I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 347: The confidence of my little life is here
George is now a lieutenant general of the cavalry, and he still wears the uniform of a Guards colonel every day.

The reason is very simple. When George was serving in the Guards, he made too many clothes, so in the eyes of others, it became proof of George's simple life.

George didn't deliberately flaunt it, just don't waste it. More than a hundred bottles of champagne a day, etc., only happened when there was a banquet in Yuriev Palace.

The same goes for Anne and Catherine's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. In terms of the richness of their collections, Anne and Catherine are no less than the two generations of empresses.

But they are never like the two generations of queens, who change their jewelry more frequently than their clothes, making themselves look as shiny as the nouveau riche.

Of course this also has something to do with the environment.

There are so many competing grand duchess, grand duchess, duchess, etc. in St. Petersburg. Competition is everywhere. In order to maintain the dignity of the royal family, two generations of queens have to fight.

Anne and Ekaterina have no competition in Amur. Even if Anne and Ekaterina wear hairpins and skirts every day, Yuriev is still the first family in Amur.

November 11th was Yekaterina's birthday, and Concubine Min came to Yuriev Palace early.

Concubine Min didn't know how lucky she was. If she hadn't hugged Amul's lap, Concubine Min would have died in the Yiwei Incident after the Sino-Japanese War of 1898-1895.

The current commander of the river fleet, Osdoev, has mediocre abilities. Although he has not made any major mistakes, there is nothing worthy of praise.

In the past, there were only two gunboats in the river fleet. Grandma didn't love what uncle didn't love, and it didn't matter if there was a fleet commander or not.

Compared with before marriage, Andre's character has become more calm.

Olga was not only the grand duchess of the Yuriev family, but also the duchess of the Suvorov family. Both identities were extremely prominent in Russia. Concubine Min began to think about what to give her.

The difficulty in choosing the fleet commander had a lot to do with the lack of naval officers around George.

The captain of the guard must be joking. George is more inclined to let Yangkov go to Goryeo as a military adviser.

Concubine Min was curious and found out after asking Anne that Olga was pregnant.

Olga came back a little later, looking as proud as a big white goose.

George is discussing with Andre the choice of commander of the River Fleet.

Osdoyev joined George's team only after the Fu Tuan was established, and was not from the Xie Tuan. In the words of Yankov and Vasily, only "old men" like them were the first-term members of the George Military Academy.

Yankov became famous in the First World War in Aceh. After the establishment of the Aceh Sultanate, Yankov served as the Prime Minister of Aceh and was powerful in Southeast Asia.

In the past two years, Concubine Min often came to Yuriev Palace with Prince Li Tuo of Goryeo.

If Xiaoye looks down on Li Tuo, Yekaterina will not sacrifice Xiaoye's happiness for the sake of marriage.

Li Tuo was born in 1874, which is about the same age as Xiaoye, who was born in 1878.

Now that there are four destroyers in the river fleet, and cruisers are about to join the fleet, it is time to determine the candidate for the fleet commander.

When Vasily came to the study, Andrei was chatting with George.

Yankov did not like the position of prime minister. After the Aceh War, Yankov asked to return to Vladivostok. He would rather continue to be his captain of the guard than be the prime minister of the Aceh Sultanate.

Ekaterina liked to show off her children. She took all three children to the greenhouse of Yuriev Palace and lined them up. She sat next to them and read a book. Occasionally, when she got interested, she performed a ballet by herself, so that the children could accept art from an early age. edification.

Andre and Jacqueline are married, and Jacqueline is due next month.

Yekaterina knew Concubine Min's purpose. Regarding this matter, Yekaterina's attitude was not to encourage or interfere. If Li Tuo and Xiao Ye were in love, Yekaterina would also be happy to see it. become.

There is certainly no shortage of naval officers in the Russian Empire, but there are very few outstanding naval officers, and none of them impressed George.

Nominally a military adviser, he was actually the supreme commander of the Goryeo army.

As for the commander of the river fleet, George preferred Peter.

Peter currently serves in the Coast Guard.

The main weapon of the coastal defense force is combat artillery, which is similar to naval guns, at least it will not cause a black eye.

It doesn't matter to Andre, as long as he is not allowed to go.

It doesn’t matter to Vasily, you have decided for yourself, why are you asking us for it——

“Isn’t this the democracy you have been asking for?”

George gave full play to democratic centralism.

"I didn't ask for it. The empire doesn't need democracy, it only needs Caesar."

Vasily did not envy the cruiser, but only hoped that George could fulfill his promise of a land tank as soon as possible.

The Vladivostok Police Department has been equipped with armored vehicles, and the land combat vehicles promised by George are far away.

With the current strength of Vladivostok, it is completely possible to manufacture tanks.

Like the Dreadnought, George did not want to launch a tank now and start a new arms race.

The main purpose of an arms race is to weaken the enemy's national power.

Tanks, a powerful weapon, are meant to be bulldozed at critical moments. Taking them out now will do more harm than good.

"The river fleet will not only have cruisers in the future, but also battleships. Are you not interested?" George trusted Andrei and Vasily the most.

