After the short and fierce battle of the Divine Queen, Sissi was immediately airlifted back to Potsdam to recuperate, along with the remaining parts of the Russian-made magic armor recovered during the cleaning of the battlefield.

The magic armor piloted by Sissi was returned to the British Navy, and Lin Youde paid a large amount of maintenance fees to the British in the name of NERV, which is said to have been embezzled by Graña - she reported the armor in the name of battle damage, and the repair costs were directly borne by the Royal Navy, and then blatantly swallowed the money that Lin Youde accompanied. She didn't even bother to keep it secret when she did this, anyway, she was a god, and she had no way to make money and the country would take her. This kind of god's money-making behavior is not uncommon in this world.

After that, Lin Youde continued to stay in Erelisi to supervise the battle, allowing Lundstedt to organize a new defensive line and consolidate the bridgehead of the international column on the flank of the Russian troops in Istanbul.

By this time, Lin Youde still believed that the Russian army would continue to attack Istanbul.

In January 1936, the Russian Western Turkish Front suddenly began an offensive, advancing along the border between the former Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria to the coastline of the Aegean Sea.

**

London, United Kingdom.

Isabella received the Russian ambassador in her reception room, and as soon as the greetings passed, Isabella went straight to the point: "Mr. Ambassador, please tell His Majesty Tsar Nicholas that if he still wants us to fulfill the promise made to him in the secret consultations before, his army must stop advancing towards the Aegean Sea. ”

"I'll convey this to Your Majesty." The Russian ambassador smiled flatteringly at the Queen, "However, His Majesty the Tsar was dissatisfied with the armistice zone that had been demarcated, and he and his ministers believed that it was necessary to ensure the demilitarization of the cities on the west shore of the Sea of Marmara, such as Erelisi, and that the German troops who were there in the guise of an international column must withdraw from this area." ”

"We're afraid we can't guarantee that." Isabella shook her head, "You should talk to the Germans about this, we are only responsible for transporting them over, and if they don't want to go, we can't do anything." ”

"But your navy is responsible for supplying these armies......"

"That's not true, my navy only provides escort services to merchant ships leased by Germany, and the transportation is all at their own expense."

Isabella stared at the Russians and leaned forward slightly: "I now doubt that His Majesty the Tsar has miscalculated the shape of the city, I might as well tell you that the armies of Greece and Macedonia will soon march into the territory of Turkey, and the Russian army will be deployed in front, and the Royal Marines will also fight with them, I just don't want to have any more senseless sacrifices to ask you to convey my request here." If His Majesty the Tsar had turned a deaf ear to this, then we would have had to continue the war. We will fight until the Russian army is completely and completely withdrawn from Turkish territory, at which point the Tsar will have nothing to gain. ”

Isabella laughed at herself a little after speaking, because she could not have ordered this, because it would be contrary to the continental equilibrium policy that the British Empire had always pursued, and if Russia was too weakened, the United States in the Far East would be more unscrupulous, and Germany in Europe would be even more unbridled -- according to the agreement between Germany and Britain, Germany would gain a foothold in the Persian Gulf, and Britain did not want to see the Germans let go of the development and expansion in the Persian Gulf.

From the perspective of the British Empire's global strategy, a Russia with sufficient strength is necessary, and it is an important weight for Britain to contain virtue.

As for the Russian threat to Britain, it is impossible for the Russians to defeat the powerful Royal Navy anyway, and they can basically ignore it.

Britain has been pursuing such a diplomatic line of thought since the time of its maritime supremacy, and has adhered to it for hundreds of years now, and is a well-deserved world-class-stirring stick.

Now Isabella has decided to follow through on this traditional policy.

Germany will get the Persian Gulf foothold they want, but the Russian bear in the north will make it impossible for Germany to go all out in the Middle East.

It was precisely because of this intention that long before the Russians sent Shenji to counterattack, Britain and Russia completed secret negotiations and reached a cease-fire intention, and both the German Republic and Lin Youde were kept in the dark.

As for Gragna's private use of magic armor for the German gods, this was also an act directly instructed by Isabella to ensure that Russia would not pierce the German front at once, in which case the armistice intention reached between Britain and Russia would have to be revised, and Britain would have to cede more rights to Russia, and even tolerate the Russians having a bridgehead on the coast of the Sea of Marmara.

The format of the battlefield determines the strengths and weaknesses at the negotiating table, and this has been the case since ancient times.

From this point of view, the British Empire had pitted both Germany and Russia at the same time - the Germans did not know that Britain had made peace with Russia, and the Russians did not expect the sudden appearance of British-made armor to beat their prime minister unconscious.

Pit both sides at the same time, and then the British Empire profits, this is a fine British tradition.

