Chapter 1101: The Princess's Request
From the very beginning of the birth of the Russian workers' regime, it was attacked by the White Army at home and abroad and foreign intervening forces, and the rebellious White Army spread to a wide area, with numerous armed forces of all kinds, covering almost all of Russia's territory.
Almost from the day the new government was announced, numerous rebellions broke out throughout the country, and the Entente countries, such as Britain, France, the West, Italy, and Japan, seized the opportunity to carry out armed intervention and nurture the Russian counter-revolutionary forces to launch an armed rebellion in order to strangle the nascent workers' power.
From March 6, 18, British, French, and Italian intervention forces landed in Murmansk in an attempt to unite with the local Tsarist White Army and overthrow the newly born workers' regime by force.
The Ocean Empire, together with the Japanese, British, Ryukyus, and Vietnamese intervention forces, landed in Vladivostok (Vladivostok) and expanded the scope of military occupation.
In addition, Entente troops invaded Russian Central Asia and the South Caucasus. In early April, Germany and the Ottoman Empire violated the Brest Peace Treaty and invaded the South Caucasus.
After the arrival of the last military train full of weapons on March 21, the Trans-Siberian Railway completely cut off the supply of supplies to the Second Army in Kyiv.
The necessary supplies can only be transported by sea from Romania to the ports of Crimea.
British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith personally wrote a letter to Prime Minister Zhang Li of the Ocean Empire, explaining the great danger that the emergence of a workers' regime in Russia would bring to Europe, and that if we turned a blind eye, it would inevitably have an irrepressible domino effect and lead to the redness of the whole of Europe.
Therefore, he hoped to mobilize the 2nd Army as the main force of the Entente to attack Moscow, and Britain and France and other countries would give full reinforcements.
Although there are a lot of good words, it is useless.
Prime Minister Zhang Li's euphemistic rhetoric but resolutely rejected the suggestion, and the role of the 2nd Army was to prevent German influence from spreading into Eastern Europe, sticking like nails in the Kiev region, rather than being the main force attacking Moscow.
No one is stupid, this matter has been understood.
The trouble of Europe is the business of the Europeans, and when the British and French solve this big problem, it is time to turn around and look for the trouble of the Ocean Empire.
It's okay to let the Ocean Empire mix in the intervention armies of various countries to play soy sauce, but anyway, if you don't make any efforts, the Ocean Empire Intervention Army sent to Murmansk has only one mobile brigade, with a total of more than 5,500 people.
In order to adapt to the poor road conditions and lack of fuel in the interior of Russia, this mobile brigade was not equipped with a single tank, but a combination of infantry with half-track armored vehicles, armored transport trucks, and an air force of 6 reconnaissance aircraft.
The attitude of the Ocean Empire towards Russia's internal affairs was to intervene in Russia's internal affairs, because of its early intervention in Vladivostok, not only did it bring back the previous 560 tons of gold, but also collected about 270 tons of gold and a large number of jewels and antique utensils through arms transactions with the White Army in various places, and the harvest was quite rich.
The two Grand Duchesses, Tatiana and Maria, arrived in Siberia at the end of October 17 under imperial pressure and remained temporarily in Vladivostok.
They were very worried about Tsar Nicholas II and his younger brother, Crown Prince Alexei, and refused to go to the Ocean Empire.
Vladivostok in a gorgeous manor
Two beautiful Russian girls dressed in rich clothes, sitting together with uneasy expressions, they were the Tsar's second daughter, Archduchess Tatiana, and third daughter, Archduchess Maria, asked with pitiful expressions; "My dear Governor, has my father not been heard from at all?"
"Your Royal Highness Princess Tatiana, the situation is as you expected, the situation is terrible, the new workers' government has transferred the whereabouts of the Tsar's family, and we now have no way of knowing where they have gone? From Moscow to Yekaterinburg was a mess, with at least 100 armed forces in between, and it was not possible to get any useful information. The Governor of Siberia, Count Kontsevsky, replied with a dejected expression.
"Oh...... God, it's terrible. The third princess Maria exclaimed, she was just a 19-year-old royal girl, and she had already been out of proportion when she encountered this kind of big event, and she didn't know what to do.
Crystal tears the size of a bean spilled out of her beautiful blue eyes, and soon her white face was covered with red lips trembling and whimpering, and she was terrified.
The second princess, Tatiana, behaved a little better, although she did not shed tears, her eyes were also red, and she asked compulsively and calmly: "Your Excellency the Governor, Mr. General, we have allies in Britain and the Ocean Empire, as well as France and Italy to support us, and the armed forces of various countries are also converging, can you ask them to mobilize forces to rescue my father?" ”
Governor Kontsevsky looked back at Lieutenant General Vladimir with a gloomy expression, saw a look of almost despair in the other party's eyes, and sighed in his heart.
