Chapter 185： The time to test

Franz doesn't like conspiracy, but his strength doesn't allow it.

For example, now, the calculation of the three countries in Britain, France, and Russia is obviously a conspiracy. I don't know how it turned into a conspiracy.

Conspiracy and Yangmou are often only one line apart. There is no strongest, and the best is the best.

What would happen if someone told Franz Nicholas I's plan?

The answer is: nothing happens, Nicholas I just smiles.

It is normal for countries to use each other and have some calculations with each other. Don't be stupid if you want intimate cooperation, this simply doesn't exist.

Mature politicians only look at what the allies have done, and what the consequences will be. Weigh the pros and cons to determine the relationship between the two countries, rather than thinking about what the allies are thinking.

So the pit teammates must have a level. If the level is not enough, they will be pitted by their teammates. Don't cry. There are still more days to be pitted!

For example, Franz is now pitting Russians, but as long as Austria fulfills its ally obligations, it will be Russia's strongest ally, and Russia-Austria relations will not be affected.

Even now Franz tells Nicholas I that Austria will send troops to help, the Russians will not have the slightest surprise, but they are more likely to be scared.

Share as much loot as you can, which is the basis of Russia-Austria alliance. Once the distribution of benefits is unbalanced, the alliance will lose its value.

The Russian-Austrian alliance is an equal covenant and there is no affiliation. If Austria fulfills its ally obligations and then assumes more obligations, then the final spoil distribution will naturally change.

Now that the war in the Balkans is taking place, the Russians do not need Austrian reinforcements, and the Tsarist government is not the owner of gray animals. In order to reduce the casualties of front-line soldiers, it is impossible to trade in benefits.

Strategically speaking, if Austria attacks the Ottoman Empire, the best troop route is exactly the same as the current route of the Russians.

This is a logistical decision. It is much stronger to transport strategic materials from the lower Danube plain into Bulgaria through the Danube Basin than to cross the ravine from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

What determines the outcome of this war is not how much territory the Ottoman Empire occupied, but whether it can capture Constantinople.

As long as the Russians occupied Constantinople, the British and French navy could only withdraw from the Black Sea Strait, otherwise the Russians would block the Bosphorus and they would become the most invincible.

After mastering the power of the Black Sea, logistical supplies can be transported by sea. With the national strength of Russia and Austria, the problem of supporting a million troops in the Balkans is not big.

Unlike now, no matter how hard the Russian troops invest in the Balkans, there will be no more than four and a half million, no more enemies will be used to fight, and logistics will be dragged to death.

After changing the Austrian army, this number has to be reduced by at least a quarter.

The gray animals claim to be the cheapest army in Europe, not without reason. Their requirements for logistical supplies are the lowest of all the major powers.

The backwardness of weapons and equipment and the low number of artillery in modern warfare also meant that there was less pressure on logistics supplies.

Is the Tsar government short of soldiers?

Hundreds of thousands were lost, and hundreds of thousands more will be added. If the Austrian army was involved in the capture of Constantinople, they would not want to monopolize the Black Sea Strait.

National interests are very realistic. Don't expect allies to bring their own dry food to help, there is no purpose yet.

The Black Sea is very small, and the Russians have long regarded it as a reserved place, but they do not want to share another Austria.

According to how good the current covenant is, the Russians can get the most benefits, and the price paid is only the casualties of a group of gray animals, and the tsarist government is most indispensable for people.

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Prime Minister Felix said: "Your Majesty,"

Metternich said: "Your Majesty, the Russian Minister in Vienna approached me yesterday. They intend to send more troops to the Balkans and hope that we can provide more war supplies.

According to preliminary judgment, the participation of Britain and France in the war contributed to this decision of the Tsarist government. It seems that they are trying to increase pressure to exert pressure on Britain and France. "

Franz thought for a while and said, "It's easy to provide strategic materials. As long as the Russians are willing to give money, they will be sold to them.

His Excellency Marshal, I want to know how many troops the British and French Ottomans can invest in the Balkans. Can the Russians gain the upper hand after the increase in troops? "

Marshal Radsky made a calculation and replied, "Your Majesty, from a logistical point of view, the total troops that the British and French Ottomans can invest now will not exceed 800,000.

