Chapter 396: Gathered together, they are a ball of fire; scattered, they are stars in the sky
Chapter 396: Gathered together, they are a ball of fire; scattered, they are stars in the sky
“Those who carry firewood for the people should not be allowed to freeze to death in the wind and snow. Those who clear the way for the people should not be allowed to be trapped in thorns. Those who make a living for the people should not be allowed to die in silence.”
Shao Quanxiao spoke these words in Chinese. He said one sentence and Sophie next to him translated it in Bulgarian.
Location: Sophia Square.
Since the restoration of Bulgaria, the new government has been frugal and conscientious, focusing on industrialization and rarely engaging in image projects.
Today, the only image project undertaken by the government was unveiled in Sophia Square.
A statue of Garibaldi, a martyr who sacrificed his life for the restoration of Bulgaria, was unveiled in Sofia Square.
When Shao Quanxiao was the Prime Minister of the Grand Duchy of Crimea, he stubbornly refused to learn Russian and popularized Chinese in the Grand Duchy of Crimea.
But when he became the Tsar of Bulgaria, he changed his ways and began to learn Bulgarian.
This - Bulgarian is actually very similar to Russian, and they can basically understand each other. Shao Quanxiao's anger was in vain, because his wife is Bulgarian.
But he didn’t learn the language that quickly, so Sophie had to act as a translator at critical moments.
After Shao Quanxiao delivered the opening speech, the Italian national anthem "Mameli Song" and Bulgaria's newly determined national anthem "The Flowing Maritsa River" were played on the spot.
Shao Quanxiao and his comrade Potowski saluted the statue together, and those present who were not wearing military uniforms bowed to mourn the internationalist fighter who sacrificed his life for the Bulgarian War of Independence.
Then, the war criminal Muzaffar Pasha was brought up and sentenced by the chief judge to death for ordering the murder of Garibaldi.
After the unveiling ceremony, the crowd dispersed and more than 20,000 red-haired Irish soldiers and less than 50,000 Lucia volunteers who attended the ceremony gathered.
The two Irish Youth Volunteer Divisions originally had 28,000 people, 500 of whom were sent to the Huai Army and 500 to Japan. More than 2,000 were sacrificed in the guerrilla warfare, leaving only more than 24,000 people.
Their mission had been successfully accomplished, Bulgaria's own Fenian Society had been fully established and no longer required their help.
Now they are about to disband and return home, but not all of them are going back to the United States.
They will disperse to various places in France, Germany, and the United States, and then join the companies in various countries where the Rothschild family has investments, and slowly return to their hometown in Ireland in batches with legal status.
European financial capital has fully cooperated with the Fenian Society, and the plan to weaken Britain has begun to take action.
The Russian Volunteer Army originally had 52,000 people, and more than 2,000 of them died in the mobile warfare with the Ottoman Empire. Although the local guerrillas had replenished the army to keep it full, the Volunteer Army was also leaving, and the locals would naturally not follow.
More than 70,000 people gathered, and Sophie, on behalf of the Bulgarian Parliament, awarded the "Garibaldi Medal of Independence" to international friends who participated in assisting Bulgaria's independence.
The medal is named after Garibaldi, the founding father of both Bulgaria and Italy. Shao Quanxiao also received this medal, and now he also has the medal hanging on his chest.
Shao Quanxiao became the Tsar, but his military rank remained major general.
Over the past six months, Shao Quanxiao has selected elite troops from the guerrillas to form the "Bulgarian Youth Guards Division."
The entire Bulgaria only retained one town of regular troops, and Shao Quanxiao, the commander-in-chief, was of course only a major general.
At the end of the awarding ceremony, Shao Quanxiao saluted his old superior, Potowski, who returned the salute and the two hugged.
"Comrade, this time I recommend you to my brother to serve as the Prime Minister of the Grand Duchy of Crimea. You are going there on my behalf. Thank you for your hard work."
