Holy Roman Empire

In the Crimean Peninsula, the three countries of Britain, France, and Russia continued to fight, to be precise, the British and French attacked, and the Russians defended with all their might.

The disadvantage in weapons and equipment is a bruise. Unlike the Russian army on the Balkans, it has been uniformly replaced with Austrian machinery and equipment. It is comparable to Britain and France in terms of equipment.

The Russian army on the Crimean peninsula was not so lucky. It was originally a second-line force in the country, and it was a hasty response. In addition, the corruption of the bureaucracy of the tsarist government caused multiple tragedies.

In fact, at this time, Nicholas I has decided to completely replace the Austrian machinery equipment, but because of the introduction of the production line in China, the bureaucrats of the pit teammates gave the order to the domestic military industry enterprises.

The production line takes time according to the commissioning, and it still takes time to retrain the workers.Now is the time of war, the Russian army on the battlefield can't wait!

So far, the Russians have not been able to bring their production capacity to their peak. At their speed, they have to completely renovate the Russian army in the Crimean peninsula, and they cannot do it in a year or two.

General Fitzroy Somerset, who had just been transferred to the commander-in-chief of the Crimean peninsula, was furious. When fighting in the Balkans, he did not feel that what was missing was directly purchased from Austria.

When he arrived here, he discovered that the logistics of the Russian army were so bad. Not only were the replacements of new weapons untimely, but even the common logistics materials often made mistakes.

Fortunately, the coalition forces on the opposite side did not have the strong powers encountered on the Balkans. It was still meaningful for Constantinople to fight the battle, at least to contain the elite French troops.

Fitzroy Somerset thought for a while and said, "Send a message to St. Petersburg to explain our situation and ask the country to immediately fill up our supplies.

If the logistics supply cannot be guaranteed, then the Crimean peninsula can only be abandoned and retreated to the coastal areas of Ukraine."

Even if there is a lack of doctors and medicines, anyway, gray animals are worthless, and he does n’t feel bad even if he dies.Without guns and guns, this can't be tolerated. The guys have nothing to do. How can they fight?

As for whether he would offend people, Fitzroy Somerset had no longer thought about it so much, and he was finished after losing the battle, no matter how serious the consequences were.

As a high-ranking general of the Russian army, as long as he won the war, even if he offended the domestic interest groups, he could resist the pressure.

The means of transport of the Russian army in the Crimean peninsula is mainly bullock carts. This time and space is still good. The Russians are well prepared. They have stockpiled a batch of materials in the coastal areas.

Even if the bureaucrats gave it away, they did n’t have any use for these materials, and they still had to sell them to the tsar, so Fitzroy Somerset did n’t have to worry about food.

Weapons and equipment can't be solved. Now that the tsarist government has decided to replace them, these tattered goods don't know where they are abandoned.

The same weapons and equipment, produced by the Russian arsenal, will inevitably increase in weight a little bit, and the failure rate will be a little higher, but it is absolutely resistant to operation.

Fitzroy Somerset is also not picky, as long as there is.Now the pressure on the St. Petersburg government is to let them speed up the supply. If domestic production is too late, hurry and buy!

In any case, the Crimean Russians did not dare to give up. Once the British and French have a firm foothold here, the Black Sea has nothing to do with them.

In order to combat the biggest competitors, the British must not mind paying for the annual military expenditure.As long as the Crimean Peninsula is blocked, the bears are not only the strategy of the Near East is over, they are in the hands of half of the import and export trade.

It doesn't take long, up to three or five years, the European hegemony of the Russian Empire will collapse, and then the Polish independence will be spurred, and the British strategy will succeed.

Of course, this kind of good thing is obviously not so easy to succeed, at least Franz will not agree, he is now ready to cause some trouble for the British.

The Russians cannot fall, at least not until the Neo-Holy Roman Empire completes its internal integration, or they will become humans with their tails.

Franz asked with concern: "Marshal, is there any way for the Russians to conquer Constantinople?"

In Franz's view, the easiest break on the battlefield in the Near East was Constantinople. As long as the Russians conquered this place, the war could not be fought.

The narrowest part of the Bosphorus is 750 meters, and the widest part is 3.7 kilometers.As long as Russia is provided with a batch of shore artillery to lay ashore, the Black Sea and the external sea passages are isolated.

Without the connection of the sea channel, the transportation of the Ottoman Empire and the Russians have a fight. If the materials are transferred from the Asia Minor peninsula by land, then the logistics supply of the British and French coalition forces on the Crimean peninsula will definitely have problems. law.

Marshal Radsky analyzed: "Your Majesty, Constantinople was originally a fortress city, easy to defend and difficult to attack, stationed with elite French troops, and the Navy provides fire support.

If you want to attack head-on, you can only rely on strength.It is possible to break through the city only when it reaches the limit that the French army can bear.

Now the most correct choice for the Russians is to mobilize a large number of artillery bombardments against Constantinople, and no matter how strong the fortress is, there are limits.

The Ottoman Empire has long since decayed, and Constantinople has not been threatened for 100 years. They have long relaxed the upgrading of the city's fortifications.

After the outbreak of the Near East War.The Ottoman government only carried out repairs and reinforcements, but the time was still too short. This is the opportunity for the Russians.

Most of these fortifications are unable to resist heavy artillery attacks.As long as the Russians are willing to spend their capital and knock hundreds of heavy artillery pieces and knock them little by little, the turtle shell can also be broken."

This is a purely stupid way, it is to press people, but it is the only feasible way now.

