Chapter 139: Deportation (Plus)
At the same time as the start of the Bulgarian negotiations, Bulgaria carried out militarized management of all occupied territories, banned the movement of people, and did its best to block the news!
Formulated with Ferdinand's personal participation and implemented by the Chief of the General Staff Petrov, the "great" plan of "Gift Abroad" was fully launched on the south bank of the Molrava River!
Literally, you can also know what this means!
Serbia is located in the middle of the Balkan Peninsula in Europe, and most of the country is hilly, with many hills and mountains in the central and southern parts and plains in the north.
The east and west are the continuation of the Stara Mountains and the Dinara Mountains, respectively;
The Vojvodina Plain in the north is part of the plain of the middle reaches of the Danube, with a dense network of rivers and fertile soils;
The central and southern parts are mountainous and hilly, consisting of the Kosovo Basin and the Metohija Basin!
It can be said that the northern region brings together all the essence of Serbia and concentrates most of the country's population!
At the end of the 19th century, there were about 300,000 to 400,000 Serbs living on the territory on the south bank of the Molrava River, mainly Serbs, but also a small number of Bosnians, Albanians, Croats, Bulgarians, Slovaks, Romanians and other ethnic groups!
There is no doubt that the main targets of the "gift abroad" are the Serbs, who account for more than 70 percent of the total population, and some other races!
According to the plan, all Serbs, and other ethnic groups of non-literate and non-rural populations, are all within the scope of the transfer! Of course, families whose families have been involved in the war and who have been injured or killed are also included in the range of the move!
Thanks to the blind expansion of the Serbian army before, the entire south of the Morrava River, except for the Bulgarians, young and strong men of other races have entered the army, and most of the people who remain in the local area are a group of old, weak, sick and disabled!
And due to the lack of weapons and equipment, the Serbian government has looted a wave from the people, which in turn has created the basis for the "gift abroad" program!
As a result of the war, a large number of people were lost! According to preliminary estimates, there are still two or three hundred thousand Serbian populations on the south bank of the Molava River, of which more than 90 percent need to be relocated!
In peacetime, it is definitely not easy to relocate two or three hundred thousand people! But during the war, it was much easier!
Do ideological mobilization work?? Petrov does not think that the Serbs have such a high political consciousness!
Or use the most common method of the military, the most effective! Crude, simple, reliable, and untechnical - speak with a bayonet!
First, use military control to separate the connections between the places, and then start moving from the riverside, and then gradually move forward!
The first to be taken care of was the city of Niš, and under the pressure of bayonets, the Serbs set foot on the road to the north!
Due to Petrov's tight blockade of the news, the Serbs of the previous group have already reached their destination, and the latter group does not know what is going on!
During this period, it was not without resistance, but there were no young people, no weapons, and a small family, and there were really not many people who dared to riot!
And Ferdinand was not stupid, when formulating the relocation plan, he took into account the issue of material security!
The standard of food, which can be said to be far more than the standard of living of the Serbs at that time! When you are well fed and clothed, people are always prone to inertia and their will will be weakened!
Anyway, as long as the people are sent away, as soon as the negotiations are over, it will be a headache for the Serbian government! For the sake of long-term peace and stability, this expense is absolutely unavoidable!
The relocation plan is in full swing, and the Serbian government, far away in Belgrade, is still worried about production!
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Paper can't contain fire, what should be exposed is still exposed! When the people on the south bank of the Moorrava River were almost expelled, the news came!
When the Serbian government received the news, it was too late! Under the cover of war, the people on the south bank of the Moldovan River were forced to move north, resulting in the annexation of the territory of southern Serbia!
Alexander I is really anxious now, once he loses so much land, his throne will probably be unstable!
The others were not much better, and everyone had the same idea as in 1886, and the Bulgarians were forced to withdraw under the intervention of Austria-Hungary!
This time it was the Bulgarian invasion, which was different from the last invasion of Bulgaria! The difference in strength between the two sides is too big, as long as it can end decently, it is acceptable to the people!
But the approach of the Bulgarians, directly persecuted their unrealistic illusions!
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After receiving the telegram from home, the Serbian Prime Minister who was far away in Vienna was speechless for a long time, and it was only at this time that he reacted, how slow it was!
Now that the Bulgarians are expelling the people on the south bank of the Moldovan River, of course it can't be in vain! You must know that in the entire South Bank region, Serbia has a population of three or four hundred thousand, who will have nothing to do with a migration!
Now more than ten days have passed, and now even if it is too late to find Austria-Hungary to stop it, everyone has rushed over, and if they want to send it back, they have to agree to the Bulgarians!
Radoman Bović, who had been prime minister for so many years, knew that he was in big trouble, and hurriedly ran to meet the Austro-Constitutional Foreign Minister!
After explaining the situation, the furious foreign secretary he expected did not appear! Instead, he uncharacteristically asked: "Prime Minister Radoman, what are you Serbia going to do now?" ”
Radoman Bovich knows that things are broken! Austria-Hungary's attitude may have changed, but he still pretended not to know: "The Bulgarians expelled the Serbian people without reason during the negotiations, and we did not take your warnings to heart, and we thought it necessary to give them a little color!" ”
The Foreign Secretary rolled his eyes and thought: Together with the Austro-Hungarian Empire, it is specially for you Serbia to wipe the ass, and we have to do everything, what are you doing with such a little brother who can't support the wall!
After a pause, he said dissatisfiedly: "Prime Minister Radoman, is your government so incompetent?" The Bulgarians expelled your people, and you didn't find out?
Why didn't you bring it up sooner? Now that so much time has passed, everything they should have done has been done, as long as the Bulgarians bite to death because the people want to leave themselves in order to escape the war, come and don't admit it, without evidence, we can't do anything with them!
You must know that the current international situation is very complicated, and it will affect the whole body! Your government had too many opportunities to end the war with dignity at the beginning of the war, but you gave up on it!
By now, it's too late! The Bulgarians have gained too many advantages, and you will have to pay a greater price to end this war!
Personally, I suggest that you come to an agreement with them as soon as possible, after all, two-thirds of your country's territory is still in the hands of the Bulgarians, and every additional day is likely to cause even greater losses! ”