Chapter 690 Madman and Genius
It turns out that the tactics that suit you best are the best tactics.
Marshal Ivanov used his troops in a completely law-abiding manner. It is better to sit back and watch the loss of fighter jets than to undertake military adventures.
In the face of such a conservative enemy, even Mao Qi, known as the "God of War" in Prussia, was powerless.
The situation on the front line did not go according to the predetermined script, the pressure on the Berlin government also increased greatly, and various criticisms continued to emerge.
There are even some old-fashioned generals who publicly criticized Mao Qi's commanding ability and asked him to be responsible for the failure of the Smolinsk battle, as if changing the commander, the Prussian army could turn the situation around.
Fortunately, William I was not a soft-hearted master, and firmly supported Marshal Mao Qi, otherwise the Prussian army would have to change generals.
From a purely tactical point of view, the Prussian army has always won more and lost less, and the record is very beautiful.
Unfortunately, behind the victory, there were also tragic casualties. The war potential of Prussia and Prussia was completely different, the Tsarist government was three times as capable of sustaining a loss of troops as the Berlin government.
The Popo Federation seems to have a population of more than 30 million, and their real combat effectiveness is still the army composed of the people in the core area of Prussia.
Although the people in Poland also support the war, the ethnic composition of the region is very complex, with a large number of ethnic minorities, and internal conflicts are not necessarily smaller than external conflicts.
The dual empire is not so easy to integrate. The establishment of the Pope Federation is too short for the Berlin government to clear up the internal conflicts, let alone unify the language.
The government has no problems that can be solved, and inevitably it is brought into the army. Similar to the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the original time and space, it is a test of command and coordination ability.
The combat effectiveness of a single unit is 10, and the combined combat effectiveness of two units is not 20, but becomes 20*90%*90%=16.2 and so on, the combined combat effectiveness of the three units becomes 21.87, and the combined army The more, the faster the battle drops.
Mao Qi took this group of pig teammates to the battlefield, and the current record is already very good. If it really changed people, it is estimated that shit would have been hit long ago.
At the Berlin Palace, there is now a meeting about the future of the Pope Federation.
"Expand? Or not?"
Since the outbreak of the war, the Pubo Federation has been expanding its army, and the total force has expanded from the initial 416,000 to the current 1.668 million.
The expansion of the army discussed this time is naturally not a routine addition of hundreds of thousands of troops every month, but "whether to carry out extreme mobilization immediately".
No way, in such a large-scale war, the troops are always insufficient.
Not all troops can be put into the battlefield, and most of the expanded troops are recruits who need to undergo necessary military training.
After the training is completed, it does not mean that all these soldiers will be able to go to the battlefield. Logistics needs to be maintained, and coastal areas also need to be defended by troops. Cossack cavalry crossing the border also needs troops to encircle and suppress them.
In addition, the supplementary troops also accounted for a considerable proportion, and will be successively added to the troops that suffered heavy losses to ensure the combat effectiveness of the main force.
Of the 1.668 million troops of the Pubo Federation, only half of them can really be put into front-line combat. This ratio is already very high, and it is enough to prove the organizational ability of the Berlin government.
Insufficient troops will naturally suffer losses on the battlefield. Although Ivanov is conservative with his troops, he is not lacking in the ruthlessness of "one general's success and ten thousand bones will die", and he plays the game of duplicity frantically.
Behind the war of attrition is the total force of the Russian Empire that is about to cross the three million mark. Even if the Russian army suffered a loss in the exchange ratio on the battlefield, they still took advantage of the strategy by virtue of their numerical advantage.
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Mao Qi: "I am against the extreme mobilization now, the war does not depend on the number of people, and we can never be the opponent of the Russians if we fight hard.
The unfavorable situation on the battlefield is only temporary. The Russians seem to have the advantage, but behind the advantage, Ivanov is facing increasing political pressure.
Victory is the easiest way to get lost. According to Ivanov's style of play, even if the Russians win this war, they will be greatly damaged.
Paying millions of casualties, the final harvest is a piece of white land, plus a lot of debt.
It is said that the tsarist government mortgaged the Russian Balkans and most of Ukraine to Austria.
With the current strength of the Russian Empire, if they do not want to cede these areas to Austria, they must find a way to pay off the debt.
Ivanov's tactics seem to be sound, but in fact he is working in Austria. After the war, the tsarist government was unable to repay its debts, and it was bound to cede a large amount of territory to repay the debts. I do not believe that the tsarist government could accept it.
As long as we win a few more battles, it seems that the overall situation is settled, and the tsarist government will force Ivanov to come out and fight us decisively, or replace him. "
The government advocates military expansion, but the military boss is against it. Strange things like this are rare in the history of the world, but they are really happening now.
Mao Qi is very clear that his decision will make many military generals dissatisfied. After all, expanding the army is everyone's best chance for promotion.
But there was no way. This war was going on very fiercely, and the Prussian army had to pay tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of casualties every month.
