svetikya Chapter 125
Chapter 125
As the Tianhuang and cabinet of the Eastern Empire and the high-level of the military, Ming Zhi Tianhuang and these ministers and generals are very clear that the rise of the Eastern Empire cannot be separated from the strong support of the people who never sets.
It can be said that when they were able to defeat the Great Qing Empire, they received great support from the Sun Never Set Empire. Otherwise, they wouldn't have the money to buy so many warships and expand so many armies.
Fortunately, they defeated the Great Qing Empire, blackmailed the Great Qing Empire fiercely, and obtained a large amount of wealth.
After that, the Sun Never Set Empire also supported them as always, continuing to sell them various advanced warships, providing them with loans, and so on. He also encouraged the Eastern Empire to devote all its family resources to the war of arms expansion.
Why did the people of the sun not set do this "317", the high-level of the Eastern Empire is also very clear, don't they want to train them to become thugs, or lackeys?
It is already a well-known fact that the sun does not set and people around the world to encircle, pursue, and intercept the Russian Empire.
It's just that the Russian Empire was not a weak country, but a world-class power. Therefore, even if the sun does not set, even if they are world hegemons, they do not want to easily start a war with such a powerful country. This makes them more to win over other countries and let other countries fight with the Russian Empire, so as to block the expansion of the Russian Empire and prevent the rise of the Russian Empire.
Unfortunately, the Eastern Empire was a pawn chosen by the Sun Never Set Empire. Or rather, let them go to stop the cannon fodder for the rise of the Russian Empire.
In the face of the request that the sun never set, the Eastern Empire simply could not refuse. Otherwise, not only will they not be able to get support from the Sun Never Set Empire, but they will also become enemies of the Sun Never Set Empire. Therefore, they have no choice but to follow the arrangement of the sun never sets.
But in the same way, the Oriental people are also very unwilling, they want to get rid of this fate.
The only way is to make them stronger.
Defeating the Russian Empire and becoming a true world power was only the first step. In this way, they are qualified to bargain on the same day and control their own destiny.
Therefore, Ming Zhi Tianhuang hoped that they could defeat the Russian Empire in war. Or rather, they absolutely cannot lose. Otherwise, the consequences will be very serious. In other words, the entire Eastern Empire will fall into a place of irreparable disaster.
"Your Majesty, the Russian Empire is indeed very strong, and its overall strength is stronger than ours. However, their center of gravity has always been in Europe, thousands of miles away. Their main armies, the vast majority of their population, and almost all their industries were also in Europe. The troops of the Russian Empire in the Far East were not many, only more than 200,000. Their Pacific Fleet is not weak. However, that's about it. I believe that the current Imperial Navy has enough strength to defeat them.
Judging from the comparison of the strength of our two sides, it is indeed very difficult for us to completely defeat the Russian Empire. However, if the war is limited to the Far East and defeated, there should not be much of a problem. "
Lieutenant General Masahiri Terauchi, Minister of War, said.
"Yes, Your Majesty, the Imperial Army can definitely defeat the Army deployed by the Tsarist Russian Empire in the Far East!" Army Staff Chief General Yama Yan also looked confident.
"Although the hinterland of the Russian Empire is very far from the Far East. But don't forget, their Trans-Siberian Railway has already been completed and opened to traffic. In the event of war, their troops would be transported to the Far East via the Trans-Siberian Railway. Will we be able to defeat them then?" reminded Minister of Finance, Tseng Arasuke.
"Russian reinforcements arrived in the Far East from Europe, which, after all, took time. At the same time, although the Trans-Siberian Railway was built, there was still a disadvantage. That is, the capacity of the railway is very limited. According to our calculations, at most, it can only support hundreds of thousands of troops to fight. If we can seize the time and hit the Russians hard at the beginning of the war. Well, we have won this battle. Even if the Russians continue to send reinforcements, it is just a ploy to add fuel to the oil, and there is no need to worry!" explained General Oyamaiwa.
Ming Zhi Tianhuang nodded again and again as he listened, and his eyes lit up.
If the Imperial Army can defeat the Russians, then we can snatch the Russian-occupied Kanto State and the northern part of the Korean Peninsula... 0 was even able to occupy the entire Manchurian region of China by taking advantage of the trend. At that time, the empire will gain a lot of resources and wealth, and the empire will greatly increase its strength!" Ming Zhi Tianhuang can be said to salivate over all this! (Read violent novels, just go to Feilu Novel Network!)
"The Russians are not that easy to deal with. If the Imperial Army wants to defeat them, it must also do its best. Therefore, the army needs more military spending to prepare for war. "The Minister of War, Lieutenant General Masahiri Terauchi, took the opportunity to make a request.
Minister of Finance, Zeng Huangsuke's face suddenly became ugly.
Over the years, the military investment of the Eastern Empire has been high enough, and the finances of the entire Eastern Empire are running at a high level. The war reparations obtained from the Great Qing Empire have long been spent. And the Oriental Empire's own fiscal revenue was not high. Last year, the entire Oriental Empire's revenue was only 357 million yen, equivalent to 35.7 million pounds. It seems like a lot, but if compared with other European powers, it is not a star and a half.
Especially compared with the Russian Empire, under Mikhail's rule, the Russian Empire was more powerful and its economy developed greatly. Last year, the Russian Empire's fiscal revenue reached more than two billion rubles, equivalent to 250 million pounds.
You know, at present, the financial revenue of the empire is only 150 million pounds. But if you include the income that the 3.1 Day Never Fall Empire received from its vast overseas colonies, then this amount would have to be more than doubled.
In comparison, the Eastern Empire naturally seemed much poorer.
"Gentlemen, we have no other choice. Next, we will be betting on the national fortune of the first battle. Therefore, we need to prepare for the war with all our strength. From tomorrow, I will eat only one meal a day, and the rest of the money will be handed over to the army to prepare for war. In this battle, we must win!" said Ming Zhi Tianhuang to the crowd.
Obviously, in order to defeat the Russian Empire, Ming Zhi Tianhuang once again set an example.
Of course, although he only eats one meal a day, he will not go hungry. No one has stipulated that His Majesty Tianhuang cannot eat snacks and supper outside of the main meal.