Although the war was already extremely unfavorable, there was good news for Tsar Ferdinand, that two of the four great powers of the Entente were from the same Saxon Coburg Gotha family.

Although neither King George V of England nor King Arthur of Australasia are related to Ferdinand, they are also relatives from the same family after all, so there should be no need to kill them all.

With this expectation in mind, Ferdinand began to try to reach out to the Entente to discuss how to end the war with fewer losses.

Yes, although a large number of Bulgarian troops were still fighting valiantly to defend their country on the front line, Ferdinand, in Sofia, was already thinking about how to protect his interests and that of the royal family, and how to stabilize his position after the war.

Ferdinand successfully exerted the spirit of the royal family, as long as he could ensure that his power and status were not lost after the war, he could give up anything.

For this reason, when Ferdinand contacted the Entente, he deliberately did not inform the Bulgarian Prime Minister, in order to negotiate with the Entente and let the Bulgarian Prime Minister carry the pot of starting and participating in the war.

Although the military top brass was more proactive and had a bigger pot before the war, Tsar Ferdinand also needed the military to maintain the stability of Bulgaria and its own position after the war, so the military could not be offended in any way.

Ferdinand gave full play to the spirit of choosing the greater of the two powers and the lesser of the two powers, and never hesitated to abandon it, and even decided on the scope of the land to be ceded after the defeat.

If the troops on the Bulgarian front learned of Ferdinand's actions, I am afraid that the high and low would have to make a whole sentence: "The ministers are about to fight to the death, why did Your Majesty surrender first?" ”

Of course, Ferdinand's secrecy was well done, at least the Bulgarian soldiers at the front did not learn that Ferdinand had planned to surrender.

Truckloads of supplies were sent to the front, not only for the government's ardent expectations for the war, but also for the Bulgarian people's desire for victory.

May 30, 1915, front border.

Tsar Ferdinand of Bulgaria initially contacted Britain and France, because the Balkan states had launched the Second Balkan War with the support of Russia, so Ferdinand did not think of contacting Russia first in any case.

As for Australasia, although it is the four major powers of the Entente along with Britain, France and Russia, Australasia is still too weak compared to the other three powers, and it is too far away from Europe to play a vital role in the situation in Europe.

But what Ferdinand didn't expect was that the unified voice of Britain and France to the outside world was that Australasia's Martin Division Commander was the supreme commander of the Balkan Front, and Australasia had independent command of its own army.

This also meant that unless Australasia and Martin Division Commanders nodded their heads, the war in the Balkans would continue, and the Balkan countries would agree to sit down at the negotiating table with Bulgaria only after they had achieved satisfactory benefits.

This made Ferdinand nervous for a moment. If the Balkan countries were allowed to divide Bulgaria, I am afraid that Bulgaria's losses in this war would be extremely great, and the Bulgarian people would not accept the outcome of such a war.

Even if the prime minister is pushed to the front in the future, he may not be able to bear it. It is impossible for an angry Bulgarian populace to overthrow the government, or even the royal family behind it.

Immediately afterwards, Ferdinand sent his cronies to Australasia in an airship as soon as possible to obtain Australasia's consent and understanding to end the war in the Balkans.

When Arthur met with Ferdinand's cronies at Sydney Palace, it was already the middle of June.

Although the telegraph was a faster way to communicate than an airship, Ferdinand did not dare to risk being discovered by the government and the people, and it was undoubtedly safer to send his cronies to communicate privately.

"Your Majesty, I beg you to stop the offensive in the Balkans for the sake of your relationship with our Tsar's Majesty. As a sign of good faith, we are willing to surrender to Australasia and accept a peace treaty that is not too excessive. As soon as he saw Arthur, Ferdinand's representative pretended to be pitiful with a handful of snot and tears.

There is no doubt that it is impossible to pull relations here at Arthur. Not to mention that Arthur's soul and the people of the Saxe-Coburg Gotha family are not very familiar in the first place, and even if they are familiar people, it is impossible for them to be swayed by private interests on the premise that they each represent the interests of the country.

Just as Arthur's queen Mary came from the Russian royal family, Arthur could not have done everything in Australasia to save the Russian royal family for Mary.

At most, for the sake of Australasia's interests, Tsarist Russia can exist for a longer period of time, and it must be on the premise that Australasia has no losses.

Therefore, Ferdinand's act of bringing him closer together seemed to Arthur simply ridiculous. George V and Wilhelm II were still closer cousins, and did they go to war for the same sake of national interests?

