Chapter 446: Feet of Mud
The result of this naval battle is good news for Yang Feng, so that he can continue to ensure that his trade routes are unblocked.
However, this trade route is still full of uncertainties, after all, the Austro-Hungarian Empire has only four battleships, and the reason why it can hold the Otranto Strait is entirely due to the geographical advantage, but it is difficult to say how long such an advantage can be maintained in the face of the steady stream of British and French warships.
It's true that six Lone Class ships can't break through their defenses, but they have to add six more! There is also the variable of Italy, now no one knows which side Italy will end up betting on, even Yang Feng does not know, if Italy joins the Entente as it did in the original history, then this line of defense will have no meaning.
During this time, Britain and France have not stopped lobbying Italy, and it is difficult to say whether the Italians will waver, after all, the matter between them and France has passed, and if Britain and France make enough conditions, Italy is not without the possibility of turning to the arms of the Entente, and they are just not optimistic about the direction of the wind.
And the most important Balkan railway on land must pass through Bulgaria, in fact, the most difficult life is now in Bulgaria, this small country since the leg was broken, originally began to eat fasting and chant Buddha and do not ask about the world, but unfortunately this war kicked him into the game of the Tyrannosaurus rex.
Poor Ferdinand I struggled to juggle between two major groups during this time, no, it should be between the three major groups, and there was the Ottoman Empire to the south, so tired that it was said that his hair was gray, and if he really had a choice, it is estimated that he would rather dismantle the section of the railway that leads to Guò his own country. The Entente demanded that he forbid the passage of any goods destined for Germany and Austria, and the Russian Black Sea Fleet roamed the seashore every day with the threat of force, and the Allied bloc threatened that if he dared to do so, the Austro-Hungarian army in Serbia would kill him directly in Sofia and beat him.
The Ottomans in the south watched coldly and said nothing, but it was clear that if he made a choice that would displease Hamid II or Emperor Yang. Hundreds of thousands of Ottoman troops on the border will also beat him.
At this time, Bulgaria was really powerless to resist the aggression of any party, and the young and middle-aged people of the entire country in the Balkan War were dying, and the country was full of widows, what could they do to resist the invasion, so since the war to the present, he and his cabinet can only put on a pitiful posture to all parties and pretend to be grandsons, and they can get by and drag on day by day.
It may be felt that bullying such a country is too damaging to its own image, so all parties have not pushed them too hard, especially since the invasion of Romania has lost a lot of points to the Entente side, and Nikolai does not want to drag another enemy. The Balkan railways were still sending supplies to Germany and Austria, so there was no reason for Germany and Austria to be in trouble, but as it was, because of small reasons such as landslides, landslides, mudslides, and even sabotage by Serbian partisans, the transportation was often interrupted, especially the latter became more frequent.
The Bulgarian government is really helpless about this. After the remnants of the tens of thousands of Serbian troops were scattered, they all hid in the mountains and forests on the Bulgarian border, and now the Bulgarian forces could not be expelled at all.
So this passage is very unsafe, once both sides are annoyed by his little tricks. The destruction of Bulgaria is inevitable, the difference is who will do it, but whoever does it, the result is that the country will become a battlefield. And then beat all the qiē to pieces.
So Yang Feng must also prepare another route, a route that can ensure safety.
A route that runs through Macedonia and then directly to Belgrade. It is definitely not possible to build a railway, it takes too long, there is nothing but a mountain and a ditch, maybe you have to dig a tunnel, and when you build it, the war should be over, and a similar road will do, nothing more than widening and reinforcing their original mountain road, and then repair some bridges well, which can pass through guò five-ton trucks.
Let Hamid II solve this task himself, this guy has made a lot of money as a transport captain recently, and he is willing to add another route, and for him it is nothing more than the recruitment of hundreds of thousands of migrant workers.
After personally sending a telegram to Jianyi Hamid II that it would be best to build a direct road to Belgrade in his own country for future business, Emperor Yang put the matter behind him.
A big man like him, how can he worry about such a trivial matter, he can't deal with a group of women now, Her Majesty the Russian Empress has not ended her visit to Wèn, which makes Yang Feng's group of concubines feel unhappy, especially this shameless woman, who does not consider the impact at all, no matter which city in China he visits, he must take Yang Feng to accompany him, thinking that they are happy in the sky, but they must be alone in the empty room, Even Lin Luoke's good temper can't stand it, and Her Majesty the Queen has hinted many times that he should send that woman away quickly.
