Rasputin of the East

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After eating and sending the children to the bedroom, I took out a bottle of cognac.

“What happened? Are you getting a drink?”

“I want to drink today.”

I approached the window. There aren’t many crazy people who will attack the city with the thickest air defense network in the world, but as long as there is a power named RAF (Royal Air Force) among those crazy people, light control was implemented, and stars replaced the lost land. The winter sky of Moscow, where this gun was floating, spread out.

“After this war is over, I will have to heal the wounds for a while.”

It cannot even be compared with the original history of the war against toxins. There were no civilian massacres in Korea, of course, as the German army had never set foot in the country, and the casualties of our allies were incomparably small.

Of course, even if that were the case, it would easily exceed hundreds of thousands, and it is clear that by the end of the war, more than a million would be lost.

“On the battlefield, death and injury are not the only injuries.”

In my past life, I had friends. The three of us were old friends who achieved the triple crown of elementary school, middle school, and high school alumni.

In a distant foreign land, he pulled the trigger against the foes that threatened them.

and came back Alive, not shot.

But he was clearly injured. heart-broken wounded.

I had to watch my colleagues die one by one, and I had to throw away the wounded.

Of course, PTSD is a different story depending on which battlefield you fought on.

It was during the Vietnam War that PTSD came to the fore in the original history of the United States.

During World War II, the U.S. military fought against the Axis Powers, the obvious evil, as the defenders of freedom, and achieved victory and improvement with pride, and even in the 21st century, the veterans of that time are respected infinitely around the world.

During the Korean War, they stood up to save the liberal democracy of the Republic of Korea, and, even though it ended in an ambiguous truce, they were appreciated by the Korean government and its people.

But the Vietnam War was a different story. The accusation of a dirty war to help France maintain its colonial rule, the accusation of a massacre, the environment in which it is difficult to distinguish between civilians and enemies, and even the result of defeat.

The story was different.

And, even now, the story may be different.

Contrary to original history, at least on the surface, the Axis is not an absolute evil. At least to our knowledge, they did not attempt the physical annihilation of the Jews, and they certainly opted for milder methods than deportation, confiscation of property, and indiscriminate slaughter such as forced labor.

In fact, even the Russian Empire is in a position where it can never raise its head proudly in relation to the persecution of Jews, and the Protocols to Zion, which the Nazis brought as the basis for their immediate oppression of the Jews, were not Ohrana’s works.

Neutral Invasion? Obviously the Nazis also invaded Switzerland, but the French attacked the Netherlands. Compared to the Axis powers, the Allied Forces could not be seen as very clean.

Of course, it is fortunate that it has saved millions of lives. Does history really evaluate World War II as a war of justice, or does it say that it was a contest between great powers, not so different from World War I?

“Of course, worrying about it up to now is a luxury. It’s a huge luxury.”

In the future, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or millions of people may die in this country alone, but worrying about post-war PTSD or evaluation in historical books will make even a passing dog laugh.

Above all, history is written by the victors.

It goes without saying that winning this second great war is more important than anything else.

But it’s unavoidable that your mind is confused.

“It is quite rare for me to become so sentimental.”

I muttered as I gazed at the moonlight of Moscow.

“Well… Maybe that’s what the atmosphere is like. Or is it because of the person you are with?”

To Tatiana’s words, I answered with a smirk.

“I don’t know about that.”

I took a step

“When you kill someone on the battlefield, they say that 95% of people suffer serious psychological trauma in some way in front of their first murder, while the remaining 5% are crazy, so it’s best not to deal with them as much as possible.”

It was strange that these words came out of a person’s mouth rather than killing one or two people, so no one spoke.

“Of course, he would have died if he hadn’t shot it, so that’s not to say that it’s morally wrong, if that’s the case, the act of war itself should be criticized, but it’s good to just think about it. It causes the slaughter of kings and kings of prisoners of war and the killing of civilians… War makes people devastated. But, since I was leading a war, it seemed that it wasn’t just for those who went out on the front lines.”

“sure?”

“I no longer have to race through the battlefield in a tank, instead of rifles and pistols, my weapons have become pens and papers, and my comrade, whose head was shattered and died by my side, was replaced by one of the dead included in the report. Of course, of course, it is impossible for anyone to live with all those deaths in their hearts, and no one can be held responsible for the deaths of all those who died under their command.”

However.

“But even so, I swore a long time ago that I would not be the one to take that sacrifice for granted.”

Disillusioned with those who carelessly hand over the hundreds of thousands of lives written on papers, there were times when I thought I wouldn’t do it as much as I did.

However, at some point, it seemed that I had become a being who did not deserve to curse them.

‘At first, I thought that eating well and living well was enough for me, but then I thought that I would like the people around me to be happy too, and suddenly I became a monarch.’

I looked at Yedo.

So, what should I do from now on?

Clearly, the current war situation is infinitely close to victory. If you go one step further, you will see the Rhine River right in front of you.

It’s not their mainland, and no matter how much they set up factories in France and print Tigers and Panthers, there’s no way it’s going to be easy to fight the battle that devours the mainland, and after we destroy the Axis powers across Europe, the British Empire and Nabal are recreated in the 20th century. It’s a Continental Blockade. Unlike the original history, the United States is not an ally this time, so it’s a pity.

Suez is also cut off, and in India we are planting Spetsnaz and Ohrana agents to spread weapons and train resistance. If you can survive without a Landless in this situation, you have to admit it.

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Moreover, assuming that President Huey Long’s message delivered by Nicholas is credible, the United States will soon declare war on Britain.

