Chapter 1186: The Uncle Who Owes Money
Russia's finances, before the war, were on the verge of bankruptcy, and in 1911, when it lost millions of troops on the front line of buying and selling cities, Russia's finances were on the verge of collapse, that is, Britain and France saved Russia.
But 3 years have passed, Russia's finances have not improved at all, but some continue to deteriorate, the lack of pillar industries, and the one-sided development of the military, so that its own fragile Russian economy, into a dangerous situation, if not for the United States Lend-Lease Act, he even the second batch of 2.5 million troops are difficult to pull up, of course, if the tsar ignores it, forcibly pull troops, you can, in history, the reason why Russia collapsed, is so, when the main force of the German army attacked Russia, Russia has no way, had to go crazy with conscription, most of which did not even have basic equipment and logistics, and because of this, the army mutinied, which buried the Russian Empire.
At this moment, Russia, which is exhausted, wants to expand its army by 3 million, the problem of people is secondary, the key is equipment, these need money, at this moment Russia has no choice, Britain and France are now unable to take care of themselves, Russia can only ask the United States to increase the intensity of Lend-Lease, this request after being put forward to the ambassador, immediately caused a shock in the United States.
First of all, Russia is really the steamroller of Europe, and it has increased its troops so quickly, but if you think about it carefully, what are they going to do with the additional troops, isn't it just 2.5 million, is it possible that Russia wants to fight a war with Germany in Europe, which is a good thing, if there is really such a large-scale action, the pressure on Britain, France and the United States in Europe will be less.
However, after careful inquiry, it was found that the newly formed army of 3 million. Not for Germany, their goal is still the Far East.
Although Russia is secretive. But there is a need for others, and the Americans are obviously not easily fooled. This is a weapon for 3 million people, and even if one person has an ordinary light weapon, the funds involved will be at least 300 million, or even more than 500 million US dollars.
Russia didn't intend to hide it, but this time it was too unlucky. Some didn't want to say it, but now that the Americans want to get to the bottom of it, he can't do it, in order to get what is leased from the United States, he didn't hide it, but only said that Russia's unlucky war report was directly handed over to the Americans.
After the Americans received it, they were stunned for a moment, and their intuition told them. Maybe it was Russia's means of obtaining what was Lend-Lease, but if you continue to read it, the battle report is very detailed, from the initial battle. The process of discovery makes sense, of course. How did the army of more than a million troops of Brusinov's department lose. Russia itself does not know, and of course there is no way to report on the war. It is only described in terms of estimates, probably, annihilated on the territory of Mongolia.
Russia really lost a million troops, and the situation in the Far East deteriorated to the point where it could not be attached, so it turned to the Americans for help and prepared to reorganize the 3 million level army and retake the Far East.
Originally, the Americans, who did not have many problems with the lease to Russia, hesitated after knowing the war report, Russia was beaten very badly, it was already a great shame, a million troops were lost near Chita, and the communication between East Siberia was cut off, on the other side, the garrison of East Siberia may be in danger, and if they cannot get help from the mainland, they will fight less and less, and the possibility of being annihilated is extremely great.
Under such circumstances, can the reorganization of another 3 million new troops achieve the goal, the US Lend-Lease Act is to expand the influence of the United States, and to make money by the way, when a country is very likely to be unable to hold on and lose the ability to repay the loan, the United States is not a philanthropist, and it contributes to Russia in vain.
Anyone will do this point of delaying time, and even the United States has done quite well at this point, directly using the procrastination trick to drag Russia, and by the way, the Russian war report is circulated, the first thing to know is Britain and France, they did not expect that it would be like this, from the beginning of the European war, they have noticed the clumsiness of Russia's combat effectiveness, which is simply incomparable with European steamrollers, and such a Russia will not play a big role.
Just the rise of China, let them choose to suppress it, I thought that Russia could not fight, hit Asian countries, it should be okay, but no one thought that the powerful, European steamroller Russia, facing China, actually lost again and again, the loss in 1911, it can be said that it was unprepared, and was blinded by the positional warfare and defense of the Chinese, but this time, there is no longer any reason, it is simply clumsy.
