Chapter 131: Romania's Plan (Subscription Requested)

Eder held the telegram from Bulgarian Foreign Minister Dilas Lodge in his hand and said to Foreign Minister Barnoske. "These Bulgarians are doing a great job."

Foreign Minister Barnosque cautiously asked the crown prince for his opinion. "Your Highness, you see how we should respond to Bulgaria's request."

Seeing Foreign Minister Barnoske's cautious expression, Eder didn't care about him and said directly. "Promise them, and tell them that we'll send this batch of arms in ten days."

After hearing the crown prince's answer, Foreign Minister Barnoske went out to send a telegram to the Bulgarian side, intending to inform Bulgaria of the crown prince's intentions, and it is estimated that Bulgarian Foreign Minister Dilas Loch is also in a hurry.

After seeing Foreign Minister Barnosque walk out, Eder called a guard and said to him. "Call General Prieshan."

"Yes, Your Highness."

When the guard had answered, he went out of the palace to find General Preshan.

About half an hour later, the Chief of the General Staff, Prieshan, strode up to Eder. Said to the crown prince. "Your Highness, you look for me."

Eder asked the Chief of General Staff in front of him. "How's it going for you to do something?"

General Presan knew what the crown prince was asking about, and immediately said what the crown prince wanted to know. "I've got the staff officer to do it."

"Tell me about it."

General Presan took a map and told the crown prince about the plan that had been prepared. "Your Highness, according to the plan of our General Staff, concentrate 12 infantry divisions and one cavalry division of our Romanian army, plus 3 regiments of 150 heavy artillery and one regiment of 210 heavy artillery, all the forces of our attack on Bulgaria after its declaration of war. Domestically, we left the 1st Praetorian Guard Division to defend the capital Bucharest, and on the border we mobilized the militia to form 6 temporary divisions to defend the Austro-Hungarian and Russian borders. ”

After talking about domestic preparations, Prishan went on to talk about the army's plan for attacking. "I intend to form the 3rd, 2nd, 10th, and Cavalry Divisions into the 1st Army as the arrows of our army. The 7th, 5th, 10th, and 2nd Praetorian Divisions formed the Second Army as the right flank of the First Army. The 1st, 4th, 8th, and 14th Divisions formed the Third Army, the left flank of the First Army. The 17th Division served as a reserve to guard the transport line. Among them, the first army was to capture Targovy, the second army was to capture Polsky, and the third army was to capture Varna. After all of them had accomplished their respective objectives, the three corps captured Tarnovo together. It is expected that we will encounter the main force of the Bulgarian army near Tarnovo, and then our 12 divisions will crush them in one fell swoop and win the war. ”

After saying this, General Prysan added. "We assigned three 150 heavy artillery regiments to each of the three corps, and the 210 heavy artillery regiment followed our command to act together. This time, we requisitioned 1,100 Dongfeng trucks from Volkswagen for nearly half a month, plus nearly 2,000 trucks owned by our Romanian army, which is enough to ensure the supply of our logistics this time. And we also brought 24 planes with the flying team, which also guaranteed that we could detect the arrival of the Bulgarian army in time. ”

After listening to General Prieshan's report, Eder was quite satisfied with the army's movements, so he continued to ask. "Is there a plan for the navy?"

"Yes."

In the face of the crown prince's questioning, Prieshan went on to talk about the plans given to him by Admiralty Minister Lomodan for the navy. "On the naval side, after the Third Army begins operations, the cruiser Count Dazira will be the flagship, led by the cruiser Elizabeth, plus four gunboats of the Bogdan-class class, and six Basno-class torpedo boats, will cooperate with the Third Army to capture Varna, and then the Navy will also send a fleet to blockade the remaining Bulgarian port of Burgas."

Hearing that the Priosan army had presented the Romanian army's overall battle plan, Eder said with satisfaction. "Well done, it's incredible that we in Romania didn't get any benefits in this Balkan war. Now that there is a dispute between Bulgaria and Serbia, this is our chance. ”

Chief of the General Staff Pryshan asked a little puzzled. "But Your Highness, why do we still have so many arms to Bulgaria?"

Edel said with a smile. "If both Serbia and Greece can defeat Bulgaria, then how can we in Romania put forward conditions."

General Prieshan, who understood the crown prince's thoughts, suddenly realized, and Eder looked at his chief of staff and continued. "And our Romanian army has been reorganized for so many years, and we should also pull it out and see, Bulgaria is called Prussia in the Balkans, this is an excellent target, General Prissan, you don't think that our standing army can't beat those tired Bulgarian soldiers, do you?"

After hearing the crown prince's question, the chief of the general staff, Pureshan, said confidently. "Of course not, Your Highness, we will show the world the demeanor of the Romanian army in this war. It's not that I'm boasting, with an army like Bulgaria, we can do 1 to 2 without any problems at all. ”

Romania is much stronger than Bulgaria in terms of equipment, training and morale. According to the observation report given by the commander of the 12th Division, Freyth, Prishan had already seen the fighting power of Bulgaria, and what would happen to the Bulgarian style of play, when it encountered a situation like Romania, which was equipped with a large number of machine guns, Prishan already knew very well during the exercise.

After seeing off General Prieshan, Eder looked at the map he had used before, and rowed from the town of Svisztof on the Danube River along the town of Preslav to the Black Sea, and carved out the four cities of Dobrich, Ruse, Suman, and Varna in Bulgaria, about 22,000 square kilometers.

Eder looked at the Bulgarian territory that had been carved out and said to himself. "This will be a condition of my joining you."

Eder had long planned to benefit Romania in the Balkan Wars, but the Ottoman Empire's non-border with Romania meant he had no choice. However, the split of the Balkan League this time gave him an opportunity, why join the Serbian-Greek Alliance, of course, territory is one thing, and more importantly, World War I is coming. Eder was anxious to show the European powers the Romanian army's formidable fighting power. In war, there is an army with strong combat effectiveness, whether it is neutral or joining the war, it can make others come up with a good condition to win over. Bulgaria fully meets both of Eder's conditions, and Bulgaria has not yet allocated 4000 square kilometers of territory to Romania, which would be the best excuse for war - .

Now he just needs to wait for the friendship between Serbia and Greece to talk to them about his demands. As for the possibility that the two countries will not come, Eder does not have to worry at all, and if the first power in the Balkans is not drawn into the alliance, the two countries will have a problem with their brains.