Chapter 1126: Anglo-Australian War?

  Chapter 1105 – Anglo-Australian War?
Bad idea is also an idea, no matter how low cost-effective, as long as the critical moment can save lives, the tsarist government can only continue.

At the end of 1904, the Siberian Railway had been opened to traffic, although it could not operate normally, but on average, it could at least send a few train cars every day.

Don’t underestimate the inconspicuous a few train cars, in the critical moment, these materials can even determine the victory or defeat of the war.

The gap is always to make up for, hope on smuggling trade, the tsarist government is actually also sick and desperate.

After the end of the Continental War, the air force of each country tacitly chose to eliminate the airships, in addition to a small number of transportation airships, the sky is basically seized by the aircraft.

The Russian Empire likewise had a blimp force, only the scale had been very small because of its cost-effectiveness.

After the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War, no airship units were transferred to the Far East, partly because of the cost-effectiveness, but on the other hand, the military hierarchy knew that their own airship units had been scrapped.

There is no way, the service life of the airship is limited, ten or twenty years without replacing the equipment, daily training do not dare to easily lift off.

Not to mention the completion of combat missions, how to transport to the Far East is a problem, anyway, the Russian army is equipped with old airships can not fly to their destination.

In contrast, Shen Luo’s airship unit is different. Despite having withdrawn from the combat order, the logistics unit still retained its full complement.

Unlike the Russian bureaucrats’ coping, Shinra’s army had to replace its weaponry as soon as it was established, as long as it was nearing its decommissioning time.

Although the withdrawal of airships from the battlefield had discouraged producers, it was only the combat airships that had their production lines cut, and the transportation airships still stubbornly survived.

Not only was the military using them, but civilians were also using them. If it wasn’t for the fact that the cost-effectiveness couldn’t keep up, airships would have become the fourth major mainstream transportation alongside trains, ships, and automobiles.

Developed countries like Shen Luo all thought the cost was too high, let alone other developing countries. Even if they wanted to buy one, the money in their pockets wouldn’t allow it.

Against this background, the military’s retired airships were embarrassing. There was no market for export, and domestic sales were disliked.

Although capitalists were greedy, they likewise had to consider the risks. The performance of the airships equipped by the military is really good, but the logistic and maintenance requirements are also high.

After all, it is flying in the sky, but if something goes wrong, it is possible that the boat will be destroyed and people will die.

Now that they were sold to the Russians, there was no need for so much trouble. After the handover, immediately put into the front line, even save the post-service.

If an accident occurs during the flight, it must be the work of the Japanese; otherwise, it is the crew who did not operate according to the requirements, and it has absolutely nothing to do with the airship itself.

As can be seen from the aggressive marketing attitude, the secrecy of the higher echelons of the Vienna government is still doing a very good job. Even their own people do not know, the government has been prepared to meet the tsarist government debt default heart.

Not to prepare in advance can not, who let the Russians have a history of it, and not just a debt default, belong to the typical recidivism.

On the bright side, the Russians are still winning now. Even with the logistical problems, the outside world is still generally favorable to the Russians.

It was not only the Tsarist government that had confidence in the forthcoming Siberian Railway, but the outside world was equally confident in it.

According to the “experts”, after the Siberian Railway is opened, 15 million tons of goods can be transported annually, even if one million Russian troops are fighting on the front line, it will be able to easily meet the logistical needs.

How the figures were calculated, Franz did not know, but he did not think that the Russians would be able to do it.

Not to mention the Siberian Railway, even if the railroad from Moscow to St. Petersburg, if you cut a single line operation, will not be able to accomplish this theoretical goal.

It wasn’t that the railroad couldn’t carry the load, much less that the trains were too slow; the real problem was still bad weather and organizational capacity.

At the end of World War II in the original time and space, the Soviet government set a record of 1.45 million tons of monthly transportation.

However, just that one month, because of the climate, the Siberian Railway’s annual transport volume still did not exceed 10 million tons.

Forty years ahead of time, the carrying capacity of the Soviet Union on the basis of a fifty percent increase, unless the czarist government to open up, otherwise there is no way to play.

Considering the difference in times, let alone challenging the limit of carrying capacity, as long as it can accomplish one tenth of that, the Russian army can hammer the Japanese on the ground.

Unfortunately, transporting 145,000 tons of supplies per month is, again, a far-fetched dream.

At least until the Siberian Railway peripheral support, management system is perfect, does not have any feasibility.

