Struggle in Russia

This suddenly exploded mine became the last straw to crush the camel. Less than five minutes after the French frigate sank, the British and French commanders unanimously decided to return immediately.

It’s just that I don’t know if it’s the bad luck of the British and the French, or whether Nasimov Bray is a bit metaphysical. On the way back, another British second-class battleship was bombed and paralyzed, and two French frigates were affected by the shock wave. Suffered minor injuries.

In short, this trip lasted three hours before and after going to sea, and returned without success after sinking three merchant ships, one frigate, and severely damaging a second-class battleship.

After returning to the port, the rest of the crew members had lingering fears. If there were no strict orders from their superiors in a short period of time, they would never dare to go to sea.

Compared with these, the gloom in the hearts of British and French commanders is impossible to dispel. Because there is no way to explain to the top, how do you say?

Can it be said that after paying heavy losses, they can only turn back to Hong Kong in a desperate manner?

They all suspect that if they let the superiors know about the great achievements they have made today, what awaits them is the dismissal and investigation.

You say this is anxious, not anxious!

Of course, the method was devised, and the British and French commanders decisively threw the scapegoat to the Turks after a little summing up. In their report, the reason why the fleet suffered such heavy losses was completely perfunctory by the Turks, and they did not organize the death squads to clear the water mines.

I have to say that this excuse is really wonderful. Because the reasons are readily available, as mentioned earlier, the death squads organized by Turkey are some tattered merchant ships. After all, thunder operations are almost tantamount to suicide. Who would send the best ship to commit suicide?

It must be broken. Originally this is understandable. If this happens to Britain or France, it will definitely give priority to the use of broken ships.

It's just that the **** decides the head. In order to be able to explain it to himself, the commander of the British and French fleet doesn't mind letting the Turks be caught in this scapegoat.

Soon the report on this operation was submitted to the upper echelons of Britain and France. The upper echelons of Britain and France were naturally very upset about this fiasco. After all, they invested so much manpower and material resources, but it turned out to be like a bird. Naturally, it was disappointed. It is inevitable.

It's just disappointment, but they are still sensible, knowing the consequences of such a fiasco at this time. In particular, let the people know this result, I am afraid that the voice of anti-war will rise.

In order to repair Russia, Britain and France have done a lot of work before, and it was so easy to get the parliament to agree to do it. At this time, if the public opinion suddenly broke the news of a disastrous defeat, the people should not be in an uproar!

In order to reduce trouble, even if it is known that the root cause of this failure was not the failure of the Turks, the upper echelons of Britain and France can only acquiesce in giving them the pot. Anyway, it is not normal for the Turks to have problems.

After all, in the mainstream public opinion circles in Western Europe, although the war was defined as Russia's war of aggression, Turkey was the victim. However, there is generally no good impression of the Turkish and Western European public opinion circles, and barbarism and backwardness are synonymous with it.

If it weren't for the Russians to be too hateful, the people of Western Europe actually didn't care about Turkey's life and death. Anyway, it is normal for them to have problems or problems in Turkey. If there is no problem, it is an accident.

So the failure is due to a problem in Turkey, which is too normal and in line with the mainstream perception of the people in Western Europe, and everyone can accept it.

In this way, everyone can explain the past. Anyway, the Turks will not have any particular problems with this scapegoat, because they still rely on the assistance of Britain and France. At this time, how dare you to make irresponsible complaints?

As a result, Western European newspapers soon published the fact that the British-French combined fleet was frustrated. After some rational analysis, they agreed that Turkey was too weak to cause the failure of the operation. They almost all overwhelmingly called on the Turks to cooperate with them. Britain and France, on the other hand, condemned Russia's use of evil weapons that "violated human ethics."

I have to say that this tune is even better than the expectations of the upper echelons in Britain and France. They only beg the people not to focus on failure. Who would have thought that these media people would even play a role in helping to condemn the Russians from a moral height. This is true. It's a surprise!

This set is really useful, because ordinary people don't know what the so-called "evil weapon that violates human ethics" is. They only saw what the newsmen wanted them to pay attention to:

That is, the Russians used an unprecedented evil weapon to carry out indiscriminate attacks on the slaughter of merchant ships, which caused heavy casualties in the combined fleet of Britain and France.

For a while, Russia, which had been over-demonized by the public opinion, had a worse impression among the people of Western Europe, almost equivalent to a devil.

Even many non-governmental groups have launched a siege against Russia. With the tacit approval of the governments of Britain and France and the rumors of the Polish exiles, anti-Russia is the only political correctness in Europe at present.

"Public opinion is extremely detrimental to the image of our country. The newspapers in Britain and France have recently condemned us in lengthy terms and accused us of using inhumane and evil weapons."

Nicholas I's face was very ugly, and he naturally didn't like to hear Russia being described as a devil. For this, he specifically found the Duke of Aldorf to understand the situation.

It's just that the Duke of Aldorf is a real person, he doesn't care what the English and French newspapers say. uukanshu. It is a good thing that com mines can hurt those Western European offal. If you stop using this very useful weapon just because of a bunch of mentally handicapped voices in the newspaper, you are a fool!

So he immediately added: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, this is just a group of incompetent and weak flies buzzing. Mines are not evil weapons, let alone against humanity! What's more, war is a sale of murder. What is the effect of weapons that cannot kill the enemy?"

"I think the condemnation of mines is a good thing. This shows that Kornilov and Nasimov did a great job. If the boys in the Army can follow their example and inflict heavy damage on Britain and France, I believe that peace will soon be achieved. Will come!"

Nicholas I glanced at the Duke of Aldorf and did not speak. He seemed to be thinking about something on his mind. After a while, he said: "What you said makes sense. What is the use of weapons that cannot kill people? I'm just a little worried about our country. Too negative image is not conducive to unity..."

The Duke of Aldorf immediately interrupted and said: "Your Majesty, we do not need to unite our enemies, we only need to kill them. As long as we win this war, public opinion will naturally turn 180 degrees. , Sing praises to us!" Remember the website of this site, www. biquxu. Com, easy to read next time, or enter "" on Baidu to enter this site