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DariusP wrote:
It is also interesting that, with squadron of this size, Russians considered themselves to be under constant threat of an attack by Japanese! During the day, every ship they spotted was assumed to be a spy ship. During the night, every light was suspicious too and, if there were no lights, it only meant that enemy was trying to sneak up on them with lights off!
Darius!
Voyage was difficult for people, but constant threat of an attack made it worse. Squadron made the whole journey in the state of permanent alarm. People were sleeping only part of the night, changing each other near anti-torpedo guns. Some important coalings were canceled, because of reports about possible attacks.
It is all because of extremely large stream of disinformation about threat of an attack, during the whole journey coming to Rozestvenski and his staff directly from Petersbourgh, or from local "agents". For Me it seems like, at the period of Nikolay II ruling, real Tsar was Corruption - it dictated all decisions of superiors. Enormous quantity of money was "spend" on different "projects", one of many was "organisation of safety" of second squadron. People, used in these "projects", were different adventurers and fraudsters. They received enormous quantity of money (of course not only they, but also somebody else), and needed "results", to send in return. So, the "results" were made in enormous quantity, showing their "hard work". It is official version. Also many people ( and I, also ) suspect, that some of Russian diplomats and superiors in many situations of that war were acting against Russian interests. For money corrupted thief easily becomes a traitor. Seems, this "pressing" of threat of an attack was organised by enemies of Russia of that period, as instrument, lowering morale and increasing fatigue of crews.
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