"Listen, you must persuade the Kaiser to put pressure on the Turkish government to expand its navy, and the German Reich may send a detachment to the Mediterranean, but it will definitely not be large. www.biquge.info For the sake of the situation in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, the Turkish Empire should finance the construction of 2 dreadnoughts. In this way, the number of dreadnoughts in the Mediterranean can reach 6, of which the number of dreadnoughts with free access to the Mediterranean and the Black Sea can reach 4. This is the bottom line, and if there is less, it is difficult to say. ”

You know, in history, the Russians started construction of 4 dreadnoughts for the Black Sea Fleet, 3 of which were completed, and the 4 dreadnoughts on their side and the super dreadnoughts on their side, that is, the number is almost the same, and the quality has some advantages, but at the same time it is responsible for both the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea, and the facilities in Constantinople cannot be compared with the Sevastopol fortress that the Russians have operated for hundreds of years, so the prince believes that these 4 warships are the bottom line and cannot be less.

With all that said, the rest is not up to the prince, and how many warships will Austria-Hungary send to join the combined fleet? Will Turkey procure new dreadnoughts? How many warships did the Kaiser send over? None of this is for the prince to decide. However, the prince was not wrong about one thing, that is, the series of adjustments made by the Entente were indeed aimed at Austria-Hungary and Turkey in the Mediterranean. Just as the Allies were preparing to build a combined fleet, the Allied Triumvirate gathered in London to begin planning their war plans!

The Big Three met, and the situation of the war on land was very simple, to put it bluntly, the French fought to the east, the Russians fought to the west at the same time, and the British provided assists. Then the naval side blocked the German high seas fleet, if the war could be over in a few months, it would be a happy thing, but now the most important question is what if it can't be over!

And to the surprise of General Messimi (French Minister of War) of France and Kuropatkin of Russia, this time it was actually proposed by the British! When Churchill, the representative of the United Kingdom, raised this question, the friends were stunned, because neither the French nor the Russians thought about what would happen if this war was fought for two years.

"It's unlikely, the daily cost of modern warfare is a very large amount, the empire in the Russo-Japanese War front-line combat troops are less than 500,000, but the daily expenditure is more than 3 million rubles, if it is a European battlefield, the scale of the Russian army's participation in the war alone may have doubled! It's normal to spend 10 million rubles a day, but if you fight for a long time, I'm afraid that if you don't get defeated by the enemy on the battlefield, you'll be defeated by your own wallet first, right? Kuropatkin said.

"Germany and Austria-Hungary are both continental countries, and they have very limited access to resources, on the contrary, we can get resources from colonies all over the world, and the three of us together have controlled more than half of the land area and all the seas of this world. I don't think the Germans will be able to support it for that long, but in fact, it would be better for us to get into a confrontation, because time and supplies are on our side. However, we still hope to be able to parade at the Brandenburg Gate as soon as possible. The representative of France said.

"We have to consider this matter, the current Allies have actually formed a system that can protract war, Germany can get iron ore from Norway and Sweden, the 3B railway connecting Berlin, Constantinople and Baghdad has been completed, and the grain, oil and various mineral resources of the Turkish Empire can be continuously sent to Europe, plus loans from the Americans. Although they are not rich in material resources, they are enough to support this war. Churchill said.

In fact, it was not only these reasons that supported the British in making this assumption, but also the lessons of the Boer War that also opened the eyes of the British to the possibility of a long war. The Boer army was trained by the Germans and used some German equipment, but it took the British more than 3 years to get it done by these tens of thousands of Boer troops, and nearly 300 million pounds of war funds were lost!

And this time, the British faced a German army of more than a million, how terrifying is the combat effectiveness of such an army? The British Army is also at the level of a first-class power, look at its own performance in Africa, and then look at its teammates, one was once rubbed on the ground by Prussia, the predecessor of Germany, and the other was just trained by the Japanese in the Far East. It has become synonymous with being big and useless. Such an army wants to crush the Germans in a few months? It's not easy......

"Fighting for a long time?" The French pouted, saying that they didn't care much, in the eyes of the French, they had the British to help them, the British Empire to guarantee sea power, the British Empire and the French merchant ships to maintain the supply of raw materials, and the British pound and franc to ensure the war funds, which would not have happened! If it's longer, it's okay. In the eyes of the French, eighty percent could consume Germany.

"A long battle, huh? Then the Russian Empire is not finished! Kuropatkin shuddered. A cool breath rushed from the tailbone directly to the top of the head! Maybe the French and the British will be fine if they continue to be consumed like this, but the Russians will certainly not be able to!

That's right, Russia is a vast land and a large population, but Russia's national strength and industry are completely out of proportion to other powers, and in terms of money, Britain and France, which are already the world's financial centers, are much more than the Russians, and now the Russian government can maintain itself or rely on British and French assistance? Speaking of industry, let's not talk about the production of weapons and ammunition, let's just say that, except for food and fuel, which are barely enough, all other military-related industrial products are not good! Russia does not even have an independent chemical industry system!

Yes, Russia's huge population base can indeed produce a lot of troops, but there is still a huge gap between many troops and many combat-effective troops! For Russia, a country that may not even have a rifle, its protracted combat ability is no better than Germany's!

"If the war lasts more than a year, it will be terrible." Kuropatkin wiped the cold sweat from his head with a towel. "We shouldn't let the war go on for that long, the Empire will deplete our weapons reserves in a very short time."

"I understand your plight, and I know the importance of blood transfusions for your country, but I would say that your country is almost completely surrounded by the Allies in Europe, and that the Arctic route to the north and the Trans-Siberian Railway to the Far East are very limited," Churchill said, rubbing his hands, unless we can open a gap at some point.

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