Chapter 328: Turbulent Bulgaria (Part II)
In the early morning in the city of Sofia, the news of the army riot made everyone panic. The refusal of the army to make its voice heard by the government has worried many people, but there are also those who are overjoyed, but regardless of their attitude, it has become a top priority for the current Bulgarian government to quell the situation.
As Prime Minister of the Government, Radoslav bore the brunt of the need for a solution to the matter.
In the Prime Minister's Office, Radoslav looked at Mayor Vasily, who had more than enough success and more than enough defeat in front of him. The mayor, who was a little chubby, kept wiping the hot sweat from his forehead in front of the prime minister. It's no wonder that the mayor is sweating all over his head without strenuous exercise in the early morning of winter.
"Mayor Vasily, you really broke the hearts of the king and me."
The tall and thin Prime Minister Radoslav, sitting behind his desk, said with a cold face about the mayor of Sofia in front of him.
Radoslav's words made Mayor Vasily's actions of wiping his sweat more frequent. Looking at the greedy and stupid stupid pig in front of him, Radoslav wondered how he had been elected mayor of the capital in the first place.
Mayor Vasily, who didn't know what was criticized, now didn't care about the prime minister's ugly face, and said it head-on. "I didn't expect this to be the result, I thought it was General Triev himself."
"I should have comforted you!"
Hearing the Prime Minister's words soar from low to high, Vasily did not know that this was a precursor to the Prime Minister's imminent anger, and he quickly changed the topic. "My lord, I feel that I need to appease the soldiers first, and I will ask someone to send meat, tobacco and alcohol to the barracks to appease them."
"No."
Looking at Vasily, who was a little uncertain, a trace of disgust flashed in Prime Minister Radoslav's eyes, and he spoke directly. "I have arranged for someone to deliver the things to the barracks to General Triyev, and now the troublesome soldiers have been temporarily pacified in the barracks."
Hearing the Prime Minister's words, Mayor Vasily asked with some joy. "Great, these soldiers don't make trouble."
"What are you thinking?"
In the face of Mayor Vasily's optimism, Prime Minister Radoslav continued to speak after a reprimand. "Now it's just a temporary stop for these troublesome soldiers, but we can't agree to their demands. Now we need to let Admiral Zekov rush back to Sofia, and only he will be able to calm the emotions of the soldiers. ”
After the Prime Minister Radoslav finished speaking, he continued to explain the matter to Mayor Vasily. "In addition, you should prepare another batch of supplies at once, give them to General Triev, and tell him that I can provide him with food, tobacco and alcohol openly, but you must not let the soldiers go out of the barracks to Sofia to make trouble."
Mayor Vasily knew that this was the last chance to save himself, and he said immediately. "Prime Minister, please rest assured, I will definitely give General Triyev sufficient supplies and will not make it difficult for him."
After listening to his words, Prime Minister Radoslav waved his hand. "Go ahead and do it."
After Mayor Vasily withdrew from the office, Prime Minister Radoslav recruited secretaries. "Arrange the car immediately, I need to enter the palace to meet the king."
The secretary who received the order immediately replied. "I'm going to arrange the car."
As soon as he was left alone in the office, Prime Minister Radoslav's face turned very ugly. Years of political experience have taught him that everything he is doing so far can only be regarded as a remedy, and even if it is successful, it will only be a decent time for him to step down. But as a qualified political figure, Radoslav knew that remedies were the best way for Bulgaria to withdraw from this war with dignity.
If the news of the soldiers' revolt had known to the Entente, then the price Bulgaria would have had to pay too great. And he also knew that this soldier rebellion was too strange, according to his investigation, there were many shadows of political forces, but now he was powerless about it, and now he could only stabilize the situation first.
However, Prime Minister Radoslav's efforts to temporarily conceal the Entente were in vain. Even the people of Sofia knew about it, so of course the spies hidden in it would also send this important news back to the country, so the news leaked out that morning, and the first to know was Romania, which was at war with Bulgaria.
