Major Qi Rui's first job in the General Staff Department was to be in charge of documents. A battalion major was indeed considered to be in the middle level of the army, but in the middle level, he was nothing more than a floor mat. Not to mention a major who had only been a company commander before. He could only do odd jobs in the General Staff Department.
"Staff Officer Qi, bring me the spring combat training document …"
"Staff Officer Qi, bring me the logistics calculation report of the army …"
"Staff Officer Qi, file this training content …"
"Staff Officer Qi, give this document of Russia's attack on Osman to the printing room …"
Qi Rui didn't think that this job was a waste of his talent. His father, Vézé, rarely talked about the specific work in the army. One of the things he talked about was the essentials of odd jobs. "If you have the ability to observe, you will soon be able to see the rhythm of the army. If you can master this rhythm and keep up with this rhythm, you will be together with the army. If you can really get this position one day, you should experience it. "
After all these things, Qi Rui was more and more convinced of his father. Doing basic training in a large amount of free time was the only way to practice martial arts, and the same was true for work. At first, Qi Rui also wanted to use up his time, so he began to review his homework systematically, just like what his father, Vézé, told Qi Rui to do every time before an exam. In fact, any leisure time meant tension for the future. No matter how much basic homework was done, it was never too much.
At this time, the North American army had entered the rhythm of rebuilding the field army's combat readiness, training, personnel discussions, and everything seemed chaotic, but if one carefully studied, they were actually all centered around one goal. Division Commander Wu and Political Commissar Tu might have their own shortcomings, but they also had their own characteristics. But after they decided on something, they would start to push it with all their might, which really made Qi Rui understand it deeply.
Of course, young people were always more interested in bigger strategies. Qi Rui was very interested in the news of Russia's declaration of war against the Osman Empire and the Eleventh Russo-Turkish War. In the tenth Russo-Turkish War, Qi Rui's "uncle" Liweiren Pasha helped the Osman army build the Pleven fortress. The thirty thousand Osman soldiers relied on this fortress to resist the siege and fierce attacks of the three hundred thousand Russian soldiers for two years. He had created an astonishing battle record.
Osman, the commander of Pleven Fortress? After the war, Nuri Pasha received the title of "Hero of the Holy War" of the Osman Empire, was promoted to Marshal, and became the Minister of the Sixth Army of the Osman Empire. Osman? Because of his achievements in the defense of Priven Fortress? Nuri Pasha was nicknamed "Iron Wall Nuri" in European military circles. The whole European army was trying to visit the Pleven fortress. All European soldiers who visited Priven Fortress were amazed by the modern fortress, which adopted a completely different system of defense from the traditional fortress.
The Osman Empire tried its best to rope in Li Weiren Pasha, the actual builder of Priven Fortress. In addition to giving Li Weiren the official title of Osman Pasha, the Osman Empire told Li Weiren Pasha that as long as Li Weiren publicly declared that he believed in Islam, the Osman Empire would appoint Li Weiren Pasha as the commander of the front army, or appoint him as the Deputy Minister of the Sixth Army of the Osman Empire. Marrying the Osman Princess, getting a high position and a generous salary, and having three wives and four concubines was not a problem.
The Ottoman Empire was quite open when it came to using outstanding foreign soldiers. They did not hide anything when it came to recruiting Li Weiren. The Empire's Prime Minister Ahmet? Midhat Pasha formally proposed to His Majesty Vézé, the emperor of China, that he hoped to be able to marry into China. The object of the marriage was naturally the "Prince" of China, Li Weiren Pasha, and that the eldest princess of the Osman Empire would be married to Li Weiren Pasha.
It involved Africa and Kuwait, so Vézé finally agreed to the marriage. Li Weiren was a distant cousin of Vézé's wife, Li Yifang, so Qi Rui had seen his "aunt", who was really a stunning beauty. Even though her appearance had a strong exotic flavor and her eyes were dark blue, it was not the kind of appearance that China found unacceptable. The Osman Empire's royal family had been mixed with the Mediterranean and Europe for hundreds of years, creating a style that was absolutely acceptable to China. When Qi Rui served in the South China Sea, he saw the color of the sea thousands of meters deep under the blue sky, and the first thing that came to his mind was the color of his "aunt"'s eyes. It was so deep and quiet, and so clear and transparent.
When he saw the news of the eleventh Russian war, Qi Rui's first feeling was that the Russians had been attacked by evil spirits. Others might not know, but Qi Rui knew very well. The trenches made of reinforced concrete, machine gun positions, and a defense system composed of barbed wire were now the nemesis of infantry attacks. This was the defense system first proposed by his father, Vézé, and Li Weiren had carried out a comprehensive implementation.
