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Chapter 607 Good intentions
For this Serbian army, Alexander's presence is not strong.

Although Alexander was the commander-in-chief of the Kingdom of Serbia, it was Putnik who actually commanded the troops in combat.

Alexander's influence on the Serbian army is not even as great as Stefan Stenovich's.

At least Stenovich chose to stay with the soldiers when the Serbian army was defeated, but Alexander abandoned his troops and fled to France.

The Serbian soldiers have not received much education and their emotions are very simple. They will help whoever can make their lives better.

Alexander was angry that his speech did not get the response he wanted.

After the speech, Alexander returned to Sofia accompanied by Stenovich.

On the way back in the car, Alexander confessed his true purpose to Stenovich.

Alexander asked Stenovich to preserve his strength, ensure control over the Serbian army, and avoid interference from other factors.

Stenovich frowned. Alexander's request was correct, but it was difficult to achieve.

Serbian soldiers are living people, not puppets, and it is impossible for Stenovich to prohibit Serbian soldiers from contacting Bulgarians.

Many things are beyond your control.

After the Serbian army withdrew into Bulgaria, the wounded were treated in Bulgarian hospitals by doctors sent from the Balkan war zone. It was the Bulgarians who took care of these wounded soldiers.

It was impossible for the wounded soldiers and nurses not to communicate with each other, so the true situation in Bulgaria was spread throughout the Serbian army through the recovered soldiers.

As a Balkan country, Bulgaria distributed land, exempted taxes, and imposed light corvee and levies.

Serbia, however, is militaristic.

What can Stenovich do?

Should we tell those soldiers who have already begun to doubt that the Bulgarian Kingdom is doing something wrong?

So what is correct?

"To boost morale, we must make a promise to the soldiers so that they can live a good life after the war."

Stenovich is a soldier and does not know enough about the art of language.

"So, they didn't have a good life before?"

Dimitrijevic, sitting in the passenger seat, had a tricky angle.

Dimitrievich and Alexander had a close relationship, and it was with Alexander's support that Dimitrievich founded the Black Hand.

"That's not important. What's important is the future."

Stenovich did not want to discuss the issue.

Only your feet know whether the shoes fit your feet or not.

So whether the Serbian soldiers have a good life or not is a question we should ask ourselves.

"No problem, you can do whatever you want as long as it helps restore morale."

Alexander fully supported Stenovich.

Alexander did not live in the barracks like Stenovich, but lived in the Serbian Embassy in Sofia.

After sending Alexander to the embassy, ​​Stenovich returned to the military camp outside the city.

Dimitrievich was very unhappy with Stenovich.

"This old guy must have defected to Grand Duke Yuriev. He betrayed us!"

When Dimitrievich said this, he seemed to have forgotten that he had just contacted Brusinov a few days ago and proposed the establishment of the United Kingdom of Bulgaria, Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

And invited Polis to be the king of this country.

Whether this suggestion is realistic or not is not the point.

If this idea becomes a reality, this may be the country with the longest name in the world.

Alexander said nothing. What he observed was indeed very bad.

"Should we really give land to those poor bastards? They are so lucky."

As a member of the aristocracy himself, Dimitrievich must certainly safeguard the interests of the aristocracy.

"Oh, many of them will never live to see that day."

Alexander is just a blank check.

George never writes blank checks and always does what he says.

When the Balkan League was established, George promised to lead the Balkan countries to defeat the Ottoman Empire and meet the demands of the Balkan countries.

Although the final result is not satisfactory, it is the optimal solution after compromise among all parties.

When mobilizing the Kingdom of Romania to attack the Austro-Hungarian Empire, George promised to give Transylvania to Romania, and now Ferdinand has begun to send consuls to Transylvania.

Montenegrin King Nikola's demands are not high, he just wants to maintain his country's independence.

Albania wants to take back Kosovo and Northern Epirus, which were ceded to Serbia and Greece respectively after the Second Balkan War. George ignored Albania. Even dreaming has its limits.

