Chapter 329： Bulgaria is defeated (part 1)

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In the face of the Allied Powers and Romania taking advantage of your illness to kill you, the Bulgarian government currently has no good solutions. They can only ask their allies for help.

In Berlin, the senior German leaders gathered to discuss Bulgaria's request for assistance. As the newly appointed Prime Minister, Earl George Hagelin is presenting his views to the Kaiser and his colleagues present.

"We must respond to Bulgaria's request for help, and according to our intelligence in Sofia, Bulgaria currently has the intention to withdraw from the war. This is a catastrophic result for us. I believe the military is not willing to see this happen, right? ."

At the end of the talk, Prime Minister Heiglin also clicked on Hindenburg and Ludendorff who had rushed back from the front to attend the meeting. The two men who represented the military in this meeting certainly knew how harmful this situation would be to the internal powers of the Allies.

And if Bulgaria is allowed to withdraw from the war at this time, it will be a great encouragement to the British and French troops who are currently struggling to resist the German offensive planned by Ludendorff. And it will have a greater impact on the offensive German army, which is unacceptable to the military.

For this reason, Hindenburg, the first man in the military, spoke unhappily. "As the chief of the general staff, I certainly know the consequences of the allies' withdrawal from the war. We will never ignore it. For this reason, I discussed with the First Quartermaster General Ludendorff."

Hindenburg gestured to Ludendorff at this point, and the first quartermaster, who was the partner, immediately took Hindenburg's words and continued. "On the way, the Chief of Staff and I have made a military plan. The troops we can immediately deploy are the 48th and 94th Divisions refurbished in Munich, and the 89th and 153rd Divisions refurbished in Nuremberg. , And the 72nd and 286th Divisions renovated in Stuttgart. Then add the 42nd, 62nd, and 87th Divisions that have been transported to Frankfurt to form a temporary new regiment. Responsible for military reinforcements. In addition, we also asked the allies to send troops to reinforce Bulgaria, but we have not yet received a response from Vienna and Istanbul."

After Ludendorff finished speaking, his heart was dripping blood. Not to mention the troops currently being repaired. The three divisions that have already been transported to Frankfurt are the troops only drawn from the Eastern Front. He also intends to use it as the second echelon of his offensive reinforcements, but currently he can only use it in the Bulgarian direction that was formed first.

In fact, there is one thing he did not say, that is, if the reinforcements rush past, in case Bulgaria has withdrawn from the war. Then these forces will work with the Austro-Hungarian army as a defense against the Allied Forces released from Bulgaria. Of course, in addition to this, Marshal Mackensen, who is currently entangled with the Romanians in Bacau, will also receive a telegram from the General Staff. Ludendorff intends to ask this outstanding mobile warfare master why he has been entangled with the Romanians for so long.

After Ludendorff finished talking about the military plan, Heiglin, the prime minister, knew it was time for him to tell the government's plan. I saw him walking up to the crowd and talking about it. "Our government has also discussed assistance to Bulgaria, and plans to transfer some of the materials obtained from the Bushrvik people to aid Bulgaria. Among them, the most important point is food and other daily necessities. We can only transfer 40,000 tons of wheat. Thousand tons of meat and 100 tons of sugar are used as aid materials.

In addition, our negotiations with Austria-Hungary and Turkey were not smooth, and Vienna was only willing to provide 5,000 tons of food as aid. The Istanbul side is willing to give 10,000 tons of grain and 800 tons of cotton as aid materials. According to the negotiation process, we believe that this is also the biggest concession that the two countries can make. "

After listening to the Prime Minister and the military have discussed it, and William II, who has been emptied of rights, can only answer. "Then follow this plan and implement it."

When the German plan was ready to be implemented, the military assistance programs of Austria-Hungary and Turkey were also introduced. Austria-Hungary is ready to cooperate with Germany's military operations to form the last group of troops transferred from the Eastern Front into the 15th Group Army, which will reinforce Sofia together with Germany's newly formed 16th Army to reinforce Bulgaria.

On the Turkish side, General Otto Zanders, the German commander who won the Dardanelles, led the Turkish Third Army to immediately reinforce the Salonika front line, allowing the Bulgarians to withdraw enough troops to cope with the Romanian attack. .

The reason why Turkey and Bulgaria are so troublesome is because the two countries have been relatively tense relations. In addition, as the mediator, the German side also made a lot of effort. In order to get Turkey to agree to send troops, it also gave many promises, including various weapons and ammunition. The Turkish side also knows the importance and attaches great importance to Bulgaria, the only ally that can be connected by land, and immediately dispatched the Third Army to defend Istanbul as a reinforcement force.

The reinforcement plan of the Allies simply cannot hide from the eyes of the Allies. After learning of the plan of the Allies, Britain and France are also preparing to deploy troops to defeat the Bulgarian defenders in Thessaloniki in one fell swoop. Among them, the British side will prepare to reinforce the newly formed ANZ troops on the French front and directly turn the bow to reinforce the Greek side. The French side, which suffered a lot of casualties, also gritted their teeth to pick and choose from the colonial forces they had drawn from North Africa, and took out three divisions as reinforcements to strengthen Greece.

As for Lieutenant General Fereit, who had already fought against the Bulgarian army in Pleven, he also received a telegram from the country. The two mobilized divisions that had just been formed are ready to assemble in Varna and can replace the 39th division formed by the militia defending here, allowing it to reinforce Lieutenant General Feleit.

The Lieutenant General who received the telegram was attracted by Pleven who was about to become a ruin. The Bulgarian army, which has resisted itself for a long time here, is about to collapse. The fact is that Bulgarian soldiers are indeed on the verge of collapse after tragic casualties and the blows that reinforcements failed to arrive.

But as its commander, Lieutenant General Kudingchev really has some abilities. He made people advocate vigorously among the soldiers that resisting the Romanian army was not for others, but to protect his family from invaders. Of course, this can only slightly improve the morale of some troops. In addition, he also took out all the meat, tobacco, and alcohol that he had stored in Pleven to reward the soldiers and rewarded those with a lot of money. Heroic soldier.

After the spiritual and material rewards, the Bulgarian soldiers were able to continue fighting with the Romanian soldiers who had the superiority in firepower.

However, these measures can only slow the decline of the morale of the soldiers, and cannot completely resist the gap between firepower and troop capabilities. Bulgarian soldiers were gradually driven out of the position in the fierce attacks that followed. The only thing Fereit was waiting for now was that the soldiers drove the defenders out of the last position in the city. Located in a neighborhood called Varian in the west of the city, this is the last way out to protect the defenders in the city, so it is also the strongest point. Now the Romanian army intends to get Bulgarian soldiers out of the city, so it has launched the most violent offensive here. To this end, the offensive Romanians used three 210 heavy artillery to shoot directly, I believe this will make the defenders feel desperate.

The process need not be described. At 4:15 in the afternoon, a report of the capture of Varian was placed in front of Lieutenant General Fereit.

Seeing some staff members blushing in front of him because of the news of victory, Lieutenant General Feleit said. "Telegraph to the country to tell them the good news. In addition, immediately let the Second Guard Division, the Third Division, and the Sixth Division form the vanguard, and immediately follow the retreating enemy to launch a harassing offensive. I don't want to fight such an offensive and defensive attack again. War."

Lieutenant General Fereit's voice fell, and the staff immediately replied. "Yes, yes. I'll go and give orders right away."

As the order was issued, the three divisions who had just captured Pleven and had no time to rest immediately launched a pursuit. At home, the news of the victory of Pleven made everyone cheer, especially at this critical juncture.

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