This sentence pierced Ulan Geli's pain, and his face was as dark as the bottom of a pot, but Hua Ruohan still reminded him in a low voice without any politeness!
"Have you studied the Franco-Prussian War? Have you analyzed the Dihua Victory? The scale of these two battles is different, but the key point is the same, that is, the rear-mounted rapid field artillery, which completely determined the course of the war!"
"Artillery has never been so important. The firepower of fast field artillery is enough to turn all armies into spectators. Artillery itself can end a battle!"
"The Chinese have become a climate, and their military strength is no longer comparable to that of your garrisons in Asia!"
"Commander Zuo Zongtang has more than 300 breech-mounted 88-caliber field guns in the Western Regions with countless ammunition...and these weapons are not imported by the Chinese, but made by themselves..."
"No...you...what you said is wrong..." This Ulan Geli was really arrogant when he was about to die. "I also have my own information. The barrels of these field guns are all imported from Prussia by the Chinese!"
"They can indeed produce other parts, but their barrel technology is not excellent. This high-quality barrel steel and deep-hole rifling technology are not mastered by the Chinese!"
"Hey..." Hua Ruohan sighed, "What's the use of all this? Right now, the Chinese and Germany are in the honeymoon period of cooperation, and Germany supplies the initially processed gun barrels to the Chinese in unlimited quantities!"
"You cannot destroy this friendly cooperative relationship for the time being, so the Chinese arsenal can still continue to produce cannons!"
"At the same time, don't forget, what was China's technology like when the British and French forces captured Beijing? But just a dozen years later, the Chinese have already reached such industrial strength!"
"With all due respect, the productivity of Tanggu Industrial Zone is no less than that of your industrial zones in Moscow and St. Petersburg, and you don't have many technologies!"
"This speed of progress is terrifying! At present, these Chinese cannot produce qualified gun barrel steel, nor can they perform precise deep-hole rifling processing..."
"But what about three years? What about five years? What about ten years? One day they will conquer the technology. By then, can you guarantee that Tsarist Russia will surpass the Chinese?"
"Forget it, let's not talk about that far! Let's just talk about the present... If Zuo Zongtang gets another one or two hundred artillery pieces and a large amount of artillery shell resources, when they start to cross the Tianshan Mountains and bombard the Ili Valley from a high position..."
"Oh... I have to thank the leader of the Qing army in Tacheng, General Rong Quan! He tried his best to guard the key passes on the Tianshan Mountains, and used the terrain advantages to defend your Cossack cavalry from a high position!"
"So, there is no danger for Zuo Zongtang to cross the Tianshan Mountains. The only thing he has to watch out for is the weather!"
"When four to five hundred cannons are aimed condescendingly at your army, the cavalry of Tsarist Russia... can you imagine that scene?"
The more Hua Ruohan talked, the paler Ulan Geli's face became. He knew very well that the Tsarist Russian defenders at Lake Balkhash and the Ili Valley were actually a group of cavalry with guns. The total number of artillery did not exceed one hundred, and they were all old-fashioned. Front-mounted artillery!
Except for sneak attacks and surprise attacks, such a wave of cavalry cannot collide with the artillery positions head-on! This is also the most important reason why the Tsar is anxious to negotiate peace with the Chinese!
Tsarist Russia is a very interesting country. Its industrial strength is not strong and its population is sparse. After all, it is mostly in the cold zone. Although the people are strong and brave, the economy is really poor!
The people's education level is low, their industrialization foundation is poor, and even the most basic agricultural scale cannot compare with other ethnic groups! There are actually two reasons why this country was able to expand thousands of miles and eventually span the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans!
One is that they are grabbing wasteland in the cold zone. To be honest, there really aren’t many competitors!
The other is that they started early. In an era when military technology was not very advanced, their fanatical, brutal and warlike national attributes helped them expand a very large territory!
In fact, the foundation of such an empire is very unstable. If it encounters a challenge from a rising power in the temperate zone, as long as the other party makes every effort to fight you, Tsarist Russia will definitely suffer!
For example, in the Russo-Japanese War in Xiao Letian's previous life, the old empire fought against the emerging Japan. Indeed, the Russian soldiers fought brilliantly in the war, and the Japanese soldiers suffered heavy casualties!
But once the Japanese are determined to fight to the end, Tsarist Russia will immediately fall into a situation of insufficient stamina after the initial violent period!
The economy cannot keep up, the logistics cannot keep up, and the technology is not the highest. In the end, we can only pinch our noses and admit defeat!
But this country is too proud and too poor, so no matter how he loses, he can cede land anyway. His empire is very big, and the land is worthless!
But you can’t pay compensation! No compensation for life or death, this makes the Japanese so depressed!
In the Russo-Japanese War, Japan spent almost all the reparations it stole from China, but it was not enough. It finally won the war. I just want to get some oil and water from you, Tsarist Russia, to subsidize the war and military expenses!
Unexpectedly, the Tsar just said: "If you don't need money, you may need your life. The worst is to keep fighting!" '
This sentence almost choked the Japanese to death. Can they still fight? Japan was so desperate that it could only sign a treaty without any compensation!
The two countries jointly divided the interests of Northeast China!
Xiao Letian knew the details of these polar bears very well. Why did he insist on killing them and paying 60 million yuan in compensation? In fact, you just know that Tsarist Russia will definitely not give it to you. If you bite this one to death, it will be easier to talk about the others!
The final result is that Tsarist Russia does not pay money, but compensates a large amount of land!
Land is needed, Xiao Letian’s final plan is land!
The Transkhinggan Mountains, Lake Baikal, Lake Balkhash... will all be taken back in this negotiation!
Moreover, the head of state has already decided that as soon as the treaty is signed, he immediately orders Zaichun to modify the map and restore Lake Baikal to its ancient name of North Sea!
Lake Balkhash will restore its ancient name of Yibohai, and Suiye City will be restored to the south of Yibohai!
There are currently 50,000 captives in Tsarist Russia who have been detained scattered in Chinese territory. They are not given free food but required to work!
During the long period of labor, some Tsarist Russian soldiers could not bear the pain of repeated work, and finally abandoned the Tsar and became a subordinate branch of the Drawing Team!
Tsarist Russian mercenaries!
Although the number of Tsarist Russian mercenaries is now small, only two to three thousand people, they have had a great psychological impact on other prisoners!
The different treatment made them tempted. If things go on like this, Tsarist Russia will slowly lose control over these prisoners, and the group of noble officers are treasures that the Tsar cannot lose!
After the failure of the Far East War, Tsarist Russia no longer had the strength to fight a decisive battle with the Chinese! But they still put their hope in the French and Agub!
They hope to use diplomacy to put pressure on the Chinese and eventually get benefits at the negotiation table!
Unfortunately, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.
France was defeated, Agub was also defeated, and the more than 30,000 Cossack regiments in the Ili Valley became Tsarist Russia's last bargaining chip!
But unfortunately, Xiao Letian has to win all the chips!
