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Augustus Napoleon IV of the Roman Empire was waiting for news from the front.

Napoleon IV, who had been making a fortune from the war for two years, suddenly found that someone else's world war was over, and the Roman Empire was in a state of turmoil.

The first to start is South America, starting with Brazil, and now the war has spread to Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. And the tide of the war turned out to be quite unfavorable for Rome, and Henry was crowned King of Brazil in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande Norte. Bonaparte's fighting skills were obviously not comparable to that of his second uncle, Napoleon I, and his cousin Jujuan. While Jujuan was showing his skills, he was losing a lot of defeats, and the Mexican Foreign Legion that he brought to Brazil suffered heavy losses and had to ask for help from Mathilde and Napoleon IV.

Napoleon IV, of course, knew that his half-brother was not very good at war, so he had to mobilize the troops of the Spanish and Portuguese legions across the sea to support Henry. Bonaparte; On the one hand, he urged Mathilde to send troops to help Henry. Bonaparte's relief -- in fact, it was to send Jujuan to South America in a hurry to direct the counterinsurgency.

More than 10 years ago, Mathilde appointed Jujuan as commander-in-chief of the Mexican Army and commander-in-chief of the South American front, and took a capable former enemy command to Natal in the northern Rio Grande with a capable former enemy command on the battleship Mexico, taking over the command of the entire South American battlefield. However, after taking over the command, Jujuan ordered the entire line to shrink, abandoning many of the strongholds at the front and temporarily disengaging with the rebels. It seems that they want to reorganize their troops before they attack. Don't know when you can start the action again?

The second is the "intervention operation" in the Russian direction. This time, it was the army of the Eastern Roman Empire that went into battle in person, dispatching an intervention force of 200,000 men. It has been more than a month since the troops were dispatched. Because it's an intervention army. Naturally, there was a need for an invitation from the legitimate government of Russia. Otherwise, it would not be interference, but aggression.

But to Napoleon IV's embarrassment, Empress Alexandra, the legitimate Russian monarch who had escaped from Petersburg, did not go to neighboring Finland, but went first to Akhangelsk and then to Siberia by sea under the protection of her uncle, Grand Duke Alexander.

Fortunately, Archduke Alexander, after arriving in Arkhangelsk, sent a telegram instructing the ambassador in Rome to request intervention from the Roman Empire. Of course, he didn't propose that Rome still have to intervene! At the same time, the Russian regent also ordered Nikolai to stay in Constantinople. Grand Duke Nikolayevich cooperated with the Roman intervention forces - the second capital of the Russian Empire did not fall into the hands of Narodnaya Volya.

Constantinople has been a key development site of the Russian Empire for more than a decade. The surrounding land, including the countryside of Russian Asia Minor, was allocated to immigrants from Russia, and the system of rural communes was not introduced. In addition, because of its close proximity to the Mediterranean Sea, Constantinople was easily aided by Rome and did not experience a severe shortage of food supplies, so the Tsar had a large number of supporters in and around Constantinople.

In the uncle of Empress Alexandra, Nicholas? With the cooperation of Grand Duke Nikolayevich, the Roman army easily entered Constantinople. However, Napoleon IV did not intend to take it as soon as he saw it, but ordered the Roman intervention forces, with the cooperation of the navy, to march straight into the Crimean peninsula and occupy the military fortress of Seva Potor on the Crimean peninsula.

"Your Majesty! Good news! Good news! "Adjutant Alexander. Valewski (grandson of Napoleon I) rushed in, his excitement overflowing, "Sevasporol has fallen into our hands." The Russian Black Sea Fleet stationed there has sworn allegiance to the Empress! This time the door to Kyiv is already open! ”

"Oh! That's great! "Napoleon IV rose up so well. He couldn't help but be overjoyed, "How many Russian troops are on our side now?" ”

"The Russians have declared their allegiance to the Empress by the Constantinople Army, the Crimean Army, and the Black Sea Fleet. In addition, the Russian Arctic Ocean Fleet, the Russian Army Group West Siberia, and the Russian Transcaucasian Army Group have also declared allegiance to the Empress! The total number of troops is no less than 1 million! ”

"Good! Good!! Napoleon IV nodded his head incessantly, looking extremely satisfied.

After all, Russia is a large country with a population of tens of millions, and it has always had a military tradition, and it is almost impossible to install a puppet regime in Russia by relying entirely on external forces. But now with 1 million Russian troops pledged allegiance to Empress Alexandra, there was great hope for this war of intervention.

"How many Russian troops have now pledged allegiance to the All-Russian Revolutionary Council?" Napoleon IV asked again with concern.

"The total number was only a few hundred thousand, and the Red Guard militia in Petersburg, Moscow (which also took place three days after the revolution in Petersburg), and Kiev (which fell into the hands of the Revolutionary Committee a week after the revolution in Petersburg) was only 300,000."