Since the outside world was generally optimistic that the Russians would win, it was natural not to think that the Tsarist government would go bankrupt. As long as the war was won, the losses could be completely passed on.

Even if Japan was poor, it was always possible to squeeze oil out of it as long as it scavenged with care.

If you really can’t, you can still offset it with labor. Unlike the delicious and lazy …… Japanese laborers, Japanese laborers are also quality labor.

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Just as Russia and Austria were trying to figure out logistics for the Russian troops on the front line, the situation in London was also tense, and the air was thick with the smell of gunpowder.

Consolidating industrial capacity is an out-and-out job in itself. For capitalists, the big picture is far less important than making money.

Naturally, there is no goodwill towards the Campbell government, which is driving all this. The direct manifestation of this is that public opinion is violently criticizing it, as if the Campbell government is the culprit for the destruction of Britain.

Opposition parties also took the opportunity to launch an impeachment in Parliament, if it is not the King Edward VII personally support, coupled with the rivals do not want to go up at this time to clean up the mess, did not further aggressiveness, estimates that Downing Street has now changed the master.

Being scolded is just a matter of course, as long as the government is serious about its work, there is no such thing as not being scolded. As long as it succeeds, the name-calling can be cleared.

Looking at Prime Minister Campbell’s current look of desire to eat people, I know that things are definitely not going well.

Under the impetus of people with an axe to grind, the consolidation of industrial capacity was viewed by the public as the government colluding with consortiums with the intention of annexing everyone’s industries to monopolize the market.

At one time that is the sound of protests endless, demonstration crowd’s shocking slogans, a time to resound through the British Isles, small and medium-sized capitalists with practical action to them to say – “no”.

Not only the people below the boycott, even the consortium also lack of interest. “Monopolizing the market” sounds wonderful, but if you really do it, you will find that many industries can’t play like this.

The low threshold is one thing, the key is for social stability, Campbell’s government requires everyone not to lay off employees, not to inflate prices.

In essence, the core advantage of the monopoly lies in optimizing the enterprise structure, reduce production costs, and self-help mastery of pricing power, now these two points are gone, then what to play?
Especially for financial consortia, this is a disaster. Used to making quick money, people are not interested in honestly doing industry.

As the “law of two or eight” in the two percent, financiers are in control of one hundred and two percent of the world’s wealth and work hard on the Campbell government’s plan, we are naturally “thank you”.

The plan was opposed from the top and the bottom, and naturally the program could not be promoted. After months of effort, Prime Minister Campbell reluctantly found himself with a lonely harvest.

Even though the government had already implemented tariff barriers, there was still not much improvement in the country’s sagging industry.

Fierce international competition is only one aspect, the most important thing is still that Britain has embarked on the old path of the usury empire in the original time and space. More and more domestic consortiums have fallen in love with the financial industry, and fewer and fewer people are willing to do honest work in industry.

The British government itself is not very strong, policy orientation can affect the domestic economy, but there is no hammer to set the tone of the ability.

Lack of capital injection of sunset industry, even with government support, the development of the same is not smooth.

Can only say that Campbell is too anxious, if a little slower, waiting for the economic policy developed before the fermentation, so that the outside world to see that investment in industry is also very profitable, naturally, there will be people to join.

Obviously, Campbell can not wait, Britain also can not wait. The turbulent international situation tells them that they must be “fast”.

Industry Minister Henry Birks: “There is growing opposition from all sectors of the community to the government’s involvement in the economy.

Trying to consolidate domestic industry in a short period of time is no longer possible, and the Ministry of Industry is ready to adjust its plans and activate alternate programs.”

The politicians who go in head first and don’t look back are always in the minority, and most politicians prefer to “improvise”.

Seeing the failure of the plan, as the specific implementation of the Ministry of Industry, naturally have to think of ways to deal with the aftermath.

Hearing “start backup program”, Campbell’s face even more ugly. There is no way, put it nicely is a “backup plan”, but to put it bluntly is to take the national interest to appease the capitalist community, in exchange for the cooperation of everyone in the next.

Of course, this “cooperation” must be based on the premise of the government to give up the integration of industrial programs.

Azevedo, the Minister of the Interior, said: “Failure is failure, since no one cares about the overall situation, why do we have to be the villains?

This was sincere, and the deeper he understood the country, the more despair Azevedo felt.

After the strong rise of the Holy Roman Empire, the bullish British Empire, there is only the appearance of the bright and shiny.

