I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 390: Attack India first, then Japan

The phrase "the country's own national conditions are here" sounded to George in his previous life, just like "everyone understands it", which was both pretentious and mysterious.

In this life, George truly understood what "national conditions" meant.

The Russian Empire has people, resources, strategic depth, and climate bonuses. In George's view, the Russian Empire is invincible no matter what situation it faces and is not afraid of any challenge.

But why did the Russian Empire collapse in the First World War? The royal family members fled to death, and even Nicholas and his family died silently in the basement——

George never understood it.

Now George understood that it was all done on purpose.

Are Parsons steam engines good?
Anyone who knows a little bit about the navy knows that Parsons steam engines are good.

But the Admiralty just didn't use it.

Are Makarov bullet caps good?

After the battleships built for the Pacific Fleet were launched, the Vladivostok Shipyard finally vacated the slipway for the construction of dreadnoughts.

National conditions——

The cost of the "Borodino" class is only 1100 million rubles.

The secondary gun is okay, but not very useful.

Although Stark had no decision-making power, he still coveted the performance of "Vladivostok".

The question is that the Russian Empire has its own national conditions.

Torpedoes are the most powerful weapons in the navy today. As the most powerful warship, how can it be without torpedoes?

George didn't bother to explain.

The cost of "Vladivostok" is 1600 million rubles.

The first dreadnought of the Siberian Fleet has been named "Vladivostok".

"Vladivostok" is definitely an epoch-making battleship. Once this battleship comes out, it means that all battleships in the world have fallen behind, and a new round of arms race is bound to start.

it is good!
Everyone in the Russian Navy knows it, but they just don’t use it!

National conditions——

George doesn't care about anyone now, he only cares about strengthening himself.

The "Vladivostok" has a standard displacement of 1.8 tons and a full load displacement of 2.1 tons. The armament system is four piggyback twin-mounted 330 mm 40 times diameter electric-driven artillery. The maximum speed is 23 knots. The total armor weight It weighs more than 6000 tons, and the armor thickness of important parts exceeds 300 mm. Due to the substantial optimization of the watertight structure, the anti-sinking ability is greatly increased.

My love for your sister!

Specifically speaking of the navy, it must be the dreadnought.

George does not feel sorry for Stark. There are four ships in the first phase of the "Vladivostok" construction plan. In addition to the "Vladivostok", the other three ships are the "Khabarovsk" and "Khabarovsk". Nikolayevsk”, and “Sakhalin”.

The Pacific Fleet does not even have the power to replace artillery shells, so building "Vladivostok" is a wishful thinking.

What George didn't expect was that Stark and Withoeft disapproved of the "Vladivostok".

"Vladivostok" canceled the secondary batteries and torpedoes that were completely useless.

"Khabarovsk" is Khabarovsk.

"Nikolaevsk" is Temple Street.

"Sakhalin" is Sakhalin.

In addition to the four "Vladivostok" class ships, the Siberian Fleet will also build 6 12-ton heavy cruisers and light cruisers.

Including auxiliary warships, the Siberian Fleet's expansion plan will cost more than 1 million rubles.

At this time in 1902, the Russian Empire attracted only 10 billion rubles in foreign investment. The Amur Military Region used to be a low-key person, and was very picky about building warships. It only built light cruisers and was not even willing to build heavy cruisers.

Now that George has invested 100 million rubles in one breath, the whole world is paying attention.

The Royal Navy has always been known as the most powerful fleet in the world.

The Siberian Fleet now has all-heavy artillery battleships. Should the Royal Navy follow suit?

Japan resorted to selling iron to form the Sixty-Sixth Fleet, which finally showed its prowess. The Siberian Fleet took the initiative to provoke an arms race. Will the Japanese Navy accept the challenge?
Sarawak——

The British finally learned a lesson and did not send the South African Expeditionary Force directly to Sarawak. Instead, they sent British and Indian troops and some Japanese mercenaries to Sarawak.

After the Boer War, Britain shifted from strategic expansion to strategic contraction, and became more cautious about war.

Sarawak is clearly a pit, and London has to jump down.

You have to dance skillfully. The British did not send regular troops composed purely of white British people. Instead, they sent British-Indian troops and Japanese mercenaries. Anyway, they would not feel bad if they died.

George had nothing to say. Whether they were British, Indian, or Japanese, they would all be beaten the same when they came.

It must be said that compared with Indians, Japanese discipline is still very strict.

This is the first time Japan has used troops overseas. The Japanese government attaches great importance to it. Not only did it send Japan's ace Third Division, but it also appointed Nogi Nogi, the most outstanding general of the Japanese army, as the commander of the Third Division.

The Third Division has a total strength of approximately 1.8 people. Its weapons and equipment have all been replaced with magazine-type rifles based on smokeless gunpowder. Its combat effectiveness is second to none in the Japanese Army.

On the first night after entering Kuching, the Third Division was attacked by unknown forces. Not only were the sentries killed by snipers, but the Third Division's camp was also shelled.

Sniper killing is understandable, after all, there are many precision shooters in the troops of various countries, and it is difficult to guard against them.

The bombardment is too terrifying. This thing has a high technical content and is definitely not equipment that the rebels can possess.

To Nogi Nogi's regret, the Third Division did not stay in Kuching for too long. It followed the orders of the Straits Settlements and marched into the hinterland of Sarawak to find the main force of the rebels for a decisive battle.

“Are there really rebels in Sarawak?”

Nogi Nogi is also not sure. The British intelligence on Sarawak is not perfect and has many loopholes.

"If there was, it was supported by the East India Company."

Chief of Staff Kenji Kobayashi was dismissive.

The Third Division participated in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 and the Xinchou War of 1998-1895, and had rich combat experience and well-equipped equipment.

"The East India Company—"

Nogi Hidenori fell into deep thought. He actually didn't know much about East India.

This is also normal.

Although the Third Division had never fought a tough battle, its record was exceptionally brilliant. This gave Nogi Nogi the illusion that the Japanese army was invincible.

"Send telegrams to London and Tokyo respectively. We need support."

Nogi Nogi did not dare to go deep alone.

Compared with Nogi Nogi, the performance of the British and Indian troops was even worse.

The British and Indian troops have a clear hierarchy. The officers are all British. The Indians can only run errands and do odd jobs. Their actual combat effectiveness has been fully proven in South Africa.

Let's say that.

The Boer War lasted for 31 months, and only one British-Indian unit surrendered as a whole without much resistance at all.

So George directly used the British and Indian troops as a breakthrough, first defeated the Indians, and then dealt with the Japanese.

(End of this chapter)