"This is absolutely not possible, we are completely short of ammunition, and you should see that the 80,000 tons of ammunition per month we provide is already the limit."

Negotiations continued, and it was said by the French Minister of War, Paul Pallevé, who refused to respond to the Romanian lion's demand for 250,000 tons of ammunition per month. In his words, if the Romanian demands were granted, then the French army would not have to fight.

The answer to the minister was the Romanian military representative, Major General Dotov, who spoke only to see him speak. "Minister Panleve, of course we are more understanding of the pressure on the Western Front, but I also hope that you can see the plight of our Romanians. We are facing a state of being surrounded by the Allies, and we are enemies on every side except the Black Sea. And we also have to prevent attacks from the Black Sea, which is too much pressure for us, and in addition, we simply do not have enough ammunition in reserve. ”

Speaking of this, Major General Dotov set up an ambush and continued. "Our Romanian military currently has only a million tons of ammunition in reserve, which is not enough to fight for three months according to the current intensity on the Western Front."

"But you can't reach the level of intensity on the Western Front."

Seeing that Major General Dotov had a worse tendency, Admiral Petain, who had already served as commander-in-chief of the French army, opened his mouth to say the difference. Petain had voluntarily asked to join in the negotiations, and he was now interested in every job that would relieve the pressure on the French army. He saw too many casualties at the Battle of Verdun, and the cost of each division pulled up was measured in hours. Therefore, after taking over as commander-in-chief, Pétain showed great enthusiasm for finding reinforcements and allowing the British to take over the defense of more important areas. At the moment, it seems that his results are very good, and the British army has taken over a number of important positions, such as the Somme region, which has been fully accepted by the British army.

"Yes, Your Excellency. But we are faced with fighting in three directions, and we will be able to hold out for a maximum of five months. ”

In the face of Petain's point of difference, Major General Dotov graciously admitted. "But I'm sure you didn't let us join the camp for the sake of Romania's defensive front, right?"

In the face of this eloquent representative of the Romanian military, the French Minister of War Paul Pallevé immediately answered the conversation. "Of course not. We also hope that the Romanian army will be brave and good at fighting and make a greater contribution to the defeat of the evil Germans, but we really can't meet your requirements for ammunition and supplies. ”

Major General Dontov asked after thinking for a moment. "And how much ammunition can you give?"

After hearing the words of Major General Dotov, Minister Panlewe and Admiral Petain quietly consulted and spoke. "We can only give you a maximum of 100,000 tons of supplies and ammunition per month, and if this is not what you want, then you can choose to defend against the attack of the Allies."

Major-General Dotov heard the amount of supplies offered by the Entente and thought for a while before speaking. "Then let's do it according to this number."

After Romania and the Entente had negotiated the aid of military supplies, there was now only one last problem to be resolved, and that was Bulgaria, which was between the two sides. As a stand-alone Allies on the Southern Front, Bulgaria has mobilized no less than one million men, which is considered a nationwide army for Bulgaria, which has a population of only 5 million. Regardless of the combat effectiveness of the mobilized soldiers, the mobilization rate of more than 20% is considered the first among the participating countries. However, the domestic situation in Bulgaria, which has mobilized such troops, is not very good, and too many people have joined the army and are not engaged in production, so that Bulgaria's crops have failed year after year in the past two years, and domestic dissatisfaction is increasing.

Speaking of coordinated operations against Bulgaria, Major General Dotov immediately asked about the topic that Romania was most concerned about at the moment. "According to the proposal of our two sides to fight together, our attack on Bulgaria requires your army in Greece to be contained first. I wonder how long you can hold back? ”

Faced with the inquiries of Major General Dotov, the topic was immediately taken over by Admiral Petain. "Our army in Greece is not as strong as in Bulgaria, you must know that there are 460,000 troops in Thessaloniki and 250,000 second-line troops in Serre, Zlama and other places. And we only have 430,000 troops in Greece, and it is completely impossible to fight it. ”

"Your Excellency Petain, those second-line Bulgarian troops are actually completely unworrying, the weapons they are equipped with are already thirty or forty years old, and most of the artillery is old-fashioned, and there are many bronze cannons, I don't think you need to pay attention to it at all." Major General Dotov spoke about another topic at the same time. "And you have no less troops in Greece than in Bulgaria."

Faced with the topic suddenly thrown by Major General Dotov, Admiral Petain shook his head and spoke. "I've calculated precisely, we only have that many troops on the ground."

In response to Petain's words, Major General Dontov spoke: "Your Excellency, you still have an army on Greek soil, and they have been here for two years. ”

Faced with Dotov's words, Petain immediately remembered that Romania wanted the Serbian army to join the attack on Salonika. In fact, after two years of training in Greece, the army that had been defeated in Serbia had only 160,000 troops left, and now there are 180,000 people. Britain and France had fought their ideas more than once, but they were rejected by the Serbs, and they only participated in the battle to recover their homeland. This caused a big headache for Britain and France, and now Major-General Dotov's mention made Petain quite excited.

Petain immediately began to think about the use of this Serbian army, and as for the reason why it only wanted to fight for the liberation of his country, Petain completely ignored it, and there was nothing more important than reducing the French army. In his opinion, this was nothing more than an excuse, and if it had not been for the attitude of Russia, and the great efforts of Britain and France to rectify them, these Serbian troops would have no excuse to say anything else. Now that the Romanian delegates have named 180,000 Serbian troops, then they have no reason to refuse, unless they don't want to get their share after the war.

But Major-General Dontov apparently surprised more than Petain, he surprised Balfour. "And I think the Anzac in Egypt could actually be in the European theater and be the first to defeat Bulgaria and then defeat Austria-Hungary, which is much more useful than in the Middle East."

The Anzac Corps that Lotov refers to is the main force of the British army in Egypt, this army that has taken Jerusalem, because most of its soldiers are from Australia and New Zealand, so it is also called the Oceania Army. Now Romania has actually hit their mind, which also makes Belfort, the foreign secretary who has not spoken in the first place, a little overwhelmed.

His mind was still a little confused, and he spoke. "I didn't bring military personnel with me this time, so I can't answer your question."

Seeing the departure of the British negotiators, as well as the French delegates who had already gained a lot from this negotiation, it seems that they would also have to take the time to consider the Romanian proposal. At one point, only the Romanians themselves were left in the room.

At this time, Barnosk, as a negotiator, stepped forward and patted Major General Lotov on the shoulder and said. "Your Excellency, your proposal is really good."