Chapter 1019： I only care about the railway I once owned (2/2)

Compared with the end of the Philippine War, Franz is more concerned about the change of power in Russia. But from the historical evaluation of the original time and space, Nicholas II was a great mallet.

An emperor who was able to cause thousands of casualties due to crowding and trampling during the ”coronation” event is hard to find in the entire human history.

When such a major event happened, the relevant personnel were not immediately held accountable, but the celebration banquet continued. I have to admit that Nicholas II's heart is really strong.

But things haven't happened yet. The butterfly effect that I have tossed out is so powerful, who knows if Nicholas II will change?

Judging from the current situation, Russia-Austria friendship is still the mainstream of the times.

Not just after he succeeded, Nicholas II married Alex, the daughter of Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hessen-Darmstadt.

(Changed her name to Alexandra Fedorovna after marriage)

So far, the famous ”Four Princesses of Hessian” have all been on the stage of history.

If it follows the original pace of time and space, the Tsarist government led by Nicholas II messed up the economy internally, and the focus of its foreign strategy was vacillating, and finally took itself in.

The Russian army is still stationed outside of Paris and is pulling the hatred of the French on behalf of the tsarist government. Naturally, the French-Russian treaty will not come out.

However, no one can answer the question whether the Czarist government's southward strategy can continue.

If the Russians did not poke the British in India, then the next hegemony struggle, Shenluo would have to go to battle himself.

Obviously, this is not what Franz wants to see. There are ready-made chess pieces that you don’t need, and you go to the court to do things yourself. Is that all your brain drained?

According to the previous plan, it was only necessary to support the expansion of the Russians into India, and the Anglo-Russian war would continue to consume the British national strength.

It's much easier to fight lobster soldiers on land than to fight the Royal Navy at sea.

As for the issue of the Russians taking India and making it bigger, Franz just smiled quietly. Painting pie is painting pie. Do you really think that the British are just soft persimmons?

Refer to the original time and space to know that if it is really urgent, the lobster soldiers can also reach millions.

It was not that Franz looked down on the Russians. The problem was that limited by traffic, the Czarist government simply did not have the ability to invest millions of troops in India.

Even if the Central Asia Railway cannot be completed, the railway's carrying capacity is limited. It is very difficult to support the logistics of 1.8 million troops.

Without the quantitative advantage of gray animals, their power is not so great. With the British Army as the core, coupled with countless Indian cannon fodder, anyone who goes up will feel scalp tingling.

It doesn't matter if you fail, the biggest advantage of Mao Xiong is that it's hard to handle. As long as you can gain something, you can see hope.

Far away can't guarantee that the Russian army will still be able to seize the remaining areas of Afghanistan from the British.

The problem now is that the Central Asian railway is not connected, and Nicholas II is not like a patient master. In case of being fooled by someone, there may be a moth coming out again.

After pondering for a long time, Franz slowly said: ”Speed ​​up the construction of the Central Asia Railway. It must be opened to traffic before 1900.

When necessary, it is allowed to increase the construction cost, or even sacrifice the service life of the railway. The bottom line is to ensure that there will be no major problems within ten years, and repairs and repairs within twenty years can be used. ”

There is no clear definition of the service life of railways. Certain railways in the eighteenth century can be used normally until the 21st century.

Under normal circumstances, the theoretical service life of railway design starts from a hundred years. Of course, midway repairs and renovations are definitely indispensable.

However, this is the technical standard for building our own railway, and it is unnecessary to put it on the Central Asia Railway.

Don't ask why there is a problem, the question is improper maintenance.

This statement is very convincing. The railways in Russia are all overhauled at intervals of time. Compared with ten years without major problems, it is indeed a conscience project to repair the serviceable Central Asia Railway within twenty years.

In fact, life issues are mainly concentrated in bridges and tunnels. Ordinary road sections basically cannot cause major incidents, at most occasional landslides, but that is the force majeure of nature.

In order to ensure that the Tsarist government's southward strategy remains unchanged, Franz had to order the construction period to be expedited, and he did not hesitate to reduce the ”ethics” for this.

The service life of ten to twenty years is estimated to be enough. It's not that the Russians really allowed the Russians to annex India. For such a long time, they were able to provoke two or three Anglo-Russian wars.

Britain, which was caught up in the dispute between land power and sea power at the same time, could not last long. Such a long time was enough for Shinra to replace him.

”I don't care about forever, I only care about having it once.”

It just fits here.

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