Red Alert 1895: Chapter 625 Grassland Cleansing Part 1

When Zhu Yuan came to the grassland with more than 30,000 troops under him, the herdsmen looked at this army one after another. They never thought that there would be troops coming at this time. ¤, they also heard that Beijing, the capital of the central court, had been conquered, and at this time an army arrived. However, these herdsmen would not pay attention to the central court, because the changes in the Central Plains dynasty had nothing to do with them. Those ordinary herdsmen, in their thinking, no matter who is in charge of the Central Plains, they will still be managed according to traditional methods in the end. At that time, these ordinary herdsmen will still be ruled by the Nayan nobles on the Mongolian grassland, and these ordinary herdsmen will still have a very hard life.

So they didn't care about the changes of the Central Plains dynasty at all, so when this army arrived, they didn't care much. Regardless of whether the Central Plains dynasty is dominated by the Manchus or the Hans, they will not change in the future. The land, cattle and sheep on the grasslands belong to those nobles.

And in a luxurious yurt on the Mongolian grassland, several people in luxurious clothes were discussing in a hurry. Each of these people seemed to be wearing silk clothes, not leather clothes like those traditional herdsmen. And they are wearing silk, and wearing gold and silver, are obviously Mongolian nobles. And these guys all look fat and strong. If you don't know it, you might think it's some old rich landlord in the Central Plains! They have a meeting here, and they have already begun to think about how to fight against Taiwan's army.

"What should we do? Why hasn't the Russian army come yet? When will they come? The Han army is already coming, and they have reached the edge, but why haven't the Russian army come yet? Also, you guys How fast are the Russians!" asked a Mongol Nayan.

However, a person present who was obviously a European face complained: "We have nothing to do. We have hundreds of thousands of troops coming together. We must coordinate. Our logistical supplies are not enough. We must accumulate enough After obtaining logistical supplies, we will be able to attack south from Mongolia and Siberia together. The weapons, equipment and food that hundreds of thousands of troops need to prepare are not something we can easily solve. If we don’t have enough supplies, then we It is simply impossible to launch a full-scale attack."

At present, the Russians have not been able to build the Siberian Railway, especially the ruling power of the Russians in Siberia is still very low. in Siberia. This vast area occupies most of Russia's territory, but its population is only about two million. You must know that Siberia occupies most of Russia's territory, but its population is less than one-tenth of Russia's. According to the first census conducted by Russia in 1897, the population of Russia as a whole was more than 67.47 million, while the population of vast Siberia was only more than 2 million.

So more than two million people have reached the whole of Siberia on average, which is not worth mentioning at all. Even the vast majority of Russians moved here step by step with the construction of the Siberian Railway, and most of them lived along the Siberian Railway.

This time the Russians mobilized a total of half a million troops to Siberia. The 500,000 army relied on the more than 2 million people, and it was impossible to provide food and material support. Russia's battle against China this time is just a pitfall in terms of logistics. Although they have mobilized their troops to Siberia, the weak logistical supply lines of the Russians make it impossible for them to obtain sufficient material accumulation. In particular, the logistics and supplies of the hundreds of thousands of troops have to be transferred from Europe, so that they can maintain the supplies of hundreds of thousands of troops.

"Then when will you be able to stockpile enough supplies?" Mongolian Yan asked.

But the Russian said lightly: "I don't know, this is a matter for our logistics officials!"

The Russian is also very anxious, because he knows the weak logistical supply lines of the Russians. That is simply not enough to quickly raise supplies. The Russians' weak logistical supply line has not accumulated on this line for more than half a year. That ninja dart is not enough to support hundreds of thousands of troops. The battle of hundreds of thousands of troops consumes even more. And the era has come to this age of firearms. In addition to food and grass, the supplies consumed are also a thing that devours logistical capacity.

In this era, wars are already about logistics, not soldiers. Logistics materials are the basis of all wars. Although it may not be possible to win with logistics, but without enough logistics, it will undoubtedly lose. So the Russians are not stupid. Of course they know that if they do not accumulate enough logistical materials, they cannot take the initiative to attack and start a war against China. Once the war begins. The consumption of ammunition and food and supplies is absolutely massive. With Russia's current weak transportation capacity, it is simply not enough to allow them to maintain a steady stream of supplies to meet the operational needs of the frontline of the battlefield.

