Struggle in Russia

The victory of the Sinop naval battle declared that the Turkish navy was basically destroyed, and there was no maritime power in the Black Sea that could stop the Black Sea Fleet.

When the news of victory reached St. Petersburg, Nicholas I was so happy that he immediately announced the promotion of Kornilov and Nasimov as admirals, and ordered them to continue their efforts to inflict more serious blows on Turkey, and cooperate with the army to liberate as soon as possible. Bulgaria.

This victory concealed many problems, such as the issue of naval construction, because almost everyone only saw Nasimov’s overwhelming victory, but did not realize that the Turkish Navy was not an opponent worth mentioning.

Maybe the Russian navy can crush the belly of the Turkish navy, but it is another matter to face the British and French fleets.

However, Nasimov and Kornilov were quite sober. From this glorious victory, they also saw a lot of problems. For example, the battleships of the Black Sea Fleet were powerful, but their mobility was hard to compliment.

In the face of steam-powered ships, it would not be able to catch up at all. If it were not for the Turkish Navy to be too weak, it would be impossible to confront the Black Sea Fleet head-on, otherwise it would be difficult to say.

From this naval battle, it is obvious that sailing ships are really outdated. They may have a cheap advantage for civil or commercial ships, but for warships, it is really out of date.

Therefore, Kornilov and Nasimov immediately submitted a memorandum to the Admiralty and Nicholas I immediately after the victory, requesting that more steam-powered warships be built as soon as possible, and it is best to try to introduce relevant shipbuilding technology from Western Europe. Otherwise, the Russian Navy will be far behind!

Nicholas I’s attitude towards this memo is not bad, because he has always been more tolerant to generals who have won battles. Even if he didn’t like steamships very much, he still agreed to some of Kornilov’s and Nasimov’s requests, and ordered Prime Minister Nesher Rodie to list more steamships in the new year’s naval budget. budget.

As for the introduction of related technologies from Western Europe and the development of related industries in his country, he also agreed in principle, but he asked the Admiralty to investigate it first, and then take it slowly when the results are obtained.

This is a bit perfunctory. Who doesn’t know that the high-ranking officials of the Admiralty only look forward to the head of the Menshikov. The Minister of the Navy hates steamships, so he can find out what results are really not good. It is very likely that they will be perfunctory in the end. .

Kornilov and Nasimov had nothing to do with this. After all, they were not ministers of the Navy and their influence on Nicholas I was very limited. If it hadn’t created a glorious victory this time, I’m afraid they would not even have the first request. Be satisfied.

Closer to home, this victory must have greatly boosted the morale of Russia and swept away Bulgaria’s unsuccessful warfare. Both the ruling and the opposition people firmly believe that Bulgaria is nothing but an accident, and that it is Turkey’s dying struggle or return to the light.

As long as they continue to rush and put more pressure on Turkey, Turkey will soon collapse and then surrender!

This recognition made Li Xiao very speechless, because the victory at sea really did not explain any problems. The fiasco of the Turkish navy was due to its strength. As long as they have a navy that is almost the same size as the army, Nasimov wants to win easily. It is impossible.

Maybe the sea will be deadlocked, not to mention this so-called brilliant victory is not necessarily a good thing, it is likely to become a reminder for Russia!

Why do you say that?

The reason is simple. Nasimov destroyed the Turkish navy and almost destroyed Sinop Port. The Black Sea Fleet fired a large number of explosive bombs along the pier, not only caused the fire, but also damaged the British merchant ships on the pier!

To make matters worse, the fire was so tragic that it almost burned the coast of the port and burned a large number of civilians, including businessmen from Britain and France.

This problem can be big or small. If it were before, naturally no one cared about the life and death of Turkish pagans, and the problem of death and injury of a few small businessmen was not particularly big for Britain and France. At least the deaths were relatively small compared to the Russian fallout.

But now the situation is completely different. In the past, the great powers happily ate chickens together and happily ate chickens together. And now Turkey is in the same trench as Britain and France, but Russia is the unpopular nuisance.

In this way, you expect British and French public opinion to help Russia speak good things. Do you think there is such a possibility?

In fact, just after the Sinop naval battle, British reporters wrote a battlefield communication condemning Russian atrocities. Anyway, when the victory was celebrated in St. Petersburg, a new anti-Russian upsurge was set off in London.

British military and political figures headed by Lord Palmerston and Canning unanimously strongly condemned Russia and demanded that Parliament and the Cabinet should pass resolutions to stop Russian atrocities and even declare war on Russia as soon as possible.

This round of frenzy was so aggressive that it was immediately fed back to St. Petersburg by the Russian ambassador, but Nicholas I was still intoxicated by Sinop’s victory and did not realize the seriousness of the problem.

Therefore, the Russian side almost did not respond to the British anger, that is, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs panicked for a while, but Neschel Rody’s warning to Nicholas I was completely ineffective, and Nicholas I gave a few words. The old man sent it away.

Russia’s disregard and coldness naturally made the British side angry. At this time, more news about Sinop’s tragedy continued to come back. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com was instructed by the British Foreign Ministry war reporters to describe in detail. Because the tragedy of Turkey has been cruel to the Russians, the impression of Russia in the British public has become even worse.

At this time, no more fuel is needed, the raging flames in the **** of the British people have intensified, and the House of Commons has urgently met to discuss the declaration of war against Russia.

It can be said that the British war machine has been rumbling into action, and it only takes one last step to crush the polar bear.

Soon, the House of Commons came to a conclusion and asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to give a note to Russia, asking Russia to apologize and withdraw from Bulgaria immediately.

Will Russia agree to this request?

Naturally impossible, Nicholas I stubbornly believed that this was just another bluff of the British, so he ordered Nechel Rodie to ignore these harsh noises.

But this time it was really not noise. The situation was extremely urgent, because soon the Russian Minister in France also immediately fed back the latest developments in France, and France also put forward similar requirements to the United Kingdom, asking Russia to immediately withdraw its troops and apologize for compensation!