Rasputin of the East

＜ Episode 155 >

“I heard my father talking to my eldest mother before. By the time I am an adult, there will be a war, a great war, a war equal to, or even greater than, the great war I had just before I was born.”

“…….. It did.”

“We learned that what we enjoy is built on our responsibility.”

“That’s not a reason to push yourself into a flying coffin.”

The planes of this era are frankly hard to trust.

You wouldn’t be able to curse me if you knew how many National Army generals were killed in plane crashes in Spain right now.

“Of course you will be conscripted, just like the others, but I…”

I sighed.

“I must admit first, our relationship is not very normal, and I am paying the price for not controlling my lust, to say the least.”

“……”

No one can flirt openly in front of him – but he might be smashed for a felony – it’s obvious what’s going on behind the scenes.

What can I say in front of such a child?

“I am clearly an underqualified father.”

“that…….”

“I never watched you grow up. There are only a few experiences of being a father when you were looking for your father. Have you ever built up good memories with you? Is there anything else that I showed you other than being tired from being hit by work?”

I self-helped.

“I know you don’t deserve it, but I still love you as my son.”

“……”

“Being a good monarch is much easier than a good father, but if I had to choose between a tyrant and a heartless father, I want to be a tyrant.”

I don’t know how a father feels when he throws his child in the back. You’ll probably never know

However, he knows that it is the father’s responsibility to care for his son enough and hold him back from derailing before committing a mistake that deserves to go into the back week.

Of course, even as a monarch, you can’t cross the front line, because that’s not for the sake of your son in the long run.

There is no finger that does not hurt from biting all ten fingers. Of course… there may be some really sore fingers.

Ironically, I thought of Stalin in this situation.

Stalin’s eldest son, while serving as an officer, took part in the German War and was captured by the Germans. The Germans offered to exchange Stalin’s son for Marshal Paulus, who had surrendered at Stalingrad, and Stalin responded:

‘If you need prisoner exchange, exchange all German sons and all Soviet sons, I can’t give my son special treatment.’

Eventually, Stalin’s son died in a concentration camp.

What if, really, what if the same thing happened to you?

The worries won’t last long. It’s clear what to choose and what’s right.

But, still, you’ll probably cry, you’ll probably regret it like crazy. If Nikolai really dies in a concentration camp, and if I refused, even though I could have brought him back if I had ordered, then I might really want to blow my head off with a pistol.

Just imagining this child’s absence makes my heart ache.

However, nonetheless.

I knew deep down that I had to.

That’s why I don’t want him to fly to the forefront. If you are shot down, it is difficult to rescue in an era without helicopters, and if you fall into the enemy line, you cannot get out.

In the end, I am afraid that I will be drawn to misjudgment, so I am trying to block the possibility of making that decision even by creating other injustices.

“Noblize oblige, the duty of the ruling class.”

“Nikolai.”

“We have to pay a price. father.”

“It doesn’t have to be your life.”

“Going to war does not necessarily mean that you will die.”

“That’s what you don’t know.”

In the next war, the Russian Air Force’s primary opponents are the Luftwaffe and the Royal Air Force.

Germany’s Luftwaffe, said to have swept the record of more than 100 aces, quickly changed the Soviet Air Force in its original history. If the consumption was severe, would a penal unit be deployed to the air force and put into the front line?

And the Royal Air Force is added. Aside from the increase in volume, it also adds to the strategic aspect that was not in the original history.

Rather than face such an air force, Nikita would rather enlist as an army tanker. Because I have the confidence to face the enemy from an overall advantage.

However, I still do not have confidence in the offer right. Even if our main aircraft did not show a significant difference in performance from the main German aircraft in the Spanish Civil War, it was the same in the original history.

However, Nikolai was saying that he had to stand on the front line because it was so, and it was dangerous.

To share the suffering of the people.

Rather than pretending to be a mechanic or an honorary division commander, fighting with blood on the front line, where the blood flows the most.

“We all think so.”

“……”

I covered my face. This wasn’t to blame Alexei in the first place.

“One more thing, Lev said he would run away from home and go to the front line using a fake name if his father didn’t allow it, because in wartime, ordinary soldiers have no choice but to perform poor background checks.”

“Oh My God.”

In case of emergency, I felt dizzy at the sound of someone who was ranked second in the succession line.

At the same time, a bitter smile spread across his lips.

Perhaps the term “shoulder protector” is a term used at times like this. I thought so.

No matter how much I fear the pain of loss, would it be worse than the basic human psychology of regretting one’s own life?

However, those children refused any special treatment for the sake of the national interest and set an example for others, saying that they were willing to do so.

