The autumn wind was howling and the chill was getting stronger, and the land of Central Europe soon felt the gloom of late autumn. However, in the vast Russian plain, an invisible fire was spewing and raging, burning the prairie sharply.

On October 21, 1914, Denikin, who was entrenched in the North Caucasus and the Don River valley, gathered 270,000 troops and pledged to take part in the Northern Expedition in Mikhailovka, thus opening a new era of the Russian Civil War. Through the radio station of Novocherkassk, the capital of the Don republic, Denikin declared to the world the seven major crimes of the Red Bolsheviks, including collusion with foreign enemies, betrayal of the country for glory, terror, massacre of civilians, blasphemy of religion, destruction of constitutionality, and annihilation of human rights, and denounced the current Soviet Russia as the most dirty and barbaric bloody regime in the history of mankind. At the end of the notice, Denikin also called on all White Russians, regardless of party affiliation or ideology, to unite and jointly eliminate the traitorous regime, the common enemy of humanity, which has stolen the heart of Russia.

Only three hours later, the Siberian state, whose capital was Omsk, responded with a bang: Kolchak highly praised Denikin's heroic qualities of daring to be the first in the world, and said that he would abandon his political differences with Denikin on autocratic royalism and democratic constitutionalism, and make every effort to extinguish the traitorous clique of Moscow. The 380,000 White troops assembled in Yekaterinburg immediately began to cross the Ural Mountains and began to roll towards the Bolshevik-controlled lands in the west; In the rear, in Tyumen, the 250,000 troops armed with German arms were also being intensively reorganized. Among them, 50,000 officers and men who had belonged to the Imperial Russian 2nd Army had already polished their boots, and the hatred and excitement in their eyes overlapped: they had spent the longest time in German prisoner-of-war camps, and they had received the most intense brainwashing against the Bolsheviks, and now. It was the battle they had in front of them. The best chance to restore the dignity of soldiers and realize the ideas in their hearts at the same time!

Facing the menacing two main forces of the White Guards. Not to be outdone, the Moscow government also issued statements that went out of its way to discredit the other side. They claimed that the other side was a reactionary blood-sucking mosquito and fly trying to restore the exploitation of the aristocracy and bourgeoisie and return the people to the miserable era of slavery as cattle and horses, and that the mission of the Soviets was to wipe out all these crows and vultures and restore a clear and clear world to the Russian land. Ulyanov appointed his closest comrade-in-arms, Trotsky, chairman of the Supreme Military Council of the Red Army, with full responsibility for the formation of the Red Army and the command of operations; A large number of Soviet troops wearing red five-star hats immediately marched to the front in the majestic Internationale, and the military columns from Moscow to the east and south rumbled day and night.

A day later, the calm that had lasted for more than half a year on the Russian soil was suddenly shattered by the roar of artillery fire. For this civil war that has finally arrived. Both sides of the war have been preparing for a long time and are determined to win. For a time, the land of Russia was full of smoke, thunder and furious artillery fire and whistling bullets, and the local residents who were unfortunately at the center of the storm fled with their families, and the Russian people, who had finally been stabilized by the "Brest Treaty", had to welcome the coming of the war that symbolized death and destruction again.

As one of the world's great powers, the war that broke out in Russia has undoubtedly aroused great concern in the world. Western countries have sent military reporters who are second only to their Hong Kong counterparts to the Belarusian army to learn first-hand information in real time. They were surprised by the fact that Russia's devastation in the European war had reduced their mobilization capacity sharply compared to a year ago: the total number of troops on all sides was now just over 2 million. It was less than half of the wartime time of the Russian Imperial Army. Seeing this situation, reporters from all over the world couldn't help but feel a trace of sadness in their hearts: the once powerful Romanov Empire. Perhaps it has indeed become a cloud of history with the defeat of the Great War, and even if their generation waits for it, it will be difficult to see it rise again!

For this situation, Qingying was completely relieved and happy in her heart after a faint sigh. As a result of the storm caused by his own butterfly, the foundations of the Bolsheviks today are far less solid than they were in 1918, when the civil war began. However, Kolchak and the Denikin clique both collected a large amount of their own arms and even personnel, so that the balance of the Russian civil war will no longer be tilted in favor of the Bolsheviks, as it has historically been. Even if there were such talents as Trotsky, Frunze, and Tukhachevsky in the Moscow government, it would be extremely difficult to cope with the mighty White Army. As the Russian Civil War continued, Qing Ying, who was sitting on the mountain in Berlin and watching the tiger fight, could also imitate Britain's role as an offshore balancer on the European continent and exert a thrust between the warring parties, so that the war could last longer. The captured Russian munitions were sold out, and the German-style weapons that had spilled over from full-scale production during the war could be sold; Conflict and war are always the source of money that arms traffickers are most happy to see.

