Mediterranean Hegemony Road

On the southern front, after the end of the Battle of Transylvania, the Allies turned to defend, and the group of soldiers who had lost their weapons and equipment were also rearmed by Marshal August von Markenson. Naturally there is none, but they still seized a lot of weapons and equipment in the previous Eastern Front battles. It was possible to pick out some of them and use them first.

That is to say, the judgment made by Dante Kristof is not accurate. The current ally is already 530,000 troops, instead of the 400,000 troops they estimated in advance.

However, even if the estimation is wrong, this will not change the strength comparison between the two sides. Whether it is 400,000 troops to 900,000 troops, or 530,000 troops to 900,000 troops, the Allies are at an absolute disadvantage.

The most important thing is that after several months of fighting and running-in, the Indian division with the lowest combat effectiveness has been exhausted, and the newly edited "Mercenary" division has changed from a recruit to a veteran!

In general, not only did the combat effectiveness of the Bulgarian army not decrease, but it slightly increased, which is not so wonderful for the vitally injured German-Austrian coalition.

As for the Romanian Restoration Army, ignore them first. If it was not for political needs, their establishment was long gone. Even for political needs, most of their troops were Romania recruited from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The total strength is less than 10,000 people. It cannot change the overall situation at all!

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At the military conference, August von Mackenson said in a low tone: "Now that the enemy is menacing, and our army has just been hit hard, we have no strength to fight the enemy in the short term!

Now that the enemy has air dominance, we are destined to be unable to keep the Debrecen line. I decided to conduct a strategic retreat of the entire army and rebuild the defense line along the Tisza river.

Now we still need to delay time for the construction of defense lines, so I decided that the troops should resist each other and cover and retreat alternately, and we must also remove or destroy all the ships on the south bank and sever the possibility of the enemy crossing the river in a short time !! "

As soon as the words of Marshal August von Mackensen fell, they were opposed by the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The commander of the 16th Army of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Count Andrasil, said firmly, "No, we disagree!"

After a pause, Count Andrasil explained: "Even if Debrecen falls, we can continue to build defenses and continue to fight against the enemy in Pispolklodani, instead of simply avoiding war. !!

If you retreat to the Tisza, this is equivalent to abandoning the central Danube plain, then one-third of the grain-producing area of ​​the Kingdom of Hungary will fall, and Belgrade's flanks will be dangerous. Such consequences are simply not what we can bear. of! "

Andrasil's opposition did not surprise everyone. As an officer from the Kingdom of Hungary, he would have no problem if he did not object.

Marshal von Markenson's plan is indeed very good. It can be said to be extremely conservative. According to his strategy, there is almost no chance of failure.

However, this also seriously harmed the interests of the Kingdom of Hungary. The Transylvanian Plateau has long been occupied. Now if the central Danube plain is abandoned, the territory of the Kingdom of Hungary will be occupied by nearly four layers.

The best military option is the worst politically. You can imagine how serious the consequences will be for the Kingdom of Hungary!

August von Markenson said coldly: "Enough, don't make irresponsible excuses! From a military perspective, this is the most correct choice now. If you are not military idiots, you should know that we are now What situation is facing!

As for politics, let the **** politics go to hell! As a soldier, I hope that you can understand that national interests are paramount, and you cannot ignore national interests for personal or group interests!

The current situation is already very dangerous for the Allies. For Germany and Austria, the most important thing now is to win this war. Everything we do now is to serve this war!

As for harming the interests of certain individuals or groups, I hope that everyone can take care of the overall situation, and do not allow some people to override the interests of individuals or groups above the national interest! "

Apparently, August von Mackenson has already exploded. He is very dissatisfied with the Hungarian behavior of supporting his hind legs.

In his opinion, there is no problem in trying to hold Debrecen. As long as the Hungarians are willing to send reinforcements to bring out strategic supplies, these are not the problems!