However, with the continuous advancement of the Russian front, the more troops they can invest in, it is possible that they can invest millions of troops if the battle is decisive in the coastal areas.

However, this is an ideal number. To support so many military operations, the strategic materials required are also astronomical.

The Ottoman Empire can solve up to two or three floors, and the rest needs to be transported from Britain and France.

Taking into account the cost of war, Britain and France are likely to choose to arm cheap Ottoman cannon fodder with the Russians. Whether the Russians will gain the upper hand after the increase in troop strength depends on the proportion of British and French troops.

Strategically, I don't expect Russians to achieve their goals. Due to the loss of the right to the Black Sea, the supply of Russian troops was mainly based on the Danube transport.

However, as the front line moved forward, the distance required for land transportation continued to increase.

In the decisive battle in Bulgaria, the Russians can invest up to 500,000 troops. If they reach Istanbul, the Russians can only invest up to 400,000 troops.

The actual situation may be worse than this. After all, the Ottoman Empire has operated in the Balkans for hundreds of years. After the Russian army occupied these areas, it is difficult to clear their local influence in a short time.

The Ottomans will certainly organize guerrillas to specifically destroy the supply line of the Russian army and increase the difficulty of Russian logistics.

If it is not possible to make quick decisions, the longer the time delay, the less likely the Russians will win the war. "

Franz smiled slightly, and this was exactly what he wanted. The Russians who cannot win the war are Austria's good allies.

Even under the pressure of Britain and France, Russia-Austria relations may go further. With a solid rear, Austria can farm with peace of mind.

Franz now looks forward to Nicholas I's determination to make this war last longer.

Successive czars have set a good example. The Russians have a saying: "A czar who has not fought the Russian-Turkish war must not be a good czar!"

The Russian-Turkish war usually has to be fought for four or five years. Basically, it is fought once per generation. Except for the last Russian-Turkish war, the shortest time is three years, and more than ten years have two.

From a military standpoint, the Russians are very unlikely to fail. If you win, you will attack, if you won't, you will defend.

In the war of attrition, the Russians cannot afford to hurt financial resources, and the British and French cannot afford to hurt human resources.

The fur bears lost hundreds of thousands of young people, and they could take hundreds of thousands more. Nobles would not care about the casualties of soldiers. When the British and French lost hundreds of thousands of young people, we must consider the domestic situation.

As long as the Russians are not willing to lose, and are willing to fight for their lives, even if the British and French use their milk, they cannot defeat them completely.

Unless Britain and France dare to attack the Russian mainland and hit the Baltic Sea all the way to St. Petersburg, no matter how they fight in the Near East, they will not be able to die.

This also means that if the Russians cannot win the war in a short period of time, the factors that determine the outcome of the war will be tested: the Russians' financial ability and the British and French ability to withstand casualties.

After all, this war is not as serious as the World War, and the three countries, Britain, France, and Russia, have not reached the point of life or death. Everyone need not desperately.

Franz said indifferently, "The forces that mobilized us were pushed one more time. The French are already on the field, but the British Expeditionary Force is still in the country, and the stage has been set up. They cannot be absent from this good show."

John Bull's morale is too low. If they are not put on the battlefield, the London government may have to make the same choices as Austria.

What's more, how can we not let the British feel the cruelty of the land war in advance?

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London

Due to the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in the Bulgarian battle, the British prepared a symbolic 20,000 troop advance, which was obviously unable to meet the needs of the war.

In the recent Paris negotiations, Palmerston had to increase the number of British troops sent from 20,000 to 80,000.

80,000 troops is a minor problem for any major army country. It can be made up in ten days and a half months, but it is not the same for the British.

Their pocket version of the army, with only a total of more than 100,000 people, was so difficult to deploy so many troops at once.

"Mr. Palmerston, why you should increase the number of troops without authorization. Do you know how much trouble this will cause us?" Secretary of the Army Maxim asked in dissatisfaction.

