Struggle in Russia

Lazarev also wanted to give the boys the opportunity to be rewarded for their meritorious service, but it is not what a soldier should do if he does anything wrong for the sake of being rewarded for his meritorious service. Order, how can you ignore the national interest because of your own self-interest?

For Lazarev, it is too easy to fight the Turks. The strength of the Black Sea Fleet is enough to hoist the Turkish Navy up and fight, as long as he is willing to wipe out the Turkish Navy in minutes.

But it is easy to beat the Turks, but the bad influence after the fight cannot be eliminated. The reason why Turkey can still exist is not how tenacious the country is, but that the great powers need Turkey to exist.

With Turkey here, the regional situation can maintain a balance, and no one can take much advantage. But once Turkey is gone, it is blunt to say that the situation in the entire Balkans and the Middle East will be completely rewritten. It is very likely to trigger a direct confrontation between the great powers, triggering a major war that will sweep across Europe.

At that time, it was hard to say who would win. At least according to Lazarev's estimation of the strength of various countries, Russia really has no advantage. And now the Holy Alliance only exists on paper. Once Russia takes action against Turkey, Britain and France will definitely intervene directly, and that will be a disaster!

So even if Lazarev understands the thoughts of the boys under him, he can only refuse. This time the war is limited to Moldavia and Wallachia, and it is limited to restoring order in the two countries. Nothing more can be done. !

Nasimov replied sincerely: "General, what we mean is not to expand the scale of the war, but to give the fleet more tasks."

Lazarev sighed and asked, "Then how do you want to expand the scope of the mission? Do you want you to disembark and follow the Duke to besiege the city, or go to the sea to search aimlessly for enemies that don't exist at all?"

Nasimov stopped talking immediately, and hesitated for a moment before saying, "We can disassemble the cannons on the ship and form artillery to assist the Duke in attacking the fortress..."

This suggestion is very realistic and can be done, but it still hurts Lazarev. It is possible to dismantle the artillery on the ship to support the land battle, but it is not necessary, because the artillery under Duke Mikhail is strong enough to beat the Wallachian land turtle.

What's more, the dismantled naval gun does not mean that it can be carried away. After all, the gun carriage on the naval gun is not suitable for land use these days. It may be possible to use it as a fortress gun, but to march long distances with Duke Mikhail's troops, a more suitable vehicle will inevitably be needed. And where would he get these?

Now that the war is imminent, there are still a lot of things to do, and various materials need to be prepared, so there is no extra time to toss these naval guns. Even if it is possible, as I said before, Duke Mikhail's artillery is strong enough and does not need so much firepower.

But Nasimov still did not give up.

He added: "It may not be necessary to fight the rebels in Wallachia, but it is not necessarily necessary to go to Austria to suppress the rebellion. It is said that the rebels there are quite rampant, and the Austrians can't hold their heads up! I think going to Austria to suppress the rebellion , you will definitely need more powerful firepower!"

Lazarev was stunned for a moment and then heaved a long sigh in his heart. Isn't this the most typical example of what it means to be moved by money? Paskovich and Mikhail Gorchakov jumped up and down for this fat piece of Austria, and even his good students were envious, and they also stared at this piece of cake. This is human nature!

However, Lazarev did not mean to blame Nasimov and others. As long as they are normal people, they will have selfish desires. Selfish desires are not terrible. What is terrible is excessive selfish desires.

Now the selfish desires of Nasimov and others can only be said to be at a normal level, and they are still far, far away from overflowing. Naturally, his teacher will not have any objections. It's just that this matter really needs to be properly resolved, because Lazarev knows that there are far more than a few people such as Nasimov who are staring at the Austrian cake. up.

So Lazarev said to Nasimov: "Well, I already know your opinion, and I will consider it carefully. Go back and wait for the news!"

If it was someone else, he would definitely not be dismissed so easily, but Nasimov and Lazarev are not in an ordinary relationship. For Nasimov, since the teacher has already spoken, he will definitely not refuse to give an explanation, so it is very If you obey, you will resign and leave, and you will really wait for the news.

Lazarev knew that Austria's interests were involved, so he definitely couldn't do whatever he said. He had to discuss it properly with the commander-in-chief, Duke Mikhail, otherwise he didn't understand the rules.

Duke Mikhail will naturally not be ignorant. Anyway, no one dislikes many artillerymen. What's more, the artillerymen formed by the Black Sea Fleet are of much higher quality than ordinary artillerymen. Of course, he also has requirements:

"Having more artillery is a good thing, but it's better to add more heavy artillery. Heavy artillery is even more needed in tackling tough situations!"

The corner of Lazarev's mouth twitched twice. Everyone knew that heavy artillery was a powerful weapon, but heavy artillery was not easy to transport!

Regarding the bad traffic conditions in Wallachia, bringing 18-pound guns all the way from the country, is this a young man who is going to exhaust him to death?

Of course, it's bad in my heart, but since Duke Mikhail has given the conditions, let's try to meet them.

Lazarev also knew why Duke Mikhail was so obsessed with heavy artillery, because when the Russian army fought against Turkey in Wallachia, they were fed up with the turtle tactics of the Turks hiding in the bastion.

Because of the lack of heavy firepower, every time the Turks were surrounded but couldn't be eaten, the taste was quite sour. For this reason, many Russian generals even paid a heavy price. For example, the most typical one is Menshikov, the general manager of the Ouchi. When he was besieging the Turkish castle, he was shot by the enemy's shells. How desperate do you think this is? .

Lazarev also knew that there would be very few real field battles in this Wallachian battle, because the strength gap between the two sides was too obvious, and it was impossible for the Wallachians to run out to fight against them with their weak combat power. In the decisive battle of the Russian army, it is more practical to huddle in cities and fortresses and resist stubbornly based on solid fortifications.

That's why Duke Mikhail spent more of his time fighting at points. At this time, he really couldn't play without heavy firepower. It's normal for him to want to bring more heavy artillery.

"No problem, this battle really needs heavy firepower, and it is very important to form more heavy artillery... However, Duke, I think this operation not only needs heavy artillery, but the main force of the fleet also needs to take on more important missions..."