They are not as good as the later American emperors. The American emperors of the later generations have an average of more than a dozen late-stage personnel to supply one front soldier. But this also depends on the era. The era in which the American emperors of later generations lived was an era when there were airplanes in the sky and trucks on the road. Therefore, the transportation capacity of the US imperialists can be very sufficient, but the current logistics capabilities of the Russian old man are really cheating. Their transportation capacity is even worse than that of the later Chinese Volunteers, so in this case they can only choose one situation.

The Russians can only choose to accumulate over time, and then gradually accumulate enough supplies to maintain long-term combat. If you start a war rashly, it will be impossible for the supplies to maintain enough consumption at that time, and then you will definitely face huge losses. Once there is not enough consumption, that rifle is not as good as a fire stick. Later, during the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, Li Qiwei of the United States successfully saw through the seven-day offensive of the Volunteers. As a result, he formulated a corresponding combat plan, causing the Volunteers to be massacred. And this is the shortcoming of the Volunteer Army's weak logistics. Every time a large-scale battle must accumulate enough supplies, otherwise it will be impossible to fight. And every time the supplies are stored, the attack can only last for seven days. Once the seven days are reached, the ammunition and food are exhausted, and it is impossible to continue fighting.

At present, Russia is also aware of this situation. They know that they must accumulate enough supplies as much as possible, otherwise they will inevitably fall into the same predicament as the Volunteers back then. The army seized the loophole and took the opportunity to counterattack. In this way, although Russia has a large army, they will not take the initiative to attack until the logistics materials are prepared. If he attacked rashly, he would definitely suffer huge losses.

"My lord, please send troops here as soon as possible! Otherwise, these Han people will not be polite to us!" Mengmeng Nayan said.

The Russian immediately said angrily: "Shut up!"

And this Russian person was also smiling wryly in his heart, thinking to himself: "I think it is really a very stupid idea to fight against the Chinese on a large scale this time. Especially the opponent is Taiwanese, not the corrupt and backward Qing Dynasty. The government. They are backed by Zhili and Shandong in China. There are tens of millions of people as logistics providers. There will be no shortage of food, grass and materials. They only need to transport ammunition from Taiwan, and they are transported by sea. Sea transportation is cheaper and more efficient than land transportation, and the loss is much smaller than ours. Your Majesty the Tsar, aren't you asking for trouble in this battle?"

As long as any smart military strategist knows that Tsarist Russia's battle against Taiwan is completely a battle with a relatively low success rate. If it is against the Qing Dynasty, the possibility of winning may be very high. But if it is against Taiwan, the risk is really too great. Weak logistics supply line, this is completely a pit, and Russia lost more than one chip first in terms of logistics.

But that Tsar Nicholas II was so hot-headed~www.mtlnovel.com~ he directly wanted to establish some kind of Yellow Russia, and then snatched away China's Northeast and Mongolia. The Tsar did not consider his own domestic situation at all, especially the enemy he faced was not a weak one. However, all the military officers in Russia are of noble origin, and a large number of capable military officers are suppressed at the bottom and cannot be promoted to the highest level at all. A large number of senior military officers are also born by blood, and there are so-called sycophants. Even, many nobles are born to serve in the military. By the time they are twenty-five or six years old, they have been in the military for more than twenty years, and they can start directly from the position of lieutenant colonel. Coupled with the fact that the aristocratic system constantly promotes its own people, they must also be those corrupt and incompetent nobles who become high-ranking officers, and capable low-level officers cannot be promoted

"Okay, you deal with these Chinese first. After a while, you will make trouble here, and then slow down their combat preparation time. This is the most beneficial support for us when we are in war, understand? said the Russian.

"Okay, I will get ready, and then I must incite the herdsmen to make them restless in the rear." That Mongolian Nayan said immediately.

"Okay, you must be loyal to our great Russian Tsar, so that you can gain glory and wealth!" The Russian said. (to be continued.) u