Although Albania was nominally independent, it was under the joint control of six countries: Britain, Austria, France, Germany, Italy and Russia before the war.

Due to the lack of national leadership, Albania did not mobilize before the war broke out, so it was unable to send troops to help the Kingdom of Serbia like the Kingdom of Montenegro did.

After occupying the entire territory of the Kingdom of Serbia, Conrad successively annexed the Kingdom of Montenegro and Albania.

Albania didn't even resist during this process.

Now George has a new understanding of the saying "the smaller the temple, the more evil the wind".

Like Nicholas, Georgy only asked for guarantees of national independence.

George naturally supported such a request.

Boris didn't ask for anything because he knew very well that George would give him more than he imagined.

With Catherine and Anne in charge, George was just a prop at Boris' wedding.

Nicholas had arrived in Adrianople only the day before the wedding at Polis, and his recent situation had been difficult.

After the outbreak of the war, the successive defeats in the European theater had a huge impact on Nicholas' prestige.

Fortunately, there was the Battle of Galicia to cover up his shame, and Nicholas finally regained some confidence in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

However, the results of the Galician Campaign pale in comparison to those of the Transylvanian Campaign.

George, who opposed the attack before the war, reaped huge rewards after the war broke out.

Little Nicholas, who had supported the attack before the war, was in disgrace, and Nicholas was also affected.

At this time, the British and French armies were planning a new offensive. George V sent a telegram to Nicholas, hoping that the Russian army would cooperate with the British and French forces to attack the German army from the north and south.

This mainly refers to the Balkan war zone commanded by George.

Although George's Legion made progress in Transylvania, George also had an unshirkable responsibility for the demise of the Kingdom of Serbia.

Perhaps the British and French believed that no matter how Peter and his son behaved, George must do his best to provide assistance to the Kingdom of Serbia.

Then George would have something to say.

Britain and Belgium also had an agreement before the war. Why didn't Britain fight for Belgium and the Germans?

On such a happy day, the British and the French made things difficult for George, which made him very unhappy.

"The troops are seriously short of winter supplies, have a serious shortage of weapons and equipment, and are unable to attack."

If you want George to attack, you can do it by getting benefits, but it is impossible to use moral kidnapping.

Nicholas had a complicated expression.

Although Nicholas did not go to Constantinople, he was very clear about the situation in Constantinople.

Could it be that the mountains of supplies in Constantinople were all fake?
"An attack must have a clear purpose. It cannot be an attack for the sake of attacking. The main force of the German army is still in Britain and France. You must understand William's good intentions."

George whispered to Nicholas that this was a heinous crime.

"How can this be!"

Nicholas is indeed a little lacking in social skills.

It’s actually hard to say.

William II and Nicholas must have had feelings for each other.

However, after the war broke out, the German army showed no mercy to the Russian army.

But this cannot be blamed on the Germans, after all, it was that idiot Zhilinsky who first invaded Germany.

As for the German counterattack on Warsaw, George believed that the problem lay with Hindenburg and Ludendorff.

Hindenburg and his chief of staff Ludendorff were military men. George believed that the reason why the German army on the Eastern Front launched the Battle of Warsaw was to attack instead of defend.

The size of the Russian army on the Eastern Front was twice that of the German-Austrian coalition.

If Hindenburg wanted to hold the defense line, he could only continue to inflict casualties on the Russian army.

Otherwise, when the Russian army is ready, Hindenburg will be in trouble.

For the same reason, Mackensen would also organize an offensive on the Tisza front, because the gap in troop strength on the Tisza front would become larger and larger over time.

George had nothing to say, and the orders given to Vasily and Andrei were to defend and wait for the armored troops to arrive.

The Russian army is still building roads in the Carpathian Mountains and has not stopped even with the arrival of winter.

This work will be completed before March next year.

At the wedding, George couldn't say too much to Nicholas. Anyway, George and little Nicholas would go back to Petrograd for a meeting at the end of the year, so they could leave these things for then.

(End of this chapter)