I was so proud and proud to be the father of those children. And at the same time, I was very sorry.

If that’s the case, I’ll only do as much as I can in my position, as long as I don’t break the principles.

***

“Based on our experience in Spain, we are developing a new aircraft.”

“Didn’t you say you were going to build a bomber?”

At the silent question of what to do with the fighter, Dr. Dornier smiled.

“It was handed over to Boeing. They made some kind of monster and flew it out of the Caspian Sea, and all we could do was cooperate.”

Dr. Dornier, who spoke softly, stopped talking about the gas-damaged monster and explained the direction of the research.

Anyway, I don’t have the knowledge to tell you to keep it or give it away anyway, and if you intervene, it won’t be of great authority. It was a situation that led the direction of scientific research in a way that gave priority to

“First of all, the plan is towards twin engines.”

“Twins?”

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My face is wrinkled.

Needless to say, starting with the Bf110, there were not many cases where twin-engine aircraft had many criminal records, whether it was the Allied Powers or the Axis Powers. If there is an exception, what about the P-38? Even so, it was usable only on the Pacific front, but at the same level as on the European front.

“Twin-engine has more fuel payload, longer range and higher armament payload than single-engine.”

“But the problems outweigh the advantages?”

If two engines are installed, the projectile area and drag increase, the weight of the aircraft increases, and the roll becomes difficult due to the increase of the moment of inertia. This is one of the reasons the Luftwaffe saw blood during the air battles on the British mainland.

“That problem is caused by having two engines.”

“That’s normal.”

“So we’re going to put the engine back and forth.”

“……Is that so?”

“This is a method that our company has used several times with seaplanes and flying boats.”

“Ummm… is it?”

I tilted my head at Dr. Dornier’s claim that it was a traditional method.

‘If the heavy fighter has a high explosive capacity, it can be used as a substitute for the attack aircraft. ….’

You must also have a dive bomber or torpedo bomber.

‘It’s a pity that the Mig flew away.’

Anastis Mikoyan, a key Communist Party official,

The younger brother was the founder of the MiG Design Bureau, and the brothers were executed amicably.

Well, it was right to deal with the internal anxiety factors rather than leave them alone, and even if they were asked to make the same choice now, they would make the same choice.

It’s just that it hurts a bit.

‘I don’t know if Sikorsky’s helicopter can be put to practical use during the war, but unless missiles are made in earnest, it will be used for transport helicopters and reconnaissance rather than attack helicopters.’

It would be nice to be able to follow the Soviet route of the original history of concentrating on a few key items to realize economies of scale and leaving the rest as land leases.

***

The French were frightened by the word.

To put it bluntly, I have no ally.

russia? Are they bordering?

Germany to the east, England to the northwest, Italy to the southeast.

In this situation, if the National Front wins in Spain, it was conceivable that all land borders would become hostile.

Even the Maginot Line—aside from being unfinished—continued as far as Basel, and there was a high probability that the government would go bankrupt with a high probability that it was trying to lay the Maginot Line over the entire country in a place where military expenditures were still high.

Whether it was because of this or not, there were also strong voices from the military that the French government and public opinion needed to actively intervene in the Spanish civil war, and that the pro-French regime must take over Spain.

“The Germans are practically rednecks! The moment the red flag spreads beyond England, Germany and Italy to Spain, it means the end of France!”

The hunsi of Philippe Pétain, the commander of the French army who was involved in the Spanish Civil War, accurately represents the current French government’s point of view.

At least from the point of view within France, the Nazis were just a faction of red gangs, even if they purged Rue. The third way, whatever it is, is at the root of the somewhat heretical Communist Party. Italy is no different.

It’s hard to deny that Britain was affected, though it was somewhat different.

It was not surprising that France, its neighbor, thought so, even in Germany, where there are people who hold such a view.

Rather, there were skits where the far-left forces opposed the participation of the Spanish Civil War. Of course, the French Social Democratic Party completely ignored this and, conversely, favored the right-wing military, pouring massive amounts of military supplies and unwilling to send large-scale troops.

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Many of the newest tanks, Renault and Hotchkiss, were literally sprayed, and French troops, heavily armed with B1 heavy tanks, 2C tanks, and D1/D2 tanks, crossed the Spanish border.

Whether it was thanks to or because of it, the French army, which had undergone considerable trial and error in tank operation, was able to accumulate its own know-how.

The problem was that if our tanks were severely damaged by the 8,8cm anti-aircraft guns that were ambushed by our tanks, the problem was that we should also make our fortifications more faithfully and burn our enemies.