Rasputin of the East

＜ Episode 195 >

Konstantin Rokosovsky was nervous.

Although he had not yet been deprived of his rank or vocation, or dismissed from his position, he wondered if that was just a matter of time.

No, if I can’t make up for this mistake somehow, I’m 100% wrong.

Whatever his excuses, it’s true that he didn’t prepare enough for the end of the offensive.

According to the doctrine of the Russian army established by Tukhaschensky in the first place, if prepared properly at the point of attack, it is possible to predict the end point and counterattack and fall into a trap. The offensive must continue until the operational objective is reached.

Therefore, to be hit by a counterattack by falling into an offensive endpoint is synonymous with incompetence. And the ultimate responsibility rests with him, no matter what anyone says.

In other words, there is nothing strange about being arrested immediately.

And that’s why he was worried about how to deal with the situation with this person sitting in front of him now.

Victor Mikhailovich Romanov.

Crown Prince of the Russian Empire.

A young man who has the rank of general in the army in terms of his ceremonies, and is expected in many ways in public affairs, such as showing his prominence as a military commander from an early age.

Well, it’s a private life. Since I was a teenager, there were rumors that I had my first illegitimate child before I was twenty, because I was so promiscuous.

Isn’t it okay to dress up as a woman and sneak into the female dormitory of the Royal Cultural School and get caught? There was a joke that the Kremlin was turned upside down when a famous Russian actress suddenly started taking a break for several months.

Even I was very, very proud. He acted in such a way that no matter how many boats he had, he wouldn’t get caught by his parents, and if he paid child support, he wouldn’t be bothered.

With five or six lovers at a time, it could only be said that he resembled his great-grandfather.

Rumors circulated that the Empress Dowager also told her to only date one person at a time, as it is good to give up on the Crown Prince’s flirtation and change his lover frequently. Then, the answer that came back was, ‘I will not abandon my woman.’

Nevertheless, no one who knew him personally called him prodigal or Hanyang, etc.

No matter what anyone says, he knows that in public he is a capable person who has nothing to do with inheriting his parents’ legacy.

Besides, the Crown Prince’s popularity was very good among the Russian people. That is why the whole nation turned a blind eye to the act of dating openly while increasing the number of illegitimate children without even getting married.

From my personal point of view, I thought that looks and eloquence would probably play a big part too.

In any case, the prince opened his mouth after taking a sip of tea with a dignified attitude and with a beautiful appearance that would make him feel bad just by looking at her at a glance.

“You seem to be struggling quite a bit. General.”

“I have nothing to tell you. However, a breakthrough in the enemy right wing will surely be successful.”

“That’s right, if it’s the Russian army, but if it causes a lot of damage to the Czech and Hungarian troops, we have to hand over more to them after the war.”

Give as much blood as you bleed. It was the basic of the basics, the basic of the basics for maintaining the trust of the alliance.

“A lot of troops from the Czech Republic and Hungary have been sent to make up for the 5th Army that the general has destroyed. If we get past this situation, we can replace them with the troops from the rear, but politics is not the case. I owe you That is why my father arranged an appointment with the queen in Hungary sooner or later.”

To say that he destroyed the 5th Army was not wrong, at least by the standards of the Russian Empire. Basically, it was because of his negligence.

“If it’s a debt that has already arisen, shouldn’t it be prevented from doubling or triple that debt?”

“……of course.”

“General Konev has asked you to empower the general. So that’s why I’m here.”

“You mean General Konev?”

“exactly.”

It was surprising. In fact, Rokosovsky and Konev did not get along very well.

“It was also General Konev and General Novikov who defended the generals in Stavka. That’s why His Majesty decided to give the general another chance. Your Majesty has promised to set off the lesson as long as you get through this one well.”

Of course, there will be no penalty. Although there will be no explicit punishment such as demotion, it is highly likely that there will be unofficial punishment such as disciplinary reduction of salary and delayed promotion after that.

Of course, considering the mistake I made this time, that alone makes me feel good. Even when the Russian Empire attacked East Prussia or Berlin, it did not do this much damage.

To put it bluntly, it was a mistake that could be compared to the Battle of Tannenberg in the last great war. Of course, the extent of the damage cannot be compared with that, but considering that one of the two generals who commanded the army at that time committed suicide and the other never took the baton again, the Kremlin came out very generously.

In fact, if you think about it coldly, it was even more so because in order for the Count of Vostok, who is now in power, to come to power, it was necessary to exaggerate the defeat of Tannenberg, which he had warned of, and to highlight the victory of Krakow, which he had achieved immediately after it, through him. , this was a measure that has not been withdrawn even now, as it is directly related to the person’s legitimacy.

As the Czech king and de facto co-emperor of Russia, his power has become so powerful that he cannot be shaken by any means, and now he has enough room to be generous, so he must have listened to Konev and Novikov’s disapproval.

