Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 977

When Roark went to Kitchener, Kitchener was ready to go to the Russian Empire.

Although the Russian Empire did not perform well after the war, no one can deny the role of the Russian Empire. Without the containment of the Russian Empire on the Eastern Front, the number of enemies facing the British and French coalition forces may more than double. In that case, Moltke would have enough The troops implemented his "Schlieffen Plan", and the British and French allied forces would lose the war without waiting for the blood transfusion of the colonies.

A major event happened in the Russian Empire in May. Since Nicholas II appointed himself as the commander-in-chief of the Russian army, St. Petersburg has been controlled by Rasputin, which caused strong dissatisfaction among the nobles of the Russian Empire.

On May NO.11, Rasputin visited Prince Felix Yusupov of Russia. Yusupov is the husband of Tsar Nicholas II’s niece Irena. His family property is bigger than Romanov’s. The family's property is even more, and it is the biggest beneficiary under the Russian imperial system.

Yusupov had been dissatisfied with Rasputin for a long time. He was determined to kill Rasputin, and many nobles joined in, including Nicholas II's cousin Grand Duke Dmitry Romanov.

Yusupov invited Rasputin in the name of Irina, and Rasputin readily accepted the appointment. In Yusupov's palace, Rasputin drank a lot of poisoned wine mixed with potassium cyanide, but Rasputin did not die, but drank more and more energetically, and even proposed to go to the red light district of Petersburg.

Yusupov said he had a cross studded with precious stones.

Rasputin wants to see.

Just as Rasputin stood up, Yusupov shot Rasputin.

Rasputin fell to the floor, apparently dead.

But just as Yusupov and Dmitry were celebrating, Rasputin was miraculously revived.

Yusupov ran up the stairs, Rasputin hot on his heels.

Yusupov locked himself in the room, and Rasputin cursed angrily to find something to break open the door.

At this time Dmitry fired, the first two shots missed, and the third shot knocked Rasputin to the ground again.

This time Dmitry walked up to Rasputin and shot Rasputin in the head with a revolver.

Yusupov also opened the door and hit Rasputin on the head several times with a golf club.

After confirming Rasputin's death, Yusupov and Dmitry wrapped Rasputin in curtains, tied him with rope and threw him into the river.

When the police salvaged Rasputin's body, they found that the rope was loose. The follow-up autopsy showed that Rasputin died of drowning. He was not dead when he was thrown into the river, and he struggled for a long time .

Rasputin is a mysterious person, his vitality is as tenacious as a cockroach, a few days before Rasputin's death, Rasputin wrote a letter to "Russians, Tsars, Russian mothers, children, Russian Empire" letter, in which Rasputin warned Tsar Nicholas II: If your relatives kill me, then your family and relatives will die within two years, and the Russians will kill them .

Rasputin was finally buried in the park of the Romanov family. The tsar, the queen, and the tsar's children attended Rasputin's funeral. Although Rasputin had an unbearable past, Rasputin healed Hemophilia of Crown Prince Alexei, the only son of Nicholas II, whom Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra thanked Rasputin.

After Rasputin's death, the Russian Empire finally seemed to be on the right track. Nicholas II appointed a new prime minister, a new war minister, and the Russian Imperial Army also won a brilliant victory in Galicia.

Kitchener wanted to open up a new battlefield along the coast of Germany. This time when he went to Russia, Kitchener wanted to discuss the possibility of opening a new battlefield with the military generals of the Russian Empire.

Rock will not let Kitchener go to Russia. Kitchener and Winston are Rock's biggest supporters in the British government. If Kitchener dies unexpectedly, Rock will lose his greatest support.

Winston's influence is also rising, but Winston's influence on the military is far less than that of Kitchener.

Rock had good reasons for preventing Kitchener from going to the Russian Empire. There was an upsurge in Britain calling for the resignation of the Prime Minister. Kitchener could not leave London at this time.

After the outbreak of the World War, some people in Britain asked Asquith to resign, because Asquith had vowed that the war would never break out.

Now that the war has been going on for nearly two years, the end seems to be nowhere in sight. The British Expeditionary Force has suffered millions of casualties and billions of pounds in economic losses. Someone must be responsible for this.

After the outbreak of the Battle of the Somme, the opposition to Asquith reached its climax. Before the outbreak of the World War, many people believed that the Allied Powers could easily defeat the Allies. Now no one thinks so. On the first day of the Battle of the Somme, the British Expeditionary Force suffered casualties 6 people, this number frightened all the British. They didn't know how long the war would last, and how much the British Expeditionary Force would suffer. The British had to vent their anger. Since they couldn't vent their anger on the Germans, Then it can only be vented on the prime minister.

"Locke, don't be alarmist. Politics is not what we soldiers should care about. Our mission is to destroy our enemies on the battlefield!" Kitchener is a traditional soldier, and he has never been a politician.

