With Ferdinand's order, the Balkan Peninsula was lively again, and the countries crackled non-stop.

Nicholas I regretted it again, he just wanted to help Romania share a little pressure, but he didn't expect to set himself on fire.

The Kingdom of Montenegro has only gathered 150,000 troops now mobilized throughout the country, and this military-civilian ratio has reached 1:7, and if the more than 200,000 people in the concentration camps are deducted, the ratio is as high as 1:5.

Obviously, this was the limit of their mobilization, and this was based on the premise that Austria-Hungary provided them with material assistance.

Originally, the Kingdom of Montenegro would have nothing to rely on the mountains to defend, and Ferdinand didn't have the energy to find their bad luck, but unfortunately they came out this time.

First, they launched an attack on the Kosovo region with the Austro-Hungarian army, but failed; This was followed by an attack on Albania, albeit tentatively.

Unfortunately, Ferdinand decided to attack them in advance for the sake of post-war stability. The army, which was originally preparing to land on the peninsula of Asia Minor, was first used on them.

The reinforcements of the 20th Division, together with the local defenders, totaling 400,000 men, under the leadership of Lieutenant General Parif Khristov, launched a counteroffensive against the Kingdom of Montenegro.

The strength of the two sides is not at the same level at all, and in the era of aircraft + artillery, it is already difficult to defeat the strong with the weak.

In addition, Lieutenant General Parif Khristov strictly implemented Ferdinand's regional policy, occupying one place under military control and one place for purging.

In just one week, Nicholas I lost Gusine, Ivangrad, Novozapal, Shkodra and other regions, and was about to encircle Podgorica.

It's a pity that the Montenegrin kingdom is too small, and the Bulgarian army can not stand it if they only advance the front by a few tens of kilometers.

"What do the Russians say?" Nicholas I asked expectantly

Lost soldiers, lost cities and lost land!

Knowing that the war could no longer be fought, Nicholas I pinned all his hopes on the Russians, hoping that the tsarist government would intervene to reconcile and give the Kingdom of Montenegro a chance to return to the Entente.

When the Entente won the victory of the Allies, the Kingdom of Montenegro could share another share of the spoils in the future, and the Russians would definitely support the Kingdom of Montenegro to establish the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in order to counterbalance Bulgaria......

It is a pity that he forgot that it was no longer the time of Alexander II, and the patience of the Russian crown with the Montenegrin kingdom had been worn out.

The Foreign Minister smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, the tsarist government has said that only if the Kingdom of Montenegro can surrender unconditionally, they will be willing to come forward to mediate the contradictions between us and the Bulgarians. ”

"Unconditional surrender" Nicholas I almost vomited blood in anger, if this is agreed, not to mention the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, even the preservation of the Kingdom of Montenegro is a problem.

Well, the words of the Foreign Secretary are already mild. In fact, after the tsarist government received the request of the Kingdom of Montenegro, they simply refused, and it was only after the people in his foreign ministry pleaded that the Russians reluctantly gave this reply.

Now the tsarist government was still pinning its hopes on the creation of a vast Slavic empire with which to dominate the world.

From the point of view of pure interests, in fact, the establishment of such a huge empire is very beneficial to both the Russians and the Bulgarians.

Once this empire is established, the world island will tremble under this behemoth. Theoretically, as long as the two countries agree, neither the British nor the French, nor even the Americans, they have the power to stop it.

It shows that the strength of this great empire is much more terrifying than that of the Soviet Union in later generations. According to the Russians' conception, after annexing most of Germany and Austria-Hungary, coupled with the basic situation of the two countries, this will be a behemoth with an economy surpassing that of the United States and a population of more than 300 million.

Whether it can be realized or not, the ambitions of the tsarist government are so big, can the small Montenegrin kingdom still be in their eyes under this background?

Besides, the Russians did not support the Montenegrin Kingdom back then, but Nicholas I missed a golden opportunity and did not develop the Montenegrin Kingdom.

One wrong step is naturally a wrong step. Now no one thinks that the Kingdom of Montenegro will be able to balance Bulgaria.

"Hey!"

Nicholas I sighed, and then said fiercely: "In this case, then you can only fight hard!"

Ordered all the troops to resist me step by step, and if I couldn't win, I would drill a ravine and drag Bulgaria to death. ”

There is no doubt that Nicholas I did not have enough confidence when he said this. The main reason is that the Kingdom of Montenegro is too small, and if you look at the area, it is also the territory of a city.

If you want to learn from the Boers to play guerrilla warfare, you will definitely not be able to do it, there will be no place to run at all! Besides, Ferdinand was still moving their population, hiding in the mountains for a few months, and suddenly found that there were no people, which is still a guerrilla fart!

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No matter what Nicholas I thought, Lieutenant General Parif Khristov still moved forward steadily, and soon approached Podgorica, the capital of the Montenegrin Kingdom.