However, Rokosovsky did not have time to think about that, and only sighed in relief.

It means that once there is an opportunity to make up for it somehow.

“I have to personally thank the two generals. thank you for telling me.”

“My father had high expectations of the general from the beginning. You mentioned the dismissal of the general because you were too angry, but you believe that mistakes can be made as long as you are human, and you have the power to make up for them.”

The Prince’s words were a very elegant way to say that you should wipe your poop, but Rokosovsky bowed his head.

“All right.”

At least I knew I wasn’t going to shoot him right away, so that was it. I’m just glad I don’t have to eat koro borsi in Ohrana.

“I… No, the main building has also been instructed to serve at the Southern Front Army headquarters until this campaign is over. The Spetsnaz who followed as an escort of the main building also said that it could be used as the headquarters of the Southern Front.”

This was quite a blast. In a nutshell, it was as if the Crown Prince was going to be attached as a political officer.

Of course, the Crown Prince is also a man of style and has received training in the military academy, so he shouldn’t interfere with the command, but he doesn’t care. It’s strange that a tall person is sitting behind you and you don’t notice no matter how quiet you are.

The same goes for Spetsnaz. Spetsnaz also has various roles, and when it comes to Spetsnaz that escorts imperial personnel, it is an alpha unit.

These units were made up of the most elite among the elite, and their training was specialized in camouflage, guarding and defending bases, and securing escape routes.

It’s of no use unless the enemy forces rush right in front of you and evade the headquarters personnel. Can I entrust the guards to the headquarters?

Of course, the Crown Prince wasn’t so fussy that he didn’t know why Rokosovsky was doing this. In this situation, it is counterproductive to say that I did not send you because I was suspicious of you.

“So please. I think the general will have to help me out a lot. Just like your father did in Krakow.”

Power comes from the gun. His father identified the military, tax, and veto powers as powers that the imperial family should never let go as long as he lived.

The basis of the tax authority comes from the military authority. Because I need the army to force people who won’t pay taxes to me. On the other hand, the military also needs money.

Therefore, the Crown Prince also needs an army. Unlike the other children on the battlefield, a military officer just like in Krakow.

Build an army to gain support from the military. It is simple and ignorant, but at the same time, it is a method that works very well.

If you want to maintain power, you have to hold on to the military as tightly as you can. In other words, the implied implied by the Crown Prince is that this personnel measure is the will of the Empress to give military service to the Crown Prince, the stabilization of the succession structure, and the intention to attribute this merit to the Crown Prince.

In other words, Rokosovsky would lose the ball, but it also meant that the failure of this offensive should be ended in a line not to be investigated, and that it should be offset by making sure he settled in the line of the Crown Prince.

Shouldn’t you be thinking about the future anyway?

When the war is over, there is no room for more military personnel unless a new war breaks out. In the end, all that remains is a political battle. And it’s important to get a good back boat.

“The Crown Prince, what do you need my help for? I am just glad that someone who is not lacking enough to be exalted and take charge of a group of enemies has come to help this squadron.”

Noticing this, Rokosovsky immediately changed his stance.

There was no choice in the first place, and above all else, it is better to follow the will of the Empress. It’s a ball that will restore the honor, can’t it be built later, in France or Italy, at least in the Far East?

Besides, it would have been better for the imperial family to make him a master. That way, even Rokosovsky will have more certainty as the crown prince who won the battle in which he was defeated. In other words, it is unlikely that you will be given a chance to restore your honor and play the ball.

During the Great War, I wasn’t in a position to coordinate those things in the first place, but now the story is different.

Totally different.

***

The British Prime Minister, Moseley, was feeling serious.

‘It’s f*cked up.’

How did it happen?

I wish this was all a dream rather than reality.

No, in the first place, he never, never once wanted a war.

But Hitler’s mad son demanded a guarantee of payment from Denmark to plunder the territories lost in the Treaty of Den Haag. He closed his eyes because Germany played a major role in the containment of Russia.

And France and Russia responded coolly with declarations of war.

Yes, it was good as far as how they got France out of the way. Russia’s naval power is not comparable to the Royal Navy anyway, and according to British information, whether the Russian government cares about public opinion, it still has a lot of room to spare, such as producing a small amount of luxury goods for the people.

In the cabinet, the prevailing opinion was that Russia was concerned about the Second Bloody Sunday, and that the Russian government was looking at it because at least the subjects should not feel war fatigue and support the war should be high.

Compared to the original history, World War II led to the declaration of war after the Russian-French ultimatum, and of course, compared to the Great Patriotic War, the support for the war could not be high.

Crazy people who raped, slaughtered, and looted all civilians invaded our country, so we have to fight back, and there is land that a friend plucked from a foreign country 20 years ago and pressured a friend to return it. So we have to go to war Which of the two resonates more with the people?

