Chapter 1156: The Bait

  Chapter 1134 The Bait
There is no harm in the Persian battlefield, it is all about pinching soft persimmons anyway, even if the quality of the battle merit has to be discounted, you can still rely on the quantity to rush up.

The problem is to the front line, the domestic actually do not allow to fight. This is embarrassing, everyone came out to build a career, get rich, gold-plated, no war how to do it?

If it is just to muddle through, stay in St. Petersburg, Moscow is not good, why come to this poor country?
The military pay of the Tsar’s government was not enough for the nobles to maintain a life of luxury.

If the war didn’t start, not only the front-line officers couldn’t get rich, but also the bureaucrats in the rear were also affected.

There is a theorem for daily military expenses, and no matter how much oil is scraped, basic treatment must be left for the officers and soldiers below. Otherwise, it would be a trouble if the people below made a fuss.

So little oil and water, but also to layers of profit, divided into the hands of individuals have very little left, can not satisfy everyone’s desire.

The rear are deducted almost, the first-line officers like Colonel Seacrest, there is no way to get it.

If the fight never starts, it is estimated that at the end of the term of several years, Colonel Seacrest will not even be able to get back the funds spent on activities.

Colonel Seacrest, who had a bad career and a bad financial path, was naturally not in a good mood. At the moment he was looking at the Caucasus Mountains in the distance and sighed.

Behind the mountains is his home, an ordinary Russian noble family, at any time may fall into the mortal world.

“Colonel, urgent telegram from division headquarters.”

The voice of the messenger interrupted Colonel Seacrest’s musings. Smoothly receiving the telegram, Seacrest’s frown tightened.

There was no way around it, the telegram was too pitiful. A sentence about the Allied forces borrowing the road, and not even a mention of what exactly to do, clearly not wanting to take responsibility.

Similar things happened too much in the Russian Empire. When it comes to things everyone is able to push or push, can hide or hide, willing to take responsibility for the officials is too little.

Now this telegram is so, just a notification, neither specific instructions, nor any authorization, things are pushed to Colonel Seacrest.

“Colonel, the Austrians are crossing our lines, and are said to be joining us in an attack on Persia. Captain Hashpi inquired if an interception was to be made?”

The division’s telegram had just come in, and the Austrians were in their own defense zone, which, if there was no question, Colonel Seacrest would be able to write his name backwards.

“Intercept my ass, tell Captain Haspi to see to it. Order the troops to assemble immediately and prepare for an attack on Persia.”

Not to mention whether it could be stopped or not, without orders from home, if a conflict broke out during the interception, this was a responsibility that Colonel Seacrest couldn’t afford to take.

Of course, unauthorized release of the Austrian army into the country and attacking Persia, the same need to take responsibility.

Only the domestic bureaucrats, the front line of the Russian army in the middle and high level, now all want to get war credit.

Took the initiative to come forward to bear the responsibility, at least it also complies with everyone’s intention, the future of accountability, at least someone to help speak.

In any case, the face of the Russian-Austrian alliance should still be taken care of. The crime of cooperating with the Austrian army, simply can not be brought to the surface to say. Autumn settling of scores, but also just wear small shoes.

If they had made more military achievements on the battlefield, they could not even give them to the public, otherwise it would be a blow to the morale of the army, at least until the end of the war.

The trouble after the war is nothing. After stabilizing the government for so long, it’s time for a change.

“High merit” is a taboo in any country. Being able to tolerate a group of old ministers for so long, Nicholas II was considered good-tempered.

If the war was won beautifully, the government’s prestige further, will inevitably cause the tsar’s scorn; war if the performance is bad, need the government to take the blame, or to change people.

With so much domestic trouble and a whole lot of international trouble, Colonel Seacrest didn’t think the Tsar would remember a little man like him.

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On the battlefield, the enemy’s machine guns swept wildly. Many exploding columns of black smoke rolled up into the air like whirlwinds over the already pitted sandy soil, a mile wide in diameter, and the attacking waves of men scattered, tumbled, and dispersed like splashes from beside the craters.

Crawl, crawl …… The black smoke and fire of exploding shells swept ever tighter across the land, the slanting, piercing shrieks of shrapnel splashed ever denser across the attacking men, and the machine gun fire plastered to the ground swept ever more cruelly.

