On December 29, at 3 p.m., on the railway east of Tyumen City, a train from Northern Siberia slowly arrived, loaded with a large amount of fresh potatoes, which were extremely important rations for the soldiers.

As soon as the train arrived at the station in the central district, it was surrounded by soldiers, and King Paul I, who had received the news in advance, planned to 'invite' his sister, whom he had not seen for more than half a year, to the party.

The soldiers rushed into the carriage, but found only potatoes, and the honorable Grand Duke Mosk, of course, could not hide in the dirty pile of potatoes, and even then, the soldiers turned the potatoes upside down, and as a result, Katerina was not found.

Long before the train entered the city, Katerina and Mavi and others got off the train and joined up with the two Cossack cavalry regiments stationed outside the city, of course, they wanted to enter the city, but not now.

"Your Highness!"

"Your Highness, you're finally back!"

In the temporary barracks outside the city, Onufri, the commander of the 15th Cavalry Regiment, and Raffl, the commander of the 19th Cavalry Regiment, looked at the returning Katerina excitedly, took off their hats, and lowered their chests to salute.

The makeshift command post was full of officers, each of whom looked at Katerina with feverish gaze, and since the return of the Grand Duke Mosk, the tense atmosphere in the barracks had been swept away, replaced by a sudden boost in morale.

"The Point Guard Is Here"

Even if she's a woman.

"What's going on in Tyumen now?"

Without much greeting, Katerina asked straight to the point, "Where are the enemy troops?" ”

"The enemy has been massed on the Tobol River outside the city of Tyumen and is gathering troops, apparently intending to launch an offensive the day after tomorrow." Onufri took a pencil and pointed to the map on the table and said: "According to the report of the scouts, there are at least 30 corps of the enemy army stationed on the banks of the Tobol River, judging from the banner, it should be the Second Front Army led by the Marquis of James, with a strength of about 15w, and they attacked Mosk in the first place." ”

"In addition to the Second Front Army, the First Front Army led by Baron Edwin is also transporting troops on a large scale with the help of the railway, and it has already passed Levda, and it will arrive under the city of Tyumen by noon tomorrow at the latest, with a strength of about 20w."

"Railroad?" Katerina frowned: "The railway used by the Romanov Kingdom is widened, and the trains of the Windsor Kingdom cannot pass, where do they get the trains?" ”

"This..."Onufri and Raffl glanced at each other, and sighed helplessly: "Your Highness, in the month that you are away, the speed of their attack is too fast, the western cities are already very dense, and many trains that stop at the station are controlled by them before they have time to start, these enemy troops are going straight to the train station, they just want to snatch our train to transport troops and materials." ”

"Didn't I tell you to blow up the train before you left?"

"That's right, but we only blew up the train of the city east of Mosk, and the city east of St. Petersburg, no one blew it up at all!"

Rubbing her fingers on her eyebrows, Katerina took a deep breath and asked, "What about civilians?" Where are the civilians I asked you to transfer? ”

"It's all in Tyumen." Onufri hurriedly said: "Regarding the transfer of civilians, Your Majesty has been very helpful, more than half of the army has been used to assist civilians to move eastward, up to now, except for some remote areas, most of the civilians in the occupied areas have been transferred to the Great Siberian Plain, there are one or two hundred million people. ”

"Is it because of the transfer of civilians that you are losing ground?" The source asked suddenly.

Hearing him speak, Onufri, Ravr and other officers did not answer, but cast a wary gaze.

"Forgot to introduce." Katerina looked at Mavi and the others: "This is Father Mavi Enders, the founder of the Church of Truth, and the daughter of Brother Evangelist, Brother Edward, and Father Mavi, you have all met Dino. ”

"They are the reinforcements you invited from the Kingdom of Windsor, Your Highness?" Onufri subconsciously glanced out of the door, and after making sure that there was no one else, he stretched out a hand and shook it: "Just 5 people?" ”

"Don't treat them like normal people." Katerina shook her head: "Trust my judgment. ”

"Yes!"

Even His Royal Highness said so, Onufri and other officers let down their vigilance, although they still had doubts in their hearts, but at least they didn't show it on their faces, hesitated for a while, and answered the doubts of the communication: "The transfer of civilians is the main task set by His Highness, including in the previous battles, our task is also to quickly transfer civilians and avoid fighting with the soldiers of the Kingdom of Windsor as much as possible, and preserve strength." ”

"His Majesty seems to have carried out the same plan, although he fled all the way east, at least he saved a lot of civilians and transferred a lot of wealth, but because there are so many civilians, after arriving in Tyumen, we have no room to retreat."

As he spoke, Onufri laughed: "Her Highness's wisdom is unmatched, she thinks that the lost land can be regained, but the civilians are an indispensable living force, so it is necessary to preserve them no matter what, but.... There is not enough food to eat. ”

Nearly 20 million civilians, all of whom were transferred to the Great Siberian Plain east of Tyumen, how much food do they need every day?

It is destined to be an astronomical amount.

If you don't give them food, what's the difference between killing them?

Although the problem of food is imminent, the war that may occur tomorrow and the day after tomorrow is even more urgent, and Katerina must prioritize the most pressing problem: "How many troops do we have in our hands now?" ”

"If you count the infantry regiment, there are almost 5w people loyal to your Highness, and they are all stationed around." Onufri said: "If you count the soldiers on the king's side, inside and outside the city of Tyumen, there are about five army groups, almost 60w people, which is the entire strength of the kingdom's western front. ”

60w vs. 35w seems to be a bulldozer-style battle, but everyone knows that the 35w soldiers of the Windsor Kingdom belong to the elite, and the 60w soldiers of the Romanov Kingdom...

The quality is uneven, and many are not systematically trained.

The advantage is in my words...

Ma Wei couldn't tell.

"What's going on on the Eastern Front?" Katerina asked again: "The Kingdom of Windsor has four routes of march, the first and second armies attack from the western front, the third and fourth armies attack from the eastern front, the western front is losing and retreating, why is there no movement on the eastern front at all?" ”

"Oh, you're talking about it..."

Onufri grinned: "The enemy army that originally planned to attack from the Eastern Front, I don't know what the situation, suddenly retreated, maybe because the snow mountain is not easy to walk, or it may be to recover the troops and prevent the Frederick Kingdom from their attack, in short, they retreated, and then.... He was sunk by an unknown creature during his retreat. ”

"Sunk? The 3rd and 4th armies add up to almost 30w people, and there are Royal Navy escorts, who can sink them? ”

"I heard that two monsters as high as a mountain attacked them..."Onufri scratched his head, and also wondered a little: "I don't know the specific situation, but I heard that they fought an encounter and almost wiped out the whole army, and only a few remnants fled back to the country..."