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Finally, the British government, determined to fight against the Russians, was courageously courageous and was directly stunned by General Patrick ’s request for help.

Putting down the telegram in his hand, Prime Minister Gladstone questioned doubtfully: "Isn't there already 400,000 troops on the front line? Why do you need reinforcements?"

It ’s not that the Gladstone Prime Minister made a fuss. It ’s true that Britain has never played such a large-scale strategy game.

Before the war broke out, more than 400,000 troops were gathered on the front line. If 20 more infantry divisions are reinforced, the total strength will approach the 700,000 mark.

A local war is so big that it is completely beyond the cognitive scope of Prime Minister Gladstone.

Rosario, the Secretary of the Army: "My Excellency the Prime Minister, the Army Department has carefully studied Lt. Patrick's request for assistance, and basically can confirm that his request is reasonable.

The Russians are coming aggressively. According to intelligence, they have invested half a million troops in Central Asia, and it is possible to continue to increase troops later.

Because of the distance, the enemy's troop growth rate will be much faster than ours. It is necessary to ensure that the front line has sufficient troops.

Otherwise, you can only count on the support of the Governor-General of India.IMHO, the Governor ’s District of India does not have the capacity to respond to emergencies.

Once the war with the Russians is made, the Indian region will become unstable. Maintaining stability in the Indian region is the most important job of the Indian Governor.

It is irresponsible to draw too much troops from the Indian region to enter the front line if there is no preparation in advance, and when the war breaks out.

Second, the Afghan region has always been uneven, and the locals and the Russians colluded to resist our rule.

Due to the mountainous area of ​​Afghanistan, the strongholds of the resistance organizations are all in the deep mountains and old forests. Our troops in the Afghan area have carried out several rounds of encirclement and suppression.

Once the war with the Russians breaks out, these people will jump out and cause destruction. We must leave enough troops to deal with emergencies and prevent them from cooperating with the Russians.

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There are a lot of reasons, and there is only one summary. That is to expand the army quickly. The front line is almost waiting.

Although the mother-in-law has always been adopted, the Army is also pursuing.This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for military expansion will not give up what we say.

Rosario, who was a civil servant, was naturally aware of the twists and turns, but as an army minister his butt had already decided on his position.

If the military station was demolished at this time, then the subsequent work did not need to be done. The following people might have a way to kill him.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Xiao Zhi Childs sneered: "Your Excellency, you should know the situation in Afghanistan. The frontline wants to maintain 700,000 troops. How many people are you going to use to support the logistics?

One million people or two million people, or three million people, or even four million people?"

This is the most realistic problem. Afghanistan is a landlocked country. Materials such as food cloth may be allowed to go out of the Indian Governorate, but weapons and ammunition must be transported from the mainland.

If we add up all the production and transportation personnel, and there are not millions of people serving the frontline troops, we simply cannot support the expedition of laborers of this size.

Army Minister Rosario shook his head: "These problems do exist, but we have no choice, do we?

The Russians will not care whether we have difficulties, as long as they are ready, the Russian army will fight.

For the safety of India, we must take the initiative to fight.If you do not fight the defense of Afghanistan now, you will have a battle to defend the Ganges in the future.

As for the difficulties we are facing now, there is not no way to overcome them. What we lack most is labor.

It is enough to recruit labor directly from India. The part with the highest labor cost is nothing more than the domestic production and transportation process. Just bite your teeth and stick with it.

Due to the financial situation of the Russian Empire, they will not be able to compete with us in the Afghan region for a long time.

As long as the Russians are defeated once or twice to make them aware of the strength gap between the two sides, the following problems will be easier to deal with."

Smashing money is also a must.

The strength of the Russian Empire is not weak. The biggest problem lies in the finances. The wealthy Britain has no reason to let go of this obvious loophole, and do not fight with them for financial power and run for a decisive battle.

Stud played a decisive battle at once, which seemed to be majestic, but actually danced with his head around his waist. Once he failed, he took the National Games into it.

Without the sunless empire of India, is it really the sunless empire?I'm afraid that in three or five years, I can only abdicate and let the virtuous.

This is also where everyone struggles most. It is too costly to send troops and reinforcements. Great Britain, which has a big business, will also feel a pain. If you do n’t send troops and reinforcements, and worry that the front line will be out of control, the Russians will threaten India ’s security.

After hesitating for a while, Prime Minister Gladstone said slowly: “Let ’s vote collectively and report the final resolution to Parliament for approval by the Senate and the House of Representatives.”

