Bulgarian Empire

In this sudden air battle, the Germans were very dissatisfied with the results of the battle, so why not the Russians? They don't admit that there is a problem with the quality of their aircraft, although after an air battle, major repairs are required.

But this can't be a quality problem. It was injured during the battle with the Luftwaffe, so it needed major repairs.

Ever since Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich was dismissed by the tsar from the position of commander-in-chief of the Russian army, and he himself served as the supreme commander of the Russian army, the Russian army has experienced varying degrees of confusion, which created opportunities for capitalists.

It can't be said that it can't be said, but the generals on the front line of the Russian army know it well, so everyone has no love and helplessness for domestic weapons.

The commander of the Russian Air Force, Lieutenant General Nikolay Nikolay Okas, was very helpless. Other weapons were okay, but they were rough and had a shorter service life, but their air force was not good enough!

Originally, aircraft of this era often needed maintenance, and spare parts often needed to be replaced, but the service life of spare parts of Russian military aircraft was shorter.

I have to admire the flexibility of these Russian capitalists. They have started to use disposable spare parts. After selling out the aircraft, they can continue to sell parts. They have integrated the idea of ​​sustainable development to the highest level!

Colonel Daniel Wellington, director of the Russian Air Force Logistics Department, said: "General, this is our inspection report. It is estimated that it will take half a month to complete the repair work."

Lieutenant General Nikolay-Nikolaokas nodded. This was already in his expectation, and this time is not too long in the records of the Russian army.

"Understood, well done Colonel Daniel." Lieutenant General Nicola-Nicolas Okas sincerely praised him. Compared with his predecessor, he was indeed shrewd and capable.

Colonel Daniel smiled and said: "General, this is what I should do. But we are running out of spare parts, and the logistics department has not yet responded. I am worried..."

Lieutenant General Nikolay-Nikolaokas interrupted: "Well, we urge the country to bring the supplies you need as soon as possible, and it won't be..."

Lieutenant General Nikolai Nikolaokas hadn't finished speaking when the air defense alarm suddenly sounded.

"Woooooooooooooooooooooo"

"Guard, go see what's going on outside?" Lieutenant General Nikolay Nikolay Okas said angrily

"Yes!" a soldier replied immediately

After he finished speaking, he ran out in a hurry, and as soon as he looked up at the sky, he was startled. The German plane was roaring towards him. After a pause of two seconds, the guards reacted and ran back immediately.

Excitedly said: "General, it's not good! Germany~ German plane~~"

Before he could finish speaking, Lieutenant General Nikolai Nikolaokas ran directly to the air-raid shelter. As a senior general of the Russian army, he regretted his life.

After entering the air-raid shelter, Lieutenant General Nikolay Okas calmed down and ordered: "Order the fighter jets to take off to stop the Germans, and the anti-aircraft firepower will hit me hard, let the Germans know that we It's amazing!"

At this time, the bombs of the German army had already fallen from the sky, and more than a dozen Russian planes also took off to face the Germans bravely.

No way, in this era when radar was not yet born, air defense is all based on naked eyes, and the time to find the enemy is almost at hand.

The Russian Air Force, which has just experienced a major war, has basically lost its combat effectiveness, while the German Air Force can still continue to fight. The gap between the two sides is self-evident.

Coming and going in a hurry, this sudden air strike only lasted for more than half an hour before it ended, but the losses caused to the Russians were not small.

After the air strike ended, Lieutenant General Nikolai Nikolaokas walked out of the air-raid shelter. His face was gloomy and terrifying. The airport was already a sea of ​​flames, and thick smoke billowed into the sky.

The Germans' successful sneak attack is inseparable from the carelessness of the defenders. Perhaps in the eyes of many people, the German Air Force must also undergo an overhaul after an air battle.

Unexpectedly, it was attacked by air the next day!

As the supreme commander on the scene, Lieutenant General Nicola-Nicolas Orcas could not escape being involved this time, but he was not worried about his own future. Anyway, he was already in his current position, and there was no further action. possible!

Nikolay-Nicolas Okas is worried about the aftermath of this air strike. Does it mean that the air supremacy on the Eastern Front has fallen into the hands of the Germans?

This is also related to the fate of the Russian Empire. Once the air supremacy is lost, can the Russian Army, which is already at a disadvantage, be able to withstand it?

If they can't stop the German attack, the consequences will be really unimaginable!

After contemplating for a moment, Lieutenant General Nikolay Okas realized that someone had already organized firefighting at the scene, and he was only here to inspect the front line, so there was no need to continue to intervene.

Nikolay-Nikolaokas sighed, and said to the adjutant beside him: "This inspection is over, I'm going back to St. Petersburg, let's arrange a special plane!"

Although the adjutant was a little puzzled, something happened just now, shouldn't he be in command? How to go back to St. Petersburg? But he still replied habitually: "Yes!"

As senior generals, the Russian military has a practice of not taking domestically produced planes. Their special planes are all imported, not only for them but also for high-level government officials.

It’s not that they worship foreign countries, domestic aircraft often need to be repaired, the most pitiful thing is that the quality of their spare parts is often not up to standard, and there is a small chance of failure.

It's just that their malfunction is unusual. There is a certain chance that the plane will fall directly from the sky; or when it needs to take off to avoid a mountain, it may directly hit it...

It's not just Russian aircraft. Aircraft accidents all over the world are high in this era, but there are more bears.

