Chapter 508: Conception
The next morning, a spacious room adjacent to William's office study was sorted out. A solemn and heavy cabinet desk is simply furnished, with everything in place. On the beige walls, a huge map of Eastern Europe has been hung; In addition to the normal political districts and towns, the map is also marked with countless complicated and strange symbols, which are indescribably abrupt and unusual. When Qingying came to William's study again, the emperor directly pointed out this room to him as a new studio, and Qingying found out that the map hanging on the wall was the general map of spies in Russia from the General Intelligence Bureau!
For William's action, Qingying could also guess his intentions in his heart. As far as Germany is concerned, whether it is aiding the Russian Bolshevik Party in plotting the revolution, or this collection of spy branches in Russia that condenses all the elite, it is a matter that needs to be kept absolutely secret, and there is no room for the possibility of leaking half of the secrets. Compared to the department-specific buildings in the city of Berlin, the heart of the palace is obviously a safer place. The people who could go in and out of William's side, even the waiters who served tea and swept the floor, all had an innocent background of eight generations of their ancestors who were Germanic, and the strange situation of the Russian Minister of War that led the wolf into the house could not be reproduced in the court of Hohenzollern.
Since the beginning of the war, Qing Ying has led almost all the troops on the battlefield on the Western Front, and while he has scooped up enough military and political capital, he has also greatly lost his previous control and understanding of the situation of the Russian Revolution. Now that William has put him in charge of this area, it is time for him to make amends. At Qingying's request, a large number of reports on the situation in Russia since the beginning of the war were sent to this new room, and he stayed in the house. Painstakingly review this batch of information with an astonishing amount of information.
The biographies, personalities, and factional entanglements of the various rulers of the Russian high-level royal family. the living conditions, inner demands, and will of the low-level workers and peasants in various places to be resolute or not; The strength of the Slavic and ethnic minority armies, the direction of deployment, the morale of the troops, and the position of the troops. The current state of the development of the Bolshevik Party, the distribution of its members, the assessment of its strength, and the extent to which it penetrated into Russian society...... There are countless of them, and no matter which one Qingying wants to collect in his mind, it is an extremely complicated and huge job. Now Qingying can finally realize how rebellious it was for the genius Japanese agent Genjiro Akashi to induce the Russian Revolution in 1905. This guy not only knew everything about the situation in Russia as a whole, but also directly led and contributed to a series of affairs such as smuggling arms for the anti-government forces, obstructing the transportation of troops and materials, and inciting riots among ethnic minorities.
Ten days down. Qing Ying barely stepped through the door, locking herself in this office, quickly absorbing information about Russia. The thick and bitter refreshing coffee has become a must-have drink that is almost always in the cup at his table. Only when he was extremely tired did he sleep soundly on the isolated bed at the back of the study. Whenever she wakes up in the morning and feels her abundant and vigorous qi and blood, Qingying will inevitably have a trace of anger in her heart; In all the previous times, after his hard work, there would always be a princess creature with blonde hair and eyes as soft as spring water to give him physical and mental comfort, but this time. He had to isolate Sanya. What he did was to fundamentally break the foundation of the Romanov dynasty's 300-year rule in Russia; As long as this revolutionary wave is launched. Her family, her motherland, will face an unprecedented bloody horror!
However, in Qingying's scheme, it was obvious that he would not stand up to the Bolsheviks to the end. For Germany, a purely imperial country that had not yet established a constitutional monarchy, the Bolshevik Party, which incited the workers to overthrow oppressive rule and make it their mission to establish the dictatorship of the proletariat, was always its most dangerous class enemy. More than half a century has passed since the sound of the European Revolution of 1848, but the rest of the sound is still ringing in the ears of the German ruling class, and even at the height of the current Hohenzollern's rule, it is impossible for the British to do such a self-digging thing that has always supported the Bolsheviks, so that the Social Democrats of their own country will be encouraged by the achievements of their foreign counterparts and feel that there is an opportunity in Germany to take advantage of them!
In addition, the Bolshevik Party's earth-changing industrialization of Russia after it came to power in history also made Qingying have to be vigilant and vigilant. This is evident from the stark differences between Russia and the two wars. In World War I, Germany only used three fingers to crush Tsarist Russia, but in World War II, it tried its best to defeat it; Of course, the assistance of Britain and the United States and the opening of the second front played a decisive role, but the strength of the Soviet Army in the later period is absolutely jaw-dropping! In the later Cold War period, the Soviet Union's military strength reached an unprecedented peak: the Western world has long been under the terrifying shadow of Europe being bulldozed by a wave of (harmony) bulldozing by the Soviet Union's steel torrent.
