Rasputin of the East

＜ Episode 185 >

United States of America, Washington DC

“It is unfortunate that you have come here, but in any case, the United States has welcomed the visit of the Grand Duke to the United States, and we cannot help but regret that the distinguished guests will be leaving soon.”

The atmosphere of being alone in the drawing room of the White House with President Huey Long of the United States was quite uncomfortable, but if he did, he would have been shot down and should not have hid in the US legation in London. Nikolai was sweating only because of his father, who gave him a badge of honor, telling him to work as a temporary ambassador when he was there.

Of course, it just meant, ‘We respect the United States to the extent that we send the prince as our ambassador!’, and there was no real power, so there was no burden except for conducting an interview while maintaining good conduct outside the embassy and maintaining good manners.

But why are you calling the White House?

“I, too, have not been able to fully capture the beauty of the United States of America, and it is regrettable that I have to return, but as an active-duty soldier, my country is engulfed in phone calls…”

Officially, officially, Archduke Nikolai came directly from Russia.

And the US government was preparing to settle the bonds.

“The government of the United States of America will soon declare war on Germany and Britain.”

“Is it possible?”

“About a third of the people are still negative. Mostly German people.”

Of course, the class with the weakest national identity in the US is of British descent, and Italians can also support the start of the war as they have a great conflict with Mussolini.

“However, I am a little concerned, above all else, if the war begins, there is a high probability that the United States will face enemies from both Canada and Mexico.”

Naval warfare has its own. The Royal Navy is dispersed to protect the trade route in the situation of blowing up India or not, and the US Navy, which has been strengthened as the strongest in history, is confident that it can defeat the Royal Navy individually in the Atlantic Ocean.

But the army is very pathetic.

“In a war where public opinion will be sharply divided, some states blatantly ridicule the Federal Army to do well on their own because if a war breaks out, their states will not even provide a National Guard. .”

This is also the result of doubling the risk of war.

“Therefore, I would like the Russian army to help. Just one year after the start of the war, the military ability of the Russian army to capture Berlin and advance as far as Denmark against the German forces who had defeated France in an instant was truly impressive. .”

“…Are you saying you want to send troops?”

“It doesn’t need a lot of scale, even in Canada, where most of its power goes to the Middle East and Europe, leaving it empty, and the only threat that Mexico and Latin American countries could pose to the United States is the threat to Panama. I can assure you, the southern threat could be crushed by the Texas National Guard alone. And that’s the problem.”

“Panama Canal…..”

“Have you not seen the British struggle to maintain relations with India after losing the Suez Canal? If we lose the Panama Canal, that will be us. The number of troops that can be deployed to Panama is limited, and the Commonwealth Army’s unit combat power is inferior to that of the British Army. This was General Marshall’s final report.”

“What if I say General Marshall?”

“He is the one who will take the supreme command of the US Army when war breaks out. Originally, I was considering General MacArthur, but I went to the Philippines for some … problems. I heard that you have an acquaintance with Chunbujang.”

To be precise, Huey Long, who learned something strange about the military reorganization issue in Russia, ignored civilian control and even mobilized the media, opened the door to MacArthur, and drove him to the Philippines, but it is quite difficult to speak in front of foreign guests. It was a thing.

Roosevelt questioned Long’s decision to appoint Marshall as commander of the expeditionary force, and expressed his opinion that it would be better to call in MacArthur or to appoint other promising generals as Marshall was a better fit for logistical duties, but that was not the case. Long made his decision.

As if he still knew he was the president, the people around him filled him with his henchmen, and only his running mates were able to make his own decisions. Long, who had long since lost all the good feelings about the FDR, which he held and shaked, said a little bit about himself as the current president, and FDR withdrew without saying a word.

Of course, it was not a wise idea to scratch the inside of FDR with the elections approaching, but Long didn’t even think of bringing MacArthur back to the mainland at least as Roosevelt insisted. did.

Although problematic given the upcoming elections, there has been a tradition in the original United States of America since Lincoln not to change presidents during wars.

And in any case, the start of the war itself was in favor of both Roosevelt and Long.

That’s why I wanted to push the deadline a little bit… Then there was no problem with the procedure itself. Even after the election is over, the people who protest will come to this situation anyway.

In the first place, the declaration of war after the election was not only for the sake of political stability, but only when the reconstruction of the U.S. military was completed, and Canada and Australia were also made under the judgment that more troops would be missing to support their home countries. turbulence was expected.

In addition, the key point was that in order to increase the support for the war, it was necessary to win again at the beginning of the war. Originally, the masses were the beginning of the war, and if they win a big win, wouldn’t everyone become a marrow hawk?

Therefore, even if it was a little too much, he sent out volunteers to give the Federal Army some practical experience, and decided to pull the US diplomatic bonds to Russia that had been built up so far.

“sorry. But I am a consul, and I only have the authority over the military at a level that is commensurate with the consul.”

