Chapter 763 Love someone
Everyone knows that Russia will never sit idly by if the interests of the Grand Duchy of Yuriev are harmed.
But to the extent, no one can be sure.
If the Austro-Hungarian Empire could predict that revenge for Archduke Ferdinand would lead to the demise of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, would the Austro-Hungarian Empire still declare war on the Kingdom of Serbia?
If Wilhelm II was not so arrogant and chose to ally with Russia instead of Austria-Hungary, would the outcome of the world war still be the same?
If——
History has no if.
The fist is most intimidating when it is not punched.
So Russia, which has not expressed its stance, is the most dangerous.
Russia does not lack iron ore.
But 1 billion tons of iron ore with an iron content of more than 60% is equally attractive to Russia.
What's more, that's not 1 billion tons, but more than 50 billion tons.
Although Russia did not express its position, after the British Parliament passed the "Steel Act", Russia directly increased its standing army from 600,000 to 700,000.
The addition of 100,000 standing troops is actually not a big event for a country with an area of more than 23.5 million square kilometers and a total population of more than 180 million people.
Given the size of Russia, the standing army should be maintained at at least 1.5 million people to be in line with Russia's national conditions.
Today's Russia has qualitatively improved compared to Russia in the imperial era.
When the World War broke out, the Russian Empire had 4.65 million rifles, 9,500 machine guns, 8,085 artillery pieces, 900 armored fighting vehicles, and more than 600 aircraft of various types.
At present in 1924, the number of rifles in Russia is about 4 million, the number of machine guns has increased to about 29,000, the number of artillery is 12,000, 2,500 armored fighting vehicles, and 1,500 aircraft of various types.
Although the number of rifles has decreased, a considerable number of rifles have been upgraded from bolt-action rifles to semi-automatic rifles; the number of heavy artillery (above 100 mm caliber) has increased from 260 to 2,100; the average tonnage of armored fighting vehicles has increased from 15 tons increased to 20 tons; the bomber's bomb load increased from 800 kilograms to 2.5 tons, and the range also increased from 600 kilometers to 1,500 kilometers.
Russia like this is intimidating.
Russia's newly added 100,000 standing troops are half of the Marine Corps and half of the rapid reaction force.
The so-called quick reaction force refers to a combat force that can be deployed quickly within a very short period of time.
Before the World War, an important indicator to measure the combat effectiveness of various countries was the speed of mobilization. Among the major participating countries, Germany had the fastest mobilization speed. It only took 4 months to expand its army from 800,000 to 3.82 million. .
In contrast, Kitchener's Million Army Plan was not completed until the end of the World War.
George's requirements for the rapid reaction force are: the rapid reaction force departs from Crimea and can reach East India within 30 days.
A month sounds like a long time.
But from Crimea to East India, if it does not go through the Suez Canal, it will take at least 29 days.
This means that there are only 24 hours from the time the order is issued to the time the troops set off.
Russia’s military expansion plan aroused strong concerns in Britain and France. Chamberlain accused Russia at the League of Nations of deliberately provoking an arms race.
Little Nicholas is calm and calm: If Britain reduces the size of the Royal Navy to 10,000 people, Russia will reduce the size of the Army to 100,000 people.
The reason is that the mainland area of the UK is 244,000 square kilometers.
Chamberlain was angry: Britain has huge overseas interests that need to be protected.
Nicholas Jr. responded tit-for-tat: Russia has a land area of 23.5 million square kilometers, and 700,000 troops are not enough for defense. If you really want to deliberately provoke an arms race, you should expand the size of the Army’s standing army to at least 2.7 million. .
"Any person or country who wants to harm Russia's interests will be brutally retaliated by Russia!" Little Nicholas was so arrogant.
Chamberlain could only be thankful that this was an executive meeting, not a plenary meeting, so the humiliation was not too great.
Stanley Bruce, who was just elected Prime Minister of Australia last year, feels ashamed.
The Western State Government's statement put the Australian government into an unprecedented embarrassing situation. Stanley Bruce summoned John Monash, the commander-in-chief of the Anzac Corps during the World War, to discuss the possibility of using force.
"You want Australia to plunge into civil war? This is ridiculous and impossible!"
John Monash decisively refused.
If it was just Western Australia, maybe give it a try.
Now that it is clear that Theo is backed by the Grand Duchy of Yuriev and Russia, how can we fight?
The Anzac Corps and the Canadian Corps were the few bright spots of the British Army during the World War.
The so-called "highlights" are only for the British and Indian troops within the British army. If compared with the Russian army, it is not enough.
The Anzac Corps participated in the battle against the Ottoman Empire, but were defeated and disgraced. They lost nearly 100,000 troops and had to retreat in embarrassment from the Asia Minor Peninsula.
Russia beat the Ottoman Empire as easily as an adult beat a child. It only sent a partial division and a servant army to beat the Ottoman Empire until it had to actively seek peace.
After the end of the world war, the British praised the Anzac Army to the sky and boasted about it.
As the Commander-in-Chief of the ANZAC, John Monash knew the combat effectiveness of the ANZAC all too well.
After the end of the key world war, Britain broke its promise. Not only did it not give Australia greater autonomy, but it also delayed the payment of pensions and retirement benefits to the Anzac Corps. The officers and soldiers of the Anzac Corps also expressed their disapproval of Australia. The government also complained.
In other words, Australia, with a total population of 5.5 million, can no longer form an army of 500,000 people to participate in the war.
"I have no intention of plunging Australia into civil war, but the Yuriev family took advantage of the information gap to cause serious harm to Australia's interests. We cannot sit idly by and ignore it."
Stanley Bruce's eyes were red, then But one billion tons of iron ore is not ten pounds.
John Monash did not respond. He is no longer the Commander-in-Chief of the Anzac Corps, he is just an electrical engineer.
“Does it make any difference to us whether the iron ore in Western Oblast is mined by the Yuriev family or handed over to Rio Tinto?”
Former Prime Minister Billy Hughes came from the Labor Party and not only had no prejudice against the Yuriev family, he actually had a good impression of them.
Hughes is different from those Labor MPs in the UK who are selling sheep over dogs. He is a real worker, actively participates in workers' activities and fights for the interests of workers. He has been a member of Parliament since 1901 and is the oldest member of the Australian Parliament. Member of Parliament, huge influence.
The British Labor Party is in trouble because it wants to build houses for poor workers, and the British Parliament is still discussing it.
The Russian government has implemented a series of welfare policies to effectively protect the interests of Russian workers and make workers around the world happy. This is a real good thing.
"Of course, it will be more conducive to the interests of the British Empire if we hand over the iron ore mining rights to Rio Tinto."
Stanley Bruce is a royalist.
"Do you love the British Empire, do the British Empire love you?"
Billy Hughes was deafening.
(End of this chapter)