Chapter 199: Chapter 193: End of the Russo-Japanese War


    The situation in the Far East War changed in July.


    Firstly, on July 13th, the Trans-Siberian Railway, which the Russian Empire had been eagerly awaiting, was finallypleted, connecting both ends of the vast empire.


    The benefits of the railway’spletion to the Russian Empire were unimaginable. Not only did it greatly improvemunication and transportation between Europe and Asia, it also yed an irreceable role in the stability of the Russian Empire.


    Of course, this also made it more convenient for Russia to mobilize troops from Europe to the Far East.


    From August onwards, more than 40,000 Russian soldiers arrived in the Far East every month to join the battlefield.


    In a short period of time, the Russian army did achieve a bnce with the Ind Nation Army, and aside from the fierce battles, there were not many changes in territory.


    By September 1904, the Far East battlefield had a total of 280,000 Russian troops and 430,000 Ind Nation troops, adding up to more than 700,000 troops.


    As Russia and Ind Nation’s investment in the war grew, ending the conflict in the short term became virtually impossible.


    Both countries were prepared for a protracted war and sought more resources and financial support from their respective allies, France and the United Kingdom.


    Of course, the demand for armaments expanded by the war was no longer exclusive to Australia.<div>


    France, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and many other countries participated in the arms trade, sellingrge quantities of armaments to Russia and the Ind Nation.n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om


    However, due_observer to their respective alliance treaties, French arms were only exported to Russia, and British arms were only exported to the Ind Nation.


    In addition, having curried favor with the Russian Empire, the German Empire did not export weapons to the Ind Nation.


    This resulted in Australia and the United States being the only countries exporting weapons to both parties.


    Nevertheless, Australia, drawing on advanced weapons from Britain and Germany, managed to secure arger share of the market than American arms.


    In this war, Australia’s arms export scale was second only to the United Kingdom and even slightly higher than France, demonstrating the importance of nning ahead.


    As time went on, the gship of the Pacific Squadron, the Crown Prince, had been repaired and rejoined the formation in the Pacific Ocean.


    This led the Pacific Squadron to gain a slight advantage over the Ind Nation’s United Fleet, which was the reason for the protracted attack and defense on thend battlefield.


    In fact, in terms ofbat power alone, the Ind Nation Army held the advantage. After their modernization, this country underwent arge-scale recement of both army and navy equipment, with training modeled after that of the leadingnd army of the German Empire and the leading navy of the British Empire.


    However, the Russian army had issues with training andgging weaponry, save for a few elite troops that were ahead of the Ind Nation Army.


    Moreover, due_observer to transportation constraints, the Ind Nation Army in the Far East was nearly twice the size of the Russian army and had a significant numerical advantage.


    If it were not for the asional artillery assistance provided to thend army by the Pacific Squadron’s slight advantage, the defense of Port Arthur might not have been so sessful.


    Although the current stalemate in the Battle of Port Arthur is being maintained, only Russia and the Ind Nation are aware of the actual vast casualties.


    Although these casualties are not severe enough to significantly weaken both countries, the damage is painful enough without having achieved strategic goals.


    So far, Ind Nation and Russia have spent a respective 130 million yen and 90 million rubles in the war, both exceeding 10 million pounds.


    If the Battle of Port Arthur continues to maintain this bnce, the expenses for both countries would be huge, and apanied by numerous casualties.


    Ind Nation, of course, understood this point. Compared to the Russian Empire, they were the side that could afford to lose even less.


    Russia’s main base was in Europe, and even if it lost its hegemony in the Far East, the impact on the country’s status wouldn’t be too significant.


    But the Ind Nation was different. Their base was in East Asia, and they were an ind country.<div>


    If the Ind Nation lost the war and the navy it had built up over many years, its dream of hegemony would bepletely shattered, and at most it would be a regional power, unable topete with major powers.


    The more they thought about the terrifying prospect, the less the Inders were willing to let it happen.


    Fortunately, soon after the outbreak of the war, the Ind Nation had mobilized nearly 400,000 troops at home in two preliminary waves, half of which had already been sent to the battlefield.


    In order to achieve results sooner and shift the war from a siege to an encounter battle, the Ind Nation once again deployed 200,000 troops to upy the eastern and central regions of the battlefield.<div>


    Compared to Russia’s more than a month of transportation time, the Ind Nation Army only took two to three days to transport its troops, giving them an absolute advantage.


    As expected, after adding another 200,000 troops, the ratio of Russian to Ind Nation troops in the Far East came close to one to three.


    Arge number of Ind Nation troops made it increasingly difficult for Russia to cope, and with heavy casualties and inadequate logistics, Port Arthur gradually became endangered.