Chương 397: Chapter 84: No Money, Can Only Slaughter the Pig

St. Petersburg, after the battle in East Prussia, the Tsarist Government in the vortex's center had seen better days.

Despite the frontline generals taking the blame, Alexander II understood that the real reason behind the Russian Army's major defeat was not an issue of command by the generals.

Had it not been for that order to seek a quick and decisive victory, the battle in East Prussia might still be ongoing. According to the initial strategy, the Russian Army only needed to persevere against the Prussians, relying on naval superiority to achieve victory.

Attack and defense are not the same concept. If the Russian Army had adopted a defensive strategy, they definitely would not have been defeated so quickly. Even with the Prussians' sudden increase in troops, at most they would have lost a few defensive lines.