The problem is that Britain and France can also bring a lot of artillery and the Russians to bombard them, and in the end both sides still have to kill people to fill up.Thousands of thousands of deaths, it is estimated that Constantinople cannot be broken.

The artillery hit rate is very low in this era. The Russian army only needs to disperse the artillery positions and bombard the city of Constantinople. If the target is so large, you can always shoot the artillery shells. The British and French will destroy the Russian artillery positions. It's difficult.

Franz felt that the casualties could not frighten the Russians, and that the military expenses might have brought the Russians down first.There are hundreds of heavy artillery alone, and it is impossible to get it without tens of millions of rubles. It takes dozens of tons of ammunition in a round of salvo.

Since it is necessary to achieve the effect of mad bombing, the thousands of tons of ammunition fired every day are just ordinary operations.To smash Constantinople, God knows how much ammunition will be consumed in the end.

But if you do n’t fight this way, according to the current attacking style of the Russians, the exchange ratio will be 4 to 1, even if the gray cattle are not worth it, they ca n’t afford to consume it?

According to the current situation, Franz can say with certainty that at most another one and a half years, the tsarist government will be forced to give up because of excessive casualties.

Franz thought for a while and said, "The staff department put together a plan and handed it to the tsarist government, let them go if they don't need it!"

He did not believe that no intelligent person in the Russian government could see that, without the advantage of firepower, blindly killing people to fill the huge pit of Constantinople was completely an act of death.

According to information received by Franz, since the outbreak of Constantinople, the number of Russian casualties has approached the sum of two Bulgarian battles.

St. Petersburg is preparing to replace Mainshkov. Under the command of this "genius" commander, the casualties of the Russian army have always been high.

This plan is not for the St. Petersburg government, but for the Russian Balkan Commander Mienshkov. If he does not want to go back to St. Petersburg in vain, he will definitely consider the Austrian proposal.

As a high-ranking general of the Russian army, no one can endure the temptation to conquer Constantinople. Once this great accomplishment is completed, it will be recorded in Russian history as the "national hero" of Russia.

Not only are the Russians interested, but in fact Franz wants to accomplish this great cause. The Habsburg dynasty and the Ottoman Empire are also feuds. Overcoming Constantinople can also bring them a lot of political prestige.

Most European countries have special feelings for this city. Now that the French help the Ottomans to guard Constantinople, Franz can be sure that if there is a chance, Napoleon III will not mind taking this city.

Completion of this great cause is no less prestigious than defeating the Russians.If the Crimean battle fails, Napoleon III will most likely swallow Constantinople directly to save the political disaster brought about by the failure of the war.

Most of the London government will also assume that this happened. Constantinople fell into the hands of the French, but it was better than the Russians.The French and Russians are dying, and the British are absolutely happy to see their success.

If possible, Franz does n’t mind pushing it, making the hatred between France and Russia deeper.

It is a pity that the Russians were not upset, the bureaucracy of the tsarist government dragged their feet, and the Crimean Russian army had too little hope of winning the war.

Without this, Franz can only hope that the Russians will break out of Constantinople and pull the hatred of Britain and France to full value in one fell swoop.

The method of Marshal Radsky is undoubtedly the most effective method from the standpoint of the Vienna government. In fact, for the Russians, it is a bad idea from beginning to end.

The reason is very simple, the war consumes too much, and it is not suitable for the agricultural country like Mao Xiong.

This style of play easily exceeded the limit of the Russian Empire. Even if Constantinople was conquered, they would not be able to proceed to the next strategy because their financial resources were exhausted.

After all, is there another Dardanelles?Just mastering a Bosphorus Strait is not enough to allow the Russians to control the Black Sea Strait. Moreover, after capturing Constantinople, they have mastered half the Bosphorus Strait.

From a strategic point of view, the division of troops to capture the Gallipoli Peninsula to block the Dardanelles can also end this war.

Not every place has a Constantinople. Guarding the Gallipoli Peninsula is more difficult than guarding Constantinople.

Even if it is impossible to win here, the division of forces can also force the British and French troops to guard and reduce the pressure on the Russian army on the Crimean peninsula.

It can only be said that the temptation of Constantinople is too great, and the Russians cannot resist this temptation, so they go straight up.

Franz naturally cannot remind the Russians that the Near East War ended early and failed to maximize the power of the three countries of Britain, France and Russia, which is not in the interest of the New Holy Roman Empire.

Moreover, no matter how good the strategy is, people need to execute it. Franz does not think that the Russians have such a strong execution ability, at least General Menshkov cannot.

With the efficiency of the Russians, wanting to hit the British and French in a sudden attack is undoubtedly a fool.Now the Gallipoli Peninsula only needs a few Ottoman squadrons to be easily broken through.

Once the British and French reacted, the coalition attacking the Greeks could immediately reinforce the Gallipoli peninsula, and then it would be another general battle.

The national strength of Britain and France is strong, and even if they open another front, they will bite their teeth, and the Russians will not be able to do so, and their domestic organizational capacity will soon reach its limit.

If you increase the front, I am afraid that the bear will also feel what is lack of strength.Of course, this does not mean that they are short of troops, but that they cannot put the army on the front line in a short time.

Not to mention the logistics supply, even if the materials can be obtained from Austria and transported to the front with their efficiency, the daylily becomes cold.

One operation was not good, and he did a bad thing with good intentions, because the logistics were not in place and the Russians lost the war, and Franz only cried with Nikolai I.