Chapter 457: Burning Moscow (27)
"I told you too!" A look of impatience flashed in Zhdanov's eyes: "Your Excellency, Count! Please understand one thing, the people above me are not something you can offend! If you don't want to get yourself in trouble, then don't hit me with attention! If you still want to stay in Russia, then don't make trouble for yourself and take your leave! ”
Looking at the figure of Zhdanov leaving, Zhukov trembled with anger. www.biquge.info He knew why Zhdanov was so strong, and he was still the deputy chief of the General Staff of the Russian Army. He had already received the latest information from the staff that Zhdanov was about to be transferred to the Baltic Naval District as head of logistics.
That is, when a million troops are under siege and are not in danger sooner. Zhdanov's withholding of supplies from the front line, which led to the fact that many troops were not even able to run short of rations, were able to escape at this moment, and continued to live happily with the money exchanged for the lives of countless officers and soldiers. And judging by what Zhukov knew about him, it wouldn't be long before this bastard boarded a passenger ship to the United States.
At this moment, Zhukov suddenly felt a deep sadness. What are they fighting for, and countless Russian officers and soldiers who are throwing their heads and spilling their blood? Is it for someone like Zhdanov? We have paid such a terrible price, countless people sacrificed their lives, it is rare to let Zhdanov let the people continue to spend their lives on the wealth that they have exchanged for other people's lives?
Zhukov slowly sat back on the sofa, bowed his head slightly, lowered his eyelids and said nothing. The adjutant and the guards who stormed into the office all looked at each other, and no one knew what was going on. Looking at the messy office and scattered fragments of the case, no one dared to clean it up. There was an eerie silence in the office.
After a moment of quiet silence, Zhukov, who hung his head, suddenly laughed softly. The laughter grew louder and louder, and then it turned into a long laugh looking up to the sky.
Zhukov's adjutant and several guards felt that today's events were too weird, could it be that the commander collapsed because of the pressure on the corners of his mouth? If that's the case, that's bad.
Fortunately, Zhukov quickly put away his laughter, sorted out his military uniform, picked up his military cap and put it on his head, looked at his adjutant, and commanded, "Prepare a car for me, I will go to the Grand Duke." After looking at the mess, he turned to a few guards and ordered the guards to "clean up the place." ”
Zhukov has already figured it out. His idea now is simple. If it was in normal times, even if he encountered this kind of thing, he would choose to turn a blind eye at most. After all, it is natural that ordinary people will not be able to get a piece of the pie in such a huge interest. Cutting off other people's financial routes is equivalent to forming a large group of powerful enemies. Zhukov would not have done that under normal circumstances.
But these are extraordinary times. The Normanov dynasty, which lasted for hundreds of years, was about to be destroyed by the Ming Dynasty, and those nobles and bigwigs were still shamelessly crazy. Zhukov is not afraid of those people now, he is now a real heavy soldier. Although millions of troops were surrounded by the Ming army, these armies were all commanded by him. No one can take this command away now.
And now the most important thing about these things is not he, Zhukov, but the owners of the Normanov dynasty!
As the old saying goes, a courtier can surrender to anyone, but an emperor never has the option of surrendering. Because they were the owners in the first place, how could they surrender? It's about the same on the side of the Russians. The big aristocrats and bigwigs may be able to leave Russia, a leaky ship, at any time, but where can the Russian royal family go? Exile abroad?
What is the royal family that has left its own country? The feeling of being under the fence is more uncomfortable for the royal family than death. If the royal family would have turned a blind eye to the actions of those big nobles and bigwigs for various reasons, but now it has reached a critical moment for the survival of the whole country, and no one will be indifferent to this kind of thing unless the tsar and the royal family are all crazy.
Zhukov had already figured out in his heart that if the tsar and the royal family remained indifferent to such a thing, then he would immediately surrender with his army. It's better to be a prisoner of war than to die for these bastards!
When Zhukov stabbed this incident to Grand Duke Nikolai, who was recuperating in his official residence, and said that this situation was very likely to directly lead to the immediate collapse of the troops in the encirclement. Zhukov's subtext was that if there was no satisfactory and satisfactory solution to this matter, then the battle for the encirclement of Moscow would be stopped. The troops will collapse immediately, and then there will be a mass surrender.
Although at this time, everyone was not optimistic that the Russian army would be able to successfully hold the city of Moscow under the powerful offensive of the Ming army. But no one dared to give up at this time. Hope, although this thing is a bit ethereal, is something that no one can give up.
