I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 589 Nail House

After sending 40 rifles to St. Petersburg, George's situation also began to decline.

Half of the newly conscripted Bulgarian soldiers are still empty-handed.

So George really has no ability to help Serbia, but it's not entirely an excuse.

The Amur Arsenal worked overtime, and the workers almost ran the machines until they were smoking, but the production of rifles was only increased to 3 per month. Even if not a single rifle was sent to St. Petersburg, it would take at least until the end of the year to make up for the gap in Constantinople.

This is also based on the premise that Bulgaria does not continue to conscript soldiers.

George secretly ordered weapons from the United States and bought all the output of several of the largest arsenals in the United States for the next year.

Americans were ecstatic. Even though the United States had not mobilized and had only a few soldiers, it had a large number of weapons in stock.

Although the US inventory does not match the Russian military's standard system, George is too busy to care about that now. He will fill all the orders first and deal with other issues later.

After Germany declared war on Russia, the Russian and German armies had not actually come into contact yet. It would take at least half a month for all the Russian mobilized troops to be in place.

Germany mobilized faster than the Russian Empire, not because Germany's mobilization system was more reasonable, but because the Russian Empire was too large.

There is a difference between rushing newly mobilized soldiers from Siberia to Galicia and rushing them from Hamburg to Alsace.

One is 4000 kilometers and the other is 400 kilometers.

The war between Germany and the Russian Empire first broke out in East Asia.

The Far Eastern Pacific Fleet was ready long before Germany began mobilizing.

As soon as Germany declared war, the bomber unit stationed at Fort Arthur bombed the German Far East Fleet still in the naval port.

Germany also had aircraft in the Far East.

Unfortunately, there were only two of them, and they were just reconnaissance planes, not equipped with any weapons at all.

The Germans were also pragmatic. Before the war broke out, the commander of the Pacific Fleet, Kzakov, received news that the German army was modifying its warships and converting some of the secondary guns into anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns.

Therefore, the first batch of Russian bombers that flew over Jiaoao were all loaded with small bombs.

The Pacific Fleet also participates in the annual exercises organized by the Amur Military District.

During the exercise, the Amur Air Force discovered that if the warships were equipped with a large number of air defense weapons, the losses of the bombers would be relatively large.

The Amur Air Force changed its tactics. The first wave of aircraft no longer carried torpedoes, but small bombs.

The purpose of these small bombs is not to sink enemy warships, but to bomb the enemy's air defense system. After plowing all the upper deck structures, they concentrate torpedoes to attack one side of the enemy ship, which can easily capsize the enemy ship.

This tactic is almost unstoppable for warships that lack air protection.

Since it is a small bomb, there is no requirement for accuracy. Just drop them all and win by quantity.

The Germans did not expect the Amur Air Force to arrive so quickly.

When the bombers flew over Jiaoao Port, the German Far East Fleet's flagship battleship "Von der Tann" and two armored cruisers "Scharnhorst" and "Gneisenau" had just started fire and had not yet left the port.

The two battleships that Japan paid as compensation to the Russian Empire have arrived in the Far East and joined the Pacific Fleet's battle sequence.

The Pacific Fleet also had many armored cruisers. Maximilian von Spee, commander of the Far Eastern Fleet, knew very well that the Far Eastern Fleet was no match for the Pacific Fleet. So as soon as Germany declared war, Spee ordered the fleet to light fire and prepare to go to South America, which had many supporters.

The Amur Air Force's swift action thwarted Spee's plan. The intensive bombing left the German sailors at a loss, and many sailors were killed by bombs before they could reach their combat positions.

The battleship "Von der Tann" was the focus of the bombing and was directly hit by at least six aerial bombs in the first round of attacks.

The Amur Air Force's bombs use high explosives, which are not only extremely powerful, but also cause huge fires after the explosion, with astonishing lethality.

Spee did not want to abandon his flagship, so he ordered the damage control department to put out the fire with all their might. Sailors also joined in, and the less damaged light cruiser "Leipzig" also came to help.

The German Far East Fleet consisted of a total of seven main battleships. Except for the "Von der Tann" and two armored cruisers, the other four were all light cruisers.

The fire caused by the bombing had not yet been extinguished when the second wave of attacks followed, this time still using aerial bombs.

Spee was directing the firefighting. The Scharnhorst, which had also been severely damaged in the first attack, exploded due to the fire, and the entire warship was broken into two parts, killing at least 110 sailors who had not yet had time to evacuate, as well as firefighters who were putting out the fire.

At this time, the "Gneisenau" had also caught fire, the light cruiser "Dresden" ran aground in a panic while avoiding the bombing, and the light cruiser "Nuremberg" capsized directly, leaving only the light cruiser "Emden" intact.

