Imagine the entire Tsarist Russia as a dam about to reach its capacity limit. The reforms of Alexander II raised the dam's height by several meters, delaying the dam's filling by a few decades.
But the dam will eventually fill, and when that moment comes, it will be when the decaying Tsarist Russia collapses.
Currently, examining the composition of forces and weaponry from both the Ottoman Empire and Tsarist Russia, Tsarist Russia holds an absolute advantage.
As one of the most populous countries in Europe, Russia's standing army numbers a terrifying 720,000 infantry, equipped with nearly 3,000 artillery pieces, distributed across Russia's vast territories in 16 armies.
Meanwhile, the Ottoman Empire, despite some reforms, has a total force barely over 400,000. Compared to Tsarist Russia's more than 3,000 artillery pieces, the Ottoman Empire has around 800, a significant portion of which are rather outdated.
