"Ulla! Ulla! Ula ......"

At midnight on June 14, 1943, the cheers of the mountains and tsunami came from the southern part of the Leningrad city...... There is now Her Majesty's Petrograd!

From the afternoon of the 14th, "Ula! Ulla! The cheers rang out from around the gates of Narva, and then spread like a plague! Warsaw railway station, Baltic railway station, Alexandria. Nevsky Lavsky Lavra...... In less than 10 hours, the flag symbolizing the Russian Empire was raised on one landmark after another in the southern part of the city of Leningrad. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info was drowned out in a loud cheer.

Such a scene is familiar to many "old Petrograders" who lived through the February Revolution of 1917. They cheered then as they do now, but then they were cheering for the fall of the weak and incompetent Nicholas II.

And now they fell at the feet of the daughter of Nicholas II, wholeheartedly embracing her as the master of Petrograd and all of Russia. This is probably Russia, right? The loser is always spit on here, while the winner has to be welcomed.

From the moment she passed through the gates of Narva, Empress Olga was undoubtedly the victor...... At least until the Red Army killed her or drove her away, no one could deny that she entered Petrograd as a victor.

Now that the Empress of Russia has become the victor, then the fatherly leader of Moscow is a loser, and a loser who wants to take away everyone's beloved Leningrad hukou!

So the citizens of the southern part of Leningrad and many groups of Leningraders and Siberian prisoners began to fall to Empress Olga as the victor after the Empress's flag fluttered at the Narva Gate. Even many of the troops that had come to Leningrad from other places collapsed or defected in this atmosphere. Many of the buildings that were originally well defended fell easily into the hands of the White Russian army.

Strictly speaking, what is happening in Leningrad now is not an urban storm, but a revolution in reverse.

"God bless the Empress! Mighty and exalted, your reign brings glory, our glory! Your rule is feared by your enemies, and you rule over Orthodoxy. God bless the Queen......"

The national anthem of the Russian Empire, "God Save the Empress (Tsar)" was also sounded at this time in many places south of Leningrad, and soon overshadowed the words "Ula! Ulla! The song was first played by dozens of loudspeakers, and then attracted many people cheering for the Empress.

Standing on the walls of the Peter and Paul Fortress, the secretary of the Leningrad city w Kuznetsov, looking at the place where the cheers and singing came, gritted his teeth and repeated the same sentence in a trembling voice: "It's too reactionary, it's really too reactionary...... They don't deserve to be Leningraders, they don't deserve to be Soviets! ”

The sound of leather boots hitting the granite floor reached Kuznetsov's ears, and then the hoarse voice of General Vlasov: "Comrade commissar, no, there are too many mutinous troops. There was no reliable unit made up of Leningrad people, either a defection of the formation, or a mass exodus! And their actions also affected some of the troops who had come from out of town......"

"Don't talk about it...... Kuznetsov interrupted General Vlasov, he didn't want to listen to these useless words, "how many troops can be used now?" ”

"In addition to the internal guards, there are only about 15 seriously crippled infantry divisions, and at most only 120,000-150,000 people are available."

This is not to say that the hundreds of thousands of people in the Leningrad Front, except for these 12-150,000 people, are traitors. Rather, these are the forces that the Leningrad Front Command can now use to defend the core city. The remaining 300,000 or 400,000 men either defected or were wiped out or surrounded by the enemy -- because many troops defected, a large number of holes appeared in the Soviet defensive line, and the Soviet army's defensive disposition was also informed by the opponent.

As a result, the advance of the German and White Russians was very smooth, not only attacking the city of Leningrad in one fell swoop, but also encircling and dividing a large number of Soviet troops.

"With this force we can't hold that much territory," Mr. Vlasov said, "and now we have to shrink further." ”

"Still shrinking?" As soon as Kuznetsov heard the "contraction", he subconsciously nodded, "Comrade General, this is Leningrad, the second capital of the Motherland, can we give up half or two-thirds of Leningrad?" ”

"What else can I do?" Vlasov shook his head bitterly, "I can't hold it...... We can't hold it! Now shrinking, we can still keep the Central District and the Kirov Islands. Otherwise, we would not have been able to hold even the last revolutionary stronghold in Leningrad. ”

The Central District is the district where the Hermitage is located, and the Kirov Archipelago is the collective name for a series of large and small islands at the mouth of the Neva River, most of which are part of the most central urban area of Leningrad. Because of the river to back on, and the large number of tall buildings that could be used as strongholds, the Central District (which is actually an island and has several artificial rivers that can be defended) and the Kirov Islands are the most difficult areas of Leningrad to capture.