Major General Chris roared, “Rush the air force, we need fire reinforcements!”

There was no way around it, the lend-lease attack was all about speed, and the heavy artillery units were still on their way.

The Russian artillery was thought to be able to suppress the enemy’s firepower, but the reality was cruel. The Tsarist government simply did not pay attention to Persia and did not deploy enough heavy artillery at all.

On the sidelines of the Russian officers, including Colonel Seacrest, at this moment, each one of them is red in the face, even the firepower of the Persians can not be suppressed, it really makes them in front of the allies can not lift up.

“Attack!”

“Attack!”

……

In order to regain face and prove their strength, the Russian generals had to urge their troops to speed up their attack after the arrival of the Shen Luo Air Force.

Now was not the time to save their strength, if they couldn’t prove their strength in front of their allies, there would be no way to talk about many of the issues behind them.

We all joined the war to get promoted and get rich, not to play soy sauce. The battlefield is always the stage for the strong, and the right to speak and the distribution of benefits are all based on strength.

At the same time encountered the attack of the two empires of God Luo and Russia, the defense line stood, the Persian defenders are already enough to be proud of themselves.

Only this kind of pride could not be sustained, any defense line has its limit, and the long battle line continuously squeezed the limit of the Persian Empire.

Originally pinned high hopes on the British allies, simply did not play the proper role, sent the Indian colonial army is to do what can not do, add to the chaos of the first place.

Accompanied by intense artillery fire, shouting and killing, enduring the heavy pressure of the Persian defenders, finally collapsed.

The morale of this thing, a collapse is a huge drop. At the same time face two empire’s attack, Persians inner is collapse.

……

Victory always brings a good mood, and along with the smooth progress of the war, Franz’s mood was getting better and better.

For the whole world war, the breakthrough in the Persian battlefield could only be considered an episode. But to the British, who regarded India as their lifeblood, it was definitely a blow.

In particular, the Russian army appeared on the battlefield, and despite the implication of being held hostage, the Russians did enter the war.

Regardless of whether the Russians will attack India from Afghanistan next, the British government is now under a lot of pressure.

When the enemy was uncomfortable, Franz was naturally comfortable. In his spare time, he once again played “art”.

Not only do they play, but also with a bunch of grandchildren to play together. East and West combination of four unlike art spread, will bring what kind of influence to the future generations, Franz is too lazy to get used to.

Perhaps criticized by experts and scholars, but also may open up a new school of art, anyway, the future is full of uncertainty.

It wasn’t so much art that determined all this, but rather politics. The essence of art is public acceptance, while the premise of public acceptance requires a social context.

If you open a history book, you will find that in the course of human development, the art and culture popular at different times are different.

The lower class and the white snow, are both components of art, and there is no difference between the higher and the lower in nature. The only difference is the different social status at different times.

Today, the lower nine streams, to tomorrow may become the upper class; today’s upper class art, perhaps tomorrow will become the marginal culture.

If the hegemony of the Holy Roman Empire could continue for a hundred years, it would be a monumental achievement to promote the integration of Eastern and Western cultures and the process of human integration.

On the contrary, the hegemony of the Holy Roman Empire was short-lived, and then there was no more hegemony, and it directly faded into the river of history.

As an emperor, especially one who led a declining empire to the top again, it is bound to be deeply interpreted by future generations.

Age pushes one to grow old, looking at his grandchildren who can form a soccer team, Franz realized that he was really old.

To Franz’s age, if it is not the European royal family is used to marry late, now the fourth generation are out, may not be the fifth generation are going to emerge.

Fortunately, the family is rich, if it is in the ordinary family, to raise so many mouths, is not what many children and good fortune.

Don’t look at many families a dozen lifetime, really can raise adults can be half, that all proves that the family life is still going on.

“Father, the Russians have sent troops to India!”

Frederick’s voice rang out, pulling Franz out of his mood.

“Oh, it seems that little Nicholas II still can’t keep his breath, and we haven’t even agreed to their terms yet!”

Franz, who had survived three generations of tsars and become an old timer of the European royal family, was now qualified to flirt with the younger generation.

Seemingly glib, in fact, Franz has begun to contemplate. Russia’s troops in India, the impact is not a half a star.

