Russia's strength has long since ceased to be the time of Peter the Great's conquests in the north and south, the glorious era of punching Sweden and kicking Poland is over, and now the Romanov dynasty is facing an unprecedented crisis.

The superiority of the Allied armies was much higher than theirs, whether it was Livonia, which was inaccessible, or Ukraine, where the rice was Toyota, or even the North Caucasus, which stretched as far as the eye could see.

On every front, they do not have an advantage. Shells have been running out since the last year, weapons are running out, and even the number of manpower that once stood out is no longer brilliant.

Now that their mother river was threatened by foreign influences, Kuster's army had crossed the moats of the mountains, allowing the Russian rear to leak out.

The raid went well, with the infantry making more than a dozen gaps in a front of more than 600 kilometers. Mobile units such as armor and cavalry drilled into the gap and penetrated into the Russian lifeline.

Along the way, many Russians who had not yet withdrawn were encountered, and their organization was exhausted, and at this moment the army surrendered without firing even a shot, and the defenses in many areas collapsed.

The mobile unit marched non-stop to their destination, and they did not need to change their route, because there was no resistance to either way, but many local residents took the initiative to help them show the way.

They also don't need to worry about a sudden attack by the Russian army, the Russian standing army has already died in Poland, and the mobilized soldiers who took over are a group of rookies who are stunned, and they can't raise their guns accurately, and they can't give any strong counterattack at all.

What's more, many of them have also trained in Galicia, and they have fought against the Russian elite with real swords, and the valuable experience left is enough to support them to survive every war.

The road in Russia is very *** and the difference between Western Europe is more than a little, but it is also a road, and the conditions are much better than those in the wild.

In particular, the roads were completely undefended, and they were even looser defended than Paris twenty-five years later.

Originally, Kuster's order was to encircle from the breakthrough and surprise the enemy's rear in a roundabout way, but in practice it was no longer necessary, because the Russians had already retreated on all fronts, and it was not profitable to flank at this time.

So he urgently contacted the mobile troops, changed the battle order in time, and asked them to occupy important urban areas.

Strictly speaking, this is a very aggressive operation, and the Russians could enter the city at any time to fight them in the streets.

Street fighting is the most brutal form of fighting, and there are a lot of uncertainties in it. Every now and then, a sixth squatting in the corner of a house sniped at you, and even if he is beaten, it is difficult to find out where he is.

However, after the forced conscription of the previous tsar, the people of various regions rose up. The North Caucasus was deeply influenced by the insurgency due to many factors, and many people in the local area did not support the government, resisted the tsar's army, expelled them, and made the city peaceful and deserted.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that some soldiers with strong martial virtues forced their way into the house, but once the battle began, it is believed that many Russians did not die by the enemy army, but by their compatriots.

As for how Kuster knew, it was Falkingham who told him. As for how Falkingham knew, Kuster didn't know.

The only thing I know is that the strength of the Russian army is very poor, even if they fight in the streets, they can't beat it, which is also the confidence of Kuster to dare to be so bold.

And it turned out to be Falkingham's words and Kuster's conjecture. The various districts of the North Caucasus did not put up any resistance, and saw the black and crushing steel divisions and the fierce cavalry divisions surrender directly.

By noon on May 3, the Russian army in the North Caucasus had completely collapsed, and the Allies took the opportunity to advance and push the front to the plains.

This would be extremely lethal for Russia, and the armored forces of the Allies could penetrate into Russian depth at any time to establish contact with friendly forces far away in Ukraine.

But fighting on the plains also helped somewhat. In the past, when the Turkish army was in Anatolia with rugged and complicated terrain, the Russian naval artillery could not hit the Turkish army behind the mountain at all, and it was difficult to play a role in helping friendly forces, so it could only be used as an atmosphere group.

Now the plains stretched as far as the eye could see, and if the Allied troops dared to march along the coast, the Russian Black Sea Fleet would blow them up.

Kuster also made some countermeasures, he modified the heavy artillery in the army as shore defense artillery, and then deployed them in important areas; At the same time, some mines were asked from Istanbul to transfer them to this area.

But this did not play much role, the initiative was in the hands of the Chinese and Russian fleets, and they came and went as soon as they wanted. The coastal defense guns converted from mortars are extremely poor, and they can hit a single shot, thank God, and at best they can only be used to scare the Russians.

If you want to solve this problem, you must get out of the conventional thinking and solve the problem at the source to really work.

The homeland of the Russian Black Sea Fleet is Sevastopol in the Crimea, just one Kerch Strait away from the area now controlled by Kuster, and if it is captured, the entire Black Sea Fleet will have to sink in the Black Sea.

Although it is less than 50 kilometers away, it can be reached by a few steps, but in reality it is very difficult, and it is still the problem: the Russian Navy.

They are not stupid, if Kuster is allowed to occupy the Crimea, then they will have to retreat into the Sea of Azov, which is worse than the current scenario.

At all times in the Kerch Strait, several warships patrolled back and forth, sometimes shelling the positions of the Allies on the opposite shore to prevent them from preparing for the landing.

Kuster also wanted to get rid of these navies, hoping that an ally fleet of the same size would fight them.

But the Allies did not have a decent navy of any member state, the German High Seas Fleet was blocked in its own harbor, and Austria-Hungary was an inland power, and a symbolic whole ship was enough; As for Turkey, what can a sick man of Europe ask for.

But if Wilhelm II can be even out when looking for allies, he will not fall to the point where the navy is blown up,

Fortunately, the Allies were connected by land, and the main transport of goods was by road.

On the other hand, the East and West of the Entente were far apart, and Britain and France had to rely on sea transportation if they wanted to support Russia. The problem is that they can't get anywhere, the convoys are stuck outside the Baltic and Black Seas, and the Russian fleet can't get out.

But they could shell the cities of the Allies in the Gulf, just as the Black Sea Fleet bombarded the North Caucasus with impunity. Kuster also couldn't get by, so he had to be passively bombed, and by the way, he installed some mines to make the Russians pay.

Of course, if Kuster wants to capture Sevastopol, he can also take another route: along the Sea of Azov into the Ukrainian strip, and then take Crimea.

But even a fool would not have taken such a far, even if Russia's internal politics are close to collapse, and its military strength should not be underestimated.

So Kuster did not plan to attack the Crimea, leaving only a few hundred men as garrisons, and the main forces were re-engaged in the fighting in the North Caucasus.

But he always wanted to get rid of these Russian fleets, and if he couldn't get rid of them, he would have to make them suffer.

What can cross the strait to strike a ship directly? Airplanes look like a good choice