"Good! Good! Good!! "Napoleon IV was louder than the other. He finally put his mind at ease, "It seems that most of the Russian army is still neutral, and it seems that the situation is in our favor." ”

The neutrality of the army in the event of a revolution or the defection of the army was also very common in European revolutions of this era. If all the armies had obeyed orders and obeyed commands, there would have been no revolution in Europe. But for the revolution to be victorious, it usually needs the support of most of the army, otherwise it will only be annihilated.

The French Revolution of 1848, for example, secured the support of the military, which overthrew the Orleans dynasty and established a new order. The recent American Revolution also had the support of most of the American military, so the British would have been defeated. In the British Revolution, most of the British army chose neutrality, so the British Revolutionary Committee only controlled a few large cities, unable to gain the right to rule the whole country, and finally the socialists had to introduce Queen Victoria's grandson, Prince Wilhelm of Germany, as king, and set up a socialist United Kingdom. In this way, it has been supported by most of the English teams. And the All-Russian Revolutionary Committee in Russia is now facing the same difficulties as the British revolutionaries, unable to secure the support of the majority of the Russian army, and their revolution has not yet succeeded!

Alexander. Valevsky smiled and said: "I also got the news that the All-Russian Revolutionary Council is considering convening a Duma meeting, which may formulate a constitution for a constitutional monarchy." ”

"Haha, it looks like they want to learn from the British, too. If all goes well, this intervention is likely to be won without a fight...... Give an order to Marshal Lebov not to march on Kiev for the time being. ”

Marshal Leboeuf was the commander-in-chief of the Roman intervention army and was now in Constantinople.

"Your Majesty still intends to keep the Russian Revolutionary Council?" Valewski asked softly.

"Hold on for now, and if you push it too quickly, they will soon welcome back Empress Alexandra through a new constitution! And it's autumn now, and it's going to snow soon, and the Russian winter is cold, and I don't want to repeat the mistakes of Napoleon I. ”

Napoleon IV did have the idea of a swift march into Petersburg while the Russian Revolutionary Committee was still unstable, but he knew that it would be of little benefit to the Roman Empire for the Russian Revolution to end now. Empress Alexandra is still a toddler less than 2 years old, far from the age of marriage, and may not even be able to grow up. Therefore, Napoleon IV had to receive more guarantees and benefits to put an end to this intervention.

'At least a letter of guarantee from the Archduke Alexander and the new Russian government...... It would be better to bring Empress Alexandra to Paris to be raised. Napoleon IV thought silently.

……

"The Narodnaya Volnaya doesn't want to overthrow the Tsar?"

After receiving the news from the Russian side sent by Jiang Zhaocong, Zhu Jishi couldn't help but be taken aback.

For the news of Petersburg, he was a little better than Napoleon IV. The British Provisional Government (the former Revolutionary Committee) was now in close contact with the All-Russian Revolutionary Committee, and Chiang Zhaocong was stationed directly in Petersburg with a Chinese Socialist Party observation mission, staying in the newly evacuated Ming Embassy. The retreating Chinese embassy personnel also left the radio station in place, so Jiang Zhaocong could use the long-wave radio to keep in touch with China at any time.

"That's not the way Nechaev behaved." Zhu Jishi was a little puzzled.

Zhu Jishi knew that there had always been two factions within the International Workingmen's Association, the Socialist Party and the Narodnaya National People. The former is more moderate, and the Polish Socialist Party, the German Socialist Party, and now the British Socialist Party are all on this faction. And the latter, acting in extreme ways, holding high the banner of violent revolution and revolution to the end, how could they easily compromise with the supporters of the tsar?

Maria. Clementina wondered, "Maybe she was intimidated by the armed intervention of Napoleon IV?" ”

"Probably not, right? Now that the German Empire supported the All-Russian Revolutionary Council, Wilhelm I and Bismarck did not want to see a Napoleon become the Russian Tsar in the future! Moreover, it was already November, and Russia was about to enter winter, and it was impossible for the Roman intervention army to reach Petersburg in one go. ”

"There are still quite a few Socialists and Socialist-Revolutionaries within the All-Russian Revolutionary Committee, who do not necessarily support the extreme line of Narodnaya Narodna, but perhaps they are playing a role." Maria tried to explain.

"How can a bunch of Socialists outfight the Narodnaya Volya?" Zhu Jishi is very familiar with the line of the Socialist Party, which is basically a democrat, while the Narodya Volvoya is an unscrupulous terrorist. "There must be a ghost in here!"

Maria. Clementina nodded in agreement, "That's right, or maybe it's a delaying tactic by the Narodniks, right?" (To be continued.) )