Vol 4 Chapter 133: , Stimulated trade

The battle of the Southern Front ended in Bulgaria's victory. This result undoubtedly stimulated Nicholas II. Even if the results of this battle were not great, but if you win, you win!
This world is so cruel, everyone only pays attention to results! The spirit of chivalry in the Middle Ages is long gone. Nicholas II naturally did not think that Bulgaria could defeat the less by deceiving the less. He was not a middle-aged second-year boy. Besides, Teddy Bear’s housekeeping skills are the crowds. Tactics!
The end of the Battle of the Southern Front allowed Nicholas II to see the reality of the Allied Powers. Now the Germans' strength on the Eastern Front has undoubtedly dropped to the lowest point in history.
Although the Russian empire is still suffering from a serious injury, three million armies are still there. Putting so many troops on any battlefield is enough to start a war that shocked the world!
The new Chief of Staff Mikhail Vasilyevich Alekseyev excitedly said to Nicholas II: "Your Majesty, the main force of the Germans is fighting Britain and France on the Western Front. They cannot be separated in the short term. Win or lose, we regain lost ground at this time, the Germans simply can't do anything.
And they just lost a battle on the southern front, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire also mobilized front-line troops to return to the country. The Allied Powers are running out of front-line troops. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! "
Obviously, the Russian military can no longer sit still, and is anxious to fight a battle with the Allies in order to prove their ability to the outside world and completely dump the responsibility of the last Eastern Front to the capitalists!
The most important thing is that there is no risk in launching a counterattack from the Eastern Front. Now, in order to resist the Bulgarian attack, the Austro-Hungarian Empire has completely emptied the Eastern Front and only the Germans are defending alone.
And the mere six to seven hundred thousand German troops are scattered on this line of defense that stretches for thousands of miles, and Jane is full of loopholes!
With insufficient strength, now the German army is useless even if it can fight! The Germans in the southern battles that just ended just ended the German army in losses of 300,000 troops, while the German losses in the two eastern battles that broke out last year have already exceeded one million, not to mention the western battlefield, which is definitely one million. of!
In other words, from the start of the war to the present, the German army’s losses have actually exceeded two million, and breaking the three million mark is just around the corner.
It's no wonder that the Germans have insufficient military strength, and their population base is so large, and now they can still maintain an army of more than four million is already doing their best.
It's a pity that even if the Germans have more than four million troops, it is not enough now! The current situation is very obvious. The Germans on the Guangxi Frontier have invested more than 140 divisions with a total strength of more than 2.6 million, while the Germans on the Southern Front still have the remaining 300,000 troops. The Austro-Hungarian Empire is stable.
This consumes more than three million, plus the more than 700,000 troops of more than 40 divisions of the Eastern Germans. In fact, the Hindenburg government now has only more than 300,000 mobile troops. .
It sounds like the figure of more than 300,000 is a lot. If it were in a peaceful age, many countries would not have a standing army of more than 300,000.
However, this figure is not enough when it is left in the world war. The casualties in the first major war were more than 300,000.
For the Germans, the number of this emergency force is too small, and even more than 300,000 troops on the battlefield are not enough for a month of war consumption.
Once the Eastern Front War broke out again, the Hindenburg government really had nothing to do. The defense on the Eastern Front was too long. More than 700,000 troops will be distributed on the boundary line of thousands of miles. The enemy wants to find one of the breakthrough points from it. It is really too simple.
To a certain extent, the Russians are losing a lot of territory, which also created opportunities for this counterattack. After all, the border between the two sides has become longer. The Germans have not only distributed their forces, but also lengthened the front and increased the difficulty of supply!
Obviously, everyone knows this problem, but it is a pity that the Germans cannot give up these lands at all, unless they want to go hungry.
After thinking for a while, Nicholas II asked: "What is the plan of the staff?"
Chief of Staff Mikhail Vasilyevich Alekseyev said confidently: "Your Majesty, the border between us and the Germans is so long now, and their military strength is extremely limited. As long as we concentrate Forces, wanting to break through the enemy's line of defense is not a problem at all.
