Chapter 60: The Crisis Ends

Having received Eder's reply, the German ambassador quickly sent the Romanian decision back to Berlin via an encrypted message.

After receiving the news that Romania was willing to act with the Allies in this crisis. Kaiser Wilhelm II was pleased to speak to his chief of the General Staff, Moltke Jr. "I knew that the Hohenzollerns were united, and this time Romania did not disappoint us."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will ask the staff to make a plan for fighting on the Eastern Front after Romania joins the Alliance, so that we can avoid being underprepared." Moltke Jr. was also happy to be able to pull Romania into the tank.

After all, Romania has a very good army, with the food and oil that Germany needs, plus the industry is now good, and Volkswagen has the largest automobile production plant in Europe, which can provide transportation for Germany.

Just when the Kaiser was satisfied with Romania's participation in the military campaign, Eder also called on the chief of the General Staff, Prishan, to prepare a plan for an urgent army-wide maneuver exercise.

"Your Highness, I don't know what the content of this exercise is?" Preshan asked.

"The content of this exercise is a surprise attack by Russia, and our army rushed to the battlefield on all fronts to prepare to repel the other side." Eder thought of making a play, so he made a full set, so that the German students could see the strength of Romania.

"Your Highness, I will go back to the staff headquarters to prepare for three days, and we will start the exercise on the fifth day, and strive to reach the designated place one week after the exercise begins." Preshan also prepared according to wartime, and he also wanted to see what the whole army would look like after the reorganization.

After returning to the General Staff, Pleven arranged for his staff officers to work out the contents of the plan for the exercise overnight. After almost three days of rushing to make the plan, he finally reported the plan to Pleven, and after looking at the staff officers who were about to stand unsteadily, Pleven ordered the plan to be sent to the divisional headquarters. They were asked to start moving on the third day after receiving this order. The units were divided into divisions and advanced according to the set objectives.

After receiving the telegram order from the General Staff Headquarters, the division-level headquarters were also jumping. Each division issued orders to its subordinate units on the marching routes, and after passing through layers of communication, the contents of the marching routes of each unit in the exercise were finally conveyed to the company level.

"Thor, don't you have your luggage ready, tomorrow you're going to be marching for six days straight." In the barracks of the 3rd Romanian Division, Dvarsiri spoke to Tor, who was in the same village as himself.

"Okay Dvasili, I already knew, I'm just sad that I can't see Jimmy." Thor tells his friend how he feels.

Dwasili had known a month ago that his friend was dating a girl named Jimina. Every Sunday off, Thor would go to have a tryst with the girl. Now the emergency drill makes it impossible for him to do this anymore, which of course makes Thor in love quite dissatisfied.

"If you don't prepare, be careful that Captain Bilk will beat you up when he sees it." Dwasily said to his friend's warning.

Their squad leader, Bilek, is the best in the whole company, and it doesn't matter. The important thing is that their strong squad leader has always believed in the fist theory, and if he is not convinced, he will beat him with his fists, if he does not complete the task, he will beat him with his fists, and if he makes a mistake, he will beat him with his fists. Even their platoon commander was beaten by him, and if the company commander hadn't liked him very much, he would have been kicked out of the army long ago. Behind his back, everyone called him 'Violent Bear', and the whole class was beaten by him with his fists.

What a good spirit, not a bad spirit, and as soon as Dwasili finished speaking, Bilk's huge body appeared in front of them.

Bilak glared at his bear-eyed eyes and saw that Thor wasn't ready to pack, and walked over and roared loudly at Thor. "Thor, why aren't you ready, I don't know if you're going to leave early tomorrow morning, are you itching again?"

With the roar of the violent bear, saliva sprayed on Thor's face, and his legs trembled with fright, and his whole body was like a quail targeted by a hound.

"Class ~ squad leader, I~ I'll do it right away." Thor stammered and explained to the squad leader.

After hearing Thor's explanation, Bilak smiled at him, walked up to him, and reached out to pat him on the shoulder. "I'll give you time"

Dvasily next to him saw his squad leader show such an expression, which meant that someone was going to be unlucky.