This kind of stronghold had long gone beyond the concept of firepower, and had become a combat system that could be attacked and defended. A large number of supplies were stockpiled inside the stronghold. In its incomplete form, the Priven Fortress could hold out for two years under the siege of ten times the number of enemies. With full preparation, 50,000 troops facing the siege of 300,000 enemies could easily hold out for two or three years.
With such a defense system, the Ottoman army could fight more flexibly. In the past, as long as the Russians broke through a flaw in the line of defense, they could march straight in. Now the Osman Empire only needed to hold on to a series of fortress systems, and could even open the main road for the Russians to go all the way in. But would the Russians dare to do so? If the Russians dared to go straight to Istanbul, the capital of the Osman Empire, it would not be a straight march, but a suicide mission.
But these could only be a private interest of Qi Rui. After the work was done, during the shift when everyone was resting, he could read every bit of information about the Russian-Turkish war.
The eleventh Russian-Turkish war not only attracted the attention of Qi Rui, but also the attention of the world. The world's major industrial countries once thought that China would not stop attacking after seizing the Far East, but would compete with Russia for the ownership of all of Siberia. But they did not expect that China would make peace with Russia and cooperate fully on the Central Asian issue. The two countries quickly divided Central Asia. Since then, there were no more conflicts between China and Russia.
But people with a discerning eye could see that the peace between China and Russia was based on the fact that Russia's eastward route was completely blocked, and there was no possibility of eastward expansion. Even after the division of Central Asia, Russia's southward route was blocked. If it were not for China's gold, and China's Grand Railway had been built to Central Asia, Russia might not really be willing to recognize the peace.
After losing the possibility of eastward expansion, the treaty of the Three Emperors prevented Russia from westward expansion. The only way left was to attack the Osman Empire in the south and open up the Black Sea. They could even bite the western part of Iran and gain access to the Indian Ocean.
The more serious European strategists all admired China's Emperor Vézé's strategic vision. China's starting point and stopping point were very appropriate, and it was not stingy when it came to the price of peace. While shaking the world, it did not change the old balance of power too much. If there was any change, it would be that China was no longer the target of other countries' war.
Russia was in a hurry to start a new round of war because it had no choice. Russia's industrial development in the past decade was rapid. After the abolition of serfdom, the country's human and natural resources were greatly utilized. One hundred tons of gold from China allowed Russia to have the financial resources to buy large amounts of equipment and open factories during the European economic crisis. Especially since the end of the 70's, new mining equipment changed the problem of using large amounts of manpower in mines. The work of breaking the ore layer and crushing the ore was done by mining machinery. The miners' job became to transport the ore to the conveyor belt, and the conveyor belt transported the ore to the surface.
Russia just happened to catch up with this wave of new technology application. Because Russia's domestic investment was at the bottom, a large amount of investment, mainly from France, entered Russia, which led to a frenzy of purchasing new equipment in Russia. Russia's weak industrial capacity and lack of industrial workers were alleviated by the new equipment. Russia's industrial capacity skyrocketed like a balloon.
France lost its iron ore production due to its defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, and the second industrial revolution was weak. It could only rely on foreign investment to maintain high profits. In 1885, although Russia relied on imports of heavy industrial technology, its steel production actually surpassed France, ranking third in Europe and fifth in the world. In the past decade, Russia built more than 20,000 kilometers of railways, and the military equipment of the six armies, including rifles, was barely self-sufficient. Several major Russian shipyards could also build their own cruisers. If he didn't fight now, when would he?
Osman Empire's Prime Minister Ahmet? Midhart Pasha was not particularly surprised by the outbreak of war. What surprised him was that Russia did not first use the banner of "saving the Orthodox Slavic brothers", nor did it carry out a long diplomatic activity. Russia's declaration of war was very simple. The Osman Empire interfered with Russia's legitimate interests in Azerbaijan, so Russia officially declared war on the Osman Empire.
The Osman Empire, of course, through its own Ministry of Foreign Affairs, declared to the whole of Europe that Russia's reason was completely untenable. In fact, the Osman Empire knew very well that Russia was not lying this time. In the Russian-Turkish war eight years ago, Russia had a lot of gains in Azerbaijan. But while the Azerbaijanis may oppose the rule of the Osman Empire, they did not want to accept the rule of the Orthodox pagans. After being controlled by Russia for four or five years, the local people felt that the Orthodox Church was not as good as Islam, so they tried to break away from the control of the Russians, hoping to establish an independent country.
In the process, the Osman Empire was warm to their Muslim brothers. No matter what happened in the past, when the Azerbaijanis pulled the trigger on the Russians, the Osman Empire did not hesitate to provide weapons and ammunition. The Russians were experienced in using religious conflicts to intervene in other countries, so they immediately responded to the Osman Empire's actions.
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