Chapter 537: Promising bystanders
"Then what are you going to do in this war? Isn't it really just onlookers?" Princess Mary asked.
"I said, we want to be an effective onlooker. Isn't our fundamental purpose to make this war longer and more violent? The Japanese have British arms and funds. If it’s not enough, there may be French. On the Russian side, we are the big head of the arms supply. Now that I have judged that the Japanese will start a war at the end of 1903, the arms we give to the Russians must also be based on this. Time to provide! The Russians can't think of it, but as a qualified supplier, we must consider our customers, right?" The prince said with a smile. "I will also reveal some news to the Russians, so that they can step up their deployment in the Far East. At least send troops there first. I will even give them a weapon."
"You keep saying that Tirpitz brought England and Germany into the Russo-Japanese War. In fact, you got deeper than him." Princess Mary said with a pursed smile.
"But before that, I have to do a good job with the former Russian general. After all, he came from the Russian army. He knows the situation in Russia better than we do."
"Are you sure you are communicating well with that Russian general who is not suitable for his beautiful niece?" Princess Mary's words made it very embarrassing....
"I'll talk about business," said with a straight face pretending to be unhappy.
"I'm also talking about business." Princess Mary said somewhat jokingly.
"Let's change the topic..." The prince was completely depressed. "I think it would be better for you to talk to the countess."
The proper business must be done. Three days later, Countess Azelina accompanied his uncle, Lieutenant General Kalenia, once again to the palace of Bavaria. And this time, besides Earl Schelling, Major General Caliput who had just returned from Bull. Well, this guy who had played with the British in South Africa for several years finally came back. The reason is simple. South Africa can no longer fight. Under the iron wall of 350,000 British troops, there is no room for subtle tactics. The massive resistance of the Boers was nearing an end, and it would be useless for him to stay there.
As in the last meeting, the Countess was received by the princess, while Ruprecht, Prince Leopold, Calypte and Lieutenant General Kalenia were in charge of deducing the battle between Russia and Japan in the Far East.
"From the current situation, the deployment of Russia's mobile corps in the Far East is mainly divided into three parts, which constitute two major corps. The first part is the first independent corps deployed in the Liaoyang and Haicheng areas. Its strength is composed of three Siberians. The army and some affiliated units consist of about 60 infantry battalions, 48 cavalry companies, and more than 200 artillery pieces. The second part is the troops deployed in the South Ussuri area. Their strength is only one division, and they are mainly for security tasks. The third part is deployed in the Harbin area. It consists of 146 infantry battalions and 36 cavalry regiments. They have more than 500 artillery pieces of all kinds. (A division has about 12 infantry battalions
"In addition to these mobile units, the Middle East Railway also has 20,000 Russian road guards. In the Lushun and Jinzhou regions, there are two divisions and one main group with about 40,000 people. In the future, if the Russian fleet is stationed, it may There will also be 15,000 Russian naval officers and soldiers."
"The main force of the Japanese side is concentrated on the front line of North Korea. They should now be composed of 5 armies and several independent brigades, each with 3 divisions. A Japanese division is about 20,000 people, and they are now a first-line division. There are about 17 (13 in history) reserve divisions and 8 (7.5 in history). In terms of strength, they are almost equal to Russia. However, their starting positions should be North Korea and the mainland." Kaliput Roughly introduce the initial situation of both parties.
"Japan is an island country, they want to transport troops up, how to calculate the obstacles to transportation by the Russian Far East fleet?" Lieutenant General Kalenia asked.
"There is no need to consider the issue of sea dominance, we will treat the Japanese troop transportation route as unimpeded." The prince said.
"Then if nothing goes wrong, the main battlefield of the war will be on the front line of Fengtian. In fact, if I were the Minister of the Russian Army, I would retreat to the front line of Changchun." Prince Leopold dismissed the deployment of the Russians. Said.
On the battlefields of Western Europe, the area of each country is extremely small. Together, Austria-Hungary and Prussia are similar to the Northeast. Naturally, it is impossible to fight such a deep battle. In addition, European cities are important production bases for military materials, and naturally they cannot be discarded at will, but the Far East is different. These cities cannot produce enough military materials, which means that there is not much material except transportation lines. significance.
Prince Leopold understood that if the Japanese army can operate freely at sea according to the setting, it means that the Japanese navy has control of the sea, and for Japan, it is basically invincible if it has control of the sea. Ground. And if this is the case, the best way for the Russian army is to retreat back, lengthen the Japanese supply line, and expand the battlefield from Liaoning to Jilin. The opponent's supply line is longer, the density of troops is reduced, and the depth of defense that needs to be increased is natural. There will be loopholes. Japan is an effect. It can't afford a large loss of personnel and equipment. It is the kingly way to use space in exchange for the opportunity to destroy the enemy.
But it's a pity that ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ the Russians are obviously ready to fight. They pushed the front line to Liaoyang and Fengtian (Shenyang today). Most of them have to descend from the Trans-Siberian Railway to Harbin, and then follow the Middle East Road to Fengtian. This distance is more than 600 kilometers. Greatly stretched its own supply line. Japan can transport by sea. Calculating the cost of Russia's transportation of troops and ammunition from Western Europe to the Far East, and the cost of Japan's transportation of supplies and troops from the mainland to Liaoyang, the time and loss required by both sides are completely disproportionate!
Moreover, the fighting **** of the two sides is too small and the density of troops is too large. It is difficult for the Russian cavalry to exert its advantages. The two sides are almost head-to-head fighting, exchange of ammunition and personnel consumption. It is unrealistic for the Russians to push the Japanese back, and the Japanese want to drive the Russians away, and then it is difficult to move north. Both sides lost the opportunity of the campaign to annihilate their opponents, so in the eyes of the prince, it was really meaningless.
"I agree with the prince that the front line is indeed too far north. The supply of ammunition is probably very difficult. It is said that the army on the front line in Liaoyang only has 150 rounds of ammunition. Can this amount of ammunition be used for two days?" Kalenia Zhong Will say. (Historically, during the Battle of Liaoyang, Russia, the fourth army’s artillery capacity averaged less than 200 rounds. The Russians had the advantage of artillery, but the ammunition was too few!)
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