Free trade achieved the glory of the British Empire, free trade will also bring the British Empire into the point of no return.

Under the free trade system, the British capital galloped all over the world and made a lot of money.

Even though the economy of Shenla was much larger, the capital market was still a place where the British had more say. Shinra capital used industrial and commercial products to earn profits, while British capital relied on harvesting leeks for profiteering.

Don’t look at the international trade, Britain’s trade deficit for many years, but the British capital earned profits, but not less than God Luo, and even more.

In a sense, this is the core reason why previous governments, even knowing that the trade deficit is expanding, have not withdrawn from the free trade system.

Until the Campbell era, the grievances of the domestic industrial and commercial sector had accumulated to the peak, and the contradictions just couldn’t be suppressed, so they had to break their wrists.

This break, everyone realized the fragility of Britain. Emerging areas of science and technology lagging behind in all aspects is just, the key is even the traditional advantageous industries, now there is also a lack of production capacity.

Azevedo, who suffered a bellyful of anger outside, has now been unable to suppress his own grievances, and can’t help but break the pot.

Finance Minister Asquith: “Calm down Sir Azevedo, Britain has reached its most critical moment, we can no longer let our anger affect our reasoning.

The plan to consolidate industrial capacity has been slow, but it is not without its rewards. At least in areas such as steel and coal, resources have indeed become more centralized, and an increase in production capacity is just around the corner.

Although the progress has been a little slower than expected, we haven’t spent this time in vain. Using the Russo-Japanese War as cover, the Empire has purchased a large amount of scarce materials from the overseas side.

With these supplies as a supplement, we won’t fall behind in a short period of time.”

It was better not to explain, but the atmosphere in the room became more tense with this explanation. Everyone was focusing on the implication that not falling behind in a short period of time would mean falling behind in the long term competition.

Marcus Katzel, Secretary of State for the Army: “We’ve been talking and talking and talking and talking, and in essence we’re not going to solve the problem.

As an island nation, it’s inherently unwise to compete with Shinra for industrial strength. Let’s not forget that they are the European hegemon, and now that the Russians are busy moving eastward, they can’t play a holding role at all.

If the confrontation continues for a long time, we will be facing not only the Holy Roman Empire, but also the European world under their wings.

From a military point of view, instead of waiting for the enemy to be ready to challenge us, it is better to strike first while we have the advantage now.

Regardless of what approach is used, as long as we can heavily damage, or even completely annihilate, the Shinra Navy, the situation will immediately be reversed.

Even if we can’t kill the Holy Roman Empire at once, we will at least be able to keep them at peace for another twenty years. I believe that with the power of the Imperial Navy, it won’t be difficult to do this.”

Hearing Marcus’s proposal, Navy Minister Swaintyn could no longer sit still: “Your Excellency thinks we don’t want to, but the problem now is that the main force of the Shinra Navy is nestled in the Mediterranean Sea and won’t move.

In the enemy’s Mediterranean lair, with the air force and shore artillery covering it, it would be difficult for the Imperial Navy to achieve a battle result even if they ventured deeper in.”

The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility.

As the boss of the British military, the Royal Navy was duty-bound to resist the heavy responsibility of defending Britain. Including all the decisive battle plans formulated by the British government, they all revolved around the navy.

The Royal Navy did live up to expectations, in the past two hundred years, that is “God block kill God, Buddha block kill Buddha”. With a battle, laid the British Empire a hundred years of glory.

However, there is a limit to the power of the Royal Navy. The enemy shrinks in the lair does not come out, they are also not helpless.

Minister of War Marcus did not show any weakness and said, “If the enemy refuses to come out for a duel, then we will find a way to lure them out.

At this point in time, there will be no one who still fantasizes about living in peace with the Holy Roman Empire, right?

If we’re going to fight anyway, then we might as well do it early to disrupt the enemy’s rhythm and increase our chances of victory.”

Was Marcus really belligerent?

The answer was naturally: no.

If there were more options, he would never think of fighting with Shinra now. If the war really broke out, not only the navy had to rush forward, the army also had to go up.

Other than that, the Cape of Good Hope had to be defended. Without this important harbor, the route from the British Isles to India would be difficult.

Not only the Cape of Good Hope, but Persia, the Central and Southern Peninsula, and some other regions bordering Shinra, would all have to face challenges.

But do not fight and can not, now the British government has been the whole country to support the navy, as for the mother of the army can only follow and eat the rest of the leftovers.

(End of chapter)