Chapter 577 Not afraid of death, afraid of foreigners
If Kuropatkin had not suffered a complete defeat in the Russo-Japanese War, he would not have been idle until now.
But for the Russian Empire, the price of verifying whether a general is qualified is too high.
The key is that George and Nicholas do not agree on the qualification standards.
George needs generals who can bring victory to the Empire.
Nicholas needed obedient generals.
George's output was very effective. In May, the rebellion in the Galicia region of the Austro-Hungarian Empire escalated into an uprising. The Poles organized the Restoration Army and officially declared war on the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Nicola summoned George into the palace and reminded George not to use excessive force.
George didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
After the Galician Poles officially launched the banner of "restoration", the Poles in the Russian Empire and Germany were ready to take action. Zhilinski returned to Warsaw overnight, and Nicholas Jr. also sent more troops to Warsaw to take precautions in advance. .
Nicholas was worried that George's export would backfire on the Russian Empire and affect the stability of the Warsaw region.
“I wish this had happened sooner.”
George was not worried.
The war is approaching, and it is a good thing that some hidden dangers of the empire are exposed in advance. Even if it causes temporary chaos, it is better than making things worse during the war.
“George, there can be no chaos in Warsaw——”
Nicholas was horrified. Warsaw was the Warsaw of the Russian Empire.
“I believe General Zhilinsky has the ability to handle this matter.”
George finally said something to make Nikolai happy, which was a recognition of Nikolai’s vision. .
Nicola summoned George to the palace because of French President Raymond Poincaré's visit to Russia.
Poincaré plans to lead the French fleet to visit Russia in mid-May. As Minister of the Navy, George will assist Nicholas in receiving the fleet.
To be honest, George really didn't want to pay attention to these nonsense.
If it was the French Army, George would still be somewhat interested.
Navy——
Does France still have a navy?
Even when the French Navy faced the Italian Navy, it was not sure of victory.
Not to mention the German High Seas Fleet.
As an ally of the Russian Empire, what are the French doing when the Russian Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire are on the verge of national mobilization due to conflicts in the Balkans?
The French are discussing the extramarital affair between the former prime minister and his wife.
In 1911, Joseph Caillot served as Prime Minister of France. He stepped down the next year due to secret negotiations with Germany.
Joseph Cayo was appointed Finance Minister last year.
Both Joseph Caillot and his wife Henriette Caillot remarried, but they were together before the marriage.
Joseph Caillot came from the Radical Socialist Party, so Caston, the editor-in-chief of Le Figaro, who took an opposition position, launched a fierce attack on Caillaux.
In just three months, Caston published 110 cartoons, anecdotes and articles attacking Joseph Caillaux in Le Figaro; he also published Caillaux’s 13-year Correspondence to Henriette Caillot.
Thirteen years ago, Joseph and Henriette were not married yet and each had a family.
So this involves extramarital affairs and unethical political dealings.
Caston's actions broke an unwritten rule that the privacy rights of politicians are sacrosanct.
So a month ago, Mrs. Caillaux, armed with a Browning automatic pistol, broke into Caston's office and fired six shots at Caston, killing him.
This incident triggered a heated discussion in France. Almost everyone was paying attention to this matter. No one noticed that both the Russian Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire had begun mobilization. With such allies, it is difficult for George to believe that France can play a big role in the world war.
For George, France is not as important as the Balkan Alliance.
Although the Balkan brothers have their own thoughts, the Balkan countries have an absolutely firm stance on the matter of the Austria-Hungary Empire and are consistent with the Russian Empire.
The French position is more flexible.
Caillot is not the first French politician to step down because of secret contacts with Germany.
It should be noted that it was the current French President Raymond Poincaré who activated Cayo.
Unlike George, Nicholas still attaches great importance to France.
However, what Nicholas valued was not France's military strength, but its economic strength.
George actually has something to say about this.
Capitalists are the smartest, so regardless of Paris singing and dancing and being keen on the affairs of politicians, French capitalists must have smelled the smoke of gunpowder, so they increased their investment in the Russian Empire.
If you don’t invest in the Russian Empire, why don’t you stay in France and wait to be snatched away by the Germans?
“I am going to issue national debt in the UK and France to raise funds for the construction of a new class of all-heavy artillery battleships.”
Nicholas had just gone to England in January, and he didn’t know what kind of ecstasy drug George V had given Nicholas.
But that doesn’t matter. Once the money is in George’s hands, George has the final say on how to spend it.
George would rather buy an amphibious combat vehicle for the Marine Corps than continue to invest in battleships.
“I am going to build two aircraft carriers for the Baltic Fleet and the Mediterranean Fleet respectively.”
George hopes that the Russian Empire can cultivate more qualified carrier-based aircraft pilots.
Compared with naval gunners, carrier-based aircraft pilots are more professional, have higher requirements, and require longer training.
After acquiring Constantinople, the Russian Empire had more and more maritime interests to safeguard. Instead of building battleships, it was better to build aircraft carriers.
After learning about the cost of the aircraft carrier, Nicholas fully supported George's decision.
"How can two ships be enough? Three ships!"
Three ships will do, one to perform tasks, one to maintain, and one to train, perfect.
Although French failed to get the answer he wanted from George, George still sent a telegram to Vasily asking Vasily to cooperate with French's investigation within the scope of his authority.
Russian servant armies are all in Bulgaria.
French did not stay longer in St. Petersburg. After getting George's permission, French went straight to the Kingdom of Bulgaria.
Vasily has been very angry these days. He has encountered a very troublesome problem. The Koreans and Japanese are a bit reluctant to let go when facing the Europeans.
Forget it about the Koreans.
The Japanese had fought with the Cossacks in the Russo-Japanese War, so how could they be afraid?
It really does.
The brutal Japanese army during the Sino-Japanese War showed extreme restraint in the Russo-Japanese War. Not only did they not dare to raise the butcher knife to wounded Russian soldiers, they also did not dare to abuse those Russian prisoners of war who surrendered. Even when the Japanese troops on the front line were hungry, the prisoners of war were guaranteed rations.
When training in the Far East, both the Koreans and the Japanese performed very well.
After coming to Bulgaria, the weak side of the Korean and Japanese characters was finally fully exposed.
It is not difficult to solve this problem.
Vasili went to Brusinov and asked for the execution of the death row prisoners. From now on, whenever there are death row prisoners in the Kingdom of Bulgaria to be executed, they will be executed by the soldiers of the Gaori Servant Army.
(End of this chapter)