Located south of Munich, Neufenburg has a pleasant climate and beautiful scenery, so it was built by the Bavarian royal family and is now the largest Baroque palace in Germany.

At this time, Newfenburg was in a much more lively scene than it had been more than a year earlier. The meeting was attended by the five countries of the alliance camp, and the leaders of the countries or important figures with decision-making power were all led by the country's leaders.

For example, on the Austro-Hungarian side, Crown Prince Karl and Count Berchtold, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, while in Bulgaria, King Ferdinand I led Prime Minister Radoslavov, and on the Ottoman side, the head of the triumvirate, Envelpasha, it can be said that the leaders of the alliance camp gathered.

At this time, the leaders of the five parties gathered in the conference hall and were holding friendly consultations.

"We in Bulgaria need a lot of food and arms at the moment. In addition, in the next battle of Greece, we need the support of Austria-Hungary and Italy, two noble allies, troops, ammunition, weapons and other military supplies. ”

At this time, Bulgarian Prime Minister Radoslavov was talking impassionedly about Bulgaria's needs.

At this time, Bulgaria was full of ambition, and the region of North Macedonia, which they had been thinking about, had returned to their arms. Of course, they also played a major role in the siege of Serbia, and together with the Italian 7th Army, they conquered the important town of Niš in southern Serbia, cutting Serbia off from Greece in one fell swoop, and also cutting off Serbia's rear route.

At this point, Serbia was facing a flank attack from the north and south, and the situation on the battlefield was extremely bad. Although the famous Serbian military strategist and Field Marshal Putnik, who had defeated the Austro-Hungarian army one after another, constantly adjusted his deployment, but in the face of the heavy siege of the alliance camp (520,000 troops of the alliance camp and 470,000 Serbian troops), the Serbian commander-in-chief was also a clever woman who could not cook without rice.

As a result, after the defeat of Niš, Belgrade, Chačak and other battles, Serbia entered a point of powerlessness. The joint strangulation of Germany, Austria, Italy, and Bulgaria wiped out Serbia in three months, and its 470,000 troops were either killed or wounded, captured, escaped, and missing.

On a side note, guess which of the countries that are currently at war has the heaviest proportion of casualties. Not France, not Ottomans, not Austria-Hungary, but Serbia. It lost 29% of the total population and 63% of the total male population, and it was true that the men were wiped out.

And after solving the small nail of Serbia, Greece, a country that could not see the situation clearly, became the next target. If there is anyone who is most active in fighting Greece here, it must be Bulgaria, after all, South Macedonia is still in the hands of the Greeks.

However, Bulgaria's unrivalled high mobilization rate also comes at a cost. That is, Bulgaria's grain production has been greatly reduced, and in addition, there is a shortage of weapons and ammunition for the army formed by Bulgaria, and even tents are not enough, so this time Bulgaria is looking for help.

Of course, it is not enough to just ask for something, and Bulgaria also needs to pay.

The Bulgarians knew this very well, only to see Prime Minister Radoslavov continue. "After fighting Greece, we can send 150,000 troops in the direction of Asia and Africa to help our allies in that direction."

The Bulgarians are still very shrewd, knowing that Bulgaria cannot exchange things for these supplies, and can only provide its own army with decent combat effectiveness.

The Bulgarian side has said that, and then it will be the turn of the others to speak. This time, each party in the parliament has its own needs, so in order to avoid disputes, countries first state their needs, and only then do they coordinate according to their needs.

"We urgently need enough arms right now. At present, our country's fighting in Palestine and the Caucasus is not ideal, mainly because of the lack of weapons and ammunition, and in addition, our country can compensate with iron ore, wool and grain. ”

The Ottomans did not do well in this war, and with the countries doing well (Austria-Hungary was ignored), the Ottomans were a little embarrassed.

Embarrassment is embarrassment, but Osman also wanted to perform well and win a voice for himself to share the fruits of victory after the war.

After Tubao said what he wanted, the next step was the Austro-Hungarian side. I saw the Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister, Count Berchtold, speak. "We need food, industrial raw materials and plenty of oil. In addition, due to the slow expansion of our army, reinforcements are needed. ”

Saying that, Count Berchtto looked at the Prime Minister of Bulgaria, and his purpose was self-evident.

Facing the gaze of Count Berchitod, Prime Minister Radoslavov hurriedly spoke at this time. "We signed an agreement before that our troops could not appear on the Eastern Front. At present, the Chinese people still have a great favor of Russia, and if it is placed on the Eastern Front, then its morale will be quite low, which is likely to lead to a collapse in the face of an attack by the Russian army. ”

Prime Minister Radoslavov's statement of facts, or a little threat, made Count Berchtold not speak again. During the negotiations on Bulgaria's accession to the Allied camp, the Bulgarian side repeatedly demanded that they not join the Eastern Front to fight Russia.

The reason is simple, there is a strong pro-Russian atmosphere in Bulgaria. Even though Russia had sided with Serbia several times before, this situation that harmed Bulgaria's interests still could not offset Russia's gratitude for allowing Bulgaria to become independent. In addition, they both belong to the Slavs, and in terms of culture and language, the people of the two countries are actually very close.

Count Berchtto stopped talking, and in order to avoid being cold, Italian Prime Minister Cruz immediately spoke. "We need industrial raw materials, especially iron ore, as well as pyrite, wool. In addition, we can provide oil, fertilizer, and some machinery. In addition, we need to transport ships to help us deliver supplies. ”

Prime Minister Cruz's words are hard, which only requires raw materials and transport ships, and nothing else. This also fully shows that Italy is fighting very well, and both the navy and the army are excellent, and Carlo's careful training for more than 30 years is not in vain.

Italy's toughness was the best in the venue. And with Chancellor Cruz finished, German Chancellor Holwig was next.

I saw him slowly open the folding paper he took out of his jacket pocket, and then spoke. "We in Germany can provide some munitions and all kinds of machinery, and we can also provide chemicals, and we can also provide a small part of explosives, about 2,000 tons. In addition, we need more oil, as well as tungsten, chromium, antimony, nickel, tin, manganese and other rare metals, which we need very much. ”

While Prime Minister Holwig was talking, everyone else in the room was focused on Cruz, and they wanted to see from the Italian prime minister the attitude of the Italians towards it.

Speaking of which, Italy is currently the least scarce among the countries of the alliance, thanks to Carlo's strategic reserve warehouse, which allows Italy to store a large number of minerals that cannot be produced in the country.

Of course, these materials are also in quantity, and if the war is not over after three years, Italy has not procured them, then it will be difficult to do.

And Chancellor Holwig's words are not finished. "In addition, our country has invested troops in three strategic directions, which has made our military strength tight, so we hope that there will be countries to help us relieve the pressure from the western front."

Well, this is directed at Italy, and at this time the eyes of the representatives of various countries are on Cruz, which makes him a little stressed.

(End of chapter)