For this reason, even if the communists behind the scenes instigate that ‘Do not lose your life in war due to the political logic of the feudal aristocracy and the bourgeoisie!’, it is very difficult to explain. would have done In the long run, it’s absolutely unreasonable.

And, perhaps, this is the most decisive, but even if they fight with one hand, they unilaterally defeat Germany and occupy Berlin, and the advance to the French border is on the countdown, but I also wondered if I should use both hands.

In fact, London was skeptical of the counter-attack proposed by Germany.

‘If a country that fights with one hand has been severely burned once, do you usually try to negotiate, or do you try to beat it with both hands? You can’t even find it? I don’t know if it’s a democracy, but is it a tyrannical monarchy in that town?’

‘It seems the Germans don’t even think about it. Since more than half of the territory and population fell to the enemy camp, they are making bubbles asking for troops to counterattack.’

‘Last time we neglected air defense on the mainland of England, so we too, but Kaiser was seriously wounded and fell ill and died, and a number of other dignitaries also died. It’s hard not to give up troops…’

‘Let’s give it away. It’s just, I have a debt last time, and all the troops die anyway, and even if the Russian army advances to Calais, even if they die, they can’t cross the strait. The French navy has become a dog, and the Russian navy, which fought with our battlecruisers and sent several main ships to Poseidon’s side, can never penetrate the Royal Navy.’

Well, the Royal Navy also suffered quite a bit of damage, but it hurts a lot to lose 1 for a guy with 10 than for a guy with 100 to lose 1. Besides, Japan has to be vigilant.

…… But the Japanese bastards ate the wrong thing and threw the US in the worst way. And the United States, which convened its congress in one day, declared war on Germany, Japan, Italy, etc., which had declared war together, and, decisively, the United Kingdom at a wholesale level. Now Canada is on the phone.

Canada is suddenly being beaten like a fortune-teller, and the Canadian regular army is scraped and sent to Europe. Only organized home guards. After sending troops, the US White Fleet is unharmed, waiting for the battle in the North Atlantic Ocean.

You can give Russia a shot in Europe and send reinforcements to Canada if you win the Battle of the Fleet.

What if we can’t win the war with Russia? The troops to send have evaporated from Europe, so should the mainland home guards be reinforced to the Canadian home guards?

Lost in a fleet battle? Aboard a ship the Russians raked from France – the US Navy will rush to the Pacific Ocean for Japan and the US Army will be fighting in South America and Canada – shouldn’t we worry about crossing Calais?

But the problem is that the energy of ruin is already creeping up.

“Russian troops broke through the European Expeditionary Forces, which covered the German left flank, and Czech and Hungarian troops broke through the Italian troops on the right, and both flanks were broken.”

“This is a report from the Royal Air Force. Ivans are coming in so much that I wonder if they even mobilized the mainland air defense force.”

“Russian forces have appeared in Frankfurt. It seems that the Central Front has begun to support the Southern Front in earnest. It is said that General Manstein escaped to the west of the Rhine with only his own life.”

“According to the reconnaissance report, the armored units of the Central Front Army are constantly pushing in from the direction of Fulda. There are reports of enemies turning to Wurzburg as soon as Frankfurt fell. It is clearly a siege-building prayer.”

“For unknown reasons, we are experiencing difficulties with the radio communication of units on the front lines. Wired communication is also short-circuited due to the bombardment, so it is difficult to use a communication method other than messenger or Jeonseo-gu. Even the radar doesn’t listen, so it seems that Russia has sent a new weapon that interferes with radio waves into the battlefield.”

The offensive, which the Germans bragged about, led to dozens of problems.

It was good to destroy the 5th Army first, but a huge number of new tanks were eliminated even in advancing to Nuremberg.

The Russian army mobilized its air force and engineering corps to smash the tracks and spray land mines with aircraft, making the main offensive axis of the German army a rip off and thoroughly destroying the locomotives.

In the end, the German heavy and medium tanks, which became almost impossible to use, had to maneuver to Nuremberg on their own. In the meantime, the fact that the number of Panther tanks possessed by one full armored division dropped to around 70 on average was a bonus as a result of carrying out the 170km-long forced march purely by the tank’s own movement.

Besides, Nuremberg was not completely communist. Even if the armored units were engaged in a street battle, there was a high possibility that they would be locked up in the city and surrounded.

In other words, the offensive has already failed more than half.

And when this happens, all that is left is a long and persistent resistance in denial of defeat. Even if there are still some remnants of the German army in the Bayern Pocket, and Italy and Switzerland are sitting along the Alps, isn’t the victory itself already leaning?

Favorable negotiations were put aside and conditional surrender or discussion had to be made.

The only question is whether the other party is willing to negotiate.

The Russian bombers felt a momentary phantom pain in the lost bridge. But the only thing that was more intense than the phantom pain was the pressure of impending defeat.

A heavy load, as if buried in a landslide, was pressing on the Prime Minister to prevent him from escaping.