Vladivostok, the palace of the Russian Empire.

The empire, Caterina III, has been three years since the establishment of the orthodox government of the Russian Empire. The girl of that year has become a bright and charming queen in a blink of an eye. She is now in the most colorful years of a woman's life. But if you look closely, deep fatigue and anxiety are hidden deep in the gorgeous face of Caterina III.

When she was young, Anastasia, as a princess, lived carefree under the wings of her parents. In her young heart, everything in this world is beautiful, just like what is described in fairy tales. She even dreamed that when she grew up, she welcomed a handsome prince charming to become her husband, and lived happily together from then on.

But the cruel reality made her quickly understand that fairy tales are just fairy tales, and the world is far less beautiful than she imagined, but full of conspiracy, violence, blood and power... At this time, she realized why her parents, as the tsar and queen, the highest rights holder of the Russian Empire, sometimes showed helplessness and anxiety behind their supreme glory. Even a few days before the revolution broke out, the little princess who left Russia to visit China even saw depression and despair in the eyes of her parents.

Now, she finally understood that because the princess has become the queen and sat in the position where her father once sat. Even her weak shoulders have to shoulder the heavier responsibility of making her father at the time - reviving Russia! Reviving the Romanov dynasty!

Over the past few years, she has been working hard to do all this. The endless government affairs and the changing situation have made her almost exhausted, but the facts have not been very effective. Except for being calm with the support of the Chinese government, the goal of regaining lost land and completing the revival seems to be far away. Many times, the queen even wants to abandon all this and be an ordinary person. Perhaps this is the life she wants.

"His Majesty!"

At the meeting in front of the imperial meeting, the Minister of Navy Kolchak, who was sitting at the lower head, saw that the queen had not spoken for a long time and was even dazed in a daze. He couldn't help but cough and reminded softly.

Returning to reality from thoughts. Katerina III's eyes swept over the people in front of her, all of whom were important officials in her cabinet, including Navy Minister Kolchak, Army Minister Denikin, Internal Affairs Minister Victor (Zhang Zongchang), Industry Minister Kerensky and Foreign Minister Gusovitz...

"The war on the Siberian defense line is not optimistic. Everyone has read Baron Flanger's report. The Soviet pseudo-government appointed Fu Longzhi as the top commander of the front line. This is a very difficult opponent. Judging from the current situation, what are the good solutions for everyone?"

"Your Majesty, the main problem facing the front line is the lack of troops. At present, the Army Department is stepping up the reorganization of the troops. As long as you survive a month or two, when the cold winter comes, the enemy's attack will inevitably fall into a standstill. So I think the current difficulties are temporary. Although Baron Flanger is facing great pressure, it should not be too big a problem to defend with the solid defense preparation."

The person who spoke was Army Secretary Denikin. Since he came to Vladivostok, the general who was appointed as Army Secretary three years ago has finally officially taken office. Since the army is mainly fighting now, he has not yet fully grasped real power, but he must be the first to stand up.

"Your Excellency, what do you think?" The queen turned her attention to the Minister of Navy Kolchak without comment. Before Denikin was unable to perform his duties, some of the work of the Army was shared by Kolchak, and until now, Kolchak still has a lot of rights in the Army.

Kolchak thought for a while and said, "I agree with His Excellency Denikin. According to the report from the front line, Baron Flanger has received assistance from the China National Team. Although our total strength is insufficient, we still have a certain advantage in terms of training and equipment. Moreover, the Siberian defense line is solid, and it is definitely not easy for Fu Longzhi to break through the defense line based on his sea of ​​people. "

"Where are you?"

The queen then asked the rest of the people, and most of the people sitting there basically agreed with the two generals, feeling that the situation on the front line was not at its worst. Baron Flanger should be able to defend the defense line before the spring next year, and by then, the reorganization of the army will be basically completed. By the time the support force arrives, the situation on the front line will inevitably be eased.

Yekaterina III, who was slightly disappointed, sighed. Compared with the Soviets, the orthodox government of the Russian Empire was far inferior to the other party in terms of manpower and material resources. Even the generals under her could not really be used. Except for a few people, most of the nobles were simply unworthy of use.