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"Your Majesty, this is our Air Force's plan to improve combat effectiveness." Lieutenant General Nikolai-Nikolaokas submitted a document to Nicholas II anxiously. He knew that after today, he would become a capitalist. A thorn in their side.

However, he doesn't care. There are not many capitalists involved in the aircraft manufacturing field in this era, and their strength is not very strong, so they can't help him.

It is the bureaucrats within the government who can really cause trouble. As vested interests, they will definitely not let it go.

Nicholas II's face was changing from sunny to cloudy, and finally cloudy. It was obvious that he was angry, and a storm was coming.

"Your plan to improve combat effectiveness is to use imported goods for all aircraft?" Nicholas II asked angrily

Lieutenant General Nikolai-Nikolaokas said calmly: "Yes, Your Majesty! Our air force has comprehensively demonstrated and analyzed the cost and aircraft performance!"

This is not aimless. Now the price of Russia's self-produced aircraft is really more expensive than imported aircraft, and the quality is completely incomparable.

He has calculated that if all the military expenditures of the Air Force are imported, more than a hundred more aircraft can be added, and the greed of the Russian capitalists can be imagined.

No, their costs are already higher. The public relations fee is much higher than the production cost of an aircraft. It is completely normal for the total price to be higher and the quality to be lower.

Nicholas II suppressed his anger. Now is the time of war, and it is normal for the military to want better weapons and equipment. The domestic capitalists are not up to date, and there is no way for them to choose outsourcing.

Of course, this has something to do with Nicholas II's dissatisfaction with the behavior of the capitalists. While distributing national wealth, he clamored for democracy and freedom and wanted to seize power.

This is also related to the internal struggle of the previous Russian government. In the Russian ideological circle, there have always been two opposing schools of thought, the Slavic school and the Western school. These two schools of thought have always influenced the development of Russian politics and the future of the country.

First of all, the Slavophiles believe that since Ivan III, Russia has inherited the title of Roman Emperor of the Byzantine Empire and the leadership of the Orthodox Church, which means that Russia has the right and obligation to rule the world and save the world.

Obviously, since Russia has inherited the legacy of the Byzantine Empire, it has the obligation and the right to restore the territory and beliefs of the former Roman Empire.

Therefore, the Slavophiles believe that the homogeneity of Russian society, the noble morality of the people and the ultra-stability of society brought about by the homogeneity of Russian society are incomparable to Western societies that are materialistic.

Therefore, the Slavophiles believe that Peter the Great is the sinner of the Russian nation, precisely because he learned from Western reforms, which led to the loss of the homogeneity of Russian society. Therefore, the Slavophiles believed that Peter the Great was a sinner of the Russian nation and criticized him.

The Westerners believe that Russia is far behind the developed Western European society. Therefore, Russia should learn from the West in an all-round way, so as to gradually narrow the gap with Western European countries, and then integrate into the developed Western European society.

Therefore, the Westerners believe that seeing Peter the Great as a hero, and believing that Peter the Great learned from the reforms of the West, will greatly enhance Russia's national power, and thus be able to defeat Sweden, which is known as the absolute hegemon of the Baltic Sea, in one fell swoop in the Northern War. The leap to become one of the most powerful countries in Europe is the result of Peter the Great learning from the West.

Therefore, from Peter the Great to the early period of Alexander I, the thoughts of the Western School have always been the mainstream thought of governing the country of the Russian ruling group.

However, after the Anti-French War, things changed. Due to the defeat of Napoleon, Russia's national self-confidence rose unprecedentedly. Therefore, the Slavophile faction replaced the Western faction as the ruling ideology of the Russian ruling group.

With the failure of the Crimean War, Russia changed again. Alexander II believed that Russia had fallen behind Europe, and again regarded the moderate ideas of the Western faction as the ideas of the Russian ruling group. Under this idea, he led the Russian political and economic reforms, making Russia truly a true European country.

But his reforms were not thorough, the Slav faction still occupied the dominant position, and the Western faction was still free from the ruling class, and gradually merged with the capitalists, laying the foundation for the February Revolution.

What is interesting is that the current constitutional monarchy in Bulgaria was set up by the exiled Western faction according to their ideal system.

Due to Ferdinand's butterfly effect, Bulgaria has achieved unprecedented success, and now the momentum of the Russian Western faction is rising again, and it has the momentum to keep pace with the Slavic faction.

Against this background, Nicholas II also began to face up to the ideas of the Western school, but he was only willing to accept some moderate ideas, and had no intention of comprehensive reform.

The proposal of Lieutenant General Nikolai Okas made him feel that it was necessary to beat the increasingly rampant capitalists and let them know who is the master of this country.

Nicholas II said generously: "Well, your air force can decide on the issue of purchasing aircraft, and I will ask the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to cooperate with you!"

Originally, he was the commander-in-chief to buy the morale of the army and strengthen his control over the army. Although the air force has the lowest voice among the three armed forces, no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat. Nicholas II does not mind having one more supporter!

Lieutenant General Nikolai-Nikolaokas said excitedly: "Yes! Please rest assured, Your Majesty, our air force will never disappoint you!"

Lieutenant General Nikolai Nikolai Okas did not expect that this trip to St. Petersburg would be so smooth. He was prepared to return without success under the intervention of the capitalists, but what surprised him was that the Tsar His Majesty actually agreed to his proposal so simply and neatly.

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