The next day, Thor appeared in the marching column with a blue nose and swollen pig's head, and a group of soldiers wanted to laugh in the face of the majesty of the 'Violent Bear'.

"Torre, you're all right now." Fellow countryman and friend Dwasily asked.

"It hurt a little last night, but now it's much better." In the face of D'Vasili's concerned inquiry, Tolle's novel responded.

"Alright, now pack your bags and get ready to go." 'Storm Bear' Bilek commanded them.

A group of men sorted out, packed and checked their equipment, and led by Bilek, began to march in a neat line towards their destination, a small town called Tomesti outside the city of Iasi.

In Russia a note on the German threat has been discussed for some time. The reason for the delay in the discussion was that both Foreign Minister Izwalski and the military believed that the unreasonable requests of Germany and Austria should be rejected. However, the Israeli government believes that Russia has not fully recovered now, and how much courage France can have to declare war on Germany and Austria when Russia faces war, is still a question, so it believes that it should back down.

Nicholas II was not a very decisive man, and he was slow to make up his mind in the face of disputes between the two gangs. Now, as time goes on, both sides believe that there can be no more arguments and a decision must be made as soon as possible. Now they are making a final decision, and they can't just because they haven't decided that the people below can't follow.

"We cannot now give up our support for Serbia, which is a disaster for the influence of the empire in the Balkans." Foreign Minister Izwolsky was the first to say that this is not only for the country, but also for himself.

"We almost went bankrupt in the fight against Japan, and now our economy has just eased, and now in the face of Germany and Austria, our finances will definitely go bankrupt." The Minister of Finance economically analyzes the impact on Russia now if a war breaks out.

"Do you want to win the White-Haired War?" Nicholas II asked the representative of the army, Gilinsky.

"Your Majesty, if war breaks out, we will desperately protect Russia."

Seeing the military's remarks hinting that it could not be fought now, Foreign Minister Izvorsky said in a little anxious. "We also have our ally, France, and they will not watch us be attacked."

"But France can't fight for Russia either." Another senior government official said.

While the ministers were arguing, a young official broke in, took a telegram and handed it to the chancellor, Stolypin, who read it for a moment and walked up to Nicholas II. "I just got the news that the Romanians have started an all-army exercise on our adjacent border. I believe that this should be some kind of agreement with Germany and Austria. ”

The important ministers who were deliberating were stunned when they heard this sudden news, not that they were afraid of Romania, but that they did not expect Romania to join the crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina at this time. Now, with the accession of Romania, Russia is even more at a disadvantage in terms of military comparison.

"Now that the situation is not in our favor, I think we need to make concessions." Prime Minister Stolypin voiced his opinion.

"But we can't give up Serbia because of a tiny Romania." Foreign Minister Izwolsky made the final struggle.

"The current Romanian and German armies are no different, and the morale is almost bad. Now Germany and Austria have increased their troops by 200,000, and now it is obvious that they cannot win the war, don't you see clearly. Stolypin refuted the foreign minister's remarks.

"Alright." Nicholas II signaled that he had made a decision in the midst of a dispute among his ministers. As the Tsar's words fell, everyone fell silent and waited for his decision.

"By sending a message to Germany, we recognize the sovereignty of Austria-Hungary over Bosnia and Herzegovina, and at the same time we will persuade Serbia to exercise restraint on the issue of Bosnia and Herzegovina." Nicholas II said very unwillingly to his ministers.

After the Tsar's decision, a telegram was sent to Germany and Austria, which both saw as a major victory in the face of Russian concessions, which could be a blow to Russian ambitions in the Balkans.

In Serbia, he was extremely reluctant to face Russia's mobilization to dissuade it from abandoning the anti-Austrian war and to stop all anti-Austrian actions. In the telegram, Russia also stated its difficulties, and in the face of such a situation, Serbia had no choice but to declare the cancellation of the protest, and a crisis that almost led to war tended to subside.