Therefore, no matter from which point of view, Qingying could not be friends with the Bolsheviks for life. The reason why both sides are good enough to wear a pair of pants now is that they both have the common enemy of the current Russian government, and everyone needs to do everything possible to deal with each other. Once the Russian Revolution had successfully erupted, the relationship between Germany and the Bolshevik Party would change drastically from close comrades-in-arms who shared weal and woe to imaginary enemies who shared different dreams and even fought in the same room in the future. Qing Ying had already made up his mind to use various means to limit the growth of the Bolshevik regime after the war, and must not allow it to become a real "European steamroller" as in history; And Romanov, who had ruled Russia for 300 years, was his best assistant who was ready to make wool from wool.
However, it is still too early to think about how to lay out the post-war layout. At present, Qing Ying's main task is still to quickly detonate the revolution in Russia, and in addition to his work in the rear, the blow to the Russian army on the front line of the war is the most direct inducing factor. At the same time that Qingying stayed in the new office to make up for the current domestic situation in Russia, an offensive launched by the Russian army led by the tsar in Romania also slowly kicked off.
"In the Polish battle half a month ago, the Russians got through the cracks between our fingers, and we regret that we did not achieve a complete victory in the battle. It is time for us to make amends for this historic regret! ”
As early as September 20, before the fall of Paris, the German and Austro-Hungarian high commands learned of the Tsar's operational order to launch an attack on Romania through spies lurking in the vicinity of the Russian Minister of War. Therefore, Ludendorff, who had been haunted by the failure of the former Polish campaign, immediately issued an excited speech in the command headquarters with a red face, and even the proud War Chief Colonel Hoffmann had to admit the correctness of Ludendorff's judgment of the current situation. The Russians dared to take the initiative to attack at this moment, even if the target was the Romanians, who were clumsy, they would definitely take the initiative to die!
In several previous large-scale battles, the Germans captured extremely rich Russian munitions, including more than 1,500 artillery pieces alone, and countless heavy ammunition of all kinds. By the end of the Polish campaign, even the Germans themselves could clearly feel the weakening and decline of the Russian army's combat effectiveness: their firepower was weak, and the soldiers of many units were no longer what they used to be, and their combat skills were extremely poor, and they could beat the opponent in more than ten ways to call them grandpa. It stands to reason that in this case, the Russian army should switch to a full-scale defensive posture, wait for personnel training and material supplies to be in place, and then seek an opportunity to fight a decisive battle with the opponent. However, the Russian army jumped out so eagerly, ready to take the weakest Romanians, although the Romanians are indeed a soft persimmon, but how can their ally the German Army sit idly by and ignore the difficulties of friendly forces?
As time passed, more detailed information began to flow from within the Russian army, partly the result of spies, and partly intercepted radio messages as usual. The Russian army will concentrate 3~4 main army groups in southern Ukraine, launch an offensive from the upper reaches of the South Bug River, and directly smash into the Romanian capital Bregast. The rest of the Russian army acted on camera to provide follow-up support and cover for this offensive on the Black Sea coast.
After a night of planning and negotiation, Xinglu quickly formulated a countermeasure. The Confederates will adopt the strategy of luring the enemy into the depths, let the spearhead of the Russian attack cross the Prut River, and then concentrate the main force to cut off the retreat of the Russian 2nd Army in the Battle of Tannenberg, and completely encircle and annihilate this Russian heavy army cluster in Romania.
This plan was immediately endorsed by the Austro-Hungarian commander-in-chief, Herzendorff. Romania is located in the southeast of Austria-Hungary, adjacent to the Black Sea, and is in a situation covered by the Austro-Hungarian right flank when it confronts Russia; As long as the coalition forces can ensure the defense of the Bukovina area and do not have an avalanche-like chain reaction under the advance of the Russian army, then the main cluster attacking eastward from this area will be able to drive to the shores of the Black Sea in a few days, so as to complete the cutting off of the rear route of the Russian army with the strength of one wing.
Although the Romanians strongly protested against this decision of Germany and Austria, believing that it was an act of playing with fire using Romanian territory as bait, and threatening that the food raw materials supplied to Germany would be greatly weakened by the war damage suffered by the mainland, they could only choose to give in under the corresponding pressure and temptation of Germany and Austria. (To be continued......)
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