In the beginning, his father tried to prevent him from giving him the usual military rank, unless he was a child born to Olga. No, he treats his son in public, but he doesn’t want to wear a military uniform.

Regardless of East and West, the core of power was the military authority, a measure to prevent division that would occur after his death. It’s also the reason why his father and his father stopped him and Nikita from enlisting in the military.

After his death, all military powers belonged to the Crown Prince and his father had established the iron rules.

Although it is possible that the eldest of the brothers could be considered the Crown Prince of the Czech Republic because his father—even he himself had forgotten—has not mentioned succession to the Czech throne. My father made a clear line of succession for power and the throne of the Russian Empire.

Therefore, it is impossible to give a definitive answer here.

“Of course I do. It must be a burden in many ways to talk carelessly.”

If you know, you can just put in an official letter through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, you human.

Of course I know that’s not the case. It’s a very sensitive matter, so I’d like to deal with it through secret service….

“I will report as soon as I return to my home country. But it is difficult to give a definitive answer.”

“of course.”

***

Denmark and German occupation.

-Tata ta ta ta ta tata!

The machine gun blew out the shells like crazy.

Firearms of all kinds spewed out as if they were going to empty all the ammunition they had.

“Zeek Heil! Heil Hitler! Hey Joseph! Heil Friedrich!”

The Russian army, seeing the enemy soldiers rushing in, responded to them with fire.

“catcher! The high ground behind me! Can you see those who don’t charge?”

“Yes? yes! I see it.”

“Machine gun positions and infantry, what do they look like?”

“…… Solitary squadron?”

Although never officially recognized, for a variety of reasons – from rebels to casualties – young men taken to the Gulag were dragged into the enemy’s arms to force deserters and other serious violators of military law into the hands of the enemy to force them to fight and die. There were rumors that there was something to be said.

There were also rumors that quite a lot of those people died when they cleared mines, tested the defense of the enemy’s defenses, or broke through the Siegfried Line or the Panther Line. Even the prince had no way of knowing if it was a common joke story or if it contained even the slightest truth.

What did not fall out of such a story was the self-defense force without blood or tears. From the story of being composed of people from Spetsnaz – Lev, an active Spetsnaz, laughed at whether he thought Spetsnaz was such an idle position, and he thought that was not the case – it varied from the story of just recruiting military police and having them do it, but the common content was weapons. There are a variety of methods, from the story that the soldiers who are thrown into the fire without giving them properly shoot them with machine guns when they try to escape, to the stories that the snipers shoot them with precision, but anyway, it prevents the thought of escaping again.

“Have you ever thought that there might be something like that?”

“…..are these guys single-handed?”

“You have to get down to see it, can you beat them?”

“It’s a bit far. And now I’m loaded with ammunition…”

“Oh, so you can’t do it? it can not be helped…..”

“hey! Get rid of it! High-explosive loading!”

Nikita laughed inwardly at the sight of his subordinates scolding the loader as if his pride had been scratched when he put the most provocative nuances in his voice.

It’s not firing, but it’s tense so that it can be fired at any time. If the Russian army wants to charge, it will only be possible after all the battalion-level enemy forces that have attacked it have been replaced, but are you already so nervous? It just looked weird.

It may be said that it is strange to relax on the battlefield, but a person who has been on the battlefield for a little while knows that it is dangerous to be nervous while not standing as a sentry when there is no need to fire right away because it makes you too tired when you have to. Know.

And the way he was aiming for a gun was also strange.

“It looks like a single squadron, do you think they will continue to charge or bounce off if we blow up the single squadron?”

“You will see it.”

“If possible, I think it would be better if you didn’t look back and run around.”

“Aim done!”

“Shoot!”

gunfire, and explosions.

“Hit!”

Nikita cheered as he broke the hit record once and saw the enemy machine gun positions shattered.

However, it was already a little late, and the bullets and bullets had changed the soldiers who rushed once.

And, I witnessed a scene that was not so different from what I expected.

“Captain! They retreat in disorder!”

“Are you chasing?”

“No, don’t scatter the formation, leave it alone!”

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Machine gun fire was fired at the enemies who were routing in disorder. It was an enemy fire, not a friendly fire.

The field turned into a sea of blood in an instant as the machine gun battery, which had not been seen before, opened fire.

“That… they fight amongst themselves… that…”

Seeing the soldiers with several guns react in response, Nikita replied briefly.

“Blow the machine gun away.”

“It’s off the street. I was very lucky before.”

“Ask for mortar support. blow it away.”

***

As most of the enemy penal battalions were killed and only a few were scattered, the Russians did not bother to pursue them. In a situation where we had to defend the high ground, sending out troops to hunt down a few of the enemy’s remnants would not be worth it.

However, when the bodies were turned over, an unexpected fact was revealed.

“Isn’t this… the Star of David?”

The hexagonal star on the chest of a shabby military uniform was the Star of David, symbolizing the Jews.

“What, then… Jew?”