Chapter 233： Good idea = 馊 idea

In the Crimea, Britain, France, and Russia continued to fight hard. To be precise, the attack was British and French, and the Russians were defending with all their strength.

The disadvantage of weapons and equipment is a hard injury. Unlike the Russian army on the Balkan Peninsula, they have completely replaced Austrian weapons and equipment, which is comparable to that of Britain and France in terms of equipment.

The Russian army on the Crimean Peninsula was not so fortunate. It was originally a second-tier army in the country, and it was in a hurry to fight. Coupled with the corruption of the Tsarist government bureaucracy, multiple factors caused their tragedies.

In fact, at this time, Nicholas I had decided to completely refit Austrian equipment, but because of the introduction of domestic production lines, the bureaucrats of the pit teammates gave their orders to the domestic military enterprises as soon as they patted their heads.

It takes time for the production line to debug, and it still takes time to retrain the workers, and it is not a problem in peace times. Now is the time of war. The Russian army on the battlefield cannot wait!

So far, the Russians have not been able to reach their peak production capacity, and according to their speed, the Russian army in the Crimean Peninsula needs to be completely refurbished. It will not be possible in a year or two.

General Fitz Roy Somerset, who had just been reassigned as the commander-in-chief of the Crimean Peninsula, was furious. When he fought in the Balkans, he didn't feel that there was anything missing to buy directly from Austria.

It was here that he found that the logistics of the Russian army was so bad, not only that the new weapons were not reloaded in time, but even ordinary logistics materials often made mistakes.

Fortunately, the coalition forces on the opposite side were not as strong as those encountered on the Balkan Peninsula. Constantinople's attack was still meaningful, at least the French elite troops were stopped.

Fitzroy Somerset thought for a moment and said, "Send a report to St. Petersburg explaining our situation and demand that our country immediately replenish our supplies.

If logistical supplies cannot be guaranteed, then the Crimean peninsula can only be abandoned and retreated to the coastal areas of Ukraine. "

It ’s okay to be short of medicine and medicine, anyway, gray animals are not worth it, and he does n’t feel bad when he dies. Without guns and guns, this can't be tolerated. The guys have nothing. How can the battle be fought?

As for whether it would offend people, Fitzroy Somerset could not care about that much anymore. He lost the battle, and no matter how serious the consequences were.

As a high-ranking general of the Russian army, as long as he wins the war, he can resist the pressure even if he offends domestic interest groups.

The transportation means of the Russian army in the Crimean peninsula is mainly ox carts. This time and space is still good. The Russians have prepared adequately and hoarded a batch of materials in the coastal areas. There are many on the Crimean peninsula.

Even if the bureaucrats gave it away, they did n’t have any use in holding the supplies, and they eventually had to sell it to the Tsar, so Fitzroy Somerset did n’t have to worry about food.

Weapons and equipment can no longer be used. Since the Tsarist government has decided to replace them, these junk goods do not know where they are left.

The same weapons and equipment produced by the Russian arsenal will inevitably increase the weight by a little, and the failure rate will be a little higher, but it is absolutely durable.

Fitzroy Somerset was not fussy, as long as he had one. Now pressure on the St. Petersburg government is to let them speed up the supply. If domestic production is too late, buy it quickly!

Anyway, the Russians in the Crimea did not dare to give up. Once the British and French established a foothold here, the Black Sea had nothing to do with them.

In order to crack down on the biggest competitors, presumably the British do not mind paying the annual military expenditure. As long as the Crimean Peninsula is blocked, not only will the bears end their Near East strategy, half of their import and export trade will be in their hands.

It doesn't take long, at most, three or five years before the European hegemony of the Russian Empire collapses, and then Poland's independence is motivated, and the British strategy is successful.

Of course, such a good thing is obviously not so easy to succeed, at least Franz would not agree, and he is now ready to cause some trouble for the British.

The Russians cannot fall, at least until the neo-Holy Roman Empire completes its internal integration, or they will be humans with their tails.

Franz asked with concern: "Marshal, is there any way for the Russians to conquer Constantinople?"

In Franz's view, Constantinople is the easiest to break in the Near East. As long as the Russians have conquered it, the war will not continue.

The narrowest part of the Bosphorus is 750 meters, and the widest part is 3.7 kilometers. As long as a batch of shore guns is provided to Russia for ashore deployment, the Black Sea and the maritime passage of the outside world are isolated.

There is no sea channel connection, the Ottoman Empire ’s transportation and the Russians have a fight. If the goods are transported by land from the Asia Minor Peninsula, then the British and French coalition logistics on the Crimean Peninsula will have problems. law.

Marshal Radsky analyzed: "His Majesty, Constantinople was originally a fortress city, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and was stationed by the French elite troops, and the navy provided fire support.

If you want to attack aggressively, you can only rely on strength. It was possible to break through the city by reaching the limits endured by the French army.

Now the most correct choice for the Russians is to mobilize a large number of artillery to blast Constantinople, and even a strong fortress has its limits.

The Ottoman Empire had long since decayed, and Constantinople had not been threatened for a century. They had long relaxed the upgrading of the fortifications.

After the outbreak of the Near East War. The Ottoman government only carried out repairs and reinforcements, but the time was still too short. This was the opportunity for the Russians.

Most of these fortifications were unable to withstand heavy artillery attacks. As long as the Russians are willing to afford the cost and knock hundreds of heavy cannons one by one, they can also break the turtle shell. "

This is a purely stupid way to completely overpower people, but it is the only feasible way now.

