Chapter 1185: The attitude of Russia
No matter what, the abnormal situation in the Far East was exposed. Even under the spitting stars of Nicholas II, he endured about half an hour of anger, and finally passed, because the responsibility for this matter was to be the Far East, to be precise, on Brusinov's head.
After Nicholas II poured out his anger from the 6th Army Minister, he was a little calmer and tilted his anger, but he was just a plea. However, the next problem needs to be solved. He thought that the situation on the front line was unknown, with Chita as the center, and there was no news at all around fifty or sixty kilometers. How to solve this matter? Almost all the current senior officers in Russia have been summoned to study this issue together.
Russia's generals gathered together. As a veteran European power, Russia also has a complete military academy system. Although it focuses on aristocrats, some famous generals can still be found in the Russian system, such as Brusinov, and those present now, and their basic judgment ability is.
Nicholas II also knew that this was a very critical moment. He looked around everyone and asked the 6th Army Minister: "We need to know how many cities we have lost now!
When Nicholas II summoned all the generals, he went to the 6th Army and got all the information that could be found. Even the 6th Army and the General Staff kept sending thousands of telegrams to contact the stations they could contact and had first-hand information. He had already been scolded by Nicholas II. He didn't want to be scolded again, especially when the generals gathered.
The 6th Army Minister took out a report, slowly introduced the situation he had, followed the military map, and made a little bit of determination, and then said with certainty: "According to the information we currently have, combined with the reports from the Far East and Western Siberia, only those within a radius of 70 kilometers around the Chita did not respond, and the others were in our hands."
The 70 kilometers around Chita. What to do? The total area is 70 kilometers, which doesn’t look big. In Siberia, there are only cities between the Siberian railways. And just so, there are only 2 small towns in this section, and there are no central hub cities like Chita.
Where are the officers who don’t know much about military or even have weak military sensitivity? This is a good thing. Although the central line of Siberia is decayed, it is only a small part of it. It is just a fall of a red tower. I will take it back. However, in some generals with strong professional strength and strong sensitivity, it is like a thunder, especially the General Staff, and Chief of Staff Petervic has already frowned.
Nicholas II noticed Petervic's expression. In his opinion, this should be a good thing. Why did Petervic worry so much and ask curiously: "By, do you have any problems?"
"Of course there is a problem? Your Excellency, is your news sure?" Petervic did not answer Nicholas II's words directly, but turned to face the Minister of the 6th Army.
The 6th Army Minister was stunned for a moment. He was still immersed in the joy just now. There was only one red tower fall, that is to say, there was room for redeem. After simple calculation, it was easier to conquer a city than to conquer two or three or even three or four cities. If the whole Siberia was in ruins, it would not be a good thing for him. Although he was responsible for the Far East, he still had to rely on him to clean up the mess.
Seeing that the 6th Army Minister did not speak, Petervic asked again. This made the 6th Army Minister a little angry and said loudly: "I have confirmed all these information one by one. If the Chief of Staff does not believe it, you can investigate it yourself!"
The 6th Army ministers said this. In addition to laughing bitterly, Petervic hurriedly appeased the 6th Army ministers and persuaded them. Then he turned to Nicholas II and said, "Your Majesty, the situation is very bad now!"
He still trusted Petervic and Nicholas II very much. His professionalism is commendable. Although he felt that his words were not astonishing as he could never stop, he still asked: "Why do you say that, isn't it just a red tower that falls?"
Nicholas II's grandeur made Petrovic laugh and cry. Isn't it just a Chita, a Chita is an ordinary place? If Vladivostok is the head and Ural Mountain is the foot, Chita can be regarded as the waist of the entire Russian and Asian part. If a person's waist is broken, can he still survive? Even if he can survive, he will suffer a great loss.
But when he saw a few senior generals understand what he meant, most of the rest were still confused, he knew that if he didn't explain it, it would be unreasonable. Even the 6th Army Minister looked at him fiercely, sorted it out for a moment, and said: "We Russia have the vastest territory in the world. Even Napoleon of that year fell in front of Russia. This is the glory of our Russia!"
