander screamed, what he was most afraid of now was that Mihic suddenly pulled out a pistol and beat him into honeycomb.
During the Belgrade coup, King Alexander I and the Queen were shot more than 30 times combined.
Alexander was not married yet. Peter had proposed to Alexandra for Alexander before. Fortunately, George was not fooled.
"You immediately lead people to arrest the leading officers and hand them over to the military court for review and approval - no, there is no need to hand them over to the military court for trial. They must be executed on the spot. They must be executed on the spot -"
Alexander howled crazily, and the trapped beast continued to fight.
"I am just relaying the soldiers' demands to you, not negotiating with you on their behalf."
Misic looked at Alexander with a look of gloating, which made Alexander feel deeply stung. .
"Are you going to rebel too? You planned all this, right? This is your conspiracy!"
Alexander almost fell into madness, and his hand suddenly reached for the pistol worn on his waist.
Boom!
The adjutant who followed Mihic to see Alexander fired first.
Alexander was shot in the chest and immediately fell into a pool of blood.
Boom boom boom——
The adjutant fired several shots, killing Alexander.
When the adjutant fired, Alexander was also surrounded by followers and guards.
But no one stopped the adjutant's behavior, and no one tried to protect Alexander.
The dignified crown prince and commander-in-chief of the Serbian army ended his life in this way.
When George learned the news, he didn't know what to say.
“You didn’t plan this, right?”
Demeter and George are no different.
"Which of your eyes saw that I was the one who planned it?"
George was furious, why should someone be innocent?
(End of this chapter)