"I'm not tired. It's Zhang Zizheng who is the most tired as he is appointed as the Minister of Crimea. He holds the seals of Cuba, France, Bulgaria and Crimea.
The policy in Bulgaria was basically implemented. Zhang Siwen still did not go to South America. He was pulled by the new Prime Minister of the Grand Duchy of Crimea, Potowski, to be an advisor. The one who is close to the water gets the moon first. Bulgaria and the Grand Duchy of Crimea are separated by a small Black Sea, and can be reached by boat on the same day. Zhang Siwen can take care of both sides, come back after a while to see the development here, and adjust the policy at any time.
As for the King of England in South America, he was furious. You are thousands of miles away and you come to bite me! Ahem, wait patiently. Zhang Zizheng will go eventually. It is only a matter of time before Zhang Siwen is given the seal of the five countries.
The Irish and Lucia friends set out in a procession, leaving Sofia for their home country, all leaving empty-handed, and leaving their weapons to Shao Quanxiao.
Along the way, the Bulgarian people were well fed and well cared for, with old people constantly offering them food and wine, and young girls giving the soldiers rose wreaths.
Foreign soldiers did not burn, kill or loot, but sincerely helped Bulgaria to gain independence. This has never happened in world history.
Finney International, led by Zhang Siwen, is a powerful force with weapons and ideas that is constantly creating miracles.
After seeing off the international reinforcements, Shao Quanxiao went to the military camp to train his troops.
Bulgaria only had one division of regular troops, and Shao Quanxiao himself served as the division commander and conducted training personally.
The regular army had only more than 13,000 people, but the reserve force had more than 600,000 people, including 400,000 people equipped with advanced equipment captured from the Ottoman Empire.
Shao Quanxiao completely copied his brother's method. It seems that the number of troops is small, but would you try it in a real war?
Shao Quanxiao really disliked being in charge of administration. When he was prime minister of the Grand Duchy of Crimea, he just followed the rules set by his predecessors and made no achievements except to popularize the Chinese language.
When he arrived in Bulgaria, he completely entrusted the government affairs to the Privy Council headed by Zhang Siwen, and then to the parliamentary supervision headed by his wife Sophie, and he himself focused on training troops in the barracks.
He was a top student who graduated from the Berlin Military Academy. He also absorbed Emery's military ideas and made great achievements in the actual combat in Bulgaria. He had already become a world-famous general.
"Charge, keep in formation!"
Two tanks rushed to the trenches, engineers filled the trenches, infantry charged, and hand-to-hand combat in the trenches, everything was done in a proper manner, exactly the way the Huai Army trained. Shao Quanzhong also sent a few engineers to teach them how to dig anti-tank trenches...
Bulgaria was poor, so one division bought two tanks and two armored vehicles from the Good Fruit Company for training purposes.
However, Bulgaria spared no effort in developing agricultural mechanization, and borrowed money from Wen Bank to import more than 300 crawler tractors and more than 400 wheel tractors for agricultural use.
In the military camp’s warehouse, there were also strange imported steel plates, tank guns, and machine guns stockpiled.
Next to the military camp is the "Sophia Tractor Repair Factory", which is responsible for the repair of imported agricultural tractors. It is led by five senior technicians from the Hailing Tractor Factory and is training a large number of local technicians.
In addition, the internal designation of the Bulgarian Young Guards Division is "Bulgarian Officer Training Division"...
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Simferopol, Grand Duchy of Crimea.
The returning volunteers who had fought in Bulgaria were disbanded here. Prime Minister Potowski and the advisor Zhang Siwen retained the local soldiers in Crimea, appointed them as civil servants in various places, and established Finnish societies in various places as the executors of Zhang Siwen's policies.
Most of the other Cossacks were actually recruited from the Don River and Volga River basins, and all returned home in glory.
These veterans who had participated in the Balkan War had received sophisticated training in the most advanced tactics and had combat experience. They were soon recruited by the expanding Russian army and became junior officers in the army...
(End of this chapter)