Chapter 666： Russian counterattack (1/2)

The general forces' intention to open the situation in the southwest has not affected the strategic layout of the Tsarist government, and Marshal Ivanov continued the previous strategy.

For a war involving millions of people, gains and losses on the local battlefield are not so important.

As long as the southwest front has not completely collapsed, all are within the tolerance of the Tsarist government, and now they have a more important goal-Smolensk.

No matter how well prepared the generals are, war is always dead.

Smolensk has become a meat grinder, with thousands of people falling every day. The brutal casualties are a difficult test for the Russian army and the general army.

One month into the war, the Russian army's casualties had exceeded 100,000 in order to compete for Smolensk; the general army, as a garrison, did not take much advantage, and the casualties were as high as 70,000.

Half of them were killed or disabled and left the battlefield permanently. It can be said that both Russia and Russia suffered heavy losses.

The cold numbers on the battle report did not shake the will of Marshal Ivanov, but strengthened the previous judgment.

The war of attrition is the cruelest, but also the most secure. According to the current situation, it will definitely not be Russia.

Marshal Ivanov was able to accept it, but it did not mean that others could also accept it. The heavy casualties still caused questions within the tsarist government.

Hermitage, high-level government meeting

The Minister of the Interior Mikhail took the lead: ”Marshal, it has been more than a month since the war began, and we have paid hundreds of thousands of casualties, and the front has hardly moved forward, should you explain it?”

Ivanov was unmoved: ”Sir, to be precise, we have killed 65,863 people and injured 97,684 people since the war began.

Oh, this is the statistics two days ago, and now this number should increase a lot. The total number of casualties in this month exceeded the 200,000 mark without any problems.

However, you cannot just see our losses, and the enemy's losses are not small. Judging from the statistical data, the number of killed in the general army was also close to 60,000. ”

The ”Kameyan victory”, which is full of water, contributed a quarter of this figure, which directly brought the exchange rate between the two sides.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Kristanval: ”Honest Marshal, no one denies your record. The problem is that our losses are too great now, and the war has only begun for more than a month!”

Ivanov sneered: ”Where there are undead in war, as long as you can win, any sacrifice is worth it.

Of course, it is not impossible to end this war as soon as possible, but it will do great damage to our international reputation. ”

It's all this time, still thinking about fighting for power, Ivanov hates these politicians, and doesn't give them any face.

Whether it is really dissatisfied or to show it to the Tsar, this question requires the benevolent to see the wise and the wise.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Kristanval asked with excitement: ”What is the way, as long as we can fight this war, we can slowly restore our international reputation.”

It is not that Kristanval doesn't pay attention to international reputation. It is actually that their international reputation is the bottom of Europe. If a jar is broken, no matter how bad it can be.

Everyone set their sights on Ivanov, looking forward to his answer.

After a pause, Ivanov pretended to be relaxed and said, ”It's very simple. You can imitate Tatars. Send troops to the enemy's territory to do damage and minimize their war potential.”

The crowd took a sigh of relief. Where was the destruction?

Foreign Minister Chris Basham hurriedly opposed: ”No, this will give Britain and France an excuse to interfere in this war. I am afraid that even Austria will not support us.”

It is now the nineteenth century, and it is no longer appropriate to play the Holocaust on the European continent.

Through the eyes of everyone, Ivanov knew that no one supported the plan. It is not that everyone does not want it, mainly because they dare not. Russia cannot afford the consequences of the massacre.

Ivanov: ”If this is the case, then we can only ease it, just destroy it and not kill people.”