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One Person's Time and Space Smuggling Empire VIP Volume Chapter 104: Calculation

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    The military confrontation between China and Russia has once again resumed in northern Xinjiang. The Russian army has mobilized and heavily gathered in northern Xinjiang, always ready to strike a thunderous blow at China!

    However, this situation has not improved Russia's strategic situation. Judging from the map, there are still some worrying places on the entire border between China and Russia. As an aide to Grand Duke Nicholas the Younger, Kuropa  Turgeon was worried.

    He couldn¡¯t help but find Nikolayevich and said:

    "Dear Your Majesty the Grand Duke! Is your current strategic arrangement somewhat imperfect?"

    "Oh? You might as well talk about it." Little Grand Duke Nicholas has been busy mobilizing troops and generals these days, and he has always been under great pressure. Seeing Kuropatkin, the defeated general, take the initiative to raise the topic, he became interested for a while.  He knew that although Kuropatkin was to blame for the Russo-Japanese War, the reasons for the defeat were extremely complicated, and it was not all Kuropatkin's fault.  In terms of strategic and tactical literacy, Kuropatkin is regarded as a leader among Russian generals.

    "Now, you have concentrated most of the military and material resources in the East here, which will certainly give the enemy a strategic advantage, but in Central Asia, we used to have very strong control there, and we were able to suppress China's Xinjiang, but  You have mobilized all the troops here, and the control of the Central Asian grasslands has declined, and a power vacuum has appeared in Xinjiang. Will this give the Chinese the idea of ????breaking through from there? If so, it will be really dangerous, even  Our escape route may be cut off by the Chinese!"

    "Oh, is it so?"

    Nikolayevich smiled and said nothing, and remained silent for a long time before saying again:

    "Yes, there is indeed a big flaw there. Do you think we can pose a threat to China by taking action in Xinjiang?"

    Kuropatkin thought for a while and shook his head.

    "No! It's the most remote area in China. The terrain is complicated, which is not conducive to logistics or army movement! And even if we get it, it won't pose much of a threat to China!"

    Nikolayevich smiled and said:

    "Haha! Here's the problem. Xinjiang is not conducive to our attack, but it is also not conducive to the Chinese attack. It is certainly disadvantageous for us to attack here, but will it be advantageous for the Chinese to send troops to us from here? In fact  I hope they send troops from there!"

    "What?"

    "Yes! This is what I think!" Nikolayevich said: "Fighting in the east, our Russia has an irreparable disadvantage in terms of innate conditions. Our core area is too far away from here, so far away that every  When tons of supplies are shipped here, at least half of them are consumed on the road! So in this battle with China, we always suffer a loss."

    "But the disadvantage of the geographical situation does not mean that we cannot find ways to make up for it strategically! I believe you have also heard that the two steppe khanates are somewhat unstable now! That's why we have this advice!  "

    Kropatkin said sarcastically: "Yes." He indeed heard the news about the unrest in the Steppe Khanate, and then he thought of Xinjiang in China.

    "Yes!" Nikolayevich nodded, "Actually, from the beginning of this war with China, I have been thinking about how to seize the initiative! For our two vast countries,  Strategic initiative is more important than anything else. In northern Xinjiang, we are at a congenital disadvantage geographically and are destined to be unable to take the initiative under the Chinese attack. What about other places? The border between China and Russia is tens of thousands of miles long, of which total  There are advantages to Russia and disadvantages to China!"

    "Oh!" Kuropatkin, "Then you think this place is the northwest of China?"

    "Yes! It's Xinjiang!" At this point, Nikolayevich said firmly, "Northwestern China has always been a place that is difficult to reach by the Central Plains forces. During the hundreds of years of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, there have been constant disputes here, and it has always been a border trouble for China.  Especially in recent years, the ethnic situation here has been complicated. The strong ethnic policy implemented by the Chinese Empire will definitely be difficult to achieve here! This is our winning move to reverse the situation!"

    "Then why did you concentrate your main force in northern Xinjiang?"

    "Hahaha!" Nikolayevich laughed: "Have you ever heard of a Chinese saying, which is that what is imaginary is real, and what is real is imaginary!"

    Kuropatkin shook his head and said he had never heard of it. Nikolayevich explained to him with a smile: "Actually, it refers to the situation in front of us. The more we plan to take action, the more we must use our weakest approach."  Show others. The more we don't intend to take action, the more we have to bluff!"

    "Ah? What do you mean?"

    "Yes, from the beginning I did not intend to have a decisive battle with the Chinese in northern Xinjiang. The most ideal decision between us Russia and the Chinese is?The place is in Central Asia!  Only there can the strategic advantages of China and Russia be equalized, and the mobility advantage of the Russian Cossack cavalry can be maximized. Only there can we achieve the goal of severely attacking the Chinese!  "

    Kuropatkin was moved by Nikolayevich¡¯s words. If he thought about it carefully, in Central Asia, Russia had not only achieved strategic parity with China, but geographically speaking, Russia had already taken advantage of it!  After all, Russia has been operating in Central Asia for a long time and its foundation here is already solid.  But the new China has just stepped out of the country.

    As Grand Duke Nikolayevich said, Xinjiang has a weak foundation for China, with backward transportation facilities, long supply lines, and the Chinese do not even have a completed railway line.  With China's current national strength, if we want to send troops from here, the Chinese will have to face logistical issues, national unity issues, and all the problems that Russia has faced one by one. It is definitely an unwise choice.

    That¡¯s why Nikolayevich made the illusion of launching a large-scale military campaign in northern Xinjiang, and that¡¯s why Nikolay almost took away the Russian army on the Central Asian grasslands, leaving the Chinese with an excellent opportunity to take action in Central Asia.  The Chinese know that it is not easy to send troops from here, but they can't help but have to send troops from here.  With the current aggressive posture of the Chinese National Defense Forces, can they bear not to take action in Xinjiang?

    The answer is simple, they can't!  Therefore, there is now news of unrest in the Central Asian grasslands. This is undoubtedly a signal that the Chinese are ready to take action here!

    Kuropatkin thought about it, considered all this clearly, and immediately felt a sincere respect for Nikolayevich in his heart. This is Nikolayevich's grand strategy!  This is the chance for the Russians to win in this Sino-Russian battle!  He is indeed the most outstanding military general that has appeared in the Russian royal family in the past hundred years!  This kind of courage to calculate the enemy in a space of tens of thousands of miles, using the entire territory of one's own country as a bet, is definitely not what ordinary military strategists can imagine!

    At this stage, it is undoubtedly the luck of the entire Russian Empire that there is such a strategist from the royal family in Russia who enjoys a high reputation in both the government and the public.

    It¡¯s a pity, alas!  It suddenly occurred to him that this imperial uncle was not actually liked by the Tsar in the court!  Even for this appointment, some people say that it was because the Tsar really hated the Grand Duke that he found an opportunity to drive the Grand Duke out.  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)
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