Chapter 347: The confidence of the small days 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 queens.
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 is also related to 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 compete.
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 14th is 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.
Ekaterina liked to show off her children. She took all three children to the greenhouse of the 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. Let children receive artistic influence from an early age.
In the past two years, Concubine Min often came to Yuriev Palace with Prince Li Tuo of Goryeo.
Li Tuo was born in 1874, which is about the same age as Xiaoye, who was born in 1878.
Ekaterina knows Concubine Min’s purpose. Regarding this matter, Yekaterina’s attitude is not to encourage or interfere. If Li Tuo and Xiaoye are in love, then Yekaterina Linna is also happy to see the results.
If Xiaoye looks down on Li Tuo, Yekaterina will not sacrifice Xiaoye's happiness for the sake of marriage.
Olga came back a little later, looking as arrogant as a big white goose.
Concubine Min was curious and found out after asking Anne that Olga was pregnant.
Olga is not only the grand duchess of the Yuriev family, but also the duchess of the Suvorov family. Both identities are extremely prominent in Russia. Concubine Min began to think about what to give.
When Vasily came to the study, Andrei was chatting with George.
Andre and Jacqueline are married, and Jacqueline is due next month.
Compared with before marriage, Andre's character has become more calm.
George is discussing with Andre the selection of commander of the River Fleet.
In the past, the river fleet only had two gunboats. Grandma didn’t love what uncle didn’t love, so it didn’t matter if there was a fleet commander or not.
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.
The difficulty in choosing the fleet commander had a lot to do with the lack of naval officers around George.
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.
The current commander of the river fleet, Osdoev, has mediocre abilities. Although he has not made any big mistakes, there is nothing worthy of praise.
Osdoyev joined George's team after the establishment of Futuan, and was not from Xietuan. In the words of Yankov and Vasily, only "old people" like them were the first batch of George Military Academy. member.
Yangkov became famous in the First World War in Aceh. After the establishment of the Aceh Sultanate, Yangkov served as the Prime Minister of Aceh and was powerful in Southeast Asia.
Yankov did not like the position of prime minister. After the Aceh War, Yankov asked to return to Vladivostok, preferring to continue to be his captain of the guard rather than the prime minister of the Aceh Sultanate.
The captain of the guard must be joking. George is more inclined to let Yangkov go to Goryeo as a military adviser.
Nominally a military adviser, but actually the supreme commander of the Goryeo army.
As for the commander of the river fleet, George preferred Peter.
Peter is currently serving 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 -
“Isn’t this the democracy you have been asking for?”
George gives full play to democracy Centralization.
"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 station 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 build a tank.
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 used to bulldoze the enemy at critical moments. Taking them out now will be harmful rather than helpful.
"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 the job 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 actually have combat capabilities and can be deployed on a large scale at any time.
Amur has no combat needs in the short term. Submarines are still mainly for training. It will be too late to mass-produce them during wartime.
Osdoev is 40 years old this year, and his abilities in all aspects are mediocre. In Milyutin’s words, Osdoev is at most qualified for the position of logistics director.
Although Milyugin 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, strive to improve their technical level, and at the same time strengthen the cultural level of the officers and soldiers of the River Fleet so that they understand why they are 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 joins the army and becomes a monk at the same time.
Amul does not advocate, not only requiring 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 1,000 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.
From a geographical point of view, Incheon is actually more suitable as a military port than Busan, because Busan is too close to Japan and has almost no strategic depth.
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 needs 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.
Ale Keshe's information was still wrong. The caliber of the naval gun being developed by the Vladivostok Arsenal was not 340, but 350.
The reason why the artillery has such strange calibers as 152 and 203 is directly related to the Royal Navy's adoption of the British system.
152 and 203 are 6 inches and 8 inches respectively when converted to imperial standards. The monarch-level 343 is 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 go its own way, so starting from the 120mm artillery, Vladivostok began to adopt the metric system.
The 203 sent to St. Petersburg was to adapt to the Imperial Navy.
The weapon systems of the Amur Military District have all adopted the metric system, leaving it to the British to play with it.
From 305 to 350, it is not just a simple enlargement of the same proportion, 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 1.9 million rubles on this last year.
This fee will not be billed to the Vladivostok Arsenal, but will be paid directly by the Yuriev Palace.
As the New Year approaches, the Yuriev Palace is busy again. Not only is it necessary to prepare the Christmas tree, but also the door gods and couplets, focusing on the combination of east and west.
George ignored these things. On December 15, 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 delivering them 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)