After the Battle of Tarnovo, the Bulgarian army, taking advantage of the three days of desperate resistance of the First Army, retreated directly to Norwich. Intend to take a break and continue your retreat to Yabranica, the gateway to Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria.

While Bulgaria was making preparations, the news of the complete victory of the Romanian army at the Battle of Tarnovo spread around the world. In fact, when the Bulgarian army retreated, the outside world already knew the news, but the extent of Bulgarian losses has not been reported. In fact, this is also a deliberate act by Crown Prince Eder, in order to make the Serbian and Greek armies have some scruples, so that Romania can occupy more areas and obtain greater benefits. This is also the best reward for the Serbian and Greek armies for "helping" the Romanian army.

It was only after it could no longer be concealed that Romania made public the results of the campaign, and at the same time allowed the national observer mission to visit the prisoner-of-war camps. Of course, the two countries are dissatisfied with Romania in their hearts, but in view of their strong combat effectiveness, they can only swallow their dissatisfaction, who let them secretly play the black hand before, and now they can only hope to break through the Bulgarian position to add points to themselves, and they are in a favorable position in the post-war interest competition.

The observer missions of various countries have reported Romania's performance to the country, and this must be the first battle after the Romanian army is reorganized, and it was only superficial before that, but now the performance on the battlefield is the most important. After observing this battle, they all raised the evaluation of the Romanian army in their hearts.

Among them was the head of the German observation mission, Colonel Hans von Seckt, in a report to the General Staff. The Romanian army performed quite well in this war, and their command at the battalion and company level was not inferior to that of the imperial army, but there was still a small gap between them and the imperial army above the regimental level, mainly because there were some gaps in coordination, and they were still much worse than the imperial army in terms of infantry and artillery coordination. However, it is believed that they will be no different from the Imperial Army after training in this way for a few years, and now the 3rd Romanian Division and the 2nd Janissary Division have reached our level.

In this report, Colonel Seckert compared the Romanian army with that of Germany, placing the Romanian army in a high position. He was joined by Colonel Jerovsky, head of the Russian Observer Mission, and General Vonksmann, representative of the Austro-Hungarian Observer Mission. Among them, Colonel Jerovsky believed that the Romanian army was not much different from the Russians, and that the three most elite divisions could be compared with the Guards. The Austro-Hungarian representative, General Vonksmann, believed that the Romanian army could compete with the Austro-Hungarian army of the Germans. The remaining British, French, and Italian delegates also believed that the Romanian army had broken away from the second-rate armies of Europe and could compete with the armies of the great powers.

After the performance of the Romanian army was sent back to their countries, Germany, Austria and Russia paid the most attention to it. Because Romania, no matter which side it takes, can strengthen the opponent's army of hundreds of thousands. It will also increase the population of the other side by 9 million, and you must know that except for Russia, the population of other countries is only 30 or 40 million. Moreover, Romania produces grain and oil, of which grain is the foundation of a country, and it is not difficult to understand why food is so important in the later stages of World War I when coups d'état occurred in various countries due to lack of food and clothing. In the face of the second largest grain producer in Europe, it is not a problem for all parties to woo them.

After Germany received a telegram from Colonel Seckert, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Chancellor Helwig, and Chief of the General Staff, General Moltke Jr., discussed the current situation in the Balkans.

"Little General Moltke, what do you think of the current Balkan war?"

Wilhelm II was now more concerned about the situation in the Balkans, partly because it involved Romania and the Ottomans, where Germany had good interests here, and Bulgaria, which was gradually leaning towards itself. He had received information that the Ottomans were preparing to declare war on Bulgaria, thanks to the large German advisers in the Ottoman army, so he knew exactly what was going on with the Ottoman army.

On the other hand, because its most important ally, Austria-Hungary, has huge interests in the region, which has a very big possibility of conflict with Russia, Germany must pay close attention to local developments.

