Chapter 291 Chaos
Updated: 2012-09-17
The new changes in the Eastern Russian battlefield obviously attracted the attention of the world. The Northeast's upward momentum on the battlefield also made many observers shocked. It had predicted that as the front gradually advances westward, Tsarist Russia's logistics situation will be greatly alleviated, and then the Northeast will pay a heavy price for the war with Russia. However, facts are better than words. The Northeast Insurance Team did not retake Napoleon's old path, did not lose its direction in the cold winter of Russia, and its logistics support capabilities are far beyond their opponents.
Starting from the second day of the land battle, the Russian army on the east bank of the Yenisei River was eroding at a speed of more than one regiment every day. Although it was not fast, this speed could just maintain the pressure on the Russian army, and also prevent its logistics from being extremely consumed due to excessive offensives and falling into a state of collapse. When the number of Russian troops was getting smaller and smaller and almost without logistics supplies, in the face of the continuous pressure in the northeast, ammunition and food would only be consumed more and more. Dragoriv was in the west bank, but it was beyond the reach. Several pontoon bridges that could barely maintain, coupled with the small number of river ships, did not have much effect under the suppression of the Northeast Air Force. Both sides of the war understood that in no time, quantitative change would produce qualitative changes, and the entire Russian army's defense line on the east bank of the Yenisei River would completely collapse.
Of course, the Northeast also hopes that the war can be decided quickly. The longer the war against the Russian army will be delayed, the more food and medicines it consumes. The pros and cons of it will be measured by the Northeast.
In recent days, army representatives from Germany and several other small European countries have requested the Northeast government, hoping to form an observation group to visit the East Russia front. After asking Wang Yi, Yang Qiuxing agreed to their request. Northeast and Germany are currently good relations, and the two sides have dense economic and trade exchanges. Germany is now an important trading partner of the Northeast. They are important customers of big merchants, ranging from heavy machinery to stainless steel pots and pans, and even light bulbs. Germany's imported goods from the Northeast are simply all-inclusive, and the Northeast has played a crucial role in the development of Germany's industrial level.
In addition to the warm economic and trade exchanges, the two sides also have constant exchanges. What's more important is that the two countries also have common interests in Africa and need to work together to limit the huge influence of Britain. At the same time, both sides are basically consistent in their position towards Russia. Although the German Emperor and the Tsar have nominal kinship, this indifferent blood-kinship obviously cannot alleviate the pillow style that the Russian queen blew to her husband. The relationship between the two countries has gone from becoming increasingly alienated to becoming increasingly tense, and the increasing intimacy between Russia and France has obviously violated the taboo of Germany. The reciprocity between Germany and the Northeast has also made Alexander III even more dissatisfied with his relatives.
Although the two sides are not tense and directly engaged in war, they are like sitting on a gasoline barrel that is adding fuel. After a certain period of time, perhaps a little bit of Mars is enough to ignite this war that may sweep across Europe.
At present, in addition to Germany, the other one is the Boers. Because of their secret agreement with the Northeast, the Northeast military allowed them to participate in the war directly on the Eastern Russian battlefield. Of course, the purpose of participating in the war is not because the Northeast has shortage of troops, but because only through the real battlefield can the Boers be trained and cultivate their own military talents. An infantry regiment, a cavalry regiment, and an artillery regiment, counts the strength of a division. Weapons and logistics supplies are all provided by the Northeast Insurance Team, and all personnel are protected by the Northeast.
The dangerous team was trained, and the officers studied at the Northeast Army Officer School. After more than a year, the Boer division has been sent to the battlefield. For soldiers and officers, the battlefield is the best school. In the struggle between life and death, the waves wash away the sand. In the battle between iron and fire, learn to be strong and brave, and master the basic combat skills of the modern army. Although the Boer division has not achieved very impressive results at present, the Boer generals who came to visit are still very excited about the changes in the division. Seed! The seed of the Devasland Army!
Wang Yi believed that it would not take long before these Boers returned to Devasland from the northeast and then passed through the Northeast armed forces, if the British imagined annexing South Africa to become their own gold and diamond colony as in history, they would probably lose much more than they got at that time.
Although he was burying nails for the British, Wang Yi didn't think there was anything wrong with doing this. Even after nearly twenty years of South Africa, nominal apartheid had been eliminated, the British gold platinum mines could continue to exploit black miners. Once black miners were dissatisfied and launched a strike, the police would make them pay the price of blood and life. Although Devasland has become the land of South Africa and although South Africa has become one of the five BRICS countries, British mining companies are still strong.
Now the situation on the east bank of the Yenisei River is in danger of collapse. The Russians who had been reluctant to engage in peace talks with the Northeast before finally began to panic. Although Alexander III did not lose confidence in Dragomilov, he watched the 100,000 troops who had fought for many years in the Far East battlefield. The real elite troops of the Russian Empire were now beaten by the Northeast to only four divisions, less than 50,000 troops. It is impossible to say that Alexander III did not feel sorry for him.
Unfortunately, there is no diplomatic relationship between Russia and the Northeast Autonomous Region. At present, only the Russian ambassador Kuman, who is in Beijing, can barely talk to Tang Shaoyi, the Northeast representative in Beijing, but that's all. Both sides have no common language at all, and Tsarist Russia had lacked attention to the Northeast before, and its eyes were always focused on the European continent. It was only in the past two or three years that really attracted attention. This was undoubtedly a temporary cram, and Alexander III was furious about it.
Tsarist Russia's current diplomacy is no longer as powerful as it was back then. Since the death of former Foreign Minister Alexander Mikhailovich Gorchaev, Tsarist Russia has lost the only person on the European continent who can compete with German Prime Minister Bismarck. The current Russian diplomacy is in chaos. In history, the current Army Minister Miliujin should have retired in 1881, but the strong rise of the Northeast has changed the fate of many people in Russia. Currently, Miliujin nominally leads Russia's foreign policy, but Russia has shortage of talents, and Miliujin is simply too busy to handle multiple positions. In addition, the previous focus has been on Europe, so the current chaos has emerged.
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