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Chapter 892 Winter is coming
The Russian Empire was not perfect, and George could accept its demise, but not in this way.

The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit.

The Russian Empire was gone, and George didn't want to settle old scores; that would be meaningless.

But since you are sitting at the poker table, you have to accept the consequences.

When the Russian Empire was weak, other countries could certainly take advantage of its misfortune.

Then when Russia becomes strong and begins to avenge the empire, you'd better accept your fate.

Barinov was half right. The reason why George sat back and watched Germany become invincible in Europe was not only because he hoped that Germany would attack Britain, but also because he wanted to resolve the long-standing chaos in Europe.

Such a tiny place has given rise to dozens of countries.

A country as small as a booger dares to jump around in front of Russia.

Ansari would like Europe to be in disarray, so that the leaders of European countries will have to rely on Ansari to maintain their rule.

Since the Germans have proved with facts that they do not have the ability to completely overturn the table.

Then George must restore Russia's reputation and make Russia truly the European gendarme.

As the German army invaded Russia, the German paratroopers who landed in Greece were also surrounded and intercepted by the Allied forces.

Objectively speaking, the strength of the German airborne troops is still quite good.

But the biggest problem with airborne troops is that they are not equipped with heavy weapons, do not have the ability to attack strongholds, and are unable to fight against armored forces.

This is the main reason why airborne troops only appeared briefly during the world war and were subsequently abandoned by various countries.

Although Greece's preparations for war were not active enough, it still had the ability to fight a favorable battle by relying on its superior equipment.

Faced with the German invasion, Georgi personally commanded the situation in Athens and made a national speech via radio, calling on all Greeks to take up arms to fight the German invasion.

Boris ignored Georgy. In order to cooperate with Russia's counterattack, Boris ordered the Yugoslav army to take the initiative to put more pressure on the Italian army.

Because the Kingdom of Yugoslavia had not taken the initiative to attack, the Italians did not pay enough attention to defense. Not only did they not build strong fortifications, but they also did not make adequate psychological preparations.

Polis was well prepared, dispatching 12 troops, including four armored divisions, to cooperate with 5 Montenegrin troops and 6 expeditionary forces sent by the Grand Duchy of Liyev to launch a surprise attack on the Italian army.

The attack of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was exactly the same as that of the German Army. It first dispatched the Air Force to bomb valuable strategic targets near the border of the Kingdom of Italy.

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When the sharp whistle sounded throughout the position, the infantry of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia jumped out of the trenches and, accompanied by armored vehicles, launched an attack on the Italian army's defense line.

At this time, the Italian army was in chaos.

Most of the aerial bombs used by the Yugoslav army were incendiary bombs with extremely powerful power.

In the last world war, Italy turned against the United States just a few days after joining the war, so it did not have a deep memory of bombers.

During the two world wars, the Italian army's opponents were either rebels in North Africa or weak opponents like the Abyssinian Empire, which also did not have bombers.

The Italian army only suffered severe damage from Yugoslav bombers in a brief conflict with the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, but because it lasted so long, the losses of the Italian army were not great.

Now the Italian army finally deeply realized the cruelty of modern warfare.

The power of a 50-kilogram high-explosive bomb is roughly equivalent to that of a 155-mm artillery shell.

Although incendiary bombs are not as devastating as high-explosive bombs, the flame temperature of napalm bombs is as high as 800-850 degrees, and the burning time can last for 15 minutes. The overwhelming hellfire causes much more mental damage to soldiers than physical damage.

Due to sufficient preparation, the Yugoslav operation went smoothly. In just one day and one night, the Yugoslav army advanced 40 kilometers into the Kingdom of Italy and approached Padua, an important city in northern Italy.

George was very happy and reminded Polis to pay attention to his flanks and not give the enemy any opportunity to take advantage.

When the Kingdom of Yugoslavia took the initiative to attack, the Russian and German armies repeatedly fought in the small town of Vasco near Lodz.

Once Vasco was occupied by the Russian army, there was a high probability that the German army attacking Warsaw would be surrounded by the Russian army, which had about 50 troops.

Although compared with the total strength of the German army, 50 people would not cause serious damage.

But the German army this time dispatched only elite troops. Once they were completely lost, the German army would lose the initiative on the battlefield, at least within this year.

Winter is coming.

If the Russians cannot be defeated before winter arrives—

Well, there were no ifs, the Germans certainly would not have been able to defeat the Russians before winter arrived.

Unless the Russian army suddenly collapses across the board due to unexpected circumstances.

