Chapter 1035: Romania in the wind and rain
Chapter 1035: Romania in Wind and Rain
"Yes, that's it! Romania has provided Deao with hundreds of thousands of wagons of wheat and corn, as well as a large number of livestock, vegetables, oil, and dairy products! By the way, there are millions of tons of fuel! We can't let them become the material base of the Allies! So we must either stand on our side, or we will destroy them!" A cold light flashed in the eyes of Nicholas II!
In fact, even though it is a small country, Romania still has something coveted by the Allies and Allies! This small country with an area of only more than 130,000 square kilometers is the second largest oil producer in Europe and the fourth largest wheat exporter! In history, Romania provided hundreds of thousands of wagons of agricultural products to the Allies before they joined the Allies! Romania, which pursues a standardist attitude, even if it is neutral, is intolerable to Russia. Now that Russia, which is aware of the crisis, has to do everything possible to weaken its opponents, it has turned to neutrality to provide a large amount of supplies to the allies. In Romania, the Czar decisively expressed that he could not bear it!
In addition to supplies, Romania's strategic location is very important to both parties. Prince Ruprecht wants to gain a direct route to Turkey by controlling Romania. For the Allies, in addition to strengthening the pressure on Turkey, the more important thing is that Romania and Serbia are next to each other. Serbia has not yet been occupied by Germany and Austria. If Romania participates in the Allies, it would be tantamount to establishing a rule. The passage to the Aegean Sea, once the French navy returns, under the cover of the French navy, a steady stream of supplies can reach Russia through the passage of Serbia and Romania! And if this can be done, who is fine and has to fight the Dardanelles!
Even if it is not for supplies, but simply for this channel, Russia on this plane will never allow Romania to remain neutral or to seek refuge in the Allies, and it will use all means to win over Romania to join the Allies!
What's more, Romania is small, but there are still 600,000 to 700,000 troops on paper! According to the Russian understanding, even 700,000 donkeys can play some role! Therefore, when the Romanian government is hesitant, the Russians want to use some "special" means to promote Romania to come to their side!
"If we really want to use force to interfere in Romania's internal affairs, then we must be fast. I suggest drawing 3 newly formed cavalry divisions to form our forwards into Romania. Then cooperate with Ferdinand to complete the control of Bucharest!" Kuro Patkin said.
"You arrange this yourself. We can temporarily delay the Galician offensive." The Tsar paused and said: "In addition, once you control Romania, you can persuade Ferdinand to use the gold reserves of the National Bank of Romania as The funds to purchase our equipment, if it is not enough, all kinds of gold jewelry and cultural relics, as long as there are precious metals on them."
"Eh?!" Even if the Russians came out and walked around in a circumstance, they would lose something, the actions of His Majesty the Tsar can definitely be called robbery! However, after a brief surprise, Kuropatkin and others expressed their approval for the emperor's wise and brilliant decision. The Russians are familiar with the road!
"Will this arouse the resistance of the Romanians?" Brusinov asked worriedly.
"We are the Hungarians who helped Ferdinand fight Romania's old enemy. If the war wins, Romania might get 100,000 square kilometers of land. What counts as this gold and cultural relics?" Nicholas II placed Wave your hand to indicate that it is so set!
Although Romania is a small country, after all, it has some family backgrounds. Relying on its relatively rich natural resource endowment, Romania still had something that greeted the Russians in World War I! Historically, in 1916, a group of trains filled with 17 trains with a total weight of 97 tons of gold and gold bars travelled from Romania to Moscow, Russia under the **** of four-carriage soldiers. In the summer of 1917, another batch of cultural relics, gold, and various jewellery were shipped to Russia, not to mention the collections of various ancient nobles and royal families, there were thousands of oil paintings, and even the cathedrals in Romania. Golden crosses, gold and silver incense burners, and golden vestments were not spared. As for the remaining gold and silver coins in the bank and the important documents of the National Archives, they were all looted!
(As for the final result of these things? In fact, everyone should be able to guess it. According to the traditional Russian practice, how can you spit out what you eat? In fact, except for some documents and files, as well as individual cultural relics. Others Things have not yet returned to Romania.)
The wealth of Romania is still very important to Russia, because at this time Russia should not expect to use the ruble to allow Italy or other countries to provide high-performance engines that they cannot produce. Only real money can be circulated! Even the purchases of goods by Germans are priced in precious metals!
"With the help of the three armies of the Southwest Front and Romanian cannon fodder, we should be able to win the Battle of Galicia, right?" Nicholas II said at the end of the meeting~www.wuxiaspot.com~If we can't If a breakthrough is made in the direction of Galicia, then Romania’s end is doomed. Although there are 700,000 troops, they can still fight the Austro-Hungarian Empire with our help, and without us, their existence time I'm afraid it can only be calculated in days. "
Brusinov wrote in his diary. Obviously, he is still a little worried about this gamble on the national movement of an allied country and the strength of several army groups. He vaguely felt that there was a problem in some places, but he couldn't think of the problem!
The Russians plan to launch a battle to resolve the Austro-Hungarian Army in Galicia three months after this meeting. What they didn’t expect was that before the Russians officially started this battle, the Germans were already prepared. The reason was simple. The Russians took too long to prepare, and there was no way to conceal themselves in such a big battle. intention! In the face of almost every day when there are more than 50 or even at most, there are three-figure aircraft in the air. The Germans can't say that they know the Russian frontline mobilization well, but it is normal to find a few moving train guns or large-scale movements of the corps!
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