Struggle in Russia

Paskovich's battle plan has proven to be an out-and-out sinkhole. In this case, any effort to support and persist will be harmful rather than helpful.

Yes, it seems like your stubborn resistance is buying time and more living space for Paskovich and those poor Army gray animals, but is it useful?

For Paskovich, the longer you hold on, the more troops and resources he puts into this bottomless pit. Then the losses will be even greater.

It would be better for him to stop immediately and leave this mess to Paskovich, let him taste the pain, and let him suffer a bloody blow. Then he will naturally give up. .

What now?

You navy infantry resisted tenaciously, but in his opinion, despite all your efforts, you still failed to do your job or you simply don't know how to fight. You are still picky and try every possible means to find bones in the eggs. Not to mention gratitude and gratitude, you may even use other tricks. You are speaking ill of you in front of Nicholas I!

Isn't this just a case of good intentions? So what are you trying to do?

Kornilov was dumbfounded by Li Xiao's heartfelt words. Only then did he realize that he had hit a dead end. Before, he thought that resisting as much as possible to delay Paskovich might wake him up, but now it seems that Li Xiao Xiao is right, there is no way that Lao Qiu Ba will wake up. The more you persist and the more you help him, the more he will jump into the pit.

How could you possibly stop such a person? If you insist on stopping the last one, as Li Xiao said, it will be thankless.

So just don't stop him, let that willful fool have a taste of it, let the British and French forces give him a fat beating to wake him up, and maybe the loss will be smaller.

However, Kornilov was still a little confused. After all, the army's gray animals were also human lives, and there were tens of thousands of human lives. People's hearts were made of flesh. Watching them being led into a pit and losing their lives by someone, that was Although I didn't commit the crime myself, the guilt was real.

If only the bastard Paskovich was going to hell, then Kornilov would immediately agree without saying a word, and would even kick Paskovich, an old man, into the pit. It's better to die early and live early than to do harm!

"I'm thinking about it." Kornilov sighed and turned the topic back with a frown: "Let's continue talking about mortars. How many do you have here?"

Li Xiao shook his head slightly. He couldn't say anything about Kornilov's choice. Although he always said that Ci did not control troops, it would not be a good thing if all the generals who led the troops turned into cold-blooded killers.

"Including the early pre-production test models, there are a total of fifty, with ten thousand rounds of artillery shells."

Before he finished speaking, Kornilov said impatiently: "Send them all to me. There are not enough shells. Can we expand production?"

"I will give you thirty at most. Duke Mikhail must give ten for trial, and I must keep ten for further testing. As for the cannonballs, I will give you six thousand rounds, and the Duke must give some. I still want to keep part of it for testing. We are discussing with the Duke to expand production. We are short of funds, and we can only get the funds to expand production by convincing him."

Kornilov is naturally dissatisfied with this quantity, but the reasons given by Li Xiao are also very strong. If Duke Mikhail can be persuaded to invest in the production of mortars and artillery shells, the number of cannon and artillery shells will only increase in the future. The more, so what should be given to the Duke must be given.

However, he still fought for it: "Seven thousand rounds of artillery shells cannot be any less, and any less will not be enough!"

After some deliberation, Li Xiao reluctantly agreed, and Kornilov asked again: "I know that explosive bombs are very troublesome, and I can't help you in this regard. But when I heard you introduce the artillery, why did I feel about this artillery technology? The content is not particularly large?”

It should be said that Kornilov's judgment was very accurate. The technical content of mortars is indeed not high. If you can make a bronze muzzle-loading gun, you can make it. Perhaps compared with the mortars produced from high-quality gun steel in later generations, these produced in this era were more bulky with the same caliber, poor accuracy and only a fraction of the range.

But it is barely enough to support front-line infantry. Anyway, in this era, even the top powers like Britain and France still adhere to honest linear tactics. The personnel are piled together and the accuracy is almost irrelevant.

Although the range is a flaw, for only supporting front-line infantry, 600 to 800 meters is enough. Anyway, the enemy does not have effective direct firepower to threaten the mortars hiding behind reverse slopes or shelters.

"It's not that difficult. There shouldn't be any technical problems in your naval arsenal's manufacturing. How about this, you pay a patent fee and we authorize you to produce it?"

Kornilov looked at Li Xiao speechlessly, as if asking: "We have such a good relationship, and you still ask me to collect money?"

Li Xiao spread his hands and said: "There's nothing we can do about it. After all, this is a patented weapon developed by Wallachia's arsenal. There's no reason to give it to you for free. If I do this, there's no way I can explain it to other shareholders! "

Kornilov thought for a while, sighed and said: "Okay, I know it's not easy for you. Anyway, the state pays for it, so it should be. But you have to take your time with the patent fees and don't go too far! "

Li Xiao replied with a smile: "I am a kind person!"

Kornilov didn't believe his lies. If someone was a kind person, then there would be no unkind people in the world. However, someone is quite interesting to be a friend. At least he has never cheated anyone since he cooperated with him. He is always very enthusiastic to help think of ways and solve problems. In this regard, someone is quite powerful.

Kornilov had a pleasant chat with Li Xiao, which was the most enjoyable part of the trip. The meeting between Constanta and Paskovich was very annoying, and Kornilov once again tried his best to persuade Lao Qiuba.

But the other party's stubbornness was unimaginable, and no matter how much he tried to persuade him, it was of no use. That one still insisted on acting according to the original plan, and he did not agree at all with isolating wounded soldiers infected with dysentery or cholera, thinking that this was just taking off his pants and farting. It's just a minor illness that doesn't require such a big deal.

Anyway, in the end Kornilov was so angry that he almost had a direct quarrel with Paskovich. In the end, it was Grand Duke Constantine who smoothed things over and stopped him, so that the meeting did not get out of hand... …