Rasputin of the East

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Moscow. Russia.

Two men were sitting in the mansion where the master had gone to the battlefield and should have been empty.

“Minister.”

“Irina.”

“Now I am acting GRU Director.”

Stolipin smiled bitterly and put down the dishes.

“You seem to have a lot to say.”

“What the hell did you do? Isn’t the Minister supposed to have neglected this situation?”

“I did my best.”

Stolipin drank vodka.

a fall in the value of money.

Armaments are exploding to an unprecedented level, but the country’s source of income is insufficient.

Stolipin increased the national finances, but rather raised the military to match it, so that was the situation in which armaments corrode the country as a result.

Even wheat exports, a key source of income for the Russian Empire, were blocked by the German navy, adding to the financial burden on the Russian Empire.

“The budget was short, but there were a lot of places asking for money, and in the end, we had no choice but to turn the mint.”

If you don’t have money, take a picture. From Daewongun Heungseon to Robert Mugabe, it was a thought that the rulers had at least once.

However, the reason for not doing this is that the demand for money increases in line with the economic growth rate, so it is okay to print money accordingly, but if the supply increases than the demand for that currency, the value will plummet.

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Money is no exception to the principle of supply and demand. The problem was that while the economic growth rate was stagnant due to the war, the planned main ships such as the Izmail-class battlecruiser were forced to be built, and money had to be poured into the introduction of new weapons.

“I said at least to stop the naval plans, but the nobles persuaded the tsar that when German shells might fall on St. Petersburg, he said.

It is precisely the repertoire that came out when the Count of Vostok insisted on moving to Moscow.

“Anyway, I have to build a ship… I don’t think I can actually use it in this war.”

Irina did not think that the war might be so long. The Izmail class has already been launched, so if you are lucky, it may be put into combat at the end of the war. Are you going to carry out all the naval plans?

“It’s crazy. Did the Tsar approve it?”

“The Archduke Cyril has moved.”

Irina calmed the rising blood pressure. To his relatives, he was strangely withdrawn. Perhaps it was the horses that moved, and they tried to persuade the tsar by all means.

And the tsar passed there nicely.

Irina barely resisted her suggestion to telegraph right away and launch Operation Twilight early. Operation Twilight is based on the basic premise of the end of the war.

“Inflation is soaring, the common people are suffering. If we don’t do this somehow, Bloody Sunday will be repeated!”

“…I know, but to be honest, I can’t help the money that has already been released on the market. Besides, the source of funding is also an issue.”

Seignorage is in the state of being all over the armament, and the armament is constantly demanding more armament.

It is a crazy thing that the state lowers the creditworthiness of money. In essence, it is no different from the social chaos caused by counterfeit bills. The problem is that it is not counterfeit money, but ‘real’ money printed by the state crazy, so it cannot be suppressed just by filtering out counterfeit bills.

Irina was very concerned about how far this country could go.

“When the war is over, things will be settled. Irina.”

“Didn’t you ask me to call you the deputy director?”

“In order to rectify the situation, after the war is over and fiscal reform, we need to give the government confidence that it will not print any more money to keep prices down.”

“Can we get that trust back?”

Has not the trust of the subjects in the Russian government already fallen to the abyss? Since Bloody Sunday, Russia has been completely different.

Russia could never go back to where it was before.

“If you capture Constantinople, I don’t know. It might be different.”

“The chief doesn’t think so. To settle this situation, we must first win the war unconditionally.”

“So, what do you think, then? Do you see how much patience the subjects will have?”

“…… I do not know. I haven’t even reported it yet. I think that understanding the situation is the priority, so I plan to report it comprehensively, so an order will come after that. Fortunately, the war support map seems to be still good.”

“If even the war support map collapses in this yard, it will be over.”

Fortunately, there have been few strikes yet. There may be something below the surface, but it’s not so desperate that it pops out of the water.

However, even if there was a huge amount of damage on the front line, it was unknown.

***

Germany had a dilemma.

The German General Headquarters initially attempted to launch an offensive on the northern front. Because Berlin is in danger right now.

Their argument is that a small number of German troops and a large Austro-Hungarian army, which had gathered a lot of troops, should be sent to the Southern Front to make the enemy mistake the main attack for the Southern Front, and they would launch a large-scale offensive on the Northern Front to recover East Prussia and negotiate an end to the war. it was

Of course, the backlash was staggering. The point of the opposite is that it is impossible to change the situation decisively until the northern offensive, which ends in Warsaw, is carried out anyway, and Serbia is sure to revive, and the whole Balkans will be handed over to the Russian army, making it difficult to choose any offensive in the future. was

In addition, with the orders of Wilhelm II and predictions that the Interior Army would launch an offensive against Constantinople, the German headquarters were divided.

