Vol 3 Chapter 24: Rob

In September 19o4, after the war broke out, the Japanese won one after another. However, at this time, the Japanese Soji Taro didn't show any excitement at all. Instead, he looked worried!
Not only him, but the people of insight in Japan know that if this war continues, it is not worth the loss for Japan!
It is true that from the beginning of the war, the Japanese army was progressing smoothly. Both the navy-6 armies achieved impressive results. Regardless of the price paid, there has been a stalemate in the Russo-Japanese War.
Obviously the Japanese government has realized that the cost of war is too high, and it may not be able to achieve the goal!
History once again gave birth to a turning point. Due to the influence of the Balkan War, the Russians realized the importance of firepower, and the Russian army was equipped with a large number of machine guns and artillery.
The Russian army in the Far East was less affected, and its equipment was still very backward. At the beginning of the war, it was crushed by the Japanese army.
But by June, the situation improved. While the Russians increased their troops in the Far East, they still had a lot of weapons and equipment.
Machine guns and artillery all arrived in the Far East with reinforcements. Of course, the arrival of these new weapons also increased the logistical pressure on the Russian army.
If it were not restricted by logistics, the current Northeast battlefield might not have been a stalemate, but a counterattack by the Russian army!
"Find a way to make peace with the Russians!" Ito Hirofumi said with a wry smile
The thing he worries the most is the birth. The Tsarist government is not the Manchu government, and he won’t be able to frighten people after several victories!
Even if you lose Siberia, you can't touch the foundation of the Russians, let alone a mere port of Lushun?
Besides, they have only managed to encircle the Port of Lushun now, and have not had time to conquer it?
Oh, the Russians in the Port of Lushun still have hundreds of machine guns, which are deployed in various fortresses. Before they run out of bullets, they must take down the fortress of Lushun. Unless the Japanese are willing to learn from Ferdinand to attack Constantinople, Wash the floor directly with shells!
But this is unrealistic. In this era, Japanese industry is terribly scumbag, and heavy industry is a fighter for scum! Weapons and ammunition have to be imported, and asking them to spend millions of pounds for a Port of Lushun will cost them their lives?
From the outbreak of the war to the present, the Russian Pacific Fleet has been maimed, and the Sixth Army has also lost forty to fifty thousand people. But how many gray animals can't hold others?
Ito Hirofumi's words were supported by Yamada Yutomo. In fact, none of the high-level Japanese government is a fool. Isn't that tired of fighting against the Russians?
Although everyone's finances are not wealthy, the Russians are still working on an expedition, and military expenditures are greater, but with the victory of the Japanese Sixth Army on the battlefield, their battle lines have been lengthened.
Because the Siberian Railway was not open to traffic, the Russians had to manually transport hundreds of miles of materials. Now the traffic in the Northeast is not much better, and the logistics pressure of the Japanese is not small!
These are all small problems, but money is the big problem! Since the start of the war, the Japanese government’s military expenditures have exceeded 25 million pounds. This has passed the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 and has passed the same period in history.
This is all caused by the Ferdinand butterfly effect. Whether it is a heavy machine gun or a gun, it is a gold swallowing beast, not suitable for the poor to play!
Moreover, the victory of the Japanese army comes at a price. As the offensive side, the loss of the Japanese 6th Army is actually higher than that of the Russians, especially winter is coming!
Although the arrival of winter will slow down the transportation of the Russians, the winter in the Northeast is not so good. Fighting at temperatures of tens of degrees below zero, no army in the world dares to compare with the bears!
The Russo-Japanese War is also a miracle in military history. The Japanese who had the upper hand were anxious to demand peace, but the Russians who had retreated all the way seemed very calm!
Now that the Czarist government has just sent an expeditionary fleet to the Far East, Ferdinand knew that Nicholas II was planning to solve the Japanese problem once and for all.
He also just sent away the Black Sea Fleet, which is a huge fleet consisting of eight battleships and 36 ships, with a total tonnage of 280,000 tons. This is the entire family of the expanded Black Sea Fleet!
Ferdinand’s butterfly effect came into play again. Because the Russians had mastered the Dardanelles, the Black Sea Fleet was greatly expanded in recent years. At this time, the British hegemony in the Mediterranean was already facing severe challenges!
The combined fleet of France and Russia in the Mediterranean region has already produced a quarter of the British Mediterranean fleet in terms of gross tonnage.
The Royal Navy is also guilty. If France and Russia bring them together, then the British world hegemony is in danger!
Historically, they prevented the Black Sea Fleet from entering the Far East to help the Japanese, but after Ferdinand’s trip to London, the British changed their attention.
The London government decided to let the Black Sea Fleet leave, but now it can leave from the Suez Canal. Don't even think about coming back!
Of course, if the Black Sea Fleet moved, the Russian navy in the Baltic Sea stayed, and the Russian navy did not need to come out to deal with a Japan!
