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Chapter 116, Anglo-Austrian War??(1/2)

The bad idea is also an idea. No matter how low the cost performance is, as long as it can save lives at critical moments, the Tsarist government can only continue.

Original time and space at the end of 1904, the Siberian Railway was opened to traffic. Although it could not operate normally, on average, at least a few trains could be shipped every day.

Don't underestimate these inconspicuous train wands. At critical moments, these materials can even determine the outcome of the war.

The gap always needs to be filled, and hope is on smuggling trade. The Tsarist government is actually in a hurry to seek medical treatment.

After the end of the European War, the air forces of various countries tacitly chose to eliminate airships. Except for a small number of transport airships, the sky was basically seized by aircraft.

The Russian Empire also had airship troops, but the scale has always been very small due to its cost-effectiveness.

After the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War, the airship troops were not transferred to the Far East. On the one hand, it was because of the cost-effectiveness, and on the other hand, the senior military officials knew that their airship troops were abandoned.

There is no way, the service life of the airship is somewhat, and if you don’t change your equipment for more than ten or twenty years, you dare not take it off easily during daily training.

Not to mention completing combat missions, how to transport them to the Far East is a problem. Anyway, the old-fashioned airships equipped by the Russian army cannot fly to their destination.

In contrast, Shinra's airship troops were different. Although they withdrew from the combat sequence, the logistics troops still retained a complete organization.

Unlike the Russian bureaucrats' response, as long as Shinra's army is organized, the weapons and equipment must be replaced when they are close to retirement.

Although the airships withdrew from the battlefield and damaged the enthusiasm of the manufacturers, the only ones that were cut off the production line was only the combat airships, and the transport airships still survived tenaciously.

Not only the army is using it, but also the people are using it. If it weren't for the cost-effectiveness, airships would have been ranked alongside trains, ships and cars to become the fourth mainstream means of transportation.

Developed countries like Shinra think the cost is high, not to mention other developing countries. Even if you want to buy it, you won’t have money in your pocket!

Against this background, the military's retired airships are embarrassing. There is no market for export, and domestic sales are disliked.

Although capitalists are greedy, they also have to consider risks. The airships equipped with military equipment are indeed good, but the logistics and maintenance requirements are also high.

After all, it is flying in the sky. Anything wrong may cause a boat to be destroyed and people will be killed.

Now selling it to the Russians is undoubtedly the best time. After the handover, it will be put on the front line immediately, saving even the later service.

If an accident occurs during flight, it must have been done by the Japanese; otherwise, they did not operate as required and would have nothing to do with the airship itself.

From the attitude of active sales, we can see that the senior government of Vienna has done a very good job in keeping confidentiality. Even without knowing that the government is ready to welcome the Tsarist government’s debt default.

It’s not okay to not prepare in advance. Who can make the Russians have a criminal record? And it’s not just a debt default, it’s a typical habitual offender.

On the surface, the Russians are still sure to win. Even if there are problems with logistics, the outside world is generally optimistic about the Russians.

Not only is the Tsarist government confident in the upcoming Siberian Railway, but the outside world is also full of confidence in this railway.

According to "experts", after the Siberian Railway is opened to traffic, it can transport 15 million tons of cargo every year. Even if one million Russian troops fight on the front line, they can easily meet logistics needs.

Franz doesn't know how the numbers are calculated, but he doesn't think the Russians can do it anyway.

Not to mention the Siberian Railway, even if the railway from Moscow to St. Petersburg is cut off, it will not be able to achieve this theoretical goal.

It’s not that the railway cannot carry it, nor that the train is too slow. The real problem is still the organizational ability.

At the end of World War II, the Soviet government set a record of 1.45 million tons of monthly transportation.

However, it was only one month, and due to the climate, the annual transportation volume of Siberian railways still failed to exceed 10 million tons.

The time was 40 years ahead of schedule, and the carrying capacity had to be increased by 50% on the basis of the Soviet Union. Unless the Tsarist government was cheated, there was no need to play.

Considering the differences in the times, let alone challenging the ultimate carrying capacity, as long as one tenth of them can be completed, the Russian army can press the Japanese to the ground and hammer it.

Unfortunately, transporting 145,000 tons of supplies per month is also an out of reach dream.

At least it will not be feasible until the management system is improved around the Siberian Railway.

Since the outside world is generally optimistic that the Russians can win, they naturally will not think that the Tsarist government will go bankrupt. As long as the war is won, the losses can be transferred.

Even if Japan is poor, as long as you search carefully, you can always squeeze out oil.

It really doesn't work, you can also get rid of labor. Unlike those who are lazy and eat... Japanese workers are also high-quality laborers.

...

Just as Russia and Austria were trying to find a way for the Russian army logistics on the front line, the situation in London became tense, and the air was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder.

Integrating industrial production capacity is itself a thankless job. For capitalists, the overall situation is far less important than making money.

Naturally, everyone has no good impression of the Campbell government that promoted all this. The direct manifestation is: public opinion criticized violently, as if the Campbell government was the sinner who destroyed Britain.

The opposition also took the opportunity to initiate an impeachment in parliament. If King Edward VII had not personally supported him, and the competitors did not want to go up to clean up the mess at this time and did not become more aggressive, it would have guessed that Downing Street had now changed its owner.

It’s fine to be scolded, but as long as the government is doing things seriously, there is no one who won’t be scolded. As long as it succeeds, the infamy can be whitewashed.

Judging from Prime Minister Campbell's current appearance of wanting to eat people, you know that things will definitely not go well.

Driven by those who are interested, integrating industrial production capacity is regarded by the public as a government collusion consortium, intending to redeem everyone's industrial monopoly market.

