Chapter 416 Ace
Refined egoists will never understand the feelings between soldiers.
Other princes who served in the army were gold-plated, including the tsar.
George's cavalry lieutenant general was obtained by winning one victory after another in the Rovne exercise and subduing all the elite troops of the major military districts, including the St. Petersburg Military District.
St. Petersburg believed that George was inexperienced and unable to lead the Russian army to victory.
But for the Cossacks, they were also Grand Dukes, and they would rather accept George's leadership.
Even if you die in battle, admit it!
It’s all an exercise, but you can’t even win the exercise, so how can you win in a real war?
George told the damned to die.
Those who don’t deserve to die, George will do his best to save them.
Kuropatkin really wanted to stay in Kanto and clear his name.
After the First Army of the Kwantung was reorganized into the First Army of the Far East, Kuropatkin was idle. George wanted to send Kuropatkin back to St. Petersburg. Kuropatkin asked his old superior Milyutin for help. Here, I hope to get a chance to meet George.
“Amusha is responsible, but it is inappropriate to put all the blame on Amusha.”
Milyutin hopes that George can give Kuropatkin a chance .
It is said that hard work is worse than hard work. People who make mistakes will be more careful, cherish opportunities and make up for their mistakes.
Kuropatkin was originally a staff officer. He became the commander-in-chief of the Russian Army in Kwantung simply because there were no tigers in the mountains and monkeys were kings.
In St. Petersburg, there are many people who are more qualified to be the commander-in-chief of the Russian Army in Kwantung than Kuropatkin. George’s brothers, including Sergei who was assassinated some time ago, are all more qualified than Kuropatkin. Kim is more qualified.
The Sergeys were unwilling to go to the Far East to confront George head-on, so it was Kuropatkin's turn.
After Kuropatkin arrived in the Far East, his first stop was to the Vladivostok pier. Unfortunately, he failed to get George's support.
“I know, but if Kuropatkin and Alexeyev are not responsible, who is responsible for the defeat?”
George had sharp questions.
If Kuropatkin and Alexeyev are not responsible, Nikolay will have to be responsible for all this.
George would rather kill 10 Kuropatkin and add 100 Alexeev than to affect Nikolai's status in the hearts of the Russians.
This is not to say that Nicholas’s position in George’s heart is unshakable.
But because the Tsar is the representative of the royal family.
Once the image of the Tsar in the minds of Russians collapses, will the Russians just abandon Nicholas and support George?
I am afraid that all members of the royal family will be buried alive by then.
Milyugin was speechless. He knew that someone had to be responsible for the defeat.
Staff officers have a role.
But for George, the role of staff members is actually not big.
George did not need a staff to develop a battle plan.
The Russian army faced the Japanese army. Even if the Amur Military District did not participate in the war, as long as the tactics were not conservative and the Japanese army would not be able to withstand the Russian attack.
Before the fall of Fengtian, the Russian army in Kwantung was at an absolute advantage in terms of equipment and strength.
Kuropatkin dispersed the Russian troops, and there were actually 100,000 Russian troops stationed in Bingcheng as the rear area. Why leave 100,000 Russian troops in Bingcheng?
Kuropatkin regarded the Ice City Russian Army as the strategic general reserve.
Four-fifths of the Russian troops on the Nima front line are reserves.
Of the 320,000 Russian troops, another 100,000 were left as strategic reserve forces.
Da Shanyan used his troops like a sword. From Liaoyang to Fengtian, he concentrated his troops on the attack.
Before the Battle of Fengtian, Alexeyev had been recalled from St. Petersburg. This was definitely not Alexeyev’s responsibility.
George's combat plan gradually took shape during multiple deductions in the Amur Military Region.
Defeating the Japanese army is easy. Kwantung holds the defense line and mainly attacks Goryeo. After taking Busan, it sends submarines and airships to Nagasaki to block the gate and cut off the connection between the Japanese mainland and the Kwantung Japanese army. It won't take long for the Kwantung Japanese army to collapse.
Even if George doesn't block the door, Japan won't be able to hold on for long.
Before the war, Japan's stockpile of strategic supplies was only enough for 18 months.
Even if the Japanese army captured Arthur's Fortress and Fengtian, the Japanese army would not be able to hold out for long under continuous mobilization.
After the war began, Japan has carried out 6 mobilizations and recruited more than 1 million soldiers.
Japan's annual fiscal revenue is only 200 million yen, less than one-tenth of the Russian Empire.
Although Japan has blood transfusions from the United Kingdom and the United States, and German instructors to help train the army.
George still wants to see how long Japan can last.
So George's current strategy is to defend until Japan's foreign debt is high, public resentment spreads, the national power is exhausted, and there will never be a turnaround. George will then counterattack and completely bury Japan's national destiny.
The most suitable candidate for chief of staff in George's mind is none other than Milyutin.
"You are leaving so many young people unused, why are you squeezing me, an old man who has retired for 20 years?"
Milyugin immediately forgot about Kuropatkin.
There may indeed be grievances in letting Kuropatkin take the blame.
Can General Kondrachenko, who died in the Arthur Fortress, be unjust?