"Your Majesty, I don't think there is any chance of Bulgaria winning now. After the Battle of Tarnovo, the Bulgarian army remained 330,000 men, all of whom suffered heavy losses in this battle. And now they need to face the million-strong army of the five Balkan countries, which is an impossible task, and now they need to make a sum to reduce their losses. ”

General Moltke Jr. militarily said that the defeat of Bulgaria was inevitable. Wilhelm II nodded in approval of General Moltke Jr. Now that the number of troops is 1 to 3, everyone can see that Bulgaria has lost, and now the key is whether to stop this war. Because Germany was in an awkward position in this war, with Bulgaria on the one hand, and its traditional friendly countries (Romania and Ottomans) on the other, it really made them difficult.

Faced with the difficult problem of old and new friendly countries, Wilhelm II asked Prime Minister Helwig. "Your Excellency Helwig, what do you think we should say about this?"

Chancellor Helwig said this after thinking about the Kaiser. "Your Majesty, I think it's best to let Austria-Hungary make a statement first, we stand behind them, after all, we can't just say who we support in this position, let them discuss it for a while before they talk, let's wait and see."

In the face of Prime Minister Helwig's opinion first, General Moltke Jr. was not very happy. "Your Excellency Prime Minister, with your advice, it is easy for us to get the understanding of both sides and make things worse."

In the face of General Moltke's questioning, Prime Minister Helwig was not angry and asked rhetorically. "So what are we to do as General Moltke suggests?"

When Chancellor Helwig asked Moltke the Younger, Chief of the General Staff, for his opinion, the Kaiser was in high spirits, and it seemed that he was also more interested.

"Your Majesty, Prime Minister," General Moltke Jr. nodded to them before directly saying his suggestion. "I think we should choose the winning side and that will take the pressure off us in the region. Austria-Hungary will support Bulgaria anyway, and we can choose to support Romania and the Ottomans, so that we can account for all three countries. ”

Hearing the words of General Moltke Jr., both the Kaiser and the Chancellor fell into thought, which was indeed much better than the Chancellor's previous proposal. Wilhelm II said to Prime Minister Helwig after much thought. "Let's do it according to General Moltke's method first, and if something happens, we'll adjust."

In the face of Wilhelm II's words, Prime Minister Helwig said after saluting. "Okay, Your Majesty, I'll arrange for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to do this."

When the Kaiser was deliberating on his own embarrassing position in the war, he was even more embarrassed by the Russian Tsar Nicholas II. After receiving the news, he also convened his ministers to discuss Russia's attitude.

Nicholas II asked his ministers. "Should we mediate this war now?"

In the face of the tsar's question, the military representative, Duke Nicholas the Younger, took the lead in speaking. "Your Majesty, I think it is Romania that has benefited the most now, and the Serbian side will not be too satisfied with mediation now."

Nicholas II, having heard the words of his uncle Duke Nicholas Jr., looked at Prime Minister Kokovtsov, apparently he needed the Prime Minister's opinion.

"Your Majesty, it doesn't matter whether we mediate or not, because it is no longer possible for Bulgaria to withstand the attacks of the Balkan countries now. As long as Ferdinand I is not stupid, then he will sue for peace in a week at most. "Prime Minister Kokovtsov suggested to Nicholas II. He knew why the Tsar would ask such a question, but the Bulgarian side had to give up now, after all, Serbia was much more important to them.

Hearing that neither the prime minister nor the military wanted mediation, Nicholas II could not force it, after all, he also needed to respect the unanimous opinion of the ministers.

Around the only one who was able to intervene in this war was Austria-Hungary. However, in the face of the situation of the five countries in the Second Balkan War (they knew through Germany that the Ottomans were ready to declare war) had a million-strong army, they could only sit on the sidelines. After all, he could not be desperate for Bulgaria, and there was Russia watching him next to him.

Now that the situation in Bulgaria has reached its most dangerous moment, and the surrounding neighbors have declared war or are preparing to declare war on it, it is time for the Bulgarian government to think of its own way out.

PS: I've been in a bad state for the past two days, and I'm unlucky, so I didn't repair it until 7:30 p.m. when I prepared the codeword. The two more that had been said were dragged out until the early morning of the next day to finish a chapter.,Now the steamed bun is a little cold.,Sweating in a runny nose.,After finishing this chapter, I'm ready to go to bed and make up three chapters tomorrow.。