Rasputin of the East

＜ Episode 57 >

＜Operation Name: Eclipse>

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＜Overview>

An operation to induce a communist riot to end the war when it is determined that war fatigue within the German Empire has reached a certain level.

Currently, there are two major left-wing organizations in the German Empire. Among them, the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) is extremely large and is a legal organization that has received permission for activities from the German Empire.

The other is the Spartacus League, a branch of the International Group founded in 1914. Its founders are believed to be Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, and key executives are believed to include Karl Liebknecht, Rosa Luxemburg, Clara Zetkin and Franz Mering. For data on these, please refer to attached documents 1-4.

The main members of the Social Democrats are anti-war forces and radicals who left in protest against the Social Democrats’ cooperation with the German Imperial Government, which is judged to be an organization suitable for the purpose of this operation.

The Spartacus League hopes to end the war through all-out strike and international solidarity, and it turns out that it follows the immediate cessation of war, all-out class struggle, socialist revolution and anti-imperialist international solidarity.

Therefore, there is a high probability that the Spartacus League will engage in an armed struggle, and the funds that have been laundered in the Netherlands are secretly provided to the Spartacus League through Switzerland, and in the case of weapons, it is being supported by Denmark.

However, in this process, the fact that this department is behind the scenes should not be revealed to the Spartacus Federation itself, so the department claimed the source of the weapon as a fictional German-Danish living in Iceland named Adolf Eichmann (45 years old) with left-wing tendencies. being delivered via

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Many of these weapons are unauthorized copies of US weapons in their home countries, and some German-made captured weapons and MP15s are being delivered.

The MP15 (refer to the attached document) is a weapon that replicates the old submachine gun that was in use by the Ministry of Home Affairs and is undergoing culling. being.

It was successfully replicated by adding a little process to the old production facility at the discretion of the GRU, and a smuggling plan was established by disguising it as leaked from the German military.

In the case of funds, several people are stolen, and counterfeit German marks and gold bars are being delivered through Operation Echo from various angles.

Progress: According to a report from the Meteorological Department, it is judged that the potato crop will be poor due to the abnormal temperature. The German maritime blockade is still in place. Therefore, it is estimated that the production of food and consumer goods in the German Empire has declined sharply, which is strengthening public opinion on salt fields.

After reading this far, I sighed. Were we better off?

Oh, there is one thing. At least it’s okay to eat?

Even if you can’t feed this rice with meat soup… even if you don’t eat it, even the serfs don’t peel the bark and eat it here as well.

Consumer goods other than food have been destroyed by war and hyperinflation.

To be honest, it is difficult for us to find anything better than Germany other than religion and food production stabilization.

‘Still, that’s decisive.’

We have an advantage over Germany, which has a two-sided battle ahead of us and is full of negative factors.

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More than anything…….

“Im here.”

“okay.”

Irina’s voice broke my thoughts.

It was Stolipin’s mansion.

***

“dismissal.”

“Looks like I haven’t seen you in a while, Count.”

“How is the situation?”

“Grain production is still sufficient, the problem is that we only have enough grain.”

“It sounds like you don’t have to worry about making a living.”

“okay.”

“The more you look at it, the more interesting Russia is.”

“……?”

“Ordinarily, if the country is overturned when it is exploited to this extent, shouldn’t it have been overturned 10 years ago? Wherever I live, it should have happened sooner, no matter what happened, be it a coup d’etat or a major riot.”

I know why It is because the people have resigned.

I know that, but the more I look at it the more I look at it….

“Don’t be sarcastic.”

“If the Russian aristocrats had been British aristocrats, Britain would have been the first communist country in the world.”

“Weren’t we together to stop that?”

“To be honest, when you and I die, the nobles will reveal their true colors again. We need to take this opportunity to get rid of all those who don’t understand the language and push for a proper bureaucracy to settle in this country.”

Hope is a double-edged sword.

If you give the Russian serfs, who have been resigned for hundreds of years, a hope for a better future, that hope can be spurred with enormous energy.

But what if that hope is not met?

‘It’s obvious.’

At that time, I had no choice but to wash my blood with blood.

“We need to bring in experts from all over Europe to reform our constitution. You have to take charge of that.”

“It’s not that the reform failed because I didn’t know how, it was that I didn’t implement it knowingly. Because of the obstacles you mentioned….”

Simply put, there was a lack of momentum to push reforms.

And when the war is over, everything will change.

“Can the war be over in a short time?”

“In the normal way, you have to take the annual unit.”

