Chapter 511 Understanding the Situation (Part 2)

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Dmitri took the initiative to ask about the mental outlook of the troops, which relieved Li Xiao a little, because he was really worried that Dmitri would be like the other officers who came from Russia, and they would not take Turkey seriously. , thinking that the next war would be a victory parade.

Li Xiao has seen too many people like this in the past month, and Alexey kept telling him about the arrogance of these Russian generals.

Dmitry obviously also noticed the problem, and felt that the arrogance atmosphere was very bad, otherwise he would not have taken the initiative to ask.

Li Xiao sighed and replied: "Except for some of the original garrison in Wallachia who also had a tendency to underestimate the enemy, others have a better mentality under the strong request and supervision of the governor..."

Speaking of this, Li Xiao wanted to complain about Leonid. As a good friend of theirs, the army of this holy brother is the one that underestimates the enemy and is more careless. Although the brigade under his command has been trained hard and has superb tactics, this mentality is indeed a big problem.

Probably because they claim to be elites, they are already high-spirited, and then they have a commander like Leonid who is eager to make contributions, so they can't go to war immediately, and they will liberate Bulgaria immediately, and then they can cut Turkey into eight Get promoted and get rich.

To be honest, if combined with Leonid's rejection of new weapons and equipment, he thinks that the existing weapons are enough for him to fight all over the world. You can see how arrogant he is.

Li Xiao is not optimistic about how much he and his troops can do. If they meet Turkey, it's okay to say, but if they meet the British and French troops equipped with Mines rifles, I'm afraid they will be cut leeks.

"The bigger problem is the troops urgently transferred from Ukraine to Wallachia. These troops are generally not up to standard training. A considerable part of them are newly enlisted serf soldiers. The officers generally despise the enemy. After arriving in Wallachia, they are keen to In order to enjoy exotic customs, the time to go out to play and hunt for beauty is ten times longer than that of training troops to scout the enemy's situation..."

As Li Xiao told the good things about the Russian generals one by one, Dmitry's face became more and more ugly. Before, he thought that although the Russian generals were arrogant and underestimated the enemy, they would not treat war as a trifle.

But now it seems that they are completely overestimated. This group of people didn't take the war seriously at all, and they got excited before the war.

Dmitry also sighed and asked, "Where's the Wallachian National Army?"

Li Xiao blinked, and said with a wry smile: "The Wallachia National Army as a whole can only engage in second-line security work. Under our supervision, maintaining logistics lines and maintaining local order can make a living, and it is generally unreliable on the battlefield. Although the governor and I You have tried your best to train them and try to boost their morale and fighting spirit, but the effect is mediocre!"

Dmitry immediately understood that this was tantamount to telling him that the Wallachian National Army could not go to the battlefield at all, and don't expect them to fight with the Russian army. However, he was not particularly disappointed, because after seeing the situation of the Moldavian National Army, he had a general idea of ​​what the Wallachian National Army looked like.

The two devils are generally unreliable, and this applies everywhere. Wallachia was no exception.

However, in Dmitry's opinion, if the Wallachian National Army can do the work that Li Xiao just said, it will be considered very good. It is a dimension stronger than the Moldavian National Army. The so-called National Army of Moldavia is simply a group of bandits with guns. They are unorganized and undisciplined. dilute.

A few days ago, Dmitri heard that a group of Moldavian National Army was ordered to wipe out the peasants who were uprising due to lack of food in the countryside. As a result, one thousand people did not beat three hundred people, and they were chased like rabbits with sickles and dung forks. defeated.

There is no need to count on such goods. Although the morale and fighting spirit of the Wallachian National Army are not good,

At least the discipline is still qualified, so as not to become a bandit with a gun.

As the newly appointed commander of the garrison troops in Wallachia, the troops under Dmitry's jurisdiction include the four Russian brigades originally stationed in Wallachia, and the divisions and brigades of Russian troops he brought over from the country. Then there was the Wallachian National Army.

Except for the 100,000 Wallachian National Army, which can only maintain law and order, Dmitri can actually manage only 30,000 troops.

To be honest, this is not much. If such a huge Wallachia is only relying on these 30,000 people, it will definitely not be able to defend it. After all, Turkey has nothing but a large number of people, and it is not difficult to gather an army of hundreds of thousands.

"The fortifications have to be stepped up!" Dmitry sighed, then remembered what Li Xiao said just now that the funds were tight, and quickly asked: "Isn't the economic situation in Wallachia not bad? Why can't you spend money to build the fortifications? "

Li Xiao spread out his hands and replied: "There are too many places to spend money, the railways and roads are all expensive, and there are a large group of bastards who come to fight the autumn wind, so they can't make ends meet!"

Dmitry immediately understood that this big piece of fat in Wallachia was so fat in the eyes of the rich and powerful in St. Petersburg that everyone wanted to take a bite, but the problem was that Wallachia was only so big. , How many vampires can they survive?

Thinking of Alexei and Li Xiao being able to manage the current situation in such an extremely difficult situation, Dmitry was full of admiration. Look at the Grand Duke Constantine next door. No one dares to ask him to fight the autumn wind. There is also a tsar Lao Tzu who secretly transfused blood, but ended up doing like that. He has the face to say that he is the pillar of the country. It is shameless!

"I will try to let St. Petersburg know about your difficulties." Dmitry replied sincerely.

"Thank you!" Li Xiao squeezed out some smiles, and then sighed: "Thank you for your righteous words, but it may be difficult to improve the distressed situation in Wallachia. After all, His Majesty does not want to see us, and the country generally does not think that we have the same relationship with Turkey. Fighting requires building defenses, so..."

Dmitry also knew that this was the truth, so it was simply unrealistic to expect St. Petersburg to allocate funds to Wallachia to repair the fortifications. On the contrary, you reached out to Nicholas I and asked for money to buy guns, cannons and explosives, which may still be approved. As for building bunkers, they will really be dissed.

At this time, Li Xiao continued to introduce: "It is not realistic to rely on the Russian troops stationed in Wallachia to defend Wallachia, so we plan to recruit a group of volunteers from the country. I have already contacted Duke Vorontsov, and the Duke also promised to do it. Help."

Dmitry was stunned, because he knew very well what the so-called recruitment of volunteers was, and it was actually hiring mercenaries. The problem is, didn't Li Xiao just say that he had no money?

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