Chapter 1099 Which Is the Strongest Smuggling Technology

High-standard materials with low temperature resistance are properly high-tech these days, and there are not many countries that can produce them.

Don't look at the Russian Empire, which often calls itself an industrial country, but its own family knows its own affairs. It’s okay to brag about it, but you can’t count on it at critical moments.

Looking at the railways built by my family in the past few years, I know that it is repaired more than ten times a year, and one repair takes more than ten days. The repair time is longer than the opening time.

After a comprehensive inspection, it was found that the rails were rusted, deformed and deformed, and the sleepers were rotten.

I wanted to be held accountable, but the involvement was too extensive and there were too many intercessions, and it was really impossible to investigate. In the end, there was no other way, but the government had to pay the bill and pull out the railway to start over.

The experience and lessons should not be forgotten. In order to ensure the quality of the Trans-Siberian Railway, the Tsarist government made a one-size-fits-all approach early on, and domestically produced low-temperature resistant materials could not be used.

Even though the people are calling for support for domestic production, but there is no way, the tsarist government is afraid of domestic production.

Ordinary railroads are nothing more than a loss of money. The quality of the strategic artery of the Trans-Siberian Railway still needs to be guaranteed.

Importing not only means higher costs, but also a huge increase in transportation pressure. Downtime is a common occurrence.

Think about it, even the logistics supplies on the battlefield can often be confused. Then it is not unacceptable to ship railway materials to the wrong place.

Problems in the management system, or in the bureaucratic system of the tsarist government, obviously cannot be solved by an executive order.

The technical requirements themselves are high, the management system is chaotic, and in addition to the bad weather, if the construction progress of the Siberian Railway can be fast, then there is a real problem.

The railway cannot be opened to traffic ahead of schedule, and the strategic materials on the front line must be met, which is almost an unsolvable problem.

Nicholas II's face was gloomy and terrifying, and even the atmosphere in the room became tense.

Seeing that the situation was not right, Foreign Minister Mikhailovich said: "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has launched an action, and the Vienna government has agreed to help.

Currently we are working hard to do the work of the Far Eastern Empire, if we can buy supplies from them, the situation will be much better.

Now some results have been achieved. With the efforts of the diplomats, we have won the support of many officials of the Far East Empire, and they can tacitly allow us to transport materials through the road. "

It is normal to fail to win over. The constitutional monarchies and conservatives in the Far Eastern Empire are fighting hard, so how can they be involved in the Russo-Japanese War?

It is useless to promise more benefits. A government that is afraid of wolves before, fears tigers later, neither Japan nor Russia dare to mess with it.

"Transporting materials by way" is essentially "smuggling". This thing has been banned repeatedly in the peaceful era, not to mention the chaotic war era.

It is not so much a diplomatic effort as it is an interest-driven one. You only need to open one eye and close one eye, and a large sum of silver will be credited to the account. Why should you refuse?

Anyway, it's not just about doing business with the Russians, everyone is doing business with the Japanese. Merchants don't mind who they sell to, as long as they're willing to pay.

Even if the merchants of the Far Eastern Empire did not dare to join in, there would still be international arms dealers rushing in. As long as you have enough money, you are not afraid of not being able to buy goods.

The only problem is that the supply of these guys is not sufficient, and the transportation is often attacked by Japanese hired bandits, which cannot meet the needs of the war.

But Mikhailovich has confidence in the international arms dealers. At present, the supply of goods is insufficient, mainly because everyone did not expect the Russo-Japanese war to break out in advance, and the most powerful wave of arms dealers did not have time to participate.

If these arms dealers with background backgrounds really get involved, no matter how many materials they can get, this is their real purpose of asking the Vienna government for help.

If you want to smuggle strategic materials on a large scale, in addition to the cooperation of the Far East Empire, you also need the background of foreign powers to deter the jackals and tigers.

Ordinary strategic materials are enough, they can be produced in the family workshops of the Far Eastern Empire, and they can always be bought as long as there is money. Troublesome weapons and ammunition.

If nothing else, the Japanese navy alone is not easy to pass. In order to prevent arms from falling into the hands of the Russian army, the Japanese navy acted as the East Asian police after the outbreak of the war.

In the face of the violation of sovereignty, the weak Far Eastern imperial government chose to pretend to be deaf and dumb and let the Japanese navy inspect foreign merchant ships.

Of course, the ships under inspection have no background, or the background background is not hard enough. With a ship with a strong background, the Japanese still dare not act rashly.

The relationship between Britain and Shinra is tense, but after all, the two countries have not really fought. Who knows what will break out, in case of a fuss and a sit down again?

Although the Japanese government chose to gamble on the fortune of the country, they are not iron-handed and know who they can't mess with. In the face of these two giants, it is natural to pretend to be a grandson.

The original time and space smuggling trade failed to save the Russian Empire. The most critical reason was the lack of support from major powers.

Britain, Germany, the United States, Austria and Italy all hope that the Russians will fail, and the only ally, the French, only verbally supports them. In essence, they hope that they will return to Europe to deal with the Germans.

The smuggling trade without the help of the foreign powers will naturally not be able to scale. In addition to purchasing food and some daily necessities, weapons and ammunition still have to be transported from the country.

Even these small-scale smuggling trade is also an important support for the Russian military in the Far East.

Otherwise, the logistics of hundreds of thousands of troops will all be transported from China, not to mention that the Siberian Railway has not been opened to traffic, even if it has been opened.

The car can't stand it either.

For no other reason, who made the Trans-Siberian Railway a single track? The train has gone out, but it has to go back the same way.

Hearing this explanation, Nicholas II's expression softened slightly. However, the sadness between his brows still lingers.

In theory, with the help of the Holy Roman Empire and the cooperation of the Far East Empire, the crisis can be overcome by smuggling.

But this is only theoretical, not to mention the strength of Shinra's support, the cooperation of the Far Eastern Empire is a big problem.

In recent years, they have done a lot of harm to that side. Hatred was formed in the past, and now I count on others to cooperate with each other. Isn't that a joke?

There is no need for a big person to take action in person, just the local snakes along the way make trouble, enough for them to drink a pot.

Whether it's a broken bridge or a robbery by thieves and bandits, it's a hidden danger.

If it were in normal times, it goes without saying that someone would have done it by directly exerting diplomatic pressure on the Far Eastern Empire, but not now.

At the critical moment when the Russo-Japanese War was in turmoil, the Far Eastern Empire actually had the strength to decide the outcome of the two sides.

In case of accidentally provoking too much, people fall to the Japanese, then the Russian Empire can only bow its head and admit defeat, and obediently withdraw from the Far East.

"Let's push it as soon as possible! It is best to let the Vienna government come forward. They have a good relationship with the Far East Empire, and it is more convenient to coordinate relations."

Nicholas II is naturally unclear about the relationship between Shinra and the Far East Empire. But one thing he knew was that there was no war between the two sides.

This is enough, as long as the great powers do not invade you, it is a symbol of friendship.

The speaker has no intention, the listener has intention. Falling into the ears of Mikhailovich, this is Nicholas II's distrust of the competence of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Well, the competence of the Russian Foreign Ministry does not deserve "trust". In the past years, they have screwed up far more than they have accomplished.

In order to change this situation, the tsarist government also specially sent foreign students to Austria and Britain to learn professional diplomatic skills.

It cannot be said that there is no progress, at least in terms of diplomatic etiquette, unspoken rules of diplomacy, common sense of international practice, etc., there are no more big jokes.

As for the more important diplomatic capabilities, it will take time for these people to grow up and be able to really see it after they occupy a high position in the Russian Empire.

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