"Your Majesty, the Black Sea Fleet has passed the Suez Canal. It seems that the London government has abandoned the Japanese!" Foreign Secretary Metjeev said excitedly
After all, the Russians have invested more power in the Far East, and their power in Europe will naturally be less, and the importance of Bulgaria will be more prominent!
Ferdinand smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, wait and see!"
He knew that the deal with the British was completed, and even though the Russian Second Pacific Fleet had just entered the Red Sea, the fate of the Russian navy was doomed!
Don’t look at Britain’s cooperation now. Once the Suez Canal passes, the Russians will find it difficult to get supplies.
Had it not been for the presence of French allies, Ferdinand would doubt that the Russians could go to the Far East. After all, there are not many companies in the world that hope the Russians would win!
This also includes the allies of the Russians. Both the French and Ferdinand hope that they will lose, but they can't hurt their vitality.
For this reason, the French are not enthusiastic about the support of the Russians. Apart from providing loans, the other aspects are very cold!
On the contrary, Bulgaria provided them with more help, and Ferdinand even allowed the Russians to owe money for strategic materials!
Oh, during the Balkan Wars, the Russians also allowed Bulgaria to owe credit, and now Ferdinand has to change this favor!
Besides, does the Bulgarian government still owe the Russians loans? It can be used to offset it, Ferdinand said it's the same!
Now half of the heavy machine guns and one-third of the artillery on the Far East battlefield are second-hand goods provided by Ferdinand! Anyway, after the Balkan War, the Bulgarian military sealed up a lot of it and destocked it.
Not to mention ammunition. The Bulgarian arsenal is like the Russian arsenal. Whatever is lacking on the front line is produced!
It has to be said that the Russians made the right choice this time. Instead of blindly increasing troops, they gave priority to logistics transportation.
This also sounded the alarm in Ferdinand's heart. The great powers were good at learning. In history, the Russian army admired hand-to-hand combat, and it was a match for the Japanese!
Now stimulated by the Balkan war, the concept of the Russian army has changed, and then the Japanese are miserable.
Originally, their Sixth Army still had the upper hand, but now it is tragic that it is better not to attack. One attack is machine gun + trench + steel barbed wire. How can this battle be fought?
At least the Japanese self-proclaimed military General Nogi Hitori was stunned. He attacked Port Lushun with 3 divisions, 2 reserve regiments, and 2 field artillery brigades with a total of 56,000 troops and 386 artillery. .
Even with the unprecedented "meat bomb suicide tactics", it is still in vain and has to ask for help from the country. After all, it is not easy to rush to the machine gun!
Not beyond Ferdinand's expectation, Nicholas II directly rejected the Japanese request for peace talks. Even if the British came forward to mediate, it was not enough to save him face!
Oh, the British don’t want an immediate armistice now. They also hope that the Japanese navy can make persistent efforts to severely damage the Russian Second Pacific Fleet, so they have to come out to cheer the Japanese government!
The Americans also acted with the British. The British government came forward to guarantee the Japanese by issuing 100 million pounds of war bonds, while the United States granted a loan of 20 million pounds to the Japanese government to allow the Japanese to spend the time. Financial crisis!
Because the outside world is not optimistic that the Japanese will win, especially after the Russian Second Pacific Fleet passed the Suez Canal.
Therefore, the Japanese debts were cold in the international market and fell again and again. Even though the British government came forward to guarantee, everyone still doubted the Japanese government's ability to repay!
Investment is to get a return, if it is just to protect the capital, who is willing to put money in for nothing? Besides, this repayment date, UU reading www. uukanshu. The longest com is ten years!
Unless the British government can promise to pay in full, it is obviously impossible. London and the government are not stupid, but the risk of principal guarantee is already great. If interest is added, the members of Congress will be crazy!
From the initial annual interest rate of 8% to 27% now, Ferdinand is very eager to see. Now, when is it better not to take advantage of the fire?
Immediately found the unscrupulous friend Edward, the two sides hit it off, and then wooed a group of London capitalists, and a temporary consortium appeared.
Go directly to the market to scan the goods? This method is too low-level!
After the formation of the consortium was completed, they directly approached the Japanese government for negotiation, and required the agency to exercise the rights, a one-time package with a 20% discount, no more than one big son, and a three-point transaction fee!
If it is too expensive, you can not!
Anyway, the Japanese Sangikai Tailang was vomiting blood in anger, and he made a debt of 100 million pounds. When he was drawn by this group of vampires, he got only more than 78 million yuan. He also had to count the high interest. He finally realized it. What is international loan sharking!
And he still has no choice. Other consortiums have to consider risks. In case the Japanese government is not up yet, they have to go to the London government to ask for money, which also has public relations costs!
If the Japanese government refuses, it is estimated that now the world will never find a second consortium that dared to promise to cover up. After all, no one is optimistic about the Japanese.
If Japan is defeated and ask the London government for money, not everyone has that ability!
If you rely on the Japanese to make debt papers, who knows which year of the monkey will be sold? Is the frontline still fighting? Without using this huge sum of money, what did the Japanese government use to fight Russia?
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