But the problem is that Alexandra just doesn't leave, Yang Feng has nothing to do, you must know that he is also contributing to the country, during this period of time under the personal care of the Russian Empress Xià, Chinese companies and the Russian government have even openly and secretly, enough to sign a contract of 500 million Chinese yuan, of course, the Russians are going to pay for gold, these contracts alone can bring more than 100 tons of gold to Chinese enterprises, and this is just the beginning, such orders will definitely continue to come in the future, You must know that Nikolai's goal is to arm six million troops, and with his military production capacity, it is already very good to meet two million people.
Now that the United States is still blockaded, his two allies are also thinking about buying arms from China, how can they care about him, he has nowhere to buy them except China.
A super big customer like this, it is natural to serve well, and to meet her requirements meticulously, even if it is a request in bed, this can be regarded as dedication to the country, at least Emperor Yang himself thinks so.
However, unlike the Russian Empress Xià's graceful and elegant royal demeanor in China, which made the Chinese people feel the great power bearing from the far west, the Russian army on the front line did not make people feel the great power temperament at all, in fact, the Russian army had just experienced the most severe defeat since the beginning of the war.
The first and second armies of the Russian army that broke into East Prussia were surrounded and annihilated by the Germans in the Masurian Lake area, with losses of more than 150,000, of course, this is not the most important, the most important thing is that after this defeat, the German-Russian tug-of-war battlefield was transferred to Russia, and public opinion was in an uproar for a while, you must know that these two armies are the main force of the Russian army, the standing army before the war, and the combat effectiveness should be regarded as the strongest.
And not only the European battlefield, in the Philippines the Russian army is also bad news, in order to cut off the logistics supply of the fox, the Russian army with the strength of an army, launched an attack on Negros Island, this operation even pulled a division of the three soldiers from Singapore, and the British Far East Fleet fully cooperated, tens of thousands of troops forced landing under the cover of battleship fire, and then destroyed a monkey division blocking them, and violently stepped on the island, and began to sweep in the eyes of the Chinese on Panay Island in the distance.
The Russian army, which learned the lesson of the last time, played step by step this time, advancing forward with the division as a unit, leaving no chickens and dogs behind, and soon occupied most of the towns on the island, but unfortunately then fell into an endless nightmare, the monkeys who had long been scattered and hiding in the jungle, attacked the Russian army in various ways day and night, these guys did not fight with the Russian army regularly at all, and used mortars in the dark, black guns, and even planted mines to set traps, in short, they made full use of their own advantages, Treat Russian soldiers like prey in the jungle.
Naturally, the losses caused by such an attack to the Russian army will not be too large, but the accumulation is very terrifying, and the Russian army didn't care much at first, and after occupying Negros Island, they are ready to make persistent efforts to capture Cebu! As a result, as soon as the number of troops was counted, the Russian commander was scared, and in just one week, half of his brigade was gone, and this was still the case when the main forces of the Russian army were gathered together, if the main forces attacked Cebu, it was conceivable that those who stayed behind would have to disappear like this in less than a week.
In this case, he had no intention of attacking Cebu, first clearing his occupied area, and then forever clearing it.
The Russian army has a total of three armies in Luzon, and when it was attacking Negros Island, there was another division entangled with the monkeys on Samar Island, plus Mindoro Island also maintained part of the garrison, and now this entire army is trapped in Negros Island, which means that there is only a little more than one army left in Luzon, which gives the Luzon monkeys a chance.
Over the years, they have struggled to survive under the brutal oppression of the Russian army, and it is true or false to say that there is no hatred, and the Philippine People's Liberation Army led by Aguinaldo and Liu Hengzhen has always been active in the south, because there are Panay Island and the Germans' territory to retreat, these people suddenly appear from time to time, making the Russians nervous, and now in this case, how can the fox not make good use of it, with the help of Chinese businessmen, these two guys who had disappeared for more than a year have reappeared in southern Luzon and raised the banner of resistance against Russia.
However, the two came back this time, and it was different from the previous times, as the Russian army in Luzon was gradually emptied, many concentration camp-style settlements had only a very small number of Russian troops, and under the attack of these fully German-armed rebels, one concentration camp after another was soon liberated, and then more monkeys joined them, these monkeys who had a deep blood hatred against the Russians spread like a plague throughout Luzon, and it didn't take long for them to begin to pose a threat to cities like Octayan. (To be continued......)