Rise of Australia

Chapter 422 Factional struggle and arms procurement

"I'm going back to St. Petersburg to report to work. Prepare a special plane for me. Remember to let the pilot check it carefully before taking off." Alekseyev, commander-in-chief of the Russian Southwest Front, ordered.

The current situation facing the Southwest Front Army is quite serious. Alekseyev felt that he could not sit still and at least make it clear to the Russian high-level that even if the Southwest Front Army failed in the future, it would definitely not be his fault.

Judging from the current logistical equipment situation faced by the Southwest Front Army, even if Napoleon was reborn, he would be helpless in the face of the German attack.

Although Alekseyev knew that after he explained the situation on the front line to Nicholas II, he might become a thorn in the eyes of the capitalists, and even be hated by the entire Russian logistics department.

But there is no way. If the current difficulties faced by the Southwest Front Army are not made public, I am afraid that after the defeat in the future, Alekseyev will become the biggest culprit for Russia's logistics, high-level and corrupt system.

A day later, Russia, St. Petersburg.

"Your Majesty, this is about the current logistics situation of the Southwest Front Army of our country and a plan to improve its combat effectiveness." Alekseyev handed a document to Nicholas II nervously, his eyes appearing decisive.

Regardless of whether this plan will be adopted by Nicholas II, it will be an enemy of the entire decadent system in Russia.

Those logistics officials, capitalists and all those who profited from the war will regard Alekseyev as a thorn in his side and a thorn in his flesh.

Nicholas II took over the document, but the first page of the document made Nicholas II's face cloudy and uncertain, and finally turned into a cloud of gloom.

As mentioned in the information, since Grand Duke Nicholas left office, the logistics situation of the Russian Southwest Front Army has fallen into a terrible state.

This made Nicholas II feel that Alekseyev was alluding to himself. After all, the new commander of the Russian army after Grand Duke Nicholas was himself.

"Is all this information true?" Nicholas II asked with a gloomy face.

"Yes, Your Majesty. There are hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the Southwest Army. Not to mention weapons and equipment, whether they can get enough to eat is a problem. Especially recently, the soldiers have been tired of dry and hard black bread, and those who are not nutritious. They urgently need a rich meal of meat to restore their strength and better fight against the Germans." Alekseyev replied hastily.

"According to the logistics supply of the Southwest Front Army approved by the General Staff, there should be meat twice a week, right? Not once?" Nicholas II asked with some doubts.

Although Nicholas II was not proficient in military affairs, Nicholas II still understood the simple truth of occasionally giving soldiers a good meal.

There are too many guarantees, but Nicholas II, who eats meat twice a week, is confident that he can guarantee it, and he personally signed the logistics purchase order.

But now, the frontline report has not eaten meat for a long time, and even ordinary grains are gone, only black bread and miscellaneous grains, which made Nicholas II very puzzled, and at the same time, there were some worries and anger.

"There is nothing, Your Majesty. We are short of weapons and ammunition, as well as food and medical supplies. If this continues, the Southwest Front Army will only collapse faster. The hungry soldiers will not be able to withstand those damned Germans." Ah Leksayev shook his head and replied.

"Damn it, I'll take care of it, Ayeksayev. Within three days, the logistics supplies you need will be delivered to the armies." Nicholas II nodded seemingly plainly, but his clenched fists proved that Nicholas II was not in a good mood.

"Yes." Nicholas II was already in a fit of anger at this time, and Alekseyev didn't dare to ask any more questions, letting Nicholas II take his anger out on himself.

After receiving Alekseyev's reply, Nicholas II continued to look back at the document and read it.

"The Southwest Front's plan to improve its combat effectiveness is to buy more weapons and equipment and aircraft from Australasia?" After a while, Nicholas II continued to ask.

"Yes, Your Majesty. Considering all factors, Australasia's weapons and equipment are not inferior to Germany's, and their own combat effectiveness is far ahead of Germany's aircraft. If we can have more aircraft on the front line, we can It is not a small disadvantage to recover. This is not my idea, but the final conclusion drawn by the Southwest Army Staff Department after a comprehensive demonstration and analysis." Alekseyev replied calmly.

