Rise of Australia

Chapter 455 The Comeback Is Russia

The official surrender of the Austro-Hungarian Empire made all the countries of the Allied Powers more excited, and all the countries participating in the division of the land of the Austro-Hungarian Empire became more active and turned their attention to the territory of Germany.

In particular, Russia, which has experienced civil strife before and has repeatedly mentioned that it is only responsible for defensive wars, is currently mobilizing frequently on the Eastern Front, and there is a tendency to launch large-scale battles.

You must know that with the assistance of Britain and France to Russia, coupled with the free loan from the United States to Russia, Russia has finally restored some order.

The land ceded by the Austro-Hungarian Empire also made some Russian people no longer oppose the war.After all, the government has been able to guarantee its own supplies, and the new constitutional government has also given hope to the people.

The political situation in Russia at this time is actually somewhat special. The real power is the Russian aristocracy and the big capitalist class, but there are also a considerable number of royalists and the workers' alliance headed by workers' interests.

The provisional government and the tsar reached an agreement, which also led to the exclusion of the surrounding areas of Moscow controlled by the Workers' Union from almost the entire Russia. The Workers' Union headed by the Bushevik Party cannot affect more regions of Russia for the time being.

In the contract between Russia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, there is such a provision that the Austro-Hungarian government is prohibited from allowing the real high-level Bolshevik Party headed by Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov to enter Russia through the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov has another famous name, but this is not something that can be mentioned casually.

Under the premise that there is no leadership of a core figure, and the Royal Security Intelligence Service has already cleaned up most of the political parties of the Workers' Union in advance, the current Workers' Union does not pose much threat to the Russian political arena.

After all, Russia still has the support from the Allies, and the Workers' Union is feared by all countries.

Nicholas II, who was very high-profile and authoritarian before, became low-key after Russia experienced civil strife.

Although Nicholas II's military ability is indeed not high, his political ability is still not low.

Nicholas II clearly knew that the current way to protect his rights and the status of the Romanov family was to live in seclusion and minimize the visibility of the royal family from the public.

Of course, Nicholas II did not do nothing.During these days when he lived in the Winter Palace, Nicholas II had repeatedly distributed food to the residents of St. Petersburg and the nearby Russians to ease the Russians' bad impression of the Tsar.

At present, there is a delicate balance between Nicholas II and the provisional government, because the provisional government is more afraid of the workers' union, so Nicholas II's throne can be retained.

Because of this, there are still a large number of royalists in the Russian army and government. The existence of these royalists is also the hope of Nicholas II to regain power.

Of course, Nicholas II still needs to face many problems in regaining his power, such as the distrust of the people, the preparedness of the provisional government, and so on.

But in any case, Nicholas II is much better than the historical ending.If handled well, becoming a constitutional monarchy with a solid position like the British king is not a problem.

After the Allies launched a comprehensive counteroffensive on the western front, Russia would also face a problem, that is, whether to participate in this major counteroffensive across the board.

After thinking for a long time, the Russian Provisional Government finally decided to participate in the attack.

No way, the Russians have already tasted the sweetness when they carve up the Austro-Hungarian Empire.But a small Galicia and Austrian Poland cannot satisfy the appetite of the Russians at all, and the Russians in East Prussia and German Poland are also unwilling to let them go.

More importantly, a small Austro-Hungarian Empire needs to pay 150 billion pounds in compensation, of which the proportion that the Russians can get is about 25 billion pounds.

The Germans will only pay more reparations, and the Russians will also receive more war reparations to consolidate the domestic situation.

On August 1917, 8, the Russian army, which had rested for more than half a year, launched an offensive on the Eastern Front in an attempt to recover all the areas occupied by Germany.

Germany has occupied a large amount of land in Russia through many previous wars.These lands are what the Russian government dreams of taking back, and they also have a very good stabilizing effect on the situation in Russia.

If the interim government can take back these lands and even end this war, the rule of the interim government will become more stable. If Nicholas II wants to seize power, or if the Workers' Union wants to move to the interim government, we have to look at the actual situation. The beneficiary Russians refused.

At present, there are still many areas controlled by the Germans, including Riga, Minsk and other places are still under the control of the Germans.

However, most of the territory in Ukraine has been recovered. After all, after the surrender of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Germans did not have enough troops to occupy these areas.

Russia and Germany currently have a border line of thousands of kilometers, but the German garrison is only about 100 million.

