Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia, was 58 years old, and although he had a congenital defect in his left arm (Elb's palsy), at first glance he appeared to be a rather domineering man—like his great empire—he always wore a crisp military uniform, a well-trimmed mustache that was upturned on both sides, a pair of eyes that were quite divine and wise, and a nose that was straight and high like a mountain. All of this is combined to create a face that is a king and a hegemon.

For the most part, the emperor of the Germans was a stern, unsmiling man, as if difficult to approach. The head that dominates the world's most powerful army and the second most powerful navy is always full of all kinds of delusions. However, in front of his family, His Majesty the Emperor occasionally reveals his true feelings, as well as the joys, sorrows, and sorrows of ordinary people.

But in those close to His Majesty the Emperor, such as his rather beautiful daughter, Victoria, who was already married to the Duke of Braunschweig and the **** of Hanover. Princess Louis seems. Since the fourth year of this endless world war, her father has rarely smiled in front of his relatives. His Majesty the Emperor laughed heartily only when the Emperor's aide-de-camp delivered a document called the "Hersmann Telegram" to the Charlottenburg Palace.

"Hahaha, hahaha, great, what an amazing captain......"

Victoria. Princess Louise entered the dining-room, ready to have breakfast with her father, the only daughter of the Emperor and his favorite child, who often returned to her mother's house to accompany her father, who was troubled by the increasingly difficult situation, but found that Field Marshal Hindenburg and Admiral Ludendorff were already there, as if they had brought some happy news for the Emperor. Before she could enter the dining room, she heard her father's laughter.

"Hello, Your Highness Princess!" Hindenburg and Ludendorff, dressed in straight gear, both stood up and headed for Victoria. Louis saluted. The latter, on the other hand, curtsy the Kaiser, and then nods to Hindenburg and Ludendorff: "Hello, Marshal; Hello Admiral. ”

After the necessary etiquette, Her Royal Highness sat down at the long table next to the Emperor's seat - Marshal Hindenburg and Admiral Ludendorff sat opposite.

"Father," said Victoria, before the servant brought breakfast. Louis smiled and asked the Emperor, "That brave captain of yours must have sent some interesting information again, didn't he?" ”

"Brave Captain" was the name given to Hersmann by Wilhelm II, who had already decided that in the near future - after the Bolsheviks came to power - he would be promoted to major and awarded an Iron Cross of the 1st class in recognition of what he had done for the Reich.

"That's right, he always has some hilarious intel." The German Emperor smiled and patted on the table a document that Field Marshal Hindenburg had just submitted - Hersmann had sent back a very long and extremely important telegram almost a month after the interruption of communication with Berlin!

This telegram will even have a major impact on the entire battle situation! Therefore, Hindenburg and Ludendorff came to Charlottenburg Palace early this morning with a copy of the telegram to meet His Majesty the Emperor.

"Father, what good news did Captain Hersman bring this time?"

“…… It is important to put the men to shame that one or two female soldiers are enough to set an example for the entire front. Haha, I kind of like that Kerensky, his imagination is so rich! Actually wanted women to go to war, and it was when there was no shortage of men in Russia. ”

"So will it work?" Victoria. Princess Louis asked.

"Of course not!" The Emperor smiled and flipped through the papers, then picked up another paragraph and read it. "The situation on the front line of the Northwestern Front of the Russian army is astonishing, there is hardly any gunfire here! To add insult to injury, many of the trenches were empty, and the occasional soldiers either met in groups discussing the night's political rally or complaining that food rations were always not rationed. Moreover, the command of the armies of the North-Western Front was held by the soldiers' committees, and the officers either obeyed the command of the soldiers or simply left their posts......"

"Officers obey soldiers?" Victoria. Princess Louis couldn't help but laugh. "The Russian revolutionaries were so cute, how could they come up with such a thing? Are the soldiers really relieved to let other soldiers take command? ”

"Actually, they are not at ease," said the Emperor, "and they have all run away." He looked down again and read the telegram. …… However, the biggest difficulty of the Northwestern Front of the Russian Army was the mass flight of soldiers. Because the Socialist-Revolutionaries and Mensheviks joined the Provisional Government and gained considerable power. As a result, the soldiers on the front line believed that peace had arrived and that land distribution would soon take place. Therefore, everyone was in a hurry to go home to participate in the division of land, and did not want to stay at the front. In general, more than half of the soldiers of the various group armies have fled, and some group armies even have a shortage of tens of thousands. The smaller number of fugitives, mostly under the control of the Bolsheviks, told me that their troops would refuse to take part in any offensive. Therefore, I judge that it is simply impossible for the North-Western Front to take part in the full-scale offensive that will take place. ”

“…… The situation on the Western Front of the Russian army was as bad as that of the Northwestern Front, there were too many soldiers fleeing, officers either left their posts or did nothing, training and operations were completely stopped. The soldiers who had not yet fled were engaged in political activities in addition to eating and sleeping every day. As a representative of the Central Committee of the Bolsheviks, I visited the positions of at least ten divisions, without exception. Soldiers were not concerned with fighting the war, but with the political and economic benefits they would receive after the war. And all the soldiers' councils were controlled by anti-war elements, and the resolutions adopted were resolutely against the offensive...... So I have reason to believe that it is absolutely impossible for the Western Front of the Russian army to launch a threatening offensive in June or July. ”

"So, there will be no more fighting on the Eastern Front?" Victoria. Princess Louis is not ignorant of the war situation, she knows that the Russians only have three fronts on the battlefield on the Eastern Front, the northwest, the west, and the southwest, and now that the two fronts have been paralyzed, how can they fight?

Field Marshal Hindenburg interjected in a low, serious tone: "Princess, in fact the Russians still decided to attack, because their Southwestern Front was in a decent situation. The de facto soul of the Russian Provisional Government, Minister of the Army and Navy Kerensky, has been frequently active in the Southwestern Front since May, carrying out propaganda and agitation. The former commander of the Southwestern Front, General Brusilov, is now the commander-in-chief of the Russian army, which obviously means that he will fully cooperate with the Provisional Government in the operation. According to Captain Hersman's inspection, the 11th Army on the northern flank of the Russian Southwestern Front was in good shape, its morale improved after Kerensky's visit, and the loss of troops was less, less than 50% (which is already a small amount). The situation was better for the 8th Army of the Southwestern Front of the Russian Army, because they had a very tough commander named Kornilov, who came to post with a group of Cossack followers, so he had the strength to enforce discipline in the army, shot quite a few deserters, and disbanded the soldiers' council. This is a real army! In addition, Captain Hersman reported that the main attack of the Russians would be launched by the Southwestern Front, that the Austro-Hungarian troops opposite them would be under great pressure, and that the most dangerous enemy would be the Russian 8th Army. The main target of the Russian army should be the Galician town of Lemberg (now Lviv, Ukraine), in order to cut off the communication between the Austro-Hungarian army and the German army on the eastern front......"

Victoria. Louis asked in a voice like a silver bell, "Has this miraculous captain even heard the enemy's main target?" ”

The German emperor smiled and patted the table lightly with his right hand. There was a smug and win-proof look on his face that was the same as when he encouraged Austria-Hungary to invade Serbia. He pursed his lips and said, "We'll soon have an unprecedented victory!" By August at the latest, another revolution will take place in Russia as a result of this fiasco! When the time comes, the final peace will be ushered in on the Eastern Front! Now we have to think about where to put our eastern border. Then we will be able to defeat France with all our might! ”