Chapter 622: Regret at the beginning
After the war broke out, Adrianople's economy not only did not fall into depression, but became more prosperous. The most intuitive feeling is that the city area is getting larger and larger, and there are more and more people.
Unlike most cities built along the river, Adrianople is built around railways. Two railways, one vertical and one horizontal, pass through the city center and connect to Adrianople. Highways are also under construction between Constantinople and Sofia.
This is the first highway in the world.
In the process of urban expansion, the Adrianople City Government strictly followed the designer's plan and equipped each community with complete infrastructure, including parks, hospitals, schools, shopping malls, churches, etc. Two new communities built last year also have theaters and public libraries planned.
Today's Adrianople has become the most attractive city in the Balkans and is known as the "City of Paradise".
Being in the Paradise City, Prime Minister Alexander is really under a lot of pressure. His Peasant Party is still the largest party in the Bulgarian Parliament, but he has lost control of the Parliament. Some members of the Peasant Party, He also began to be dissatisfied with his conservatism.
A month ago, the proposal of Vladimir, the leader of the Great Bulgaria Party, had a serious impact on Alexander's prestige.
Vladimir demanded the annexation of the Kingdom of Serbia, the Kingdom of Montenegro, and Albania, the establishment of the United Kingdom of Greater Bulgaria, and the recovery of the territories lost in the Second Balkan War from the Kingdom of Romania and the Kingdom of Greece.
This proposal has been strongly supported by many members of Congress.
Vladimir is the mayor of Adrianople, and he also has the identity of Polis's cousin.
Vladimir’s father is Catherine’s second brother Julian. He himself was the largest engineering contractor in Adrianople, the Parliament Building in Adrianople and the palace in Polis. , all built under the leadership of Vladimir.
After the Kingdom of Bulgaria moved its capital to Adrianople, Vladimir became the mayor of Adrianople and founded the Great Bulgarian Party.
The Great Bulgaria Party is currently the second largest party in the Bulgarian Parliament.
Although Vladimir’s proposal was extremely tempting, it failed to pass the Bulgarian Parliament.
Vladimir was disappointed and joined other opposition parties in calling for new elections in an attempt to force the plan through.
"Your Excellency, I understand your feelings, but we cannot do that, we cannot repeat the mistakes of the Second Balkan War."
Alexander is worried that after the "Greater Bulgaria" proposal is passed , will arouse the opposition of all Balkan countries.
"Serbia is finished. Ferdinand of Romania is your Majesty's father-in-law. Our troops are stationed in the Kingdom of Montenegro and Albania. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Who will oppose us? Who dares!"
Vladimir is domineering, and with George in charge of Constantinople, who dares to oppose Bulgaria?
Greece?
After the establishment of Great Bulgaria, Georgi should immediately come to Adrianople to worship, otherwise the Kingdom of Greece will also be annexed by Great Bulgaria.
Vladimir hasn’t even mentioned Bosnia and Herzegovina yet.
“Our most important task now is to win the war.”
Alexander is worried that the establishment of Greater Bulgaria will affect the cooperation of the Balkan Alliance.
"Winning the war is the task of the Grand Duke. This opportunity is precisely created for us by the Grand Duke!"
Vladimir dislikes Alexander's conservatism very much, and wasting opportunities will be punished by God.
"Is this what the Grand Duke meant?"
After all, Alexander lacked the aggressiveness that a prime minister of a great power should have.
This is also understandable.
Before becoming prime minister, Alexander was a newspaper editor. The reason why he became prime minister was not because of his outstanding abilities, but because he devoted the first half of his life to safeguarding the interests of farmers, which coincided with Bulgaria's national policy at the time.
The reason why the Peasants’ Party became the largest party in the Bulgarian Parliament was not because of how attractive the Peasants’ Party’s platform was, but because Bulgaria lacked competitive political parties at that time, so the Peasants’ Party was the only one.
The Great Bulgarian Party founded by Vladimir has a program to restore the largest territory in the history of the Kingdom of Bulgaria and unify the Balkan Peninsula.
Compared with the program of the Peasant Party, the program of the Great Bulgaria Party is obviously more attractive.
Many MPs from the Peasants’ Party are also attracted by the platform of the Great Bulgaria Party. Now if there is a re-election, many MPs from the Peasants’ Party may directly join the Great Bulgaria Party.
"The Grand Duke is the Grand Duke of the Russian Empire. He will certainly not say this, but if we do not seize this opportunity, the Grand Duke will be very disappointed."
Vladimir is indifferent and anything to prevent the establishment of Greater Bulgaria All people must be eliminated.
Alexander was not sure whether this was what George meant, so after Polis returned to Adrianople, Alexander took the initiative to come to the palace.
Vladimir is one step faster than Alexander.
“If we can annex Bosnia and Herzegovina, why can’t we annex Croatia too?”
