The melee in Europe has begun, and the French have taken a step forward to make everyone understand that they are the world's number one army power, and they are not in vain.

On the one hand, they confronted the Germans, and on the other hand, they pressed the Italians to the ground and beat them, and the French military also said that they would go to Rome for a military parade in three months.

As things stand, the likelihood of this happening is high. The Italians lost even Bologna, and it is a question whether they can hold on for three months.

This is still based on the help of the British, if there is no blood transfusion from this nurse, let alone three months, it can support a month, it is all Italian.

In less than half a month after the outbreak of the war, the Italians lost more than 600,000 troops, and on average, they lost three divisions of troops every day.

"Chief of Staff, tell me about the current situation in the big war in Europe!" Ferdinand Jr. said

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Christophe replied

"Since the outbreak of the war on July 18, the three belligerents have mobilized more than 8 million troops to fight a major battle in the Rhine and Milan areas.

Among them, France mobilized about 2.87 million troops, Germany mobilized 2.76 million troops, and Italy mobilized 1.84 million troops.

At present, Germany and France are facing each other along the Rhine, and neither can help the other, and the armies of the two countries have not officially exchanged hands.

The battlefield in Italy has been very obvious, the 800,000 French troops have fought the Italians crying and crying for their mothers, and the French army has performed very well.

The Italian Army is still at a normal level, and the current battle loss ratio between the two sides is about 1:14.6, and their performance is not as good as the Poles!

Judging by the current situation on the battlefield, if the Germans could not break through the Rhine line, it would be a matter of time before Italy was finished. ”

"What if the British went straight to war?" Prime Minister Tolkith asked concerningly

"The British Army is limited in numbers, with just over 200,000 troops stationed on its home turf, and it will take at least a month for them to complete their national mobilization," Christophe explained.

The British, unlike us, have a very backward reserve mobilization mechanism, and these troops are mobilized and have to undergo a period of training before they can be put into the battlefield.

By the time they joined the war, the Italian battlefield would have come to an end. ”

Sure enough, it is not unreasonable to ignore the British, unless someone declares war on them, according to the procedure, it is efficient to be able to persuade Congress to enter the war in a month.

Coupled with the backward mobilization mechanism, in World War II in history, the French saw this and simply pretended to be dead.

"Is it possible for the British to blockade the French coast and cut off the supply of supplies to the French?" Chancellor of the Exchequer Angela Merkel asked suspiciously

Christophe analyzed: "The British are already doing it, although they have not yet ended, in fact, the English Channel, the North Sea, and the Atlantic Ocean have been blocked by them.

The French ships were all detained by them, and now the only transportation companion of the French was the Mediterranean, and the French concentrated all the main naval forces to temporarily preserve this only sea lifeline.

Under normal circumstances, unless the main force of the Royal Navy entered the Mediterranean, they would not be able to blockade France. ”

It is easy for the Royal Navy to enter the Mediterranean Sea at this time, and it is not so simple to get out, there is no need to think about it at all, how can Bulgaria not eat the bait sent to the door?

The British lost warships, but they could not afford to lose the officers and men of the navy, and the technical arms were not so easy to replenish.

Once they lose their naval superiority, they have no choice but to throw in the towel.

It can be said that the Royal Navy does not instigate any battlefield in the world, except for the fear of being besieged by the Bulgarian and French navies in the Mediterranean.

"In that case, then moving on to the next topic, is it necessary for us to increase our aid to the French now?" Little Ferdinand said calmly

The rise of the French is not unreasonable. The British supported Germany and Italy behind the scenes, and Bulgaria supported the French right behind.

It can be said that the scuffle on the European continent was only a prelude to the Anglo-Bulgarian struggle for hegemony.

Having come to this point, everyone is forced, whether it is the British or Bulgarians, there is no choice.

The strength of the second in the world exceeds that of the world leader, how can it be possible that the two sides do not have contradictions?

Even the two countries are restrained and try to avoid a war. But now is not the afterlife, everyone does not have a nuclear bomb to make the other party throw a rat trap.

No, it's just that the British don't. Bulgaria already has, but it is still in the stage of secrecy, and even the members of this cabinet do not know, except for those involved in the study, only two emperors know.

Knowing that, little Ferdinand still had no intention of using it, unless the British Royal Navy was gathered together, and he didn't mind a bomb getting it.

Obviously, such an opportunity does not exist, the British have so many overseas colonies, how can the Royal Navy be assembled? So now everyone is still in the strategic department according to conventional weapons.

"Strategically, it is still necessary for us to support the French, Your Majesty, and it is absolutely impossible for the British to abandon Germany and Italy.

Now supporting the French to fight a proxy war and depleting the strength of the British is very powerful for us! Christophe replied

Chancellor of the Exchequer Angela Merkel opened his mouth and said: "Your Majesty, there is no problem financially, all our supplies are sold to the French at market prices, and they will pay for them in the form of loans."

After the war is over, it is not a problem to let the French slowly pay it off and repay the loan with their family funds! ”

Little Ferdinand smiled slightly, and said in a beautiful name: Aid, in fact, still has to be charged, but the loans provided by Bulgaria are low-interest or interest-free.

This is the same strategy used by the French to pull Bulgaria into the Entente in World War I, except that the priorities of both sides are reversed.

It doesn't hurt to give a little more of this kind of aid, it will be regarded as stimulating the domestic economy, and the French will pay anyway.

