Chapter 154: Armistice
Bulgaria's request for an armistice was immediately received by governments.
Among them, Crown Prince Eder, who was acting with the Romanian army, was also the first to receive the news. In the face of Bulgaria's request for peace, he summoned the Minister of War General Courtois, the chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant General Prissan, and other generals of the army to discuss whether to accept Bulgaria's peace request in the newly captured city of Norwich.
At the city's headquarters, Eder sat on the top and watched as the star-studded generals on either side of him began a heated debate over Bulgaria's peace plea.
"I don't think the Bulgarian army has the strength to compete with us at all, so why should we accept their armistice?" Lieutenant General Andrew, Commander of the Second Army, stood up and spoke impassionedly in front of the crown prince and his colleagues. "We are more than capable of hitting Sofia and getting Ferdinand I to sign our terms of armistice."
Eder watched Lieutenant General Andrew express his opinion, which should actually represent the thoughts of the General Staff led by Prishan. They are all biased towards Eder and belong to the crown prince who was promoted by the crown prince. Basically, he is relatively lacking in military exploits, so he hopes to get more credit in this war and make himself more convincing. Therefore, in the face of Bulgaria's armistice demand, they were unwilling to accept it, after all, they all had an armistice, where to find credit.
In the face of Lieutenant General Andrew's generous statement, the commander of the Third Army, Lieutenant General Salamik, had a different opinion.
"I have a different opinion about Lieutenant General Andrew's opinion." He stood up first and said that he did not approve of it, and then continued to explain the reason. "Even if we hit Sofia, our conditions are the limit of Bulgaria's acceptance, and it will not benefit us much. On the contrary, the interests of other countries have increased greatly, and for us this is a typical example of doing things for others, so I think we can accede to Bulgaria's request. ”
After Lieutenant General Salamik finished speaking, the other generals present were talking in whispers below. Eder himself agrees with Lieutenant General Salamik, after all, he is not willing to consume too much of Romania's small amount of money after he has achieved his own goals.
You must know that in the previous Battle of Tarnovo, the Romanian military fired 15,000 tons of ammunition in a big way. Almost didn't Prime Minister Bletiyanu to death, including the crown prince himself, who was taken aback by the military's attrition. You must know that in the previous military operations, the Romanian army only consumed more than 1,000 tons of ammunition, and the consumption of fighting a major battle increased tenfold, and the Romanian family background was not thick, so it could not withstand such a few major battles. So he was interested in the advice of Lieutenant General Salamik.
Seeing that his deputy, Lieutenant General Andrew, was suppressed by Lieutenant General Salamik, and most importantly that the crown prince showed enough interest, Preshan felt that he needed to stand up and speak out, otherwise it would become impossible to continue the war.
"Ahem"
He gathered his thoughts and coughed softly. Seeing that the Chief of the General Staff had something to say, the other top military officials present quieted down.
Prieshan was pleased with the atmosphere, and he stood up and said. "Your Highness, I don't think it's a good time to agree to a Bulgarian armistice."
Eder heard the words of the chief of the general staff, although it was not in line with his wishes, but after all, he was his spokesman in the army, and it was not good to embarrass him in front of the generals, so he took his words and asked. "And what does Lieutenant General Prishan mean?"
"We should continue to fight Bulgaria, and it is better to completely defeat their military strength, otherwise we will fight again if the conditions are not good."
In the face of the crown prince's inquiry, Preshan found a good reason. However, it is difficult for the military leaders under Plea Mountain to express their position, after all, they all know that the people behind Priosan are still sitting in the main seat.
After hearing the words of the Chief of the General Staff, Prishman, Eder felt in his heart that these people he had promoted were a little anxious. Such a proposal clearly takes into account only the ideas of its own side and does not take into account the interests of Romania as a whole. Edel secretly decided to water them and make them less anxious.
At this moment, Admiral Courtois, who was the Minister of War, stood up and spoke slowly. "I also have some opinions of my own, which I would like to say."
No one would take his opinion lightly in the face of the War Secretary, who had rarely spoken out in this war, and Eder also wanted to see the opinion of General Courtois, who was in charge of the army for his father.
Seeing that everyone was quietly waiting for him, Admiral Courtois spoke his advice. "Let's not just think about this war, the post-war relationship with Bulgaria is also one of the key points we need to consider."
When he had said this, he sat back in his seat and began to doze off like an ordinary old man. But what he said made the military top brass present think to themselves. Although General Courtois did not say whether he would continue to fight, his attitude has been indicated.
It is true that they can continue to fight this time, but Bulgaria is a country, and the countries that participated in the war are not capable of carving it up, which is also not allowed by the European powers. If it is overdone, it will be difficult to improve the relationship between the two countries in the future. Although Romania is not afraid of Bulgaria in its current size, who wants to have more than one hostile country?
Eder himself was also moved by the words of General Courtois, and it is impossible to carve up Bulgaria in the first war that begins next year, and then Romania needs to face a red power, and it will inevitably pay less attention on the flanks, so it is also a good choice to give Bulgaria a little overture in advance.
Thinking of this, Eder had already made his choice, and he waved his hand to stop General Prishan, who was still trying to continue, and opened his mouth to say his decision. "After listening to the suggestions of the generals, and having given full consideration to their proposals, I have finally decided to accept the proposal of an armistice in Bulgaria, and from now on our Romanian army will cease to continue its military operations against Bulgaria."
Edel continued to add after saying his decision. "However, our troops cannot withdraw yet, and we need to wait until the results of the negotiations are out. I will lead the Chief of the General Staff, Prieshan, back to Bucharest, where the army in Bulgaria is temporarily led by Colonel-General Courtois. ”
When Prishan heard Crown Prince Eder's decision, his eyes flashed with a hint of loss, and he immediately recovered. However, Eder saw it, he didn't care about Prishan's thoughts, if he couldn't understand this, the chief of the general staff had done it in vain in the past few years. Instead, he smiled at Admiral Courtois. "Admiral Courtois needs to give you a hard time."
General Courtois also did not expect that Crown Prince Eder would hand over the command of the Romanian army to him, and quickly stood up and spoke. "Please rest assured, Your Highness, I will be optimistic that the army will not let chaos happen here."
The day after Bulgaria sent its request for an armistice, Romania responded to Bulgaria's request by expressing its willingness to cease the war and at the same time sending its own decision to Serbia, Greece and Montenegro. After these three countries saw that the main forces of this war had agreed, they could only agree to Bulgaria's armistice proposal.
And the chief of the general staff who led the Ottoman army to attack also secretly regretted this, now they are still 50 kilometers away from Adrianople, but when the Balkan countries agreed to an armistice, he could not let the Ottomans go their own way, and he could only stop the actions of the Ottoman army.
The Second Balkan War, which had been initiated by Bulgaria on 30 July, was completely halted, this time ending in Bulgaria's defeat. Now that the smoke of gunpowder on the battlefield has cleared, the time has come for diplomats from various countries to fight for the interests of their countries.
PS The steamed bun has not yet healed from the cold, so it is late again, I hope you don't blame it.