The problem is that Britain and France can also get a lot of artillery against the Russians. In the end, the two sides still have to fill lives. It is estimated that Constantinople could not be breached if it did not die.

The rate of artillery hits in this era was very low. The Russian army only had to disperse the artillery positions and bombard the city of Constantinople. The target was always large enough to hit the cannonball. Britain and France wanted to destroy the Russian artillery positions It's difficult.

Franz felt that the casualties could not scare the Russians, and the Russians were probably brought down by military expenses. Hundreds of heavy artillery guns alone can't make it without tens of millions of rubles. It takes dozens of tons of ammunition to fire in one round.

Since the blast effect is to be achieved, it is only a normal operation to shoot out thousands of tons of ammunition a day. To blast Constantinople, God knows how much ammunition will eventually be consumed.

But not like this, according to the current attack style of the Russians, the exchange ratio has been played four to one, even if the gray animal is worthless, ca n’t afford such consumption?

According to the current situation, Franz can definitely say that if he insists on it for a year and a half at most, the tsarist government will be forced to give up because of excessive casualties.

Franz thought for a while and said, "The General Staff has compiled a plan and handed it over to the Tsarist government. Follow them if you need to!"

He did not believe that no intelligent person in the Russian government could see that blindly taking human lives to fill the pit of Constantinople without the advantage of firepower was completely an act of death.

According to the information received by Franz, since the outbreak of the Constantinople battle, the number of casualties in the Russian army has approached the total of the two Bulgarian battles.

Saint Petersburg is preparing to replace Menshkov. Under the command of this "genius" commander, the casualties of the Russian army have always been high.

This plan was not shown to the St. Petersburg government, but to the Russian commander of the Balkans General Menshkov. If he did not want to return to St. Petersburg, he would definitely consider Austria's proposal.

As a high-level general of the Russian army, no one can endure the temptation to conquer Constantinople. As long as this great cause is completed, it will be recorded in Russian history as a "national hero" of Russia.

Not only are the Russians interested, in fact Franz wants to accomplish this great cause. The Habsburg dynasty and the Ottoman Empire are also feuds. Conquering Constantinople can also bring them a lot of political prestige.

Most European countries have special feelings for this city. Now that the French help the Ottomans guard Constantinople, Franz can be sure that Napoleon III would not mind taking the city if given the opportunity.

Completion of this great cause is no less than the prestige of defeating the Russians. If the Crimean battle fails, Napoleon III will most likely swallow Constantinople directly to save the political disaster caused by the failure of the war.

Most of the London government will acquiesce that this will happen. Constantinople is better left in the hands of the French than in the hands of the Russians. France and Russia are dead, and the British are absolutely happy to see it happen.

If possible, Franz wouldn't mind pushing it to deepen the hatred between France and Russia.

It is a pity that the Russians are not upset, the bureaucrats of the Tsarist government have dragged their feet, and the Crimean Russian army has too little hope of winning the war.

If this is not possible, Franz can only hope that the Russians will break Constantinople and pull the hatred of Britain and France to full value in one fell swoop.

Marshal Radsky's approach is undoubtedly the most effective way to stand on the side of the Vienna government. In fact, for the Russians, it was a puppet idea from beginning to end.

The reason is very simple, the war is too expensive, and it is not suitable for an agricultural country like a bear.

This kind of play easily exceeded the bearing limit of the Russian Empire. Even if they conquered Constantinople, they would not be able to carry out the next strategy because of the exhaustion of their financial resources.

After all, is there a Dardanelles? The possession of a Bosphorus is not enough for the Russians to take control of the Black Sea Strait. Moreover, after taking Constantinople, they have mastered half of the Bosphorus.

From a strategic point of view, the division of the Gallipoli Peninsula to block the Dardanelles Channel can also end the war.

Not every place has a Constantinople. Defending the Gallipoli Peninsula is definitely more difficult than defending Constantinople.

Even if it is not possible to seize here, the offensive can also force the British and French troops to station heavy guards, reducing the pressure on the Russian army on the Crimean peninsula.

It can only be said that the temptation of Constantinople is too great, and the Russians could not resist this temptation and went straight up.

Franz naturally cannot remind the Russians that the early end of the Near East War and the failure to consume the power of the three countries of Britain, France, and Russia to the maximum extent is not in the interests of the new Holy Roman Empire.

Moreover, no matter how good the strategy needs to be implemented, Franz does not think that the Russians have such a strong ability to execute, at least General Menshkov cannot.

With the efficiency of the Russians, wanting to make a sudden attack in Britain and France is undoubtedly a dream. As long as the Gallipoli Peninsula has only a few Ottoman garrisons, it can be easily broken.

Once British and French reacted, the coalition forces that attacked the Greeks could immediately reinforce the Gallipoli Peninsula, and it would be another convention war.

Britain and France have strong national strengths. Even if they open another front, they will hold their teeth together, the Russians will not do it, and the domestic organizational capacity will soon reach its limit.

If the front is increased, I am afraid that the bears will also feel what the lack of troops is. Of course, this is not to say that they are short of troops, but that they cannot put their troops on the front line in a short time.

Not to mention logistical supplies, even if they could get supplies from Austria and ship them to the front with their efficiency, daylily became cold.

One bad operation, and did bad things with good intentions, because the logistics supply was not in place and the Russians lost the war, and Franz only cried with Nicholas I.

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