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After seizing the Ava region, the Russian army did not stop the pace of the war, but went straight to the Bosphorus Strait, which was the first gateway to the Black Sea.

It would have been possible to cross the sea directly from Constantinople a few decades ago, but not now.With the development of artillery technology, it is too easy for shore guns to block the strait.

The coalition also considered launching an attack from the Marmara Sea, but before the war broke out, the Ottomans concentrated all the navy in the past.

There are not many warships left by Austria in the Marmara Sea. It is okay to suppress the Ottoman Navy, but it is impossible to destroy them.

In the face of enemies shrinking in the port, it is more convenient to fight on land. The navy rushed into the battle and the price was too high.

Inside the Ava Command, Lieutenant General Harrosv, who was guilty of crime, reported in a low voice: "His Commander, the frontal attack was blocked, and the enemy resisted too fiercely.

Even disgustingly disguised as old, weak women and children, let our army relax its vigilance and then launch a sneak attack.The front-line troops progressed slowly and requested support from the airship bombers."

What "pretend to be an old, weak woman and child" is clearly an old, weak woman and child.The makeup technique of this year has not been so good, and the gap in body shape can not be covered.

With the propaganda of the Sudanese government, the Russian army has turned into a man-eating demon, and the people have long been mobilized, either voluntarily or forced, and these people have caused a lot of trouble to the Russian army.

Admiral Ivanov glared fiercely, his dissatisfaction overwhelmed his words: "Waste, don't we leave the airship force, our soldiers will not fight?"

Tell the front-line troops that the airships are not their nanny, and they have to find ways to fight their own battles.

Airship troops are now carrying out strategic bombing missions, which is related to the entire battle situation, and they are not specifically wiped ass for them."

The Austrian airship force has a certain size. Even if they are all dispatched, there are so few people. While carrying out the strategic bombing, they could not divide enough troops to support the front-line Russian army.

Ivanov was able to become the commander of the Russian army, but it was not because he was afraid of the high ranks, and his strategic vision was still indispensable.

In terms of the overall battle situation, it is now more important to bomb the Ottoman cities, weaken the enemy ’s war potential, blow up the roads and bridges along the way, and increase the pressure on the enemy ’s logistical supply.

If you just stare at the battlefield in front of your eyes, you will stupidly bump into your head and bump into it all the way.Not to mention the 150,000 Russian army, even the 1.5 million Russian army, there will be few people left in the end.

Ivanov is still very optimistic about Lieutenant General Khrosv. Otherwise, Awa ’s affairs will allow him to go home to care for the elderly. How can he stay and pay for his crimes?

Ivanov knew very well that this Near East War was regarded by many as a good opportunity for gilding. This 150,000-strong Russian army had a large number of related households.

I wanted to ask for help whenever I could, and it was probably the officer from that family.If the Austrian airship force is under his command, Ivanov is also willing to sell his personal feelings.

Unfortunately, this time the two sides were commanded separately.Since the Russian army insisted on launching the Black Sea Strait Raiders, the coalition headquarters has been completely reduced to the logistics department + relationship coordination committee.

Now both sides are fighting each other, and joint operations do not exist.Austria ’s cooperation is also limited to providing them with logistics and, if necessary, ship transfer forces.

There is no problem with this mode of command. The Austrian army is fighting in the Middle East, and the Russian army is fighting hard in the Asia Minor Peninsula. The two places are far apart from each other and cannot be united.

Let's forget about the airship force. Because of the asymmetric information, the accident of accidentally hurting the friendly army occurred in the previous cooperation. The two sides also had a quarrel.

Then, Arrest released the Russians completely, and pretended not to see them, whatever the Russian army fought.All airship troops were sent out for strategic bombing, far away from the front line.

The distance produces beauty, without the cooperation of the airship force, the Russian army immediately missed the advantage of having someone on the head cooperate.Airship troops may not be able to kill as many enemies or destroy as many fortifications, but they are very important in dismantling the enemy's military.

According to past experience, the resistance of the Ottoman army is fiercer. As long as a few bombs fall in the sky, the morale will drop by a grade.

Ivanov could not admit that the Russian army could not fight with the help of Austria, and could only proceed with a stubborn daring.Moreover, the strategic bombing of airship troops is also beneficial to the entire battlefield.