"Your Highness, the construction of a new battleship codenamed H-40 is about to be launched, and Marshal Tirpitz wants you, the chief designer, to name it." A few days later, Vice Admiral Scheer, dressed in a black uniform, suddenly visited Qingying and explained the purpose of his trip. As the future commander of the High Seas Fleet, Schell had already begun to appear in front of Germany's top decision-makers and play his rightful role in it. Looking at the young man in front of him, who had almost single-handedly presided over the design of all the main warships of the current High Seas Fleet, Scheer's eyes were full of reverence; The role of those steel behemoths as the mainstay of the previous battles was enough to make Qingying, who had been in the sky for a long time, still have a huge reputation that few people in the navy could match.

"The new battleship is going to be launched so soon? The Kiel shipyard is indeed a central pillar of German shipbuilding! Hearing Descher's words, Qingying's eyes suddenly lit up, and she couldn't help but put down the ink pen in her hand that was drawing up the second batch of arms to be sold to Kolchak. In his memory, the keel of this heavy battleship of unprecedented tonnage began to be laid only in April 1913, and now the construction of the hull was completed in only 18 months! This is enough to show that the speed of German shipyards has improved in a phased way compared to five years ago!

In the spacious study, Qingying paced slowly in front of the desk, and countless thoughts had already turned in her heart. Although a battleship can theoretically be launched after completing the watertight, any such paper tricks will be hidden in front of the eyes of the person who is on the scene; The fact that Scheer had come to ask for the name of the ship was enough to show that the completion of the new ship had reached a very high level. Thinking of Russia's Gangut-class super-dreadnought that had been held for four and a half years but still difficult to give birth, and then thinking of the tragic situation that it has fallen into a full-scale civil war, Qingying can't help but feel in her heart: although Russia before the outbreak of the revolution was full of ills, it was also a top power that could independently build first-class capital ships, and after the outbreak of the revolution, the original industrial and R&D capabilities were also lost overnight. The current disparity in national strength between Russia and Germany can be perfectly reflected in the field of naval shipbuilding: the gap between the construction of heavy capital ships and the maintenance of gunboats is not only like mud?

"According to the convention of naming capital ships after states, the new battleship will be named Bavaria. The central government of the Empire needs to demonstrate solidarity with the Federation of Kingdoms, and the Empire's most powerful battleships are the best embodiment of this feeling. After a moment of silence, Qingying immediately spoke. In the time that followed, he had to wrestle with Bavaria, Baden, and other kingdoms in the area of unified command of the army; Now using a meaningless name to stabilize their mentality is undoubtedly the ideal advance investment.

Schergon claims to be. He paused, then informed the man in front of him of the exact date of the launch of the battleship, and invited them to attend the launching ceremony. Qingying immediately readily agreed. Compared to the four King-class battleships that have already been completed and commissioned, this class of Bavaria, which is about to be launched, is the culmination of all his works in his 17-year design career. With the continuous development of aviation technology, future battleships will inevitably make a lot of performance compromises in order to deal with air threats, and Qingying himself will not be able to continue the orthodox style of the current class of battleships in the future design.

Seeing that Scheer was saying goodbye, Qingying called him down abruptly; Under the former's puzzled gaze, Qingying took out a delicate leather case with a lock from the cabinet beside him, and handed it to Scheer. He smiled slightly, and said, "I beg you to send a telegram to Vienna, inviting the Archduke Ferdinand, Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary, to the scene of this launching ceremony; After the ceremony, he took the opportunity to give him the suitcase, saying that it was a gift from an old friend. After all, Emperor Franz was too old to have enough energy to deal with political affairs, so our relations with Vienna in the future need to start with the Grand Duke. ”

"What is this?" Feeling the lightness of his hand, Scheer asked with some confusion.

"Under the Washington Naval Treaty, Austria-Hungary was allocated a 109,000-ton cruiser and was allowed to build a total of 65,000-ton capital ships. Qingying took a deep breath and said, "What is contained here is the naval development plan I drew up for them, and the corresponding drawings and designs of various ship types. Archduke Ferdinand, a staunch naval faction in the Viennese court, had formed some friendship with me back then, and I am sure that he would not disappoint me. (To be continued......)

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