Chapter 285： Preparation (5)

The British and French representatives, who were surprised by Major General Dotov’s words, soon returned to the negotiating table the next day. It seems that they have recovered. The only difference is that behind the British Foreign Secretary, there is a man in a general uniform. General. This person, Major General Dotov, knew from the photo. This was General Haig, the commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force. This also shows that the British side attaches great importance to Romania's proposal.

The Haig admiral stared at Major General Dotov and spoke unceremoniously. "I heard Mr. Balfour say that the major general has objections to the use of our country's Anzac?"

In the voice, the general also emphasized the tone of the major general. It seemed that he was dissatisfied with Romania's long hands that he dared to challenge the British Empire army.

In the face of this general's question, Major General Dotov did not rush. He had already dealt with this situation in China, and the Romanian military had prepared several plans for him in response to this situation. "Your Excellency, I do not intend to offend the use of the British Empire in the army, but propose more feasible solutions."

Major General Dotov stopped here, took out a map and pointed to the location of Bulgaria. "Please look at it, gentlemen."

Dotov's move surrounded all the negotiators present, especially Admirals Petain and Haig, because they knew that this Romanian negotiator would definitely talk about military matters.

Sure enough, after seeing everyone around and looking at him, Dotov said his intentions. "Gentlemen, Bulgaria is the easiest country to defeat among the Allies, and its position is also very important. It is the main point of railway transportation between Ottoman and Germany. Weapons and equipment from Germany are continuously transported to Ottoman, and from Ottoman The raw materials are also sent to Germany through here, which makes the powerful fleet useless."

Hearing what Dotov said made the Anglo-French negotiators secretly hurt. The actual situation is similar to what the Romanians said. Most of the Ottoman weapons and equipment came from Germany, especially in the Middle East, most of the weapons captured by the Ottoman army were engraved in German. Raw materials such as wool, cotton, and copper ore from Ottoman also strongly support Germany's military and light industry.

Faced with Dotov's a bit of a shame, French Foreign Minister Jean Pichon took over and asked. "It's exactly what you said, so what do you mean..."

Dotov cast a grateful look at the French Foreign Minister, who answered very well. He went on to say "to be precise, what we mean by Romania, is to let Bulgaria withdraw from the war first."

"Here I would like to talk about what we have learned. At present, the domestic situation in Bulgaria is the most severe, and its domestic supplies are quite tense, especially the food and textiles that are related to the people's livelihood are in short supply. Especially in Kardzhali and Haskovo in Bulgaria. Other places have caused famine, and local people have begun to flee. Moreover, Bulgaria’s military strength is also the weakest, and it is easy to be defeated by us."

At this time, Petain, the commander-in-chief of the French army, raised a critical question. "What if our offensive attracts reinforcements from German and Austrian troops?"

Petain's words dismissed many people who were interested in Dotov. Germany and Austria will certainly not sit idly by when the Allied Powers attack Bulgaria. Just as Russia withdraws from the war, reinforcements will become inevitable. This is not a useless work again.

Hearing Petain's question, Dotov said with a smile. "Your Excellency, there is no need to worry about German and Austrian reinforcements. For the smooth implementation of the Bulgarian campaign, we have decided to launch an attack on the hinterland of Austria-Hungary to contain its actions."

He pointed to a point on the map and said. "The Transylvania region is our chosen target. This is not far from the Hungarian Plain, one of the cores of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. As long as we Romania attack here, Germany and Austria will surely reinforce it, then the Bulgarian campaign can start smoothly."

Major General Dotov's words surprised the British and French negotiators present. They did not expect Romania to attack first, and it was in the Transylvanian plateau, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

This made Admiral Bethan couldn't help asking. "You are definitely attacking the Transylvanian Plateau, which is not easy to fight."

Facing Petain's kind reminder, Major General Dotov responded. "Thank you for your concern. We are still confident in attacking the area. Because most of the local people are Romanian, we have the confidence to attack the area."

Seeing that the Romanians are very confident, Admiral Petain is not willing to talk too much. If Romania retreats, then Bulgaria will not be able to expand and it will be depressed. However, there were still interested people who guessed Romania's intentions, but as long as it does not affect the Bulgarian strategy, Romania's careful thinking has not been broken.

It can be said that this is the skill of the language. If it is said that Romania is preparing to attack the Transylvania area, and then it is to attack Bulgaria, it will inevitably be regarded as the Allied Powers covering Romania. Now, on the other hand, it has become Romania's cover for the Allies, but the effect is the same. This is the skill of speaking.

Major General Dotov’s words made the representatives of Britain and France very interested. Even General Haig, who was a little bit guilty at the beginning, asked in detail about the main points of the Bulgarian campaign. It can be seen that the commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force is also very excited.

Watching Major General Dotov discuss matters related to the Battle of Bulgaria with Admirals Betan and Haig, Barnosque, as plenipotentiary, approached the representatives of the British and French governments to discuss other assistance to Romania~www.novelhall .com~ You must know that Britain and France, as the old powers, still have a lot of good things that make Romania greedy, such as the new aircraft of Britain and France. Speaking of annoyingly, Romania now has Goshawk fighter jets and newly developed samurai bombers. Faced with the R&D capabilities of Britain and France regardless of funds, they are gradually lagging behind. Therefore, this time the military plans to introduce British se5 fighter jets and France Camel fighter.

In addition, the most coveted by Romania is the French Schneider 155 artillery. The latest improved model of this artillery makes the Romanian military look drooling.

This French Schneider 155 howitzer is much more than the German 150 howitzer currently equipped in Romania, whether it is from the range (11,900 meters vs. 8,500 meters) or the gun’s muzzle velocity (450 meters/sec vs. 325 meters/sec), the only One downside is that the weight is much heavier than German artillery, but for the Romanian army whose center of gravity will be on the Ukrainian plains in the future, this is nothing.

The negotiations in Romania went smoothly. Whether it was military planning for the Bulgarian campaign, or the introduction of military technology, Britain and France were not too entangled. It can be seen that they have an urgency for the Romanian army to participate in the war. In the end, after five days of intense negotiations, Romania and Britain and France reached a condition for joining the agreement camp, and this condition was soon sent to Bucharest.

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