Palmerston explained with certainty: "Mr. Maximilian, this is a political need. In the just-concluded General Assembly war, the Ottoman Empire suffered heavy losses, and according to our prior plans, it has been unable to meet the needs of the war.

To curb the ambitions of the Russians, we must invest more power in the past.

The French agreed to add another 120,000 troops, plus the 50,000 troops they had put on the battlefield, for a total of 170,000 troops. In this case, we have to increase the number of troops.

Moreover, 20,000 troops on the battlefield are too dangerous. If they are not careful, the entire army may be wiped out.

If it is 80,000 troops, it will be much safer. Don't worry about being swallowed by the Russians, and your army will not have to worry about it all the time. "

After listening to Palmerston's explanation, Maximilian's anger was even greater. He acknowledged that compared to the Royal Navy, the British Army was really unsuccessful.

But it is too much to despise them. You must know that the British Army's combat effectiveness is not bad, but it is only because the number is too small to rank among the great powers.

"Mr. Palmerston, are you questioning the combat effectiveness of the Army?" Maximilian asked with red eyes and stared at Palmerston.

Just think about these things, it would be too much to openly hit the army's face. The poor strength of the British Army was caused by too little military expenditure, not because they did not work hard.

Realizing that he had made a mistake, Palmerston remedied immediately: "No, Mr. Maximilian. On the contrary, I am very optimistic about the combat effectiveness of the Army.

As the so-called ability increases, the greater the responsibility on the battlefield. If our strength is too small, it will be easy for the Russians to get lost. "

He didn't believe this. Even if Britain had the least troops in the alliance, when the task of cannon fodder would still fall on the Ottomans, how could the British army take the risk?

Maxie sighed coldly: "Huh!"

This episode is over.

Prime Minister John Russell shifted the topic and said, "Mr. Maximilian, our allies can't wait. How long will it take the Army to be ready?"

For the performance of the Ottoman Empire, John Russell was very disdainful.

How to say it was also a great empire that struck the entire European society. Now it is so easy to be pressed by the Russians to the ground, it is a complete loss of the ancestor's face.

Despise and despise, and now everyone is still an ally. In order to deal with a common enemy, it is necessary to join forces. It's just that the Ottoman's right to speak in the league has fallen two grades again.

Maximilian has been waiting for this sentence for a long time, he replied from the side: "Lord Prime Minister, let's expand our army!"

This is an embarrassing topic, because the British's center of gravity is tilted towards the Navy, which has caused the army to keep up.

How many troops will stay in the country if hundreds of thousands of army maintain a vast colony?

If the 20,000 Army is transferred, they can squeeze out and come out. If the 80,000 army was transferred, the local army would take it all out in one breath.

There must be an army in the homeland, even if it is to suppress the Irish area, the domestic army cannot be exhausted.

The number of troops in overseas colonies is not large, and there is no possibility of adjustment. Of course, the British had a large number of colonial forces. If they could be replenished, they would soon be available.

John Russell rubbed his forehead and asked, "How much are you going to expand?"

Maximilian replied with a smile: "Not much, our Army Department's requirements are not high, as long as it is expanded by 120,000."

After listening to this number, John Russell shook his head and said, "Mr. Maximilian, there is no problem if you want to expand 120,000 troops, as long as you can convince Congress."

Maximilian flushed, and if it was that simple to convince Parliament, the number of British Army troops would not be so small now.

In this era, as the only industrial country among the powers, plus the world's largest colonial power, the British Empire was a real rich man. Even if it had to support more than 100,000 troops, it would not be a problem.

Maximilian said calmly: "His Prime Minister, the army's strength is limited, there are too many places to guard, and the total strength remaining in the country is only more than 70,000.

It is already very reluctant to transfer 20,000 troops. If 80,000 troops are to be transferred, even if I include the cleaning staff of the War Department, it will not be enough. "

This is a good opportunity to expand the army, and the War Department will naturally not give up. Each expansion is accompanied by a large number of benefits, and Maximilian naturally wants to do his best to fight for it.

"But the expansion of 120,000 troops at one time is still too much. I have no way to persuade Congress. It is still the same sentence: as long as you have the ability to persuade Congress, then it will be fine." John Russell objected, unchanged.

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