Rasputin of the East

＜ Episode 74 >

After Prince Wilhelm stepped down, I silently tapped the calculator in my head.

‘Hohenzollern is burning with a vengeance, so much that he desires bloody vengeance, putting aside his enmity against us.’

For Hohenzollern to maintain the throne…

‘First, France will definitely make a fuss with the Rhineland. From there we should intervene and reconcile to Alsace-Lorraine, maybe even Saarland.’

France’s acceptance of our bond reconciliation plan was partly because it wanted to appease us, who were upset by Britain’s trolling, but also because it wanted to help Germany.

With such a bond in hand, there is no way Germany can do anything, and even if the Rhineland cannot be acquired at the previous negotiating table, like the occupation of the Ruhr in the original history, it will occupy the Rhineland until the bond is repaid, or it may come out in such a way.

In this case, anger will spread across Germany, and the anger pouring out at Hohenzollern will not fade.

‘There, with the cooperation of Russia, Austria joins the Federation?’

It would be almost counter-intimidating, and it would be terrifying to appease France, but it wouldn’t make another war. Prince Wilhelm offered to give me a post of Grand Duchess of Austria in the German Empire if he wanted Austria as a territory, but I didn’t eat it.

‘Once the Habsburgs are sent to Austria and Hungary… Originally, I was planning to create a republic, but to maintain the ruling family, I should just give Prince Ferdinand’s son a grand duke as a reward.

To be honest, I supported Serbia for political reasons, but in the Sarajevo case, Prince Ferdinand died unjustly. Well, I’m sure you’ll pay the price.

Once the Germans do then they can certainly ally. Ataturk will cooperate with us, and as long as the Balkans and Greece are properly organized, the housekeeping will be over.

‘Italy, France, and Britain will not have an aggressive foreign policy for the time being, where one or two people should be dead.’

If we ask for more war there, Buckingham Palace and Elysee Palace will burn on fire from that day, and the enemy flag may be hung.

But there is still one big event left.

Spanish flu, a white knight of disease.

I saw clearly in the 21st century what kind of economic depression disease can bring, and maybe that could trigger the Great Depression a little earlier in this world, although of course the cause of the Great Depression is still a mystery.

In any case, when an economic crisis comes like that, the US or UK stocks can be wiped out. Whether it’s automobiles or food, when companies die, it would be awesome if they offered technology transfer in return for investment in the Russian market and opening up the Russian market.

As a result, it would be right to grow a new Russian company, but what do you do once you have the basics?

They beat them with money to attract promising youngsters and scholars,

And when the Great Depression and the plague hit, you should really be concerned about the communist revolution.

Not us, but other countries.

Germany in particular is a problem. It is a problem even if it becomes communist, and it is a problem even if fascism prevails while trying to prevent communism.

“This is it.”

As when they came here, there were several people sitting in the place again guided by Princess Victoria Louise.

Among them, the man in the middle, with a mustache and dressed in white, looked like a man carrying all the burdens of the world.

“Your Majesty, Emperor Charles I.”

“Your Majesty… poetry?”

It was only then that I realized the situation, who had thought that Franz Joseph I was not emperor.

“Congratulations on your accession, Your Majesty, and… I am truly sorry.”

“Thank you, Duke.”

What did the words of congratulations on the accession sound here, a clever sneer? Or maybe he just took it literally.

“What about us, the Habsburgs?”

“You cannot remain emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.”

It’s a matter of course. The condition for the end of the Russian Empire was the dissolution of Austria-Hungary.

The German Empire requested that Russia support and at least tolerate the annexation of Austria in order to suppress the dissatisfaction of the people, and I decided that it was inevitable if the emperor’s will to keep Hohenzollern was strong.

And Hungary and Czechoslovakia should also become independent.

“Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Austria, all will be split. It depends on what kind of judgment the tsar makes, but one of these countries can remain as the royal family.”

I’m thinking of the Hungarian side though.

The Czech Republic and Slovakia will become puppet powers of the Russian Empire, Serbia will give a hand, and Montenegro annexed to increase the legitimacy of the newly emerging pro-Russian puppet regime. .

Banat said, whether it be Romania or Bulgaria, fight and solve it.

No, actually, I had no intention of contacting the Habsburgs in the first place. If Hohenzollern is the target of cooperation, the Habsburgs are in a position to devour the corpse.

“Peacock. Can I ask you one thing?”

“Say it.”

“Is it justified that Serbia assassinated the Crown Prince? Does the Russian Empire believe that Archduke Franz Ferdinand has done something costly to a Serbian assassin? Rather, he wanted to give them autonomy.”

“I know, I am.”

In the case of Sarajevo, Archduke Franz Ferdinand is clearly innocent.

But the madness of nationalism is not like that.