Petervic's words made the Tsar a little proud. Although this was not what he did, the actions of his ancestors still made him a little proud. Napoleon, however, spread throughout Europe, and throughout the century, he was an focal person that he could not pass. Even now, some of his famous sayings and words have also become movie stars in the entire Europe.
The Tsar did not understand, but just understood the literal meaning of Petervic. This was definitely a boast about the glory of Great Russia. Some other senior officers might not see this at all, but when others had pointed it out, they quickly saw it from this thing.
That's right, the Siberian front is long. If the Chinese did not break through Chita at all, they could rage thousands of miles along the Siberian Railway. This seems to be aggressive but implicit a huge crisis. Any problem that points to a thousand miles will be broken, especially logistics. In places like Siberia covered with ice and snow, logistics is the biggest problem.
But the other party did not do this, and they just chose Chita one point, without greed for too much. As long as they stick to Chita and add the original Mongolian trading city, the two points will support each other and the defense will immediately become three-dimensional. The flaws they may reveal will be very small, and the counterattack will be much more difficult.
The most important thing is that it is mid-January, and it is November soon. Siberia is the coldest place in Russia and also a place that affects the cold air in Asia. After November, it will be frozen thousands of miles away. Even Russia, a fighting nation, dare not mobilize troops to Siberia in winter and attack. In this case, wouldn’t it be until next year?
The Tsar and the 6th Army Minister did not understand, but when Petervic told him calmly, their faces suddenly became ugly, especially the 6th Army Minister. He had thought that this was good before. After listening to Petervic's words, he suddenly felt tricky.
It is not difficult and impossible. It can be kept secret for a month, defeated Brusinov's million-strong army, and made Russia so passive. How could such a force be simple?
If the Tsar had only solved this problem before the meeting, now, this problem may be a difficult or even more difficult problem, so he had to hand over the problem. A group of senior officers discussed for a long time, but there was no systematic solution. In the end, Nicholas still named it and asked Petervic to think about it.
Petervic smiled bitterly, but knew that it would be impossible not to find a solution at this time, but it was too difficult. He hesitated for a little while and said tentatively: "Or, you can try it out and let the Far East and Yekaterinburg directions tentatively attack, look at the opponent's defense, and then!"
Petervic did not continue to say it, but everyone understands the meaning of the words. This attempt may end in failure. Then, I can only wait for next year. In the discussion just now, if the other party really had premeditated it, with the strength shown by the Chinese, a winter time would be enough to make the Northwest guard the Red Tower in airtight. The short war in 1911 had already shown the Northwest's strong defense ability. With half a year of buffering, the Northwest might have completely gained a foothold.
The Tsar was also helpless. Even if he was furious, no matter how he wanted to seek justice, he would not march towards Siberia in winter. It was suicide. Russia, located in a high-latitude area, knew very well the lethality of temperatures of minus 40 degrees or even below. If he did not keep warm, it would be common for a soldier in an army to die overnight.
This is also the fundamental reason why Russia does not save any weapons when it comes to conscription, but it is impossible to save on warmth and cold. Even if it is done well, it will be extremely dangerous to fight on the ice and snowy ground in winter.
At this critical moment, at most, you can only try on a small scale, that is, at the millions. If the Northwest does not make mistakes, it is very unlikely that you can only wait until the spring begins tomorrow.
Russia has the ability to mobilize tens of millions, but after the Red Tower is separated, it actually loses 20,000. Tens of millions of mobilization. In addition, the losses in the early stage of the European War are only 0,000. If you can't afford the loss of another 0,000, the pressure will be quite large next spring.
"To contact the Americans, we need more materials to spread the news that China occupied Chita. By the way, there may be massacres. Orientals have a tradition of massacre." The basic plan was reached, and next,
One by one, one by one, the Russians' ability to use conspiracy and intrigues is quite good. The vicious schemes that they think will work very quickly. These schemes that they think will have very little effect on the northwest. Even no matter how many conspiracies and tricks are, they must be based on their strength. They cannot be too far apart. Once they are too far apart, they will be crushed directly. Under absolute power, the role of any conspiracy and tricks is almost infinitely equal to zero. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!