For a time, there were constant protests, and the shocking slogans of the protesters circulated across the British Isles for a while. Small and medium-sized capitalists said to them with practical actions - "No".

Not only the people below resisted, but even the consortium lacked interest. "Monopoly market" sounds wonderful. If you really do it, you will find that many industries cannot play like this.

On the one hand, the key is to make social stability. The Campbell government requires everyone not to lay off employees and not to raise prices.

In essence, the core advantage of monopoly lies in optimizing the enterprise structure, reducing production costs, and self-service pricing power. Now that these two points are gone, what else can I do?

Especially for financial consortiums, this is even more of a disaster. If you are used to making quick money, you are not interested in working in business honestly.

As two percent of the "28 Law", financiers are working hard to control 12 percent of the world's wealth. Naturally, everyone is "respectful and insensitive" to the Campbell administration's plans.

Everyone opposed it, so the plan naturally could not be promoted. After working hard for several months, Prime Minister Campbell had no choice but to find that he had gained a loneliness.

Even though the government has implemented tariff barriers, the domestic sluggish industries have not improved much.

The fierce international competition is only one aspect, and the most important thing is that Britain has embarked on the old path of the original space-time and usury empire. More and more consortiums in China are in love with the financial industry, and fewer and fewer people are willing to do business honestly.

The British government itself is not very strong, and its policy orientation can affect the domestic economy, but it does not have the ability to make a final decision.

The sunset industry lacks capital injection, even with government support, will not develop smoothly.

I can only say that Campbell is too anxious. If he is slower and waits for the economic policies he has formulated to ferment, let the outside world see that investment in industry is also profitable, so people will naturally join.

Obviously, Campbell can’t wait, and Britain can’t wait either. The turbulent international situation tells them that they must be “fast”.

Industry Secretary Henry Burks: "People's opposition is getting louder and all sectors of society are opposing the government's intervention in the economic market.

It is now impossible to integrate domestic industries in a short period of time. The Ministry of Industry is preparing to adjust its plans and launch a backup plan."

Politicians who plunge into it and never look back are always only a few, and most politicians still prefer to "adapt to change".

Seeing that the plan failed, the Ministry of Industry, as the specific executor, naturally had to find a way to deal with the aftermath.

When Campbell heard the "start the backup plan", his face looked even more ugly. There was no way. To put it nicely, it was a "backup plan". To put it bluntly, it was to use national interests to appease the capital community in exchange for everyone's cooperation in the future.

Of course, this "cooperation" is definitely based on the premise that the government abandons the integration of industrial plans.

Minister of Internal Affairs Azevedo said angrily: "If you fail, you will fail. Since everyone doesn't care about the overall situation, why do we need to be this evil person!"

This is the truth. The deeper I know about the country, the more hopeless Azevedo feels.

After the Holy Roman Empire rose strongly, the awesome British Empire was left with only the glamorous appearance.

Free trade has made the British Empire glory, and free trade has also brought the British Empire into the path of no return.

Under the free trade system, British capital has spread all over the world and made a lot of money.

Even though Shinra's economy is larger, the British still use their voice in the capital market. Shinra Capital uses industrial and commercial products to make money, while British capital makes huge profits by harvesting leeks.

Although Britain has been in international trade for many years, the profits earned by British capital are no less than those of Shenluo, and even more.

In a sense, this is the core reason why previous governments, even though they knew that the trade deficit was expanding, did not withdraw from the free trade system.

Until Campbell's era, the resentment of the domestic industrial and commercial community had accumulated to its peak, and the contradictions could not be suppressed, and a hero had to cut off his arm.

Only after this conclusion did everyone realize that Britain is fragile. It would be fine if the emerging technology field was lagging behind completely, but the key is that even traditional advantageous industries now have insufficient production capacity.

Azevedo, who was in a bad mood outside, could no longer suppress his resentment and could not help but give up.

Secretary of the Finance Minister Asquith: "Calm down Sir Azevedo, Britain has reached its most critical moment, and we can no longer let anger affect our reason.

Although the integration of industrial capacity plans has made slow progress, there is not no gain. At least resources in the fields of steel, coal, etc. have indeed become more concentrated, and capacity improvement is just around the corner.

Although the progress was a little slower than expected, we have not had a vain during this period. Using the Russo-Japanese War as a cover, the empire purchased a large amount of scarce supplies from overseas.

With these supplies to supplement, we will not be at a disadvantage in a short period of time.”

It would be fine if I didn’t explain it, but the atmosphere in the room became even more tense. Everyone was paying attention to the implication. If you don’t lose the disadvantage for a short period of time, it means that long-term competition will be at a disadvantage.

Army Secretary Marcus Katzel: "We can't solve the problem by discussing this way.

As an island country, it is not wise to compete with Shenluo for industrial strength. Don’t forget that they are the overlords of the European continent. Now the Russians are busy moving eastward and they have no effect at all.

If we really continue to fight for a long time, we will face not only a Holy Roman Empire, but also a European world that is dependent on their wings.

From a military perspective, instead of waiting for the enemy to be ready and challenge us, it is better to take advantage of the fact that we have the advantage first.

No matter what method is used, as long as we can severely damage or even wipe out the Shenluo Navy, the situation will be reversed immediately.

Even if you can't get rid of the Holy Roman Empire at one time, it will be able to make them settle for another twenty years. I believe that with the power of the imperial navy, it will not be difficult to do this."

After hearing Marcus's proposal, Navy Secretary Swinding could no longer sit still: "Your Excellency, do you think we don't want it, but the problem now is that the main force of the Shenluo Navy is in the Mediterranean and not moving.

In the enemy's Mediterranean lair, with air force and shore artillery cover, it is difficult for the Imperial Navy to achieve a record even if it takes risks to penetrate deeper."

The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility.
To be continued...
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