At the end of last year
The Ocean Empire exerted pressure on Russia to send the second and third princesses of the Russian royal family to Siberia, so that Tsar Nicholas II could come with him and get out of danger.
However, Nicholas II stubbornly wanted to stay in the palace of the royal village, waiting for the opportunity to make a comeback......
Well, the situation in Russia changed dramatically, the government represented by the bourgeoisie was overthrown by the workers' power, a large-scale civil war broke out, and the situation took a sharp turn for the worse.
It's too late to regret it, and I can't even come up with it at this time.
Russia's territory is too vast, from Vladivostok to Moscow is 9,300 kilometers, and it takes 20 days and nights to take the train, not to mention that now the Trans-Siberian Railway has been completely suspended, I don't know how to save the specific location information?
Vladivostok's army marched to Yekaterinburg, and it took two and a half months to march on the road, and even if everything went well, it encountered a large swamp formed by the melting of ice and snow, and it was impossible to get over it.
After April and May, the snow and ice melt in Siberia, and the barren land is soaked in water and becomes as soft as a cake, and the army and vehicles walk on it will become a muddy pool, and if they go a little farther, it will disappear silently, which is an absolutely nightmarish experience.
"We have sent a request to the Entente side, but the situation in Russia is too chaotic now, and they are helpless, and they can only probe the whereabouts of His Majesty step by step as the military offensive advances, which will take time." Lieutenant General Vladimir can only use the word "drag" to temporarily stabilize the two princesses.
Russia has garrisons in the cities around the Eastern Railway in northeastern China, plus the army under the jurisdiction of the Siberian Governorate, the total number is about 300,000 people, which seems to be a lot of numbers.
However, these armies were not uniformly under the jurisdiction of the Siberian governor, and they were scattered, poorly trained and equipped, some inclined to the new government, others to the White Guards, and were not of much use.
In the foreign intervention army in Vladivostok
With the two infantry divisions of the Ocean Empire as the main force, a total of more than 50,000 people, plus more than 15,000 troops of the Entente countries such as Fusang, Ryukyu, Yueguo, and Lanfang, of which Fusang alone sent 12,000 troops, and the other three Chinese countries totaled more than 3,000 people, while the British army only had a few hundred.
Governor-General Kontsevsky and Lieutenant General Vladimir were royalists who could command 130,000 White Russian troops in Siberia, and if they could join forces with Admiral Kolchak, who had 400,000 troops in the Far East, they would have a numerical advantage over the new government's troops.
The problem now is that all the forces are not in unison, and the Chinese state forces, led by the Ocean Empire, are fishing and importing weapons, ammunition and food through Siberia in exchange for real money and hard currency.
The British and Fuso really wanted to fight, but their forces were too weak.
Lieutenant General Vladimir has always been very wary of the Fuso, believing that the continued build-up of troops into Vladivostok by these pirates is a bad attempt for the Russian Far Eastern territories.
The forces of the White Army, which belonged to the royalist party in various localities, were also scattered, forming local warlords who not only fought against the workers' power, but also fought with each other for territory and resources, causing a miasma.
In this chaotic situation
Expecting the armed forces and foreign intervention forces in various localities to unite and work together is simply an impossible task.
In this case, the two princesses raised in the boudoir did not know at all.
Tatiana and Princess Maria were already crying at this time, and the governor Kontsevsky frowned, feeling that the matter was very tricky, and seriously considered it, and said;
"Your Royal Highnesses the two princesses, it is imperative that you can put pressure on the workers' government, and only Britain and the West can bring about a change in the situation, King George V is your cousin, and the Emperor of the Ocean Empire is your quasi-father-in-law.
"Your Excellency the Governor, does this work?" Princess Tatiana asked with tears on her face.
"It's hard to say, it can only be regarded as a way not to do it, after all, the two princesses have not married into the royal family of the Ocean Empire, and the royal marriage has been delayed because of the war, I heard that the twelve princes and the fourteenth prince are already very dissatisfied, and it is difficult to measure how much negative impact it has."
"Yes...... What can we do? Princess Tatiana turned to her arms and wept bitterly.
In the face of national events, the two weak little women can only drift with their fate, without the slightest ability to resist.
Governor Kontsevsky and Lieutenant General Vladimir looked at each other in silence, now that the Tsarist Russian Empire is falling apart and is a mess, what virtue and ability do they have to turn the tide?
Who can blame Nicholas II for having single-handedly blown up the huge empire and burying the huge empire with his own hands, and in an extremely dangerous situation, he still fantasizes about the restoration of the Romanov dynasty and loses the only chance to get out of danger?
For the sake of the present
Only around the two female archdukes, after all, they are of Romanov imperial blood, in case something unspeakable happens to the family of Nicholas II.
Legally, Princess Tatiana became the natural heir to the Russian Empire, and it was vital that she had unquestionable legitimacy.
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