The Rise Of Australasia

Chapter 536: Chapter 421: Factional Struggles and Military Procurement

"I need to return to Saint Petersburg to report on my work, so please prepare a special plane for me, and make sure the pilot checks everything thoroughly before takeoff," instructed Alekseyev, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Southwestern Front Army.

At present, the situation facing the Southwestern Front Army is quite critical. Alekseyev believes that they cannot sit idly by and wait for doom. At the very least, he needs to make sure the Russian upper echelons understand that even if the Southwestern Front Army fails, it definitely won't be his fault.

Given the current state of logistical support and equipment for the Southwestern Front Army, even if Napoleon was still alive, he would be powerless against the Germans' offensive.

Alekseyev knows that once he briefs Nicholas II on the actual situation at the front, he might become a thorn in the side of the capitalists, and even earn the hatred of the entire Russian logistical departments.

Nevertheless, he has no choice. If the current plight of the Southwestern Front Army is not made public, Alekseyev will probably become the army's scapegoat when it is defeated in the future, bearing the failures of the Russian logistics, the upper echelons, and the decadent system on his own.

One day later, in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

"Your Majesty, this is a report on the current logistical situation of our Southwestern Front Army, and plans to strengthen their fighting capacity." Alekseyev nervously hands a document to Nicholas II, his gaze fixed and determined.

Regardless of whether this plan will be adopted by Nicholas II, it will make enemies with the entire corrupt Russian system.

The logistical officers, capitalists, and all those who profit from war will regard Alekseyev as an eyesore, a thorn in their flesh.

Nicholas II takes the document, but just reading the first page causes clouds to gather on his face, which ultimately turn into a dark storm cloud.

According to the information, since Archduke Nicholas resigned, the logistical situation of the Russian Southwestern Front Army has spiraled into an appalling state.

After receiving Alekseyev's response, Nicholas II turned his gaze back to the document and continued reading.

"The plan to improve the combat power of the Southwestern Front Army is to purchase more weapons, equipment, and aircraft from Australasia?" Nicholas II asked after some time.

"Yes, Your Majesty. Considering all factors, Australasian weapons and equipment are on par with those of Germany. Their own combat power is far ahead of the German aircraft. If we have more aircraft on the frontlines, we can make up for our disadvantages to some extent.

This is not my idea, but the final conclusion reached after comprehensive research and analysis by the Southwest Army Staff," Alekseyev replied calmly, not budging.

It's true, the situation on the Russian front is exactly like this.

Armies equipped with Australasian weapons and equipment are, at the very least, not inferior to the German Army in terms of weapons, equipment, and firepower.

However, the armies equipped with Russian-made weapons and equipment lag considerably behind the German Army in weapons, equipment, and firepower.

As for aircraft, Russia does indeed have domestically produced planes. But these planes are mostly produced by small workshops, and their safety performance is not guaranteed.

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In fact, two years ago, some Russian private workshops contacted the military, hoping to sell their aircraft to them.

At that time, not many countries were researching aircraft, and Russia originally thought they could lead the way. However, Russian planes simply couldn't withstand practical tests. They tested it three times - two ended in crashing and even the third one was extremely dangerous.