Bulgarian Empire

With the advent of winter, the German-Austrian coalition forces ended their eastern route. After robbing more than half of Ukraine, due to logistics constraints, the German-Austrian coalition forces had to stop their eastward advance and set their sights on the southern front.

Ferdinand made a big move in Romania, how could it be hidden from the Allies? There is a Romanian government-in-exile, and it is not easy to get some intelligence on Romania.

Originally, Falkingham planned to turn around to the Western Front to kill the French in one fell swoop and end this cruel war after the Eastern Front.

But Bulgaria continued to send troops to Romania, attracting the attention of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In just a few months, millions of troops have been gathered, and this number is still increasing. Conrad is not stupid to know that this is for them, and immediately asks the Germans for help.

The border between Bulgaria and the Austro-Hungarian Empire is now very long. Fortunately, Bosnia and Herzegovina is dominated by mountainous regions, and it is unlikely that the two sides will explode there. &1t;i>&1t;/i>

But other areas are in trouble. Just like the Belgrade area, the Bulgarian front has threatened the Hungarian Great Plains, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire had to deploy heavy troops for defense.

Because of the defeat in the winter battle in the first half of the year, Transylonia fell, and now the Kingdom of Hungary has been exposed to the Bulgarian front.

Now Bulgaria has gathered heavy troops in Romania. If the main force of the Allies leaves, Bulgaria will attack, and the Kingdom of Hungary cannot stop it.

Within a year, it has experienced two wars in a row. The Austro-Hungarian Empire is now exhausted, and now they have no strength to play a pk with Bulgaria on their own.

The winter battle at the beginning of the year was defeated badly and directly lost more than 1.5 million troops. Then they joined the Germans in a summer counterattack. The battle was very beautiful, but they still paid nearly 800,000 Russians. casualties. &1t;i>&1t;/i>

In the eyes of the Germans, Italy is no longer an ally. It will be sooner or later to surrender to the Allies.

The other allies are basically dead, and there is only one ally, the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It won't work if you don't help! In any case, the Austro-Hungarian Empire cannot be brought down. This is the bottom line of the Germans.

So Fakingham had to take this exhausted division into the Southern Front. Of course, the war could not be fought in a day or two, and neither side was ready.

At least Farkingham would not attack until the German logistics supplies were gathered, and Ferdinand would not be able to let his troops go to the plains to fight the German-Austrian coalition forces. He did not forget this one of a million lions. How much moisture is there!

If they rely on positions for defense, these cannon fodder units can still be used, and no matter how bad they are, they can consume the enemy's forces. If they enter the field state, these hundreds of thousands of cannon fodder units can only be responsible for giving away their heads. &1t;i>&1t;/i>

Conrad once again found Fakingham, the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Front of the German-Austrian Allied Forces, and asked: "Your Excellency Commander, when will we attack the Bulgarians?"

Fakingham rubbed his forehead. He no longer remembers how many times Conrad urged him, but the problem is that the state of the Germans on the Eastern Front does not show that it looks so good.

The Germans are also humans, not machines, and they also need to rest. The Russians have just been maimed. From the outside world, they are very beautiful. In fact, only they know the suffering inside.

More than three million Russian troops were killed in World War I. The main force of the Russians was almost finished. They lost their wealth accumulated over the past ten years. Even if they could quickly regain their strength, they would not be able to regain their combat effectiveness.

But didn't the Germans lose? How is this possible! At its peak, the total strength of the German army on the eastern front was more than 2.2 million. Now there are only more than 1.1 million. Apart from the deployment of more than 500,000 troops on the western front, the Germans are still permanently lost. More than six hundred thousand troops. &1t;i>&1t;/i>

Fakingham also wants to conquer Romania, where not only the oil resources that the Allies are most in short supply, but also the granary of Wallachia Plain.

But the problem is that the Bulgarian army on the opposite side has more than one million, and the number is still increasing. No matter how powerful the fighting is, there is enough for them to drink a pot.

In this battle on the Eastern Front, the Russians lost in logistics, but it does not mean that the Germans had better logistics. Had it not been for the logistical chaos of the Allies in the middle of the war, the Russians would have really lost their **** now!

