Chapter 554 Queen Mother, Queen Mother
Both are princes, they both joined the army at a young age, and they are both countries with similar strength like Germany and Russia. After George became famous since the Russo-Japanese War, Frederick He is often compared with George in all aspects.
But the gap between Friedrich and George is a bit big. George is now a marshal, and Friedrich is still a major, similar to Nicholas.
Nicholas still has integrity, and his current military rank is still colonel.
The Russo-Japanese War was just a small test for George, and the Balkan War was the real blockbuster.
The Russian Empire entered the war on September 25, and the Ottoman Empire surrendered on October 11. It only took George half a month to complete the centuries-old dream of the Russians.
In such a short period of time, even if other countries wanted to intervene, it was too late. The Austro-Hungarian Empire had not yet completed its mobilization, and the Balkan War was over, so quickly that it was dizzying.
The core idea of the "Schlieffen Plan" is actually fast. The German army must defeat France before the Russian Empire completes its mobilization, and then it is possible to win the final victory.
After the Balkan War, the Germans have begun to adjust the "Schlieffen Plan" and re-evaluate the mobilization capabilities of the Russian Empire.
Previously, European countries generally believed that it would take at least 8 months for the Russian Empire to complete mobilization.
After the Balkan War, European countries were surprised to find that the Russian Empire had not mobilized at all, which was an almost impossible task.
The arrival of the reinforcements transferred by George from East Asia to the Kingdom of Bulgaria exposed the true strength of the Russian Empire.
After George began military reform, the Russian Empire has been disarmament.
This gave European countries the illusion that the Russian Empire had no intention of starting a war.
This matter is also a mistake. George originally wanted to paralyze the German-Austrian Alliance, but he did not expect that it was the Ottoman Empire that was fooled.
Just half a year before the Balkan War broke out, the Ottoman Empire also disbanded part of its army.
Unlike the Russian Empire, the Ottoman Empire laid off 70,000 Guardsmen.
What George laid off was the local army with poor combat effectiveness. Not only was the Guards not laid off, it was also being strengthened.
The Ottoman Empire actually laid off the Guards——
George didn’t know what this idea was.
After two years of adjustments, the size of the Russian Imperial Guard is now almost 400,000.
If mobilized, the force size can be increased to 1.6 million in a short period of time.
These 1.6 million are veterans who have retired within three years and Cossacks who have received military training since childhood.
It should be noted that 1.6 million is not the limit of the Russian Empire, this is only the first mobilization.
So in a general sense, when European countries measure the strength of the Russian Empire, they will include mobilization of troops.
Originally, European countries believed that the Russian Empire could only mobilize 1.6 million people.
Now with the addition of Goryeo and Japan, the Russian Empire does not count its mobilization of troops. In fact, the number of troops that can be mobilized exceeds 1 million, which is far beyond the estimates of European countries.
Now that the icebergs under the sea have been exposed, George does not mind being exposed more, so in this Rivno exercise, the armored units conducted infantry combat coordination exercises in front of observers from various countries.
Come on, the Russian Empire has more than 400,000 powerful Guards.
There are still 600,000 servants in the Far East who can be mobilized.
There were over a million Cossacks in the Russian Empire waiting to be called up by the Tsar.
Seeing that the Russian army, which has always been criticized for its backward equipment and conservativeness, has actually begun to engage in infantry warfare coordination, this time the Rivne exercise has many things worth reviewing for observers from various countries.
George is not worried about causing "Russian phobia". In George's view, the Russian Empire is what makes people fear, not like.
23 million square kilometers (after annexing the Black Sea outlet), 155 million people (1912 data), the world’s largest food production, the world’s most abundant resources -
Not afraid Just come!
After the exercise, George returned to St. Petersburg with little Nicholas.
Nicholas was a bit crazy during this period. He took the sand table sent by George and studied it every day. Today he built a Tsarskoe Selo in Constantinople and tomorrow he built a palace in Rhodes Island. He never tired of it.
Constantinople is okay.
Rhode Island cannot do it, it is too close to the Ottoman Empire. The Romanov family has been passed down to Alexey's generation for two generations. This is too dangerous for the royal family. Nicholas and Alexey has now lost his freedom to travel.
When Nicholas first got married, he still had the opportunity to travel abroad every year.
After Alexey was diagnosed with hemophilia, everyone in the empire hoped that Nicholas and Alex would have another son, but unfortunately they never did.
Alexei's condition has tortured Nikolai and Alex to a great extent, both mentally and physically, and they really are not in the mood to create a human being.
"Next winter, let's go to Constantinople for vacation together-" Nicholas has been in a good mood since the end of the Balkan War.
“If you want to see the complete Constantinople, it will take at least ten years.”
George reminded Nicholas not to be too optimistic.
