After attending the launching ceremony of the Rostov cruiser, Grand Duke Michael did not stay for long. Instead, he took a carriage and embarked on the journey back to Volgograde.
The traffic in the Russian Empire had always been a place that people criticized.
The territory of the Russian Empire was too large, and the winter was very long.
To a large extent, this increased the difficulty of infrastructure construction in the Russian Empire. Apart from a few major railroads, the railway construction of the Russian Empire was seriously lagging behind.
Of course, the largest railway project currently under construction in the Russian Empire was the Siberian railway that traversed the entire Siberian region.
In another time and space, the reason why the East Asian people launched a war against the Russian Empire at that time was precisely because the Siberian railway was about to open. Once the railway was opened to traffic, the Russian Empire would be able to continuously transport war materials and troops to the Far East through the railway. In that case, it would not be so easy for the Japanese Empire to defeat the Russian Empire.
In Grand Duke Michael's plan, once he successfully killed Nicholas II and became the Tsar, he would speed up the construction of the Siberian railway. They wanted to build the railway before the war broke out. If the conditions allowed, it would be best to build a double-track railway. Although this would cost more money. However, this would not only strengthen the Russian Empire's control over Siberia and the Far East. At the same time, it was also beneficial to the expansion of the Russian Empire in the Pacific Ocean.
Although Grand Duke Michael and the murderer of Nicholas II were brothers, their relationship was not good.
Especially after Grand Duke Michael showed his extraordinary intelligence and won the favor of Alexander III, Nicholas II became jealous and guarded against him.
The relationship between the two brothers was even weaker.
Moreover, in Grand Duke Michael's impression, Nicholas II was undoubtedly a person with great ambitions but little talent. At the same time, he was also indecisive, headstrong, and conceited.
It was under his rule that the Russian Empire gradually collapsed.
Grand Duke Michael did not want the Russian Empire to collapse just like that, and he did not want to be killed by the Bolsheviks in the future.
Therefore, he had made up his mind to replace Nicholas II and become the ruler of this huge empire.
Two days later, Grand Duke Michael returned to the Governor's Mansion in Volgograde.
The first thing Grand Duke Michael did was to summon Lieutenant General Brushilov, Chief of Staff of the Caucasus Military Region.
This military general of the Russian Empire, who had performed outstandingly in the world war in another time and space, had already become Grand Duke Michael's right-hand man in military construction and command.
"Your Excellency, did the trip to Rostov go well?”General Brushilov asked.
" Yes." Grand Duke Michael nodded." Things are going well at the shipyard."‘The Rostov cruiser had already been launched, and the following five would soon be launched in turn. The second batch of six ships was also expected to start construction next year.”
"In this case, our Black Sea Fleet's strength will be greatly improved. He could even completely disregard the Black Sea Fleet of the Turkish Empire. Unfortunately, the treaty of Fog that was signed stipulated that our warships could not pass through the Bosporus and Dardanelle straits controlled by the Turks. Otherwise, the Black Sea Fleet would have played an even greater role.”General Brushilov looked regretful.
"Not necessarily! If we can defeat the Turks in the war and even directly send troops to seize the Bosporus and Dardanelle. Then, all of this was no longer a problem!”said Grand Duke Michael.
In Grand Duke Michael's memory, before the start of the world war, a great war broke out between the balkan alliance and the ottoman empire.
In the end, with the support of the Empire of the Sun Never Sets and the Kingdom of Gaul, the alliance in the Caucasus won a great victory, and the Turkish Empire suffered a crushing defeat, losing almost all of Europe except the area around Turkey.
If the Russian Empire joined in, they would definitely be able to beat the Turkish Empire to a pulp. Seizing the opportunity to seize the straits was not a big problem.
Of course, that would be strongly opposed by the Sun Never Sets Empire.
However, by then, a world war would break out, and the Empire of the Unsetting Sun and the Russian Empire would already be allies. Would the Sun Never Sets Empire start a war with the Russian Empire because of this?
As long as the people of Sun Never Sets 'brains were not kicked by a donkey, they could only pinch their noses and accept it.
General Brushilov frowned. He knew that it would be difficult to achieve this. However, he did not say anything.
"General, has the expansion and modification of all the troops in the Caucasus Military Region been completed?”Grand Duke Michael asked.
"Your Excellency, the entire army of the Caucasus military region has been secretly expanded and equipped according to your request. Now, it was almost done!”General Brushilov replied.
The regular army of the Russian Empire was as high as 1.2 million people.
Originally, the Caucasus Military Region had 20 infantry divisions and 10 cavalry brigades, with a total of 300,000 soldiers, which was about a quarter of the Russian army.
However, Grand Duke Michael requested Lieutenant General Brushilov to secretly expand and change the equipment of these troops to further strengthen the strength of his army.
After a few years, he was already close to success. The army under him could be considered strong.
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