Is Makarov, who died when his ambition was struck by a thunderstorm, unjust?
Were the 100,000 Cossacks who died fighting for the Empire justified?
If Milyugin hadn’t mentioned it, George would have almost forgotten that Milyugin was almost 90 years old.
A person who is 90 years old is a senior citizen no matter which country he is in.
Mi Liujing's spirit is still strong, and his body is in great shape. He can eat a pound of meat in one meal.
Being able to eat is a good thing.
"Young people need guidance to become the future pillars of the empire."
George knew how to persuade Milyutin.
Milyugin seemed to have changed into a different person in an instant, and died after exhausting himself.
George not only wants to send Kuropatkin back to St. Petersburg. All generals who performed poorly in the previous phase of the battle were sent back to St. Petersburg by George.
On the contrary, George was willing to give low-level officers who had just graduated from the military academy a chance.
While George was sending people off to St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg was also sending people off to Kanto.
Nicolas's cousin and brother-in-law Alexander was appointed by George as the military judge-in-chief.
"George, I want to be the chief quartermaster!"
Alexander asked for the officer directly.
"You're thinking shit!"
George was rude to his family.
“George, you can’t trick me——”
Alexander didn’t want to be a military judge, it was an offending job.
“Then go back to St. Petersburg!”
George doesn't bargain.
"Okay! I'm going to be a military judge. Don't let your brothers-in-law, brothers-in-law, and cousins get into my hands!"
Alexander yelled crazily.
George also has many relatives around him.
Vasily is George’s brother-in-law, Andrei is George’s brother-in-law, the chief quartermaster Mario is his eldest cousin, and the adjutant Dejan is his cousin——
Dejan was Alexander's deputy, and he was clearly placed next to Alexander to monitor Alexander.
"If they make a mistake, you don't need to do anything, I will do it myself!"
George will never show favoritism.
George does not have high requirements for Amur officials, nor does he require outstanding abilities. He should just be a tool man, do what he is supposed to do, and don’t reach out where you shouldn’t.
If someone really commits a crime against the wind, George will not defend him. Even if it is his own relative, George will kill him and bury him.
The Chief Quartermaster is the most problematic position.
In addition to his own salary, Mario also has income from the family business. As long as Amul does not fail, Mario will be rich and worry-free.
If you don’t even understand this truth, Mario will never be able to reach this position.
Alexander’s glory and wealth all came from the Russian Empire.
He came to the Far East to also monitor George on behalf of Nicholas.
So George put Alexander in the best position to monitor George.
Alexander was also dissatisfied with George for placing his headquarters in Siping.
Wherever the commander-in-chief is, there must be the military judge-in-chief.
Da Shanyan is not stupid either.
After George became the governor of the Far East, the combat intensity of the Russian army on the front line suddenly increased to a higher level. Seeing the increasing number of casualties, Dashanyan had to retreat to Fengtian.
One million Japanese troops sounds like a lot. Most of them are being trained in Japan and have not yet been sent to Kanto. Oyama Iwa has less than 300,000 combat troops.
With the expansion of the occupied area, more and more troops were used to garrison Dashanyan, and the dilemma they faced was exactly the same as Kuropatkin before.
The Kanto side is defensive. Vasily and Yankov have begun to counterattack from Goryeo. The pressure from the Japanese army in Goryeo is increasing, and Dashanyan is also beginning to be overwhelmed.
What makes Dashanyan angry is that the Korean Russian army’s counterattack was dominated by Koreans, and even Japanese participated.
Japan’s participating troops are all from Japan.
The Russian Empire, however, sent servant troops to join the war.
Moreover, the Japanese servants were sent to participate in the war. Dashanyan was very curious. Is Grand Duke Yuriev really not worried that the Japanese troops would defect before the battle?
Vasily was also worried about this problem.
Colin, the commander of the Sakhalin Division, was not worried at all.
"As long as they survive until the end of the war, they will become Russians, so they want the Empire to win this war more than we do."
Colin did not tell Vasily and Yankov what he had done to these Japanese soldiers.
"Don't talk nonsense, no one wants the empire to win more than me."
Vasily was taken aback, how dare you say that.
"The Duke said that this is called convert fanaticism——"
Yankov has become a standard colonial officer.
A trivia fact, the Cossacks were not actually Russians at first, but they became the Tsar's horse whip after becoming Russians.
The same goes for the Japanese and Koreans. They are becoming George's whips and fighting for George in all directions.
All the soldiers under Yankov are Koreans, and only the officers are Russian.
So Goryeo's counterattack must be dominated by servant troops, and Vasily was reluctant to send a talisman regiment to fight hand-to-hand with the Japanese army.
There is a paradox here.
The ace troops have gone through the test of war and fought their way out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood before they became famous.
Fu Tuan is known as the ace unit of the Amur Military Region. If it has not entered the battle for a long time, how can it prove that Fu Tuan is the ace unit?
Vasily will not let the Talisman Group fight a war of attrition.
At the most critical moment when a fatal blow is needed, Vasily will send a talisman group to join the battle.
(End of this chapter)