In any case, at Ferdinand's urging, the Military Council and the General Staff, the War Department, and the Admiralty jointly developed a draft of the defense of the homeland!

That's right, it's a purely defensive plan, intending to create a sturdy turtle shell, which can be said to be extremely conservative.

Mainly relying on the favorable terrain of the Balkans to deploy defenses, from the front line to Sofia, there are six areas with the smallest defensive lines, even in the face of the attack of tens of millions of troops, these defensive lines are enough to drag on for a year and a half.

Oh, this is not a staff bragging, limited by the terrain of the Balkan Mountains, there are too many troops to use at all. In a sense, there is not much difference between an attack of 10 million troops and an attack of 2 or 3 million troops, and the number of troops that can be directly engaged in war is very limited anyway.

Historically, the reason why Serbia and Montenegro dared to declare war on Austria-Hungary was that they occupied favorable terrain and could slowly consume Austria-Hungary, and when the Entente won it, they would win.

Of course, they overestimated the Entente and underestimated the Allies, and did not expect that this European war would be a protracted war! Although they managed to hold back Austria-Hungary for a year or two, and finally became the victorious power, the price they paid was very painful!

Ferdinand naturally will not make the same mistake, as long as Bulgaria is prepared in advance, according to the current situation, it is estimated that after the outbreak of the war, the whole country can mobilize three million troops, the offensive is not certain, but the defense is still more than enough!

Well, the reason why Ferdinand deployed so many lines of defense was mainly due to this factor.

Constrained by the terrain, it is impossible to put 1.8 million troops on a defensive line; In addition, Ferdinand was affected by his previous life, and he was worried that the Confederates would give him a blitzkrieg.

Of course, it is impossible for Germany to attack France in the Balkans, there are still mountains behind the mountains, and it is always possible to buy time for reaction!

However, as long as the Allied troops were killed, Bulgaria would inevitably suffer heavy losses, and the destruction caused by the war at home and the destruction caused outside its borders were completely different concepts!

Therefore, the Bulgarian first line of defense was the strongest, and the latter ones were equivalent to reserve lines, which were activated only after the first line of defense was breached.

Oh, this first line of defense doesn't mean just a trench, or a line of defense for a row of fortresses! This line of defense is also a kilometer or two wide along the narrowest point, and many of them may have to pass through several hills, and it is impossible to break through the line with a single charge!

Of course, following the example of the French in World War II, Ferdinand was not so crazy about building a "Maginot Line", except for the fortifications built in particularly important locations, most of the other areas were still dominated by trenches.

Ferdinand also knew that after the outbreak of the war, most of the plans in this set would not be used, and according to the previous plan, the first step was to capture Belgrade at the beginning of the war.

As long as this step is completed, Bulgaria will have the upper hand strategically, and it can look at the Hungarian plain when it advances, and hold on to it when it retreats.

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In addition to military deployment, Ferdinand did not forget to carry out strategic material reserves, after all, in modern wars, fighting is materials. Whoever is better prepared will be able to hold out longer in this war.

"Prime Minister, how much grain do we have in the country now?" Ferdinand asked at the cabinet meeting

There is food in your hands, and you don't panic in your heart! So the first thing Ferdinand asked was food, as long as food was guaranteed, Bulgaria would not collapse in the war!

Konstantin thought for a moment and said: "Now the country's wheat reserves are about 3 million tons; rye reserves of 4.8 million tonnes; soybean reserves are about 500,000 tons; Corn reserves are about 800,000 tons; The paddy reserves are about 300,000 tons. ”

There is no doubt that Bulgaria is also an interview-oriented country, where bread and scones are staple foods, and grain reserves are naturally dominated by rye and wheat!

Ferdinand nodded with satisfaction, this grain reserve figure can basically ensure the consumption of the entire Bulgarian people for a year in normal years. (Note: In the 20th century, due to the standard of living, people ate a lot of food)

However, in the face of the impending world war, this food figure may not be enough. Once war breaks out, there is no doubt that everyone's energy will be invested in the war, and food production will inevitably be affected.

If Bulgaria had been on the defensive, it would have been basically self-sufficient as long as it did not fall victim to the enemy and deal a devastating blow to the main grain producing areas, even if its production capacity was reduced.

Obviously, Ferdinand's goal is not only to defend all the time, once he takes the initiative to attack, he will inevitably draw a lot of manpower and material resources, which will further increase the consumption of food, and can only rely on the support of grain reserves.

After thinking for a moment, Ferdinand said, "Well, from now on, we will increase our grain reserves by three and a half thousand tons a year in case of war!" ”

It's not that Ferdinand didn't want to add more, it's mainly that the Bulgarian government's financial revenues can't support it, otherwise if there were unlimited reserves, the Germans wouldn't have surrendered so quickly in World War I!

Even so, Chancellor of the Exchequer Kennedy smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid this can't be done, the current grain reserves are already the limit of fiscal expenditure."

The current government debt has exceeded 40 leva (about 160 million pounds), and it is expected that when the Third Five-Year Plan is completed, the government's debt will reach 9 billion leva (about 360 million pounds), which is really unable to continue to increase! ”

Ferdinand was also a little embarrassed, this increase in expenses was not a little bit, and he didn't know whether to stick to his opinion.

At present, the price of grain on the international market has exceeded 400 leva per ton, and even if the price of grain sold in Bulgaria is about 360 leva per ton, even if the government directly purchases it from state-owned agricultural companies, the price cannot be lower than 300 leva per ton.

Even according to the lowest figures, 3.5 million tons of grain reserves per year would require 1.05 billion leva (about 42 million pounds), which is almost 40% of Bulgaria's current fiscal revenue!