If it were just a palace, it would only take a few months to build. All the hard work would be spent on decoration and sculpture. There would be no upper limit. The Cathedral on Spilled Blood built by Ya San to commemorate the assassination of Ya Er, It took a total of 24 years before and after.
Constantinople was rebuilt on the ruins. Nicholas took out 100 million rubles from his private treasury with a stroke of his pen. This was also a big loss for Nicholas.
Okay, it's better to use Nicholas's private treasury to rebuild Constantinople than to have it confiscated.
“It doesn’t matter, we are still young and can afford to wait!”
Nicholas is very optimistic about the future. He is only 44 years old this year, which is indeed very young for a monarch.
Nicola was very kind to George. While he was building Tsarskoye Selo, he did not forget to allocate land to George. Moreover, it was right next to Tsarskoe Selo, and the area was only slightly smaller than that of Tsarskoe Selo.
George has very low materialistic desires now. He is already a marshal. He wears a Guards uniform all day long. He does not wear any medals and does not touch the Grand Marshal's uniform.
When George attended palace banquets in the past, he would wear formal clothes out of politeness.
Now that George has completely let himself go, no one says that George is dishonorable. Instead, everyone praises George for his noble character.
George was like, he still likes others to think of him as a savage.
After returning from Vladivostok, Alexei's health condition has improved greatly. His headaches and insomnia have improved greatly. He has not been sick in the past six months.
Anne has equipped Alexei with a medical team, which is currently at the Winter Palace. While taking care of Alexei, it is also responsible for the health of Nikolai's family.
Rasputin fell out of favor and was placed in a monastery outside St. Petersburg, which was another safety net.
Back at home, Anne asked about Polis.
Polis was in Varna to award medals to the pilots who played the leading role in the Balkan War.
In North Africa, the air force is just a small test.
In the Balkan War, the air force was the real blockbuster.
Traditionally, the fleet cannot compete with the fort. During the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese combined fleet was just taught by the Vladivostok fort.
During the Balkan War, the Ottoman Empire's forts on the Bosporus were completely destroyed by the Russian Air Force, paving the way for subsequent landings.
The bombing of Constantinople destroyed the Ottoman Sultan's will to resist.
In the ten Russian-Turkish wars, Constantinople was never directly attacked by the Russian army. When the Ottoman Empire was at its worst, the Russian army only approached Constantinople, no matter how the battle ended. In this way, Sudan's security is guaranteed.
In this case, the Ottoman Sultan's attitude towards the war must be to accept all comers. If he cannot win anyway, there will be joint intervention by European countries.
When the Russian Air Force bombed Constantinople, it focused on the Ottoman Sultan's palace as its primary target. The Sudan's security was seriously threatened. This was the main reason for the Sudan's rapid surrender.
Polis was very generous and prepared the Asbaruch Medal for all Russian pilots who participated in the war.
In the 6th century AD, the Slavs came to Bulgaria and merged with the Bulgars led by Asparuk to form Bulgaria.
"Asbarukh" is the first medal designed by Polis for Bulgaria. The medal has four levels in total, the first-level large ribbon is gold inlaid with diamonds, the second-level collar badge is gold-set with gems, and the third-level chest badge Made of gold, the fourth-level sword badge only uses gold for the coat of arms of the Yuriev family.
All Russian pilots who participated in the war were awarded second-, third- and fourth-level medals according to their merits. So far, only Brusinov has received the first-level ribbon.
Brushinov has ended his work in Burgas, all rebel participants have been arrested, and their property has been confiscated.
In addition to awarding medals, Polis also took the initiative to send signals to the pilots. If the pilots are willing to stay, then they will be the first veterans of the Bulgarian Air Force.
Rather than completely disarmament, Bulgaria will lay off the old army and form a new army, which is more in the interests of the Kingdom of Bulgaria.
The air force and navy are the focus of the Kingdom of Bulgaria in building a new army. Due to the financial situation of the Kingdom of Bulgaria, the current scale will not be too large. Although large warships will not be built, aircraft can still be afforded.
After defeating the Ottoman Empire, the Kingdom of Bulgaria changed from the front line against the Ottoman Empire to the rear against the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The role of aircraft at this time was very important.
Once the war broke out, the Kingdom of Serbia and Romania, as well as Montenegro and Albania, were the front lines against the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
The Kingdom of Bulgaria can provide support to the front line with its air force from the rear.
This is a tactic designed by George for the post-Balkan Alliance era.
After Polis became the king of Bulgaria, not only did Anne give Polis a sum of money, but Catherine, who was far away in Vladivostok, even took out her private collection for auction and collected a fortune. Give a large amount of money to the eldest grandson, and ask the eldest grandson to send money directly to all Bulgarians.
This is the real prodigal.
(End of this chapter)