Bulgarian Empire

On the fifth day of the end of the Battle of Constantinople, on August 2o, 1897, Ferdinand finally received the final casualty statistics report!

The numbers are shocking:

The 1st Guards Division, with 3476 casualties, including 615 dead and 187 severely injured and disabled

1st Infantry Division, 2846 casualties, of which 586 were dead, 118 were severely injured and disabled

Eighth Infantry Division, 3126 casualties, of which 827 were dead, 86 were severely injured and disabled

...

For the first five main divisions of the First Army, each division had no less than one regiment. The four second-class divisions also suffered heavy casualties. Together with the subsequent reinforcements, the total casualties reached 38,000. More people!

Seeing this number, Ferdinand's heart almost jumped out! Fortunately, medical protection is done well, and most of the wounded can still recover.

Of course this is not bad. It is for the 19th century. The Bulgarian field hospitals used a large amount of the original disinfectant-phenol, and also prepared a lot of alcohol to clean the wound, which effectively inhibited the wound from purulent!

As for western medicine, in this era, it is still too expensive, and the effect is not very good, with great side effects.

Ferdinand knew that for the wounded on the battlefield, the biggest problem was not the efficacy of the medicine, but the medicine must be available!

To this end, Ferdinand also sent someone to Manqing to buy a batch of Chinese medicine! People in this age are still quite good at fooling around. In order to make soldiers accept Chinese medicine, Ferdinand also set an example and advertised Chinese medicine himself!

In fact, when I got angry, I drank a bowl of boiled yellow lotus! The main reason is that he is familiar with this one and knows that this safety has no trouble!

But this is enough. In the eyes of ordinary people, the king can drink. What are we afraid of?

The medicinal materials purchased include cork, scutellaria, yellow lotus, honeysuckle, houttuynia cordata, forsythia, Radix isatidis, Bupleurum, etc., which are well-known. By the way, a few street herbalists have made prescriptions!

Of course, Ferdinand also knows that for the damage caused by bullets and shells on the battlefield, these things are really not very effective, but there is no way to use them, which can comfort the military!

Don’t you see that in the Boer War, the British could not provide enough medicine for soldiers, let alone Bulgaria?

It now appears that the results of this series of efforts are not bad, most of the wounded soldiers still saved their lives, compared with the period of the Serbian War, the survival rate has been greatly improved!

Among the total casualties of more than 38,000 people in the First Army, the death toll was only 4,846, and 1,214 were seriously injured and disabled. The proportion was successfully controlled within one sixth!

The newly compiled ten temporary divisions were miserable. Due to lack of sufficient training, they were hurriedly sent to the battlefield and assumed the same combat intensity as the main division. The number of casualties could not be suppressed, and it went up. Risk!

Temporary First Division, 5188 casualties, of which 1,074 were killed, 1286 were seriously injured and disabled

Temporary Second Division, 4876 casualties, of which 996 were dead, 1319 were seriously injured and disabled

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The total number of ten temporary divisions reached 158,000, and the number of casualties reached a staggering 53,700, of which 13,400 were killed and 16,800 were severely injured and disabled!

The number of casualties has passed one-third, and the temporary division has not collapsed. I have to say that the interests are moving!

The death toll is indeed not one tenth as stated in advance, but if the number of seriously injured people is added, this proportion has reached an astonishing one-fifth!

The main reason for this phenomenon is the rescue work on the battlefield. Due to the untimely rescue, many severely injured people died directly, and many lightly injured people turned into severely injured people!

After all, in the 19th century, once a large area of ​​wounds became thicker, life would be lost, and those with injured limbs would have to be amputated!

The ten divisions temporarily reorganized, field hospitals and other supporting facilities are not complete. Most of them are barefoot doctors recruited from the Istanbul area. The medical and nursing capabilities are not of the same level!

In any case, in the Battle of Constantinople, the number of casualties on the Bulgarian side reached 91,700, of which more than 18,200 died, and more than 18,000 were seriously injured and disabled. No matter how you look at it, the casualties are heavy!

Now Ferdinand had to be grateful for his wit and created a cannon fodder army, otherwise the number of casualties of the First Army is estimated to be doubled, and Bulgaria really cannot afford to die!

As for the casualties of the Ottomans, this is difficult to count. According to the combined battle situation of the First Army Staff Headquarters, a rough estimate is that the casualties of the Ottoman army are at least twice that of the Bulgarian side!

Ferdinand doesn't care about these! Now he is worrying about the post-war placement problem. Ordinary soldiers can receive rewards and retire after the battle. What should they do, but the officers must be properly placed!

It is definitely impossible to stay in the army. Even if the Bulgarian standing army needs to increase, it will not keep many people!

