I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 280 Danger!

During the Rivno exercise, Brusinov and George fought against each other many times and suffered repeated defeats, with a victory hard to come by.

Even though George no longer directed the Rivno exercises, Demit and Vasily were still able to easily defeat Brusinov, which made Brusinov extremely frustrated and at the same time in awe of George.

Brusinov came to Vladivostok to visit George after completing his inspection in Japan.

George received Brusinov at the Guest House, and specially called Andrei and Vasily to accompany him.

"Your Highness, the Rovne exercise is becoming less and less interesting without you and the Oak Group——"

After the Oak Group withdrew from the Rivne exercise, Brusinov sought defeat alone and became the new big devil.

George worried that Brusinov was suffering from Stockholm Syndrome.

Andrei and Vasily snickered. They also had a good relationship with Brusinov. After every exercise in Rovno, the familiar officers would always get together and have a drink.

"How is the situation in Japan?"

George still cares about Japan.

"Vulnerable!"

Brusinov’s assessment was crisp and clear.

"The Japanese are very courageous, but their efforts are destined to be in vain. Compared with the Qing Empire, Japan's strength gap is too big, and this cannot be made up for by courage."

Brusinov's evaluation of Japan represents the current attitude of most people towards the competition between Qing and Japan.

The only good thing about Japan is that there are so many people.

But for the Qing Empire, this only advantage was not an advantage, let alone a victory.

"The Japanese were tricked by the French. Their so-called three-view ship is a joke——"

Brusinov really saw a lot of things.

In order to fight against the Qing Empire's "Dingyuan" and "Zhenyuan", Japan hired French designer Bai Laoyi at a high salary to design three protected cruisers.

These three protected cruisers are named after three landscapes in Japan, so they are called three view ships.

In fact, Bai Laoyi cannot be blamed for this.

Japan's military expenditures were seriously insufficient and the goals proposed could not be achieved at all, so Bai Laoyi pieced together and installed the Garnet 320 main gun from France on the 4000-ton hull of the Sankei ship. This resulted in the Sankei ship's Due to his lack of physical stability, he was nicknamed the "naked warrior".

George did not know the specific situation of the Sanjing Ship and would not comment.

Vasily added insult to injury.

"But our Siberian fleet doesn't even have three scenery ships."

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Fortunately, no one from the Siberian fleet was present, otherwise the defense would have been broken directly.

"Strategically, you can look down on your opponents, but tactically, you must pay attention to them."

George reminded Vasily not to underestimate anyone.

"Japan is not worthy of being our opponent at all——"

Leaving aside whether Vasily's ability can surpass Suvorov's, he can definitely be on par with Suvorov in terms of confidence.

George had a headache.

It is right to despise the opponent strategically and to pay attention to the opponent tactically.

But if you say this too much, it will inevitably give people the impression that you only make others more ambitious and destroy your own prestige.

Vasily had already developed confidence through the Rovno exercise. In his opinion, no matter how lively the Qing Empire and Japan fought, they were just novices pecking each other.

Andre is relatively calm, listening and not speaking most of the time.

The guests and hosts enjoyed the meal, and the next day Brusinov came to visit the talisman group.

Yerosin and Brusinov are also old friends. They have known each other since the 10th Russo-Turkish War. When Brusinov came to visit, Yeluoxin naturally had to accompany him throughout the visit.

"Why do you want soldiers to learn knowledge? Aren't you worried -"

Brusinov did not understand that the Russian military tradition is that soldiers only need to obey orders.

"The Duke is training them as reserve officials." Ye Luoxin's reason was very suitable.

Amur lacks officials, and the officers and soldiers of Fu Tuan are the best candidates after they retire. Through them, George can firmly control Amur.

Since we want to be in charge of the government in the future, we must understand the sufferings of the people.

Therefore, Fu Tuan is very down-to-earth. The officers and soldiers not only have to farm the land, but also raise pigs. Brusinov frowned when he saw it.

"Old friend, you have fallen. If you participate in the Rivne exercise again, I will definitely not lose to you."

Brusinov has been a bit crazy in the past two years.

Ye Luoxin laughed it off and didn't bother to argue at all.

Poor Brusinov, immersed in the Rovno maneuvers.

Ye Luoxin's eyes are not limited to Russia.

When Brusinov was a guest in Vladivostok, Georges Boulanger, the former French Minister of War, was also a guest in Vladivostok.

Georges Boulanger graduated from the Military Academy of Saint-Cyr, participated in the Franco-Prussian War, and briefly served as the French Minister of War in 1886-87.

While serving as the French Minister of War, Georges Boulanger always kept in mind revenge against Germany and was known as the "General Revenge".

In 1888, Georges Boulanger retired and joined politics. He had a chance to become the second Napoleon, but backed down at the last moment.

While George was receiving Brusinov, Milyutin was receiving Boulanger.

"Is it possible for us to form an alliance with France?"

Milyutin took the initiative to ask George's opinion.

After the end of the Alliance of Three Emperors, the relationship between the Russian Empire and Germany gradually deteriorated, and Germany increased its taxation standards for agricultural products from the Russian Empire.

The Russian Empire responded by raising tariffs on German industrial goods.

Georges Boulanger's visit to Vladivostok was not temporary.

When Nicholas traveled around the world, he was warmly received by the French in the French East Indies and had a good impression of the French.

It seems that from that time on, the relationship between France and the Russian Empire suddenly became closer.

This is also normal.

When Ya Er was still alive, he often went to France with Catherine.

France was also a favorite winter destination for Russian Grand Dukes and Grand Duchesses.

"It is dangerous to form an alliance with France and may further intensify the conflict with Germany."

George told the truth.

The current situation in Europe is very complicated. If it forms an alliance with Germany, the relationship between the Russian Empire and Germany will be full of uncertainty.

The relationship between Russia and Germany is too close. Just look at how many Russian grand dukes married German princesses.

Oh, George is going to marry Anne in two years.

One more.

Therefore, the mutual opposition between Germany and the Russian Empire is more like an open and covert struggle between relatives, and it has not yet reached the level of resorting to war.

However, the German Emperor William II was a lunatic, so if Russia was not prepared, Germany might one day join forces with the Austro-Hungarian Empire to launch a war against Russia.

This possibility is very high.

The relationship between Germany and the Russian Empire depended entirely on the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

If Austria-Hungary made a desperate move, Germany would have to join the war.

"No, no, it's just defensive in nature, not offensive."

Milyutin also knew that an alliance with France was dangerous.

But doing nothing is more dangerous.

(End of this chapter)