Tsarist Russia: Please Call Me Your Majesty The Tsar

In recent decades, although there have been constant frictions among the major powers in Europe, they have generally maintained a state of peace.

Countries also seem to know that once a war breaks out, it will inevitably be a war of enormous scale. For all countries, it will have a huge impact. Even if you win the war, you will pay a huge price.

Therefore, countries are also doing their best to avoid wars.

Now, the Tsarist Russian Empire is using force against the Kingdom of Bulgaria, which undoubtedly broke the tacit understanding and balance among the countries, and directly pushed the countries to the precipice of war!

This made the countries for a while, although the clamor was very loud. However, it is not so easy to get them to take de facto action.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire began to order the army to prepare for battle and began to gather towards the border.

However, because the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Kingdom of Bulgaria do not border each other now. Therefore, if they want to send troops into the Kingdom of Bulgaria, they have to pass through the territory of the Kingdom of Serbia or the Kingdom of Romania.

At the same time, the Austro-Hungarian Empire knew very well that the Russian Empire was a powerful enemy. It is not so easy for them to fight and defeat the Tsarist Empire.

This made the Austro-Hungarian Empire immediately order the ambassador to the Germanic Empire to contact the Germanic Empire and request the support of the Germanic Empire. It would be the best if the Germanic Empire could send troops to help them.

However, this takes time.

The Ottoman Empire, too, felt an imminent threat.

Abdul Hamid II, the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, ordered the army to begin to gather in the Rumelia region to prepare for the Russian Empire.

Of course, in view of the fact that in the past ten wars with the Tsarist Empire, the Ottoman Empire has mostly lost miserably. Now, the Ottoman Empire is even weaker and has been completely suppressed by the Russian Empire. So much so that the Ottoman Empire simply didn't have the courage to continue to contend with the Tsarist Empire. If there is no support from other countries, as long as the Tsarist Russian Empire does not take the initiative to invade the Ottoman Empire, the Ottoman Empire would not dare to easily provoke a war.

Under such circumstances, although the Kingdom of Bulgaria immediately asked for help from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. However, they have not been rescued for a long time.

And the elite troops of the Tsarist Russian Empire have quickly approached Sofia.

From Varna to Sofia, about four hundred kilometers.

For the infantry, it would take at least half a month just to hurry.

However, fortunately, the speed of the 1st Cavalry Brigade is very fast. As if the infantry were still on their way slowly, the 1st Cavalry Brigade took only three days to reach the city of Sofia.

Although, the Kingdom of Bulgaria has gathered tens of thousands of people here. The 1st Cavalry Brigade only has more than 9,000 people.

However, they still took the initiative to attack.

The 1st Cavalry Brigade of the Russian Empire set up 24 75mm field guns and opened fire violently.

Although the army of the Kingdom of Bulgaria has a large number of people, it can only defend and dare not take the initiative to attack.

After all, in this era, cavalry not only maneuver fast. At the same time, it also has a strong impact. In field battles, infantry is no match for cavalry at all.

Especially the army of the Kingdom of Bulgaria is poorly equipped. Not to mention the Maxim heavy machine gun, there are not even many artillery pieces.

Under such circumstances, they are not opponents of the 1st Cavalry Brigade of the Russian Imperial Army at all.

If you stick to the city, relying on the absolute superiority in military strength, you may be able to resist it.

At least, until the main force of infantry of the Russian Imperial Army arrives, they will have no problem.

But the biggest problem was that King Ferdinand I of Bulgaria was also terrified.

When the reinforcements from the Austro-Hungarian Empire did not arrive, he worried that he had been abandoned and had become an abandoned child.

So, on the night of July 24, under the protection of the pro-guards, Ferdinand I fled Sofia with a group of high-level kingdom officials.

They went straight west across the border into the Kingdom of Serbia.

Then, through the Kingdom of Serbia, went to the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

This time, even the king and high-level officials fled, which immediately caused the morale of the Bulgarian army to plummet. The fighting will of the soldiers suffered a devastating blow.

Under such circumstances, they no longer had the courage to continue fighting the army of the Tsarist Russian Empire.

So, in the afternoon of the second day, a large number of troops from the Kingdom of Bulgaria went out of the city to surrender.

They don't want to lose their lives in the next battle.

The generals and officers of the Bulgarian Kingdom in the city, seeing that the general situation is over, if they continue to resist, they will undoubtedly die.

As a result, they all led their troops out of the city to surrender.

This made the frontline generals of the Tsarist Russian Empire extremely surprised. They actually took down the capital of the Kingdom of Bulgaria with only one cavalry brigade.

Subsequently, Admiral Gurko quickly changed the battle plan, allowing the remaining several infantry divisions to march towards other cities in the Kingdom of Bulgaria, and complete the occupation of the entire Kingdom of Bulgaria in a short period of time.

Until the end of July, the military operations of the Tsarist Russian Empire achieved a complete victory, and the annexation of the Kingdom of Bulgaria was completed by force.

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