The hot bullet went into the back of Kutma's heart, and he only felt a pain in his back, and then the strength of his whole body quickly disappeared. With two flicks of his arms in vain in the air, Kutma fell straight into the trench. "Damn, tell you not to stop, let's finish this time, phew." The soldier was so confident in his shooting skills that he didn't bother to check his results, he quickly followed the troops with his gun on his back, they wanted to go into battle as soon as possible, and they couldn't afford to waste time here, but the soldier didn't know what kind of big man he had killed.

Under the joint strangulation of Chabaev's troops and the Cossack troops attacking from two directions, Kutma's army and the Viking army were unable to take care of each other, and a large number of soldiers who could not find formation could only choose to surrender on their knees when faced with heavy fire. Soon the Viking army leaders saw that they could not do anything, and they also chose to flee.

The coalition forces, having lost their command, became even more disorganized, more and more people chose to surrender, and soon Chabaev's army and the Cossack army stopped firing, and then their task was only to receive prisoners. It is a miracle that Chabaev's 400,000 troops, plus the hundreds of thousands of troops of the two Cossack armies, actually captured more than a million prisoners.

After the elimination of the allied forces of the two countries, the complete blockade of the Paladin Fort was broken, and they finally had access to the outside world. And in Helsinki, the capital of the Grand Duchy of Gothenburg, the struggle is not over.

"I will in no way agree to the transformation of the Grand Duchy into a republic." The Minister of Civil Affairs of the Grand Duchy of Gothenburg, Nurbe, shouted loudly, and many high-ranking officials ran away with the Grand Duke, except for a few who were burned to death in cars, most of them died in the pursuit of the Cossack Third Army later.

"Due to the incompetence of Admiral Kutma, now that our troops at the front have been defeated, our country no longer has the strength to fight, and if we want to continue the war, we will have to withstand the blows from the Cossack Empire, and now their chariots are outside the city." General Larry pointed in the direction of the outside of the city, and his scare was so effective that many timid civilians shrank their necks in fright when they heard that the Cossacks were already on the scene.

"So what, we still have infinitely loyal warriors who can hold off the Cossacks' attacks." Nurbe waved his hands as if he were the one holding the Cossack army in check.

General Larry sneered, "Even if you block it, what? The Grand Duke's family died tragically, and even if we were victorious, we would have to change the name of the country, because there would be no relatives of the Grand Duke left to inherit his position. ”

"We can elect a new Grand Duke from among those who are highly respected, and I think it should be up to all the civil servants to do so," Nurbe said. His ambition was finally revealed in his words. Civil officials and military generals always looked down on each other, and none of the surviving civil officials could match Nurbe's qualifications, which has shown that Nurbe wanted to be a grand duke.

General Larry looked at Nurbe with a cold face, he also knew the other party's tricks very well in his heart, if the opportunity he had worked so hard to get was robbed by Nurbe, then he would not have to mix it up for so many years. Looking at the smug Nurbe, General Larry said: "Since you are going to vote, go and vote, our military will not accompany you, and in an hour, we will evacuate Helsinki." ”

"What?" Many civil officials exclaimed in unison, if the army retreated, what else would they choose, would they elect the Grand Duke to surrender to the Cossacks?

"You can't leave, you have to defend the capital." Nurbe said angrily: "If you do not obey the order and leave your post without permission, I have the right to send you to a military court." ”

A playful smile appeared on the corner of General Larry's mouth and said, "Don't listen to orders? Whose order? Could it be that the Grand Duke gave you orders? ”

Seeing General Larry's smile, Nurbe was shocked, he knew that the other party had come prepared today, and he might have fallen into a trap, but he was not willing to fail. Nurbe turned to the Praetorian Guards above the court and shouted, "Capture Larry, he's a traitor, he wants to betray the principality, get him quickly." ”

The soldiers of the Praetorian Guard really gathered around, but their bright bayonets did not force General Larry, but Nurbe's group of civilian officials. General Larry smiled and approached and said, "Lord Nurbe is very active, I can't imagine that you have always looked confused, and you are actually pretending to be crazy and stupid." You have hidden it deep enough, but unfortunately today you are doomed, because the military power is in my hands. ”

After speaking, General Larry said loudly: "Nurbe and his gang assassinated the Grand Duke and attempted to launch a coup d'état, and they deserve death, and they should be arrested immediately." ”

"You're talking nonsense." Nurbe was already mad, he had planned to take a moral advantage and become the new Grand Duke of Gothenburg, but he didn't expect to be the scapegoat of General Larry, how could he swallow this breath, he jumped and rushed towards General Larry, trying to catch the other party's theory.

Seeing him excitedly storming the direction of the Praetorian Guards, General Larry smiled cruelly and said, "The putschists tried to resist arrest, and the Janissaries killed them on the spot." Hearing General Larry's order, all the Janissary bayonets were stabbed out, and those helpless civilian officials were the opponents of the Praetorian Guard, and before they could react to what was going on, they were slaughtered.

"All the civil officials who participated in the rebellion raided their homes, the men were sold as slaves to mine, and the women were rewarded to meritorious soldiers. Let us now march out to welcome the Cossacks into the city. General Larry was reassured that he knew it was done, and that he had found the best scapegoat for the murder of the Grand Duke.

With Zhukov's help, General Larry soon took power, and he announced that the Grand Duchy of Gothenburg would be renamed the Republic of Gothenburg, and at the same time announced the formation of a government of the republic, modeled on the parliamentary system of the Chinese Empire, electing a new parliament, and at the same time no longer creating the post of Grand Duke, but replacing it with a president.

These things were nothing more than deceiving the common people, and in fact the members of the parliament were all close associates of General Larry, and he himself became the first president as he wished, and in fact the government of the Republic of Gothenburg became a military junta.