Chapter 1098: Logistics

The British government is in trouble, and the outside world naturally knows nothing. There is neither satellite monitoring nor convenient network communication these days.
To be able to roughly judge the industrial production capacity of a country is already very impressive. It is simply impossible to figure out the situation of each sub-industry.
Even if it is collecting intelligence, it starts from within the British government. The British government has not made statistics beforehand, and it is even more impossible for others to help with statistics.
When such a big event has happened, it is natural to keep it strictly confidential. Permanent secrecy is unrealistic, and it is still possible to block news in the short term.
Just as the British were waving banknotes and shopping everywhere, the Russo-Japanese War also entered a white-hot stage.
Perhaps it had learned the lessons of previous wars, or perhaps it was simply because of the weak Russian navy. This time, the Tsarist government was rarely rational and did not play a laborious expedition.
Of course, it is said to the outside world that after the warship ordered by Shinra is in service, the Japanese will settle accounts.
Regardless of whether anyone believes it or not, the Russians do.
The Russian army changed the image of a reckless man in the past, fully defended in the Far East, relied on fortifications to delay the Japanese offensive pace, and bought time for the opening of the Siberian Railway.
A decisive battle is impossible. Regardless of how the Japanese provokes, the Russian army simply cannot stand.
Anyway, there is not much else in the Russian Empire, but a lot of land. "Exchange space for time", the tsarist government did not persuade at all.
Different from the original time and space, under Franz's butterfly effect, the tactics used by everyone now have advanced to the level of World War I.
Machine guns, trenches, and mortars are cheap, simple, and practical tactics that have become popular in the Russian army.
If it is not that the logistics cannot keep up, it is estimated that successive defeats will not necessarily occur. You know that if you send a fierce bear, it's not a messy master.
The Russian army defended all the way, which was a painful attack on the Japanese army. Anyone with a bit of military knowledge knows that offensive casualties are more than defending Gothe.
Even if the Japanese officers and soldiers were more willing to work hard, that would not change the fact that the casualties were greater. In a short period of six months, the total casualties of Japan and Russia exceeded 300,000.
Among them, the Japanese killed 98,000 and suffered 112,000 injuries; the Russians suffered 53,000 casualties and 64,000 injuries.
In a sense, the Russo-Japanese War also opened a new war record. In modern wars, it is rare for the number of people killed and injured to be so close.
From the point of view of casualties alone, it seems that the Russian army is taking advantage, but in fact it is not.
Although the Russian army has a defensive advantage, 20,000 Russian soldiers have been captured and 30,000 Russian soldiers have disappeared in the continuous retreat.
Adding these figures, if you look at it all together, Japan and Russia can only be regarded as losing both, and neither of them has taken advantage.
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In St. Petersburg, since the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War, Nicholas II's nerves have not been relieved.
As the first foreign war after Nicholas II succeeded to the throne, the victory of Japan and Russia is not only related to the future strategy of the Russian Empire, but also to the prestige of Nicholas II's own monarch.
Unlike his father and grandfather, such a political strongman, Nicholas II had a very ordinary talent in the field of internal affairs.
Of course, this is not the responsibility of Nicholas II. In his young age, Nicholas, because of his weakness and indecision, Alexander III never considered letting him succeed to the throne.
Nicholas himself was not ready to succeed to the throne. After all, Alexander III had four sons, so there was a lot of room for choice.
Persevering, the plan did not change quickly. The two brothers died halfway through, and the other brother was dazzled by love again, and he had a marriage with him.
Before he could react, Nicholas became the only heir. In order not to let the throne fall, Nikolai could only drive the ducks to the shelves and bite the bullet to inherit the throne.
Facts have proved that strong bite melon is really not sweet. Despite the support of veterans left by Alexander III, after Nicholas II succeeded to the throne, the efficiency of the tsarist government has declined by more than a factor.
This situation became more obvious after the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War. In many cases, the tsarist government plans one thing, but when it is implemented, it becomes another.
Because his political skills were not strong enough, Nicholas II was badly compromised just after he succeeded to the throne. Later, he tried hard to clean up, but the declining prestige of the monarch could not be made up.
In order to change this situation, Nicholas II desperately needed a victory to improve his status in the minds of the people and at the same time strengthen his control of the government.
Thinking about it, reality always likes to slap her face. The Japanese army, which was in the impression of being vulnerable, showed amazing resilience on the battlefield in the Far East, and did not stop its progress due to too many casualties.
That's all, the Japanese were willing to take human lives, and Nicholas II did not dare.
In any case, there are still more gray animals in the Russian Empire than the Japanese.
If it is really desperate, with a population advantage three times that of Japan, the Russian Empire has a very good chance of winning.
It is a pity that war has never been a matter of just seeing more people and fewer people. As the war progressed, the situation gradually developed to the unfavorable side.
Putting down the telegram in his hand, Nicholas II said indifferently: "Kuropat Kinzhong calls, and the strategic materials of the Far East are in urgent need.
Calculated according to the current battlefield consumption rate and material replenishment rate, the materials we hoard in the Far East will be exhausted in at most six months.
At what point is the Siberian Railway, can it be opened to traffic before the supplies are exhausted? "
Modern warfare is all about logistics. The more advanced the equipment and the stronger the firepower, the higher the dependence on logistics.
Compared with the original time and space, the Russian army's equipment is obviously much more advanced, and the corresponding logistics requirements are much higher.
Hesitated and did not expect in advance that the Japanese dared to fight without a declaration, and the Tsarist government had a serious shortage of strategic materials stockpiled in the Far East.
This is still in the case of full defense, if you take the initiative to attack, the material consumption will be even greater.
In the case of domestic efforts to replenish, it can only last for half a year. Obviously, the amount of inventory has reached the dangerous line.
Now that the war has progressed, the slogan of Prancing Horse Tokyo for three months, naturally no one continues to shout.
Facts have proved that the Japanese are not soft-footed shrimps, and anyone with a discerning eye knows that it is impossible to end the war within half a year.
Prime Minister Sergey Witt: "We have tried our best to fight for the construction schedule, but there are still many difficulties if we want to open to traffic within half a year.
The main problem is the climate. The climate in Siberia is really bad.
Now this season, it is still possible to barely carry out continuous construction day and night, and once it arrives in winter, many places do not even have the most basic construction conditions. "
It is not prevarication, the winter in Siberia is really not suitable for railway construction.
Even if the lives of French workers are not taken seriously, the most basic quality of railways must still be considered.
It is not extravagant to be able to use for decades like ordinary railways, but at least it must be able to support the end of this war, right?
Such low requirements are also not easy to meet. Not only the craftsmanship must be accurate, but the material requirements are also high.
Among other things, rails and sleepers must be frost-resistant. Otherwise, the ultra-low temperature of minus 50 or 60 degrees would not be able to handle ordinary tracks.
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