First of all, can the Ottomans hold the internal forces? Most of the generals were skeptical of this.

However, if it collapses quickly and the streets bind the ankles of the internal affairs forces, the connection between the southern army and the internal affairs forces will inevitably weaken.

In fact, it is true that the Russian army itself is weak and it is true that the Southern Front has fewer troops. Rather, it is true that the Southern Front besieged the Interior Army back and forth in Constantinople and annihilate the Russian Army by destroying the Northern Army and the Interior Army. it was a claim

It was none other than that argument made by Ludendorff, and was supported by a lot of support as it was simply a way to end the war without destroying Warsaw.

First, the tactic of destroying the Russian Southern Front Army, encircling and annihilating the Russian Northern Front Army from three sides, and blocking and locking up the internal defense forces in Constantinople.

In addition, the Romanian royal family was a member of the Hohenzollern dynasty anyway, a relative of the German imperial family, and in fact, the pro-Germany public opinion in Bulgaria was quite large, so it was decided that if the Russian army was defeated, it would be enough to attract them.

To this end, the Western Front was almost left empty, and the German Empire was considering returning the Lorraine region to France in the worst case scenario with France at the end of the war.

Of course, even though it was not the whole of Alsace-Lorraine, but only Lorraine was returned, there was a strong internal opposition from Germany, so the premise was that the situation on the Western Front would be greatly disadvantaged.

In any case, Germany threw its only bet there.

Not just to struggle to avoid defeat, but to win.

***

Edirne fell so easily.

Well, it was unavoidable. No matter how modernized it is, in an era without bazookas, is it possible to defeat tanks with cavalry?

Even if the anti-tank gun is mounted, it would be enough to bypass or suppress that part and move, and the anti-tank gun would not have come out yet.

There were attempts to bring something like an Elephant Gun and use it as an anti-tank gun, but all of our tanks were made of bullet-proof steel, and the thickness of the armor was increased, so it was unreasonable to pierce the armor with a clumsy Elephant Gun.

If it wasn’t for that, it would have been impossible to stop the advance of the tank squadron, unless it was possible to fight with a full-fledged anti-tank rifle such as Tanggewehr or a cluster grenade.

Rather, the problem is that the sabotage that they bombed or destroyed the railroad took more hold of our ankles.

“Isn’t the battle of Gallipoli not over yet?”

“The British army launched a massive offensive again, with little success, but…”

If you don’t tell me, I’ll know. would be smashed

So, why did you land on that kind of terrain and get sloppy? It’s a very efficient slaughterhouse.

Anyway, if you can hold on to Kemal and hold on to it, this is it, thank you. Churchill was also fired, but I wonder why he is holding onto it so far…

‘Well, it must be because of us.’

If we invade Constantinople, they will have to hold on to Gallipoli before they can negotiate anything after the war.

If you dare to hold on to the enemy’s only master so far and become an anvil, you can attack Uriya Constantinople and fly a double-headed eagle.

‘If you take a nap in Topkapi Palace, how about a photo of propaganda?’

I hummed a hum. Without Ataturk, this war would be a victory.

There’s no way Brusilov can break through, and Irina has even sent me, so there’s no way there’s a revolution going on already.

“Oh, and… I should have reported this, but I was told that I was the united commander of the British Empire’s Black Sea area. Anyway, he asked for an interview.”

“who?”

“This is Admiral Fisher.”

“…Fischer? Admiral John Fisher?”

Wasn’t that person fired? Taking responsibility for Gallipoli’s failure.

The commander-in-chief of the forces in the Black Sea area?

‘These bastards… are they even trying to spit in Gallipoli?’

something seemed plausible.

Considering everything as their own standards, they said that it was a movement to occupy an immovable port on their own over the course of Russia, which was just a fan of territorial expansion.

It is quite possible that they thought that this attack on Constantinople was for the purpose of giving freedom to the Black Sea Fleet deployed in the Black Sea.

In fact, even during the Russo-Japanese War, the Black Sea Fleet could not be mobilized.

‘Then you’re going to block the Sea of Marmara so that even if you win Constantinople, you’re going to block the Sea of Marmara so that the Black Sea Fleet cannot crawl into the Mediterranean? It’s something that allies do very well.’

To be honest, I’m shocked, but what can I do? That’s it, those pirate country bastards.

‘Anyway, Winston Churchill must have been fired, but Admiral Fisher, who resigned with him, is still alive and is in charge of general command in Gallipoli? how?’

I don’t really have a clue, was there anything I did that could have a butterfly effect…?

‘I don’t know because there are too many things to point out.’