Britain, France, and the United States are all powerful countries, and after getting together and reading Russia's war report, they not only found that Russia's combat effectiveness was too weak, but also found that China was stronger than they imagined, and then thought of China's more than 4 million army forces, all of which were fighting against Russia at this level.
Although the war situation in the Far East is clearest in the northwest, many things can be analyzed from the war report disclosed by Russia, such as Russia's response to the war situation in the Far East, which can be analyzed from the way Russia will deal with the war situation in the Far East.
Russia's regrouping of its 3 million troops is an important piece of information that proves that Russia has never intended to compromise, and that the test of Chita and the city of Buying and Selling will be next year.
The information obtained from Europe was transmitted back to Baotou, and the General Staff attached great importance to it, a Russia without reins is terrible, just like a gambler who loses with red eyes, he is willing to press all he has, and never thinks about whether he can bear it or not, he will only lose all his chips wildly.
This kind of judgment of Russia is to summarize Russia's things bit by bit, and even in the confrontation with Russia, gradually obtained, after the General Staff got this result, and sent it to the decision-making level, Yang Yuanzhao finally established the previous plan, itself, found Stalin, entangled these people together, it can be regarded as a casual idle chess, the real key, but in the hands of those people in the hands of Germany, but if Russia is really crazy to attack China, a 1. A country with a population of 700 million, most of whom are serfs and semi-serfs, will still give China a great headache, and the next year or two will be quite critical to the northwest, and it is impossible to waste it on Russia endlessly.
The war in 1911, the tiger and the snake, the two sides did not make a clear statement, at least Russia did not admit defeat, and even indignant, although among the big powers, there is a little meaning, but only a small number of people know that the war against Japan was vigorous, but in this era, in 1914, what is Japan, the second-rate powers are considered to look up to them, after the rise of the Northwest and China, several blows, Japan's development is definitely not as good as in history.
This war, which can be said to be a continuation of 1911, followed by the heavy losses of the Russian army in that war, and another million losses, added up, quite a lot, plus Germany and China to add fuel to the fire, using some media that can be controlled and influenced, it is very publicized.
No one ever thought that after this propaganda, China's strength was made public, but on the contrary, it gained dignity, Britain and France no longer even forced and targeted China, the Chinese knew that this was just a delaying tactic, the other side just temporarily stopped, in East Asia and Asia, Britain and France are very likely to put the account on China's head, at this time, want to report but not report.
But in connection, the Chinese, the Chinese in the whole world waist pole, still straightened, we are also a strong nation under the sun, many states in the United States, have begun to revise the Chinese Exclusion Act, at least treat the Chinese as a normal, communicative people, not the status of blacks and colored people.
Japan is immediately after Britain learned the news, they sadly found that the original let them bully, unable to resist China, has grown into a difficult to bully and oppress force, the powerful China, they were in the Yalu River before, they hit the head and blood flowed now simply cling, in their opinion, millions of Russian troops said to eat it, I am afraid that they still did not aim at them, once aimed at them, I am afraid that it may be eaten at any time, Shandong's experience is vivid, even with Russia, it is not very reliable.
The war report was made public, and the Russian side was furious, and directly lodged a solemn protest to the United States, asking the United States, so I think the United States made the war report public, but it was publicized everywhere by the United States, you are afraid that Nicholas II does not care much, and it is also a big shame, even if Nicholas II is red-eyed now and does not care about a lot of false names, but irrelevant people know, and even make a fuss, that is a slap in the face.
Russia's protest made the United States stunned for a moment and wanted to laugh, Russia was trampled under the feet of an Asian country, the sick man of East Asia, and it was still so tough, but then, Russia's attitude became more and more tough, and even if the United States was unwilling to help, they might have to withdraw from the Entente.
This attitude made the Americans unable to laugh, this is a big deal, no matter how Russia is, it is also an important part of the Entente, both in terms of strength and position. Especially after Britain and France learned about Russia's attitude, they also began to urge the United States to fulfill the Lend-Lease Act, which gave the United States a headache, seeing that Russia, which was in turmoil, still needed to provide him with 300 million, or even 500 million US dollars, a business that was lost. (To be continued.) )