The Russians finally made an opening, and this is definitely not what kind of "brain-dead halo" the prince has. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info but because Russia's current capacity is indeed a little tight. Not long ago, War Minister Kulopatkin wrote in a document to the Tsar: "If we want to transfer a regiment from Moscow to the Far East, then we will need at least 45 days, and even at the best of times we will not be able to complete the Trans-Siberian Railway in 1905, and by that time it will take us 35 days to transport an army!" ”

In fact, the Russians can still be beaten by the Japanese in the case of superior strength and artillery, in addition to the gap between the command officers and soldiers, the logistics aspect is also a problem, in the records of the Russians, in the many battles of Liaoyang, Shahe, and Mukden, the Russian artillery almost ran out of all the shells, if the description is correct, then the Japanese shells are nervous, then the Russian shells are a crisis.......

According to another Russian data, the capacity of the Russians at the beginning of the war was only three military trains per day. Later, it was gradually increased to 9 columns over the course of ten months. By the summer of 1905, the main story had reached only 12 pairs. And in 1904, the requirements of the Russian top for the transport capacity of the army were at least 14 pairs per day! In other words, mainline rail transport has never met the ...... standard.

And more importantly, in addition to the lack of shipments, the Russians also had problems with the production of weapons, just imagine a country inferior to the Austro-Hungarian military industry fighting a war 5,000 miles away in a state of non-national mobilization, what a tragic thing for Russia's miserable military industry. In fact, both the Russians and the Japanese bought large quantities of shells from Germany and France during the war, and the Russians found that the price of shells from France was more than 2 times more expensive than those produced by Krupp, but they were ...... cheaper than their own.

As a result, the Russians came up with the idea of handing over part of the production of munitions to foreign countries. The French, as Russia's largest creditor, naturally got a piece of the pie. And Bavaria, as Russia's largest supplier of warships, and a conscientious businessman, could also gain a lot from the Russians.

When Bavaria said that the shells sold to Russia would be the same as the domestic supply price of Germany, Russia agreed to let Bavaria interfere in Russian agricultural production, but the demand was that it must be in Russia. Soon, the prince made a counter-proposal, grain purchasing enterprises could be in Russia, but the processing was in Turkey, for the simple reason that the labor costs were lower there, and the Turkish government was willing to provide tax exemptions.

Nicholas II thought about it for a while, thinking that this deal would be at most until the end of the Russo-Japanese War, and with the unblocking of the Trans-Siberian Railway and the control of the northeast of the Qing Dynasty, the food problem would no longer be the key to restricting the movement of the Russian army in the Far East, so he finally decided to agree to the prince's request, which can be regarded as a good sale.

"Also, I heard that your country's Far Eastern Fleet is about to undergo rotation, is that so?" After complimenting each other for a long time, Count Lobanov suddenly asked.

"That's right, another Munich-class armored cruiser will take over the lead ship Munich and go to the Far East." The prince nodded and said.

"According to the Kaiser's intentions, in the future, the German Far East Fleet and our Far East Fleet will conduct a joint exercise in the Pacific Ocean. And we mean that the situation would be better if the ships in your country's rotation this time were the new Mainz-class armored cruisers. Having a powerful warship in the Far East can also be convenient to deter certain countries, isn't it? Lobanov said.

What Russia wants is an attitude, and this attitude is also what Germany is willing to give, after all, Germany has no good impression of Japan, and in order to reassure Russia, this is nothing, for the prince is just to say hello to the Kaiser, and then communicate with the Admiralty.

"I will persuade the Kaiser, there should be no problem." The prince readily agreed. Unlike the conversation with Count Taaffe, the meeting with Lobanov was a pleasure for both the guests and the hosts. After seeing off the Russian envoys, when the prince thought that his mission was complete and that he could finally rest, Count Schelling stepped forward at an inopportune time.

"There's nothing important, let's talk about it tomorrow, I'm already tired today." The prince said angrily.

"Well, it's about Count Vittorio, and recently a lot of Italian officials have approached the count, and they talked about a lot of things, and some even tried to convince him that he would be in Italy." The Earl said.

"It's normal, nothing to look at, Count Vittorio will make the right choice." The prince didn't care about this, after all, Vittorio was also a celebrity, one of the top designers in the German shipbuilding industry, and it was understandable that the Italians wanted to pull it back, but the count had already taken root in Bavaria, and not everyone had the courage to go back and start all over again. And Germany gave him better conditions to realize his ambitions.

"But these Italians have asked at least three times about the German government and your attitude towards Turkey, and I don't believe this, if it is accidental! But I can't think of a reason why Italy is interested in Turkey! Count Schelling said.

"It's not normal! Absolutely not normal! "As a traverser, the prince knew very well that Italy had done something to Turkey later, but that was 10 years later, so why did the Italians make a move so early? What happened?

"When did this happen?" The prince asked hurriedly.

"After we informed Italy that Turkey was going to be absorbed into the Allied system, they asked the German authorities about their position through diplomatic channels."

"Alright, you go down first, I need to think about it." The prince had already concluded that what was now Italy had ideas about the Turkish colonies in Africa. And the question before the prince is, what attitude will Germany take towards Italy, which is about to make a move? Is it to ignore it, or to oppose it?

What is now certain is that the German-Austrian attitude towards Turkey has made Italy realize that it may lose the colony altogether. The Young Turks did a poor job of secrecy. Abroad has already smelled the smell of a coup d'état, in fact, this is also normal, in the past, some important figures of the Young Turks have been living in Europe, and their actions naturally cannot hide from the eyes of the countries where they are located, but according to the information that the prince has learned, it seems that the Young Turks do not have a branch in Italy, how did the Italians hear these news so quickly?

"Gather as much information about the Italians as possible." The prince commanded. (To be continued.) )