This is really not that Alekseyev was aimless. This is indeed the status quo on the Russian front.

The army equipped with Australasian weaponry was not inferior to the German army, at least in terms of armament and firepower.

However, the army equipped only with weapons and equipment made by Russia itself has a big gap with the German army in terms of weapons and equipment and firepower.

As for aircraft, Russia does have its own domestic aircraft.However, most of these aircraft are produced by small workshops, and their safety performance has not been guaranteed.

In fact, as early as two years ago, a Russian private workshop contacted the military and wanted to sell its own aircraft to the military.

At that time, there was not much research on aircraft in various countries. Russia originally thought that it could walk ahead of other countries in aircraft research, but it did not expect that Russian aircraft could not stand the actual test at all.A total of three experiments were performed, and two crashes occurred, and the other one was extremely dangerous.

This caused the Russian military to urgently stop the aircraft experiment, and Russia's aircraft development did not receive strong support from the country.

This has also led to the fact that although Russia does have some domestically-made aircraft, as long as it is a Russian-made aircraft, no one except the test pilots of the workshops that produce the aircraft will dare to take such an aircraft.

Coupled with the advanced performance of the aircraft exported from Australasia, there is no problem with the strategy of purchasing a large number of Australasian aircraft, and it is the only thing the Russian Air Force can do at present.

In the end, Nicholas II nodded and agreed to Alekseyev's request to purchase equipment.

It is not a bad thing for Russia to buy more weapons and equipment from Australasia. Anyway, military expenditures have to be spent, so it is better to spend them directly on the blade.

Coupled with the logistical problems raised by Alekseyev, Nicholas II has been dissatisfied with the capitalists and the logistical department.Suppressing the arrogance of capitalists is also a must for Nicholas II.

Although the current situation in Russia is indeed very chaotic, this does not mean that Nicholas II will think that he will lose his ultimate rights.

In the eyes of Nicholas II, beating capitalists and logistics officials is nothing more than a matter of convenience.

Even if the situation on the front line improved, the Russian chaos would be solved again, and he could rest easy.

But is it true?I'm afraid not necessarily.

Even the tsarist government, which seemed to be twisted into a ball, actually had a lot of struggles inside.In Russian political thought, there are two opposing schools of thought, the Unified Slavic faction and the Western faction.

These two factions cover almost the vast majority of Russian officials, and they are also influencing the decisions of the highest level, that is, Nicholas II.

The first is the Western School, which is best understood.Russia is still a powerful empire, but it has to be admitted that Western Europe, which has experienced the industrial revolution and electrification revolution, is the second industrial revolution, and the countries in Central Europe are getting stronger, and Russia, which is located in Eastern Europe and the extreme north, has gradually revealed Out of fatigue.

Some people of insight in Russia believe that Russia has lagged behind developed Western European societies in all aspects.

Russia needs to unite and learn from the West more comprehensively, so as to narrow the gap with Western European countries and quickly integrate into the developed Western European society.

The so-called more comprehensive learning includes not only learning Western European technology, technology and ideas, but also learning Western European systems.

The Western faction regards Peter the Great of Russia as a hero. It is precisely because Peter the Great learned from Western reforms that he greatly enhanced Russia's strength, and defeated Sweden in the hegemony with Sweden, becoming the northern overlord of the Baltic Sea and the most powerful in Europe. one of the countries.

During the period from Peter the Great to Alexander I, the Western faction was the mainstream thought of the Russian ruling group, and Russia's national strength during this period has indeed improved a lot.

But the Unified Slavophiles also have a lot of voice in Russia.This faction believes that Russia inherited the title of the Eastern Roman Empire, that is, the Byzantine Empire, and its leadership in the Orthodox Church, which also means that Russia has the right and obligation to rule the world and save the world.

You know, Russia inherited from the Eastern Roman Empire, and the Eastern Roman Empire claimed to be the orthodoxy of the Roman Empire.