The extreme mobilization seems to solve the problem of insufficient troops, but in fact it is not the case at all. The Pubo Federation has limited manpower, and the extreme mobilization is only consuming the late mobilization ability.
Originally, it was trying to lure the enemy to go deep, and send out a lot of troops and leave them at home. How could the tsarist government relax its vigilance?
Don't let your guard down, let the guy Ivanov continue to command, the two sides have been fighting for consumption, and the first thing that can't hold is the Popo Federation.
Moreover, the newly formed troops will not be able to form combat effectiveness in the short term, and even if they want to take the initiative to initiate a decisive battle. In addition to increasing the consumption, it does not help the situation of the battle very much.
Foreign Secretary Geoffrey Friedman: "Your Majesty, I admit that you have a point, but don't forget that there are international forces.
Our negotiations with the London government have achieved initial results. Diplomatically, they have already taken action, and the threat of the Nordic Federation no longer exists.
If we mobilize three million troops, the tsarist government will have to mobilize on a larger scale if it wants to maintain its superiority.
So how many troops are they going to mobilize, is it five million or six million?
The army is a beast of gold. We have the financial support of Britain and France. It will not be a problem to persist for another year. How long can the tsarist government last?
I don't think Austria will support the Russians indefinitely, they have invested enough capital, and they must consider the issue of cost recovery.
The Foreign Office has released goodwill to the Vienna government, and we have made significant concessions not to seek territory that the Russians have pledged to them, and to support their acquisition of Constantinople.
Of course, these may not impress them, but it is enough to stabilize Austria. As long as the Vienna government was shaken, the tsarist government would not be able to maintain its military superiority due to lack of funds.
The enemy has no superior strength, and I believe that Your Excellency the Marshal has a way to defeat them. It's far less risky than waiting for the enemy to make a mistake. "
Behind the seemingly bland, it is actually a game of power. According to the government's intention to expand the army and rely on the financial support to kill the Russians, then the protagonist of the war will be changed from the military to the government.
If you analyze it carefully, you will find that there are still British shadows behind it. The sudden action of the London government gave the Berlin government an opportunity to seize the dominant power.
Moltke growled: "Mad! Jeffrey, you're a lunatic!
He actually pinned his hopes on the British. Could it be that you really thought the British would always support us?
Hold on to Austria?
Oh God!
Jeffrey, how dare you think!
Participating in the British-Austrian game, and wanting to play them with applause, do you think our trouble is not big enough? "
It's not that Mao Qi is pessimistic, it's that Jeffrey's plan is too idealistic. Everything is based on the premise that Britain and Austria follow their script.
If the British did not continue to provide loans, or because of the game between Britain and Austria, the Vienna government continued to provide loans to the tsarist government, which would bring disaster to the Commonwealth of Pope.
Countries are also different. The financial resources of Britain and Austria are not comparable to Prussia and Russia. As long as the interests are large enough, it is not impossible to fight a proxy war with hundreds of millions.
Jeffrey Friedman sneered: "Your Excellency Marshal, you are overly concerned, the risk is not as great as you think.
If you know how much we owe the British, you can see why the London government is supporting us.
The principal alone is as high as 210 million pounds, which is just loans and bonds. We owe UK businesses £140m for goods, and this figure is increasing by £600,000 a day.
If interest is counted, we need to pay off almost £600m in debt to the Brits. If the creditors don't want to lose everything, they'll find a way to get the London government to back us. "
This explanation made Mao Qi stunned. He never dreamed that the Berlin government would owe such a huge debt, let alone that there would be such a great benefit in debt.
Of course, the benefits are only temporary. When it came time to pay back the money, it was their turn to cry.
After a pause, he eased his emotions and asked, "What about Austria? Don't tell me, we also owe them a huge debt."
Jeffrey Friedman smiled: "Of course not. The Austrian bankers didn't like us at all, they lent the money to the Russians.
There is no debt impact, but an exchange of benefits is possible. In international politics, as long as there are enough interests, enemies and friends can be transformed. "
Jeffrey Friedman's confidence did not move Mo Qi again, he just shook his head: "Your Excellency Count, it's time for you to wake up from your dream.
In theory, after we withdraw from the German Confederation, we can indeed make a deal with Austria to support their annexation of the German Confederation in exchange for their neutrality in this war.
But do you think we have a choice? Will the British agree? Will the French agree? "
This is the sequelae of excessive debt, and the British people's money is not easy to take. There are indeed countries that don't do things with money, but the Commonwealth of Pubo is not one of them.
The London government is now willing to support the Commonwealth. In addition to attacking the Russians, it is more to restrict Austria and hinder the unification of the German region.
John Bull would not be surprised if he found out that the Berlin government was going to compromise with Austria on this issue.
The Federal Reserve Fund of the Pope is kept in London, the British government can turn Mark into waste paper at any time, and the Berlin government has no choice at all.
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