On July 8, 1909, Ferdinand issued the famous "Declaration of Self-Defense" in the Bulgarian Parliament, directly labeling the "Anti-Bulgarian League" as an aggressor!

On the same day, Bulgaria submitted its war documents to Greece, Montenegro, and Romania, and the Second Balkan War broke out.

Oh, and at the same time as the war was declared, the armies of both sides were already fighting. Don't look at the main forces of Bulgaria It seems that they are all in the Asia Minor Peninsula, but there are still two construction corps in the country, with a total of more than 300,000 people, and they can go directly to the battlefield if they take up arms.

Although the combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the regular army, it is still not inferior to the anti-protection alliance!

Coupled with the more than 100,000 regular troops in the country, the 400,000 Bulgarian troops at the beginning of the war fought with the anti-Bulgarian alliance with great success, and even gained the upper hand.

Because it was a surprise attack, the Anti-Conservative Alliance did not have time to complete a full mobilization, Greece sent 80,000 troops, Montenegro sent 70,000 troops, and Romania sent 300,000 troops, and then hurriedly launched an attack.

The failure of the offensive instantly cast a shadow of defeat on the anti-Bulgarian alliance. If you can't make a quick decision and fight for consumption, they will definitely be the first to be unable to support it!

At this time, there was no one more regretful than Nicholas I, who, like the First Balkan War, once again stopped at Shkodra with the army of the Kingdom of Montenegro.

Nicholas I angrily ordered: "Give me an attack, attack at any cost, today you must take the fortress of Shkadar!" ”

It's been a week since the war broke out, but the Montenegrin Kingdom, which has the strongest fighting power in the anti-Bulgarian alliance, is still fighting hard under the fortress of Shkody.

As for getting around here and moving on?

Nicholas I was also a veteran of the battlefield, how could he not have imagined it? But he didn't dare!

Ferdinand in Albania was divided into many military nobles, and as soon as the war broke out, they automatically gathered in villages and towns and took up arms to defend their families and the country.

The vanguard of the Kingdom of Montenegro will understand at the beginning of the war, what is the vast sea of people's war, especially a group of people with veterans with weapons!

If Montenegro's army is not steady, once the main force has passed, wait to be dumpled!

There are no less than 30,000 retired officers and soldiers registered in Bulgaria in Albania, most of whom are the families and descendants of the military nobles who were divided into feudal titles in those years.

It was also a gathering place for military families, and with a lightly trained reserve, in just one week, Bulgaria mobilized an army of 80,000 men here, and it continues to expand.

Although the Kingdom of Montenegro is also undergoing a national mobilization, in terms of war potential, they are not comparable to an Albanian region!

How could Nicholas I not be in a hurry? If it drags on for another day or two, Bulgarian reinforcements will arrive, 10,000 defenders plus 80,000 reinforcements coming one after another, even if the Montenegrin Kingdom has sent him 30,000 reinforcements, he has no bottom in his heart!

If the difference in strength between the two sides is not large, and the Kingdom of Montenegro falls behind in terms of weapons and equipment, can the Kingdom of Montenegro still win this battle?

As for why he should die in the Albanian region, Nicholas I was also forced to be helpless! The region bordering the Kingdom of Montenegro and Bulgaria, apart from Albania, is only Kosovo!

As the junction of Bulgaria and Austria-Hungary, the Kosovo region has always been heavily armed, and even after the outbreak of the second Balkans, the 50,000 Bulgarian defenders still showed no signs of mobilization!

In line with the persimmon to find a soft pinch, I didn't expect Ferdinand's military nobles to be so difficult!

Oh, people can't help it now, the number of dingkou in the family has increased, and the land is not enough for the next generation, and they are trying to find a way to expand the fiefdom, and Nicholas I sent it to the door with the army, who will he fight if he doesn't fight?

Compared to the bitterness of Nicholas I, George I did not feel it at all. There was no doubt that the Greek army at the front had been defeated, but he was not moved in the slightest, as if this was what he expected!

No way, a king who is about to be completely overthrown, what's the use of thinking so much?

Late at night, he was reading a secret phone call from God, and after reading it, George I directly lit a fire and burned the message to ashes.

