Rasputin of the East

26

Even within the Russian military, the atmosphere was quite ferocious.

The current situation depended on the decisions the tsar made.

“Will the Tsar not abandon us?”

“It cannot be, the Tsar cannot.”

“As an example, why don’t you dismiss one or two people and finish it?”

Still, the anxiety did not go away.

“What if I shoot that monkey child?”

“Impossible, he’s paranoid when it comes to his own assassination, and he often wanders around with the royal family, so there’s a good chance he’ll be charged with treason.”

“Besides, you don’t know who he hangs out with, the damn Stolipin’s defending him.”

“The biggest problem is oh. Looking back, I should have stopped Ohrana from passing over to him…”

Home Affairs, and Ohrana. Finally, the tsar’s favourite.

It was the Trinity (Trinity) that supported the power of the Count of Vostok.

The Interior Army is still small, with only a few divisions, and its capabilities have not been tested, but the hounds of Ohrana were the immediate threat to them.

Of course, they had no idea how strong the claws of the Tsar’s dog were in fact only noses, and how strong their real teeth were.

“Anyway, since the lowly things have power, they are afraid that they will be subjected to insignificant things.”

“Nevertheless, this defeat was quite unsightly, but I also think that Rennenkamp should be stripped of Samsonov’s rank and vocation.”

“For those who committed suicide to protect their honor, that’s a bit…”

“There are sins that can be covered by death, and there are sins that cannot.”

Having said that, the man raised his head.

Not many people came to the modest party held at the Kyiv Military Provincial Headquarters.

Since it was immediately after a disastrous defeat, it was difficult to hold a large war event, so the party was very small even though the corps commander served as the commander.

Because if I get caught, I might go to the goal as an example. It was best to keep your head tucked in when the draft was strong.

Now, it was a comfortable feeling that even this gust of wind would eventually pass by setting an example for a few people.

The man, Alexei Brusilov, didn’t like it.

Even though 800,000 troops were smashed and suffered huge losses, no one is taking full responsibility. Dead Samsonov? He ran away from responsibility and never pulled the trigger of a pistol placed over his head to take responsibility.

If you wanted to take responsibility properly, you should have risked the deprivation of your rank and vocation, then went down to the floor again and fought bravely to restore your honor.

“Anyway, the time will come soon.”

Although he is not currently on the front line, he would have to fight on the southern front as soon as he took over.

He was told that there was a political fight going on at the top, and he didn’t want to get involved. In the first place, he was a person who hated politics and didn’t want to be as close to the units that received the title of Gvarziya (guardian) who often get involved in politics.

He hated the military involvement in politics, as a few years ago, serving as the division commander of the 2nd Guards Corps Division for two years was his only service career in the Guards.

As the time passed and the atmosphere was slowly disappearing, Brusilov got up from his seat and headed for the residence.

And not long after, I found someone at the door of the residence.

“Who are you?”

“Are you General Alexei Brusilov?”

The man with a polite voice put his hand into his bosom. Brusilov immediately mistook it for a pistol and tried to find his gun, but his hands were too slow because he drank too much vodka.

He reached out his hand before he could find the pistol.

“This is an invitation.”

“what….?”

“Someone wants to share a cup of tea with the general in the Kremlin.”

“Can’t you tell me who you are?”

“If you go, you will know.”

Kremlin.

Currently, the Kremlin functions as the military headquarters and residence of the royal family.

It is also a temporary capital. In any case, it would not be wrong to say that it was the backbone of the military operation of the Russian Empire.

So it was even more difficult to figure out who had called him.

However, it would not be wrong to say that there is no option to refuse as long as you come all the way here and give an invitation.

With a bitter smile, Brusilov returned the invitation and said:

“Don’t let me go. However, it will be a little difficult for the time being, as I have to finish the handover to my successor.”

“You can stop by for a while after the handover is over and before you take over. Anyway, to prevent credentialing and key executives, you have to go anyway.”

“It is. Then I will let you go.”

“The sooner it is, the more the one who sent me will be pleased.”

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Moments later, the man in the black suit disappeared. Brusilov, still drunk, thought he might have had a momentary hallucination, but the invitation in his hand made it clear that he wasn’t having a nightmare. .

“I hate being involved in politics.”

But did he have a choice in the first place? Brusilov smiled bitterly and got up.

***

“Historically, there have been many cases where politicians caught the military’s ankles and defeated them, but if the military ignores politics, the country will inevitably run into a runaway, eventually arguing with a powerful enemy without thinking about their own level and being defeated. will not do it.”

That is why civilian control is so important in modern times.

“Irina, what do you think?”

