While the French were making small moves, the Russians also launched a war in Central Asia.

Frankly speaking, March and April are not the best time to attack, but there is no way, the Tsarist government wants to grab the time.

Austria lost contact with the Afghan government, and the Tsarist government was not much better. Although it had been operating for a longer time, it could not resist the carelessness of the Russian bureaucrats!

The war broke out and the two sides lost contact. In the eyes of the Tsar's senior officials, they could not be connected, so there would definitely be no good news.

In order to gain the initiative in the war, the Russian military was forced to launch a war in advance.

Everything has two sides. At this time, the ice and snow melt, and the Russian army has great logistics pressure, but the Central Asian Khanate is not much better.

Although the local combat logistics pressure is relatively small, a war broke out at this time, which affected spring plowing.

For agricultural countries, this is undoubtedly the most deadly. Although Central Asian countries do not rely entirely on farming and animal husbandry are also important industries, they are still under great impact.

There was no way, the Russian army came over, and the young and strong were forced to join the army, and the labor force engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry was greatly reduced, and reducing agricultural and animal husbandry production became inevitable.

It seems not obvious in the short term, but in fact it affects the war potential of the three Khanates in Central Asia. In a sense, the Russians have already locked in the victory ahead of schedule.

However, this was not under General Auginetz's consideration, and he did not regard Central Asian countries as opponents from beginning to end.

The attack was to start a quick battle so as to push the front to the Afghan area as soon as possible and fight the British.

In this context, the long-term strategic advantages for Central Asian countries naturally seem meaningless.

"The power generation urges the country to speed up the pace. If this continues for at most half a month, we can only stop attacking."

With the outbreak of the war, the chaos in the Russian army's logistics management was gradually exposed.

As the supreme commander of Central Asia, General Auginetz must also coordinate the logistics resources through domestic coordination.

There is no problem in peacetime. The government can uniformly allocate strategic materials, which can effectively check and balance the military.

The war years seemed out of place. If the bureaucracy of the Tsarist government was strong, the problem would not be serious, and it would be delayed by one or two days at most.

For a big country, it is not unacceptable to sacrifice a little efficiency.

Unfortunately, the bureaucrats of the Tsarist government are constantly declining. The reformists who promoted the progress of the country in the era of Alexander II have now become corrupt conservatives.

Alexander III was not the decisive master, and the Russian Empire's system was not perfect, so it was inevitable that it would be a bit deficient in the bureaucratic class.

The middle-aged officer in charge of logistics replied: "Mr. Commander, we have sent five urging telegrams. Except for the first two replies, the ones behind were all sank to the sea and there was no news.

If nothing unexpected happens, our telegram will face the same ending. Perhaps these telegrams will not be in the hands of the Minister of Logistics."

Telegrams that intercepted the front line could not happen in other countries, but it would be normal to happen in the Russian Empire.

The slow transportation of logistics supplies does not necessarily mean that the Russian Empire has no capacity. What is more likely that the transportation capacity originally belonged to the military was occupied.

The intensity of the Central Asian War was not very strong, and the front line also reserved some materials, such as food and tents, were ready-made.

What really needs to be transported from China are mainly ammunition, medicine, and military supplies that are not suitable for long-term storage.

The requirements for transportation capacity are not very large, because the roads may be muddy, but they can still be provided.

Before launching the attack, the Russian military had already calculated it. If it was confirmed that the logistics supply was insufficient from the beginning, General Auginetz would not have launched an attack so early.

After hearing this news, General Auginetz's face turned gloomy and terrible. He had never fought a war, nor had he seen someone cheating, but this was the first time he had encountered such a cheating person.

Perhaps it has something to do with luck, Auginetz failed to catch up with the First Prussian War.

During the Second Russian-Prussian War, the troops he served advanced along the Russian-Austrian border, and the logistics supplies were purchased nearby. No matter how hard the quarantine officers cheated, they would be delayed by one or two days at most.

Not to mention the Third Near East War, Austria was responsible for supplying logistics supplies and just sent someone to take over them, and she had never worried about it at all.

Good luck was finally used up. When fighting in Central Asia, all logistics supply was dependent on the country. General Auginetz finally learned the power of the bureaucrats.

"Why not report such an important thing in advance?"

The domestic bureaucrats are powerful, and the front-line bureaucrats are not too much. The Logistics Department did not respond to this important thing, and it was so drunk that they could hide it from him as the commander.

The middle-aged officer questioned replied nervously: "We thought it was just that the logistics department was busy with official duties, so we forgot to reply for a while, and we didn't expect..."

Without waiting for the middle-aged officer to continue to explain, General Auginetz got angry and swung the cup in front of him and threw it over.

"You think you want everything, and why do you want me as the commander?

Do you think that your own staff is in the Logistics Department, and I, the commander, can't control you?

Or do you think the military laws of the Russian Empire are not strict and want to try it out?"

A series of questions scared the middle-aged officer silly and didn't know how to answer for a while.

Frankly speaking, they are just air bags sandwiched between the logistics department and the front line command.

The establishment is in the Logistics Department and is promoted to the domestic responsibility. Naturally, it cannot afford to offend the men in the rear. The key is that they are also controlled by the front-line command.