Of course, we are not sure if we will be able to declare war on the United States now. Last year, I planted corn and ate it, and this year I started farming turnips. It’s good that you have fun in farming, but I want you to stop traveling and farm a little more normally. You can chew everything you say and declare war–even if the two of you don’t really know what the prime minister is saying, they’ll ask me at least once and declare war–the United States is different.

Only Congress has the power to declare war in the United States. It must be passed by a majority vote in the Foreign Relations Committee and a majority vote in the Senate plenary session, and the House of Representatives must pass the bill to declare the Dongwon Order.

In other words, just because Huey Long says, ‘Ah, I want to go to war!’ doesn’t mean you can declare war at will. Of course, he wouldn’t have told us that gents like presidents would declare war without any means to end their influence in the House and Senate.

Above all, I heard that public opinion in the United States is also quite popular, so there is a high possibility of what will happen to the declaration of war, but… Americans did not originally welcome foreign war at this time. The attack on Pearl Harbor just blew it away, and in a state like that, the hawks wouldn’t fall behind while noticing if their sons had to die on the battlefield.

I declared war with the idea of preventing the death of tens of millions of people with hundreds of thousands of warriors, but there is a good chance that there will be public opinion in the United States that it is necessary to participate in the war at this time.

Do I have to fight? If you’re going to lose to Russia anyway, then Britain, Germany, and most of your foreign influence will be blown away, right? roughly thinking like that.

Besides, decisively… Huey Long is the president, but he is quite an outsider, so he knows that there are no fewer enemies within the Democratic Party.

In other words, the possibility of being opposed for the sake of opposition is never small.

‘Once the US intervention itself is not a definitive variable, if you think about it, if it is possible to devastate the Ruhr industrial zone before the end of this year, it must be done at any cost, even at the cost of any means.’

After dropping the Ruhr, the heart of German industry, the next step is a solid road. Taking just one ruhr can cut the expected casualties by less than half, but it’s strange not to.

Of course, Ruhr is a bit far from the front line. It is only now whether or not to cross Nuremberg, but driving a tank all the way to Ruhr is unreasonable.

So, we divided Ostmark in southern Germany, Italy, and mainland Germany…

-match!

I was shocked when I heard a loud noise in front of my eyes.

“Why are you bruising?”

“I was thinking.”

“Aren’t you thinking of another woman?”

“I thought war. War.”

I grumbled and sipped the cognac.

“Rokosovsky will do well, but I’m still a little nervous.”

***

German military studies from the Prussian point of view had a kind of decisive battle ideology that annihilated the enemy’s main force with a short-term decisive blow.

Whether it was a mobile war or a war of attrition, the German theory was to end the war by reliably annihilating the enemy’s combat power, and for this, all strategies were based on fighting at the desired time, place, and way.

However, such an operation did not work against Russia in this war. Aside from the desired timing and desired location, the method of battle against the Russian army, which is thoroughly mechanized and the infantry unit is also equipped with tanks, is to attack the Russian army with tank destroyers, anti-tank self-propelled guns, or towed anti-tank guns ready, It was difficult to expect an odds of itself other than winning the .

Of course, the former two cannot be achieved by fighting like that. How do you win in a fight between the two of you?

In a situation where they have to face an enemy with literally overwhelming power, they have finally obtained weapons that can fight on an equal footing with them.

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Manstein scanned the division and corps markers on the map.

“Russian forces have just completed their last offensive, and yet all the signs are showing signs of an offensive in the south. What do you think of this? Model General.”

Walter Model, the former commander of the defense of Saxony and the current Chief of Staff of Manstein, who struggled with honesty in the face of inferiority in both quality and quantity of troops in Saxony, gave a simple answer.

“We have lost in a row.”

In Prussia, in Saxony, in Berlin, in Brandenburg, in the Elbe. in Schleswig and Denmark.

The Germans had never had a modest criminal record against Russia.

“In the meantime, we have not been able to withstand the Russian tribute, and have given up the Middle East and North Africa without hesitation, and now they are facing the Rhine. How would you see us?”

“It’s hard to deny.”

“So you want to give us another blow, Ruhr, bombs are dropping every day, but destroying Nuremberg, Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Munich other than Ruhr is a sweet option for the Russian army. As it is a major city, it is a huge blow within the empire, and it can also target Ivan the public.”

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Moreover, military-wise, it is a tempting option. Anyway, the German army is in tatters, and before they form a cohesive front and counterattack in earnest… Maybe they can cut the German waist.

“Then we will lose the war.”

It may be possible to escape to France and continue a long and miserable struggle, but that is only a delay in the time until defeat.

So it should be now.

“In Bonn, even the Japanese Empire assured us that if we showed that we would only win once, we would not hesitate to participate in the war. If there is one more front, the Russian Empire will suffer quite a bit, but above all else, they have defeated Russia once.”

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Model was skeptical, but Manstein explained that in Bonn, he believed that if the main force of the Russian army was damaged and the Japanese Empire entered the war, the war could be turned upside down or, if not, an armistice could be signed on better terms.

“It’s foolish to block the Russians from the front, because the Russians’ shock tactics are really great.”

Of course, in the future, he and many other great generals used the standardized mobile warfare tactics to apply to the Russian army, but Manstein, who had no way of knowing it, even envyed the fact that the Russian army used the tactic he had thought of as his ideal first. was feeling

“It is necessary to carry out a deceptive operation that draws the Russian Southern Front forces into the depths and resists them appropriately so that they do not feel uncomfortable.

When the enemy reaches the end of the offensive due to the stretched logistic line and continuous bleeding, it breaks through the enemy’s flanks and encircles and annihilates them.

To this end, he gathered all the elite troops and heavy tank battalions, and pulled the Italian and British troops as much as possible.

“The operation name is Starlight.”

The gambler of the German Empire was thrown.