Taking into account the actual situation, the General Staff plans to regain the Ukrainian region first, and then join forces with Bulgaria to attack the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and after the Austro-Hungarian Empire is destroyed, the four countries will join forces to deal with the Germans! "
There is no doubt that last year’s Eastern Front Campaign has awakened the Russians. They knew that the Germans were not easy to mess with, and now they have become conservative in their strategy.
Nicholas II nodded in satisfaction. It's good to be conservative. Now he likes to be conservative. The Russian Empire can no longer withstand a big defeat. If the situation of last year recurs now, he will never find a scapegoat. Object.
"Well, a very good battle plan, I approved it, implement it as soon as possible!" said Nicholas II
Chief of Staff Mikhail Vasilyevich Alekseyev went on to say: "Your Majesty, this may take some time. We have a limited stock of ammunition and weapons, and at most we can only support the recovery of Ukraine!
So far, we have 3.36 million army, but we only have more than 1.6 million rifles, more than 5,300 light and heavy machine guns, more than 4,800 artillery pieces, and 230. Six tanks, 200 million rounds of ammunition and more than two million artillery rounds.
Now we still have a quarter of our soldiers who lack weapons, and weapons and ammunition are only enough to fight a medium-scale battle, so..."
Nicholas II coldly interrupted: "Stop, I know all these things you said, but we have no choice now, right?
You are also very clear about the situation on the battlefield. The Allies are about to die. Britain, France and Bulgaria have opened up a new front in Italy, and the Allies have lost the Southern Front. How long do you think the Austro-Hungarian Empire will be able to support?
Once the Austro-Hungarian Empire surrendered, how long could the Germans last? It can’t mean that the allies have surrendered. We still have a lot of land in the hands of the enemy, right?
If this happens, the empire will be fought in vain. The Allied Powers have agreed to use the contribution on the battlefield as the principle of dividing the spoils after the war. Our current performance is not qualified to get what we want. all! "
Once a war is linked to politics, it will deteriorate. The military must give political concessions, and even military wars must be fought no matter how unreasonable they are!
Facing a self-contained czar, Mikhail Vasilyevich Alekseyev could only smile wryly, but the situation is now very good, at least Nicholas II did not let them immediately and The Germans fought a decisive battle.
From a theoretical point of view, with four times the superior force, even if it is an immediate decisive battle with the Germans, their chances of winning are very high.
Unfortunately, this is not the era of cold weapons. Wars cannot be determined by strength alone. In the Eastern Front War last year, the Russian army had lost most of its wealth, and it was impossible to recover its vitality in the short term.
If it weren't for the arrival of winter, perhaps in the war last year, the Russian Empire would have to surrender.
To some extent, it was the German-Russian negotiations that saved Russia. The Germans made the wrong judgment that Russia would withdraw from the war and did not take military risks before the winter.
Mikhail Vasilyevich Alekseyev thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, let's ask for help from the Allied Powers. As long as they provide enough weapons and ammunition, we can launch a counterattack right away! Or yes Let the Ministry of Foreign Affairs communicate with Bulgaria so that they can deliver goods in advance?"
After a moment of silence, Nicholas II said: "We urge the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to do it, but you have to be mentally prepared. Now the British, French and Germans on the Western Front have been fighting very fiercely. I am afraid there is not much spare capacity to provide us with assistance!
Bulgaria’s military production capacity is also limited. It shouldn’t be a big problem if only part of the weapons and equipment are delivered in advance, but it’s impossible to expect them to complete all our orders ahead of time! "
Mikhail Vasilyevich Alekseyev smiled bitterly and said: "Yes, Your Majesty! But it is better than nothing. At least we have to let the Bulgarians come out with two to three billion shots. Emergency!"
Both of them tacitly did not mention domestic military production. At its peak, the Russian Empire could produce five or six billion rounds of bullets a year. This figure can only meet a quarter of the Russian army's own consumption!
