5324 French President and Gambetta
The Chinese are really at a critical moment of life and death. The total tonnage of the British Great White Fleet is twice that of the Chinese Navy, and the naval personnel have rich combat experience.
How to compare a hundred-year-old navy with a ten-year-old navy? This gap is not a little bit!
Xiao Letian's analysis in the Far East is correct. Tsarist Russia's desire to take revenge has never stopped. He was defeated by the Chinese before, but now it is different. There is no problem with Britain as the main attack on Tsarist Russia to support it.
The Cossack cavalry that had newly emerged from the Don River Basin, the main force that retreated from the Ili River Valley, and the Russian troops stationed in the Outer Xing'an Mountains.
On the edge of the Chinese intelligence network, 150,000 Russian troops can enter the battle in October!
In a summer of preparation, Tsarist Russia can reserve a medium-sized battle, which is a big bet!
In October, snow began to fall in the Far East, but the snow had not reached the point of closing the mountain, and the ground began to gradually dry and freeze. This was suitable for cavalry assault operations.
This battle is a big bet, and the battle lasts only about a month. After the heavy snow is blocked, the Russian army will freeze to death.
The Tsar thought very well. The main force of the Russian army attacked Vladivostok from land, and the British Great White Fleet provided strategic bombing at sea. This lost Far East port will naturally be easily conquered!
As long as Vladivostok is conquered, 150,000 Russian troops will have a place to spend the winter. Let’s see if Tsarist Russia will enter the three eastern provinces and completely occupy the Qing Dynasty’s Longxing land next year!
Even if you can't occupy the entire territory of the three northeastern provinces, you can still occupy a part of it! Or you can directly capture the Korean Peninsula and seize a warm water port!
Anyway, working for the British cannot be done in vain, right? Is it true that the British will not be so stingy!
In the past, Tsarist Russia was not allowed to have an East Asian port, but now, in order to deal with Xiao Letian, Benjamin has also made a sacrifice!
From the Korean Peninsula to the Liaodong Peninsula, it gives Tsarist Russia a living space, so what if it gives him two ports, such as Lushun, the Qing Dynasty!
Benjamin had already made a secret negotiation with the Tsar. After the victory, he put pressure on the Japanese Six, so that the Qing Dynasty would ced Lushun to Tsarist Russia forever and Yantai to Britain forever!
One south and one north completely blocked the Bohai Bay, and forever stuck the Chinese people's portal to the sea!
This is the Tsar's dream, an extremely sweet dream. Just one Lushun Nuanshui Port and several warm water ports on the Korean Peninsula is enough for Tsarist Russia to spend 150,000 lives!
The Tsar really wanted to allocate more troops. It would be better to have 300,000 or 400,000. Anyway, the Tsar does not lack brave warriors under his command!
There are some brave and warlike Cossacks on the Ukrainian plains, and they are just waiting to use their military achievements to exchange for class improvement. How many young men are waiting to use their lives to gain an aristocratic status!
It’s a pity that the Siberian Railway was not built. Because Tsarist Russia lost too much in the Far East War of the Chinese, the Siberian Railway could not be built when it arrived in the Novosibirsk area. The war consumed too much money and there was no call to the port in the distance.
If there is a railway to support the logistics, the Tsar might be able to prepare an army of 300,000 to 400,000 people. By then, even a god can't stop him.
After all, the Far East is too barren and has too few people. It is too difficult to resist without the reinforcements from the Chinese!
Benjamin's vicious plan is not that simple. Not only Tsarist Russia has a blood feud with the Chinese people, but also France!
On May 28, thick fog was spreading in the Channel of Dover, and the entire British islands, including northwestern France, were covered by heavy fog. In the French waters south of the Isle of Wight in the UK, several ships slowly moved closer to the British waters like deep-sea ghosts.
Several Belgian fishing boats were on their way back to the port. The exhausted sailors were leaning against the side of the ship and smoking cigarettes. At the closest distance, they suddenly discovered a huge black warship emerged from the thick fog.
"Oh...god! Avoid...there are ships...so big a ship...the left rudder..."
The fishing boat's emergency avoidance almost caused the warship to be swept into the sea. The sailor and the captain almost rubbed the side and saw a shocking scene.
The huge steel warship slowly passed by, and people looked up and their hats fell on the deck and couldn't see clearly what was happening on the warship.
"Which country's warship is this? France or Britain?"
"I don't know! There are no signs, and no flags are visible... Oh... there are still some damn behind, so continue to avoid..."
The fishermen have forgotten the time. A total of four unknown warships slowly passed through the strait in the thick fog, without any flags flying, and even no ship number.
"France will never surrender! Especially it cannot surrender to the hands of the Chinese!" In the Presidential Palace of Paris, France, Patrice McMahon, the second president of the Third Republic, was saying viciously.
The president was captured with Napoleon III at that time. He belonged to a typical royalist party and always wanted to restore Napoleon III's son.
This stubborn old man has a strong mentality of taking revenge, so Benjamin naturally would not miss the opportunity to cooperate with him.
In front of the president are senior officials of the Ministry of National Defense and strong competitors to the next prime minister. Gan Bida!
This hero in the Franco-Prussian War looked down on this uneducated warrior President, and thought to himself that if it weren't for ease the conflicts in the domestic political arena, how could you, the failed guy, be the president?
But there is still basic politeness. Gan Bida sat opposite him and took a sip of red wine. "His Excellency President, I will reiterate my point of view again!"
"We are newly defeated in France and have very difficult finances. The existing new warships were built by French patriotic people actively subscribed to public debts!"
"There are only four battleships in total. Are you going to incorporate them into the British fleet? If that happens, we will only have six cruisers left to protect..."
"Don't expect the combat capabilities of the non-Zhiyuan series warships! Faced with the new era, the old warships in the past have only one outcome, and that is elimination!"
"Does France want to bet a big gamble? Can we bet on the national destiny?"
Patrice McMahon was a little afraid of this master of law propaganda. "Oh, don't be excited... taste the freshest foie gras! My old friend, don't you want revenge?"
"Don't you want to clean up the national humiliation of France? What a great opportunity! If we can unite with Britain, we will definitely have a chance of winning!"
"Do you still remember the Crimean War? Britain and France joined forces to block the polar bear's expansion..."
"Oh... Of course I am willing to punish Xiao Letian! But..." Gan Bida widened his eyes and said, "But I want to remind you!"
"Our fleet command must not be completely handed over to Britain!"
"Especially...Joseph Bonaparte cannot be put on the warship!"
Patrick McMahon's face changed and said awkwardly, "Well...of course...of course not!"
Chapter completed!