This made the Russian military urgently halt the experiments with airplanes, and the development of Russian airplanes did not receive strong support from the country.
This also led to the fact that although Russia currently has some domestically produced airplanes, as long as they are Russian-made, no one dared to board such planes other than the test pilots of the workshops that produce them.
Moreover, given the advanced performance of the airplanes exported by Australasia, the strategy of purchasing a large number of Australasian airplanes has no problem and is the only thing that the Russian Air Force can do at present.
In the end, Nicholas II nodded his head, agreeing to Alekseyev's request to purchase the equipment.
Purchasing more weapons and equipment from Australasia is not necessarily a bad thing for Russia, and since military spending must be spent anyway, it might as well be spent directly on weaponry.
Furthermore, Alekseyev's proposal on logistics problems had already left Nicholas II dissatisfied with the capitalists and logistics departments. Suppressing the arrogance of the capitalists had become a necessary task for Nicholas II as well.
Although the current situation in Russia is indeed chaotic, this does not mean that Nicholas II believes he will ultimately lose power.
In Nicholas II's eyes, beating off the capitalists and logistical officers is just something done in passing.
Even if the front line situation improves, Russia's chaos would be resolved again, and he could sleep soundly.
But is this really the case? It is doubtful.
Even though the Tsarist government seems to be united as one, there are actually many internal struggles. Within Russian political thought, there exist two opposing ideological factions, the Unified Slavic Faction and the Western Faction.
These two factions almost cover the vast majority of Russian officials, and they also influence the highest decision-makers, that is, Nicholas II.
The Western faction is easiest to understand first.
Russia remains a powerful empire, but it must be acknowledged that Western and Central European countries, which have already undergone the Industrial Revolution and the Electrification Revolution, the second Industrial Revolution, are becoming increasingly powerful, and Russia, situated in Eastern Europe and the far north, is gradually showing signs of fatigue.
Some of Russia's intelligentsia believe that in many aspects, Russia has already lagged behind the developed Western European societies.
Moreover, due to the rejection of the reforms, the reforms in Russian history have not been thorough, and Russia's system still has a relatively large gap with the West.
Although Nicholas II also had the idea of using the Western faction for reform, the current chaotic situation in Russia no longer allowed for reforms.
If the vested interest groups that originally supported the government are pushed to the opposite side, the collapse of the government can be imagined.
Luckily, Nicholas II was very generous when it came to procuring military equipment for the troops, including several dreadnoughts from the previous naval expansion, which Nicholas II nodded in agreement without any thought.
"I agree with the proposal to purchase aircraft, and I will coordinate with the Finance and Foreign Affairs departments to assist in your aircraft procurement plan," said Nicholas II, nodding his head, very generously.
Although the new aircraft procurement plan would cost tens of millions of rubles, it was undoubtedly worthwhile to enhance the combat effectiveness of frontline combat units and use war victories to secure domestic stability.
"As for the pilots' allocation for the fighter aircraft, domestic training is part of it, and I will ask the Foreign Affairs Department to negotiate with Australasia to dispatch a group of students for emergency training in Australasia.
General Alekseyev, I hope you can stabilize the situation of the Southwest Army and the logistics and new weapons you requested will arrive soon," said Nicholas II, looking at General Alekseyev, half-requesting and half-demanding.
"Yes, Your Majesty, please rest assured. The Southwest Army will not disappoint you. We will do our best to resist the German offensive," Alekseyev quickly nodded excitedly, answering in a high tone.
For the cleanup of logistics and procurement of equipment, these two major matters, Alekseyev thought it would be perfect if only one of them could be resolved.
But he did not expect Nicholas II to directly approve both, far exceeding Alekseyev's expectations.
Of course, this was good news for the Russian Southwestern Front Army, as the soldiers would have sufficient food and weapons and equipment to better resist the Germans.
Perhaps this was also good news for the Northwest Army. After all, after Nicholas II held the logistics department accountable, the withholding of food and supplies should not be so rampant.
If both the Northwestern and Southwestern Front Armies could receive a batch of aircraft support and have enough pilots, it would not be impossible to regain lost ground from Germany as long as the superiority in the sky is achieved.
After all, bombings from the sky are far more dangerous than those on land. Aircraft can accurately select targets for bomb dropping, but shells can only be aimed and bombarded from a long distance, which enormously tests the precision of artillerymen.