In the face of the actions of the Entente and Romania to take advantage of your illness to kill you, the Bulgarian government has no good way at present, and they can only ask their allies for help.

In Berlin, German leaders gathered to discuss Bulgaria's request for help. As the newly appointed chancellor, Count Georges Heeglin was presenting his views to the Kaiser and his colleagues.

"Bulgaria's request for help must be responded to, and according to our intelligence in Sofia, Bulgaria is currently interested in withdrawing from the war, which is a disastrous outcome for us. I believe the military does not want to see this happen. ”

In the end, Prime Minister Heeglin also deliberately clicked on Hindenburg and Ludendorff, who rushed back from the front line to attend the meeting. The two men who represented the military at the meeting certainly knew how harmful the situation could be within the Allies.

And if Bulgaria were to withdraw from the war at this time, what an encouragement it would give to the British and French troops, who were currently struggling to resist the German offensive planned by Ludendorff at the front. And it had an even greater impact on the attacking German army, which was unacceptable to the military.

For this reason, as the first person in the military at present, Hindenburg spoke unquickly. "As Chief of the General Staff, I am certainly aware of the consequences of the withdrawal of the Allies from the war, and we will never ignore them. I consulted with the 1st Quartermaster, General Ludendorff, about this. ”

Hindenburg gestured to Ludendorff at this point, and the first quartermaster, who was his partner, immediately took Hindenburg's words and continued. "On the way, His Excellency the Chief of the General Staff and I have already made a military plan. At present, we can immediately transfer the 48th and 94th Divisions in Munich, the 89th and 153rd Divisions in Nuremberg, and the 72nd and 286th Divisions in Sttgart. Then the forty-second, sixty-second, and eighty-seventh divisions, which had already been transported to Frankfurt, were added to form a temporary new corps, which was responsible for military reinforcements. In addition to this, we have asked the Allies to send troops to reinforce Bulgaria, but we have not yet received a response from Vienna and Istanbul. ”

When Ludendorff finished speaking, his heart was dripping blood. Not to mention the troops that have been repaired at present, the three divisions that have been transported to Frankfurt have only just been transferred from the Eastern Front. He also intends to use it as a second echelon of reinforcements for his offensive, but for the time being it can only be used in the direction of Bulgaria, which has only been formed.

In fact, he still did not say a word, that is, if the reinforcements rushed over, in case Bulgaria had already withdrawn from the war. Then these forces would be together with the Austro-Hungarian army, as a counterpoint to the Allied forces released from Bulgaria. Of course, in addition to this, Marshal Mackensen, who is currently entangled with the Romanians in Bacwu, will also receive a telegram from the General Staff. Ludendorff was going to interrogate this brilliant master of mobile warfare why he had been entangled with the Romanians for so long.

After Ludendorff finished talking about the military plan, Heeglin, as the prime minister, knew it was time to speak out about the government's plan. I saw him go up to the crowd and speak. "Our government's assistance to Bulgaria has also been discussed, and it is intended to use part of the supplies obtained from the Bushoviks to assist Bulgaria. Among them, we can only allocate 40,000 tons of wheat, 1,000 tons of meat and 100 tons of sugar as aid.

In addition, our negotiations with Austria-Hungary and Turkey were not smooth, and the Vienna side was only willing to give 5,000 tons of grain as aid. Istanbul is willing to give 10,000 tons of grain and 800 tons of cotton as aid. Based on the negotiation process, we believe that this is also the greatest concession that the two countries can make. ”

After listening to the fact that the prime minister and the military have already discussed, Wilhelm II, who has been stripped of power, can only answer. "Then let's follow this plan."

While the German plan was being prepared for implementation, the Austro-Hungarian and Turkish military aid programs were also introduced. Austria-Hungary was prepared to cooperate with the German military campaign, and the last troops that had just been drawn from the Eastern Front were formed into the 15th Army, which was reinforced with the 16th Army, which was newly formed by Germany to reinforce Bulgaria.

On the Turkish side, the German commander who won the Battle of Dardanelles, General Otto Zanders, led the Turkish Third Army to immediately reinforce the Thessaloniki line, so that the Bulgarians could withdraw enough troops to deal with the Romanian attack.

The reason why Turkey and Bulgaria have been so troubled is that the relationship between the two countries has always been strained. In addition, the German side, which was the mediator in the process, also made a lot of commitments, including various weapons and ammunition, in order to get Turkey to agree to send troops. The Turkish side also knew the importance of it, and it also attached great importance to Bulgaria, the only ally it could connect with by land, and immediately sent the Third Army to defend Istanbul as reinforcements.

The Allied reinforcement plan could not escape the eyes of the Entente at all, and after learning of the Allied plan, Britain and France were also preparing to send troops to defeat the Bulgarian defenders in Thessaloniki in one fell swoop. Among them, the British side will directly turn the newly formed Anzac troops that are preparing to reinforce the French front to reinforce the Greek side. The French side, which suffered very heavy casualties, also gritted its teeth and picked and chose from the colonial army drawn from North Africa, and took out three divisions as reinforcements to reinforce Greece.

As for Lieutenant General Fereit, who was already fighting in the battle between Pleven and the Bulgarian army, he also received telegrams from home. The two mobilization divisions that had just been formed were ready to assemble at Varna, and could replace the 39th militia division defending here so that it could be reinforced by Lieutenant General Fereit.

His Excellency the Lieutenant General, who received the telegram, was attracted by Pleven Pleven, who was already in ruins. The Bulgarian army, which had been holding back its footsteps for a long time, was on the verge of collapse. The fact is that the Bulgarian soldiers, after heavy casualties and the failure of reinforcements to arrive, are indeed on the verge of collapse.

But Lieutenant General Kutinchev, as its commander, really has some skills. He was strongly advocated among the soldiers that resistance to the Romanian army was not for others, but to protect his family from the intruders. Of course, this only slightly boosted the morale of the army, and in addition to this, he rewarded the soldiers with all the meat, tobacco and alcohol he had stored in Plevin, and rewarded the valiant soldiers with many goods.

After a double reward, both mentally and materially, the Bulgarian soldiers were able to continue the fight with the Romanian soldiers who had the advantage in firepower.

However, these measures only slowed down the decline in the morale of the defenders, but could not fully offset the gap in firepower and force capabilities, and the Bulgarian soldiers were gradually driven out of their positions under the onslaught of continuous onslaught. Now Fereit was waiting for the only one, and the soldiers drove the defenders out of the last of the city's positions. Located in a neighborhood called Varian to the west of the city, it is the last way to protect the defenders of the city, so it is also the most fortified point. Now the Romanian army was intending to get the Bulgarian soldiers out of the city, so they began to launch the most fierce offensive on the city. The Romanians used three 210 guns to fire at the attack, believing that this would make the defenders despair.

The process does not need to be described, and at 4:15 p.m., a report on the capture of Varian was placed in front of Lieutenant General Fereitt.

Seeing that some of the staff officers in front of him were blushing with excitement at the news of the victory, Lieutenant General Fereit spoke. "Send a telegram to the country and tell them the good news. In addition, I immediately let the 2nd Praetorian Division, the 3rd and 6th Divisions form the vanguard, and immediately follow the retreating enemy to launch a harassing offensive, I don't want to fight such an offensive and defensive battle again. ”

Lieutenant General Fereitt's words fell, and the staff officer immediately replied. "Yes, yes. I immediately went to give the order. ”

As soon as the order was given, the three divisions, which had just captured Plevin, had not had time to rest, immediately launched a pursuit. And at home, the news of the capture of Pleven also made everyone cheer, especially at this critical juncture.

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