Vladimir had a big appetite, and Croatia was a territory of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
"Uncle Vova, Croatia will belong to Petrograd, we will only take what we should take."
Polis is not greedy and can take over Bosnia and Herzegovina. Polis has already Very satisfying.
"The Grand Duke should be allowed to go to Petrograd. The empire's territory is already large enough!"
Vladimir believes that as long as George opens his mouth, Nicholas will agree to George's request Require.
Alexander was frightened when he heard it, but he couldn't help but think about it.
If all this can really come true, then Alexander is willing to die now.
Polis still respected Alexander very much and asked Alexander what he thought about this matter.
“We should not make unreasonable demands on the Grand Duke and Petrograd——” Alexander adhered to his duty, which was his strength and weakness.
"How are these demands unreasonable?"
Vladimir continued the disputes in the parliament to the palace.
"Your Majesty, if you insist, I can only resign."
Alexander does not want to become a public enemy of the Balkans.
“If you really want to resign, submit your resignation to Congress.”
Vladimir refused to retain him and the prime minister resigned, just in time for new elections.
"Uncle Wova——"
Before Polis had time to stop him, there was blame in his tone.
Polis is still very satisfied with Alexander. Except for being a little conservative, Alexander is impeccable.
Vladimir failed to drive Alexander away, left the reception room of Polis, and turned to find Ekaterina.
Catherine is accompanying Elizabeth, who is already pregnant.
The efforts of Polis and Elizabeth were fruitful. Just now, the doctor confirmed that Elizabeth was pregnant, and Catherine had arranged for someone to send telegrams to George and Ferdinand respectively to announce the good news.
"Great, we must take Croatia as a gift to the child."
Vladimir hopes that Elizabeth is pregnant with a son, so that Polis can All energy is devoted to external expansion.
“Where is Croatia?”
Ekaterina wished she could give all the treasures in the world to her great-grandson.
Vladimir took the opportunity to sue Alexander severely.
"The parliament has the power to depose the king? How can this be done!"
Ekaterina was very angry, and such a parliament should be dissolved.
“Yes, so we not only need to re-elect, but also amend the constitution to strengthen the royal power and limit the power of parliament.”
Vladimir landed a full set of combinations, earning full praise from Ekaterina.
“Let’s do it, now!”
Ekaterina decided to go to Constantinople and asked George to give Polis more help.
George still didn’t know that there was going to be a fire in the backyard, Mackensen seemed to have found a way to deal with the armored fighting vehicle, and Vasily and Andre made slow progress.
The environmental requirements of armored fighting vehicles are too high. However, the area near the Tisza River is densely covered with water networks and swamps, which brings many difficulties to the advancement of armored fighting vehicles.
Vasily's attack was thwarted and he was furious. He ordered his troops to step up the attack and launch the most violent attack on the Mackensen Army even without the cover of armored tanks.
The battle was brutal. Within 48 hours, the losses of both the German and Russian troops exceeded 20,000 people.
George can still accept this level of loss.
Just now, Hindenburg invested 17 divisions and launched the second Battle of Warsaw.
Nicholas Jr. personally served as the commander-in-chief of the Northern Front, but did not bring fundamental improvements to the Northern Front.
Hindenburg took the risk of using cavalry to penetrate a large area, dividing and surrounding the Russian 27th Army.
In the Second Battle of Lake Mazury, the 27th Army suffered heavy losses, but was not replenished in time.
Faced with the crazy attack of the German army, the 27th Army was unable to resist, most of it was wiped out, and the Northern Front was also defeated across the board. Little Nicholas finally correctly understood the power of Ruzyski.
When Ruziski served as the commander-in-chief of the Northern Front, he and Hindenburg could fight back and forth. Although they did not gain much advantage, they did not lead to a complete defeat, and they were always able to push back in the end. go back.
Hindenburg was well prepared this time. The German army assembled more than 1,000 artillery pieces and also used bombers to bomb Warsaw.
The Russian fighter jets were dispatched crazily and engaged in fierce air battles with the Germans. The largest air battle since the outbreak of the war broke out over Warsaw. The Northern Front was in panic across the board. Nicholas Jr. sent telegrams to Joffre and Haig, who had just assumed the post of commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force. , hoping that the British and French allied forces would launch an attack on the German troops on the western front to contain the German troops.
What Little Nicholas didn’t expect was that Xiafei and Heig did not respond to Little Nicholas’ request immediately.
Little Nicholas was so angry that he cursed loudly, but this could not save the Russian army's defeat.
When the German army implemented the "Schlieffen Plan", Nicholas Jr. ordered Zhilinsky to invade Germany and force the German army to return to defense. Xiao Maoqi failed.
Now it was the Russian Empire's turn to need the help of the British and French forces, but Joffre and Haig began to pretend to be dead.
Little Nicholas was filled with grief and anger and regretted his actions.
(End of this chapter)