Lieutenant General Harrosh explained: "My Excellency Commander, the casualties of our army have indeed been somewhat heavy. The casualties in the past two days have exceeded 1,000.

After paying such a large price, we still have to move forward more than ten kilometers a day. With the casualties of the Battle of Ava, the number of casualties in our army has exceeded 8,000.

According to the current progress, it will take at least one month to conquer the Bosphorus.The casualties that need to be paid may be as high as tens of thousands.

This has surpassed our ability to withstand. The Bosphorus is just the beginning. From the first phase of the strategic mission, it has only taken a small step.

If this situation does not change, we cannot win the war with our current strength.Even if the country can continue to increase troops, there are still a lot of problems involved."

If the enemy is not desperate, the battle will naturally be difficult to fight.In this short period of more than a week, the Russian army has achieved a record of defeating 58,000 enemy troops, annihilating 12,000 enemy troops, and capturing 836 enemy troops.

With so few captives, it was the result of propaganda by the Sudanese government.The Ottoman soldiers believed that the Russian army would utterly annihilate and would naturally not surrender.

The captured prisoners are basically the results of the previous landing battle.Since the news that Ava was slaughtered, Ottoman soldiers rarely surrendered.

The enemy chose to die in the end, and the number of casualties in the Russian army inevitably went up.There are now more than 8,000 casualties in the Russian army, including more than 2,000 people killed in battle. Even if they are effectively treated, only half of them can return to the battlefield.

Ivanov shook his head: "I know these things, but it still doesn't work. The airship is not our army, and the command is in the hands of the Austrians.

The coalition headquarters is still in Constantinople, and there is no plan to move the nest.Even if we coordinate, we have to send people back to Constantinople first.

How long does it take to get back and forth?Every time it comes like this, how can the next battle be fought?

We have clearly agreed with Austria, and now it is enough to ask them for help once or twice. If we need their help during the entire war, we will be able to win, and things are not that simple.

What countries look at is interest, and no one will pay for it blindly.Every time we ask for help, we have to pay a price, these are the interests of the Russian Empire."

Anything that involves politics is not easy.Neither side has done less about stabbing between allies.

It's just embarrassing that the Austrians have done something obscure and can't catch the handle on the bright side; on the contrary, the tsarist government has done things, and many things have been caught.

These open fights, the people below are not yet clear, Ivanov has already contacted.In terms of interests, these contradictions and conflicts have been suppressed by both parties.

But the gulf has been buried. Today you secretly count on me, tomorrow I secretly count on you. Almost every time a contradiction occurs, the relationship between the two countries is further away.

The Vienna government refused to renew the contract, and the tsarist government did not jump out to blame, that is, because of the large number of handles caught by Austria, it is unreasonable to fight.

These things are not exposed, or hello, hello everyone, once the cover is lifted, the things behind are not easy to end, at least the hostility between the two countries is indispensable.

The high-level officials were intriguing and directly bitter the officers and soldiers below.Otherwise, even if the airship force is insufficient, can't the Vienna government supplement it?

It can never be said that Austria does not even have an airship reserve, only the 120 airships on the front line.

It should be known that the Austrian airship force has existed for more than ten years. For such a long time, there are naturally many airships that are retired midway. These airships have not been dismantled and sold scrap iron, and they are still sealed up.

As long as the Vienna government is willing, it can be activated at any time.Anyway, the Ottomans did not have air defense firepower, and even if the airship performance was a little worse, the problem of bombing the enemy was not a big problem.

It is not impossible to change this situation, as long as the tsarist government is willing to bow its head, or is willing to pay a certain price, it can achieve its goal.

Unfortunately, this can only be wishful thinking.In the Near East War, the two countries joined forces solely because of interests.Since interests are involved, there is no way to compromise many issues.

The casualties of some soldiers were not seen in the eyes of the tsarist government. How could they concede?

The front line of the war was still burning, and Russian soldiers went forward and rushed up to fight the Ottomans, and the two sides were fighting darkly.

St. Petersburg is also not calm. Since receiving Poland's return to Parliament for the election of the king, the tsarist government has been unable to sit still.

