A storm is brewing that is about to sweep across the Black Sea Fleet, but the Mikheyevich brothers, who are the first to bear the brunt, have not yet realized the danger. One looked at Baliakov's performance stupidly and couldn't help but feel happy, and the other
One of them was thinking hard about how to please Shangguan.
"Where has Prince Mikhail Gorchakov arrived?"
"General, His Royal Highness the Duke's car has arrived in Nikolayev and will arrive in Sevastopol in a week at most."
"So fast?"
Mark Mikheyevich was a little surprised, because if he were Gorchakov, he wouldn't be rushing so hard. What are he doing so hard? Isn't it just to deal with the clown in Wallachia? Just casually
They crushed it to death with just one finger.
Mark suddenly asked: "Where is Mikhail? Is there any news?"
"General, there is no news from General Mikhail. Everything seems to be normal."
Mark nodded slowly and murmured: "As long as everything is normal, please help me keep an eye on him a little more. That old ghost and Kornilov have been staring at him, always trying to suppress our brothers.
Although His Excellency the Prince is here, they can't do anything to us, but we can't let them take advantage of the loophole!"
"Yes, General."
"Have this month's copies been sent to St. Petersburg?"
"According to your instructions, the shipment started yesterday and should be delivered to St. Petersburg next month by sea."
Mark nodded with satisfaction. In addition to being Menshikov's confidant, he has been able to hold the position of deputy commander of the Black Sea Fleet over the years because he is willing to spend money. Under his money offensive, whether it is Menshikov or the Navy Ministry,
Several other high-ranking officials, even Grand Duke Constantine, were quite satisfied with him.
He believed that as long as he continued to maintain this, as long as Lazarev died, the Black Sea Fleet would be in his possession sooner or later.
"Prepare two more of the same quantity, I will use them soon!" Mark ordered calmly.
This made his adjutant a little hesitant, because the amount was indeed a bit too large, and it was two portions at one time. Mark's gray and black income was far from enough.
"It doesn't matter, just use it from my savings first. I don't want to let the child catch a wolf!" Mark ordered very calmly, "As long as it can satisfy the two Dukes, no matter how much money you have, it is worth it!"
The so-called two dukes, one is naturally Duke Mikhail Gorchakov, and the other is Ivan Paskovich, the Duke of Warsaw.
As the commanders personally appointed by Nicholas I to solve the revolutionary problems in Moldavia, Wallachia and Austria, these two people will be Mark's immediate bosses in the future. As long as these two are satisfied with him, the merits will naturally be indispensable.
of.
Having said this, Mark asked again: "Where is His Excellency the Duke of Warsaw?"
"His Excellency the Duke is still in Kiev."
This answer made Mark a little disappointed, because Kiev is still too far from Sevastopol. Although sending money is the best way to build relationships, there is also knowledge in how to send it. The best thing is to send it in person, but as
The person in charge of the Black Sea Fleet's participation in the military operations in Moldavia and Wallachia, he really couldn't leave the work at hand and go to Kiev for a walk.
Of course, Mark didn't actually have much work, because he didn't even have Wallachia and Moldavia in his eyes, and he didn't make any preparations at all. In his opinion, these two boogerous countries were not worth the trouble at all.
If you don't have the strength, it's better to make more money if you have this time.
However, Mark felt that Kiev was a bit far away at this time. He was also a little lucky that Duke Gorchakov came quickly enough. He believed that under his hospitality and warm reception, the Duke would soon fall in love with the beautiful Black Sea and the beautiful Black Sea.
He served warmly and thoughtfully.
Mark even had extravagant hopes. If he could impress Duke Gorchakov, and if the Duke said good things about him after the war, would Nicholas I let him be promoted from deputy to full-time to replace the hated Duke?
What about Lazarev taking charge of the Black Sea Fleet?
Mark believed that this possibility was still very high, so he was increasingly looking forward to Duke Gorchakov's arrival soon: "You pay close attention to the Duke's whereabouts, and you must inform him before arriving in Sevastopol.
I, I want to go outside the city in person to greet His Excellency the Duke!"
It can be seen that this greedy pig is ready to spend a lot of money, but he does not know that Duke Gorchakov does not have a very good impression of him. At almost the same time, Mikhail was also talking to his adjutant
Discuss the situation of the Black Sea Fleet with the staff.
"Generally speaking, Mikhail Petrovich has led the Black Sea Fleet well. As long as there is no intervention from Britain and France, the Black Sea Fleet will take care of Turkey as easy as playing... But there are some guys here who are very annoying, such as that Mark
Mikheyevich, the existence of this waste has greatly affected the combat effectiveness of the fleet..."
"General, it's not that serious. Although this lieutenant general has no abilities, he's not bad at all!"
Mikhail Gorchakov snorted: "That's not necessarily true. I had contact with him. That was in 1829. I fought with the old eunuch and Ivan (Paskovich).
Turks, that idiot will be the chief of staff for the old eunuch again... Well, he is probably the stupidest chief of staff I have ever seen. I think if the old eunuch had not brought this idiot with him, he would not have been beaten by the Turkish barbarians.
I lost my penis...haha..."
Of course, these are not the most intolerable things for Mikhail Gorchakov, because there are too many idiots in the Russian army, or in other words, most of the commanders of the Russian army are mediocre idiots.
One Mark will not bring down the average.
The most unacceptable thing to Mikhail Gorchakov was that Mark was both incompetent and greedy. He could never forget the fact that this guy was reselling supplies in private. This idiot actually managed to transport the rear supplies halfway.
The food was sold, leaving the troops unable to move forward.
Mikhail Gorchakov couldn't bear this kind of behavior. He wanted to achieve meritorious service, not just a few bad money. How could he be promoted to a high position without meritorious service? And a certain idiot just wanted to
Focusing on making money, thinking that you can get a high-level position by making money. This is ridiculously stupid!
Mikhail Gorchakov knew the temper of Nicholas I very well. The emperor liked loyal ministers, but loyalty alone is not enough. You must be loyal and able to do things, so that you can get those at the highest level.
seat.
And the reason why Mark, no matter how rich, loyal, or loved by Menshikov, could not become the commander of the Black Sea Fleet is because of this. Nicholas I would not hand over the fleet to such a waste...