Because before this, there was no systematic rescue system for disabled soldiers in field hospitals and after the war. After the Crimean War, Britain completely institutionalized post-war battlefield rescue and disability pension for the first time. This technology is very advanced in the world. After all, most countries really have a systematic military medical assistance system, which was formed after 1900 or even later. Only after the field hospitals and the war rescue system were basically established did the major military powers pay attention to the need to reserve enough military medical equipment, key rescue drugs and rescue equipment before the war.
Organize military medical teams to upgrade the storage of life-saving biological products such as X slurry before the war to the same important position as preparing military food and ammunition in advance. Before this, I have never heard of any country preparing enough X slurry in advance before launching a war. The significance of the Crimean war is not only manifested in battlefield rescue.
In this war, the rudiments of modern military logistics, modern guns and mines, and modern battlefield command and communication have almost appeared. Therefore, the Crimean war is almost an epoch-making existence in the history of human war. It can be regarded as a milestone in the transformation of human beings from the mid-century war to the modern industrial war.
The Crimean War, originally the so-called "Ninth Russian-Turkish War" in history, is essentially a continuation of a series of wars that have repeatedly competed for hegemony around the Black Sea for hundreds of years. How did the Russian-Turkish War bring Britain and France, the strongest industrial power at that time? To some extent, this is the result that European military powers began to resent Russia's continued expansion.
Originally, at the beginning of19th century, the overall core goal of European powers was to suppress the rise of Napoleon France. When the French army was finally defeated at Waterloo in 18 15, Napoleon was subsequently exiled, and European countries finally put their hearts down temporarily. In the process of suppressing Napoleon France, Russia contributed a lot to the East.
The root of Napoleon's downfall is also related to the blind invasion of Russia. After everyone finally defeated Napoleon with "Qi Xin's cooperation", Russian Cossack cavalry once became a VIP at the banquet of British nobles. However, this "honeymoon" state did not last long. /kloc-in the first half of the 0/9th century, the continuous expansion of Russia finally aroused the dissatisfaction of European powers.
Russia's strategic goal has always been to control the entire Black Sea, preferably directly into the Mediterranean Sea. This strategic goal directly collided with the Ottoman Empire. The two countries have been at war for nearly 200 years. After the Napoleonic Wars, Russia seemed to have the upper hand more and more, while the Ottoman Empire showed obvious signs of aging. At that time, this area from the Balkans to Greece was ruled by the Ottoman Empire for hundreds of years.
In fact, this has always been a heart disease for Europeans. After all, they think that Greece and other countries are the cradle of European civilization, and it is natural to be unhappy under the Ottoman rule of non-European system for a long time. Russia, on the other hand, thinks that Greece and other countries are the sites of Zhengdong J system. So after 1850, the Ottoman Empire was forced to admit that these places were all within the sphere of influence of Russia. If the Ottoman side is forced to agree, then the Russian army will directly enter the Mediterranean for the first time. Britain, which has always mastered global maritime hegemony, is certainly not happy about this.
Moreover, Britain and France have the same interests in Egypt, and it is these two companies that jointly funded the construction of the Suez Canal. At this time, the plan to open the canal is brewing. There is another country that does not want Russia to get its hands on the Mediterranean directly, and that is Italy, which has not yet formed. At this time, Italy's strongest kingdom of Sardinia stepped forward. Therefore, the ninth Russian-Turkish war eventually evolved into a group fight between Britain, France and Turkey against Russia. In this way, the Turkish side led the European fleet directly into the Black Sea, and the war became mainly in Crimea. Britain, France and Saskatchewan have comprehensive technological advantages in both naval fleets and marine corps.
Far ahead in logistics. Both Britain and France have sent battleships with mixed steam and sails, while Russia is still dominated by sail ships. Britain and France used telegrams for the first time on the battlefield, while Russia still used medieval means to convey the situation. Although the guns and propellants of both sides are still mainly black powder and the projectiles are mainly solid bullets without explosive bombs, the British and French infantry have been equipped with rifled guns for the first time. The maximum range of this rifled gun can be close to 500 meters, and it can be shot accurately within 300 meters.
However, Russian rifles are mostly primitive muskets, and the maximum range is difficult to reach 200 meters. This generation gap is of strategic significance. The British and French navies and armies have basically been regarded as modern armies; However, many of the main forces of the Russian army participating in the war are serfs, and the establishment and command system are also seriously backward. The 700,000 Russian soldiers who participated in the war suffered 520,000 casualties, and the casualty rate was twice that of the other side. In the end, they can only accept failure. This is also the biggest strategic failure in Russia's 300-year expansion history. It laid the groundwork for the collapse after more than 50 years.