This is really unthinkable, Bismarck has always been an old fox who plans and then acts, Germany has rarely made a head bird over the years, who would have thought that this time, Germany was the first to express support for Konstantin.

Germany has openly stated that the succession of the Russian female tsar has always been disputed, and that it is completely unreasonable that she is neither the legitimate heir of the previous tsar nor the successor of a woman in the presence of other male heirs. Now that the Tsar has left Russia, the countries should recognize Prince Konstantin's right to inherit and restore his legitimate power.

There is only one reason why Bismarck is so urgent, and that is that Konstantin's appeal is really insufficient.

After all, the female tsar was successful in power, the entire bureaucracy supported the female tsar, the religious forces also supported the female tsar, and the most powerless people at the bottom also supported the female tsar, and in the period of rapid economic growth, the conditions for a coup d'état were not in place.

Those who support Konstantin are nothing more than a group of old elites who are dying, and some of the officers trained by Konstantin himself can basically be regarded as a dying struggle and counterattack of the old forces.

In this case, the Constantine group is easy to collapse because of an unwinnable battle, and they don't need to defeat them head-on, they only need to resist the crazy counterattack of the Constantine group, and then the situation is a sharp turn for the other party, the Kangxi period suppressed the rebellion of the three feudatories is an example, the people are determined, Wu Sangui has an elite army, invincible on the battlefield, once the offensive is stopped, it will soon be defeated.

Bismarck knew very well that if Konstantin did not have strong external support, he would only be greeted with defeat, and then a Russia without opposition would be even stronger than before, and the female tsar would have no scruples to mobilize the forces that Russia had accumulated over the years, instead of not daring to carry out general mobilization as in the last war, only partial mobilization, and the main force would even rely on the army of the Ural Kingdom.

But even so, it must have been Bismarck's deliberate decision, not a hasty decision, that allowed Russia to make such a quick decision, which meant that it had the support of Germany long before Konstantin's coup.

Why Germany supported Konstantin, and then expressed its attitude for the first time, this is also the result of the policy oppression of the female tsar over the years.

Backed by China, Russia's national strength grew too fast, without the shackles of slavery, rich natural resources and capital from China, quickly formed a strong production capacity, which made Russia a large country whose overall economic strength was not inferior to Germany, but whose population far exceeded that of Germany.

And this big country happens to be a neighbor of Germany, if it is a close neighbor, Germany will not refuse so much, Bismarck will not operate so untechnically, but the problem is that the female tsar has been close to France all these years.

France was very right to woo Russia, because France was determined to take revenge on Germany, and Russia had a choice, but the Tsaress chose France, just two years ago, when the American Civil War was in full swing, France signed an offensive and defensive alliance with Russia, but it has always been a secret treaty.

Konstantin revealed the contents of this secret treaty to Germany on the eve of the coup d'état, and Bismarck knew very well that this secret agreement was directed against Germany, stipulating that if either side encountered an attack by one of the two countries, the other side was obliged to support.

The pressure on Germany from this Franco-Russian secret treaty was too great, and Germany was not sure of victory against either of the two countries alone, let alone hostile to both countries at the same time, which made Bismarck feel a lot of pressure.

Unlike history, the conflict between Britain and Russia was very fierce in history, because Russia's expansion into Central Asia allowed the British to contain Russia around the world. However, in this history, the contradiction between Britain and Russia was very small, and Russia even gave up its penetration into the Mediterranean, and Britain basically had no reason to contain Russia, on the contrary, it was very worried that Russia was too weak to stop the pace of China's westward expansion.

Therefore, weakening Russia was the only chance for Germany to get rid of the two-sided attack, and there was nothing that could weaken Russia than Russia's own internal strife, which is why Bismarck would support Konstantin.

The first reason for Bismarck's decision to support Konstantin was that Bismarck knew very well that no one could help him this time, and there was no power that could be used by him, because Britain could not support Konstantin in a coup d'état, because it would weaken Russia; France is even less likely to support Constantine, because France has a secret pact with the female tsar.

This time, Germany must stand up in person, and after Germany stands up, France will not be able to intervene. There could not be a more favorable situation, and if Bismarck was not decisive in such an opportunity, then he would not be cunning, but timid. It can be said that on the issue of supporting Constantine and the female tsarist in the civil war to weaken Russia, Bismarck regarded it as as important as the reunification of Germany in the past, and Bismarck did not hesitate to launch the Austro-Prussian and Franco-Prussian wars in those years, and he will not hesitate to support Russia's civil strife this time.

It's just that the ultimate goal of Germany's support for Konstantin is not yet apparent, but its attitude is very resolute.

In the case of Bismarck's support, Austria must be supported.

Unless France can support the Tsar as an ally, the Tsar will be isolated in European diplomacy.

And whether France will support it, and how much role France has supported, in fact, it is impossible to judge, because Germany and Austria are Russia's neighbors, and Germany and Austria support Constantine, so Germany's and Austrian resources can be easily used by Constantine, even if France supports the female tsar, but France's resources cannot enter Russia. Not only could France not support the Tsar on land, but also at sea, because the access to the Baltic Sea was in the hands of Germany, whose navy, although not strong enough, was capable of blockading the Swedish Strait. The Black Sea direction is completely controlled by Konstantin.