In the short term, it does help to speed up the pace of winning the war, but the Russians are also going to eat meat.

With the style of the woolly bear, there was no spitting it out again once it had been eaten into the stomach. If it were anywhere else, Franz would have responded.

But India was different. Perhaps in the future it would be a burden, but right now it was a rare and rich place.

Who knows how much territory the Russians would have been able to occupy before the end of the war if they had been left to their own devices?

Although the Viennese government was not prepared to colonize India, it was not the same as giving up the Indian market, especially not in the hands of the Russians.

Otherwise, the tsarist government could rely on the wealth plundered from India to get rid of financial difficulties, and at the same time rely on the Indian market to improve their own industrialization system, and grow.

The Russian empire without shortcomings is really terrible. Although “born in trouble, died in peace”, but Franz is still not ready to leave a huge pit for future generations.

After wandering for a few steps, he seemed to think of something, Franz looked at Frederick and asked: “What are you going to do about it?”

Stopping the Russians from sending out troops to grab land was obviously impossible. The Russian Empire was only an ally of Shinra, not a little brother, and wasn’t that obedient.

Launching an attack on an enemy as an ally was blameless on the surface. Even if there were means of restriction, for the sake of the stability of the Continental Union, the Vienna government could not use them indiscriminately now.

When an ally was disobedient, the Hegemon had to worry, especially if there was a rival quasi-hegemon in existence, they had to think twice before doing so.

A bad operation, against the rules of the game, the public anger, the Vienna government will also have to suffer.

Not to take action and let the Russians grow bigger is even worse.

It was not to be handled well, but it had to be handled. Franz threw the question to Frederick to see how far his heir had grown in his ability to cope.

“Speed up the war, end it before the Russians take India, and talk to the British if necessary.

In the long run, the British are far less of a threat than the Russians. Just take away their colonies and the British Isles will support a second-rate country at best.”

After a pause, Frederick added, “In order to avoid a direct confrontation with the Russians, which would affect the current campaign against Britain, we can also form an allied European army and push forward from Persia to India under the banner of an alliance.

In the future come up with the benefits of India and European countries to share together, encounter controversial, need to pull the place, then encourage Europe on.

If necessary, we provoke the European world to conflict with the Russians, and pull the European countries together to limit the Russian Empire.”

The preceding maneuvers could only be considered moderate; the latter plan was the essence of Franzian diplomacy.

Many people in the outside world only saw the Vienna government’s great diplomatic skills, but ignored how many benefits the Vienna government had taken out and shared with its allies along the way.

No matter whether there is a pit in it or not, but the benefits were taken out after all. Eating indigestion, that is your own problem, can not blame the Vienna government to give too much.

If it were not for the willingness to share, there would not be the present Holy Roman Empire. Just the biggest feature of this sharing, is to grasp the “degree”.

For the sake of this “degree”, many times seem to be very silly things, but also must be done.

But this operation is very complicated, if the pit is not dug in the right place, other people did not fall, on the contrary, they jumped in, then it really becomes a fool.

Franz nodded: “Light sharing is not enough, want European countries to make a big effort, must be blood money.

They can be told clearly that the Empire will not seek to colonize the Indian region. After the war, we will rebuild the international order, clarify the sphere of influence of each country, and ensure that everyone’s colonies are not threatened by foreign forces.

The distribution of the spoils of war will be the same as always, according to the contributions made during the war, and those with an interest in India can now each follow their own means.”

Ambitions are all stimulated, and if Shinra were to grab India, no other country but the Russians would stand a chance.

Merely promising to share the benefits was too nebulous to motivate anyone.

Throwing out the whole of India is different, such a big cake, even if the European countries go together to eat, each family is able to eat enough.

Look at the British plundered wealth from India every year to know, than in addition to Russia, Austria and France, the European countries, the sum of government revenues are more.

It would be a salty fish indeed if the Vienna government were willing to provide security for such a large benefit, and if it could not stimulate everyone’s ambitions.

Of course, it is understandable that small countries are salty. For example, the small bullet country Monaco, even after the Continental War was taken care of by the Vienna government, still only a few towns.

In addition to shouting slogans, want to go up to play sauce are not qualified, then it really can not be helped.

(End of chapter)