Chapter 785: Collapse (4)

The artillery fire was furious, the gunfire was intense, and the ruins were shattered and scattered, destroying the otherwise magnificent city of Moscow beyond recognition. The stocky, heavy assault chariots rumbled through the scattered snow and drove resolutely toward the center of the city, surrounded by heavily armed soldiers; Countless flesh-and-blood corpses were scattered around them in the open air, the cold wind swept through, and the air was filled with a thick smell of gunpowder smoke and blood.

After more than ten days of brutal fighting with bayonets and blood, the battle in Moscow finally went to the side of the Imperial Russian army: the Red Russian army, which had been divided and encircled, revolted one after another, and soon swept the entire city like a frenzied wave. The Imperial Russian army took a large part of the city's defensive positions without bloodshed, and the few guards who remained loyal to the Russians were obviously unable to save the catastrophe like a mountain collapse, and were soon crushed by enemy forces surrounding them from all sides. The advance speed of the imperial Russian army suddenly accelerated several times, and countless Red Russian officers and soldiers took the initiative to come to surrender every day: the gray-green crowd of people who raised their hands like a tide and greeted the imperial Russian officers and soldiers with a relieved face was the best portrayal of the heartbreak of the Soviet Russian army under Stalin's rule!

In just two days, the Red Russian forces in Moscow evaporated like rain and dew under the scorching sun. Gunfire had ceased in two of the three encirclements, and hundreds of thousands of Red Russian officers and soldiers had surrendered to the Imperial Russian army. Even in any previous battle, the Imperial army had not achieved such a brilliant victory. The shabby weapons handed over by the Soviet Russian captives made the Imperial Russian officers and soldiers feel indescribable sourness and happiness while laughing and ridiculing. They are only equipped with such a small number of weapons. Like cattle, they were forcibly driven onto the battlefield and became sacrificial cannon fodder to stop their own steel bullets; In comparison, as an imperialist Russian camp, I am undoubtedly much luckier than these enslaved compatriots!

The wide Moskva River is entwined. Winding through the center of the city where the Kremlin is located; The frozen river shone brightly, clearly reflecting the figures of those soldiers who stepped on the ice. Nearly a quarter of a century later, the Romanov army once again set foot on the land, just one step away from recovering the magnificent palace in front of them. The remnants of the Red Russian soldiers had cowered in this last bastion, starved of ammunition and exhausted energy, fighting desperately and frantically like trapped beasts in a cage. Imperial Russian soldiers set up loudspeakers on the Moskva River and broadcast statements of surrender over and over again. However, after several hours, the Red Russian soldiers in the Kremlin showed no sign of surrendering.

"This is a group of demons in their purest form, who have decided to die for their bloody empire. Even the presence of the Virgin Mary could no longer save their souls. There is only one thing we can do about these primordial enemies, and that is to destroy them physically and spiritually! Knowing that the last Russian troops trapped in the Kremlin would not surrender, Denikin gave the order to attack. Born in 1872, he was 66 years old. It can be said that he is completely old. But this was no older than those commanders in the German army in the west. Although he wanted to preserve the cultural relics and monuments belonging to Russia as much as possible in the war, so that the centuries-old Kremlin could be preserved intact, but the other party's stubbornness and resoluteness made him no longer have any idea of coexisting with the other party, and the only outcome was that one side was completely destroyed!

"Boom!" The artillery roared, the flames exploded, and the red wall around the two-hundred-year-old Kremlin was blown open in an instant; The masonry is flying, and the air waves are rushing. One by one, the charred and shattered collapses soon appeared in front of the eyes of the imperial Russian soldiers. Tanks and chariots rumbled forward on the open Red Square, covering the infantry groups in the rear to launch a fierce charge against them; Whenever there is a tongue of fire spewing out from the window of the palace opposite. The Imperial Russian armored soldiers directly returned fire with high-explosive shells without mercy. In the rain of bullets coming and going between the warring parties, the glazed cornices in the Kremlin burst into pieces, and the buildings and palaces collapsed with them; Countless ingenious crystal carvings and magnificent mural halls were all destroyed in this most barbaric slaughter, leaving only the painful remnants of remorse, and what kind of civilizational tragedy once happened here.

As the center of power in the Red Empire, the remaining Red Russians were undoubtedly the most staunch Red Russians; Determined to die, they fended off the onslaught of the enemy in a frantic way. Several attacks by the Imperial Russian army were repulsed, leaving the bodies of dead officers and soldiers in almost every room, which made their heavy fire suppression even more intense, further increasing the damage to the palace itself. The towering Ivan the Great's bell tower burned, scorching like a torch, but the red-eyed soldiers on both sides were fighting at close range with bayonets, rifle butts, and even teeth, and no longer paid any attention to anything other than combat!

