Chapter 660: The Tsar's Death
In St. Petersburg, where nearly 10 days of fierce fighting finally came to an end at a bitter dawn, wisps of smoke filled the ruins of the city that had been extinguished by the wind and rain, and the surviving residents braved the rain to come out of their hideouts, looking for food in the rubble or cleaning up the bodies of the dead, and groups of armed members of the Social Workers Party escorted the captives to the concentration camps where they were held, and red flags soaked in rain were wrapped around the flagpoles, showing the majesty of the city's new masters.
On the Peter and Paul Fortress, which once symbolized the majesty of the Empire, sporadic gunfire can still be heard, indicating that the battle there is not completely over, but it is no longer relevant, because the fortress has been completely reduced to ruins under the bombardment of four battleships that also represent the most glorious era of the Russian Empire.
As for the fighting on the south bank of the Neva River, it had long ceased by this time, and the addition of battleships immediately destroyed the will of Prime Minister Karemykin and the deputies of the Duma, who, after receiving assurances from the Social Workers Party that they would not harm their own lives and the lives of their families, raised the white flag helplessly, including the remnants of about 30,000 Czech and Serbian mercenaries, who also surrendered their weapons to the rebels.
After the surrender of the Duma to the Social Workers, the Guards, including Nikolai, also stopped resisting one after another, and in the end they were not fools, and they had reached such a point that it was naturally impossible to be martyred for the Tsar.
But Nikolai and his most loyal guards did not surrender, they kept fighting on the fortress of Peter and Paul until the fortress was reduced to ruins and the attacking enemy set foot on the beach of Rabbit Island, of course, it was not only loyalty that supported them to do so, these guys knew very well that even if they surrendered, they would definitely die, and they might have to endure many humiliations and tortures, it was better to fight to the death in the name of loyalty.
For example, Wrangel has his hands stained with the blood of the people.
"Your Majesty, the minister has taken a step first." Wrangel, who had a pistol to the last bullet left, looked at the rebels who were swarming through the ruins of the fortress, and said to Nikolai with blood-red eyes and a hideous face.
Nikolai solemnly plucked a medal from his chest. Then he put it on his chest for the general, who had accompanied him until the last moment, and watched him pull the trigger on his pistol at his temple, and with a gunshot, his brain mixed with blood spurted from the other side.
His Majesty the Tsar sighed and looked at the sky melancholy, probably reminiscing about his past glory! That glory was not far off, only five years, and the memory was still very clear, but he had no time to remember, the rebels who shouted the slogan of capturing him alive were almost climbing the ruins of the fortress, and the few remaining guards were making their final struggles. And then immediately after that, it was overwhelmed by a tidal wave of enemies.
Then it was his turn and the empress, as the emperor, he naturally couldn't let these pariahs be caught and shot like dogs, the king had his own way of dying, and the queen who was already injured next to him solemnly took out two pills and handed them to him to keep one for himself, Nikolai took it and looked at the pill in his hand in confusion.
"Be brave!" Queen Alexandra encouraged, and then put the pill in her mouth and swallowed it without hesitation, and Nikolai was about to put it in her mouth when one of the nearest Social Workers soldiers raised his submachine gun with hatred on his face. Then he pulled the trigger suddenly, and a cartridge of bullets poured down on His Majesty the Tsar.
Poor Nikolai was beaten into a sieve and fell like a rotten piece of wood on the ruins of the Peter and Paul Fortress, while Her Majesty, who had already taken the drug, grabbed her husband's hand with difficulty. Then he closed his eyes.
Half an hour later, inside the National Assembly Building in Beijing.
"It's mad, it's outrageous, and these people must be punished with the severity. Our procrastination has already caused irreparable catastrophe, and the murder of the Russian Tsar and Empress Xià is a blasphemy against human justice. "Emperor Yang rarely appeared on the podium of the House of Lords in person, and roared with a hideous face.
Of course, those parliamentarians were very understanding of the emperor's mood at this time. After all, his confidante has just died, and as the so-called Chong Guan is angry, he must support whatever he wants to do at this time, isn't it armed intervention in Russia? China's 10 million troops are idle at this time, and the common people in China will not have any opinions, after all, who does not know the emperor and the Russian empress, in order to give the emperor his majesty a war is completely necessary.
Thus, less than an hour after the murder of Nikolai and his wife, the Chinese parliament officially approved the proposal put forward by Prime Minister Zhang Quan to intervene in Russia's civil unrest by force.