Andrei and Vasily looked wary. You said so nicely, why don't you do it yourself?
George didn't finish talking. The inland river fleet might even have aircraft carriers in the future.

Of course, by then, the river fleet will probably no longer use this name.

Okay, since Andrei and Vasily are not interested, George will not force it.

After Catherine's birthday, Peter took office as commander of the Amur River Fleet with the rank of lieutenant colonel.

In addition to four destroyers and a bunch of gunboats and patrol boats, the Amur River Fleet also has two submarines.

Although the main mission of these two submarines is still testing, they are actually capable of combat and can be deployed on a large scale at any time.

Amur has no operational needs in the short term. Submarines are still mainly trained, and it will be too late to mass-produce them in wartime.

Osdoev is 40 years old this year, and his abilities in all aspects are mediocre. In Milyutin's words, Osdoev is at best qualified for the position of logistics director.

Although Milyutin is not proficient in the navy, he is still quite accurate in judging people, otherwise he would not have locked in George early.

The first thing Peter did after coming to the River Fleet was to strengthen discipline.

It's not the kind of discipline that doesn't take the masses at face value. The Amur military has no such regulations at all, and it can't do it at all.

Peter required the officers and soldiers of the River Fleet to train strictly and strive to improve their technical level. At the same time, he strengthened the cultural level of the officers and soldiers of the River Fleet so that they could understand why they were fighting.

The slogan of the Russian Army is Fight for the Tsar, for the Empire.

The Amur Military District added the fight for homeland to this foundation.

The concepts of Tsar and Empire are too far away and too big for the soldiers, and they are far less worthy of attention than the happiness of their families.

The tradition of the Russian Empire is that one can become a monk at the same time as a soldier.

Amul does not advocate it. It not only requires officers and soldiers not to become monks, but also to strengthen ties with their families and closely link the happiness of officers and soldiers with their families, so that officers and soldiers will be more motivated when training and fighting.

In training, Peter was no longer limited to the waters around Vladivostok. After taking office, he conducted a long-distance training trip from Vladivostok to Busan.

The distance from Vladivostok to Busan is not far, and 1000 kilometers is just at the limit of the destroyer's range.

Busan is still the base of the Siberian Fleet. The Siberian Fleet did not welcome the Amur River Fleet. There were neither red carpet flowers nor salutes.

Peter was not angry, so he added coal and water and then circled around the peninsula to Incheon.

Geographically speaking, Incheon is actually more suitable as a military port than Busan, because Busan is too close to Japan and has almost no strategic depth at all.

Incheon can be attacked, retreated or defended, and the port conditions are also good. Although there is no train gun, Peter does not dislike it.

This is the biggest difference between Peter and Alexeyev.

Alexeyev needed the protection of the train gun to feel safe.

Peter was influenced by George and believed that the core of the navy was offense and did not need the protection of forts at all. Offense was the best defense.

George thought so too, so after the Vladivostok Coast Defense Force sold the train guns to the Koreans, they did not rush to replenish the train guns, but waited for the larger caliber 350.
Alexey's intelligence is still wrong. The caliber of the naval gun being developed by the Vladivostok Arsenal is not 340, but 350.

The reason why the artillery has such weird calibers as 152 and 203 is directly related to the Royal Navy's adoption of the British system.

152和203，换算成英制分别是6英寸和8英寸，君权级的343是13.5。

The Russian unit of measurement is the Russian system, which is different from the imperial system and the metric system.

George will not talk about the Russian system, which is as weird as the British system. Vladivostok does not want to catch up with the British and wants to follow its own path, so starting from the 120mm artillery, Vladivostok began to adopt the metric system.

203 sent to St. Petersburg to adapt to the Imperial Navy.

The weapon systems of the Amur Military Region have all adopted the metric system, leaving it up to the British to play with themselves.

From 305 to 350, it is not just a simple enlargement of the same proportion, but the difficulty is more than doubled.

The biggest advantage of the Vladivostok Arsenal is that if its own research and development encounters bottlenecks, it can go to Europe to learn from it.

This is how the Vladivostok Arsenal's 40-caliber 305 naval gun technology came about.

The Vladivostok Arsenal spent 190 million rubles on this last year.

This fee does not go to the Vladivostok Arsenal's bill, but is paid directly by the Yuriev Palace.

As the New Year approaches, the Yuriev Palace becomes busy again, not only preparing the Christmas tree, but also the door gods and couplets, focusing on the combination of one thing and the other.

George ignored these things. On December 12, the Siberian Fleet officially moved to Lushun, making Lushun its home port.

This was a good thing for Amur and Korea, but was strongly opposed by Britain and Japan.

Almost on the same day that the Siberian Fleet entered Port Arthur, the United Kingdom announced that it had completed the construction of "Fuji" and "Yadao" and would be delivered soon.

Unlike those dissimilar battleships of the Russian Empire, "Fuji" and "Yashima" are world-class battleships. The delivery of these two warships indicates that the arms race in East Asia is about to enter a new stage.

(End of this chapter)