Romanian Eagle

After Edel arranged for Volkswagen to develop new models, Austria-Hungary finally couldn't stand the two countries that had been secretly working on the Bosnia and Herzegovina issue.

With the support of Germany, Austria-Hungary will announce a semi-mobilization in early March. At the same time, Germany also issued a threatening note to Russia, announcing that Russia must recognize Austria-Hungary's sovereignty over Bosnia and Herzegovina. If Russia continues to support Serbia's dispute over Bosnia and Herzegovina, then Germany and Austria will take military action against Russia.

While Eder was watching a play, a telegram from Germany pulled him into this crisis.

"His Royal Highness, Your Majesty, please come over." Edel was working on this day. Director Adri came over and told the crown prince that the king had something to do with him. When Edel heard it, he thought to himself that there was nothing major that could alarm his father recently. In the past two years, Carroll I handed over most of the work to Edel in order to train the crown prince. Now the king has rarely been involved in political affairs except for major affairs. This time his father's invitation naturally made Edel think that there is something else going on in the country.

After thinking for a moment that nothing happened, Edel asked "Who's with my father now?"

"The German ambassador, Baslob, is with His Majesty."

After hearing the chief executive's remarks, Edel thought to himself whether it was because of the crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina that he sought our diplomatic support. The crown prince didn't think much, walked to the room of the old king Carol, and saw that there were only his father and the German ambassador in the room, and even the director Adri closed the door after the crown prince entered the room.

"Father, do you have something to do with me?" Although Edel was puzzled, he asked the old king first.

"Edel has one thing now, and I think I need to ask your opinion." Carroll I said.

"Father, please tell me, I will think about it seriously." The crown prince saw that this was not a simple matter, so he should listen to it first. Unexpectedly, the next person to talk about this was the German ambassador, Bas Loeber.

"His Royal Highness, in order to ensure the accuracy of this matter, let me tell the crown prince."

Seeing that the old king had no objection, Edel signaled to let Basrober continue.

"This time I came here hoping to get your country's support for the Bosnian issue. Your Highness should know about the relationship between our Germany and Austria-Hungary. This time I sent an ultimatum to Russia because they were too unscrupulous in the Balkans. This is every Unbearable for those who love peace."

Edel asked after hearing the remarks from the ambassador, Baslob. "What kind of support do you need."

In the face of the crown prince's interrupted questioning, the ambassador was not annoyed and continued to speak. "We hope that when Russia is obsessed, Romania can join us in punishing Russia, and in return we can forgive your country's debts. At the same time, we believe that the people of Moldavia have the right to choose the country they like."

Eder heard this and basically knew what Germany meant. If Germany and Austria-Hungary declared war on Russia now, and Romania joined, Germany could forgive the debt of more than 200 million marks and distribute it to the Romanian Moldavia region (because most of the local are all Latin-speaking Romanians).

After hearing this amazing news, Eder did not respond immediately, and the old king and ambassador Baslob did not immediately ask, and were all waiting for the crown prince's reply. When he carefully recalled that there was no war between Germany and Russia before World War I, how could Romania be involved this time?

In fact, this Bosnia-Herzegovina crisis in history has nothing to do with Romania at all. It was Eder himself who was implicated in Romania this time. After borrowing heavily from Germany, Germany believed that Romania was about to fall to the Allies. In addition, after returning home, Ludendorff told Xiao Maoqi the strength of the Romanian army. In this Bosnia and Herzegovina crisis, the Kaiser also wants to see if Romania is really willing to follow in Germany's footsteps. That's why the move to win over Romania for military action.

"Mr Ambassador,

Can you give us two days first? This matter is too big and we need to discuss it. "The crown prince can only delay for a while now, things are too sudden and need to be relieved to sort out his thoughts.

"Alright then, Your Highness, I'll come back in two days." Ambassador Baslob did not think that Romania would agree immediately. Two days of discussing such a major matter is fast enough.

The old king asked Eder after seeing the German ambassador, Baslob, going out. "Edel is now facing a German request, what should we do?"

"My father asked me to think about it first. I don't dare to make a decision lightly on such a big thing."

After the crown prince returned to his office, he asked people not to disturb him. In a quiet environment, Eder carefully analyzed the impact of the crisis on Romania.

Now the Kaiser's request to participate in the war is a headache for Eder, although in the memory of his previous life, the war broke out in 1914. But nothing is absolute, in case Nicholas II of this world knocks his head and rejects the demands of Germany and Austria. France will not let Russia face Germany and Austria alone, so that Germany and Austria declare war on Russia, France declares war on Germany and Austria, and Britain will follow suit, so the war will break out ahead of schedule.

This made Edel, who wanted to make a lot of war money in the early stage of the First World War, unacceptable. However, if the Kaiser's request was rejected, the First World War broke out according to the scheduled track. Then it is certain that the withdrawal of German capital is a high probability problem, and the payment for the goods will also be required to be paid off in advance.

Now Romania's industrial construction is at a critical juncture, and the reorganization of the army has not been completed, so there is no money to pay off debts. Even selling Edel himself would not be enough to pay off the debt, so this was a dilemma. Now we can only carefully analyze the current situation and choose a choice that is not prone to unexpected situations.

"Bring me the current information about Russia." Edel called to the guards outside the door. Thanks to the fact that Romania now attaches the most importance to Russian intelligence, after a while the guards came in with a lot of information about Russia.

"You can go out if you post it on the desk, don't let anyone disturb me." Edel instructed the guard, after seeing the guard walk out and close the door. Edel picked up all kinds of information about Russia and looked up. In the next time, Edel looked up all kinds of information about Russia's politics, economy, public security and so on. After checking the preliminary, despite the blood transfusion from France, it is judged that the Russian economy has not fully recovered to the state before the Russo-Japanese War, and the war potential is greatly reduced.

In this case, the chances of Russia rejecting the demands of Germany and Austria are very small. Even if Tsar Nicholas II refused, he would be dissuaded by the ministers to come back. After all, no one is a fool.

After getting the answer, Edel walked out of the room and found that the captain of the guard was waiting for him with a group of guards anxiously outside.

"Your Highness, you have finally come out. You have been inside for five hours." Seeing the crown prince opening the door, the captain of the guard, Carust, stepped forward and said with concern.

"I don't have anything to let them go. I'm a little hungry when I bring something here." Edel told his chief guard. After eating, Edel came to the office of Carol I and saw the old father who was also thinking about the same problem.

"Father, I've thought about it. We can agree to Germany's request this time."

"Tell me the reason." Carroll asked his crown prince with great interest.

"The reason is very simple. Now the Russian economy has not fully recovered, and there is not enough money to play financially. Politically, the activities of the socialists have not completely subsided, and there are various small riots among the people. These data show that Russia is not yet capable of fighting a major war."

After talking about Russia, Eder talked about domestic. "Germany has a great influence on us now, and we cannot do without their support both economically and militarily. We are now unable to refuse the Kaiser's request."

Carol I pondered after listening to Edel's analysis. He knew what the crown prince meant. Now Russia does not dare to fight. In addition, Romania needs Germany now, so he can make a speculation. After Carroll didn't think of it himself, Edel said, "You can do as you say."

Two days later, the German ambassador, Baslober, came to the palace, still in the old king's office, still the same three people before. But this time, Eder, who had already made up his mind, told the German ambassador. "Thanks to Germany's love. If Germany and Austria take military action against Russia in this crisis, Romania is willing to follow in Germany's footsteps and join this action."