Before the war, Russia-France had signed a secret pact that they would not trust Austria no matter what the findings of the investigation were, and the Montenegro princesses who were married to Russia carried out black propaganda against Austria-Hungary, arousing pro-Serbian public opinion. At least, if you look at the Russian public opinion, Austria-Hungary seems to be the bad guy.

I said it all because Italy had a festival on the news of the Sarajevo incident.

“But most people don’t. No, there are a lot of people in the Imperial Family who think so, because they don’t know the truth, and humans believe in what they want to believe rather than the truth.”

It has already been thoroughly proven. Because of the Nazi and behind-the-scenes slander.

Just being able to see what is right in front of you is worthy of praise for that person.

“Is it that this child should have lost both parents overnight and become an orphan just because they want to believe?”

In a weak voice, Charles I said lamentably.

Of course, Serbia will pay the price. But I couldn’t tell the story now.

just walk away

“Relax, you won’t feel uncomfortable.”

As I was leaving the room and walking to the exit, a woman walked over to me.

I thought it was Nine out of ten, but it wasn’t. That brown hair…

“Princess?”

“Duke!”

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Maria smiled brightly and waved and took my hand.

“Did Your Majesty allow you to come this far?”

“Absolutely.”

What was in my hand was a telegram.

“Until you come in person…”

“Because it’s better for me to tell you the details myself.”

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Maria had a serious face.

“My father approved it. However, on the condition that you do not touch the Serbian royal family.”

“…does that make any sense?”

The black hand is close to Petra I’s bodyguard in the first place, isn’t it? To be honest, it is rather an organization that is closer to the internal affairs army that I lead.

Of course, I didn’t even think about abolishing the royal family and creating a republic. There is no guarantee that the kingdom or the republic will not fail in the first place, but at least Petra I should be deposed.

‘I’d rather pretend that the colonel assassinated Petra I?’

The GRU reports that the relationship between Colonel Dragutin and Petra I is good on the outside, but there is a lot of internal conflict. In particular, there have been reports that Colonel Dragutin has been on the rise recently, and Petra I is afraid that he will not be able to control Colonel Dragutin… Conversely, Petra I tried to purge Dragutin, and the Black Sudanese who protested against that had a coup d’état. is said to have caused a riot, and the Russian army entered to stop it…. Are you okay?

History is written by the victor, and it’s a good way to fight the two of them really apart, but it takes too long in a situation where you have to break the head of Serbia, who doesn’t know how to do it properly, even in order to properly lead the end of the war.

Beheading the Black Hand, killing Petra I, and treating dignitaries who could dispute our claims with acute lead poisoning in the skull. When Petra I was trying to purge the colonel, the colonel noticed this and launched a coup d’état on Petra I. Before the purge, Petra I, feeling threatened, called the Russian army and declared in front of reporters around the world that we entered and suppressed the Black Hand. do.

Because no matter the time of the East or the West, the guy who is behind doesn’t say anything.

After that, you’ll have to jump right in and go to Germany, after all, after the black hands purge, you won’t be able to see the outside because you’re fighting with each other, and you just need to properly kill the yellow guys and get the pro-Russian faction to come to power.

“By the way, where did this guy Wrangel go?”

“I’m here, you two seem to be having such a good time, so I hid in order not to get in the way.”

When I saw Wrangel walking proudly out of the closet, I was taken aback for a moment, and Maria clasped my hands and brought her own hand to my chest, smiling arrogantly.

“Spit out the progress of the Free Corps.”

“Currently, German POWs and Austrian-Hungarian POWs are being screened for rearmament candidates. After the prisoners of war are rearmed and reorganized, the organization will be maintained with a declaration of cessation of combat in Poland, and will be formed along with the German forces on standby and sent to the vanguard. If you give me one more day, we can complete the flight and start the operation.”

“A fire extinguisher?”

“We didn’t have enough weapons as capture equipment, so we temporarily sought cooperation from the Northern Front, and at least we will be able to hand over a rifle to everyone.”

“great. All right, the German Navy?”

After escaping from Kiel’s port, Kaisermarine was currently stationed at Königsberg, awaiting the Emperor’s orders.

“I checked and there are very few useful ships. There are no battlecruisers, and there are four Bavarian-class ships, but even those, except for the first ship, who had not completed the design work, barely escaped.

“What else? No cruisers or destroyers or anything?”

“There is not much to use. In the first place, cruisers, battlecruisers, and most cruisers are all involved in the destruction of commerce in the North Sea right now…. Probably, except for a few who were very fortunate by now, they probably sank sooner or later. However, torpedo ships (the German navy has enlarged torpedo boats and given them the task of destroyers) are said to be usable.”

“It doesn’t matter because the navy is not that big anyway. If it’s too late, I’ll ask Archduke Kirill to mobilize the navy, and that’ll be enough to put out the fire while we do business in the Balkans.”

Above all, isn’t it better in the image to suppress the rebels with their own troops than the emperor who brought in the enemy and suppressed his own people? I don’t know when I started having to worry about Hohenzollern’s image management.