The facts lie ahead. In this election, William I did not even have a strong competitor, and there was no suspense in winning.

Once Poland and Prussia rule together, the union of the two countries will inevitably become closer and may even merge into one country.

It was the tsarist government that led to the two countries stepping up their union. The presence of the Russian Empire has put heavy pressure on the ruling classes of the two countries. .

This is not something that individuals can resist, and it was the intervention of the powers that prevented this from happening before.After all, after the Russian-Russian war, the Russian empire was somewhat miserable, and the tsarist government seemed likely to collapse at any time.

The three countries of Britain, France and Austria did not want to add a piece of cake to the table, they strongly interfered in the Polish throne election and kicked William I out of the game for the first time.The Prussians did not want to be outdone. They simply pushed the revolutionary party to power and secretly supported the revolutionary party to prevent the election of the throne.

The unresolved succession of the Polish throne is the result of all parties involved.Now that the situation has changed, no one expected that the Russian Empire would recover so quickly after the reform of Alexander II.

It may not be as strong as it was at its peak, but it is also much stronger than the current Prussia and Poland.If you calculate the overall national strength, the Russians are almost double the total of Prussia + Poland.

This action of the Berlin government was also forced out.Without the annexation of the Kingdom of Poland, the subsequent war is almost doomed to lose.

After the reform of Alexander II, the Russian Empire was much more stable.There is food in my hands and I am not afraid, even if it is very painful in the agricultural crisis, but this is the advantage in the war years.

The tsarist government can control, and gray animals have combat power.If you want to kill the Russians, do n’t make fun of it. The Czarist government has not retreated to Moscow?

No matter how many battles the front loses, the tsarist government with food in hand will not collapse.After the outbreak of the agricultural crisis, Alexander II gritted his teeth and directly collected grain as a tax, turning these grains into strategic reserves. This was the source of the Tsarist government ’s financial failure.

Otherwise, after tax reform, so many worms have been cleared.Even if a large part of the territory is lost, the tsarist government's fiscal revenue should exceed the previous one. How could it be bankrupt?

After glancing at the crowd, Alexander II asked: "William I jumped out at this time to compete for the Polish throne. What do you think?"

The Tsar was not easy to do, and since the beginning of the throne, Alexander II had not had a good day.

Because of the misjudgment, he thought of limiting Austria at the beginning of the throne, ignoring the threat of the Kingdom of Prussia. As a result, the current unfavorable situation has occurred, and the internal criticism has never been cut off.

If it weren't for Alexander II's political skills, he would have been ousted.It has not happened for the Russian Empire to change the tsar.

The last example was Peter III, which happened to be due to pro-university.Alexander II clearly learned his lesson and chose to beat Prussia decisively. Although he lost the war, he still kept the throne.

In this regard, the Russian people are still very generous. Victory or defeat is a common matter for military strategists. As long as the tsar can look inside the government, as long as the bottom-level people can fill their stomachs, they will not rebel because of the war.

Foreign Minister Chris Basham: "Your Majesty, the Prussian action at this time is related to the current international situation.

When Napoleon III died, the French government was caught in a whirlpool of power struggles and had no energy to participate in international affairs in a short time.As long as the Prussians are willing to pay a price, it is not difficult for the French to stand by and watch.

As Russia-Australia relations have turned cold, the Vienna government has never tried to support Prussia to contain our ideas.Even if there is not now, there will be in the future.

right now.Both our energy and Austria's energies have been constrained by a large part. In the Near East War, if the Prussians were willing to pay a lot of money, the Vienna government might default on their actions.

After smoothing out the two countries, it is not difficult to convince the British.Even if the London government is opposed, it will not send troops to interfere.

If the three countries of Britain, France, Austria and Austria do not take action, even if we send troops to interfere, the Prussians will not let go, which will inevitably lead to a new war.

We are not ready yet. The Near East War has constrained part of our strength. Now the outbreak of war is very unfavorable to us.The Prussian should have seized this opportunity before taking the opportunity."

After Chris Basham's punch, things became clear.Although there is a solution, it is a pity that the decision-making power is not in the hands of the tsarist government.

France and Austria will not fight, and their family alone will not scare the Prussians.Anyway, they are all enemies, and the Berlin government will not care about their ideas.

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