After hearing the news, Comrade Vladimir and the top brass of the Social Workers Party were all stupid, Nima, don't bring such a playful person, isn't this what you asked? You yourself said that if you help us not face Nikolai in the future, you don't need to face it when he dies, everyone understands people, of course we meet your requirements, but, but, what kind of trouble are you making?
Of course, at this point, there is no point in studying this issue, since the Chinese Congress has decided to intervene with arms, it is certainly impossible to support them anymore, and now the Social Workers Party must really face this terrible enemy, but fortunately, with the surrender of the Duma and the death of the tsar, Tsarist Russia has theoretically come to an end, and the Russian People's Republic has become the sole legitimate government of Russia, and Comrade Vladimir, who has just become chairman of the Council of Ministers, immediately issued another appeal to the people of the whole country, The patriots of Russia are called upon to take up arms to defend the Motherland and fight to the end against the aggressors and reactionaries.
In addition, in order to gain the support of the common people to the greatest extent, the Social Workers Party declared that the property of all nobles, capitalists, and landlords was no longer protected by law.
"Their factories belong to the people, their land belongs to the people, their property is to the people, to destroy the exploiting class, to eliminate all the parasites that ride on the heads of the people, all to you, the workers, peasants and soldiers of Russia!" The cries of Comrade Vladimir echoed through the loudspeakers, and he knew very well that the capitalist landlords would never be able to support him, so there was no need to think about face, and in order to show a break with the old world, he even shot all the former members of the cabinet, including Karemykin, who had surrendered.
After his manifesto was issued, it was immediately enthusiastically embraced by the Russian peasant workers and even those soldiers who were watching, and the whole of Russia was quickly overwhelmed by the frenzy of fighting local tycoons, and everyone from the cities to the countryside took action, even women and children, in the name of reactionaries and Chinese lackeys, arrested all those capitalist landlords and other things, and then divided up all their qiē, grabbed land, grabbed money and even robbed women, In short, in the name of GE life, a great transfer of social wealth will be completed.
The final result of this movement was that the Social Workers completely controlled the whole of Russia, and the common people who were stained with blood in the campaign against local tyrants would never allow the Tsarist government, which represented the interests of the capitalist landlords, to make a comeback.
Grand Duke Nicholas, who was attacking Kazan, suffered a crushing defeat under the onslaught of the Red Russian army, with more than half of the losses of more than 20,000 people, and had to retreat to Ufa again, in order to cover their first entry into the war by the bombers of the Chinese army, more than a hundred bombers took off from Yekaterinburg and Chelyabinsk to carry out a large-scale bombing of Kazan, and at the same time a corps stationed in Izhevsk also made a gesture of attacking Kazan, so that Grand Duke Nicholas withdrew to Ufa with the remnants of his defeated army.
And Makarov's attack on Tsaritsyn also failed, but his side did not suffer much losses, because he held the control of the Volga River in his hands, although the capital ships of the Black Sea Fleet were handed over to the Ottomans, but the river gunboats could be retained, and the soldiers of those battleship cruisers operated small gunboats of several hundred tons became Makarov's killer weapon, and it was difficult for the Red Russian army to gain a real advantage over him in the area of the water network south of Tsaritsyn.
Of course, it is impossible to expect the two of them to really save Russia, and the Chinese Army cannot send millions to help the Russians quell the rebellion, so it is necessary to arm those Russian prisoners of war, and now the Germans have nothing to say at this time, because the theft of the battleship led to the killing of the Tsar and his wife, at this time, public opinion in various countries is criticizing Germany, if they obstruct this matter again, it will easily cause public outrage, and even if they oppose it, it is useless, It's a big deal to put this Russian army in the establishment of the Chinese Army, which is nothing more than a name.
However, before this, there is still a problem that needs to be solved, as the so-called name is not right, the tsar was killed, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince naturally wants to inherit the throne, and then His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will personally lead the next counterinsurgency war. And it is also necessary to form a new Russian government, since the original Duma and the cabinet have collectively surrendered to the enemy, it will naturally be dissolved, there must be a new government, what Duma, the prime minister, the General Staff and the like must be matched, the election is definitely not time, and no one will elect, directly by Count Witte as the prime minister, anyway, he is not the first time, he is familiar with things.
Grand Duke Mikhail served as the speaker of the Duma, and some exiled Russian nobles served as parliamentarians, and as for Grand Duke Nicholas, he was naturally the commander-in-chief of the army, and Admiral Makarov was also a well-deserved commander-in-chief of the navy. (To be continued......)
PS: Today's chapter, it is expected to be completed on the 7th