Romanian Eagle

Chapter 154 Armistice

After Bulgaria's request for an armistice was sent, it was immediately received by various governments.

Among them, Crown Prince Eder, who was acting with the Romanian army, also received the news immediately. In the face of Bulgaria's request for peace, he summoned the army minister of the army, General Courtois, the chief of the general staff, Lieutenant General Prieshan, and the generals of other armies to discuss whether to accept Bulgaria in the city of Norwich, which had just been captured. 's reconciliation.

In the command headquarters in the city, Edel sat in the upper seat, watching the generals on both sides of him, who were surging with stars, start a fierce debate for Bulgaria's peace.

"I don't think the Bulgarian army has the strength to compete with us at all. Why should we accept their armistice agreement?" Lieutenant General Andrew, the commander of the Second Army, stood up and expressed his opinion impassionedly in the face of the crown prince and his colleagues. "We are fully capable of hitting Sofia and getting Ferdinand I to sign our truce."

Edel looked at Lieutenant General Andrew and expressed his opinion. In fact, this opinion should represent the thoughts of the general staff headed by Preshan. They are all biased towards Edel and are promoted by the crown prince. Basically, he lacks in military merit, so I hope to get more credit in this war to make myself more convincing. So in the face of Bulgaria's truce request, they are reluctant to accept it.

In the face of Lieutenant General Andrew's generous speech, Lieutenant General Salamick, commander of the Third Army, had different opinions.

"I have a different opinion on Lieutenant General Andrew's opinion." He first stood up and said his disapproval attitude, and then continued to talk about the reasons. "Even if we hit Sofia, our conditions are the limit accepted by Bulgaria, which is not good for us. On the contrary, the interests of other countries have greatly increased. For us, this is typical of doing things for others, so I think we can agree to Bulgaria's request. ."

After Lieutenant General Salamik finished speaking, the other generals in the room were chatting quietly below. Eder himself also agrees with Lieutenant General Salamick. After all, he is not willing to consume too much of Romania's small funds after he has made it his own.

You must know that in the previous Battle of Tarnovo, the Romanian military fired 15,000 tons of ammunition generously. Almost didn't make Prime Minister Bretianu angry, including the crown prince himself was taken aback by the military's consumption. You must know that in the previous military operations, the Romanian army only consumed more than 1,000 tons of ammunition. In a major battle, the consumption increased tenfold. The Romanian family was not strong enough to withstand such major battles. So he was very interested in Lieutenant General Salamik's suggestion.

Seeing that the opinions of his deputy, Lieutenant General Andrew, were suppressed by Lieutenant General Salamik, and the most important thing was that the crown prince also showed enough interest, Preshan thought that he needed to stand up and speak his opinion, otherwise continuing the war would change. unlikely.

"cough"

He sorted out his thoughts and coughed softly. Seeing that the chief of the general staff had something to say, the other military executives present were quiet.

Preshan was very satisfied with the current atmosphere, he said, standing up. "Your Highness, I don't think it's a good time to agree to the Bulgarian armistice."

Edel heard the words of the chief of staff, although it was not in line with his wishes, but after all, he was his spokesman in the army, and it was not good to embarrass him in front of the generals, so he took his words and asked. "Then what does Lieutenant General Preshan mean?"

"We should continue to fight against Bulgaria, it is best to completely defeat their military strength, otherwise we will have to fight again if the conditions are not negotiable."

In the face of the crown prince's inquiry, Preshan found a good reason. However, it is difficult to express their position in the face of the military high-level officials below Pulie Mountain. After all, they all know that the people behind Pulie Mountain are still sitting on the main seat.

After hearing the words of the chief of the general staff, Pu Lieshan, Eder felt in his heart that the people he had promoted were a little anxious.

This kind of proposal obviously only takes into account the idea of ​​one's own side, and does not take into account the interests of Romania as a whole. Edel secretly decided to water them so they wouldn't be so impatient.

At this moment, Admiral Courtois, who was the Minister of War, stood up and spoke slowly. "I also have some opinions of my own that I would like to share."

In the face of the Minister of War, who had rarely spoken out in this war, no one would take his opinion lightly. Edel also wanted to see the opinion of General Courtois, who was in charge of the army for his father.

Seeing everyone waiting for him quietly, Admiral Courtois gave his advice. "Let's not just think about this war, but the post-war relationship with Bulgaria is also one of our priorities."

After he finished saying this, he sat back in his seat and started dozing off like an ordinary old man. However, what he said made all the senior military officials here think to themselves. Although General Courtois did not say whether to continue playing, his attitude has already been shown.

It is true that they can continue to fight this time, but Bulgaria is a country, and none of the participating countries has the ability to divide it up. This is also not allowed by the European powers. Then, if it goes too far, it will be difficult for the relations between the two countries to improve in the future. Although Romania is not afraid of Bulgaria now, who wants to have more countries hostile to it?

Eder himself was also moved by the words of Admiral Courtois. It is impossible to carve up Bulgaria in the first battle that starts next year. After that, Romania needs to face a red power, and will inevitably pay less attention on the flank, so give Bulgaria a little in advance. Showing off is also a good choice.

After thinking of this, Edel had already made a choice. He waved his hand to stop General Preshan who wanted to continue speaking, and said his decision. "After listening to the suggestions of the generals, I fully considered everyone's proposals, and finally I decided to accept the proposal of a truce in Bulgaria. From now on, our Romanian army will stop continuing military operations against Bulgaria."

Edel continued to add after speaking about his decision. "However, our army can't withdraw yet. We need to wait until the results of the negotiation come out before withdrawing. I will lead the chief of the general staff, Preshan, to return to Bucharest. The army in Bulgaria is temporarily led by General Courtois."

After hearing the decision of Crown Prince Eder, Pu Lishan's eyes flashed a trace of loss and immediately recovered. However, when Edel saw it, he didn't care about Pu Lieshan's mind. If he didn't understand this, the chief of staff of the past few years has done nothing. Instead, he said to Admiral Courtois with a smile. "Admiral Courtois needs to work hard for you."

Admiral Courtois did not expect that Crown Prince Eder handed over the command of the Romanian army to him, and quickly stood up and spoke. "Please rest assured, Your Highness, I will be optimistic that the army will not let trouble here."

The day after Bulgaria's request for a truce, Romania responded to Bulgaria's request, expressing its willingness to truce, while giving Serbia, Greece and Montenegro its own decision. After the three countries saw that the main force of the war agreed, they could only agree to Bulgaria's proposal for a truce.

And Enver, the chief of staff who led the Ottoman army to attack, also secretly regretted this. Now they are still 50 kilometers away from Adriatic Fort. However, when the Balkan countries agreed to a truce, he could not let Ottoman go his own way and could only stop the actions of the Ottoman army.

The Second Balkan War, due to Bulgaria on July 30, came to a complete halt, this time with Bulgaria's defeat. Now that the smoke on the battlefield has cleared, the time has come for diplomats from various countries to fight for the interests of their own countries.

PS Mantou's cold has not been cured yet, so it's late again. I hope you don't blame me.

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