Chapter 130： Bulgaria's preparation

After receiving support from Germany and Austria, Bulgaria categorically rejected Serbia and Greece's demands. This makes Serbia and Greece very dissatisfied with Bulgaria's actions, and the number of secret conversations between the two countries has become more frequent. Bulgaria is not ignorant of the close contacts between the two countries of Sehi. He also has his own ideas.

However, among the people, the media of the three countries are more excited than the government. From the very beginning, Serbian newspapers published that Bulgaria, the most profitable from the Balkan War, should take out some territory to compensate Serbia and Greece for the losses in Albania. This caused an uproar in the societies where nationalism prevailed in the Balkan countries.

Bulgarian newspapers are also polite to refute that this is the reward that Bulgaria should get, and Bulgaria has sent troops the most casualties. Such accusations are undesirable. Moreover, Serbia also occupies the Bitola and Ohrid regions that should belong to Bulgaria, and Greece also occupies the Salonika region, which should be returned to Bulgaria.

The Greek media have also kept up with accusing Bulgaria of only caring about itself and not caring about allies in the slightest. For a time, the three non-governmental countries continued to criticize and war against each other, but careful people will find that the Serbian and Greek media mainly point to Bulgaria, while the two countries have very few accusations.

The governments of the three countries didn't care about this, so that all countries felt that the Balkan Alliance had fallen apart, and now they must start to pinch each other for their own interests.

Soon the scolding wars in the newspapers developed to have changed later. Serbia and Greece began to expel Bulgarian teachers, priests and residents in the Macedonia they occupied. The Bulgarians are not inferior in revenge, and armed conflicts have occurred in some places.

In the Bulgarian palace, Ferdinand I was asking about the cause of the conflict. "How is this going?"

Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov, the secretary of the army, faced the king's question and told what happened. It turned out that there was a small village called Hasci in the middle of the actual control line between Serbia and Bulgaria. A Bulgarian soldier saw Serbs driving out Bulgarian citizens in the village and stepped forward to stop them. As a result, there was a fight between the two sides. Then the Serbian and Bulgarian armies rushed to the Bulgarian army. Of course, they were not willing to help when seeing their soldiers being beaten. The Serbian army also rushed up when they saw that their people were beaten by Bulgarian soldiers. During the fight, I don’t know who fired. Soldiers on both sides also fired at each other.

The final result was that Bulgaria had 14 deaths and 34 wounded, Serbia had 16 deaths and 41 wounded. Both sides pointed out that it was the fault of the other side, which made it impossible for the two governments of Serbia and Bulgaria to step down. Now the two countries are full of grievances, and both blame the other side's fault.

After listening to the Secretary of the Army, Ferdinand I knew that the anger of the people now needs to be vented. If it does not vent on Serbia, it will vent on himself. Now he can only make military preparations. Thinking of this, he asked Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov, the Secretary of the Army. "How are we preparing now?"

Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov knew what the king meant and informed him of the army's preparations. "Your Majesty, we now need to replenish ammunition, and it is better to prepare more Madsen machine guns and cannons for us."

In this war, Bulgaria felt the deepest, except for the artillery is this Madsen machine gun. This machine gun with a net weight of 9.07 kg performed better than Maxim in the mountains of the Balkans. This is due to the fact that most of the Bulgarian army is launching an offensive. The Maxine heavy machine gun cannot charge simultaneously with the soldiers, while this Madsen machine gun can follow the infantry charge and can support the infantry at any time.

Now the army is very fond of this Romanian-aided machine gun, and now Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov hopes to add another batch to the army to improve their offensive capabilities.

When Ferdinand I heard the request of the Secretary of the Army, he said to him. "I will find a solution to your request."

King Ferdinand asked Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov to wait here for a while, and he called a guard. "Call the Prime Minister."

The guards left after getting the order. Now Bulgaria is preparing for the next war. It is urgent to increase the strength of the army. After all, the two armies of Seich are not comparable to the Ottomans. He still knows this.