For middle and lower-level officers, the logistics department is certainly a powerful yamen, but for General Auginetz, commander, they are just subordinate departments of the General Command.

Admiral Auginetz may not be able to decide their promotion, but their life and death.

The corruption of the Russian Empire is notorious, let alone the logistics management, which is definitely a severely affected area of ​​corruption.

If no one pursues the matter, then nothing will happen. If someone really lifts the lid, he will still be held accountable.

This is on the battlefield. As long as General Auginetz has evidence, he can execute any bureaucrat involved in the case with the charge of corrupt military supplies at any time.

"Hiss Commander, I...I..."

Without waiting for the middle-aged officer to explain, Auginetz waved his hand and said, "Okay, Kratsvalli. I know you all have difficulties and can't be the masters in the country.

But remember that now is on the battlefield, no matter who is, you have to give in to the war in everything. I believe you can understand what I mean.

No matter what method you use, I will ensure the supply of logistics supplies for me. If anyone drags me down, I will have his head.

You can bring this sentence to those men in China. Once there is insufficient supply of materials on the battlefield or there is a problem with materials, I will go back to ask His Majesty the Tsar for his judgment.

I believe that the great Tsar will be able to see clearly and uncover the guys who collude with the British in the government and deliberately delay the war."

Killing cannot solve the problem, and Kratsvalli is not the one who creates the problem.

Auginets was not an idealist and did not want to eliminate the borers in the Tsarist government. As long as these people did not make trouble for themselves.

There are too many bureaucrats like Kratswali in the Russian Empire. If you kill one, you will have the next one, and you will be killed at all.

It is even possible that the logistical department may even share the same hatred for the enemy and deliberately cause trouble for him due to murder.

This kind of thing has precedents. Admiral Auginetz didn't want to try it. After hitting it, he decisively chose to stop when he saw it was better.

As for getting back the allocation rights for logistics supplies, the military is responsible for coordinating the supply of materials, so it is not even thought about it.

He is in charge of soldiers and food. Unless the Tsar personally goes to command troops, he will be worried if he asks anyone to go to the country.

The most basic checks and balances of power are common all over the world. If you want to break the rules, you are breaking taboos. Admiral Auginetz is politically savvy and naturally won't jump to the pit.

Admiral Auginets' "beat" fell into Kratsvalli's eyes, which was a critical strike that was even more terrifying than the demon.

Once the charge of "collusion with the British" is confirmed, the logistics department will calculate one, so they will definitely have to collect lunch boxes together.

Not only is it because of your own bad luck, but even the family behind it will be ruined.

No matter what nobles are or are they or not, since the reform of Alexander II, the Russian Empire has no tradition of not killing nobles.

It doesn’t matter if you embezzle and accept bribes in normal times, but it doesn’t matter if you make a small mistake. Anyway, everyone is the same, and the law does not blame the public.

But colluding with the British is treason. When did the Tsarist government ever feel lenient when dealing with traitors?

Seeing that Auginets' gaze was coming, Kratsvalli hurriedly promised: "Mr. Commander, please rest assured. I will urge the country to transport the supplies as soon as possible."

...

Minister Argent, on duty at the Russian Logistics Headquarters in St. Petersburg, was bored to pass the time by the newspaper.

Suddenly, a middle-aged man hurriedly rushed in with a telegram.

Argent said dissatisfied: "What's going on, Passel?"

Pasel smiled bitterly and said, "Minister, you can't be anxious now. If you slow down, something will happen.

This is a telegram sent from the front line. The guy Auginetz warned us that if the logistics supplies cannot be delivered in time, he would accuse us of collusion with the British to His Majesty the Tsar."

Argent's face changed drastically and he cursed: "It's outrageous, how can the Logistics Department be threatened by him?"

Passel, you're too fussy. Since Auginetz is going to sue, let him go and sue.

How could His Majesty the Tsar believe such a nasty crime? Order the transport team to find an excuse to deliberately delay time. I think what he can do!"

Threats are secondly, and Argent is more afraid of someone to learn from the example. If he accepts the threat from Auginets, the Russian generals will follow the example in the future. Wouldn't the Logistics Department be slaughtered?

Pasel shook his head: "My Excellency Minister, this may not work. Okinetz dares to threaten us, but he probably has some evidence in his hands.

According to the Kratsvalli telegram, the fact that we borrowed military trains to transport materials to capitalists has been exposed.

If Auginetz uncovered the lid and insisted that we colluded with the British and deliberately delayed the delivery of strategic materials, a strict investigation would be carried out at home.

Everything is hard to say about what will happen then.”

After hearing this explanation, Argent instantly realized the seriousness of the problem.

Once proved, the Logistics Department deliberately delayed the delivery of strategic materials. Whether they colluded with the British did not need evidence, but the Tsar had the final say.

Given the importance of this war, Argent had reason to believe that Alexander III would use their heads to intimidate the bureaucrats at home.

Similar things have happened in the Prussian-Russian War. At that time, the senior management of the logistics department was pulled out by Alexander II to shoot the target.
To be continued...