After reading the secret letter, George I fell into deep contemplation and couldn't sleep for a long time!

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The performance of the Greek Army this time directly made the Greeks lose confidence, and the 80,000 Greek Army was directly defeated by a Bulgarian garrison division of the Ipyrus Military Region!

Activists in Greece, at this moment collectively lost their voices and woke up from their dreams!

It's not that the Greeks didn't work hard, the problem is that in the First Balkan War, the Greek Army was almost completely wiped out, and for the next dozen years, the restricted powers controlled the finances and were not able to rebuild.

Now that the war broke out suddenly, a group of peasants were recruited to put down their hoes, and before they had time to train, they resisted and went directly to the battlefield, and it was strange to be undefeated!

Well, after the defeat at the front, the Greek government directly coaxed it, and did not even bother to carry out the national mobilization, it was all a loss anyway, so why continue to waste the lives of the lads?

It can only be said that in the first Balkan war, the Greeks had already broken their backbones, and now they do not have the courage to fight to the death!

Oh, Ferdinand was a little dumbfounded by the end of the war, and he was expecting the Italians to sell their teammates and let the navy come over.

Then withdraw the Third Front, outflank the back of the Greeks, kill Greece first, and then go to find the bad luck of Romania and the Kingdom of Montenegro, but before it began, Greece withdrew on its own!

Well, this time only the Italians can be cheaper!

That's right, now that the Bulgarian Navy has returned from Libya to the Aegean Sea, it was supposed to take the Greeks by surprise, but now, of course, it is not needed!

However, Greece still has to fight, but only at the end. The Third Front Army in the west still has to be partially transferred, and now it continues to advance towards the peninsula of Asia Minor, which is completely unnecessary, and it will not be able to eat in the stomach anyway!

Ferdinand thought for a moment and said, "Order the third side to shrink the front, and send five main divisions back to China to participate in the self-defense counterattack!" ”

Although the Greeks did not perform well, the Kingdom of Montenegro and Romania still behaved normally, and the peoples of the Balkans were all fighting peoples, this sentence is not wrong at all!

Even the Romanians in the plains were not to be trifled with, attacking directly from many points along the long border between the two countries.

Mainly in the plains of the lower Danube, the two sides are fighting fiercely, and if the newly mobilized militia is used on a large scale, the losses to win this war will be great!

A world war is about to begin, and Ferdinand still cherishes the lives of his soldiers!

Now that the war has arrived, everyone knows that this time the anti-protection alliance is going to lose! After all, in a war between a small country and a big country, as long as the first wave is not won, and the opponent reacts later, there is basically no chance!

The defeat of the anti-Bulgarian alliance, now the greatest fear is not the Germans, but Austria-Hungary!

There is no way, who called the Triple Alliance, only Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria bordered?

See, after the outbreak of the war, Ferdinand never transferred a single soldier on the border of Bulgaria, but increased the army on the defensive line?

Obviously, this was to prevent Austria-Hungary from taking advantage of the fire. Because of the inglorious role played by Austria-Hungary in this incident, it is certain that the diplomatic relations between the two countries will end there!

Mediation, mediation must be done immediately!

For Austria-Hungary, it is now necessary to find a way to maintain the strength of the "anti-Bulgarian alliance", otherwise in the future, Austria-Hungary will have to face the military pressure of Russia and Bulgaria alone!

As soon as Austria-Hungary moved, the Germans naturally moved, and this war was planned by them. If they don't intervene again, maybe it won't be long before their little brothers are finished!

After all, no one knew that the Greeks would be so watery, and the militia in Albania was so capable of fighting, and the expected Bulgarian strength crisis did not appear.

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Foreign Minister Metev said calmly: "Your Majesty, Germany, Italy and Austria have sent a diplomatic note, hoping to mediate this war!" ”

Ferdinand smiled slightly and said, "So fast? They're too much to breathe, aren't they? Where are the five divisions drawn from the Third Front now? ”

War Minister Popov immediately replied solemnly: "Having just arrived in Razgrad, the vanguard will be able to reach the front line this evening." ”

"Well, let's find a way to delay the time first! If we want to negotiate, we must defeat the enemy before negotiating, otherwise how can we get what we want? Ferdinand said lightly

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