Although the resistance of the Red Russian soldiers inside the Kremlin was extremely stubborn, this could only be their last madness before the destruction of the miรจ. One by one, the soldiers in gray-green uniforms fell, their lives passing quickly from their bodies, while more and more Imperial Russian soldiers rushed into the palace, like a swarm of insects. In the early morning of 25 November, the last of the gunfire in the Kremlin had subsided, and the Russian army found in the garden a body that had been burned by gasoline and was most likely the body of the leader who had decided to die with the city, according to a confession from a high-ranking Red Russian general who had surrendered.

As the red sun dawned, the morning light dawned, and the black clouds that hung over the city of Moscow began to gradually dissipate, and the bright golden morning glow enveloped the entire city. Although the post-war city was littered with ruins, corpses, and flames still burning in some places, the whole world seemed to have been completely swept away: it was no longer the heavy oppression that it had been dominated by the devil, but the infinite vitality of freedom was restored. A black double-headed eagle flag on a gold background slowly rises at the top of the dilapidated Grand Kremlin, facing the rising sun; Seeing this scene, the surrounding imperial Russian officers and soldiers all burst into huge cheers, and the joy of this victory also spread instantaneously in the transmission of sound waves, and then the whole of Moscow was shrouded in a sea of liberation.

"The war in the East is over." After receiving the news from the front-line military observers, Qingying said with joy and emotion. The capture of Moscow by the imperial army not only captured a railway hub and industrial center, but also annihilated the massive heavy army cluster of the other side holding the city; The more than 800,000 Red Russian defenders who participated in the war were almost completely wiped out, and more than 500,000 of them became their prisoners of war. More crucially, the Russian military structure had collapsed in this campaign, and it was no longer possible to organize an effective cannon fodder force through terror in the future. In this battle, a large number of Red Russian troops defected to the enemy, and directly led to the rapid end of the brutal street fighting that originally required a large number of lives; Moreover, it is very likely that the "loving father" will also die in the city, and from any point of view, the Red Russian government is no longer able to continue the war.

"If Emperor Nicholas had known about heaven, he would have smiled and rejoiced at the changes that have taken place on the land of Russia today, and the Romanov throne he lost has now been regained by his son-in-law." German Prime Minister Ekmann smiled and agreed, and his words were in line with Qingying's heart to protect the calf. He paused, and then said, "But Your Majesty, what we need to pay attention to most now is the situation in North America. After more than four months, the armistice between us and the United States has been fully entered into force, and the time has come for Germany to sign a formal peace treaty with them, and thus reap the complete victory we want. โ€

Qingying's eyes froze, and then she nodded and said, "Yes." A sumptuous dinner has now been set on the table, just waiting for us to grab our cutlery and start feasting! How are the terms being drawn up now, and are there any entanglements between the Empire's allies over the terms of peace? โ€

"In accordance with your Majesty's instructions, we have laid out a well-established article in the intervening months, with continuous and detailed restrictions in all spheres of internal affairs, economy, military, diplomacy, and territory." Ekman spoke respectfully, but there was a hint of worry in his words, "However, I am a little worried that in the face of such violent and harsh terms, it will be difficult for the newly formed US government to choose to accept it. Austria-Hungary and Italy did not disagree with the attitude of our allies towards this peace treaty, but Japan alone made a great deal of demand. In the two key areas of war reparations and technology importation, they are even more at odds with our bottom line, and the ambassadors of both sides have met with each other, but none of them have been able to bring each other to their knees. โ€

"Don't worry about the attitude of the Americans. Even if the current White House administration does not have the courage to accept this treaty, there are dovish politicians who do not want to see North America fall into ruin; The empire's army and nuclear bombs are absolutely incomparable to the United States, which has already controlled the lifeblood of major industries. Qingying waved her hand slightly, and her heart was not as cautious as Eckmann's: the Treaty of Versailles, which was like a bolt from the blue for Germany, was finally signed under the threat of war by the Entente powers? Of the two fates of lingering and being wiped out immediately, no sane person would choose the latter!

"As for Japan, now we need to concentrate all our forces on putting pressure on the United States, and it is not yet time to turn the other cheek with them. If their attitude persists, the Empire can make a small concession. Qingying's words gradually turned cold, and there was a hint of fierceness in her eyes, "But after that, I will ask them to spit out all the non-dividends they have obtained today, including the principal and interest." (To be continued......)

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