In addition, once the government makes large-scale purchases, it will inevitably raise domestic grain prices and cause a series of troubles.

You must know that not all of Bulgaria's grain reserves are bought by the government, and a large part of them are trophies from the military.

In the Second Balkan War, Bulgaria could have occupied the main grain producing areas of Romania and the Ottoman Empire, and withdrew its troops after the autumn harvest, so it was naturally impossible to return empty-handed.

Otherwise, it would be good to have half of Bulgaria's grain reserves.

It's no wonder that in this era, the reserves of grain in various countries are not very large, it is entirely because of the high cost of food!

Due to the relationship between productivity, half of the world's people still do not have enough to eat, so it is no wonder that food prices can be reduced!

When Ferdinand had a headache, Chekov came up with an idea: "Your Majesty, now Bulgaria exports about 1.5 million tons of grain every year, once the war breaks out, we can completely ban the export of grain, so that even if the grain production is reduced due to the war, we can basically deal with it!"

In addition, we can call on people to store food on the pretext of preventing famines, and we can also reduce the pressure on our food! ”

Ferdinand nodded, this is barely a solution, it is inevitable to ban grain exports during the war!

Bulgaria did not implement it in the previous war, mainly because the war lasted too short and ended in just a few months, so naturally there was no need to implement it!

On the contrary, it is to call on the people to save food for the disaster year, Ferdinand thinks it is very interesting, and now the Bulgarian people do not have more money in their hands, but it is still possible to store food for a few months.

Normally, this is really not important, but this is very important in wartime. If it wasn't enough, Ferdinand would have to buy it from the Russians!

Don't look at the fact that in World War I, the woolly bears seemed to be in short supply of food, and think that they were really short of food! In fact, this is mainly due to their poor transportation conditions and chaotic logistics system, as the largest food producer in Europe, they were rich in food at least before and during the war!

Oh, and when the tsarist government collapsed, the workers of St. Petersburg could not even guarantee basic subsistence food, but the irony is that the granaries of the capitalists were still piled up, otherwise the nascent Soviet Union would have really starved to death!

It's a big deal that when the time comes, trade with Russia and let the Russians pay for it with grain, anyway, the nobles and capitalists have a way, as long as there are enough benefits, a little grain will not be difficult for them.

Well, as long as it can solve the problem, Ferdinand doesn't care if it is done according to his will, since Chekov's method is useful, of course it must be adopted!

Ferdinand thought for a while and said: "Well, then first increase the grain reserve by 500,000 tons per year, and call on the people to keep the grain reserve secret for the time being, and then implement it!"

At the same time, we must also expand our military production capacity, not only to meet our own needs, but also to take into account the needs of the Russians, in case of emergency!

In principle, at least our weapons and equipment in a state of maximum mobilization should be guaranteed, and on this basis, there must be a certain surplus! ”

On the issue of expanding military production capacity, everyone has no opinion, it may be affected by the Russo-Japanese War, and everyone really does not look at the military production capacity of the Russians!

Besides, now Bulgaria can produce these equipment for the arsenal itself, the cost has been reduced, and if you want to expand the arsenal, you can do it at any time.

Oh, now the Bulgarian arsenal is not just the original one, the number of large and small military industrial enterprises has increased to more than a dozen, and there is still competition between them, and their good days of drought and flood harvest are long over.

However, the question of how much production capacity needs to be increased is not the same as increasing grain reserves, and the grain Ferdinand himself can estimate according to the number of people, and the expansion of military production capacity will have to be investigated before making a final decision.

After all, the weapons and equipment involved in the military industry are also diverse, and no one has more say than the military in how much of each weapon is appropriate.

This requires the cooperation of the government and the army, and Ferdinand will not command blindly!

Otherwise, if according to the information on the Internet in his previous life, he knew that the Russians were short of rifles in World War I, so he stupidly stored millions of rifles where to wait, and found that due to the butterfly effect, the Russians had already prepared and there was no shortage of rifles, wouldn't it be stupid?

There is nothing impossible about this, even the historical Black Sea Fleet, didn't it disappear under Ferdinand's butterfly effect?

Even the kingdoms of Romania and Montenegro, which originally participated in the Entente, were now pitted by Ferdinand to the Central Powers?

You know, at this time the tsarist government was busy carrying out reforms? Who knows if it will work out this time? Anyway, Ferdinand didn't dare to jump to conclusions!

Konstantin suddenly said: "Your Majesty, the military already has their own plan for expanding the production capacity of the military industry, which has been transferred to the cabinet before, but because of time constraints, I haven't had time to report to you yet!" ”

Ferdinand was slightly stunned, and then reacted casually, this was reasonable!

Not long ago, he asked the military to draw up a nationwide defense plan, and in order to accomplish this plan, weapons and equipment are naturally indispensable, and it is only natural for the military to submit a plan for expanding armaments.

Although Bulgaria's army production capacity is actually one of the best in the world before the outbreak of the great powers, as long as Britain, France and Germany break out, people can easily complete overtaking in a few months.

Oh, and if it weren't for the Second Balkan War, Bulgaria would not have been able to break out this wave of production capacity.

Since the strength is not as good as the first-class powers, then the stupid bird can only fly first and prepare in advance, so as not to suffer losses at the beginning of the war!

Ferdinand smiled slightly, and said calmly: "Okay, you study it, if there are no major problems, you can prepare in advance!"

Once a war breaks out between the two major alliances, it will be protracted, and it will be difficult to distinguish the winner without three or five years!

This is probably the largest war in human history, but it is also full of opportunities, as long as you seize this opportunity......"

At this point, Ferdinand's words came to an abrupt end, leaving everyone to speculate on themselves.

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