1559 For whom does the death knell toll 2
Although the Russians were civil strife, Germany did use the civil strife to advance hard, but, as an old Chinese saying, brothers fought outside the wall to defend against their insults. It would be okay to take some advantage, but if you continue to advance, the pressure would be great. For example, even before the October Revolution, the Russians did not forget to deploy defenses in the Gulf of Finland. When the guns were fired, the Germans did not launch an attack on St. Petersburg. The middle road was also far from Moscow. If Germany suppressed too much, it would be impossible for the newly established Russian government and the Allies to reach an agreement and continue to fight a war. (In fact, after the establishment of the bourgeois government, it was indeed ready to continue fighting a war)
So, Ruprecht looked at his belly, then looked at the situation on the Western Front and the domestic situation. It would be good to ensure that the previous plan was fulfilled, and the domestic situation was still top priority. The showdown between the Kingdom of Bavaria and Prussia was in the next few months. Whether he was leaping on the dragon gate or making wedding clothes for others, it was the winter of 1913! What's more, there were hundreds of foreign British and French coalition forces on the Western Front!
Therefore, various internal and external troubles made the prince unable to do anything and had no idea to push the front line deeper. If in Europe in the future, the German Empire and the Red Soviet Union could only have one country to rise, then Ruprecht could only leave this showdown in World War II 20 years later!
Ruprecht was able to realize the defeat of Russia, and Nicholas II, far away in St. Petersburg, also felt the breath of death that the empire was about to die! This time, in the newly convened imperial meeting, he handed over the constitutional party leader Prince Georgiy Yevgenievich Liwoff for the first time.
"We suffered a failure in Ukraine by Chongda. We lost Russia's bread basket and one of the largest coal mines. It was difficult for the Transcaucasus and Volga river basins to transport supplies. I have to say that the Germans did better than Napoleon. We will face the worst winter ever." Nicholas II paused and continued.
"So, I hope, Prince Lewoff, the successor of the Liurik dynasty, I hope you and your colleagues can exert their influence in the Russian-Duma, help the government stabilize public opinion, your demands, constitutional monarchy, and the demands of the parliament to limit the rights of the monarch, I can agree to help the empire and help me through this most difficult period!"
At this moment, Nicholas II no longer had the arrogance and arrogance of his past. He could only beg the constitutionalists who were closest to him in the Duma, rather than the revolutionaries or the Bolsheviks, to be his last ally. Even as an emperor who was extremely greedy for power, he finally realized that Russia was on the verge of collapse, and the barriers made up of the army and nobles that could have relied on would collapse in a few months!
"But even if we can temporarily meet the requirements of those members of the Duma parliament through political reforms, we lack food and coal, and we will not be able to survive this winter. In the winter of Russia, if the government cannot guarantee the most basic food and coal supply, no one will support this government. You know, there is not enough food near St. Petersburg." Liwoff no longer discussed constitutionalism at this time, because he knew that this was not a problem, and the Russian emperor would agree to everything. But the more serious problem now is how the Russian government faces the people and troops that have no food in winter, and in this case, they will really kill people!
What's more, in the whole of Russia, the constitutionalists are just one of the factions, and there are the left-wing Social Revolutionary Party, the Bolsheviks, and the Mensheviks. Some of them even control a considerable amount of troops and other armed forces. If the support of the people is added, Russia may lose control in just one night! After losing control, Liwoff does not think that those real violent revolutionaries will treat themselves and the Russian emperor differently!
"I will and my colleagues try to stabilize some people as much as possible. Moreover, the supply of the army, government and urban residents must be guaranteed. Otherwise, if they get into chaos, they will be fatal. Our port in Murmansco in the north must be expanded to receive more supplies through the current Arctic route. Of course, this can only delay the arrival of the collapse. The most important thing is that we must let the people see new hope! Only Britain and France can give us this hope! The Black Sea transportation line must be opened! We must make the British and French realize that the importance of the Turkish battlefield is no less than that of the Western Front, otherwise, they will be prepared to face the Germans' full-scale attack on themselves!" Now, even Lewoff realized that it is no longer self-help that can truly save Russia, but allies!
"The control of the army must be grasped. Now, there is a little unstable mood in the army. We have already experienced a certain scale of disobedience in the army fighting against the Germans on the Gulf of Finland, but we cannot suppress it through powerful means. We need to draw troops from other places to avoid uncontrollable situations, such as the transfer of troops from the Don River, the Transcaucasus, and the Ural region." Grand Duke Nikolayev added.
He now felt that the army was a little unstable, so he needed to mobilize more troops to the north to suppress the instability factors within the army.
"That would make us lose a vast area." Admiral Korninov's infantry opposed.
"After the end of the Polish Pocket Campaign, it was never our army that restricted the Germans from advancing, but their wheel size. This time, the Germans proved that a Russian city that crossed before them could be captured as long as they wanted." Nikolayev interrupted Korninov.
At this moment, while Nicholas II and his ministers were discussing how to survive this terrifying winter, some of the arrivals on the front line had begun to make frequent moves for themselves and for the future of their subordinates. Yukums Vates, who had just retreated from the front line, was now taking his Latvian colleagues to the rear to prepare for a rest. At the temporary station, he met with a representative from the Bolsheviks.
"The collapse of the Normanov dynasty has become a foregone conclusion. A new country is about to be established on the tsar's corpse. However, we also need to face other enemies, including but not limited to the Social Revolutionary Party, Royalists, Constitutionalists, Bourgeois parties and anarchists. All the rest except the Bolsheviks will be our enemies." The representative said.
"So?" Vates asked.
"Accept the orders of superiors and open fire without hesitation at any enemy!" said the representative.
"No problem! We are waiting for this moment to come." Vates nodded and said. (This guy is also a big man, the first commander-in-chief of the Red Army, and his army is also the only army that the Red Army has inherited completely from the old army!)
Chapter completed!