The only one who had the ability to help the female tsar from the sea was the British, but just as Zhao Rang's first reaction was that the British secretly supported the mutiny, the female tsar did not think that the British would help her. Because the relationship between the female tsarist regime and Britain has not been close over the years, Britain has never been able to trust the background of the female tsar, and the female tsar has always been more dependent on China. Therefore, even if Britain did not want Russia to be weakened, it would certainly support Constantine in the choice of a fully European-style monarch to rule Russia, or a female tsar with a Chinese background.

"Don't worry, I'm here!"

Zhou Chun, who escaped from Moscow in embarrassment, comforted his wife.

The Tsarina was no longer panicking, but she was still worried, the current situation was too sinister. She really didn't expect that Konstantin would dare to take such a risk, and when she was about to announce that her son would inherit the Russian throne, she communicated with Konstantin and lobbied the other party with the interests of Russia, telling the other party that if her heir succeeded to the throne, Russia could get the three important places of the Ural Kingdom, the Kingdom of Assam and the Dobroga, which had absolute interests in Russia. At that time, Konstantin did not oppose fiercely, and when she publicly announced her decision, Konstantin also remained silent, who would have thought that the other party would suddenly launch a coup d'état.

"Will Germany send troops?"

The Tsaress worried.

Zhou Chun shook his head: "No, the more fierce the dog barks, the less timid it is." Bismarck was uncharacteristically uncharacteristically this time, and would never do it. ”

The Tsaress, however, did not dare to pin her hopes on the judgment of human nature.

She continued: "What if Germany ends up sending troops?" Will France help us? ”

Zhou Chun shook his head: "Bismarck dares to shout, he must also have confidence, he has the ability to keep France neutral." Even now it has the support of the British, and even the support of the British for a long time. With Britain in check, France did not dare to intervene. ”

The tsaress asked: "If Germany and Austria send troops to help Konstantin, is it possible for us to win?" ”

Zhou Chun smiled: "Don't worry." We have China behind us, even if the whole world jointly sends troops to help Konstantin, we will also be able to quell the rebellion! ”

The Tsaress became worried again: "Is there going to be another world war?" ”

Twenty years ago, in the world war, China faced off against Britain, the United States, West and Russia, and in the end it was Russia that lost the worst, not to mention losing most of its territory, losing nearly 10 million people, and it has not even recovered until now, and its debts have not been paid off now.

If there is a world war, and it is clear that Russia is the main battlefield again, even if Russia is lucky enough to avoid the land reparations, I am afraid that it will be burdened with a heavy debt burden and lose millions of people again.

Zhou Chun said with a smile: "If Germany and Austria send troops, I'm afraid it will really only be able to fight a world war." If Germany and Austria don't send troops, it will be a contest between us and the rebels of Constantine, don't worry, we will definitely win. Bismarck had no guts to challenge China! ”

Her husband's confident tone gave the female tsar confidence, and he also figured out that the worst is to fight a world war, and Russia will be reborn from the ashes, and after eliminating the Konstantin rebels, Russia will be more stable and develop better, she firmly believes this.

Thinking of this, she put aside the price she had paid, believing that fighting a world war was not necessarily a bad thing, so that she could defeat Germany and Austria with the help of China's strength, and it would be too difficult to defeat the German-Austrian alliance with Russia alone, and defeat the German-Austrian alliance with China's support, just to take back Poland, which was taken away by Germany, and Livonia, which was occupied by Austria.

Poland developed quite well in industry and agriculture during these years under German administration. Livonia has excellent agricultural conditions, with millions of Slavic-speaking Ukrainians. What Russia loses, it can be recovered from Germany and Austria.

At present, however, Bismarck is clamoring fiercely, openly recognizing Prince Constantine as the legitimate monarch of Russia, and threatening that any country's military involvement in the Russian succession will be a challenge to the whole of Europe. However, Bismarck did not send troops, and at present only provided material assistance to the Konstantin army, providing 100 million gold marks and 1 million Mauser rifles, 1,000 Krupp steel cannons, and a number of weapons and ammunition.

China's voice was not loud, it only announced that it did not recognize Konstantin's coup d'état, and recognized and supported the legitimate government of Russia, that is, the female tsarist regime to quell the rebellion.

This means that, at least for the time being, both sides are still at the stage of material assistance and have no plans for direct intervention.

At this time, if the female tsarist regime can quickly quell the civil strife, then the Konstantin regime has no firm foothold, there is only one way to fail, if the counterinsurgency is delayed for too long, so that Konstantin has the opportunity to gain local support, this is a big trouble, which means that the war may evolve into a civil war, if like the Americans, the five years of civil war with millions of casualties, Russia will inevitably be greatly damaged.

Therefore, the attitude of the female tsar and her husband was very consistent, and she quickly mobilized in the Urals, quickly sent troops into Russia, and quickly put down the rebellion.

The first troops, 300,000 men, had already crossed the Volga, acted in the name of the Tsaress, were not hindered by the garrisons on the opposite bank, easily crossed the border and approached Moscow!