"Your Majesty, the latest news is a riot of Bulgarian soldiers in Sophia."
In the palace of the king of Bucharest, Eder, who was accompanying his wife Sophie Marie, heard the captain of the guard, Calust, carrying a telegram, announcing the good news loudly.
"What?"
The captain of the guard's words made Edel immediately anxious. "Bulgarian soldiers riot, show it to me."
Taking the telegram from the chief of the guard, Edel immediately checked it, leaving the chief of the guard alone to endure Queen Mary's resentment for being disturbed.
The telegram was simple, the same as the Chief of the Guard, but it still excites Eder.
"It's great, even God is helping Romania."
Seeing that Edel was happy because of the telegram, Queen Mary was a little curious, because she had not even seen her husband so excited about the capture of Transylvania by the army before, so she opened her mouth to ask a little puzzled. "My dear, why is this news so pleasing to you?"
Faced with Queen Mary's inquiry, the excited Eder was of course willing to share the joy in his heart with his wife. "This news is too important. Bulgaria provoked an army uprising, which can be said that they were already one step away from defeat and surrender. As long as Bulgaria is taken, our passage with the Entente will be opened, and then a steady stream of reinforcements and military supplies will be enough for us to calmly face the German-Austrian attack. Even to say something arrogant, we are already invincible. ”
Listening to Eder's explanation, Queen Mary, who did not understand military affairs, also understood that this was a major event that changed the environment of the Romanian war. "In that case, our army will feel much better on the front line."
"Yes, dear, you're right, so this news needs to be known to Lieutenant General Fereitt."
Edel said this, and he immediately asked Calustre. "Has this news been communicated to the Chief of the General Staff?"
Faced with the king's inquiry, Calust immediately replied. "Your Majesty, we have sent it to the Chief of the General Staff as soon as possible."
"Good, well done."
Lieutenant General Fereit, who was outside the city of Plevin, also received a telegram from the Chief of the General Staff. He was very excited about the news on the telegram, and he immediately called his staff officer to give the order. "Now I order, do not stop the onslaught on Plevin, tell the officers that the Bulgarian soldiers in Sofia have refused to continue the battle, and we must let the enemy know the news and break the will of the opponent."
Under Fereit's orders, a new offensive of the Romanian army began, but unlike the previous ones, the Bulgarian soldiers who defended this time also heard the surprising news that their reinforcements had refused to continue fighting in Sofia.
"It's all fake, it's all a Romanian conspiracy."
Faced with this situation, the Bulgarian officer who led the team desperately explained, but it also made them look a little hysterical. And the news about the reinforcements, which is also mentioned less, also makes the soldiers a little confused, is what the Romanians said true?
Faced with this situation, the morale of the Bulgarian army was quite low, which really made the commander of the commander, Lieutenant General Kutinchev, somewhat helpless. Now that there are indeed no reinforcements, I can't let the soldiers know, otherwise a big rout is just around the corner.
He was also touched by Admiral Zekov in Thessaloniki. In the afternoon of the same day, the Allied forces on the outskirts of Thessaloniki launched a ferocious offensive against them, as if they had taken the wrong medicine. And, like the Romanian army, they advertised that the troops that had arrived in Sofia to reinforce Plevinn had rioted, and refused to continue to listen to the government's orders.
The sudden attack and this astonishing news caught the troops defending the front-line positions a little unprepared, and fierce white-knuckle battles took place in many areas. Thanks to Admiral Zekov, who was in danger, he immediately arranged reinforcements to withstand the enemy's artillery fire, and flatly denied that this was the enemy's rumor, which sent the enemy back from the attack.
However, the Entente side was not discouraged and continued to storm the Bulgarian positions, which made the Saloniki Line, which had been drawn nearly 100,000 elite troops, somewhat shaky. At this time, Admiral Zekov did not dare to leave, so he could only be stationed here to maintain the stability of the battle line.
This made Prime Minister Radoslav's response immediately ineffective, and now Bulgarian politicians know that the time has come for a decision to be made.
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