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"Your Majesty, if the Italian battlefield continues to deteriorate, the Germans may take a risk and attack the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg!" Christophe spoke

It's time to come, the Germans attack Belgium and Luxembourg, Ferdinand Jr. can not care, if they attack the Netherlands, it will be different.

The wife is the crown prince of the Netherlands, and in the event of a war, they will become embarrassed, at least troublesome in their positions.

However, embarrassment is embarrassment, and in the face of international interests, these must be put back.

The Netherlands was a neutral country and had not joined the Eastern European Alliance, and Bulgaria had no alliance obligations to them, so it was naturally impossible to fight for them.

Don't say that his wife is the crown prince of the Netherlands, even if she is the queen of the Netherlands, it will not change Bulgaria's position.

As soon as the war broke out, Ferdinand Jr. was embarrassed, and there was no doubt that the Empress, as crown prince, must have been a staunch anti-German.

When the time comes, she will wave the flag for the Kingdom of the Netherlands, how should little Ferdinand deal with himself?

Shouting?

Is he still the Emperor of Bulgaria?

This would send the wrong message to the people that Bulgaria was going to war, and with the belligerent nature of the Bulgarian people, war was not far off.

The aftermath was that his impression in the minds of the people plummeted, and no one liked an impulsive king.

He was only Ferdinand II, not Ferdinand, and he did not have such prestige, and the people would not help him find reasons for his decision to be the right one.

What if you keep silent?

There was no problem at first, but when the Dutch government-in-exile came, little Ferdinand's trouble came, and it was no wonder that he was harassed every day!

The point is that he can't avoid this kind of harassment, which is also a political need.

The exiled Queen of the Netherlands must work hard for the restoration of the country, and the unlucky little Ferdinand is the target of the attack, and the wife next to her also needs to show off for this.

Every once in a while, he had to have a routine diplomatic meeting, and he had to talk about the same topics, which was enough for him.

This is to be shown to the Dutch people, no matter what, he must cooperate unconditionally, and he must treat them as experience babies, and brush them again and again until Bulgaria is over.

For the emperor's headache, everyone could not help, and Bulgaria would not enter the war until the French were not seriously injured.

No one dares to underestimate the French, what if their nationalism continues to explode and another Napoleon is born?

Bulgaria doesn't want to make them wedding dresses, defeat the British, and come to another European hegemon, isn't this unpleasant for itself?

"Remind the Dutch, let them be on their guards, and let God decide their fate for the rest, we are beyond the reach of the whip!" Ferdinand Jr. said with a sigh

The tragedy of the Dutch lies in their lack of strength, and they escaped the First World War by neutrality, but this time it is different.

No matter how good their relations with the Germans were, these were floating clouds in the face of national interests.

The Rhine line, the weakest link is in the Netherlands, the Germans do not attack from here, where do they attack from?

Could it be that the Kingdom of the Netherlands could still lend itself to Germany? If they did, they would no longer be neutrals, but vassals.

Although, historically, the Kingdom of the Netherlands was also part of Germany, and they did not want to return to that big family after they were already independent.

Whether the Kingdom of the Netherlands can stop it or not is not a question to consider. In Ferdinand's opinion, it would be good for the Dutch to be able to hold out for a week.

If you had prepared a few years in advance, you might have been able to have common sense to defend against a wave, but now that war is about to break out, the Dutch do not know that the tragedy is doomed.

Of course, those politicians must have known that Germany was going to invade the Netherlands, but they chose to pretend to be deaf and dumb for their own benefit.

The difference in strength between the two sides is too big, they can't win anyway, and no one will blame them if they lose.

Once you prepare for war in advance, there will be a bunch of idiots who will come out in the future and put the blame for the war on them, and this kind of thing has not just happened once.

Isn't the current London government a ready-made example?

Proceeding from national interests, there is nothing wrong with their strategy. But in the future, they will definitely be labeled as war criminals, and their political enemies will not let them go.

Anyway, someone has to carry the black cauldron, either by yourself or by others.

The London government is also digging holes, for example, they just don't go to war, obviously to delay the time to go to war until after the election.

Secretly provoking wars in the countries of the European continent and involving the British Empire directly in the war are two completely different concepts.

The former, the British Empire has been in action for hundreds of years, as the so-called law does not blame the public, almost every previous government can't run away, and the British people are not so virgin, and a few words of complaint will be over.

The latter, directly dragging the British Empire into the war, is good if it wins, it can be whitewashed later, and if it loses, it will really be stinking for 10,000 years.

Bulgaria's attitude of being a bystander undoubtedly gave the Germans the confidence to start a war, and as long as the Eastern European Union did not participate, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg were not worth mentioning at all.

On September 12, 1939, the Germans suddenly asked the Dutch government to take advantage of the channel, ordering a reply within 24 hours.

The Dutch government was momentarily dumbfounded, and hurriedly sought the intervention of the British Empire, which unfortunately supported the Germans in this war.

Look for Bulgaria again, but unfortunately it is too late by this time, when the Eastern European Union was created, they refused to join, so now it is necessary to pay for it.

Immediately after the Germans issued an ultimatum to war, Queen Wilhelmina ordered a national mobilization.

It is a pity that the Dutch Kingdom, which has been peaceful for decades, has long since decayed the war mobilization mechanism, and has just mobilized 50,000 young men to join the army, and before they can rush to the barracks, the war broke out.

On September 13, 1939, half a million German troops crossed the border line and launched an attack on the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and the world war began to spread.

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