The rest can only rely on external supplements. Russia lacks more than bullets. Basically, they lack all strategic materials. Even after the great cause of Britain and France meets their own needs, Inability to meet all the needs of the Russians.
Even with the addition of Bulgaria’s military production, it cannot meet the needs of the Russians. There is no way. Bulgaria must also give priority to satisfying its own needs. Ferdinand does not have the internationalist spirit that exploded for the Russians. !
In other words, since the outbreak of the World War, the Russian army’s weapons and ammunition have never been sufficient, and naturally the Russian army’s combat effectiveness has never been overwhelming!
Limited by transportation, after the outbreak of the World War, the Russian military production capacity not only did not continue to grow, but shrank instead. After the peak of production capacity in 1915, it began to decline.
Especially after Nicholas II launched the Great Purge of St. Petersburg, the angered capitalists artificially reduced the production capacity of military industry. Except for the factory in St. Petersburg, military enterprises in other regions of Russia reduced production for various reasons!
At its peak, Russia’s military-industrial enterprises could produce 50 million rounds of bullets per month, but now this output is only more than 13 million rounds.
Under this background, the Tsarist government had to turn its attention to the outside world. First, Bulgaria, which was next to it, received a large number of orders. Now it delivers more than 50 million bullets and more than one million to the Russians every month. Fired artillery shells, more than 200,000 rifles, more than 500 artillery pieces, more than 300 aircraft...
In order to stimulate Bulgaria's military industry to increase production capacity, the Russians even announced that they would accept all extra products.
A few months ago, Ferdinand was also worried that his company would suffer heavy losses due to the war, and was preparing to rescue the market. It didn't take long for the Russians to get out of the predicament with their huge orders.
After all, the weapons and equipment purchased by the government are given cost prices, but for the products sold to the Russians, no one cares what price you want to sell, and all companies that produce for the military during the war are now tax-free.
Of course, there is no tax exemption. People used to sell goods at cost prices before, so what taxes do they charge for no profits? It's just that now there is an extra bear to be taken advantage of, so that everyone can regain some blood.
However, it seems that all heavy industry companies in Bulgaria have never paid taxes. This policy has been implemented since Ferdinand took the throne, otherwise they would not have been able to develop so fast!
Oh, in fact, the Russians don't want to be taken advantage of, mainly because they are forced to do nothing!
From the beginning of the war, UU reading www. uukanshu.com The Russians are reluctant to bid for weapons and ammunition from Bulgaria. They hope that they can purchase at cost prices just like the Bulgarian government.
Then there is no more. Everyone is not an idiot. If there is not enough profit, who will take their orders?
Then they tried several times to purchase weapons and ammunition from the Bulgarian government. Ferdinand is not a vegetarian, and he sells any weapons at any price.
I vacated the warehouse, and packaged the weapons and ammunition seized during the Balkan War to the Russians. Anyway, as long as the procurement officials were bribed, they were all qualified products.
When the rags are sold out, the transaction will naturally end. Insufficient production capacity is the best reason anyway. How did the Russians make trouble during the Eastern Front last year? Isn't Ferdinand all watching the show?
They waited until they were about to be defeated before they were provided with a batch of weapons for emergency, and then Mao Xiong was in a tragedy.
So now the Teddy Bear has learned well. They know that Bulgarian capitalists are not easy to mess with. People who have no money will not buy it. The Tsarist government has to pay big prices for purchases.
Well, in fact, these are also the pots of Russian capitalists. They made a wrong judgment and believed that this war would not last long.
For their own interests, it is natural to hinder the government's external procurement, and then they use their influence to prompt the Russian officials responsible for material procurement to make the wrong decision.
Therefore, before the war, the volume of government trade between Bulgaria and Russia was not very large. Instead, private trade developed rapidly.
By now, the Russian capitalists have lost control of the country, and naturally they cannot continue to hinder normal trade between the two countries.
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