Struggle in Russia

Duke Mikhail knew very well how much Nicholas I had mobilized for this war. Except for garrisons in other directions, almost all the elite of the Russian army were gathered in his hands.

This army of more than half a million is Russia’s basic disk. No matter how much it is, it is extremely difficult to mobilize. Not only does it take time, but it also requires a lot of money.

But these two kinds of Russia are lacking, so you can’t spare other strategic directions to fill the big hole in Wallachia, right?

Duke Mikhail is very aware of how many unstable factors there are around Russia, such as Poland, such as the Caucasus, if it were not for hundreds of thousands of Russian troops to guard there, there would have been chaos long ago.

Once you choose to deploy troops from these places, maybe the pit in Wallachia has not been filled, and there will be flames in Poland and the Caucasus. Then it really became a hamster. It was pressed the gourd and raised the scoop.

“The domestic forces are very tense,” Duke Mikhail said with difficulty. “Whether it is in Poland or the Caucasus, there is no peace. You need an army.”

Li Xiao actually understands this truth, but the most terrible situation right now is Turkey and Wallachia. If Russia fails here, the outcome will definitely be very miserable.

“Poland naturally cannot be moved lightly, but the Caucasus area can still draw some troops, even if there are only three to fifty thousand people!”

“In addition, the country can be further mobilized. The current situation is even more severe than in 1812. We only had to face Napoleon’s 500,000 troops, but now we have to deal with Turkey and Britain at the same time. The French coalition forces, and even our allies. We are still dragging our feet on the side! If we want to end the war in a decent way, we only need one million troops, otherwise we won’t be able to do anything!”

Duke Mikhail was taken aback by the number of one million, because before he could hardly imagine the concept of mobilizing one million troops. He used to think that five to six hundred thousand people could fight all over Europe, but now Li Xiao told him that one million people can hold on to the line of defense.

This gap is too big!

He couldn’t open his mouth anyway, and he didn’t know how to ask Nicholas I for so many troops.

This naturally made Li Xiao anxious, because one million people weren’t hesitating. In fact, one million people were not enough to use him. He didn’t know how to use it, because in the history of the Crimean War, Russia suffered about 400,000 casualties. cost.

Think about how many people have to send 400,000 casualties to the battlefield to fill the pit. After all, soldiers are humans, not machines, and it is impossible to withstand a 50 or 60% casualty rate without collapse.

Even if the Russian gray animals are stupid and honest, and even if they can withstand a 50% casualty rate against the sky, they can continue to fight. According to this ratio, the Russian army will have to mobilize at least about 800,000 men and horses.

The problem is that the 700,000 or 800,000 Russian troops in history have been exhausted. If Li Xiao can accept the result in history, then naturally there is no need to do anything, just watch the Russian army collapse.

And he still wants to keep Wallachia and Moldavia, which also determines that Russia must increase investment, and must be able to force Britain and France to accept Wallachia and Moldavia to maintain the status quo.

And this definitely requires performance on the battlefield to convince Britain and France, otherwise, why should people show mercy to your men?

Li Xiao also wanted to persuade Duke Mikhail a few more words, but Dmitry took the lead: “Duke, I personally think Duke André’s analysis is very reasonable. With the existing forces, it’s probably difficult for us. Stabilize the existing front. Once Wallachia loses, the domestic opinions will probably be very big!”

Duke Mikhail’s heart beat immediately. He remembered that, as the commander of this war, if he not only failed to achieve a decent result, but instead lost Wallachia, he would be pushed to the forefront. At that time, whether it was the military or the nobles, they would shout and scream at him one by one, and his ending would be very miserable and desolate!

But what reason did he use to persuade Nicholas I to continue to invest more? He knew the czar too well, I am afraid that if he directly told Nicholas I that the situation is very bad, Wallachia would not be able to keep it, then Nicholas I would not believe it at all.

Now Nicholas I is still dreaming of forcing Turkey to surrender, and he wants to fight a few big victories!

You let him accept the failure and let him accept the failure?

It’s impossible!

Duke Mikhail was still hesitating, and Alexei also advised: “Duke, the situation is extremely urgent now, and you can’t hesitate anymore. Even if he is taught by your Majesty now, it is less than the responsibility of losing Wallachia!”

Duke Mikhail smiled bitterly: “The problem is that your Majesty will never believe that the situation has reached such an uncontrollable level! He still counts on victory!”

Li Xiao snorted coldly and said, “Then tell him that he is not strong enough and needs more troops to win the battle, otherwise he can only switch to a comprehensive defense, because the Turks mobilized the entire nation to attack Wallachia!”

Uh?

Duke Mikhail was a little bit dumbfounded, because this was fudge, but even if Nicholas I sent him more troops, he would not be able to kill the Turks. Now the enemies on the battlefield are gathered together and they can’t eat them. OK.

Li Xiao said contemptuously: “I’ll talk about whether you can eat it or not. Let me trick the reinforcements first. After a while, your Majesty can always see the reality. Even if you didn’t win the battle, he would understand it!”

The Duke of Mikhail was completely speechless. Although it’s a little bit awkward, it seems to be the only way to do it~www.wuxiax.com~ It’s better than doing nothing but staring at nothing. Be strong!

After thinking about it for a long time, he sighed: “This is the only way to do this!”

It’s just that Li Xiao knows that just doing this is far from enough, because the future situation will get worse day by day. From now on, you must be psychologically prepared, otherwise you will be crushed by despair in the future!

“Now I am most worried about the situation of the Black Sea Fleet. I don’t know if they have completely closed the Bosphorus Strait according to the scheduled plan!”

Alexei also sighed: “I hope General Kornilov and General Nasimov have done it. At least for the time being, I haven’t heard the news of the British and French fleet entering the Black Sea, otherwise we will be more passive!”

In fact, Li Xiao doesn’t think so. Although closing the Bosphorus Strait is beneficial to Russia’s overall situation, it is not necessarily beneficial to Wallachia.

The inability to pass through the strait is likely to force Britain and France to deploy their troops in Bulgaria, which is tantamount to increasing the pressure on Wallachia’s frontline. On the contrary, if they can pass through the strait, they will probably go to Sevastopol and have a lot of money, right?