Holy Roman Empire

On August 15, 1852, the Russian army launched the second Bulgarian battle. The main force of the Russian army came out of the nest and over the Balkan mountains to attack the coalition forces.

It's hard for the Russians to understand the fact that the main force is completely overwhelmed by Franz. If there is any trouble, we must leave enough troops to guard the logistics transportation line?If he does n’t understand, he still has to help the Russians get better.

Austria needs this war to continue. Only when the Russians and the British and French have fought a real fire will there be a good opportunity for Austria to go west.

Franz ordered with frowning: "Order the frontline troops to stand by at any time. Once the coalition forces rushed in, they pretended to be the Balkan guerrillas and helped the Russians to guard the transportation line."

If Austria is not a multi-ethnic country, there are many ethnic minorities in the army, and it is difficult to help the Russians.

Politics is shameless, as long as the lid is not lifted, and there is no evidence in Britain and France that Austria did it, then everyone will continue to pretend to be confused and find a chance to revenge next time.

If the lid is lifted, then there is no need to say that we can only carry a fight against the water. Franz is very annoying to take risks.

Marshal Radsky suggested: "Your Majesty, it is easy to expose if you intervene directly, or we will support the local militia and guerrillas of the Bulgarians.

The Russians did not regard them as one thing, but the information provided by the frontline military observers believed that their fighting will was high and they had a certain combat effectiveness.

As long as we provide them with a batch of weapons and equipment to arm these people with the presence of these ground snakes, it is almost impossible for the coalition forces to sneak attack."

Austria needs the Russians to fight down, but it is not ready to go to battle to help the Russians, which means that the strategy of going west is bankrupt.

The Russians cannot be expected to be creditworthy. Austria will help them lay Constantinople. Will they send troops to help Austria unify the German region?

Thinking differently, if Austria's strategy is realized, will Franz still do his best to help the Russians?

Sincere cooperation is based on common interests, once the interests are gone, everyone's position will change.

Franz shook his head and said, "It's easy to support Bulgarians, we don't lack that kind of arms.

However, according to the provisions of the covenant, the Russians explained to the Russians that we should not reach inside."

In order to avoid conflicts, the Russian-Austrian alliance agreed very clearly, and the two countries' powers were clearly divided. They could do whatever they wanted on their territory, and their allies could not reach out.

Now the Russians promote Slavism in the Bulgarian region and Slavism in the Principality of Montenegro, but they do not move in the two principalities of Serbia and the Danube Basin.

The Russians are following the rules, and Austria can't break the rules.This is the foundation of the alliance between the two countries, and destruction is easy to establish and difficult.

Prime Minister Felix proposed: "Whether or not to arrange for people to smuggle arms into the Bulgarian area, there are many active arms dealers in the Balkans recently, we can find someone to act as an agent."

Metternich objected: "No. If there are thousands of rifles, we can of course let arms dealers sell them to Bulgarians.

But now we give Bulgarians the ability to block coalition raids, which requires at least one or two divisions of weapons.

If so many weapons flow into the Bulgarian area, we do n’t know anything. Did we say that?

Moreover, now Bulgarians do n’t have that much money to buy weapons, arms dealers do n’t charge money for arms sales, such a strange thing happened, the Russians knew we did it if they were n’t stupid."

Smuggling of arms can only be a minor task, and once it is large, it is difficult to keep it secret.

The Ottoman Empire has been controlling the flow of weapons and ammunition into the Bulgarian region. If there are now a large number of weapons entering Austria from the Austrian control zone, Austria simply cannot tell.

Franz thought for a while and said, "Take some of the second-hand weapons in our warehouse that can be used, and the weapons seized in the Balkans, and let the quartermaster sell them to arms dealers in his own name. Involved."

Ordering his men to resell weapons and equipment is also a wonderful thing, but now it happened.

A large amount of Austrian equipment has appeared in the Bulgarian area, which will definitely attract the attention of the Russians.If it is replaced by second-hand used equipment and flows into the market, it is estimated that the Russians will still have a confidant feeling.

Now the largest arms dealer in Bulgaria is the Russian Expeditionary Army, and the officers resell the seized weapons and equipment to local guerrilla organizations for profit.

Now that the Russian army is dry, it is not surprising that the Austrian army followed suit.Even if the Russians found out, they would help cover up the past, otherwise they would be exposed as a result of their arms sales.

Prime Minister Felix thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, this is probably a stubborn salary. The Bulgarian local militia is too poor to buy some guns and ammunition. They can't afford artillery.

If the coalition forces send troops to the rear to destroy, the number of troops may not be too large, but it will not be too small, at least in regiment units. The Bulgarian local militia may not be their opponents."

"Don't worry, as long as we Bulgarians can delay the time enough, with this time as a buffer, the Russians should have responded." Franz said calmly

Franz is at ease with regard to the fighting power of the Bulgarian militia.He was caught in a misunderstanding before. On the frontal battlefield, these people could not beat the regular army.

But in front of the house, there is terrain to resist, these Bulgarians have no problem to delay the enemy's marching speed.

The rear of the raid was originally a word-fast.If the speed is not fast enough, don't say that the logistics line of others has been cut off, and it's good to expose the whereabouts without being eaten by others.

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Balkan Peninsula Coalition Command

"General Mostpasha, how can you tell me what happened? Why did the Russians have no news about this attack?

Do n’t tell me about the mobilization of hundreds of thousands of troops, did you even find out?"The French commander Emma Bleu Jean Jacques Perissier asked

"General Mosta Pasha, you are to blame for this matter, the Russians have started to attack, you don't even know it, and we need to inform you.