In the defense plan of the Leningrad Front, the Central District and the Kirov Islands were the last revolutionary strongholds. If there were no more accidents (unfortunately the Fourth Battle of Leningrad has been fought so far), it could theoretically have been defended until after the Neva River froze in the winter of '43 - once the Neva River froze, the German tanks and the French 194mm "demolition guns" could enter the Central District and the Kirov Islands through the ice......

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"Mr. President, I have good news for you, that the Russian Empress has returned to her faithful Petrograd and has been warmly welcomed by the people of Petrograd, whose song "God Save the Empress" echoes over the city......"

On the morning of June 15 (U.S. time), Donovan, director of the U.S. Strategic Intelligence Agency, reported to Roosevelt the good news of the Empress's return to Petrograd in a pleasant and relaxed tone.

This is of course good news...... At least for the United States! Because as soon as the Russian empress returns to Petrograd, then the door to Soviet-German negotiations will be completely closed.

The Soviet Union and Germany could only fight to the end endlessly.

"Leningrad...... All down? Roosevelt didn't seem too happy, just asked lightly.

"Nope." Donovan replied with a smile, "According to reliable sources, although there have been a large number of mutinies, there are still more than 100,000 troops loyal to the Bolshevik Party in Leningrad, who have been shrinking since noon yesterday Leningrad time, and are now firmly in control of the most central part of Leningrad. ”

Roosevelt nodded, "This is really good news that makes people unhappy." He glanced at Hopkins, who was sitting in the Oval Office, "Harry, what do you think?" ”

"It's very worrying." Harry. "This is likely to be a harbinger of the collapse of the Soviet Union," Hopkins said...... What are the Russians fighting for now? GC Doctrine Beliefs? Or their homeland? ”

"That's a real problem!" Roosevelt frowned, "How is Stalin now?" Is his power still secure? ”

"For the time being, it is relatively stable," Mr. Donovan said, "and they have done a collective review of their political situation and have promised reforms with the main goal of improving the lives of the people after the war." ”

"Reform when you lose a war," Hopkins said lightly, "it's a Russian tradition...... But the question is, will Stalin's enemies give him time for reform? ”

"Will it?" Roosevelt asked rhetorically.

"I don't think so." Hopkins said, "The current situation in Leningrad has actually closed the door to Soviet-German peace talks." Even peace talks could not take place, how could Stalin still get a respite? Therefore, his reform promises are actually very difficult to fulfill. ”

"So how is he going to support it?" Roosevelt then asked.

"Russian nationalism!" Harry. "I think that after Stalin's efforts to make peace completely failed, the Soviet Union will return to the banner of Russian nationalism to survive...... Stalin and the Bolshevik Party had to represent the interests of the Russian nation against Empress Olga, who betrayed the rights and interests of the Russian nation. ”

Roosevelt nodded, the White Russian government headed by Empress Olga was just an irresponsible government in exile before entering Petrograd. Accusing a government-in-exile of "betraying the country" is not in line with the European mindset -- how can it be said that people have sold their country when they have no country to sell? At best, it's a lie.

And the various promises made during the exile seemed to Europeans to have no legal basis and were pure rhetoric. Only when the government-in-exile returns to power and fulfills those promises (which in Europe are usually bounced) is a real traitor.

Before entering Petrograd, Olga said that she would not say anything, but once she came to power in Petrograd, she would be the real Empress of Russia.

So...... The cession of Belarus and Ukraine is now her trouble. If Olga had agreed to the cession, she would have been immediately saddled with the name of a Russian traitor, and Stalin and the Bolsheviks would have immediately raised the banner of Russian nationalism.

And if Olga does not agree to betray the country, then she and her White Russia are a big problem for the Germans.

"I don't think she's stupid enough to offend Germany, is she?" Roosevelt sighed softly, "Just look at her performance over the years, she's not stupid." ”

"But there is no shortage of fools in Russia!" Hopkins smiled, "We can make a statement in support of preserving the territorial integrity of Russia or the Soviet Union, and achieving a just peace without land cession and without reparations." ”