Chapter 630: Don’t laugh at anyone
Although the Kingdom of Bulgaria was established with the support of the Russian Empire, everyone knows why Polis became the king of Bulgaria.
The Russian Empire is too far away from Bosnia. After the Tenth Russo-Turkish War, the Russian Empire did not win an independent status for Bosnia. Since then, Bosnia has become farther and farther away from the Russian Empire.
Polis has just turned 20 this year and has not yet come to power. Although George is still the Grand Duke Yuriev of the Russian Empire, in a strict sense, George is the regent of the Kingdom of Bulgaria.
As long as George is willing, he can definitely help Bosnia get rid of the rule of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
As for whether moving from the rule of the Austro-Hungarian Empire to the Kingdom of Bulgaria was another wrong choice, this was no longer within the scope of consideration by the peasant representatives.
The Kingdom of Montenegro and Albania are both independent countries.
Because the country is weak, they have no ability to decide their own destiny and can only be slaughtered by the big powers.
The Kingdom of Serbia was the worst. They fought hard and refused to accept the mercy of fate. However, the result was the fall of the country, the death of the royal family, and the loss of heirs to the royal family. Every family was covered with linen and every household wore mourning.
Joining the Kingdom of Bulgaria, at least in Bosnia, they will become a new vested interest group.
Stamboliski promised the peasant representatives that he would go to Constantinople and ask Grand Duke Yuriev to give Bosnia the protection it deserved.
While Stamboliski met with peasant representatives, George received Churchill at the theater headquarters.
The number of British troops in the Asia Minor Peninsula has increased to 300,000, and the control area is still limited to the plains around Mersin.
In July, the British army tried to launch an attack in the mountainous areas, but was met with a head-on attack by the Austrian army.
After being separated from the protection of naval guns, the British army would not fight at all.
Churchill hoped that George would transfer the Gauri Corps deployed in Egypt to Mersin to cooperate with the British army.
This will relieve the hidden dangers of the Gauri Army in Egypt and relieve the pressure on Churchill.
The British Navy had almost no outstanding performance after the outbreak of the war. Some time ago, British Minister of War Kitchener was attacked by a German submarine on his way to St. Petersburg on a warship. This was the first death of the Allied Powers since the outbreak of the war. Top general.
The British were unwilling to be left alone. They wanted to take advantage of the Ottoman Empire being beaten by George. As a result, the British army in Mersin was suppressed and the British army in Kut surrendered. Their performance was not much better than that of the Kingdom of Italy.
The soap opera of the Isonzo River has entered its fourth episode. The Italians claimed to have won the second time, and the battle line was still maintained in the Isonzo River area.
"Why don't you transfer the British troops from Mersin to Ankara to cooperate with the 14th Army."
George doesn't mind the British army getting involved. The Ottoman Empire is not the Balkans, and George cannot cover the sky with one hand.
"Mersin only needs one supporting army to break through the Ottoman defense line."
Churchill and Nicholas are the same type, and they are addicted to food.
Probably because of the attack on Kitchener, in order to escort Churchill to Constantinople, Churchill transferred six warships from the Mediterranean Fleet, including the battleship "Queen Elizabeth".
The "Queen Elizabeth" class battleship was started in 2012, with a full load displacement of 33,000 tons. There are five ships of the same class. The first ship "Queen Elizabeth" was commissioned in January this year. It is the most powerful battleship in the British Mediterranean Fleet.
It is rare in the world to be so afraid of death.
If you are really afraid of death, don't be the Minister of the Navy. It would be better to be an idle gentleman.
I was afraid of death and wanted to gain military exploits. When I came to George's place, I didn't forget to show off the so-called British aristocracy. Not only did I bring a lot of servants and maids, but I also packed three trucks with luggage, and I even brought a bathtub with me.
Nikola never travels with such fanfare.
"Can't the United Kingdom send even a support army?"
George also has insufficient troops. If there was another army group, George would have captured Budapest long ago.
Yankov doesn’t have to give up on Ankara either.
"We faced millions of German troops on the Western Front and bore most of the pressure from Germany. You should do more-" Churchill's expression was gloomy. He was facing questioning from the British Parliament.
After the outbreak of the world war, Britain did not stop its shipbuilding plan and was still building battleships frantically, which was incomprehensible.
The German Navy cannot shrink, and the Royal Navy, which spent huge sums of money to build before the war, is idle. Shouldn't more resources be spent on the construction of the army?
The British, on the other hand, have not yet completed Kitchener's one-million-strong army plan. They have only dispatched servant troops from the colonies to France to make up the number, and Joffre has nothing to do.
On the surface, the British seem to be working hard.
Continuing to build ships can only prove that Britain will abandon France and flee back to the British mainland at any time when the situation is unfavorable.
"What were you doing when the German army concentrated its forces to launch an attack on the Eastern Front? Will there be a large-scale battle on the Western Front this year? Do you have any plans to actively attack the German army? You are not even willing to plan a feint attack to involve the German troops. "
For the sake of his allies, George did not curse.
But this does not mean that George forgives Britain.
Many tragedies in modern history began in Britain. The Industrial Revolution was like a joke played by God on mankind. It started from a place far away from the center of the world and changed the direction of the world in an incorrect way. .
Britain never concealed its malice towards the Russian Empire.
In other words, to any country in the world, Britain is like a poisonous snake hiding in the shadows, a deadly threat.
If Hungary is the parasite of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, then Britain is the cancer of the world.
"I am the Lord of the Admiralty and cannot interfere with the Army's combat plan."
Churchill was so plausible that he seemed to have forgotten that George was also the Lord of the Admiralty.
“So you have the ability to deliver 300,000 British troops to Mersin, but you do not have the ability to deliver them to Hamburg.”
George didn't really want to talk to the greatest Englishman in history -
Oh, he wasn't it yet, Grandma Europe was.
As September entered, there was less and less news about the negotiations. Until September 20, news came from St. Petersburg that the negotiations broke down.
George was not surprised. The Hungarians were not sincere to begin with, and the negotiations were just to buy time.
Since the outbreak of the war, the Russian Empire has changed its frontline commanders, its chief of general staff, its chairman of the Council of Ministers, two ministers of the interior, two ministers of foreign affairs, and three ministers of justice.
Germany was not much better, and conflicts between Falkenhayn and Hindenburg gradually emerged.
Last winter, Falkenhayn and Hindenburg, as well as the Austro-Hungarian Empire’s Chief of General Staff Conrad held a military conference in Berlin. Subsequently, the German army shifted its main attack direction from the Western Front to the Eastern Front.
This decision was made due to the strong insistence of Hindenburg and Conrad.
It cannot be said that this decision was wrong. The German army did achieve some results. Hindenburg occupied Warsaw, Ludendorff defeated Alexeyev, and the German army won a complete victory on the northern front.
But in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the German army suffered an unprecedented defeat. Not only did they lose Bosnia and Herzegovina, but even Budapest was surrounded by the Russian army.
A month ago, the German army held another meeting in Berlin. Hindenburg hoped to increase the intensity of the German army's attack on the eastern front, continue to attack the Russian army, and advance northward.
Falkenhayn fully realized the strategic depth of the Russian Empire and hoped to concentrate his forces to attack France, occupy Paris, force France to withdraw from the war, and then concentrate his forces on the Russian Empire.
This is why throughout August, both the Eastern and Western Fronts became calm.
(End of this chapter)