Struggle in Russia

When Dmitry received the appointment, he had mixed feelings. A month ago, he knew that something big was going to happen in Ukraine. As expected, his boots have landed now.

He could see that Alexander II was very angry and angry, but what did he think was the point of being angry at this time? What did you do early? But if you have taken action earlier, why get angry now?

I don't know, but I can't say these words. To be honest, it makes Dmitry very depressed. This feeling is too bad.

The only thing that can comfort him is that Alexander II finally made the right response and finally started to take this matter seriously.

He prepared carefully all night, and then rushed to the Ministry of War excitedly. He couldn't wait to start an operation to suppress the Ukrainian rebellion as soon as possible.

It's just that when he felt the Ministry of War, the situation here was far from ideal. The entire department was in chaos. The sudden change of the Minister of War caught the department by surprise. The handover of the old and new ministers and various connections were extremely hasty.

Prince Mikhail sighed: "Count, as you can see, the whole department is in chaos now, and it will not take a day or two to sort things out. I'm afraid I won't be able to spare time to work with you to formulate counter-insurgency plans for the time being!"

Dmitry looked around, and it was indeed a mess, but the Ukrainian rebellion was too big to delay, and he asked: "How much time do you need, uh, you also know that His Majesty is very concerned about it." This matter, and the situation in Ukraine is critical, we cannot wait for others!"

Prince Mikhail smiled bitterly: "I don't know, I can only say as soon as possible, it happened so suddenly, I didn't even have any preparations..."

This is not a lie. In fact, he has been slack since he was named a prince. As a noble prince and Your Excellency the Marshal, it is very unlikely that he will go to the battlefield again. Well, instead of continuing to solicit troubles and make those young people look down, it is better to take the initiative to retire and enjoy retirement.

Prince Mikhail is really on vacation during this period, and you also know that once a tense person relaxes, it will be difficult to return to normal, especially if someone of Prince Mikhail's age wants to It is not a matter of a day or two to get back to the state.

Dmitry understood very well, and he actually admired Prince Mikhail's attitude of knowing the current affairs. So he didn't ask too much, but begged the prince to prepare supplies as soon as possible to raise enough supplies.

In his opinion, as long as Prince Mikhail can solve the logistics problem, it will be of great help.

But Prince Mikhail spread his hands and said, "I understand your urgency, but I can only tell you with regret that the material reserves are not sufficient, or very lacking."

Dmitry widened his eyes and asked: "We have just ended the state of war, logically speaking, all kinds of supplies should still be sufficient!"

Prince Mikhail smiled wryly and said: "What you said is the ideal state, but you know that the last war was too expensive. In fact, we were in short supply of various materials in the later stage. If the war hadn't ended in time, the whole army might have It will all collapse. So in fact we don’t have much supplies left, and as you know, more than 700,000 troops will return to the station, and the consumption on the road is not small. In fact, there are still a lot of shortfalls. One of the troops is still in arrears of salary, and a quarter of the troops are in a state of not eating their last meal..."

Well, Dmitry really didn't expect the situation to be so bad, no wonder the local garrison in Ukraine performed so poorly in responding to the insurgency. Before, he thought that the Ukrainian governor and officials did not pay enough attention to it and took it lightly.

Now it seems that the low morale of the troops and the extreme shortage of supplies are also the key reasons. As the old saying goes, the emperor is not short of hungry soldiers, how can he win a big battle without sufficient material guarantee?

In fact, Dmitry still wants to be simple. In addition to the reasons he thought of for the poor performance of the Ukrainian rebel regular army, another important reason is that the army itself is the maker of the rebellion.

Because of the lack of salaries, a large number of grassroots officers and soldiers were starving, and they could only live by stealing or robbing as a last resort. And because Ukraine is an important granary and the most important support base for the Russian army in the Crimean War, the exploitation and consumption of Ukraine in this war are astonishing.

That is to say, the Ukrainian people have already had a heavy burden, and they finally looked forward to the end of the war, thinking that they could live in peace. As a result, the soldiers who were like robbers came again. .

The officials shaved a layer of oil, and the soldiers shaved another layer of skin. Even if the Ukrainian people were covered with bruises, they would have to.

In addition, some soldiers were forced to mutiny directly, and simply rebelled with the serfs who rose up with guns, so the situation in Ukraine would naturally become more chaotic.

Prince Mikhail told Dmitry very helplessly: "The army's reserve warehouses are almost empty, and it is unrealistic to expect the Ministry of the Army to deploy materials and supplies...My friend~www.readwn.com~I advise you to Go to the prime minister and see if he can try to raise some supplies for you to meet your urgent needs."

After coming out of the Ministry of War, half of Dmitri's waist was cold. He looked at the ambitious counter-insurgency plan he was holding in his hand and found that it was useless at all. There was no material reserve, no money, what to do with it. Counterinsurgency? By ideas and imagination?

Sighing, he hurried to the prime minister's mansion, and see if Nesselrode can help, at least let him help raise some supplies for some military expenses!

However, Dmitry didn't expect too much, because Nesselrode has almost only had the name of a prime minister for the past six months, basically he doesn't care about anything, he just waits to leave his job and return to his hometown.

What's more, if the Ministry of War has no money, the prime minister and the cabinet have money?

Dmitry knew what was going on in the state treasury, and he lived on his fingers.

"About supplies? Then you have to ask the Minister of War!"

Sure enough, after Dmitry explained his purpose, Nesselrode started to play football. According to him, if he wants to counter the rebellion, fight a war and ask for money or goods, he has to find the Minister of War. This is his authority. At most, he, the prime minister, will help him to ask, but there is no guarantee of the result.

Dmitry begged: "Your Excellency, I know that the national treasury is very tight, but Ukraine is very important, and it is likely to affect the fiscal revenue of the next year. If the rebellion cannot be quelled quickly, it is likely to cause a chain reaction, and the whole country may be in chaos. !"

It's just that his warning is useless to Nesselrode, who is ready to retire and return to his hometown, so he doesn't want to take care of this mess.

"I know the seriousness of the matter, but you can only go to the Minister of War for this matter. I believe he knows the seriousness of the matter and will take it seriously..."