1890 King of Southeast Asia

By the beginning of June, more than 50 divisions of the Russian army were completely wiped out, with only a small number of scattered personnel escaping back, and more of them surrendered directly in the battle.

After all, for the lower-level soldiers, why fight if they don’t even have food to eat? They are too hungry to fight, and they can’t fight even if they want to.

The German army captured a total of 530,000 Russian soldiers, most of whom surrendered voluntarily. In addition, about 60,000 Russian bodies (or seriously injured) were counted, and the remaining Russian soldiers were scattered and wandered around.

Since the Russian attack in May, the moment that caused the greatest pressure on the German army was in early June, when the Russian army collapsed and surrendered.

Hundreds of thousands of Russian soldiers scattered into East Prussia, and many of them got lost directly, rushing into the hinterland of East Prussia in search of food. Later, scattered Russian soldiers were even found in West Prussia.

530,000 prisoners were even more of a headache for the German army. Germany was already short of food, and feeding these 530,000 people was a heavy burden. Even if they were only given enough food to keep them from starving, the daily consumption was distressing for the German army.

Small-scale abuse and killing certainly existed, but overall, the German army at most required these Russian prisoners to work, and would not carry out large-scale killings.

In early June, after dealing with the Russian army, seven of the eight German armies began to turn west, and the remaining army, together with the East Prussian defenders, sorted out the captured supplies and the scattered defeated soldiers, while cooperating with the Austro-Hungarian Empire to put pressure on Russia.

The Russian army not only lost a large number of elite mobile forces in this battle, but also lost a large number of weapons, including hundreds of thousands of rifles, thousands of machine guns, thousands of artillery pieces, etc.

At the same time, the logistics system originally used to maintain the offensive was in chaos because of the loss of the final end, so that the southwestern front could not get enough supplies to resist the attack of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

The situation changed, and the Russian army suddenly changed from an advantage to a comprehensive disadvantage, and the world was shocked.

This made Nicholas II feel terrified and ashamed. He urgently needed to find an excuse to get rid of his guilt.

The best target was the former Russian Chief of Staff and former commander of the battle, Alexeev.

"Mikhail, our Majesty, my nephew, your brother is no longer suitable to continue to command the Russian battle." After Grand Duke Nicholas came out of the Winter Palace, he held it in for a long time and finally said boldly to Grand Duke Mikhail.

"Uncle!" Grand Duke Mikhail shouted subconsciously.

"Mikhail, Nicholas has lost his calm mind as a monarch. His heart is not strong enough to bear the responsibility as a monarch."

"The Russian Empire needs a monarch with a firm will, especially in such a critical moment."

"Mikhail, are you ready to contribute everything to the Russian Empire?"

Grand Duke Nicholas said regardless.

"Uncle, the Tsar of the Russian Empire is my elder brother. I will not usurp the throne, never." Mikhail looked at Grand Duke Nicholas firmly.

Grand Duke Mikhail may have thought about what it would be like to be an emperor. This is something that most boys have fantasized about, but Mikhail is closer to that position - he is second in the order of succession.

However, he is already 40 years old. For 40 years, he has been a naughty child and a rebellious nobleman. He doesn't want to continue to tossing at the age of 40.

Since his elder brother Nicholas II ascended the throne, he no longer thinks about these things. Instead, he has played the tradition of the Romanov family, showing affection in four places, and finally fell in love with a married civilian woman - a second marriage with children.

In 1912, Crown Prince Alexei was seriously ill. Fearing that he would become the first heir again, Mikhail took his second civilian girlfriend - who had divorced at this time under Mikhail's efforts and gave birth to an illegitimate child. The two left Russia and went abroad with their stepdaughter and son.

Soon after, Mikhail and his second girlfriend swore to marry in an Orthodox church abroad. Since it was an Orthodox church and in line with the tradition of the Russian Empire, Nicholas II could not arbitrarily declare the marriage invalid.

According to the inheritance law, Mikhail, as a noble, married a commoner, which violated the spirit of aristocracy and automatically lost the right of inheritance.

At this time, European nobles were a bit rebellious. Archduke Ferdinand, the heir of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, also married a noble maid. However, since the old emperor Franz could not find a suitable heir, he agreed to the wedding of the two - the price was that Franz's children and their children had no inheritance rights.

Mikhail knew Ferdinand, and the two had some exchanges before the war. Ferdinand also helped him when he was most embarrassed - after he got married, Nicholas cut off his source of income, and he could only rely on his brothers and sisters to support him.

Of course, their embarrassment was much more luxurious than that of ordinary middle-class families.

There were many and complicated reasons why Mikhail gave up his inheritance rights. The affairs of the royal family seemed far from being as simple as they seemed.

But no matter how the process was, the final result was that Mikhail gave up his power and no longer interfered in politics easily.

This time he came back again because of the outbreak of World War I. Out of a sense of responsibility for the Russian Empire, Grand Duke Mikhail brought his wife and children back to work for the empire.

"Little Alexei..." Grand Duke Nicholas was stunned for a moment, and then wanted to continue persuading.

"It is precisely because little Alexei's condition may worsen at any time that he can't do anything."

"According to the inheritance bill, my child does not have the right to inherit, and Alekse is too young, and you are old. If you want the empire to stabilize, maintaining the status of his elder brother is the best choice." Mihayi rejected Nicho again Perseverance of Grand Duke.

What the Grand Grand Grand Grand Grandpa wanted to say is to let him continue the regent.

With the support of the Grand Duke of Nicholas, the success rate of a small -scale court coup was not low, but Alexie had hemophilia, and no one knew when he died.

"Your concerns are right. The Russian Empire can no longer stand any turmoil." Grand Duke Nicholas wanted to continue, but after thinking about it, he nodded and agreed.

"But letting Nicholas go like this will only make the empire lose confidence. The front line is bad. If you lose confidence, the empire may be forced to withdraw from the war."

The Grand Grand Gong said worry.