In situations where the situation is unknown and unwilling to take responsibility alone, collective resolution is undoubtedly the best choice.

Even if there is a certain problem in the resolution, it is also the result of democracy, which can minimize everyone's responsibility.

As for the cost, it is natural that the efficiency has dropped a little bit.The cabinet can make a decision immediately, but no one knows how much time it takes to discuss in parliament.

However, one thing is certain, as long as the Anglo-Russian War broke out, the efficiency of the British Parliament would be passively improved.

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St. Petersburg, the recent frontline news has frequently spread, and Alexander III's mood has also improved.

The czars of fighting nations are not good enough, and they must always pay attention to the changes in the frontline battle situation.

In the event of a defeat on the front line, the tsar must make an immediate aftermath, so as not to make things worse and affect his reputation.

Alexander III asked: "The passage to the south of Afghanistan has been opened. Now it is up to the logistics department. How long will it take you to bring the supplies to the front?"

Logistics Minister Argent hurriedly replied: "At most two months, we will be able to deliver all the strategic materials in the plan to the front-line combat troops."

I don't know when it started, going south to India has become the most important national policy of the Tsarist government. All strategic plans are carried out around this core.

At this critical time, Argent did not dare to discount.Even if he is still dissatisfied with the Russian troops on the front line, he dare not engage in things here.

Otherwise, once there is an error on the battlefield, the tsar will kill, and even without the tsar's hands, domestic interest groups will first let him shut up forever.

Alexander III frowned, then shook his head: "No, the speed is still too slow.

We are preparing, and the British are not idle.The British Parliament is discussing whether to increase troops in the Afghan region. Once the main reinforcements of the enemy arrive, this war will be difficult to end in a short time."

The British Parliament has no secrets. Any valuable news coming here will appear in the London newspaper in the shortest time.

It was published in the newspapers, and the tsarist government ’s intelligence ability will be weak even if it is weak.

In order to be able to make quick decisions quickly and not fall into the stalemate of the Russo-Prussian War, of course Alexander III was in a hurry.

After wandering around in his heart, Argent said, "Your Majesty, in fact, the offense can be advanced.

Frontline troops are not able to consume all supplies in one day.Judging from the current material reserves of the Central Asian troops, they can fully support more than 40 days of continuous operations.

During this period, we will have supplies arriving one after another.The actual combat time that frontline troops can support will be longer.

As long as the front-line troops do not greedy, our logistics can keep up and there will be no problems."

Theoretically, Argent ’s statement has no problem at all.

There is a part of the material reserve on the front line, and the logistics department will deliver the materials in batches. As long as the connection is good, there will be no problems. There is no need to wait for all the materials to be in place.

However, these are theoretical.If the actual operation is carried out, it is necessary to test the organizational ability of the tsarist government.

The military demanded that the war materials be stored in advance for half a year before launching a full-scale offensive. Apart from the need to recuperate the troops after the war in Central Asia had just been completed, much more could not be trusted by domestic bureaucrats.

In case of any problem in the transportation process, the material is slowed a step, or the delivery location is wrong, it is enough to kill a unit.

At that time, even if all the responsible persons are pulled out and clicked off, it will have no value to the overall situation.

After a moment of contemplation, some eager Alexander III confirmed again: "Can the logistics department really guarantee that the materials will arrive on time?"

The guarantee does not exist. All those involved in logistics know that there are too many unexpected situations, especially the force majeure of nature.

Argent replied bitterly: "The logistics department will try to ensure that most of the materials arrive on time, and there is no way to guarantee each unit.

Except that the military informed us of the combat plan in advance, the logistics department made preparations in advance, so that it was possible to keep up with the rhythm of the front-line troops."

After listening to this explanation, Alexander III did not worry about it.As long as the total supply is sufficient and the supplies of individual troops are delayed, that is an inevitable result.

The battlefield is ever-changing. Today the troops are stationed in the east, and tomorrow it is possible to go to the west, and the day after tomorrow may change places.

In the absence of a radio station, once the logistics transportation convoy set off, the only way to get in touch was by horseback chasing, but coordination was normal.

After a pause, Alexander III said cautiously: "I will give you another half a month to deliver as much material as possible to the front line. We must not miss this fighter."

Seeing the Tsar's firm attitude, Field Marshal Ivanov stopped talking.He always felt there was a problem, but he couldn't find where the problem was.

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