Struggle in Russia

You can search for "Struggle in Tsarist Russia Novel Cool Notes ()" in Baidu to find the latest chapter!

Dmitry's idea is very pragmatic, but Li Xiao does not fully agree with it. His opinion is that it is not wrong to focus on building the first-line fortifications in Bulgaria, but it cannot completely ignore other directions.

He reminded: "Although the direction of Turkey is the most dangerous, we must not forget the weak flanks. I must remind you to pay attention to Transylvania! The Austrians have to guard against it!"

Dmitry was stunned. Although the Holy Alliance has been a bit bleak in recent years, Austria and Prussia are still allies of Russia in name. Even if you can't count on their support, at least you don't have to worry about them stabbing you in the back, right?

Li Xiao told him very frankly: "General, I'm not alarmist. Since the rebellion broke out in Hungary, our relationship with Austria has fallen to a freezing point. On the Balkan issue, Austria's interests are not completely consistent with ours. Now we monopolize Moldavia and Wallachia, and then Bulgaria, the Austrians will never accept!"

Dmitry asked, "So?"

"So," Li Xiao sighed, "so once Britain and France make their position clear, then Austria probably won't stand on our side, and even secretly dismantle the situation. They don't have to do anything, they just need to concentrate their forces on Transylvania Asia conducts several military exercises, and the pressure on us is particularly great!"

Li Xiao solemnly warned: "So we must not ignore the threat from our flanks. We must build certain fortifications in the direction of Transylvania. We don't need to build a complete line of defense, but we must contain the key nodes. Let the Austrians know we are not unprepared!"

Hearing this, Dmitry immediately spread out the military map and checked it carefully. If the area bordering Wallachia and Transylvania is undefended, then if the Austrians really take action, For example, Chen Bing placed on the border can make them very uncomfortable.

At that time, apart from dispatching troops to confront the Austrians, there was no particularly good way. But Wallachia was already facing huge pressure from Turkey, and he only had 40,000 people on hand. How could there be extra troops to stare at the Austrians?

If we can build solid fortifications in key hubs in advance and dispatch capable troops to garrison them, it may be much easier to face the threat of Austria.

"Will it cost a lot of money?" Dmitry hesitated.

Li Xiao replied: "It doesn't take too much money. That is the key direction for Austria to defend against Turkey. Historically, both Turkey and Austria have built a large number of fortresses. As long as they are repaired and reinforced and some new supporting facilities are built, they will be able to kick in!"

Dmitry thought for a while and agreed to this suggestion. The direction of Transylvania really had to be guarded, anyway, he couldn't trust the Austrians.

"Beyond that? Do you have any suggestions?"

If it is said that Dmitry asked Li Xiao for his suggestion before, it was still in the nature of courtesy. It is smattering. Naturally, he couldn't come up with any decent suggestions, but after hearing what someone said just now, he felt that he still underestimated Li Xiao, who still has two talents in the military.

"I don't have any more suggestions, after all, I'm not an expert in this field," Li Xiao replied modestly, "In addition to preparing for military preparations, I suggest that you better prepare for epidemic prevention. I have been to some troops stationed and found that the sanitary conditions are very worrying!"

Dmitry was stunned. As the generals of this era, they pay more attention to strategic and tactical issues, and are used to preparing for war from these two aspects. But Li Xiao told him to do a good job of sanitation, which is a bit out of line, okay? Does he need to take care of this matter?

Li Xiao understands Dmitry's incomprehension, because the limitations of the times are here. Historically, countries began to pay attention to hygiene and epidemic prevention during the war after the Crimean War.

And these experiences are exchanged for the lessons of blood.

It is blunt to say that in the Crimean War, infectious diseases and poor sanitation caused many more casualties than those on the battlefield. Both warring parties paid a heavy price for this, and these can actually be dealt with in advance.

At least Li Xiao didn't want to see a large number of soldiers infected with the plague because of drinking water or unclean food, and he didn't want to see wounded soldiers who managed to save their lives on the battlefield die of infection due to poor hygiene.

So he explained to Dmitry in detail: "General, I have carefully studied the casualties of the previous wars against Turkey, and found that not many soldiers died directly under the enemy's guns, and more soldiers were Deaths due to infectious diseases, plagues, and untimely treatment, especially in our army, account for an astonishingly high proportion of casualties!"

How could it not be high! You can see the condition of the gray livestock in the Russian army. They were originally a group of serfs who could not read a few characters. They were caught up in the battlefield in a hurry. Their living habits were not healthy. The barracks will explode in an instant.

In the last Russo-Turkish war, the main reason for the lack of succession of the Russian army, apart from the lack of supplies, was the damned plague. A large number of soldiers were infected and completely lost their combat effectiveness, which made the Russian army's human resource advantages unable to be fully utilized.

"Is it that serious?"

Dmitry was taken aback when he heard those terrible figures, and subconsciously thought that this was unlikely, because in his impression, the battlefield with mountains of corpses and sea of ​​flames was the Shura field, and the root cause of the large number of casualties.

But Li Xiao told him that plague and disease are the scythes of death, which somewhat exceeded his understanding.

"have!"

Li Xiao nodded heavily, and listed some data and the memoirs of veterans in detail, which immediately aroused Dmitry's memory - the plague was indeed widespread in the army back then, resulting in a large number of non-combat attrition.

It's just that these impressions were overshadowed by the brilliant victory over Turkey, so that Dmitry almost forgot those painful memories.

"Then how can we reduce the outbreak of the plague you mentioned?" Dmitry asked humbly.

"It's very simple," Li Xiao heaved a sigh of relief seeing that he could listen to his opinions, explained in detail the importance of doing a good job of hygiene, and then suggested: "Soldiers must be forced to develop good hygiene habits. Kill rats and other pests, and strictly prohibit drinking raw water... After my experiments in Wallachia, this has a significant effect!"

The latest chapter address of Struggle in Tsarist Russia:

Struggle in Tsarist Russia full text reading address:

Struggle in Tsarist Russia txt download address:

Struggle in Tsarist Russia Mobile phone reading:

For the convenience of reading next time, you can click "Favorite" below to record this (Chapter 1465 Advice) reading record, and you can see it next time you open the bookshelf!

If you like "Struggle in Tsarist Russia", please recommend this book to your friends (QQ, blog, WeChat, etc.), thank you for your support! ! ()