Fakingham smiled bitterly and said, "Your Excellency Marshal, you don't know the current situation. This Eastern Front battle has consumed a lot of our combat materials. Now we need to replenish it. Your army is about the same, right?

Moreover, the soldiers have been exhausted after months of continuous combat. They need to rest, and all of these need time. &1t;i>&1t;/i>

I think it would be great to be able to attack the Bulgarians years ago! "

Conrad said helplessly: "I know all this, but now the country is constantly urging us to attack on the southern front as soon as possible. The Bulgarians are ready to move again. They are likely to attack again in Belgrade!

Recently, the Kingdom of Hungary has been making a lot of noise. They are worried about the lost Transylonia, and the British and French are in it. They are now asking for it. If we can’t regain Transynia as soon as possible, they will be alone. Withdraw from the war! "

People who are not from the Austro-Hungarian Empire can hardly understand the structure of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. As a dualistic empire, the Kingdom of Hungary has a very large autonomy.

Although the head of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was still Austria, the Hungarian government could not cooperate. Without the support of the Kingdom of Hungary, the war potential of the Austro-Hungarian Empire would be reduced by a third. &1t;i>&1t;/i>

Political pressure naturally evolved into military pressure. As the chief of staff of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Conrad had to find a way to attack as soon as possible and ease the increasingly severe domestic political situation.

Conrad put the situation on the bright side, and Farkingham couldn't continue to pretend to be foolish, and had to agree to start the battle of the Southern Front in advance.

"Well, wait another half a month, we will attack the enemy!" Fakingham said with a headache.

Similarly, due to lack of preparation, the German army is unable to wield it all. Therefore, this time it is said that it is a battle. It is better to say that it is a political battle to give all parties an explanation in politics!

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After fighting Conrad, Falkingham began to worry about this war again. He had no doubt that the Allies could win this battle. &1t;i>&1t;/i>

But as a commander-in-chief, especially when he was the chief of staff of the German army, it is not only a tactical level to consider the problem, but also a more comprehensive and in-depth consideration from the strategic point of view.

First, he had to control the casualties of the German army. In the two Eastern Front battles in 1916, the German army had lost millions of troops. In the battle on the Western Front that lasted for a year and a half, the German army's losses were naturally over a hundred. Million!

Note that "loss" here refers to loss of force, not casualties! This "loss" refers to the permanent loss of this part of the force, mainly refers to: dead, captured, injured and disabled soldiers who have lost their combat effectiveness, excluding soldiers who can recover after being injured!

It can be said that the losses of the German army are far beyond the same period in history.

Don’t look at the tactical German rivals. They killed Belgium on the Western Front, while fighting against Britain and France, and crippled the Russians on the Eastern Front.&1t;i>&1t;/i>

But strategically, the Germans did not achieve a real victory.

Although the Russians on the Eastern Front were defeated, they did not withdraw from the war. When this winter is over, four or five million gray animals will appear again on the Eastern Front in the coming year. The situation of fighting on the two lines remains unchanged.

Not to mention the Western Front. For more than half a year, the number of British and French troops has been rising in a hurry, leaving aside the combat power, but this large number has made the Germans feel dangerous.

More than 2.4 million French troops and more than 600,000 British troops, as well as 200,000 Belgian troops, plus more than 1.5 million colonial cannon fodder troops, and the colonial troops are still using more than 20 divisions every month. Degree is growing.

This is also the reason why the Germans are in a hurry to fight a decisive battle with Britain and France. If the British and French forces continue to swell, in the future, they may really kill the Germans by crowd tactics. &1t;i>&1t;/i>

Of course, the growth of troops on the Western Front is not unlimited. It is not human resources that restrict them, but strategic materials. The capacity of the Allies is not unlimited, and it is about to reach its limit.

In the current war on the Western Front, Britain and France have commanded the colonial army to counterattack the Germans every day. The purpose is obviously to consume the German forces.

Using cannon fodder to consume the main force of the German army, no matter how much the exchange ratio is, the British and French are acceptable, but the Germans cannot.

From the beginning of the Eastern Front, Britain and France began this shrinking tactic. A few months later, they caused more than 200,000 casualties to the German army. Of course, their casualties were even greater, but most of the deaths were cannon fodder. There is no pressure at all.