"Marshal, as soldiers, we can't escape the political vortex, let alone politics and the military. You know, if Winston is the prime minister, or someone is the prime minister, the support for the military will be completely different. "Rock insists that there is no separation between the military and the government. It is true that soldiers should not interfere in politics, but they cannot ignore politics. The military serves politics.

It's like a person working for a certain company. It's his duty to do his job well, but he must also pay attention to the company's dynamics. A certain person doesn't know when he will lose his job.

By someone Roark meant Lloyd George.

Lloyd George did not lose his power after losing the post of Minister of Quartermaster. He still had a great reputation in Congress, but he was forced to resign as Minister of Quartermaster.

The British Parliament is discussing the impeachment of Asquith. Once the majority of members agree, Prime Minister Asquith will choose a decent way to leave the Prime Minister’s Office, so that Asquith can retain his last dignity, otherwise he will There is still a big difference between being kicked out of the Prime Minister's Office in a humiliating way.

Once Asquith resigns, looking at it now, Lloyd George is very hopeful to be the prime minister, and the military will be in trouble by then. When Lloyd George was the minister of munitions, he disliked military generals Make no secret of it, in Lloyd George's view, these British military generals are all ruthless, cold-blooded butchers, and Roque is the best of them.

"Winston? No, no, it's impossible for Winston." Kitchener frowned. He didn't like Lloyd George. It was because of Lloyd George's operation that Kitchener lost most of his hands. that power.

Winston's biggest problem is that he is too young. Now Winston is just 40 years old. For the Prime Minister of the British Empire, 40 years old is still a baby.

Lloyd George was eleven years older than Winston, and he was just turning fifty this year.

"Why is it impossible? There is no need for elections. As long as His Majesty appoints Winston to form a cabinet, then Winston will be a qualified prime minister." Rock does not have the rules and regulations of this era. If Rock follows the trend, there will be no current Southern Africa: "The only thing we have to consider is who is more suitable to be the Prime Minister of the British Empire. This is related to whether we can defeat Germany and how long it will take to defeat Germany."

Since Kitchener is talking about the war, Roark is also talking about the war. Winston is indeed a little younger, but Winston was born in the aristocratic class and naturally has the support of the aristocratic class. If Winston has the support of the military Support, then it is not without a fight. When George V considers the candidate for the new prime minister, he must consider the opinions of the aristocracy and military generals.

Don't forget that the British king and nobles are one, and the military generals are the hope of defeating Germany, so the opinions of the nobles and military generals will largely influence George V's decision.

"Wait Locke, we shouldn't do this, it's too outrageous—" Kitchener hesitated, and when he said this, he actually admitted that Rock was right.

"The world war has been going out of the way so far, and the number of casualties on the Western Front is even more outrageous. Someone was also outrageous when he was the Minister of Military Supplies. The country is facing a critical moment of life and death. The Congress is not unifying ideas and firm beliefs, but discussing what to do. Don’t impeach the country’s prime minister, isn’t that out of line?” Roark really couldn’t understand the thinking of the British, they used the talent of “stirring” to the fullest, not only stirring up international affairs, but also domestically, in the colonies Stirring, wanting to reach out everywhere.

"Let me think, let me think—" Kitchener hadn't made up his mind, he sat on the chair and muttered to himself, his eyes fixed on the Union Jack on the desk, motionless.

Rock was burning with anxiety, but his face was calm. When he came to see Kitchener, he deliberately wore the Elizabeth Cross and the Order of the Garter on his chest. Everyone was dedicated to the public and did not mix personal interests. .

Kitchener also didn't have much time. On June 21, the British Parliament voted on whether to impeach Prime Minister Asquith. Although the vote on that day was not passed, Asquith decided to resign later.

That night, Roque, Kitchener, Winston, General William Robertson, Chief of the British Army General Staff, and John Jellicoe, who was promoted to Secretary of the Navy because of his victory in the Battle of Jutland, went to see George V together.

(There are easter eggs in the scroll down - the reason why I don't write it here is because the words written here are charged, so I'm helping the brothers save money -)

　Regarding the death data of the British Royal Navy yesterday, sorry, the data in the last chapter comes from "The Secret History of World War I" written by Mel, and it was directly written in the content without verification. I am really sorry.

　　The data in the previous article, I dare not say that it is absolutely correct, but each data will refer to a lot of information, try to choose one that I think is more realistic.

　　The Battle of Jutland is not the main storyline. I searched for some information temporarily when I took it with one stroke. I didn’t even read Baidu Encyclopedia. In fact, a lot of data on Baidu is also contradictory. The time spent every day looking for information is more than the time written by hand. long.

　　For the sake of Yutou's hard work, the brothers will forgive me again, anyway, I guess the brothers have already gotten used to Yutou's unreliability——

　　

　

(End of this chapter)