Although the vast majority of the Russian citizens were dissatisfied with the Tsar, the Russians who really controlled Tsaritsyn were big capitalists, and as old Russian nobles, they would never allow any foreign armed men to enter the city, which was an insult to their honor.

In the face of the menacing Confederate army, they were fearless, determined not to be escapees, and vowed to live and die with the city.

There were 40,000 regular troops in the city, plus the soldiers recruited by the nobles, totaling more than 100,000 people.

On the other hand, the Allied army was very strong, and after encircling Tsaritsyn, they still had 320,000 troops to devote to the siege.

Such a disparity was almost impossible to overcome, especially since the citizens of the city did not support Tsarist Russia at all, and there would not be a situation where the Soviet Union would resist for several months.

Allied forces will not use artillery, rockets, or other weapons of range of destruction, as that would inadvertently injure civilians. Kuster believes that it is necessary to leave a good impression on the civilians in the city, and not let them take the initiative to help the Russian army, resulting in a situation where the soldiers and civilians in the city are of one mind.

This will reduce the pressure on the Russian army, and there will be no need to worry about shells in the sky.

But even so, no one believed that the Russians would win. No one would think that an army short of food and clothing could defend against Kuster.

The Battle of Tsaritsyn was first fought on the outskirts of the city, with 80,000 Allied troops in the east trying to annihilate the Russian army's living forces, avoid a large number of Russian troops withdrawing into the city, and then engage in a protracted street battle.

However, the Russians retreated without a fight, and they were unorganized and on the verge of collapse as they retreated all the way. At this time, their officers wanted to regroup their troops in the city and establish a temporary defensive line.

The armored forces quickly abandoned the attack, and after a series of attacks along the way, they had run out of fuel and supplies, and needed to wait for supplies to attack again. Moreover, these holy and great Germanic people looked down on the vile and disgusting Russians from the bottom of their hearts, believing that they were the scum of the world and could not pose a threat when reorganized.

The other three also squeezed the space for the Russian army to operate, and soon pushed the Russians completely into the city, during which they annihilated 4,000 enemies at the cost of losing 500 men.

By two o'clock in the morning the next day, the various fronts were solidified, and each area ensured that it was no longer possible for the Russians to counterattack.

But there is still one threat on the map, and that is the Volga.

The Russian government was aware of the seriousness of the problem, and they tried to support Tsaritsyn, but to no avail.

However, they did not give up hope and made the Volga their main route for transporting supplies.

It is well known that the roads in Russia are almost all frozen ground, and no one is moving faster than anyone else, except in winter.

Now any railway line to Tsaritsyn should not be cut off, road transportation is no longer possible, and hope can only be pinned on the Volga.

Naturally, Kuster also took this into account, believing that in order to completely encircle Tsaritsyn, it was necessary to destroy Tsaritsyn's ability to obtain supplies, or directly cut off the supply line from the source.

There was no easier way to blow up the port of Tsaritsyn, but that would go against Kuster's directive to "do no harm to civilians". They had no choice but to set up a checkpoint on the Volga River with a part of their forces, so that passing ships, especially large or closed ones, would be sunk as soon as they were discovered.

However, problems also arose, and the people in the army were reluctant to do this, believing that it was a shameful errand to watch fish and teeth all day long, and they all resolutely stated that they would directly participate in the battle to capture Tsaritsyn.

Only honest Turkish militiamen were willing to take this job, and it was difficult to guarantee that they would be able to guard the checkpoint and prevent ships from passing, but someone was better than no one, and the officers did not embarrass anyone, and allowed the Turkish army to garrison.

After the blockade was resolved, Kuster still did not let go, and regarded the capture of Tsaritsyn as a top priority.

He personally came to the front line to inspect the terrain and offer condolences to the officers and soldiers, which further boosted the morale of the Allied army, which was already in high spirits.

Then he brought in his two sons on the battlefield and asked them to form a reconnaissance battalion, which became the first shot fired in the capture of Tsaritsyn.

Although Selovin was a captain of the armored corps, due to the need for concealment and mission, and the fact that the armored corps was still in the east of the river and could not participate in the battle, they had to enter the city on foot.

Before leaving, he warned them to be more careful and control the location and timing of the firefight.

After they left, Kuster was still nervous. To ease the downward pressure, he took a look at how the rest of the front was going.

From the end of the 14th year to the present, the war situation has been that of the Central Powers attacking the Allied Powers. Even the accession of Italy could not stop this decline, not to mention that Russia was on the verge of collapse.

Germany gradually concentrated its forces to the east again, not because it wanted to quickly destroy Russia and get out of the dilemma of fighting on two fronts, but mainly because Wilhelm II thought that Russia could pull Kuastrid without him.

Falkingham thought that this was understandable, and at most let the French army get back a few inches of lost ground. Hindenburg and Ludendorff, who were at the helm of the Eastern Front, certainly agreed; The rest of the Junker nobles and dignitaries were also indulged in successive victories and expressed their approval.

As a result, since World War I, there has finally been a rare unity of opinion within the German military, and Germany has smoothly withdrawn two army groups from the Western Front to the Eastern Front.

The result was that the Anglo-French forces pushed the Germans twenty kilometers away, successfully avoiding the fate of the capture of Paris.

However, at the cost of nearly 400,000 lives, the Germans lost less than 30,000 men, and this was when they fought and retreated. If the Germans had just crouched to death in a trench, the French might not have been able to drive them out for the rest of their lives.

This defeat seriously irritated the British and French high-level, and even though they did a good job of secrecy, they were still deeply shocked by this terrible record.

They were living in the rear, and they really couldn't understand how the infantry on the front line could fight in a daze, even though they were all ready.

They really don't understand, is the Germans' support fire really so fierce? Can the so-called "hand-held machine guns" really make people fight while running? Are Germans really Superman?

The British and French leaders were very anxious, but they couldn't think of a way, so they had to read the newspaper and drink tea to relax.

Fortunately, France is still a pole, and if they knew about the situation in Russia, they might not even be in the mood to drink tea.

Germany and Austria had not yet launched an attack on Russia, mainly Germany was waiting for soldiers, and Austria-Hungary was waiting for death.

But the situation in South Russia is very bad, the eastern Ukrainian defense line has been broken through by Kemal, and the Black Sea Fleet's homeland of Crimea is also facing the former so-called threat.

What's even more fatal is the guy Kuster, who has no grass everywhere he goes, and in a few weeks he has pushed the front from the Caucasus to the steppes of Central Asia.

Although the Turks did not send supplies to Kuster, they plundered enough food and drink for his army for several months, and they were not afraid of supply problems at all.

And the next battle of Tsaritsyn will decide the life and death of Russia.

If they can win, the Russian nation may still have a whole state.

If it loses, Russia's depth will be completely exposed to the Allied forces, and Russia will only end up in disintegration.