Chapter 412: The Russian "gift" 2
The Russian finally opened a mouth, which is definitely not a "brain halo" of the prince. It's because Russia's current capacity is indeed a bit tight. Not long ago, Secretary of the Army Kulopatkin wrote in a document to the Tsar, “If we want to transfer a regiment from Moscow to the Far East, then we need at least 45 days, even if we follow the most With good progress, we still could not complete the Siberian Railway in 1905, and by then it would take 35 days for us to transport an army!"
In fact, the Russians can still be beaten to death by the Japanese when they are superior in military strength and artillery. In addition to the gap between commanders and soldiers, logistics is also a problem. For the Russians According to the records, in the many battles of Liaoyang, Shahe, and Fengtian, the Russian artillery almost emptied all the artillery shells. If the description is correct, then the Japanese artillery shells are tense, and the Russian artillery shells are in crisis.. .....
According to another data from Russia, in the early days of the war, the capacity of the Russian main railway line was only three troops per day. Then gradually increased to 9 columns in ten months. By the summer of 1905, there were only 12 main lines. And in 1904, the Russian high-level demand for the military's transportation capability was at least 14 pairs a day! In other words, the mainline railway transportation has never reached the standard...
And more importantly, in addition to the lack of transportation, the Russians also have problems with weapons production. Just imagine that a country that is not as good as the Austro-Hungarian military industry is not mobilized at a distance of 5,000 miles. The war, what a tragic thing for Russia's tragic military industry. In fact, both the Russians and Japanese bought a large number of shells from Germany and France during the war. The Russians found that the price of buying shells from France was more than two times more expensive than the shells produced by Krupp, but both were more expensive than their own. Cheap....
As a result, the Russians had the idea of handing over the production of some munitions to foreign countries. As Russia's largest creditor, the French naturally took a share of it. Bavaria, as Russia's largest supplier of warships, and a conscientious businessman can also benefit a lot from the Russians.
When Bavaria stated that the shells sold to Russia would be at the same price as Germany's domestic supply, Russia agreed to allow Bavaria to intervene in Russian agricultural production, but the requirement was that it must be in Russia. Soon, the prince put forward a counter-proposal that the grain purchasing company can be in Russia, but the processing must be in Turkey. The reason is simple. The labor cost there is lower, and the Turkish government expressed its willingness to provide tax-free treatment.
Nicholas II considered for a moment, and thought that the most of the deal would be the end of the Russo-Japanese War. With the smooth flow of the Siberian Railway and the control of the Northeast of the Qing Dynasty, the food issue will no longer restrict the Russian army in the Far East The key to action, so, finally decided to agree to the prince's request, it is considered a good sale.
"In addition, I heard that your country's Far East fleet is about to rotate, is that right?" After complimenting each other for a long time, Count Robanov asked suddenly.
"That's it, another Munich-class armored cruiser will take over the lead ship Munich to the Far East." The prince nodded and said.
"According to the Kaiser’s opinion, the German Far East Fleet will conduct a joint exercise with my country’s Far East Fleet in the Pacific in the future. What we mean is that if your country’s warships in this rotation are new-style Mainz-class armored cruisers, then the situation It would be better. There is a powerful warship in the Far East, which can easily deter certain countries, right?" Robanov said.
What Russia wants is an attitude, and this attitude is what Germany is willing to give. After all, Germany does not have a good impression of Japan, and in order to reassure Russia, this is nothing but a greeting to the prince. , And then communicate with the Admiralty.
"I will persuade the Kaiser, there should be no problem." The prince agreed very readily. Unlike the conversation with Count Taf, the meeting with Robanov was a delight for both the host and the guest. After sending off the Russian envoy, the prince thought that his mission was completed and he could finally take a break, Earl Schelling stepped forward again untimely.
"Nothing important, let's talk about it tomorrow, I am already very tired today." The prince said angrily.
"Uh, it's about Count Vittorio. Recently, many official Italian figures have approached the Count. They talked a lot about it, and some even tried to persuade him to become Italy." The Count said.
"This is normal, there is nothing worth paying attention to. Count Vittorio will make the right choice." The prince doesn't care about this. After all, Vittorio is also a celebrity, one of the best designers in the German shipbuilding industry, Italy It is understandable that people want to pull back, but the earl has taken root in Bavaria, and not everyone has the courage to go back and start all over again. And Germany has given him better conditions to realize his ambitions.
"But these Italians have asked the German government and your attitude towards Turkey at least three times~www.wuxiaspot.com~ If this is accidental, I don't believe it! But I can't think of the reason why Italy pays attention to Turkey!" Xie Earl Lin said.
"This is abnormal! Absolutely abnormal!" As a traverser, the prince knew very well that Italy had done something with Turkey afterwards, but that was a matter of 10 years later. Why have Italians changed so early now? what's going on?
"When did this happen?" the prince asked hurriedly.
"After we informed Italy that it would absorb Turkey into the Allied Powers system, they once asked the German official's attitude through diplomatic channels."
"Well, you go down first, I need to think about this." The prince has already determined that now Italy has ideas about Turkish colonies in Africa. The question before the prince was, what attitude will Germany take towards Italy, which is about to start? Do you ignore it, or oppose it?
What is certain is that Germany's attitude towards Turkey has made Italy realize that it might completely lose this colony. The secrecy work of the Young Turkey Party is not doing well. Foreign countries have already smelled the coup d’état. In fact, this is normal. In the past, some important figures of the Young Turkish Party have been living in Europe. Naturally, their actions cannot hide from the eyes of the host country. However, according to the prince’s knowledge, the Young Turkish Party seems There is no branch in Italy, why did the Italians hear the news so quickly?
"Collect information about Italians carefully, the more detailed the better," the prince ordered.
