A roar was heard from inside the Bulgarian royal palace. "What do these Russians think of us Bulgaria."

Bulgarian Prime Minister Gaisov, who received a telegram from Russia, knew that it was not good at a glance, and hurriedly took the telegram to King Ferdinand I. The Bulgarian king was thoroughly enraged by the actions of the Russians, which led to the roar of Ferdinand I.

Seeing the anger of his own king, Prime Minister Gaischov was appeased. "Your Majesty, our priority now is to seek the support of other countries."

After hearing the Prime Minister's words, Ferdinand I's mood slowly calmed down. Anger does not solve the problem now, and the regions of Bitola and Ohrid in Macedonia, which are now occupied by Serbia and Greece, and the Thessaloniki region of Thrace, cannot be solved by anger. Now the support of other powers is needed for Bulgaria to take back the territory it deserves. Then there are very few people who can choose to compete with Russia, but fortunately, the country he came from can also compete with Russia.

Thinking of this, Ferdinand I asked himself about the Prime Minister. "Prime Minister Gaisov, do you think we will be able to get support from Austria-Hungary and Germany?"

Hearing that his own king intended to seek the support of the allies, Prime Minister Gaishov pondered. In terms of national strength, the support of Austria-Hungary and Germany can help Bulgaria. And there was a very good time in Bulgaria, but later Russia made Bulgaria turn to Russia, and now Russia cannot guarantee Bulgaria's interests, so the only way to seek Austria-Hungary, which had good relations in the past, was to seek it.

Thinking of this, Prime Minister Gaischov said to Ferdinand I. "Your Majesty's method is still feasible, and we can test the attitude of Austria-Hungary and Germany through the ambassador."

After the two men had finished their discussions, Prime Minister Geisov summoned German Ambassador to Bulgaria Borist and Austria-Hungary Ambassador Sindrako to Bulgaria to express Bulgaria's hope for the support of the two countries.

The German government attached great importance to the telegram from Ambassador Priest and was overjoyed that Bulgaria, which had been the most capable of fighting in the Balkan War, had fallen to them. This also had to do with the fact that the allies of the Central Powers were too few, and so far only Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary had formed an alliance, and the other small countries were either neutral or turned to the Entente. Romania, the only one close to the Central Powers, was also as slippery as a loach, so it took Bulgaria very seriously.

Kaiser Wilhelm II personally ordered Chancellor Helwig to send a telegram to Bulgaria expressing his willingness to support Bulgaria in the territorial dispute over the Balkan League, and also to aid Bulgaria in arms worth 5 million marks.

Austria-Hungary was more important than Germany, and the Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph convened his ministers to discuss what to do with Bulgaria's goodwill.

They had reason to do so, and as Serbia acquired large quantities of territory in the Balkan Wars, it nearly doubled the territory of the small country, from a population of 3 million to 4.5 million. Faced with such a situation, Austria-Hungary, of course, wanted to find an ally to share the burden, and they initially looked for Romania, and their marriage with Romania also had this level of consideration. However, the border between Romania and Serbia is too short, and there is no dispute with Seville, and Romania has been a bit neutral in the past two years, so there is no way to guide the conflict between Romania and Serbia.

Now the Bulgarian telegram did not make the Austro-Hungarian Empire happy, and they still had a long border with Seville, plus the Bulgarian army also proved itself in this war, so Bulgaria was an excellent choice.

"Your Majesty, I think it is time to give Bulgaria the diplomatic support it needs most." Foreign Minister Ehrenthal, who had previously made outstanding contributions to the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Austria-Hungary, was the first to express his opinion.

After seeing that no one sent it right, he continued. "In giving Bulgarian diplomatic support, we should also create tension in the border area of Seville and show Bulgaria that we are willing to help."

Hearing Foreign Minister Ehrenthal's suggestion, Emperor Franz Joseph also nodded in agreement. Hearing that military support was needed, Otto Sanders, the chief of the General Staff of the Austro-Hungarian Army, knew that he had to stand up and say something, and that the Austro-Hungarian Army had a big plan because of the current situation.

"Your Majesty, our Austro-Hungarian army is absolutely capable of cooperating with Bulgaria to create tension on the border, but if we can cooperate with the Bulgarian army to attack Serbia, it will be a better choice to solve this troublemaker."

After hearing the words of the Chief of the General Staff Sanders, the Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph was obviously more interested and hurriedly asked. "Do you have any plans for your army?"

Sanders, the chief of the General Staff, said to his own emperor. "Our General Staff has already made relevant plans."

"Tell me about it."

General Sanders asked for a map to speak to the Emperor. "We intend to take advantage of the fact that the main forces of the Serbian army are holding in Macedonia with Bulgaria, and mobilize the 2nd, 4th, and 5th armies of the imperial army, with a total of 300,000 troops, from the Bosnian region to Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. And once we occupy its capital, the more than 200,000 Serbian troops in Macedonia will collapse without a fight, thus resolving the Bulgarian problem. And we can also let them occupy new territories in Serbia, we just need the original territories of Serbia. ”

Hearing the explanation of the Chief of the General Staff Sanders, Foreign Minister Ehrenthal had a question. "Have we forgotten the reaction of Russia, they could not sit idly by while Serbia was attacked by us."

Faced with the Foreign Secretary's question, General Sanders spoke of his plan. "I am ready to deploy the 1st, 3rd, 6th, and 7th armies on the border to resist Russian attacks."

Hearing the words of Chief of the General Staff Sanders, Prime Minister Alois felt that this was too risky. "Your Majesty, this plan is too dangerous for us to be Austro-Hungarian, it is undesirable, and now Russia can abandon Bulgaria, its traditional ally, for the sake of Serbia. If we make a move to attack Serbia, I am sure that Russia will declare war on us at the first opportunity, and the price is too great for us to afford. ”

Faced with strong opposition from Prime Minister Alois, Emperor Franz Joseph was a little recoiled from the plans of Chief of the General Staff Sanders.

"Let's put down the discussion of this matter first, and bring our support to Bulgaria first, and it's okay to create tension on the border."

In the face of the emperor's instructions, the Austro-Hungarian ministers could only do what they wanted. Soon Austria-Hungary and Germany sent telegrams to Bulgaria in support of their territory, Germany provided diplomatic and military material assistance, and Austria-Hungary was willing to create tension on the Serbian border to relieve Bulgaria's pressure.

This made Bulgaria overjoyed and made up its mind not to budge. For a time, the original Balkan alliance quickly split.