Bulgaria, having received the support of Germany and Austria, categorically rejected the demands of Serbia and Greece. This made Serbia and Greece unhappy with Bulgaria's move, and the number of secret talks between the two countries increased. Bulgaria is not ignorant of the close contacts between Serbia and Greece, and he also has his own ideas.

But among the people, the media in the three countries are more agitated than the government. From the very beginning, Serbian newspapers published that Bulgaria, which had benefited the most from the Balkan war, should compensate Serbia and Greece for their losses in Albania with some territory. This caused an uproar in the Balkan societies where nationalism prevailed.

The Bulgarian newspaper also retorted unceremoniously, saying that this was the reward that Bulgaria should receive, and that Bulgaria had the most troops and suffered the most casualties, such accusations were undesirable. Moreover, Serbia also occupied the regions of Bitola and Ohrid, which should belong to Bulgaria, and Greece also occupied the region of Thessaloniki, both of which should be returned to Bulgaria.

The Greek media also followed up accusing Bulgaria of only thinking about itself and not having the slightest scruple about its allies. For a time, there was a constant war of insults between the three civil countries, but those who are attentive will find that it is mainly Serbian and Greek media pointing at Bulgaria, and there are very few accusations between the two countries.

And the three governments did not care about this, so that all countries felt that the Balkan alliance had fallen apart, and now they had to start pinching each other for their own interests.

Soon the newspaper war had gone sour, and Serbia and Greece began to expel Bulgarian teachers, priests, and inhabitants from the Macedonian regions they occupied. The Bulgarians retaliated no less, and in some places there were armed conflicts.

In the Bulgarian royal palace, Ferdinand I inquired about the cause of the conflict. "What's going on?"

Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov, Minister of War, faced the king's questioning, told what had happened. It turned out that in the middle of the Line of Actual Control between Serbia and Bulgaria, there was a small village called Hasz. A Bulgarian soldier saw the Serbs driving Bulgarian nationals in the village and stepped forward to stop them, and a fight broke out. Then both Serbian and Bulgarian troops arrived, and the Bulgarian army, of course, was not happy to see its own soldiers being beaten and rushed to help, and the Serbian army rushed forward when they saw that their people were being beaten by Bulgarian soldiers. During the fight, it was not known who fired the shot, and the soldiers on both sides also raised their guns and fired at each other.

The end result was 14 dead and 34 wounded on the Bulgarian side, 16 dead and 41 wounded on the Serbian side. Both sides pointed out that it was the fault of the other side that made it impossible for the governments of Serbia and Bulgaria to step down, and now the people of both countries are boiling with resentment, and both blame each other for their fault.

After listening to the words of the War Minister, Ferdinand I knew that the anger of the people now needed to be vented, if not on Serbia, then on himself. Now it was only possible to make military preparations, and thinking of this, he asked the Minister of War, Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov. "How's our preparation now?"

Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov, knowing what the king meant, informed him about the preparation of the army. "Your Majesty, we need to replenish our ammunition now, and it would be better to have more Madsen machine guns and artillery for us."

What made Bulgaria feel the most in this war, besides the artillery, was this Madsen machine gun. This machine gun, with a net weight of 9.07 kg, performed better in the mountains of the Balkans than Maxim. This was due to the fact that most of the Bulgarian army was attacking, and the Maxim heavy machine gun could not charge with the infantry at the same time, while this Madsen machine gun could follow the infantry charge and be able to support the infantry at any time.

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

Ferdinand I, when he heard the request of the Minister of War, said to him. "I'll figure it out if you ask for it."

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

The guards left after receiving the order, and now Bulgaria is preparing for the next war, and it is urgent to strengthen the army, after all, the Serbian and Greek armies are not comparable to the Ottomans, and he still knows this in his heart.

After a while, Prime Minister Gaischov, led by his guards, came to the palace and met Ferdinand I.

"I've seen Your Majesty."

Prime Minister Gaishov continued to ask after saluting the king. "I don't know what His Majesty is looking for me?"

"The Minister of War, 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 the government has left to use. ”

Ferdinand I pointed his finger at the Minister of War and stated his purpose straight to the point. Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov smiled at the prime minister and expressed his goodwill.

Hearing the king's request for the army, Prime Minister Gaishov was clear about the finances, and now the Bulgarian finances were no longer able to pay, but the needs of the army still needed to be met. Prime Minister Gaischov said after pondering which funds could be used. "Your Majesty, we still have 1,200,000 leva of military aid in Romania to use (2,000,000 lei of Romanian military aid) and 5,000,000 marks of German military aid (about 6,250,000 leva). The government was also able to squeeze out 3.5 million leva for procurement, which is the last amount of money that our government has come up with. ”

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

After learning about the revenue of the treasury, King Ferdinand asked Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov on his side. "Say what your army needs to procure, so that the prime minister can be prepared."

Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov spoke after a little reflection on the amount of money the Prime Minister said. "With the amount of German military aid, we can purchase 36 75 field guns and 24 75 mountain guns, and we buy shells for the remaining share. Romania's remaining share of military aid, together with our own financial funds, made it possible to purchase 300 Madsen machine guns and another 50 Maxim machine guns. Then there are the Madsen machine gun rounds, which I estimate will cost 3 million rounds. Makqin machine gun ammunition needs to be purchased for 1.5 million rounds. It's a good idea to get them to send it as soon as we place the order. ”

Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov also calculated on the basis of consumption on the battlefield, and in the Balkan war, the Madsen machine gun was used a lot and the ammunition consumption was relatively large, and there is no longer any ammunition in stock. And the Maxim machine gun is used less, so there is still a lot of stock.

Hearing Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov's report on the needs of the military, Prime Minister Gaishov replied after thinking about it. "It's not a big problem to buy, I need to coordinate the time, and I have a lot of confidence in Germany. But I don't know about Romania. ”

Hearing Prime Minister Gaisov's words, Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov hurriedly said. "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, this batch of arms is very important to us, and it is about whether we can repel Serbia"

Seeing that the Minister of War had said everything to this point, Prime Minister Gaishov could not say anything, so he could only reply. "Well, I'll definitely bring this batch back before the war."

After talking about the replenishment of the army, Prime Minister Gaisov returned to the Prime Minister's Office on Podel Street, where he was working. It is a three-storey white conjoined building with 43 rooms, of which Prime Minister Geishov's office is in the best room on the third floor.

After returning to the office, Prime Minister Geishov called Foreign Minister Laras Loch. "Send telegrams to Germany and Romania, we need to buy arms."

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

Prime Minister Gaishov told him about the needs of Lieutenant General Mikhail Savov in the report of the military, and told him in a serious manner. "This batch of munitions must be told that the time is very tight, and it is best to arrive within half a month."

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

After hearing the words of Foreign Minister Dilas Rockz, Prime Minister Gaisov said to him. "There you go."

Foreign Minister Dolasloch left the Prime Minister's Office to personally send a telegram to the German and Romanian governments, informing him of the list of Bulgarian arms purchases, and specifically indicating that it needed to be delivered as soon as possible.

The reply from Germany was quick, and in the evening of the same day they replied that they could send it to Bulgaria in half a month. There is no news from Romania yet.

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