It is impossible to rely on these 100 million troops to defend the entire border, so the Germans have carried out strategic contraction long ago, focusing on defense of major cities including Riga and Minsk, as well as Warsaw and Bremen in Poland. Sturt and so on.

If there is a map of the Germans' defense, it can be seen that the Germans focus on defending the big cities in the occupied areas, and Poland is the most important to the Germans.

As for why there are no German cities, it is actually very simple. The Russians must first regain their lost ground before the army can march to German territory.

The Russians' participation in the war again made the European media even more excited. They firmly believed that under the encirclement on two sides, the Germans would not last long at all.

After all, if you only look at the difference in military strength, the total army of the Allied Powers in Europe is close to 1500 million, while the total army strength of Germany is only 500 million, which is a three-fold gap.

This is indeed the case. Although the Germans have taken precautions against the possibility of Russia's offensive, because of the great pressure on the Western Front, a large number of heavy firepower weapons have all been mobilized to the Western Front.

In addition, the Germans did not pay much attention to the combat effectiveness of the Russian army, and even believed that the Russian army was still the same as it was a year ago. Most of the army did not have decent weapons, let alone heavy machine guns and artillery.

However, the Russian military equipment at this time has undergone major changes compared to a year ago.Because of the US$20 billion loan from the United States, the Russians have the confidence to continue this war.

Although a considerable part of the 20 billion US dollars was used for people's livelihood and national development, more than 5 million US dollars was also invested in the war, especially the procurement of military equipment.

What's more, the aircraft order signed by Nicholas II and Arthur is still being fulfilled, coupled with Russia's newly purchased more weapons and equipment from Australasia, the Russian army of up to 200 million who launched the attack has Sufficient equipment also made the careless Germans suffer a lot for a while.

As of mid-August 1917, the Russians had as many as 200 military aircraft, of which more than 150 were bombers.

And Russia's pilot training has already been completed, and these 200 military aircraft can take off at any time and be put into any war.

At the beginning of the war, the Russians dispatched all military aircraft and completely occupied the airspace of the Eastern Front.

A small number of German planes and airships are no match for Russian planes, especially airships, which are only living targets in the eyes of Russian planes.

Since the outbreak of the war, the importance of airships has diminished considerably.If it weren't for the airship's ability to transport more materials or people, the airship would have been eliminated by various countries.

You must know that there is not only one country's airships in the sky, there are also competitions and conflicts between airships of different countries.

When airships face more advanced weapons such as airplanes, they have almost no resistance.

Aircraft can easily destroy airships, but it is difficult for airships to hit smaller aircraft, especially if the aircraft is more agile.

Obviously, the large amount of territory lost by the Russians before has helped the Russians now.

The Germans did not have sufficient troops to defend such a large and narrow territory, and instead dispersed the deployment of the German troops on the Eastern Front.

Although the Germans had expected the Russian attack, the lack of troops meant that they were insufficient. What's more, there were more German recruits on the eastern front, and their real combat effectiveness had already been greatly reduced.

Since the outbreak of the war, there have been many German casualties.Even if it is just a simple death toll, Germany has exceeded 250 million so far.

You must know that the entire German army did not add up to 100 million before the war, which also means that a large number of new troops have been recruited to the battlefield, and then died in various offensive and defensive battles in Germany.

The total population of Germany is so large, and it does not have the colonial advantages of Britain and France, so it can only consume its own local population.

Under such circumstances, Germany has also recruited millions of troops. On the premise of more than 250 million deaths, it can still maintain more than 500 million combat troops, which is enough to show the Germans' recognition and belligerence for the country.

But the remaining 500 million combat troops are almost Germany's last hole card. Germany's blood is about to be drained, and it is impossible to finally send all those women, old and weak to the battlefield.

Therefore, for Germany now, it is good news to have recruits.When it is time to let the old, weak, women and children go to the battlefield, the national strength will be disabled.

But it was clear that a million German recruits could not hold back the Russians, especially when the million troops were scattered across the long front.

The comeback Russian army is very imposing. After half a month of siege of Riga, it successfully regained Riga and drove the German army back to the south of the Daugva River.

The recovery of Riga also opened a gap in the German defense line. The Russian army could even go straight down and directly attack East Prussia through the Lithuanian region, or first go south and then go east to encircle Minsk and annihilate the German defenders there.

Either option is a very effective blow to the German army, which also means that the Russian army has taken the absolute initiative on the Eastern Front.

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