The entire Imperial Cabinet was very pleased with this situation, and only Churchill, who did not know where to hear about it, kept writing articles to the newspapers and repeatedly emphasizing that Germany was the real enemy of the British Empire. But now that Churchill has been marginalized in politics, Isabella's disgust with him, which has been amplified by ********, has almost kicked the old politician out of politics, and now retains only one seat in Parliament.

This is unlikely to happen in Britain in the original time and space, but in Britain in this time and space, the queen still has huge power, and the queen's likes and dislikes are enough to make Chamberlain rise to the top, and can also make Churchill get out of the decision-making level, and can only make a futile speech in parliament that no one agrees with.

Isabella chased the fat man's thoughts out of her mind and focused on the problem at hand.

"Mr. Ambassador," the Queen continued, seeing that the Russians had not answered for a long time, "the British Empire is trustworthy, and we are more than happy to honour the agreement we have reached, provided that His Majesty the Tsar and his army do not cross the line. ”

"I am very sorry for this," the Russian ambassador finally shook his head after holding back for a long time, "I can only convey your meaning, as for whether or not to stop the attack, that is a matter for His Majesty the Tsar, and I have no way to influence His Majesty's decision." ”

In fact, the whole world knows that the tsar is not in business now, but no one will pierce this layer of window paper in diplomatic occasions.

Isabella stared at the ambassador for a few seconds, and then gave the order to expel the guest: "Then we have nothing to talk about, leave it to His Majesty the Tsar to decide." On January 20th, if the Russian army stopped advancing, all our agreements were valid. If the advance is not stopped, or if the Russian army reaches the shores of the Aegean Sea, the British Empire will take resolute measures to completely drive Russia out of Turkey. ”

**

St. Petersburg, Hermitage.

"The Western Turkish Front reported that the forward troops and a new army were in fire, and the uniforms were Greek."

Natalia glanced at the communications staff officer, nodded slightly, and then said to the staff officer: "Tell them to continue the offensive and try to break through the Greek line, but be careful that on the 19th all offensive operations will be completely stopped, regardless of whether the Greek defenses are broken through or not." ”

"Yes."

After the communications staff officer left, Natalia turned to several generals in her office.

Before she could speak, one of the generals asked, "Are we really going to stop our operations in Turkey?" ”

"Yes, Tukhachevsky." Natalia put her pipe in her mouth, "If we continue to fight, our domestic economy will not be able to bear it, and then the damned revolutionary wave will hit again, and this time they have pan-humanism behind it." Do you want to see the workers' Red Guards and peasant self-defense armbands and peasant self-guards wearing red armbands and holding red flags all over the empire? That was the scene that Lin Youde wanted to see the most. ”

The Russian generals looked at each other.

Natalia continued: "I have carefully studied Lin's theories, and put aside the complex theories and general principles used to win over intellectuals, and the rest is simple and crude: the poor must rise up to resist for a better life, and modern technology and industry will give them the strength to resist. This part is very inflammatory, it will spread quickly among the poor, and when our domestic economy is in trouble, this theory will spread like a virus and cannot be extinguished. ”

Again, the generals looked at each other.

"The Ottoman Empire is proof that a country with such a strong religious power can emerge so many ordinary people who support pan-humanism, let alone our country, which has long been secularized." Natalia sighed, "The Orthodox Church in our country does not have the terrifying power of Islam, and the working class in our country is far more numerous than in Turkey, and in the event of a massive spread of pan-humanism, we may become the next Germany." ”

After saying that, Natalia looked around at the generals and asked with her eyes who else had an opinion.

No one spoke.

"Well, then, it is decided, that we will have a full truce on January 19, and that the rest will be left to the negotiators. Both the Western Turkish Front and the Georgian Front had to expand their territory as much as possible, and the more places we actually occupy, the more we could keep after negotiations. ”

Natalia waved her hand and signaled that the meeting could be dismissed.

After the generals left, Natalia lit her pipe, took a puff and let out a smoke ring.

Although Natalia tried her best to oppose the war started by Iron Hime, the result of the war was not too bad so far, Russia added a large amount of land, and Iron Queen's nonsense gave the world the impression that the Russian god was very powerful, although it did not occupy Istanbul, but the result was acceptable.

After all, this was originally a war to divide the legacy of the Ottoman Empire, and I am afraid that no country except Turkey will be the loser, and the difference is only in the achievement of the intended goals of each country.

It's a bit of a pity that Russia didn't take Istanbul, but there's nothing to complain about either.

Thinking of this, a slight imperceptible smile appeared on Natalia's always strict face.

(At the beginning of the month, I said that my goal for this month was 270,000 words, and now I have completed nearly 250,000 words, and no matter how you look at it, I will exceed the update goal.) So generously ask for a monthly pass)