“It is stupid to go from one extreme to the other. Only those countries that always maintain a middle ground have survived.”

“Yeah, but the middle is a very vague concept. From the perspective of the future, I should have done this at this time, and I should have done it that way, but you can talk about it, but from the perspective of living at the time, it is not known how the pieces on the chessboard work in chess. are there? Can a single pawn know how to deal with the war situation?”

“It is impossible. never.”

“Yeah, it’s impossible, usually.”

“It means that there are cases where it is not.”

“right. Occasionally, very rarely, there is someone on the chessboard who has the insight to see the whole front.”

“Are you saying that the Count is such a person?”

“me? No, I can’t.”

“But the Count’s predictions and predictions could not fit into that category…”

“I am just a person who can be wrong. All I can do is predict in the past, predict now, and predict in the future. Because you never know anything until it happens.”

Of course, I won’t deny that I have more strengths.

But even in the world I am about to change, I am not able to assess the situation in real time. It’s not like I can go back and forth in the future many times and see how the world has changed. Or, it is not possible to die many times and come back to life.

Of course, there is no guarantee that he will die or not come back to life, but he has no intention of dying to check it out.

“What do you think of the imperial family?”

“It’s almost impossible to keep up.”

Already, the chances of maintaining the empire are slim. What I struggle with is not the maintenance of the empire, but only struggling for a soft landing.

“More than anything…. Although I have received many blessings, an empire cannot be maintained under the leadership of the Tsar.”

“Is it possible to set up?”

“At least among those who have the right to succession, he is the most qualified.”

Tsarina, the feminine form of Tsar.

The emperor wanted it too. Of course, he didn’t think he would pass the throne so quickly when he told me.

“The Archduke Cyril lacks qualities, and Prince Alexei is weak.”

“Even in Ohrana, Prince Alexei was judging that it would be close to a miracle if he became an adult. Of course, after the Count appeared, his stamina was restored to the extent that His Majesty the Crown Prince went outside for a little bit.”

“It is only a temporary measure. There is virtually no permanent cure for hemophilia. For me, the status quo is the best.”

“It’s unfortunate.”

“What do you mean?”

“If Prince Alexei had been in good health, wouldn’t the expected backlash be smaller? I could have used a softer method.”

“If Prince Alexei had been healthy in the first place, I wouldn’t have entered the imperial family, the prerequisites were wrong.”

“Well, that’s right. Operational preparations are in progress. At the earliest, next year, if we want to go safely, we can only proceed in the year after.”

“If you are too hasty, you can ruin things on the contrary. The system in this country could last for three years or so. It will be implemented in the next year when preparations are clearly completed.”

“Even so, time is running out. Even if the operation succeeds, there is no guarantee that the war will end immediately, and even if the war is over, there is no guarantee that the revolution will not occur before the Count takes full power.”

“I know, in any case, some demands of the people must be accepted. It is a fact that even a little bit of knowledge knows that the tsar regime is unsustainable.”

“Are you a republican?”

“Republican? Well, I don’t think republicanism is all-round, but is there any other alternative now? If you are lucky, the imperial family will have a constitutional monarchy, and if you are unlucky, the Bourbon dynasty or Napoleon dynasty will emerge. The concessions will not end with the expansion of the Duma’s powers.”

If I had been able to get into the heart of Russia in 1900 at the very least, I would not have used such a dreadful prescription.

But I’ve been sitting in the heart of Russia for about 7 years. I had to devote most of that time to establishing myself and building my power base.

Putting everything else aside, time was too short.

If it wasn’t for you, if you stumbled even one step like this, you would get caught up in a whirlwind of civil war, and even if you succeed, you wouldn’t have attempted the high-risk, low-return adventure, where the gains would not be great compared to the effort you put in and the luck you followed.

“Preparatory plans are as important as the plan itself is at stake. Even in war, we make contingency plans depending on how many enemies we encounter, where and how, but it makes sense that we don’t.”

“of course. I think one of these plans will eventually become a reality.”

“which?”

“First of all, a few are unlikely, but the most likely is… if the ripple effect is less than expected or the alpha plan fails altogether, and the war continues. Then any plans that were nailed down as feasible after the end of the war would become unrealistic.”

“Even if not, Germany will be defeated. But before that, the problem is that we lose first. It is not the strong who survive, but the strong who survives.”

I smiled bitterly.

“Who are in charge of the plan?”

“These are the people who are moving toward the punishment class and the honor restoration class. Those who failed their last mission.”

“Are you okay?”

“If it’s about betrayal, you don’t have to worry about it, but the ability… I don’t know because there is no case of such an operation.”