Grand Duke Nikolai, who handed over the military power in his hands to Zhukov to command, immediately felt that his blood pressure had just dropped when he heard this, and he was about to break through the top of his head.
As a member of the royal family, Grand Duke Nicholas has been accustomed to this kind of thing for decades. The powerful in the country are very powerful, and even he has to choose to compromise in many cases. After all, the country needs the support of these powerful people to stay afloat.
But now, it is no exaggeration to say that the whole of Russia is on the verge of death, and many things will no longer be as worrying as they used to be. Seeing that even the country is about to be gone, think about the news that you have received that a large number of wealthy people and nobles in St. Petersburg are desperately fleeing Russia. The loyal Grand Duke Nicholas of the Normanov dynasty was outraged.
It's all fucking at this time, these bastards are still smoking the blood of the Normanov dynasty so blindly, no, they are already pumping bone marrow. How can the royal family, which has been forced by reality to collapse, endure it? The country is almost gone, and there is no need to do any more exchange and forbearance at this time.
Grand Duke Nikolai sent the telegram directly to the Winter Palace, informing the Tsar in unprecedented harsh terms that Russia could do without the Normanovs, but the Normanovs could never live without Russia! As royalty, they are nothing if they lose their country. Even if you have a huge amount of wealth, it is just fat in other people's mouths.
Soon, a huge storm swept through St. Petersburg. The Tsar, who had previously lost his military power, could no longer bear the anger of patience in the face of this great crisis, and he suddenly mobilized his loyal guards and Cossack cavalry to blockade the whole of St. Petersburg.
Previously, because of the large-scale dispatch of troops south to rescue Moscow, the troops originally stationed near St. Petersburg have basically been sent out, and most of them have become prisoners of war of the Ming army. At this time, there were no large-scale formed units in the vicinity of St. Petersburg, except for the Guards and the British Expeditionary Force.
The gates of the barracks of the British Expeditionary Force were closed, and there was no intention of going out at all. The Russian royal family was related to the British royal family, and at such times the British would not drag the tsar back even if they did not help him. The Tsar carried out a large-scale purge of the whole of St. Petersburg very smoothly. Countless nobles and magnates were killed or arrested. Prominent families disappeared overnight.
The fierce Cossack cavalrymen, wielding sabers, slashed the guards and rushed into the huge courtyards, robbing them of wealth and women, leaving corpses everywhere. They poured vodka while feasting on horseback the noble ladies who had been high up. At the same time, without forgetting the constant ignition of fires all around, the whole of St. Petersburg was plunged into great chaos.
Most people did not expect that the Tsar, who had a very mediocre personality and ability, would be able to do such a fierce thing, and because it broke out so quickly, when everyone thought that the Tsar would let go of the hatred of being deprived of military power and join forces with the nobles and the bourgeoisie to deal with it when the country was in danger. The Tsar suddenly broke out, taking advantage of the emptiness of St. Petersburg's troops, and came up with a large-scale purge operation.
As soon as the news reached Moscow, Zhukov immediately sent troops to surround the headquarters of the 42nd Army and captured a group of officers headed by Zhdanov. Not only Zhdanov, but all those involved in this were pulled out in a row, and then sent to hell without a trial by a military tribunal. And the black market they run naturally fell into the hands of the army.
When the Russian officers and soldiers opened the black market warehouse, they looked at the huge pile of grain in the huge warehouse that towered like a hill, at the barrels of ale, at the various meats that occupied countless freezers, and at all kinds of materials, including cigarettes. Everyone is crazy.
Zhukov obtained a large amount of materials by attacking the underground black market in Moscow, which was used to improve the supply of troops, which greatly boosted the originally low morale of the officers and soldiers. Give the Moscow defenders a hope to hold on.
If the minimum supply standard is 200 grams of food per person per day, then the millions of Russian troops and the huge number of civilians in the area around Moscow need at least 500 tons of food per day. Not all of these civilians are local residents of Moscow. After the Ming army's offensive operations began, the Russian army was defeated again and again, losing a large amount of land. And many locals have fled their homes.
Like all countries, the Russians have been persistently propagating in the country for many years how evil the Ming is, and that all evil deeds are light, and it is simply the return of evil demons to the world. Fearing the persecution of the Ming army in the midst of propaganda, many Russians continued to flee westward. And Moscow, as the largest city in the whole of Russia, is the choice of countless people. (To be continued.) )