"General Buntner, if I asked you to destroy the German army in Odili, how many troops would you need?"
The fierce domestic protests made King Ferdinand I very dissatisfied, so he planned to bypass Parliament, use the power of the king in his hands, and directly order the army to march into Odili!
This is very risky, of course, if they succeed If so, the rewards would be very generous. King Ferdinand I could not only use this battle to annex more of Odili's territory and establish great prestige for himself, but he could also greatly strengthen Roni Ya. The strength of the country under his rule has made the country under his rule even more powerful!
Eastern Europe has not had any powerful countries since ancient times. It has been suppressed by Western Europeans since the Middle Ages. After the collapse of the Eastern Roman Empire, large areas of Eastern Europe were conquered by the Ottoman Empire. During the period of occupation and pagan rule, there was even less development in Eastern Europe!
Roniya was liberated from the hands of the Ottomans after the Russo-Turkish War more than fifty years ago. The beginning of true independence.
Such a short history makes it difficult for Roniya to rise quickly from the dilapidated ruins. Until now, Roniya is only an agricultural country, and the history of World War I tells the world that if it were an agricultural country. If a country does not have a strong enough army, it can only become a piece of meat on someone else's chopping board and be slaughtered by others!
There are only two ways to build a strong army. One is to purchase arms from abroad and use the purchased weapons. To arm themselves and enhance their strength, just like Roniya now.
Of course, this method is not a long-term solution. For a backward agricultural country, expensive weapons and equipment are enough to bankrupt them. The second way is the long-term way!
And the second way is to take the road of independence, build your own factory, start your own military academy, arm your own army with weapons produced by the military factory, and use weapons trained in the academy.
This method is unanimously recognized and implemented by the mainstream European powers. If Roniya wants to become a great power and be on an equal footing with the great powers, this is the only way to go! If you want to develop the military industry and establish the country's industrial system, you need money!
Relying on selling agricultural products and various resources, Roniya's financial ability will be maintained, and there is no money to vigorously develop the country's industry. The only way is to engage in foreign war, plunder the wealth and resources of other countries through war, and even obtain war reparations, thereby rising rapidly!
In the past fifty years, there have been two countries that have risen in this way. One is to defeat the French. During the war, Prussia quickly rose from a small country to become a big country in Europe, even suppressing the Gauls!
The second one was the Far East's Footbath, which was still a very backward agricultural country. To a certain extent, it was even more backward than Roniya.
However, such a backward country obtained a large amount of war reparations from the Qing Dynasty through the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894.
With these war reparations, they quickly grew rapidly.
The rise of Japan led to the glorious results of the Russo-Japanese War ten years later.
After winning the Japanese-Japanese War, Footbath successfully entered the ranks of the world's first-class countries and was recognized by Western countries and the world's mainstream powers.
Recognized by the great powers!
With these two role models in front of him, Ferdinand I naturally wanted to learn from them!
The first step in the rise of these two countries was through wars against other surrounding countries!
Therefore, King Ferdinand I regarded this war against Odili as the first step in the rise of the Roniya Empire. He had a good calculation in his mind. As long as this war was won, his army would march into The splendid Vienna looted wantonly, and then occupied the iron ore and coal mining areas in the southeastern region of Odili, and then demanded a war reparation from the Odili government!
With the looted wealth and war reparations, and using Odili's mineral resources, they can realize their industrialization dream. Then with these industrial foundations, they can then expand southward with the army armed with the military industry. At that time, Bulgarian tusks, native chickens, the Balkan Peninsula and other places were all big fat sheep on their lips!
King Ferdinand I couldn't hold back anymore when he thought of this glorious future in the near future!
He couldn't wait to see this day come as soon as possible, the day when his name would be praised by people!
General Buntner did not feel as good as his own king. Regarding the war with the Odili people that had not yet broken out, Bundtner was actually unsure.
After arriving at the border area, General Buntner sent a large number of The spies went to Odili to spy on the German army's intelligence, and the intelligence the spies gleaned made General Banner deeply uneasy!
His intelligence showed that the German army had opened the passage to the southern area of Hans at this time, and a large amount of materials transported from the Hans mainland had begun to enter Odili. There were even rumors that the main force of the German army was under General Seckter. Under the leadership of , go south to Odili!
The army in General Sekter's hands has a total of 200,000 people. This is a genuine army that came off the battlefield of World War I. They are all elite veterans after hundreds of battles. They are not only well-equipped, but also have rich combat experience and are extremely outstanding. led by famous generals.
If this army joins the battle, the Roniya people will have no chance!
In fact, even if this army does not enter Odili, General Buntner will already feel very troublesome just because of the expanding German army in Odili!
However, in front of the expectant king, General Buntner knew what he should say. The king did not like to hear words that emboldened others and undermined his own prestige, so he had to say something that His Majesty the King liked to hear!
"Your Majesty, I think that if you give us another 200,000 troops, we can defeat this enemy army and successfully occupy the mining area in the south of Odili. If conditions permit, my army may even capture the capital of Odili, Vienna.!"
General Bundner's answer was quite dissatisfying to King Ferdinand I. He felt that his general was too conservative!
If he was given another 200,000 troops, that would be 250,000 troops. This has accounted for 70% of the entire Roniya force. Roniya is a small country with a total population of just over 11 million. The First World War brought over 800,000 huge casualties to Roniya, including military casualties. More than 400,000.
Although Roniya rebuilt the army after the war, due to the serious shortage of young adults in the country, the army after reconstruction was only 350,000. General Buntner asked for 250,000 troops as soon as he opened his mouth, which made Feidi King Nan I can't accept it!
"I will give you at most 100,000 people, no more!"