"That's right, that's it! Romania has provided Germany with more than 100,000 trucks of wheat and corn, as well as a large number of livestock, vegetables, oil, and dairy products! By the way, there are millions of tons of fuel! We can't make them become the material base of the Allies! So either stand on our side or we will destroy them!" A cold light flashed in Nicholas II's eyes!&1t;/p>

In fact, although it is a small country, Romania still has places worthy of coveting from the Allies and the Allies! This small country with an area of ​​only more than 130,000 square kilometers is the second largest oil producer in Europe and the fourth largest wheat exporter! Historically, before Romania defected to the Allies, it provided hundreds of thousands of carats of agricultural products to the Allies! Romania, which pursued parochialism, was unable to tolerate even its neutral attitude. Now, Russia, which has realized the crisis, wants to try every means to weaken its opponents, so for these swaying and neutral status, it then provided a large amount of supplies to the Allies. The Tsar decisively expressed his indomitable attitude!&1t;/p>

In addition to supplies, Romania's strategic position is very important to both sides. Prince Ruprecht wants to obtain a direct channel to Turkey through control of Romania. For the Allies, controlling Romania is not only strengthening the pressure on Turkey, but more importantly, Romania and Serbia are next to each other. At present, Serbia has not been occupied by Germany and Austria. If Romania joins the Allies, it is equivalent to establishing a channel to the Aegean Sea. Once the French Navy returns, under the cover of the French Navy, a steady stream of materials can reach Russia through the Serbia and Romania channel! If this can be done, whoever has to fight the Dardanelles desperately!&1t;/p>

Even if it is not for materials and just for this channel, Russia in this plane will never allow Romania to remain neutral or surrender to the allies, and will use any means to win over Romania or even threaten Romania to join the Allies!&1t;/p>

What's more, although Romania is small, there are still troops of 60,000 to 70,000 on paper! According to the Russians' understanding, even 70,000 donkeys can play some role! Therefore, when the Romanian government was hesitant, the Russians wanted to use some "special" means to promote Romania to surrender to their own side!&1t;/p>

"If we really want to use force to interfere in Romania's internal affairs, then we must be quick. I suggest to draw 3 newly formed cavalry divisions to form our forward in Romania. Then cooperate with Ferdinand to complete the control of Bucharest!" said Kuropatkin.&1t;/p>

"You can arrange this yourself, and we can temporarily delay the time of the Galician offensive." The Tsar paused and continued: "In addition, once you control Romania, you can persuade Ferdinand to use the gold reserves of the National Bank of Romania as funds for purchasing our equipment. If it really doesn't work, all kinds of gold jewelry and cultural relics, as long as there are precious metals on it."&1t;/p>

"Uh?!" Even with the Russians' character of losing something if they don't go out for a while, His Majesty's actions can definitely be called robbery! However, after a brief surprise, Kuropatkin and others expressed their approval for His Majesty's wise and powerful decision. Isn't it just robbing? The Russians are familiar with the way!&1t;/p>

"Will doing this arouse the resistance of the Romanians?" Brusinov asked with some concern.&1t;/p>

"We are helping Ferdinand attack Romania's old enemy Hungarians. If the war is victorious, Romania may get 10,000 square kilometers of land. What does this little gold and cultural relics count?" Nicholas II waved his hand and signaled that it was decided!&1t;/p>

Although Romania is a small country, it has some family background. With its rich natural resources, Romania was still a bit of something that made the Russians jealous during World War 1! In 1916, a batch of gold and gold bars filled with 17 trains with a total weight of up to 97 tons were transported from Romania to Moscow, Russia under the escort of soldiers of the four-carriage. In the summer of 1917, another batch of cultural relics, gold and various jewelry were transported to Russia. Not to mention the treasures of various ancient nobles and royal families, there were thousands of oil paintings, and even the golden crosses, gold and silver incense burners, and gold robes in major Romanian cathedrals were not spared. As for the remaining gold and silver coins in the bank and important documents in the National Archives, they were also looted!&1t;/p>

(As for the final result of these things? You should be able to guess. According to the traditional Russian practice, how can you spit it out after eating them? In fact, except for some documents and archives, as well as individual cultural relics, other things have not returned to Romania yet.)&1t;/p>

These wealth of Romania are still very important to Russia, because at this time, Russia should not expect that through the ruble, Italy or other countries can provide their high-performance motivations that are not energy-produced. Only real money and silver can be circulated! Even Germans buy materials in precious metals!&1t;/p>

"With the help of the three armies of the Southwest Front and the help of Romanian cannon fodder, we should be able to win the Battle of Galicia, right?" Nicholas II said at the end of the meeting.&1t;/p>

"If we cannot make breakthrough progress in Galicia, then the end of Romania will be destined. Although there are 70,000 troops, with our help, they can still fight against the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Without us, their time of existence may only be calculated in days."&1t;/p>

Brusinov wrote in his diary. Obviously, he was still a little worried about the gamble carried out with the destiny of an allied country and the forces of several armies. He vaguely felt that there was something wrong in some places, but he couldn't think of what the problem was!&1t;/p>

The Russians planned to carry out a battle aimed at solving the Austro-Hungarian Legion in Galicia three months after this meeting. What they didn't expect was that before the Russians officially launched this battle, the Germans were already prepared. The reason was very simple. The Russians had too long prepared for such a large battle and there was no way to hide their intentions! Faced with more than 50 or even the most every day, three-digit aircraft were reconnaissance in the air. The Germans could not say that they knew the front line of the Russians, but it was normal for several moving train cannons or large-scale movements of the corps!&1t;/p>
Chapter completed!