In just half an hour, the Far East Fleet, which ranked third in strength in Asia, was almost wiped out.

Spee looked at the naval port which had become a sea of ​​fire and was in tears. The firefighters were still trying to put out the fire, but it was no use. At 4 pm, Spee ordered the only surviving ship, the Emden, to leave the port and then ordered the ship to be abandoned.

The Emden did not escape death. It was sunk by a submarine of the Pacific Fleet shortly after leaving the port.

While the Pacific Fleet launched an attack on Jiaoao, the East India Fleet also launched an attack on its designated target.

The East India Fleet was relatively weak. Except for one armored cruiser, all other warships were destroyers and light cruisers.

Even so, the East India Fleet was able to deal with Germany's Pacific colonies with ease. After all, these islands had no warships, let alone an organized army.

Germany had only 1200 regular troops in the whole of East Asia, all deployed in Jiaoao.

Before the war broke out, the Governor of Jiaozhou, Alfred Mair Waldeck, sensed that the situation was not good, so he conscripted the Germans in Jiaozhou into the army in advance and expanded the troops to 5000 people.

After the destruction of the Far East Fleet, Yerohin sent a telegram to Vadek, persuading him to surrender.

Wadek refused to surrender and resisted to the end.

Ye Luoxin didn't waste any time and ordered two divisions of the Goryeo Army that had already assembled at Fort Arthur to board the ships and launch a ground attack on Jiaoao.

George was not surprised by this result.

In another time and space, Germany in the Far East could not even defeat the Japanese, let alone confront the Pacific Fleet.

George had no time to care about East Asia, let alone deal with Venizelos.

On the day the war broke out, Georgy announced that he would transfer the command of the Greek Kingdom's army to George.

Venizelos did not report to George's headquarters in Constantinople within the stipulated time.

On the 13th, Georgy declared Venizelos a traitor to the Kingdom of Greece and prohibited all Greeks from providing any help to Venizelos. If anyone could arrest Venizelos, Georgy would reward him with 10 drachmas.

Drachma is the currency unit of Greece, and the weight of 1 drachma silver coin is 4.37 grams.

In most parts of Greece, a house costs around 2000 drachmas.

The effect of Georgi's move was obvious. The military alliance that had dominated the Greek Kingdom for more than ten years split instantly after Georgi declared Venizelos a traitor. Some members of the military alliance decided to follow Venizelos and demanded to fight back to Athens and overthrow the rule of the tyrant Georgi.

More members of the military alliance did not make public statements. They did not want to accompany Venizelos to death, and they did not want to see a civil war break out in the Kingdom of Greece.

There was no possibility of winning this war. Georgi was the king of the Kingdom of Greece, and the military alliance was not legitimate. From the outside, there was the 13th Army led by Andrei and the Mediterranean Fleet, who were eyeing him covetously. If Venizelos dared to rebel, he would be defeated in minutes.

Venizelos had no intention of rebelling. On August 8, just before George ordered the 15th Army to attack the troops loyal to Venizelos, Venizelos came to Andre's headquarters alone and surrendered.

George ordered Venizelos to be sent to Greece for trial.

Venizelos committed suicide on his way to Greece.

After Greece is resolved, Serbia is the only holdout in the Balkan Union left.

Peter did not get help from George, but he did not give up and went to St. Petersburg to find Nicholas, hoping to get help from him.

Now St. Petersburg has been renamed Petrograd.

Nikola comforted Peter and asked him to give George more time. Once George was free, Nikola believed that George would give Serbia the due help.

"Supplies are piled up like mountains in Constantinople, and ships are waiting outside the port to unload. Even Bulgarian farmers are using the latest rifles and brand new uniforms, while Serbian soldiers fighting on the front line are fighting against the Austro-Hungarian Empire with matchlocks. Grand Duke Yuriev is the coldest person I have ever seen. He has a heart as hard as iron and only has his son in his eyes. He is not like you, who treats all Slavs as your own children."

Peter cried to Nicholas that the Bulgarian soldiers not only had new uniforms, but were also equipped with steel helmets.

Since countries do not yet know the importance of helmets, they will not be equipped on a large scale until the end of next year or the beginning of next year.

George attached great importance to the protective role of steel helmets for soldiers. This little bit of steel was nothing to Amur. Although some Bulgarian soldiers were still training with wooden sticks, everyone could still have a steel helmet.

"I believe Uncle George must have his reasons for doing this."

Nicholas was between George and Peter, and he would definitely stand for George.

After sending Peter away, Nicholas returned to the harem. Alex was resting on a lounge chair on the balcony, looking as if she had lost all hope in life.

"Sanny, you have to cheer up. Alexei, my daughters and I need you."

Nicholas was helpless. At this moment, even the most gorgeous words were pale and powerless.

(End of this chapter)