After entering modern times, what determines the final outcome of wars between countries?
Is it a military contest on the battlefield?
Or diplomacy beyond the battlefield?
Or is it production and mobilization at the rear?
Without exception, these are an indispensable part of winning the war. Even sometimes, diplomatic activities are even more important than on the battlefield. Just when the British envoy visited Washington to try to lobby Washington to join their alliance, on the mainland
On the other hand, the British provided Brazil with a loan totaling up to six million pounds.
"We believe that this loan will help the resistance of the Brazilian Empire, and the expansion of the Ming Empire must be stopped..."
The British Ambassador to Brazil’s stern words seem to be telling everyone that the British Empire’s support for Brazil remains unchanged. In fact, what is the most fundamental reason why it remains unchanged?
"The Ming Empire's ambitions towards Brazil are limited!"
In the British Embassy in Rio de Janeiro, Luke Means said in a rather proud tone.
"From the current point of view, the Ming Empire seems to hope to defeat the Brazilian Empire on the battlefield as soon as possible, forcing them to make concessions on the Uruguay and Paraguay issues, thereby ending the war with Brazil and investing their power in the Mediterranean."
"Yes, sir."
Major George nodded in agreement.
"This is also the reason why they did not withdraw their fleet from the Mediterranean. They must do their best to maintain the alliance. In the past few years, the most fundamental reason why they have been able to gain a lot of benefits in many places and force us to make concessions is the existence of the Imperial Alliance.
Let all countries care about their interests, so they will do everything possible to maintain the alliance."
This is not just his personal judgment, but based on various signs and even evidence as evidence.
"That's right."
Taking out a cigar box from the drawer, Ambassador Luke said.
"Come and try the cigars. I went to Cuba to pick them myself."
After taking a cigar and lighting it, Luke said.
"Yes, that's right, that's why we support Brazil. We don't have much power to invest here now, but we can support Brazil, arm Brazil, and let them contain Ming Dynasty, so that Ming Dynasty not only cannot send their troops to
The Mediterranean and Turkey even asked them to withdraw their troops in Africa to the Americas, which will attract all their strength. Only in this way can we fully invest in fighting the French and Russians and preventing their expansion in the Near East."
Who is having the hardest time right now?
Of course it’s me, the British. Ever since Russia declared war on Turkey, the British Empire has fallen into an unprecedented situation. They found that they were unable to stop Russia’s expansion in Turkey. If they had only faced Russia as a country in the past,
Everything is okay, but now, even the French seem to be joining in, and so is the Austro-Hungarian Empire. If the three of them join forces, Britain can really only give in... What else can it do if it doesn't?
Is it possible that the British Empire will directly go into battle and sacrifice everything in the British Empire for Turkey?
This kind of stud is not a habit of the British Empire. Stud is always done and basically fails in the end.
"If Russia occupies Istanbul, the Suez Canal will be threatened, and the route to India will also be threatened..."
India...that is the most important colony of the British Empire!
"But, sir, how are we going to stop Russia's attack on Turkey now?"
George asked with some confusion.
"Even if the Brazilians can stop Ming Dynasty here now, how can we stop Russia?"
George's words are a bit heartbreaking, and they are very painful. The war has been out for four months. Russia's footsteps seem to be unstoppable, and in the face of Russia's attack, what can the British Empire do?
Not much.
Faced with George's question, Ambassador Luke said.
"What we need is a victory. The Turks must use a victory to prove their ability to defeat the Russians. Otherwise, even if we send a fleet to Istanbul, the Imperial Alliance Fleet will not give up their mission. We will
We have to face a fleet that is far larger than ours, so, pray to God, we now need Turkey to win a victory. Only in this way can we make the Imperial Alliance realize that Turkey is difficult to defeat!"
It's not just the British who are praying, the Russians are also praying there. What are they praying for? Of course, when will the Pleven Fortress be conquered!
Pleven Fortress!
As early as July, the Russian army had arrived at Pleven Fortress, but their attack did not go smoothly. Although the Ottoman army was not as numerous as the Russian army, it was by no means inferior to the Russian army in terms of weapons, and was even slightly more advanced.
The geographical advantage of the Upper Pleven Fortress made it impossible for Russia to defeat the small number of defenders even though it had a large number of people. Moreover, the defender Osman Nouri relied on the surrounding natural conditions to build a defense system consisting of fortresses, trench lines and fortresses.
, allowing him to make full use of his superior weapons.
On July 20, 7,500 Russian infantrymen entered the town rashly and were severely beaten by the Turkish troops ambushing the town. The defenders used Gatling machine guns to severely damage the Russian troops in the fortress. In less than 20 minutes of fighting,
, the Russian army suffered more than half of its casualties, while the Turkish army suffered only a few dozen casualties.
It was from that day on that the Gatling gun became a nightmare for the Russian army.
"...On the 30th, we launched another attack, but in the face of its powerful firepower, our attack did not make any progress..." "This powerful firepower was entirely composed of Gatling machine guns."
On the train to the front line, when the staff officer introduced the situation on the front line to His Majesty the Tsar, the surrounding Russian officers would always inadvertently cast their eyes on Li Bin, not because he became famous in the battle at Pushkar Pass, but because
All of them knew very well what the powerful firepower meant - the fifth-year-old Gatling gun manufactured by Daming.
This three-barreled Gatling gun weighs only 30.5 kilograms. It uses lead-acid batteries as power and has a rate of fire of up to 900 rounds. It can be installed on either a gun mount or a tripod. It is light and easy to carry. In 1873
In December, it aroused interest from all over the world as soon as it came out, and Turkey was one of the earliest orderers-they purchased more than 600 machines at one time. Except for a small part of those machine guns used to suppress domestic uprisings, most of them were used.
Installed on the fortress.
Unfortunately, the Pleven Fortress is equipped with as many as 70 Gatling machine guns. They can kill you 900 times. Although the Turkish army only has 50,000 people, 70 five-year-old Gatling machine guns can definitely kill you.
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What is corpse-strewn?
Just look at Pleven Fortress!
In the attack on the 30th, the Russian army lost more than 15,000 soldiers, almost two-thirds of the offensive force, and most of them were caused by the Type 5 machine guns.
What is an accident?
Killing you 900 times is an accident within an accident!
Facing machine guns, especially fortresses with machine guns, everyone has a headache! In another world, the Russians relied on a few machine guns on Highland 203 to turn the Japanese's bomb attack into a joke.
Faced with so many machine guns, the reason why the Russians suffered so few losses was because they were not brave enough with their human bullets!
"We must seize Pleven Fortress as soon as possible. We have spent too long there now..."
When Tsar Alexander II was speaking, he would always cast his eyes inadvertently on Li Bin.
"Your Majesty, our soldiers are brave, but courage cannot stop bullets. Intelligence shows that Pleven's defenders now have more than 130 machine guns. And those Turks are damn cowards, they only
Put the rifle in the hole, and fire without showing your head to observe. Our losses will be very heavy every time we attack..."
When General Skobelev mentioned that the Turks were cowards, Li Bin almost laughed out loud. This was cowardice, and it was clearly a good tactic.
However, Alexander II still noticed Li Bin's casual smile, so he said.
"Major, if it were the Ming army, how would you attack the fortress?"
"Your Majesty, this is a very simple question."
Li Bin said seriously.
"Blast! Hasn't Your Majesty already transferred the heavy siege artillery? The artillery bombardment, the infantry attack! After the artillery bombardment, the infantry attack, Your Majesty, what's the problem?"