“In an unusual way?”

“…… soon?”

I remembered Operation Eclipse.

“I don’t know how… but do your best, before the worst happens.”

***

A few hours later, Irina and I were heading to the Kremlin with the two princesses in the backseat.

“It seems like it’s been a long time since I’ve been to Moscow.”

“So do i.”

I slowly turned my head.

“Are Maria, Anastasia and Alexey all doing well?”

“Didn’t the letters come and go?”

“What is the difference between reading a letter and meeting in person?”

“It will be fine. maybe.”

After a while, the car stopped in front of a breaker. As soon as the guards saw my face and the faces of those in the backseat, they saluted and stepped aside. After a while we entered the Kremlin.

“sister!”

In an instant, two shadows appeared with a cry.

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Maria rushed to Olga, and Anastasia hugged Tatiana and rubbed her face, showing affection, and I just laughed.

“The Crown Prince. When did you arrive here? You feel uncomfortable.”

“It has improved a lot. Not too long ago, I visited the city of Moscow.”

“It is a blessing from God.”

Then, another voice was heard.

“Hasn’t it been sufficiently proven that God’s blessings are with us, Russia, the Imperial Family, and you? First by Alexei, then by the miracles of Constantinople, Antioch, and Jerusalem.”

“His Majesty the Emperor.”

Nicholas II personally met us.

“You did a great job, Count.”

Said the emperor, who came close to me and tapped me on the shoulder.

“After the war, a governor will have to be appointed for the new occupied territories.”

“……?”

“Have you any thoughts?”

“I think it would be best to award it to someone who is suitable for His Majesty after the war is over.”

Anatolia? You want me to go to a place where there is going to be a chaos in the Turkish War of Independence sooner or later?

I’m asking for the title of conqueror of Jerusalem and Constantinople, not the bomb?

Besides, when the war is over, I’ll probably stay in Moscow.

“I have something to say about ending that war.”

“……?”

“That’s not what I’m going to talk about here, Hoe-po is going to finish his dinner this evening, and then go to a quiet place for a while.”

You might be wondering what other people would say, but if this tsar has a good idea, I’m not sure what kind of accident he is going to cause.

No, it’s not an accident, are you trying to hand me some bomb? A C4 connected to the detonator or something. Or a gunpowder warehouse engulfed in flames.

Considering that this gentleman isn’t the type of person who makes things, I think it’s more appropriate to try to hand over what we have to me rather than make bombs.

“This time I am disappointed with the Russian generals.”

“……”

It seemed like something I’d heard a lot somewhere, but for now I kept my mouth shut.

“How did you not win even once, and even lie to me, the only person you can trust in the world is the Count except your bloody family.”

I was momentarily anxious about what would happen if the accident I struck in Constantinople happened to that gentleman’s ear, but he shook his head.

If there are no children and if Tatiana herself is good at enlisting, it won’t show up even if she dies. Of course it should be. I succeeded in keeping Olga unknowingly, but Tatiana is not in a difficult situation because she failed to join the club.

Anyway, with that thought in mind, Nicholas II continued.

“It is unfortunate that my friend and cousin, dear Wilhelm, was forced to point the sword at me.”

“That’s right.”

What if World War I was bad luck?

“Russia and Germany have been enemies for a long time, but now many of the reasons for their antagonism are gone, the Austro-Hungarian Empire has fallen, and so have the vassals who covered Wilhelm’s eyes and ears. And… frankly, I don’t like England.”

“………yes?”

No wait, this is it.

“They were not only trying to sway the occupation of Constantinople, a legitimate powerhouse of the Russian Empire, but they also protested the occupation of Jerusalem. Do you know what the British minister said to me?”

Hmm… it probably wasn’t rude. In the first place, Britain is not in a situation where it is going to be high in Russia now.

It must have been an attempt to negotiate or beg, but the problem is, to a yangban who is now drunk with religion, they must have looked like those who dared to restore the Holy Land.

But that’s it and this is it, no matter how close you are to Germany and how f*cking Britain thinks you are, Britain is an ally and Germany is an enemy on the verge of destruction, right?

“……. your majesty.”

“I am not Peter III, and I do not intend to follow in his footsteps.”

hey, that’s good

No, I was seriously thinking about assassination of the tsar even tonight, knowing that I was seeing the angle of the Seven Years’ War here.

“But, isn’t victory approaching right now? Can we be a little more generous with the winners, but the honorable losers Germany? Moreover, it is also a country that will become a friend against those savage pirates.”