Rasputin of the East

＜ Episode 145 >

“I’m thinking about it again, but it’s like a beggar at the border.”

Europe, the Middle East and the Far East are all enemies.

The Russian Empire must endure a three-sided front.

They attacked Germany in Europe, advanced into the Suez Canal from the Middle East, and advanced to Persia, cut off oil, and pressured India to force Britain to fall into Jeepul, China, Manchuria, and the Korean Peninsula to drive Japan out of the continent.

Yes, it’s not impossible. France will not go out as easily as in the original history, no wonder, if you extend the Maginot Line to Belgium and do that, the title of Elang would be a waste.

The problem is that we have a weak navy.

A squadron of wolf tactics and battlecruisers/fast battleships and high-speed aircraft carriers usually destroys and strangles the opponent’s neck.

That’s the Navy’s goal.

Just defending the North Sea is a victory, and all you have to do is survive in the Mediterranean Sea.

“Is the maneuver defense the only way?”

We do not have the ability to build a Maginot line like France. No, a person with common sense wouldn’t be able to say that a defense line should be laid on that wide border.

“Tukhachensky.”

“Yes.”

“I have high expectations for you.”

When I put my hand on my shoulder, Tuhachensky was startled.

Of course… this yangban is the father of Mobile Warfare, but at the same time, he knows that it is a bit unrealistic in many ways.

First of all, it is true that the military capabilities of this yangban are excellent. Besides, I’m a good person for the future, so I can talk well.

“We don’t have the ability to build a line of defense on every potential enemy lane like France does, but the tens of thousands of tanks and tens of thousands of aircraft you mentioned are just as unrealistic.”

“Sir, but just because…”

“I’m not saying that your theory of deep combat is wrong, but how many heavy industry complexes are there in the Russian Empire right now other than those purchased abroad or with cooperation?”

“that…….”

“Aren’t you supposed to be?”

“Yes that’s right.”

Even the Siberian arsenal is laughable compared to the US, French, and British arsenals. Of all the arsenals I’ve made before World War I, I have to put them all together, compared to the ones that were ripped off here and there during the Great Depression… A hole shop?

“Even though our Russian Empire is a pioneer of tanks, the Empire still has a long way to go.

If the U.S. even receives the Lending Act of Arms during World War II, that may be the case.

Of course, the United States of the world did not have a neutral law. Of course, the problem is that there are large historical fluctuations in the United States that have made the Neutrality Act something like that.

“Shall we take a look at this part of what you asked for? When tanks break through the enemy lines, they need mechanized, fast-moving infantry that can be deployed quickly in one wave before the enemy can react. So, how should we mechanize the ‘mechanized infantry’? truck? Ha, you’re not saying we’re going to launch an offensive with the infantry in trucks in the western part of the empire where Rasputicha is taking place, right?”

“no.”

“Yeah, and trucks aren’t enough to meet the needs of civilians and supply troops, so why not operate an armored vehicle or, at the very least, put infantry on top of a tank to maneuver it?”

“That’s right.”

“The problem is, armored vehicles may be less expensive than tanks, but they are expensive equipment.”

I don’t know if it’s about half-track, but APC costs similar to pulling out a real tank body. Even so, the number of troops it can burn isn’t that many.

All of the early tanks were light tanks or tanks. Even more so in a world where the Mk series has been buried forever without ever seeing the light of the world.

Therefore, the tanks around the world affected by them were basically light tanks.

Of course, there are countries that have studied multi-turret tanks like the United States, but I excluded the multi-turret design itself in the first place. It was a great advantage to be able to grab the concept and move it right away without going through a lot of trial and error with this alone.

“Light tanks are excluded in the long run, and the missions that light tanks with poor firepower and defense can do in future battles are only at the level of reconnaissance and infantry support, and these missions can be replaced by armored vehicles, etc. Valuable production capacity cannot be wasted on the production of light tanks.”

medium tank, heavy tank.

The basic aim is to be based on the T-34, such as the T-44, but to compensate for the known shortcomings. I know it’s too much of an irrational number. So, it’s not ROC, it’s a directional point.

The current ROC is closer to the T-44’s ancestor, the A-20. The origin of the T-34 was to give the A-20 tilted armor and change the trajectory and main gun, and the T-44 increased the armor of the T-34, corrected design mistakes, and improved combat efficiency. As long as the suspension and engine are powered up, they’ll be able to pull off the performance just fine.