"Mr. Kosnoff, I am glad that your country has been lost, but war in the Balkans is not something that can be decided by Australasia. We must inform our allies, Britain, France, and Russia, and we can inform the Balkan countries, and obtain the consent of all the countries and powers. If your country is really sincere, as long as we can get the consent of all the above-mentioned countries, we will of course agree to bring peace into the Balkans and to end this war through peaceful negotiations. Arthur said with a smile.

Hearing that Arthur was not at all interested in the behavior of pulling relations, Kosnov hurriedly continued: "Your Majesty, in order to show our sincerity, we are willing to provide you and the Balkan countries with an indemnity of 50 billion leva, cede the Western Thrace region, and promise that we will not have any contact with the Central Powers. I hope that Your Majesty will see that the Bulgarian royal family belongs to the Saxony Coburg Gotha family, so that the Bulgarian people can return to peace. ”

Seeing that the other party had made the real conditions, Arthur nodded and said: "Your country's compensation still needs to wait until the future peace talks to negotiate, if your country really wants peace, then you tell Ferdinand to order all Bulgarian troops to stop resisting, and the Entente troops will officially take over Bulgaria." For the sake of the joint signing of the European royal declaration, I would say to the other countries to try to keep Ferdinand on his throne. ”

Ferdinand's real purpose Arthur was clear, not to promote peace talks in Bulgaria, but to secure his throne after the war.

For Ferdinand, war or peace was not important, what mattered was the security of his throne.

If the war is won now, Ferdinand is thinking about how to divide the land of other countries and seek more benefits for himself.

After hearing that Arthur had broken down the purpose of his coming, Kosnov nodded hurriedly, not daring to hesitate.

Although Ferdinand was much older than Arthur, with Arthur's current status, there was nothing wrong with calling Ferdinand by his first name.

On the contrary, Kosnov breathed a sigh of relief. As long as Ferdinand's throne can be guaranteed, the prime minister will bear the reparations for the cession of Bulgaria's land, and the government and the prime minister will be blamed for the anger of the people.

Immediately after his goal was achieved, Kosnov went to the Bulgarian embassy in Australasia and sent a confidential telegram to Ferdinand by telegram.

The contents of this classified telegram were so simple that ordinary people could not see any secrets at all, but Ferdinand knew at a glance that Kosnov's operation had been successful.

On June 11, 1915, the Bulgarian army had retreated again and again, and it was not far from Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria.

Although Ferdinand had decided to surrender to the Entente, it was definitely not Ferdinand who surrendered on his own initiative.

After all, the Bulgarians are already brave and warlike, and most of the people in the country are militants.

Historically, Bulgaria had a population of just over 4 million in World War I, but it mobilized more than 1 million troops, which shows the fierceness and warlike nature of Bulgaria's people.

Bulgaria is not much different now, with a population of more than 4 million, Bulgaria has mobilized more than 400,000 troops, and on average, one out of every three men in the prime of Bulgaria joins the army, which is enough to see how crazy the Bulgarians are about the war.

With the front-line army still fighting to the death, if Ferdinand surrendered openly, his prestige among the people would definitely be greatly reduced.

Therefore, it is better to find someone, someone who has enough weight in the government, to be the first to call for surrender.

There is no doubt that the Prime Minister of Bulgaria is the most suitable choice. As the prime minister of the government that Ferdinand single-handedly promoted, the Bulgarian prime minister still has a high degree of loyalty to Ferdinand.

In order to make the prime minister work for himself regardless of his reputation, Ferdinand used various means successively, and finally got the Bulgarian prime minister to agree to take the blame.

On June 12, the Bulgarian Prime Minister made a public speech, saying that Bulgaria had come to an end so far, and that it was better to surrender to protect its own interests than to be defeated by the enemy and divided by others.

This speech caused an uproar among the Bulgarian people, and even during the speech of the Bulgarian prime minister, many Bulgarian people wanted to rush to the stage and beat up this amazing prime minister.

If it weren't for the police and military escorts arranged by the government, I am afraid that the Bulgarian prime minister would have been beaten to death by the angry Bulgarian people before he could wait for a just verdict.

Of course, the statement of the Bulgarian Prime Minister could not have had no effect on the Bulgarian people.

A handful of Bulgarians look back and find with sadness that Bulgaria has no hope of victory, as the Prime Minister has said.

At the same time, at Ferdinand's behest, the government began to control the retreat of the army, and the Allied army easily reached Sofia and surrounded the Bulgarian capital.

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(End of chapter)