Can't be demoted? Now everyone has basically achieved military merits. If you don't get promoted, it's too much. You want to be demoted. Do you really think this group of proud soldiers are soft persimmon?

"Chekov, what plan does your government department have to place retired officers and soldiers?"

Now that Constantine is still in London presiding over the negotiations, Ferdinand has appointed Chekov as acting minister.

Chekov said nervously: "Grand Duke, after this war, the territory has nearly tripled. In order to stabilize the place, our cabinet believes that it is necessary to enclose some officers and soldiers in the past!

Moreover, the government is in urgent need of officials, and it can also consider selecting some of the retired officers to serve as local officials! "

Ferdinand nodded, he knew that Bulgaria has now seen a large-scale official shortage.

It doesn't mean that no one will be an official. The main reason is to be able to stabilize the situation of the newly added territory. Without a certain ability and skill, it will not work!

It is normal for the government to target retired officers. Now whether it is in Macedonia or Thrace, there are a large number of bandits and bandits, which are leftover problems of the Ottoman Empire!

All these need to be resolved by the government. The bandit and bandit military will be responsible for encircling and suppressing them, but the government can only deal with the fish that may slip through the net later!

Who else is more suitable for this job than these retired officers and soldiers?

"Okay! Then select a group of retired officers and directly professionalize them into local cadres! The situation in Macedonia and Albania is still very complicated. The police stations and armed forces in various places should simply let the retired officers and soldiers take up their posts. That's it!" Ferdinand clinched

This is also impossible. No matter how to clean it up, the remaining power of the Ottomans will always exist. To suppress them, it is impossible to do not use tough methods!

The political quality of the retired officers and soldiers remains to be verified, but there is one advantage that others do not possess-they dare to fight and dare to kill!

It is perfect for eliminating hidden dangers! Otherwise, if it is proposed by a civil official to use gentle means against a group of enemies, isn't it a problem to raise tigers?

To give a simple example: a large group of gangs appear in one place, with a wide distribution of forces and strong strength.

If civilian officials deal with it, they will collect evidence first, and slowly figure out a way to deal with it through legal procedures. This process may take several years!

If they were handed over to these newly retired officers, they wouldn't be able to control so much. They would give the gangster a brainstorm first, and then consider the issue of evidence!

If in peace times, of course, the legal system is better, but now, Bulgaria clearly needs iron and blood more! What Ferdinand wants now is to stabilize the place as soon as possible, resume production, and develop the economy!

Ferdinand thought for a while and said, "By the way, in the Battle of Constantinople, we newly compiled ten temporary divisions, and now they have become our loyal supporters!

Most of them are people from Istanbul and Thrace. The government can select some of them to add to the local police force. I will directly order their current officers to retire and serve as chiefs of local police stations. Live them! "

If it weren't for the news from the newspaper department, he almost forgot that after the Battle of Constantinople, the newly formed hundreds of thousands of troops had been tied to a Bulgarian chariot!

Even for the land they are about to acquire, they must support the rule of Bulgaria!

Interest is always the best means of binding, UU reading www. uukanshu.com is now a hero in Bulgaria and can enjoy the treatment of retired officers and soldiers.

In Bulgaria, it may be inconspicuous, but in their own hometown, they are also a member of the privileged class!

Even though privileges are small, don't they exist? And many of them hate the Ottoman Empire, and now it is better to absorb them into the police force and use them to fight the remnants of the Ottoman Empire!

For the sake of Bulgaria's unity and stability, Ferdinand decided to create an enemy for Bulgaria, an enemy that can unite all ethnic groups in the Balkans!

In line with the persimmon to find softness, Ferdinand did not hesitate to choose the Ottoman Empire!

First, all the Balkans have enmity with the Ottoman Empire. In order to prevent the Sudanese government from coming back, they have to support the Bulgarian government!

As for whether the Sudanese government is capable of making a comeback, this is not the point. Ferdinand can completely promote it!

The Ottoman Empire was so big that after the Balkan War failed, they would definitely carry out internal reforms and save themselves!

As long as the propaganda is a little bit exaggerated, let ordinary people think that the crisis is around them, and national independence will not become the mainstream in the short term!

In the next few years, the world is peaceful, the living standards of the people have improved, coupled with cultural integration, everyone is used to calling themselves Bulgarians, even if someone wants to go out independently, they will not be supported by the people!

During this period, it is estimated that Ferdinand has long changed the history of the various ethnic groups beyond recognition. Anyway, the Bulgarians are all mixed, and the ethnic groups in the Balkans are similar. It is too simple to find evidence that everyone is a family!

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