The heavy tank was aimed at the Stalin series, but for this, the development of suspension and engine must be considered in the long term, so I think it will take 10 years to get a similar result.

It’s an aircraft…. Just being there right now won’t be a problem until the beginning of WWII.

“That means the military costs are that much. Besides, is it enough to make a weapon? You know it’s not right, right?”

“Yes.”

“War does not end if we fight well on the front lines, we are not Prussia, an army with a state.”

So weave it again

It seemed that the soul of Tuhachensky, who was sentenced to overtime work, was draining away… But if he was unfair, he didn’t plan it well from the beginning. It’s your fault, Tuhachensky, for thinking of running away from your conscience that you might get over it when it’s coming out.

Anyway, it’s not my fault.

“That’s it… Secretary Brusilov’s health has been noticeably worse these days.”

“It’s unfortunate.”

“I think we should consider a successor. There are no clear candidates yet, but…”

For a moment, it seemed that sparks were splattered from Tuhachensky’s eyes.

“I will work twice as hard.”

After all, do people need to be motivated to work?

***

“It is almost certain that the current presidency in the United States will pass from Republicans to Democrats.”

Receiving the report, I stared at a name.

“The Democratic presidential nominee, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, aka FDR comes from New York City…”

This man has already left. Damn, wasn’t that guy supposed to be president in the next election, not this year?

I don’t know what the heck was the problem, but FDR didn’t go through three years of rigorous rehabilitation. No, I didn’t get polio in the first place.

In the original history, while going on vacation in 1921, he fell into the water and contracted polio and was unable to use his lower body. In the same year, he ran for mayor of New York and was elected.

It was a move four years earlier than the original history.

Actually, when I first got the report, I wasn’t really interested, I thought it was a good thing.

There is no way that FDR could stand by the Nazis, and rather it would be beneficial if the FDR lived until the end of the war in a healthy state.

The problem was that FDR ran for the US presidential election in 1928, and it should be considered that he was actually elected.

The term of office of the President of the United States is four years.

In other words, even if the FDR is re-elected, his tenure ends in 1936.

Although FDR made a fourth term, he was able to break the tacit rule of the ban on the third line since George Washington because it was a period in which the dark clouds of World War II fell on the United States in earnest.

In other words, if the time frame is advanced by 4 years, it is unclear whether FDR will be able to challenge the third line.

And if there is no FDR, who will fill his vacancy and lead the American war? I do not know.

From here on, it’s completely unknown territory, so is there anyone better than FDR as the wartime president?

Of course, the United States cannot stand by Japan’s runaway, and as long as the United States embargoes oil, Japan cannot avoid hitting Pearl Harbor due to a thunderbolt.

Even if it is not the Sino-Japanese War, Japan will eventually infringe upon the core US rights and interests, and if these rights and interests are violated, the US government will impose sanctions against Japan, even if it is not FDR or Hull.

And Japan will slap the US in the back of the head not long after receiving the American disaster.

In other words, the United States must and unconditionally participate in the war at any time.

But if FDR retires before World War II begins, what will happen to the Lending Act?

I was thinking of supplementing the damage by sucking up a large amount of land lease and getting help for the development of domestic industry, but if the arms rental law doesn’t pass… Like the Soviet Union in the original history, heavy industry hampers everything else. There will be no need to rob the Ukrainian granaries for the sake of profanity, and it may not come to such a fatal level, because there is nothing to do.

However, having to endure more damage than expected is by no means a small blow.

That doesn’t mean I can’t start a war around 1935, and I can’t run to the US and ask the FDR to be president after only four years. going crazy

‘After all, should I hope that Hitler will wage war first?’

10 years.

In original history, it took ten years from the outbreak of the Great Depression to the outbreak of World War II.

Then, in this world, was the outbreak of World War II in 1937?

can’t be sure

nothing can be certain

As long as the history is wrong, the only future knowledge I can use is the various lessons learned, the inclinations of each human being, and the point of view of natural disasters.

In fact, I can’t be sure of that tendency. No matter how immutable a person may be, it is a person who can change the opposite way in just one day.

From the point of view of tampering with people’s minds, I can agree with both the saying that people’s beliefs are difficult to break and that they are surprisingly easy to break.

When circumstances change, so can a person’s behavior.

That’s normal.

In a world where the political situation is completely different from the original history, so is the behavior of each government.

However, only one thing is certain.

War is coming.

A great war that cannot and cannot be avoided is approaching, burning all the five oceans and six continents.