It is said to be the capital, but in fact it is a small city with a population of less than 100,000, located on the banks of the Moracha River in the Shkadar Basin, and the Kingdom of Montenegro does not have that much money to build fortresses.

Therefore, the battle to defend the capital of the Kingdom of Montenegro became fierce. In just one week, the Bulgarian Air Force dumped thousands of tons of bombs on the small city, including a large number of incendiary bombs.

The whole city was like a city of fire, the fire was burning, the smoke was everywhere, and the siege battle had not even begun, and the defenders in the city had already suffered heavy casualties.

Not everyone has the spirit of seeing death as home, especially now, without even touching the shadow of the enemy, they are burned to death by fire and smoke!

Many people collapsed directly, and a large number of people of the Kingdom of Montenegro fled from it, which was naturally mixed with a large number of defenders, and with fear and hatred, they were forced to surrender to the besieging forces.

But it doesn't matter, they have to be packed and sent away anyway, and even if they hate Bulgaria more than the sky when they arrive in Syria, it won't help.

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There is no doubt that the defense of Podgorica, the capital of the Kingdom of Montenegro, has failed, and the main city of a dozen square kilometers has been baptized by artillery fire.

The remaining defenders of the city were no longer able to withstand the Bulgarian attack.

However, the Kingdom of Montenegro is no better than Romania, and even if they conquer their capital, the war will continue for a long time, anyway, according to the estimates of the General Staff, this war will continue until the first half of 1916.

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At this time, the situation on the battlefield in Romania also changed, in order to keep the granary of the Central Powers, Austria-Hungary transferred 400,000 reserves from the country to join the battlefield, which was also their last mobile force.

With the accession of Austria-Hungary, the morale of the Romanians increased greatly for a time, and the war became fierce.

As for the consequences, naturally, the Romanians suffered even more casualties.

The Bulgarian side has only wiped out the direct participants of the rebels and exiled their families to the Syrian region, and basically has not made a big deal about it.

The hairy bears were not so easy to talk about, and in order to take revenge and vent their anger, they organized a massacre from time to time, directly using butcher knives to deter the Romanians.

Either way, the same effect was achieved, and the Romanians in the occupied territories were settled.

The Romanians in the unoccupied areas also became bitter and strong.

Well, the main thing is that the Romanian aristocracy, the capitalists whose interests have been damaged, are angry. Whether it is Russia or Bulgaria, the first thing to do after the occupation of the regions is to confiscate their ill-gotten gains!

It is naturally impossible to let them go to the front line to fight hard, and in order to retaliate, they naturally began to fool ordinary people to go to the front line to fight hard, in short, the hatred between the two sides is getting deeper and deeper.

Seeing the casualty reports on the battlefield in Romania, Ferdinand finally understood why there were so many casualties in the First World War!

If the Romanians continue to hold on, then they will be the Serbia of history, and it is not impossible that they will lose thirty or forty percent of the population.

As can be seen from the casualty figures, the Bulgarian casualties on the Romanian battlefield in September were 58,000, and the Romanians paid at least twice as much.

With the war raging in Romania itself, how could they have suffered fewer civilian casualties? Under normal circumstances, civilians often have more casualties than the military!

It was mainly siege warfare, and the number of civilian casualties in almost every city was a huge number as long as there was fierce resistance.

The shells don't have long eyes, and it is impossible to catch the army specifically! And neither the Bulgarian army nor the Russian army cared about the civilian casualties in Romania, anyway, they fought to their heart's content!

Crucially, the Romanian government also does not pay attention to civilian casualties, and in many cases they do not do it when they could have evacuated people first.

For example, the Bulgarian army suffered 58,000 casualties in September, but with effective treatment, the real death toll is only 8,000, and everyone else can recover.

The Romanians, on the other hand, were tragic, there were not enough medicines, and there were not enough doctors, and the soldiers were left to their fate if they were wounded.

According to the estimates of the General Staff, in September alone, the number of casualties in Romania exceeded half a million, and as for how many died, only God knows.

In this regard, the woolly bear is very destructive, and when it comes to the destructive power of the Russian army, even the destructive power of the mercenaries recruited by Ferdinand is also very amazing, this aspect seems to be their innate talent.

In Ferdinand's opinion, the Romanians now have gone mad and are completely sending to death the armed people who have never been trained to throw themselves into battle!

More critically, most of the Romanian soldiers were strong men forcibly recruited by the government, and no matter what they tried to propagate, the general population had lost confidence in resisting the Russian offensive.

Austro-Hungarian reinforcements could boost a wave of morale, but over time this effect was also fading.

Many Romanians found that the combat effectiveness of the Austro-Hungarian army was half a pound compared to theirs, and it was simply impossible to stop the joint attack of the two countries.

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