Chapter 591 Cold-Blooded George
After Germany declared war on Russia and France, it also declared war on Belgium.
Since Belgium and Britain are also allies, Britain fulfilled its promise and declared war on Germany.
After declaring war, France executed Plan 17 and invaded Alsace before Germany launched its attack.
The content of Plan No. 17 is to dispatch four armies on the French-German border, attack Germany from the north and the south, and recover Alsace and Lorraine that were ceded to Germany after the Franco-Prussian War.
Due to the alliance between Britain and Belgium, the French believed that Britain would not let Germany invade Belgium, so Joffre did not deploy troops or build fortifications on the French-Belgian border.
So the French were tricked by the British again.
The French have been tricked by the British countless times in history. If the British had not caused trouble, France would have unified Europe long ago.
The French did not learn the lesson and still believed in Britain's promise.
It can only be said that he died well.
At this time, Germany's mobilization had just begun. The French army's invasion of Alsace gave Zhilinsky an illusion. He hoped to get ahead of Germany's completion of mobilization and attack the German army from the north and south with the French army. Even if he could not defeat Germany, We must also let the German army take care of itself and eliminate the elite German troops as much as possible.
“Our progress is very smooth. Since the Franco-Prussian War, Germany has never participated in a war and has been out of battle for a long time. Our soldiers have been tempered by the Russo-Japanese War and the Balkan War and have rich experience. We There are also more advanced weapons, more powerful than the German army.”
Little Nicholas got carried away and brought George a gift, a heavy machine gun captured by the Russian army in East Prussia.
"Why is planning such a thing like child's play in your eyes?"
George was very angry. Little Nicholas and Zhilinsky were betting on the fate of the empire.
"The plan can't keep up with the changes. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"
Little Nicholas was tough. At least half of the purpose of giving George a gift was to show off that I can do anything you can do.
That’s not right either.
What George defeated was Japan, which was born with stunted growth, and the decadent Ottoman Empire.
What Nicholas is about to defeat is the powerful Germany.
George did not think that little Nicholas could easily defeat the German army.
Germany has never lost a foreign war since the days of Bismarck.
Although the German army has indeed been sparse for a long time as Nicholas Jr. said, and the German army's equipment also lags behind that of the Russian Empire, Germany has a well-trained officer corps and a complete staff system. This is What the Russian Empire did not have.
What disappoints George is that Nicholas did not give George sufficient support on this issue.
Due to Germany's patronizing attitude towards the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the conflict between the Russian Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Nicholas had a long history of dissatisfaction with William II.
For the sake of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Germany did not hesitate to carry out military mobilization and declared war on the Russian Empire. Nicholas's dissatisfaction with Wilhelm II reached its peak.
Nicholas hoped to show his determination to William II through Nicholas Jr.'s attack.
If William II reins in, the war may still stop.
“Even if William wants to stop the war, the German generals will not agree. Once the war is started, it will only end with a complete defeat of one side.”
George reminded Nicholas, No more illusions.
This time William II was not betting on family ties, but on the destiny of the country.
Waging a war to expand a broader living space for Germany is not the appeal of William II alone, but the common aspiration of all Germans.
"Then we will completely defeat Germany. We have obtained the entrance to the Black Sea. It is time to break the blockade of the Baltic Sea and the Mediterranean!"
Little Nicholas is so confident that even George dare not do this Milk.
Due to the relationship between the Russian Empire and Denmark, the blockade of the Baltic Sea is ineffective for the Russian Empire. Warships of the Baltic Fleet can enter the North Sea at any time.
The two ends of the Mediterranean are the British-controlled Suez Canal and the Strait of Gibraltar. Breaking the blockade of the Mediterranean means facing the British Royal Navy.
On land, George, the Lord of the Navy, was not afraid of anyone.
If facing the Royal Navy, George will need some prerequisites.
The current total tonnage of the Royal Navy is 2.714 million tons, and the fleet is spread all over the world. The largest domestic fleet has 22 dreadnoughts and super-dreadnoughts, as well as 5 battlecruisers, and more than 200 cruisers and destroyers.
Heavy cruisers, that is, armored cruisers, are not even listed here.
In addition, after the war broke out, Britain also formed a Channel Fleet consisting of 17 pre-dreadnoughts. The total tonnage of this fleet alone exceeded the total tonnage of the Russian Empire's Baltic Fleet.
To deal with the Royal Navy, George must be given 10 more aircraft carriers and 1,000 aircraft.
Like Nicholas, Peter of Montenegro was present at Ferdinand's coronation.
Nicholas hoped that George could give appropriate help to the Slavs in the Kingdom of Serbia. He did not want to see the Kingdom of Serbia be conquered by the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
"Quack, George, do your job and take care of our Slavic brothers."
Little Nicholas gloated that George's new nickname had begun to circulate in Petrograd - Cold-Blooded George.
George can ignore little Nicholas.
George still has to explain Nicholas’s question.
