Chapter 1040： Unwillingness to accept reality (1/2)

Once the shell is shot out, it will kill people. With the exposure of the arms smuggling case, the confidence of the Russians suddenly increased.

The already tough tsarist government has become tougher on the issue of law. Of course, since Carlos’s flight, whether the Tsarist government’s position is tough is actually not important anymore.

The French government is closed, even if it wants to find someone to negotiate, the Russian delegation doesn't know who to call.

In the face of increasingly severe military-civilian conflicts, the Russian troops stationed in France have adopted the simplest and most adept approach-armed suppression.

Once the butcher knife is raised, the consequences are beyond the control of the individual.

On December 21, 1895, the well-prepared French resistance organization ambushed the Russian logistics battalion transporting supplies outside of Paris, kicking off the French anti-Russian war.

From the ”anti-Russian” slogan, it can be seen that the French who have been severely beaten by society have become rational.

He bit the Russian army's previous atrocities and did not let go, put himself in the position of a victim, claiming that he was fighting for survival.

This method of controlling the scope of the attack is undoubtedly correct.

Thanks to the long-standing Russian ”barbarian image” and video data as evidence, European public opinion has a sympathetic stance towards the French people.

It is a pity that it is now in the 19th century, and public opinion support is important, but to the Tsarist government, which is scolded daily, it is not even a tickle.

International interference does not exist. Politicians are rational and can forget everything, but their own position dare not forget.

On the issue of suppressing France, all the member states of the Anti-French Alliance hold the same position. Even though everyone thinks that the Russians have done a little too much, because of the overall situation, all countries have chosen to support it secretly.

After all, every toss of the Russian army is depleting the vitality of France. For the neighbors, it is only when France is weak that everyone can become a good neighbor.

The Vienna government took the lead in inaction, and European countries followed suit. Except for the same few countries that have troops stationed in France, the rest are all people who eat melons.

Out of support for his allies, Franz announced very generously that he would provide unlimited ”free” potatoes to Russian soldiers on the front line.

There is no way, who will make Shinra's potato harvest again this year?

On the one hand, the production of potatoes is soaring, and on the other hand, the consumption market is shrinking. People in the Ministry of Agriculture are about to worry.

Shredded potatoes, mashed potatoes, potato flour, potato cakes, potato noodles, potato wine, canned potatoes, deep-fried, steamed, braised, stir-fried...

The fighting power of the foodies is obviously not enough. They have gathered dozens of potato practices from many countries, but they have not been able to digest the harvested potatoes.

Unlike wheat, potatoes are not suitable for long-term storage. If it is piled up in the warehouse for three or five years, moldy and sprouts are a minor problem, and the most feared is that it really becomes ”mashed potatoes.”

In order not to waste food, Franz decided to give it to the Russians. Otherwise, someday the bureaucrats of the tsarist government would have tossed out the moths, causing the Russian army in front to run out of food.

This is not a joke. According to the accumulated experience over a long period of time, once the Russian army is working on an expedition, the logistics problem is almost 100%.

Even after the completion of Alexander II's reforms, the tsarist government is no longer short of food. But having food at home and having food at the front are two concepts.

Transporting grain from the Russian Empire to France was also a challenge for the tsarist government. Now that the Vienna government has helped to solve the soldiers’ food problem, the logistical pressure on the Russian army has been directly reduced by half.

The only problem is that the Russian soldiers who have suffered on the front line eat potatoes every day. It is estimated that after the war, these guys will smell the potatoes.

But this is not a big problem. Gray animals have never been picky eaters, and starving in the Russian army is nothing new.

Moreover, as long as the Russian soldiers are not a thorn in their heads, they will give full play to their subjective initiative and find more food locally for supplements.

The outside world generally believes that the previous atrocities of the Russian army were due to poor military discipline; but in Franz's opinion, the poor military discipline of Russian soldiers was also forced out by the bureaucrats of the tsarist government.

Needless to say, the pitiful military expenses, there is not a lot of money, and they are often owed by others, even if they are paid out, there will be a discount.

In the Russian Empire, a unit that can receive full military expenditure is definitely a direct line of the direct line, usually with a strong officer.

Crying children have milk to eat, which can be used everywhere. If you are afraid, you are afraid that you have nothing to do with the world in the chief officer, and you are unwilling to fight, then the soldiers below will be forced.

Delays and shortages of logistical supplies are routine operations. The bureaucrats will calculate the economic account. If the supplies arrive three days later each month, then it will be enough to distribute the supplies for eleven months a year and twelve months.

Naturally, I owe it for the remaining month, and it has been rolling like this. At a suitable point in time, the old old accounts will be erased and become the personal income of the bureaucrats.

In this context, if you don’t think of a way to do a little side job yourself, then when the military service is over, you will be empty-handed when you return home. How can you have a face to meet your family’s elders?

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