Alpha uncovered an assassination case against George. A secret service agent from Germany tried to bribe the cook of the Yuriev Palace and prepared to poison George.

Even the cook in Yuriev Palace had worked for George for at least 20 years and was loyal to him. He could not be bought with money. The staff around George not only had high salaries but also very good benefits. The cook was not tempted by the spy at all and reported the spy to Alpha, receiving a bonus of 5000 rubles.

There are 5 people on the other side, 1000 per person.
These five people are all Germans who have become Russian citizens and are already on Alpha’s key surveillance list.

There is frequent population movement in Europe, and there are already many Germans living in Russia.

During the two world wars, the exchange of talents between Russia and Germany became increasingly frequent. There were more than 1000 German officers who became Russian citizens, and they were all key targets of surveillance.

After the outbreak of the Russo-German War, Vasily suggested that all Germans living in Russia be centrally managed.

After thinking it over again and again, George rejected Vasily's suggestion.

Although the Russo-German War was still going on, George had already begun to think about the post-war model.

Judging from the current situation, if Britain and the United States do not react quickly enough, after the war, Europe will definitely fall into a situation where Russia is the only dominant power. Even if Russia does not annex other countries, other countries will become Russia's vassals.

As one of the most important countries in Europe, Germany and Russia have had a good relationship historically.

If Russia chooses to put all Germans in Russia into concentration camps for centralized management, then Russia will lose the trust of all Germans, which will be very detrimental to the relationship between Russia and Germany after the war.

George would definitely not tolerate real spies, so he brought all five German spies to court and sentenced them to death for treason and subversion.

As winter is approaching, Vasily is doing his best to raise cotton clothes for the Russian army.

Russia stockpiled about 300 million winter clothes before the war, which was a fairly abundant reserve.

The scale of the Russo-German War exceeded the Russian government's expectations. The number of troops mobilized by Russia exceeded 600 million, and the gap in cotton clothing was more than half.

In fact, Russia is not short of cotton-padded clothes. Every family has three or five cotton-padded clothes.

In order to solve the problem of cotton-padded clothes, Vasily urgently imported materials from abroad to sew cotton-padded clothes, and at the same time encouraged Russians to donate cotton-padded clothes to support the Russian army fighting on the front line.

George responded to the call of the Russian government and donated his fur coat.

Vasily was very happy and decided to auction George's coat and use the money raised to buy more cotton coats.

George was surprised that you have learned to allocate resources reasonably.

Not only did George donate his coat, but Anne also donated her jewelry to fully support the Russian army.

George and Anne's donation is more symbolic.

After the outbreak of the war, the various foundations under George and Anne's names have donated a total of more than 10 billion rubles in cash and materials, ranking first among all private donations in Russia.

At the call of the Yuriev family, the Yusupov and Dolgorukov families, as well as the Romanov family, were not to be outdone and donated money and materials, raising more than 10 billion rubles.

What makes George particularly gratified is that many Germans in Russia have also donated money to support Russia.

"We are Germans, but since we have joined the Russian nationality, Russia is our country. If the country needs us, we can fight for Russia, even if our enemy is Germany. This is our obligation and responsibility."

In an interview with the St. Petersburg Daily, Maximilian, president of the German Chamber of Commerce, was emotional.

"When Germany recaptured the Rhine, we also donated money to Germany—"

"When Germany defeated Poland, we cheered for Germany."

"When France surrendered, we were so excited that we couldn't sleep all night."

"As long as the German government takes us Germans living in Russia into consideration, it will not take the initiative to provoke a war against Russia. I still have feelings for Germany. After the war, I will go to Germany and participate in Germany's reconstruction. I will do my best to help Germany get out of the shadow of war—"

"But now, I have only one country, I am Russian!"

Maximilian's words represent the voice of a considerable number of Germans.

George was very happy and felt the brilliance of humanity again.

During the last world war, Britain, the United States and France all detained Germans in their countries in concentration camps for centralized management in the name of "protection".

The reason was that Germans might be attacked.

During the war, Germans were indeed at risk of being attacked.

But since it is protection, we can’t also “protect” the German property.

Compared with Britain, France and the United States, which always pride themselves on their civilization, Russia does not have much advantage in public opinion. In fact, it has been repeatedly attacked by Britain, France and the United States because of Russia's restrictions on news media and publishing industries.

Now George will show the world what true civilization is.

On September 9, at the same time that the Yugoslav army entered Padua, the Russian army occupied Vasco, and the 15 German troops attacking Warsaw were surrounded.

(End of this chapter)