Struggle in Russia

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This is a confrontation between old and new concepts. For the old school like Duke Mikhail, their minds are already packed with old tactical concepts, and there are not many gaps at all. Even if the new tactics have proven to be effective, they are unwilling to adopt them.

For them, everything they are used to is already a part of life, and there is no way to change it, so the application of these new tactics makes them feel like they are sitting on pins and needles.

It can only be said that this era needs an outstanding military genius like Napoleon too much. The appearance of Napoleon broke the set of boring tactics formed in Europe since the Middle Ages and promoted the progress of military concepts.

And now, less than forty years have passed, and old-fashioned people like Duke Mikhail have enshrined the experience of defeating Napoleon as a blessing, making the military extremely boring and incompetent again. At this time, new geniuses need to be born out of nowhere, telling them with iron and blood: "You are outdated!"

To be honest, the soldiers of this era are extremely boring or incompetent. Looking at the Crimean War, to put it bluntly, it is two groups of stinky chess baskets playing chess, and the performance of both sides can be said to be unsightly. That is to say, Britain and France are stronger and more technologically advanced, which gave the polar bear a blow.

If Napoleon saw how these gangsters fought, he would probably piss on their heads in contempt. Even if Napoleon wanted to save face for these guys and didn't want to piss Li Xiao, he also wanted to piss, because there is no command art at all!

Of course, the current Li Xiao would not explicitly express his contempt. After all, Duke Mikhail is also his own man. You have to save some face!

So in the face of Duke Mikhail's indignation, Li Xiao just replied indifferently: "Duke, if you are sure that the new tactic is wasting time and the traditional tactic is more effective, then you should use the facts to convince those opponents." You can organize a traditional tactics attack as a comparison. If the traditional tactics are more effective, the result will be obvious at a glance. Even General Lazarev and General Ermolov can't ignore the facts!"

Prince Mikhail stopped talking immediately, and just looked at Li Xiao with a resentful expression on his face. That old face was strange, but Li Xiao ignored it, and he just looked back calmly. innocent.

Li Xiao is very clear about what Duke Mikhail is planning. This old stubborn actually wants him to take the initiative to persuade Lazarev, Ermolov and Leonid to give up the new tactics. Naturally, he can change it logically. Back to old tactics.

Moreover, Duke Mikhail still has an above-board excuse: "The inventors and advocates of the new tactics felt that the new tactics were not good enough and inferior to the traditional tactics, so they gave up. Tactics!"

How could Li Xiao be fooled by this, not to mention that he is also a person who supports innovation, and he really can't understand the traditional head-giving tactics of the Russian army. So he kicked the ball away with a flying kick. If you have the skills, Duke Mikhail, you can use a mule or a horse to walk around. Compare and see which tactic is better!

But Duke Mikhail is not a novice, how could he agree to such a condition? Although he is stubborn, he is not stupid. Even if he does not like the new tactics, he knows in his heart that the old tactics may indeed be inferior to the new tactics. I really want to make a comparison to see the effect. What if the old tactic loses and there is no pants left?

If the diorama and soap bubbles of the old tactics are popped in public, the consequences will be even worse and more serious. After all, there is no harm without comparison. Once everyone realizes that the old tactics are rubbish, it means that the old and stubborn like Duke Mikhail will be out of luck!

Everything these people are accustomed to and mastered will be subverted, and the value, meaning and status of their existence will be greatly reduced.

It is very likely that it will be swept directly into the dustbin of history.

How could Prince Mikhail be willing to do such a dangerous thing? He's not a political idiot, he's a ghost in this respect, so it's not a small loss that makes a big difference!

So he just said haha, and never brought up the matter again, as if nothing had happened. Li Xiao also knows how to measure, he will not be so stupid that he should chase after the poor, because he can't chase him with sincerity. Now Prince Mikhail is just a little unhappy and disliked, there is no need to force him into an enemy.

What's more, like him, the old Russian stubborn who doesn't like new tactics and new thinking has caught a lot of them. You can do him a favor. Can you beat these old guys now? Do you think you are Long Aotian or Zhao Ritian?

Li Xiao bid farewell tactfully and left, then hurriedly went to visit Lazarev and Ermolov. Especially the latter is already eager to see through him. Before when he was still on the road, he wrote letter after letter urging him to come back quickly. Now that he is back, he still has to grab it and take a good look.

"Why are you so short?"

It's just that this first meeting was not so pleasant. Yermolov, who was as tall and mighty as a brown bear, looked down upon Li Xiao, who was short. It was Lazarev who helped to smooth things over, which made the scene less embarrassing.

When Li Xiao said goodbye and left, Lazarev directly sprayed the brown bear in the face: "What do you mean today, you old bastard! It's too rude! How can you become a fool who judges people by their appearance!"

The brown bear curled his lips and said, "How am I judging people by their appearance? Is it true that the little potato hasn't grown?"

Looking at Ermolov who was pretending to be innocent, Lazarev felt a little headache. If this old guy is determined to be shameless, you really can't do anything about him.

He couldn't help sighing: "Don't come here! You can fool Paskovich and His Majesty with this trick, but you can't fool me! Tell me, what do you really think?"

Ermolov smiled bitterly, spread his hands and said, "What do I think? What can I think? Don't you look at my current situation? I say I'm the chief of staff, but it's just a name. Once you think I'm It's an eyesore, both His Majesty and that Duke Mikhail can tell me to leave immediately!"

Speaking of which, Ermolov snorted coldly: "Don't tell me that you didn't see that the duke actually had a lot of opinions on our new tactics, and he was very upset!"

Lazarev smiled wryly: "Of course I can see it, but what does this have to do with the Grand Duke?"