Chapter 175 Iron Blood Earth (Nine)

Witt said regretfully: "The great master is majestic and firm in his will. He has been highly respected in the army for many years. If he really wants to replace him, who will the emperor send as the commander-in-chief of the front line?"

"I heard that the emperor is going to be the commander-in-chief in person."

Witt was shocked: "This must not be done."

"Why?"

"Think about it, when others become commanders, the war is not good, and they can also push all the faults on him, dismiss the post and investigate, and transfer the resentment of the people. If the emperor personally serves as the commander and loses the war, wouldn't he be responsible? The resentment of the people cannot be transferred, and it all belongs to the emperor alone. Who has come up with this bad idea, should be killed and should be killed!"

Sazonov stammered for a while and said reluctantly: "Queen. Of course, as mentioned earlier, the Queen listened to Rasputin."

Witt was stunned for a long time and sighed: "I won't mention this anymore. Is there any good news on the battlefield?"

Sazonov spread his hands: "It's all bad news. The Northwest Front was driven out of East Prussia by the Germans. The Southwest Front spit out the Przeshmire Fortress that was about to be eaten. Warsaw was in crisis. Jilinsky sent three telegrams to the emperor in one night, and the bullet was insufficient, the bullet was insufficient, or the bullet was insufficient. To the south, the Black Sea Fleet suffered a loss. The Turks killed one of our battleships. Romania rejected our proposal. Bulgaria was ready to move. The Serbs were exhausted. The British and French delayed the Dardanelles' battle-making-"

"Didn't you win a battle in the Caucasus?"

"For the time being, Turkey was messed up by the Chinese. The base camp did not have a reserve force, so it had to increase troops from the Caucasus. The Turks had enough time to restore their troops. The attacks behind the Chinese made us passive. I am not a soldier, but I know how to count. In the west, we used more than 80 divisions to deal with 110 divisions in Germany and Austria, while in the east, we could only use 18 divisions to deal with 50 divisions in China. The armored troops that were finally pieced together were defeated in Ulan-Ude again... I really don't know what to do if this continues."

Witt smiled and said, "Even you were shaken?"

"This is not shaken, it is rationality." Sazonov argued.

"Yes, reason, the most lacking thing in this country is reason. A British diplomat once told me bluntly that in his opinion, in Russia, everyone is a little crazy. He called this the so-called Slavic charm - half intent, half in nothing, and a brain explosion with a flash of inspiration." Witt stretched out his finger and pointed the sun's acupoint.

"Explosion?" Sazonov narrowed his eyes in confusion.

"Yes, the explosion, it was this explosion that dragged us into this useless war - you know, I have always opposed being enemies of Germany. I understood ten years ago that what the Chinese wanted was our entire Asian territory, no, not only ours, but also British and French. American - they wanted to establish an Asian empire from the Mediterranean to the Pacific, and they would do whatever they could. Only when the entire Western world united can it be possible to put out this crazy yellow peril and maintain this world order centered on Christian civilization."

Sazonov waved his hand: "As far as I know, the Emperor did not want to be an enemy of Germany, but the Emperor betrayed us, overturned his promise, and extended his hand to Constantinople, which we were determined to win. Then the Emperor was angry and joined the land of agreement."

Witt shook his head repeatedly: "It was our eyes blinded by our ambitions. The situation has changed. The Chinese have already had the ability to slaughter our Asian territory. The Balkans and Turkey are really more important than all our Asian territory? I don't believe it. I would rather Germany and Austria occupy the Balkans and Turkey than see half of the emperor's double-headed eagle be cut off. Be friendly with Germany and Austria, although we can't get the Balkans and Turkey, we can ensure that Asian territory is not lost. If we are enemies with Germany and Austria, my country will take the opportunity to take action, and our country will inevitably be attacked on both sides. Such a simple truth. Why doesn't the emperor listen to it?"

Sazonov thought for a while. Nianwu said: "Because most people believe that the European war will be decided within six to eight weeks, during which time. Even if China invades, it will not take much advantage. How many people would have thought that this war will last until the second year? Jilinsky said that one or two fortresses can make thousands of yellow monkeys blood flow into a river. Wouldn't it be resolved if a few more fortresses were built in Turkey and Siberia? What he said still makes sense... Also, because he was defeated in the last war, the emperor wanted to avenge his shame every day, and the generals were eager to try-"

Witt raised his hand tremblingly and said, "Okay, okay, I'm not blaming the emperor. The situation has been corrupted to this point and there is nothing to pursue. I don't believe that the e-country of 160 million people can be easily conquered. Is there any countermeasures for the court?"

A cold light flashed in Sazonov's eyes: "It's very simple, it's a fire in the west and east."

"burn?"

"Yes, burn Siberia and Turkey into a sea of ​​fire, a village, town, or a barn, the rails were stripped off, the bridges were blown off, the army retreated while burning, and every few hundred kilometers was withdrawn, relying on a fortress position to resist for a while, and using space to exchange time, so that the enemy seemed to be moving in a desert that was uninhabited thousands of miles, and every grain of wheat was transported from the rear of thousands of kilometers-"

Witt nodded in praise: "Yes, this is how Kutuzov dealt with Napoleon."

Sazonov smiled bitterly and spread his hands: "But now is not the time of Kutuzov. The farmers are not as obedient as when they were serfs. Look at the peasant parliamentarians in Dumali, what kind of virtues and nature are they? They keep on land and land, and the emperor is almost madly angry with them. Especially the bandits in the east, exiles and descendants of the serfland fleeing are not good things. The revolution in 1905 was first caused by those people. Anyone who supported the "government" must rebel. They divide the land from villages and communities to individuals. What a good thing, they want to riot - fool the people! Mob! Livestock! There is no hope of medicine! But the garrison in the east was recruited from these people. Think about it, these selfish and selfish scum who are not loyal to the emperor and the "government" and ask them to set fire to their homes, can they be willing?"

"So, they are still willing to defend their homeland."

"The problem is that we cannot even guarantee the main battlefield ammunition and medicine, and we have no spare energy to support the distant Eastern battlefield. What do you think of the Secretary of the Army Sukhomlinov? "Sabers, flagpole spears and bayonets are everything in the war. In the past, the wars are like this, and the wars are still like this. All other things are wrong ways. I have not read a military manual for twenty-five years. 'Because of such a wise minister of the Army, we have not built a new arsenal for three years. Before the war broke out, the Ministry of the Army did not even use up the funds for the "government" exclusively for arms production, so now, our army has no shells. The Emperor then remembered to get angry, but he was Rasputin's man. When Rasputin told the Queen, the Queen told the Emperor, it was okay, and he was still sitting in that seat-I can't believe it was true.

I really regret not pushing the demon monk into the Gulf of Finland back then... You don't know yet, the Prime Minister actually hates Rasputin. I dare say that he is a real patriot-"

Witt's heart trembled and he vaguely guessed the purpose of Sazonov.

"I heard you wrote a memoir?"

A dog is a dog, and not biting people does not mean that he has lost his dog's sex.

Witt smiled coldly: "Where did you hear that? There is no such thing."

Slight snow suddenly floated outside the window.
Chapter completed!