“The Kingdom of Serbia has not transferred military command to me. How can I convince other Balkan countries to send their troops to the Kingdom of Serbia to fight bloody battles for the fate of the Kingdom of Serbia?”
< br>George was also hesitating whether to change his plan.
The Russian army has invaded Germany, which means that George's previous plan has gone bankrupt. It's easy to say whether Zhilinsky can win.
If Zhilinsky is defeated, George will launch an attack on the Austro-Hungarian Empire, involving the actions of the German army, spreading the strength of the German army, and forcing the German army to reinforce the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
In this case, there will not be much time left for George.
"George, as long as you marry Alexandra to Peter's son Alexander, Peter will hand over the command of the Serbian army to you."
Nicholas took the initiative to play matchmaker, but this was not what George wanted.
Alexandra is indeed old enough to get engaged, and Alexander is indeed not married.
Alexander married Ferdinand’s second princess Maria in 1922.
“Don’t even think about it, I will never trade my children’s marriage!”
George transformed into a doting girl.
"Oh, what is the marriage between Polis and Elizabeth?"
Little Nicholas was a little uncomfortable. As a member of the royal family, he didn't even have this awareness. It was so inappropriate.
“The marriage of Polis and Elizabeth is based on emotion.”
George does not think that the marriage of Polis and Elizabeth is a transaction.
“Okay, if you don’t want to, forget it——”
Nikolai's mood was waning.
Ferdinand was thinking about Alexandra before.
Now Peter is thinking about Alexandra again. It seems that the daughter of Grand Duke Yuriev is indeed very popular.
None of Nicholas’s four daughters has yet to be married.
Someone proposed to Princess Olga before.
In the past two years, there has been no proposal.
It’s not just about hemophilia.
"George, why don't you put Peter under house arrest, and you can still get the military command of the Kingdom of Serbia."
Little Nicholas gave George a bad idea.
“Now that the Kingdom of Serbia is drawing firepower from the front, I have enough time to adjust my deployment. Isn’t this good?”
George really deserves to be called Cold-blooded George.
After the mobilization of the Kingdom of Serbia, the size of the army reached 400,000. If George could recruit these 400,000 troops, then George could now counterattack the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
If not, then these 400,000 troops are a time bomb.
Vasili took the initiative to report to George the mobilization situation of the Kingdom of Romania. Currently, the Kingdom of Romania has mobilized 300,000 people. With the addition of the 12th Army Group led by Vasily, Romania can also mobilize 400,000 people.
However, Romania's problem of lack of weapons still exists.
George subconsciously gave Nicholas a dissatisfied look.
Nicola was confused and didn’t know what George’s eyes meant.
The music started and the enthronement ceremony officially began. The guests stopped communicating and turned their attention to Ferdinand and his wife who were entering the hall.
Ferdinand was dressed in military uniform, with his beard and hair neatly trimmed. There was no expression on his face. Although ascending the throne was a good thing for him, his uncle, the old king, had just died. At this time, any Happy emotions are inappropriate.
Ferdinand’s wife Mary was the granddaughter of Queen Victoria. She married Ferdinand in 1893, and they had six children.
Due to time constraints, the procedure for the coronation ceremony was simple. After the archbishop placed the crown symbolizing the king on Ferdinand's head, Ferdinand officially became the king of Romania.
Subsequently, Ferdinand gave a speech. He first thanked the guests who came from all over the country to attend his coronation ceremony, and focused on thanking Nicholas. Then Ferdinand declared war on the Austro-Hungarian Empire on behalf of the Kingdom of Romania, and declared war on the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The enthronement ceremony came to a successful conclusion.
In the evening, Ferdinand held a banquet in the palace to thank the guests who came from afar.
Little Nicholas hurriedly boarded the train back to Warsaw before the banquet began.
After the war broke out, Zhilinsky's progress was very smooth and he did not encounter stubborn resistance from the German army.
Zhilinsky was very happy and ordered Renningkamp and Samsonov to speed up and advance towards the hinterland of Germany.
As group army commanders, both Renningkamp and Samsonov were inexperienced. Renningkamp spent most of his previous military career in staff work and lacked experience in commanding troops in combat.
Samsonov also only commanded one division and never commanded an army group in combat.
The most important thing is the lack of contact between the two men. After they were respectively appointed as army group commanders, there was never a telegram between the two men. This is simply incredible.
Under Zhilinsky's urging, the 1st Army and the 2nd Army were seriously out of touch. The elite troops from the Guards rushed to the front, while the newly mobilized troops were in chaos and slow, unable to follow at all. Not as fast as the Guards.
After Ferdinand's coronation ceremony, Nicholas Jr. received news that Wilhelm II had replaced General von Pritwitz, who had performed poorly after the outbreak of the war, with the experienced Hindenburg as commander-in-chief of the German Eighth Army. commander.
Zhilinsky is about to be out of luck.
(End of this chapter)