Instead of just gesticulating and not taking action as it is now! Do the Hungarians think they can block the enemy with a cannon?

Or is the Kingdom of Hungary unable to get even more than a hundred thousand or two hundred thousand reinforcements? This is obviously impossible. Anyway, it is also the second head of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. No matter how bad the mix is, the troops of a dozen divisions can still get it! Even if not, the temporary mobilization of the Kingdom of Hungary can come together!

As for the strategic supplies required by the front line, they did not let them bear the full amount. August von Mackenson just needed them to provide a batch of supplies for emergency response.

Anyway, the Kingdom of Hungary is also a medium kingdom with a population of more than 20 million. If they want, they can deduct a part from the capitalists. Is there still supplies for the frontline for two or three months?

After all, are you defending the homeland of the Kingdom of Hungary? There is no reason why the allies can give money and help, and they are playing me soy sauce and waving flags right?

Obviously, the position of the Hungarians is totally different from that of Marshal August von Mackensen. In the eyes of the Hungarians, this war is a war between the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the German Empire, and has nothing to do with the Kingdom of Hungary!

As for the fact that the Kingdom of Hungary supported the Austro-Hungarian Empire in participating in this war, they have long been thrown out of the clouds.

Since this war has nothing to do with the Kingdom of Hungary, they have previously paid for their help to fight the war, and now the war has hit their homeland with heavy losses, and it is not too much to ask Germany and Austria to compensate?

As for continuing to contribute to this war, this is obviously impossible! Haven't they worked hard before? The losses have been so great, so far they have not received any compensation, so why do they continue the war?

After all, John Bull just promised not to be held accountable for the war in the Kingdom of Hungary before, which does not mean that they will not be held accountable in future wars, and the Allies will not be held accountable!

The positions of the two sides are different, and naturally the ideas are different, but Marshal August von Mackensen still orders in his capacity as the commander-in-chief of the German-Australian Army of the Southern Front.

As for the Hungarians, if they have the courage to disobey, they can not execute it! Anyway, after retreating to the Tisza, the army in August von Mackenson's hands does not need that much, he really does not care about the 30,000 or 40,000 troops in Hungary!

The prerequisite is that these Hungarian troops stay here and don't go back, otherwise they will still have to eat guns when they disobey military orders.

Well, the main reason why the Vienna government dared to continue the war is that so far, the fighting has been concentrated in the Kingdom of Hungary and has not reached Austria. Now it is possible to use this war to weaken this disobedient kingdom and also help Austria. The Hungarian Empire has a long history!

In the face of the strong Marshal August von Markenson, the Hungarians decisively chose to admit, of course, as a price, when the troops retreated to the other side of the Tisza, the Hungarian troops increased again. Thousands of deserters!

There is no doubt that the locals who ran away were running home without any thought. Anyway, this war has nothing to do with them. Let anyone fight if they like to fight!

This is also the main dilemma facing the Kingdom of Hungary now. If the ethnic problems of the Austro-Hungarian Empire are serious, then the ethnic problems of the Kingdom of Hungary are "powder guns"!

Even though Hungarians make up half of the kingdom's total population, their terrible ethnic policies have messed up the country.

In this respect, they are far worse than the Austro-Hungarian Empire. At least under the rule of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, everyone still recognizes this country!

It will not work in the Kingdom of Hungary. The resentment accumulated by the ethnic minorities suppressed by force in the country is about to explode. This is only one aspect of the soldiers' escape!

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Tissian is now very heartbroken. The strategic retreat of the German-Australian coalition, although military to avoid the fate of being surrounded by the enemy, is politically very bad for the Kingdom of Hungary.

Large areas of the country have fallen, and domestic nationalism has begun to burst out. They advocate quitting the war, regaining lost ground, and establishing a new Great Hungary.

Amazing, right? The Hungarians want to separate from the Austro-Hungarian Empire and establish a new Great Hungary Kingdom, which means that they still recognize the Hungarian throne of Ferdinand II!

