I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 85

On August 8, Nikolai and George led the 21th company to arrive in Rivne smoothly, becoming the first of all participating troops to arrive.

On the 23rd, the commander of the Little Nicholas Army led the main force of the Prussian Army to arrive in Rivne.

George has not been idle these days. He led Yeluoxin, Demit, and Andrei around Rivne to become familiar with the terrain of Rovne.

The exercise is divided into three parts. The first stage is comprehensive performance, the second stage is confrontation, and the third stage is military parade.

The confrontation part is the focus of the exercise, and the confrontation between the General Regiment and the Xie Regiment is the highlight. In order to add more highlights to the confrontation, the Tsar added artillery units to the Prussian Regiment and the Xie Regiment respectively. So in the next week, George hopes to move the infantry Artillery coordination is the focus of general regiment training.

George didn't remember who invented the infantry-artillery coordination tactic, and Suvorov's "The Science of Victory" didn't mention that infantry-artillery coordination was promoted by the German general Hutier during World War I and was still used during World War II. being widely used.

Infantry and artillery coordination is mainly to overcome soldiers' fear of artillery shells and puts forward higher requirements for the cooperation between infantry and artillery. This is a completely new subject for the Guards.

The infantry, cavalry and artillery of the Guards are separated. The infantry and cavalry divisions are not equipped with artillery units. There are three single-column artillery brigades to assist the infantry and cavalry divisions in combat.

This is also impossible.

The artillery is known as the "scientist force" and has high requirements for the quality of soldiers.

Russia's educational foundation is not very good. There are very few people who can read and write, and even fewer are willing to serve as soldiers. The few people who can read are concentrated in the artillery unit. If they are given artillery to the general regiment, the cavalry of the general regiment will not know how to use it. .

"Is this necessary?" The regiment commander, Nicholas Jr., did not pay attention to infantry and artillery coordination and thought it was not necessary at all.

"Infantry and artillery coordination will increase unnecessary casualties of the troops. Soldiers should die gloriously on the battlefield instead of being killed by their own artillery shells." Mikhailovich's cousin also believed that it was unnecessary.

"The purpose of using artillery is to destroy enemy positions, but in actual combat, the effect is often not good, so the fire preparation time is getting longer and longer, and more and more shells are wasted. If you can use fewer shells to achieve the same effect, Effect, why don't we do this?" George tried to communicate and didn't understand why the Nicholas were so stubborn.

Mikhailovich's first name was also Nikolai.

"George, have you ever considered the accuracy of artillery?" The future Governor-General of Finland Ivanovich was a little more normal, and his name was still Nikolai.

George frowned, he really hadn't thought about this issue.

That's right.

Doesn’t Suvorov know the role of artillery?

You must know that tactical innovation is based on technological progress. With the quality of Russian artillery and the accuracy of Russian artillery, infantry-artillery coordination is really impossible.

For at least a week, the officers and soldiers of the general regiment were unable to skillfully coordinate infantry and artillery.

To put it bluntly, gray animals cannot eat fine chaff.

Fortunately, the general regiment is a light cavalry, otherwise they would just have to queue up and shoot.

"Don't be angry George, I support you!" Nicholas comforted George after the meeting.

"Don't worry about me Nicky, I really didn't take the accuracy into consideration." George was also reflecting on the fact that the tragedy of smokeless gunpowder would not happen again. The more stubborn Nicholas is, the better, so that George will have more opportunities to perform.

"I know you are right, and I will find a way to help you." Nicholas' trust in George has affected his judgment to a certain extent.

"Don't worry Nicky, our biggest advantage is time." George is patient, there are still decades before a world war.

Back at the 4th company camp, Uncle Mikhail came to George to say goodbye.

Mikhail is going to Vladivostok to assist George in running the fiefdom.

It's not impossible to lose money, but you can't lose too much. George will probably go to Vladivostok before he reaches adulthood. Mikhail's task is to help George lay a solid foundation.

"To develop the economy, the most important thing is people. Only people have hope, so we must do everything possible to increase the population of Vladivostok." George has high hopes for Mikhail. There are no people he can use now. There are a few, and Mikhail is already considered outstanding.

Although Mikhail was a little greedy when it came to the winery, Mikhail's starting point was good and he did not make his own decisions. After George reminded him, Mikhail resolutely refused the temptation, which made Mikhail Hail regains George's trust.

"How can we do what the empire has failed to achieve despite all its efforts?" Mikhail was at a loss.

Russia wants to send all its prisoners to Siberia. So far, there are only this few people, and the population of the entire Eastern Siberia is not as large as that of St. Petersburg.

George didn't know exactly how many people there were in Vladivostok, because Russian officials had never conducted relevant statistics before.

"Recruiting workers from Goryeo, Japan, and the Qing Empire——" George had to hide his true purpose as he carried private goods.

"There aren't that many factories in Vladivostok." Mikhail didn't understand what development meant.

"If there is no factory, open a factory, open a lumber camp, set up a farm, recruit construction workers, mine, build ships, fish -" George couldn't wait to get it done in one step. There were too many things to do.

The key to whether a fief is good or not lies in its management, and the role of George, the lord, is reflected here.

"Wait a minute, I want to write it down-" Mikhail was sweating profusely, wishing he had three heads and six arms.

"Don't think too much at the beginning. Keeping people is the most important, so don't rush to collect taxes. We are not short of money. If we want to get more of the cake, we must first find ways to make the cake bigger." No matter how much money you charge, the only way is to find a way to sell more St. Louis to the Russian princes and nobles.

"But this will cost us a lot of money." Mikhail was embarrassed. Ekaterina asked him to go to Vladivostok to help George make money.

"How is Katya in France?" George asked in a roundabout way.

"Great, Nice has beautiful scenery, mild climate, and people are very friendly. Katya is respected because she donated a lot of money to the orphanage in Nice. Katya also bought you big luxurious houses in Paris and London. If you are not happy in St. Petersburg, you can move to Paris or London." Mikhail gushed when mentioning Ekaterina.

George frowned, disgusted with Ekaterina's spending money.

"Tell Katya not to buy any more houses and invest all your money in the construction of Vladivostok." Doesn't George want to buy houses in France and the UK and wait for them to be confiscated by the French and British?
  "All?" Mikhail was surprised.

"Yes, everything, I will write to Katya." It's not that George doesn't trust Mikhail. He wants to develop the fiefdom and cannot do without Yekaterina's cooperation.

(End of this chapter)