"Today, I received a telegram from the General Staff of China."

"Chinese? Send a telegram to the Queen?"

When Caterina III suddenly mentioned this, the people present looked at each other and secretly wondered what they said in the telegram. It seemed that the temporary meeting today should be related to the Chinese telegram, otherwise the Queen would not have mentioned it specifically shortly after the meeting began.

"Before I inform you of the content of the telegram, I would like to ask you a question." Catherine III did not immediately take out the telegram, but instead asked another question, which was to judge the situation on the Siberian front. Catherine III briefly stated the situation on both sides of the front, especially focusing on the tactical characteristics of the movement of Fu Longzhi, and his plan to use this tactics to train soldiers to achieve the purpose of rapid reorganization.

"Everyone, Fu Longzhi is definitely not a simple man. According to his current combat plan, by next spring, the so-called Red Army of the Soviet pseudo-government will be fully restored, and to some extent, it is even stronger than before. Opponents with more than one million troops cannot be fought by our National Defense Forces alone. Even if the Chinese government sends troops to fight, it may face huge losses. What's more, compared with Western countries, they with huge human resources can completely ignore the loss of their troops, but can we do it?"

"Your Majesty, what do you mean..." Foreign Minister Baron Kosoviz stood up and asked. As Catherine III said, the Far East was thin and the people were sparse, and they were very different from the Soviet government. Almost all of the people who were sitting there had experienced the European war. Didn't Tsarist Russia use this trick to block the invincible German elites in the world? Without the elite troops that were battling the other side, countless lives were used to accumulate to exchange quantitatively for qualitative changes. Although this approach is a little clumsy, the actual effect is not bad.

"Victor, please tell me..." Ekaterina III directly pointed Zhang Zongchang's name. Zhang Zongchang, who had not spoken since the meeting, stood up, saluted Ekaterina III, and then began to speak.

"The General Staff of China recommends that we immediately stop the reorganization of the surrendered forces..."

Zhang Zongchang just said the first sentence, and everyone was in an uproar, especially Denikin couldn't sit still. He immediately stood up and asked about the reason for doing so. You must know that these surrenders are all the original Red Army! If they are not reorganized according to the procedures, what should I do if something goes wrong? Now, in order to prevent these hundreds of thousands of troops, the Russian Imperial Government Army has compressed the front-line troops to reinforce, just to worry about something happening.

"Don't be anxious, please listen to me patiently." Zhang Zongchang made a gesture of pressing down with his hands, and cleared his throat and shouted. He continued to speak after everyone sat back to his seat one after another.

It took about ten minutes to Zhang Zongchang to explain in detail the content of the telegram sent by the General Staff of China, and analyzed the actual situation. Finally, he came to a conclusion that the Chinese people's suggestions are desirable and the best way to solve the current problems.

"I have a question!" Kerensky asked with a frown: "According to your statement, General, it sounds feasible. Who can guarantee that these troops will not cause mutiny or defect again after they are pulled to the front line?"

"Of course no one can guarantee this..." Zhang Zongchang replied. Seeing that Kerensky's face changed, he was about to question, and he asked first: "Minister, can you guarantee that they will definitely mutiny or defect again? Obviously not? You must know that the bloody methods of the Soviets have been known to the outside world, especially the commanders and soldiers of the former Red Army. The Bolsheviks are not as easy to talk to as we are. The only way they can deal with traitors is to cleanse, that is, to kill people! Not only to kill the other party, but also their relatives and even friends are on the list of cleaning. So, once they surrender to us, these people will become the targets of Soviet suppression. What are the benefits of their defection in this situation? Could it be to escape and accept shooting?"

"Or what you said makes sense, but General, you must know that Fulongzhi's tactics are based on fanatical Bolshevism. Without New Year's support, do these surrendered troops still have combat effectiveness?" Kolchak interrupted.

Zhang Zongchang smiled and said, "Of course, there is no spiritual pillar, these Red Army are just scum. But, Your Excellency, don't forget that the plan does not require all of these troops to be pulled up, but to use them one after another. What's more, we can still provide the rest except for the fanatical Bolshevikism we can't give them."

"Oh, then what can we provide?" Kolchak asked with interest.
Chapter completed!