After a while, Prime Minister Geschoff came to the palace under the leadership of his guards and met Ferdinand I.

"I have seen your Majesty."

Prime Minister Geschoff continued to ask after saluting the king. "Don't know what your Majesty is looking for me?"

"The Secretary of the Army, Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov, approached me and wanted to add some machine guns and artillery to the army. I don't know how much budget is available in the government's finances."

Ferdinand I pointed his finger at the Secretary of the Army and stated his purpose straightforwardly. Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov smiled at the Prime Minister and expressed his kindness.

Hearing the king's requirements for the army, Prime Minister Geschov knew everything about finances. Now Bulgarian finances can no longer afford to pay, but the needs of the army still need to be met. Prime Minister Geschoff said after thinking about which funds could be used. "Your Majesty, we still have 1.2 million levs of military assistance available in Romania (Romania 2 million levs for military assistance), and German military assistance of 5 million marks (approximately 6.25 million levs). The government can still squeeze. With 3.5 million Levs for purchases, this is our government's last funding."

After hearing the report from the Prime Minister, Ferdinand calculated in his heart that there are almost 11 million Levs, which should be able to meet the basic needs of the army.

After learning about the financial income, King Ferdinand asked Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov nearby. "What do your military need to purchase? Tell me so that the Prime Minister can be prepared."

Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov said after a little thought based on the amount stated by the Prime Minister. "For the amount of German military assistance, we can purchase 36 75 field guns and 24 75 mountain cannons, and the remaining share we purchase shells. Romania also has the remaining share of military assistance plus our own financial funds, and can purchase 300 Madsen machine guns. Buy another 50 Maxim machine guns. Then I estimate that I need to buy 3 million rounds of Madsen machine gun ammunition. You need 1.5 million rounds of Maxim machine gun ammunition. It’s best to let them send it after we place an order."

Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov also calculated according to the consumption on the battlefield. In the Balkan War, Madsen machine guns were used more and consumed a lot of ammunition, and there is no stock of ammunition now. The Maxim machine guns are used less, so there are still a lot of them in stock.

Hearing that Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov reported the needs of the military, Prime Minister Geschov replied after thinking about it. "The purchase problem is not big. I need to coordinate in time. I have a lot of confidence in Germany. But I don't know about Romania."

Hearing Prime Minister Geschov's words, Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov quickly remedied. "Your Excellency Prime Minister, these arms are very important to us, and it is related to whether we can repel Serbia or not."

Seeing that the Secretary of the Army had said everything to this point, Prime Minister Geschov had no choice but to say anything, so he could only reply. "Well, I must bring back this batch of munitions before the war begins."

After talking about the army's replenishment of arms, Prime Minister Geschov returned to his office at the Prime Minister's Office on Podel Street. This is a three-story white conjoined building with 43 rooms, of which the office of Prime Minister Geschoff is in the best room on the third floor.

After returning to the office, Prime Minister Geschov asked the Foreign Minister Dilas Roch to call. "To send a telegram to Germany and Romania, we need to buy arms."

Foreign Minister Dilas Lodge asked. "How much do we need to buy?"

Prime Minister Geschov told Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov to report the needs of the military and told him seriously. "This batch of arms must be told that time is tight, and it is best to arrive within half a month."

Seeing the face and tone of the Prime Minister Foreign Minister Tirasloch knew that this matter was very important, combined with the current relations between Bulgaria and Sehi, he had a hint of results in his heart. "Prime Minister, please rest assured, I will send a telegram to the two countries to send the arms we want to purchase as soon as possible."

After hearing the words of Foreign Minister Dilas Roche, Prime Minister Geschov said to him. "Go ahead."

Foreign Minister Dilas Lodge left the prime minister’s office and personally sent a telegram to the German and Romanian governments, reporting the Bulgaria’s weapons procurement list, and specifically reminded the need to be delivered as soon as possible.

Germany gave a quick reply, and in the evening they replied that they could be sent to Bulgaria in half a month. There is no news from Romania for the time being.

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