This is Europe's unique political system. In terms of jurisprudence, Ferdinand II was the king of the Kingdom of Hungary and recognized by the whole world. They also swore allegiance to Ferdinand II as subjects and naturally did not. Can be easily "betrayed"!

Even if they were essentially betrayed, in their view, they opposed the Austro-Hungarian Emperor Ferdinand II, not the Hungarian King Ferdinand I! (Remarks: The Kingdom of Hungary was only established for a short time. It was established in the hands of Joseph I. He was also the first Franz family to name Ferdinand, so he is also Ferdinand I.)

Even after the end of the First World War, Grand Duke Carl, who had abolished the throne, almost became the king of the Hungarian kingdom again, but the goods were too deadly, and the political means were too bad. It was put down by someone to play, and the throne was abolished directly!

Although Hungarian nationalism is now prevailing, major political factions have reached an agreement and decided to withdraw from the Austro-Hungarian Empire and establish an independent Hungarian kingdom, but he still does not oppose Ferdinand I's continued kingship.

Well, the so-called political factions, in fact, the big aristocrats and big capitalists in the Hungarian Kingdom have reached an agreement on their positions, they have decided not to continue playing with the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

The main reason is that they believe that the defeat of the Allies in this war has become a foregone conclusion. If they continue to stay in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, they will be equivalent to being a member of the Allies. After the war, they will be liquidated by the Allies.

People tend to be at stake. In order to escape the punishment of war, they naturally want to change jobs. In this respect, the capitalists are particularly positive. Compared with the big aristocrats, their background is really too poor, and they have no ability to resist risks!

The traditional big aristocracy is not so worried. Simply put, relatives are spread all over Europe, and at most they are robbed. They are basically not life-threatening, and can also keep some property through family relations.

For example, Ferdinand, the Kohali family of the Gotha dynasty from which he was born is also a member of the Hungarian aristocracy, and it is still the top one.

As long as you turn up, everyone is definitely a relative. In this context, if the Bulgarian army entered the Kingdom of Hungary, would they worry about security?

Obviously not. Even if it is for fame, Ferdinand must also ensure that most of them live well. This is also the general rule of European nobility.

Of course, this is not free. For example, the large areas of Ferdinand's Abra and Sitno territory in Slovakia were taken over by the government in nominal terms, but in essence everyone has not yet moved this interest, and he still The castle and manor underneath still belong to the Kohali family. (Note: Most of Slovakia before World War I belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary)

Obviously this is one of the unknown insider transactions. In return, the castles and manors of these nobles have not been visited by the Bulgarian army. Even in the occupied area, Ferdinand has not touched them. Property?

When did the Bulgarian army soften over the property of the capitalists? Isn't it all the way to confiscation?

There is no doubt that everyone has communicated in advance. Based on the principle of not putting eggs in a basket, in the absence of conflict of interest, everyone is still willing to leave a little incense!

If they really did not care about directly dividing up the land of Ferdinand, then they are really dying?

As for the consequences? Think about it first, can you resist the revenge of a king?

Who would not abuse their power? People are selfish ~ www.novelmtl.com ~ Ferdinand is no exception. Whoever moves his cheese will kill him!

It is not easy to retaliate, such as bombing the city of Budapest and breaking the foundation of some people; for example, the enemy's manor and castle suddenly turned into an arms depot on the clearance, which became the key bombing target of the Bulgarian Air Force. You can't use Ferdinand's martial arts to test the problem. He really has no lower limit!

So what really worries them now is these big capitalists. If they still tied themselves to the broken ship of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, then if the war fails, no one can help them keep their property, or they may lose their lives.

Anyway, Europe has a tradition of treating nobles in this era. Everyone will try to avoid killing nobles for no reason, but the capitalists are different. Their reputation is notorious in this era. No one cares about their lives!

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