Farkingham thought more and more, and finally he suddenly found Germany in danger! No matter what kind of results he plays on the southern front, he cannot change Germany's strategic crisis! &1t;i>&1t;/i>

Fighting is killing people. There are still more than 1.8 million Austro-Hungarian troops on the southern front, but only 600,000 to 700,000 troops can be put into the Romanian battlefield. The remaining troops must be on the border. Go up against Bulgaria and Teddy Bear.

Although the German army now has more than 1.1 million troops, he still had to allocate half of his troops to defend against the polar bears, and the actual troops that could be put on the battlefield were less than 600,000.

Even with 600,000 German troops and 700,000 Austro-Hungarian troops, can these troops defeat Bulgaria? Wouldn't the enemy increase troops again?

At least in his opinion, the Balkan region is much more important than Asia Minor. If it is necessary for war, Bulgaria will have no pressure at all to deploy hundreds of thousands of troops. At least there are hundreds of thousands of reserve teams in the country that can be used!

And even if the battle is won, what price will the German army have to pay? The Bulgarian army on the opposite side raised the tortoise's shell, and at a glance it was full of criss-cross trenches. &1t;i>&1t;/i>

Due to the short period of time, most of the fortifications built by the Bulgarians were very simple, but they couldn't hold up many lines of defense! As long as the place is suitable for setting up the defense line, trenches are basically dug, which means that the opponents will be sickened by the trenches!

And this is exactly the situation that Fakingham least wants to see. The thickness of the Bulgarian army’s defense line is as thick as he imagined. If it moves tens of kilometers, it will almost catch up with the Western Front. It is completely a war of attrition. appearance.

In line with the fact that it is not as good as the others, Falkingham returned his speculation to the German Supreme Command. It boils down to the fact that Germany wants to win this war and solve the material problem first!

Otherwise, like now, knowing that the earlier the war starts, the more beneficial it will be for the German army, but due to waiting for strategic materials, the fighters are delayed for nothing.

If supplies can be opened up, the German-Austrian coalition forces do not need to go to Ukraine to grab food, and they would have already targeted Romania. &1t;i>&1t;/i>

We must know that when the Russian army just evacuated, the Bulgarian army in Romania was only 400,000. At that time, the German-Austrian army only had to attack with all its strength, even if Ferdinand was a traverser, it could not keep Romania.

Even after more than two million German-Austrian forces conquered Romania, they still had the opportunity to invade the Bulgarian mainland in one go, defeat Bulgaria, and end the long-term confrontation on the southern front.

But now is different. More than two months have passed. The Bulgarian army has assembled more than one million. Even if the Germans can achieve a tactical victory, there is no way to achieve a strategic victory. Victory!

Before the window paper was pierced, all this was covered up with the continuous triumph of the German army's triumphant advances; but when the window paper was pierced, the top German army immediately found a problem.

William II has also begun to formalize this issue. Although the current situation is dangerous, the German army is still the world's first and sixth military power. Even the second-ranked France and the third-ranked Bulgaria combined are not their opponents. &1t;i>&1t;/i>

But two fists are hard to beat with four hands. The Allied powers are Britain, France, Russia and the four great powers; while the Allies have only two German and Austrian powers + Italy, which is more funny than the pseudo powers.

The current rankings of the six armies of the countries by the German Staff:

German boss 1o

France followed by 5

Bulgaria third 3.3

Russian Empire 4th 3.1

Austria-Hungary fifth 3.1

6th in the UK 2.8

Italy 1.3

With a large number of troops, the Russians were originally the second-largest six-army power, but due to their recent defeat in the Eastern Front, they suffered heavy losses and fell to fourth place.

According to the ranks of the strength of the 6 armies calculated by the German General Staff, the strength of the Allied Powers and the Allied Powers are roughly equal, while the power of the Allied Powers is more concentrated, and they can completely defeat the enemy!

However, the Allies were limited by the lack of strategic materials, which restricted the military's combat effectiveness and was unable to defeat their opponents. Instead, they were trapped in a three-line battle and were exhausted in an embarrassing situation.

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