This is the homeland of your Ottoman Empire. You can't get any information about this. Do all your officials eat shit?British Commander Montes accused

Faced with the accusations of the two, Mostpasha had nothing to say.Everyone is a guest army, and they do n’t know that the Russians ’actions are justified. They, the snakes, let the Russians know nothing about the military transfer under their eyes.

"Sorry both of us, we will deal with the dereliction of duty seriously, the same thing will not happen again for the second time. Now that the enemy has come over, let's fight the enemy first!"

After talking, Most Pasha picked up the baton and analyzed it on the military map: "Here, and here, are the focus of our battle with the Russian army.

Judging from the firepower on the battlefield, the Russians should focus on the strategic point of this attack-Sliven.

Sliven has been a strategic place in the Balkans since ancient times. Once the Russian army occupied it, it formed a strategic advantage for us.

From here to Edirne, it is difficult for us to establish an effective defense line. If the Russians leave 100,000 troops in Sliven, we will leave 200,000 troops to watch them.

In addition, another city that may be the Russians' key attack is Sofia.

Sofia is located in the southern part of the Sofia Basin, and is also a strategic place in the Balkan Peninsula. If you master it, you will have half Bulgaria.

If Sofia loses, then the Russians can connect with the Austrians to the north, and Belgrade, which we are still holding, will lose its strategic significance."

Looking at the map, Montes changed his face, and now the British army is stationed in Sofia, along with 30,000 Ottoman troops.

The reason why I chose to stay here is because of the internal analysis of the British Expeditionary Forces in advance, that the Russians' goal was Constantinople, and the offensive focus would be on the Sliven area.

If the coalition forces win and launch a counterattack, Sofia is in a good position again and can rush to the Danube as quickly as possible to cut off the retreat of the Russian army. This is a good place to gain military exploits.

But now, the Russians are also likely to make breakthroughs in Sofia.After conquering this area, most of the Balkan Peninsula has fallen, and the political gain is greater than the military.

French commander Aimble Jean-Jacques Perissier said indifferently: "The Russians want to capture Constantinople, and the Sliven region is an inescapable Kaner. Unless they are not afraid of us copying Road, otherwise the Russians have to attack here.

After losing the Sliven area, the battle behind us will be difficult to fight.At that time, the Russians can attack and retreat, we can only passively cope.

Now that your country has abandoned the Serbian region, even if Sofia loses, it is nothing more than to throw away the central and western Bulgaria, plus Belgrade.

It was still early in this war, and the winner was laughed at the end.We do not need to care about the gains and losses of one city and one place. It is also worthwhile to temporarily give up some land for the final victory."

Montes strongly opposed: "The Sofia region cannot just give up. The Russians have already bewitched the Bulgarians. If it continues, more Balkan people will be bewitched.

At that time we will find that the enemy is fighting more and more. With the support of these people, even if the Russians are defeated, we ca n’t drive them out of the Balkans.

The 30,000 reinforcements dispatched by our country have already set off, and will arrive in the Balkan Peninsula at the latest the day after tomorrow. The 20,000 troops of the Kingdom of Sardinia have also arrived in the Balkan Peninsula and sent their 50,000 troops to Sofia.

Limited by logistics, the Russians have limited strength in the Balkans. They cannot attack Sofia's army too much. One hundred thousand troops can definitely hold it.

Sliven here is guarded by the French, and the Russians have little chance of breaking through. As long as the wave of attacks is blocked, we can launch a counterattack.

In terms of military strength, we have an absolute advantage. Even if the Russian military is no longer powerful, it is not our opponent in the Balkans."

The military serves politics. As the first battle of the British army on the Balkans, Montes could not retreat without a fight. This was related to the face of their British army.

The French have emerged, even if the French army suffered a loss, but on the bright side, they are all victors, and failure is the pot of the Ottomans.

The British Army also needs to stand up, and they must prove their strength to the outside world and improve their domestic status.This determines that they cannot act with the French, otherwise they will be considered as soy sauce.

Mostpasha supported: "General Montes's proposal is good, Sofia cannot be tolerated, and we cannot afford the political influence."

Negatively speaking, it is an unknown whether the Russians can be chased away. In the event that both sides lose both sides, the Ottoman Empire cannot recover the lost ground. Is it not a loss to give up Sofia now?

The British are powerful, that is the naval power; the French are powerful, that is the Napoleonic era, France is powerful; the Ottoman Empire is powerful, that is in history.

The strength of the Russians is now, and the army is still strong.Many battles with the Russian army, the Ottoman government has a lot of patients with fear of Russia, even Mostpasha is inevitably affected.

The Sudanese government is ready to move the capital. If it is not to encourage morale, the capital of the Ottoman Empire has now become Ankara.

The bears are too difficult to entangle. If they cannot be driven out of the Balkans, the Sudanese government will not dare to keep the capital in Constantinople and be their neighbor.

Two to one, Aimble Jean-Jacques Perissier did not continue to object. Everyone is an ally. In fact, he can command the French army. The Ottoman army can barely command. The proud John Bull does not buy his account. .

Aimble Jean-Jacques Perissier proposed: "Since that is the case, let's divide the labor. The defenders in the Sofia region are mainly British troops, named the Left Army, and General Montess is the commander.

The Sliven area, including Kazanlak, was stationed by the French. I personally served as the commander of the Middle Route Army, and General Mosta Pasha was responsible for the rest of the area as the Right Route Army.

The battle on the front is tight, and we have no time to waste.If there is no problem, we will take office as soon as possible!"

Montess said without hesitation: "There is no problem, this distribution is very reasonable, and it can maximize the combat effectiveness of the troops."