As soon as Bulgaria announced the expansion of the army, the recruiting offices were filled with people. Even the streets were lined with full lines of applicants, and the people rushed to join the army.
In fact, all of the above is the official Bulgarian propaganda. The recruitnt offices are indeed all full of people, and the lines do go out into the street. It is difficult to say whether the population is eager to join the army or not. Because Bulgaria has a mandatory military service system, every draft has to co.
Bulgaria's finances were not that rich either. Even though they had grown considerably compared to the previous year, with revenues of 130 million Lev in 1891, there was no money left over from the "Second Five-Year Plan", which was a gold-digging beast.
Although he recruited 60,000 soldiers this ti, the budget for weapons and equipnt was not much. Ferdinand intends to wait for the military reform, then change on a large scale, to give recruits the weapons that are obsolete just after.
Since the fall of Stambolov's cabinet, Ferdinand has kept away from making major moves against the army in order to maintain stability.
Simply use the Royal Guard to train his people, quietly keep a reserve of talent, and at most use the subtle ways of communication between officers to influence the army.
Since the Army almost doubled in size at once, a massive personnel transfer certainly made sense.
He then promoted many people in the Bulgarian Army, and the old cliques were torn apart suddenly.
Even if soone wants to oppose, it can not stop his n from being promoted! The forr position of the army is very much, and naturally, it can only take the promotion outside. The close associate of Ferdinand, who has been nurtured for a long ti, also took the chance to be placed inside.
It is just the start. After completing the adjustnt of the middle and lower officers, Ferdinand, who knows the value of the 'gun', made another move and ford the Bulgarian Military Council in charge of army training and foreign wars and made a collective promotion of the top officers.
The coming of a single power combination of Ferdinand removed the army's forr high officials from the front line. Nominally, the status of these officials was raised, and they were only responsible to the monarch, and the cabinet beca a parallel body.
Sava Mutkurov was in a bad mood recently. He was afraid to stand up for Ferdinand when he faced Ferdinand's offer and did not stand up for him at first. However, he chose to support Ferdinand in the end, who knew that the Stambolov governnt was finished so quickly that he did not play much of a role.
After the formation of the new governnt, Sava Mutkurov was still used again for the sake of stability and was eventually promoted to the post of Minister of War, which was a perfect place to start.
But Sava Mutkurov is not that sharp in his political thinking. He did a stupid thing not long ago, 'against military reform'!
Well, nothing happened. The Military Council ford by Ferdinand has a lot of authority that overlaps with that of the Minister of War. What is more crucial is that Sava Mutkurov is now only an ordinary mber of the Military Council and does not serve as its chairman.
In hindsight, Sava Mutkurov also knows that he was left on his own. The mbers of the Military Council are all big shots in the Bulgarian military. Who will listen to him now that everyone has the sa authority?
This reform brought many unhappy people like Sava Mutkurov, but there was nothing to do but complain about themselves!
As for the coup, their influence in the military has been weakened to the lowest point. This ti, almost all officers above the company level have been replaced. Besides, Ferdinand did not kill all. Not all of them have been "promoted" is it?
So people are unhappy, so people are happy, Stefan Toshev is now very happy. Due to Ferdinand's enlarged Royal Guard's butterfly effect, he joined it. With his superior ability, he was promoted to captain a year ago. He has now caught up with the good tis and beca the commander of the 8th Division of the new Bulgarian Army.
There are many other examples like this. After the reform of Ferdinand's military system and the main post, there were two deputies as reserve officers. Moreover, in ti for the great expansion of the army, the demand for officers is several tis more than the original. If one cannot be promoted under this situation, there is indeed a problem.
Of course, Ferdinand did not have the energy to concern himself with such trifles now that an important historical event had broken out - the assassination of Crown Prince Nikolai in Japan!
Ferdinand was not concerned when he thought that the attack would not happen after Nikolai stayed in Bulgaria for a short ti and he postponed his visit to Japan.
He did not expect that Nikolai II would travel to Japan more than a month later than in history. However, the unlucky boy did not escape the knife.
He can only say that the ability of the little Japanese to harm is really great. Luckily, the assassination of the Crown Prince of Russia has not succeeded. Otherwise, it would imdiately go to war with Russia!
The Sino-Japanese War has not yet broken out. There is no compensation from the Qing Dynasty to achieve great developnt. Japan is still a poor guy at this ti against the Russian Empire at their peak. If you think about it, you will know the end.
No matter how Ferdinand wished, the news all over the world blew up anyway. Political assassination has always been taboo. The Japanese dared to assassinate the Crown Prince of Russia. No matter the relationship with the governnt is, it is impossible to get away with it.
Bulgaria is an ally of Russia. Of course, Ferdinand, who was not a fan of Japan in his previous life, will take advantage of the situation.
As a matter of fact, he told the dostic dia that they were always trying to create a false flag. He also told Hoover to guide Russian public opinion. He created a theory that they would be traitors if they didn't attack Japan.
At this mont, anyway, it's not easy to do so. It's politically correct to avenge Crown Prince Nikolai. Everyone is cursing the Japanese, and it's not a problem if soone curses harder!
And that's not all. Ferdinand sent a fake telegram to express his concern. By the way, he also asked: when are you going to beat up the Japanese? Do you need any help?
It is clear that Ferdinand is looking for sothing to provoke. May Russia now war against Japan? If the one in power is not Alexander III, that is really hard to say! It is clear that Alexander III did not intend to go to war because if not, Russia would have made preparations.
Crown Prince Nikolai in Japan, now really very angry that he was simply out to travel around. He was not well received in any country, but the assassins ca out when he arrived in Japan!
Now, they are re-sending a few officials over to apologize, and that's the end of it? No matter what, the assassins in the crowd are a failure of their security, and they must be held responsible. Even if they apologize, the Emperor himself must co!
After checking his injuries from the hospital, Nikolai didn't care about any diplomatic protocols and went straight back ho, not caring about how the Japanese felt now.
Crown Prince Nikolai, who had just left Japan, received Ferdinand's telegram, and his anger, which he had suppressed, ca up again. He tore up the telegram and cursed: You think I don't want to go to war? I want to beat him up right now, but I can't say it!
After so ti, the British began to diate. Ferdinand felt that it seed too cheap to let Japan pass. A bright idea ca into his mind again, and he imdiately sent another telegram to Crown Prince Nikolai.
This ti Nikolai's mood is much better. Ferdinand's idea this ti is much more reliable. That's right. It's to get the Japanese governnt to pay for it!
It's not too much to ask for compensation for your injuries. You are at least the Crown Prince of the Russian Empire, and you must have compensation worthy of your status!
It makes sense everywhere. Even if the Japanese governnt has reached an agreent with Russia with the help of British diation, it does not negate Nikolai's right to claim.
This ti, the Japanese were very quick to express their willingness to compensate in the newspapers publicly.
Ferdinand said, "huh" on the aside, what is worthy of the status of compensation?
Ferdinand gave a proposal of 100 million Pounds. No matter how much the Japanese can give, at least this figure makes Nikolai happy!
It is a good ass-kissing by Ferdinand, which also ans that the Japanese governnt is in trouble. Because no matter how much they give behind will not satisfy Nikolai, 100 million pounds will not co out!
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