This also gave some people in Russia the ambition and belief to restore the former territory of the Roman Empire and unify the entire Slavic nation, which has also become the mainstream thought of this faction.

The reason why Russia intervened in the affairs of the Balkans was to unify the Yugoslav nations in this area and bring the entire Yugoslav region and nation under Russian rule.

The United Slavic faction believes that the homogeneity of Russian society has brought morality and social stability to the Russian people. It is transcendent, and it is incomparable to the materialistic and money-based Western capitalist society.

Therefore, the Unified Slavophiles believe that Peter the Great is the sinner of the Russian nation, because he learned from Western reforms, which led to the loss of homogeneity in Russian society.

During the Anti-French War, due to Tsarist Russia's victory over Napoleon, the national self-confidence of the entire Russia was unprecedentedly high, and the unified Slavic faction also replaced the Western faction and became the mainstream thought.

But the good times didn't last long, and then Russia faced the failure of the Crimean War. Alexander II gradually realized the gap between Russia and Western European countries, and gradually began to reuse the Western faction.

However, Alexander II chose the more moderate ideas of the Western School, which led to the incomplete political and economic reforms led by Alexander II, and did not change the real situation in Russia.

Even the Slavic faction gradually took the dominant position, and the Western faction was excluded from the ruling class, and could only merge with the capitalists, which on the contrary promoted the rise of some revolutionary parties.

The superiority of the Unified Slavic faction and the Western faction can actually be seen from the history of Russia.

During the period of reusing the Western faction, Russia's strength has indeed been greatly improved.But Russia cannot give up its expansion ambitions, and the Unified Slavophiles occupy a certain position at any time, even a dominant position.

Coupled with the fact that reforms are too repulsive, reforms in Russia's history have not been thorough, and Russia's system still has a large gap with the West.

Although Nicholas II also had the idea of ​​using the Western faction to carry out reforms, the current chaotic situation in Russia no longer allows Russia to carry out reforms.

If the vested interest groups that originally supported the government are pushed against the government, the speed at which the government will collapse can be imagined.

Fortunately, Nicholas II was still very generous in purchasing armaments for the troops, including several dreadnoughts for the previous navy expansion, Nicholas II nodded and agreed without any thought.

"I agree to the proposal to purchase the aircraft. I will greet the finance and foreign affairs departments and let them cooperate with your aircraft procurement plan." Nicholas II nodded and said very generously.

Although this batch of new aircraft procurement plans will cost tens of millions of rubles, compared to improving the combat effectiveness of front-line combat troops, it is undoubtedly cost-effective to exchange war victory for domestic stability.

"As for the fighter pilots, domestic training is part of it. I will also ask the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Australasia to discuss and send a group of trainees to Australasia for emergency training. General Alekseyev, I hope you will be safe According to the situation of the Southwest Front Army, the logistical supplies and new weapons and equipment you requested will arrive soon." As he spoke, Nicholas II looked at General Alekseyev, half requesting and half asking Said.

"Yes, Your Majesty, please rest assured. The Southwest Front Army will never let you down. We will do our best to resist the German attack." Alekseyev nodded excitedly and replied with a high tone.

Alekseyev thought it would be perfect if he could solve one of the two major matters of logistics and equipment purchase.

But I didn't expect Nicholas II to directly pass the two items, which has completely exceeded Alekseyev's expectations.

Of course, this is a good thing for the Russian Southwest Front Army. The soldiers have sufficient food and weapons to better resist the German attack.

Perhaps it is also a good thing for the Northwest Front Army. After Nicholas II held the logistics department accountable, the embezzlement of food and supplies should not be so rampant.

If both the Northwest and Southwest Fronts can get the support of a group of aircraft and have enough pilots, as long as they gain an advantage in the sky, it is not impossible to recover the lost ground previously occupied by Germany.

After all, bombing from the sky is far more dangerous than bombing on land. Aircraft can accurately select targets and drop bombs, but artillery shells can only be aimed and bombed from a long distance, which is a test of the accuracy of artillery.

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