Holy Roman Empire

The generals are in action, and the Russians are not idle.Perhaps the lesson learned from the last war is that the Russians have to be more cautious this time.

Regardless of how the generals fight, they recognized Smolensk, and other regions relied on the fortifications built before.

From the standpoint of bystanders, the Russians are a little strategically conservative, but have to admit that this is the safest option.

Smolensk is the gateway to Moscow. Without winning here, the Russian army would not be able to go west with confidence.

Everyone who has studied the general army knows that they like to concentrate their superior forces on local battlefields for decisive battles. Dividing into joint strikes, rapid breakthroughs, outside battles, and quick battles are their strengths.

In the last war, the Russians suffered a big loss, and now it is natural to learn a lesson.

Steady and steady play is undoubtedly the best choice.Concentrating troops in one direction and focusing on attacking, and relying on fortification defense in other regions, even if the general army has concentrated superior forces, it will be difficult to break through in a short time.

Defensive always has more advantages than offensive, with a fortified fortress as a backing, there is no two or three times the strength advantage, under normal circumstances it can not break through.

At the Vienna Palace, looking at the Russian military deployment plan, Franz frowned, the Russians were stable, but what about the Pope Federation?

The evenly matched battle is what Franz wants to see.Now the Russian army's tactics do not have any technical content, and they are completely consuming with the Pope Federation.

"Albrecht, if you were in Mauchi's position, how would you fight this war?"

After a little thought, Albrecht picked up the baton on the map a little: "Here is

Smolensk, located in the middle of the Eastern European Plains, is viewed militaryly as the gateway to Moscow.

In recent years, Russia and Russia have built many fortifications on the border, and Smolensk is a bunker fort.

If it was my command, since the Russians wanted to attack Smolensk, they would defend directly on the spot and use the fortifications to consume the Russian troops.

The Russians defended in other regions, and the general army could also stick to it.Anyway, winter is coming soon, and now even if a breakthrough is made, there is no way to expand the results.

The issue of decisive battle can be dragged to the next spring, when the muddy road will be the biggest enemy mobilized by the Russian army."

After a pause, Albrecht added: "In fact, in addition to the Army, you can also consider the Navy.

In recent years, the Russians, subject to financial resources, have abandoned the navy.Although the Commonwealth Navy of Pupo is not good, they can seek help from Britain and France.

Buy or lease a fleet and directly attack St. Petersburg, if you are lucky, you can end the war within the year.

Even if the Tsarist government is not retained, it does not matter.The capital has been lost, and the Russian army on the front line will definitely be turbulent.

In order to replace the failure, it is possible that the tsarist government will also change the previous strategy and order the frontline Russian troops to come out to fight, and naturally fighters will appear."

Franz was surprised, and suddenly found that the Russians still have such a obvious flaw, so he was not surprised.

After calming down, Franz shook his head: "Maoqi will not do this, and the Junker nobles will not allow the glory of defeating the Russians to be given to the navy.

The attack on St. Petersburg requires the close cooperation of the army and navy.The generals have not carried out landing training, and if they do not cooperate well, this plan cannot be realized at all.

Moreover, it is difficult to purchase such a large amount of movement in the fleet, and it is difficult to keep it secret.No matter how the British and French cooperate, the entry into the Baltic Sea will be exposed, unless the British and French personally send troops."

The battle between land and sea is an unavoidable topic.Although the Army has an absolute advantage in the Pupo Federation, the Navy also has many supporters.

At the end of the 1950s, the last wave of colonial expansion broke out. Prussia also set off a wave of naval development. It even built its own armored ship and opened up a colony on the Indo-China Peninsula.

If it were not for the Army to take the lead and initiate the second Pudan War, which caused the situation to be out of control, it is possible that the Kingdom of Prussia would also become a new colonial empire.

Even now, Prussia's domestic business community is still a supporter of the Navy.It's too late to divide up the colony, but everyone's overseas investment still needs protection!

International trade has been difficult this year, and it is difficult to do anything without a strong navy as a backing.Even pirates are watching people serve food.

If you count carefully, you will find a dry duck country such as the Commonwealth of Popo, the chance of accidents of ships abroad is several times that of naval powers.

The loss of the capitalists, the noble Junkers do not care, their core interests are on the land.If they were not forced by the Russians, they even opposed the establishment of the Pupo Federation.

In order to prevent agricultural products from the Polish region from hitting the domestic market, the current Popo Federation still retains tariffs.

In this context, unless it is absolutely necessary, as a representative of the interests of the Junker nobility, Mao Qi will never sacrifice class interests.

As for the British and French sending troops in person, that's too much thinking.Their support for the Pupo Federation is not false, but it does not mean that they want to see the Russians lose immediately, at least the French just want to see the Pupo Federation win.

Albrecht nodded characteristically: "Indeed, once the navy is the key to winning this war, it is difficult to suppress their development after the war.

The strength of the Pupo Federation is still insufficient. While maintaining a world-class army, it is simply impossible to build a large navy."

This problem not only haunts the Pupo Federation, but even Austria has the same troubles.

At the same time raising a world-class army and navy, even Austria is a bit difficult.The dispute that broke out in the Vienna government ’s annual budget is the best proof.

It is normal to guess Mao Qi's movement.Albrecht is only the chief of staff of Austria, and he does not have enough knowledge of the Pupo Federation. When making judgments, he is inevitably influenced by the combat ideas of the Austrian army.

In fact, each country ’s military thinking is different, and it is usually affected by its own national strength.Different countries have different military tactics.

There is no right or wrong, only fit and not fit.Perhaps the perfect tactic now seems to lag behind in a few years; now it seems that the illusion of fantasy is becoming mainstream again a few years later.

With the development of the times, this situation will happen more and more.

Franz asked indifferently: "Well, this question is put on hold, and the answer will be revealed after a while.

Let ’s talk about overseas first. Where did the South American War go? Is the British going to do things again?"

With his knowledge of the British, if the London government does not take advantage of Fau's focus on Europe, then it is not John Bull.

Foreign Minister Weisenberg: "Yes, Your Majesty. According to the information we have collected, the second squadron of the British Pacific Fleet is rushing past.

If nothing goes wrong, they have a great chance to block the coastal areas of Peru and Bolivia and create opportunities for Chile to win the war."

Hearing this news, Franz was very upset, but he was helpless.Unless it is the joint intervention of France and Austria, it will not stop the British action at all.

In this era, Bolivia and Peru, in addition to the territorial area, that is a real small projectile country.The economic aggregates of the two countries add up to less than half of Vienna.

With such little interest, it is undoubtedly a dream to expect the union of France and Austria.

Europe is the center of the world these years, and it would be tragic if it interfered with South America and dispersed its power and caused the situation in Europe to get out of control.

After hesitating for a while, Franz reluctantly made a decision: "We have limited strength in South America, and it is difficult to compete with the British without domestic support.

Temporarily give up the layout in South America, as long as it does not directly damage our interests, let the British toss!"

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