?This is the service, "Brishilov's breakthrough" was destroyed by the main forces of the Russian Southwest Front Army, announcing that the largest military operation in history in Russia ended.-<  >- .

From the overall strategy of the Allies, Russia's "Brishilov Breakthrough" was successful. The action of this battle roughly achieved its original goal, forcing the German army to stop attacking Verdun, and would draw 21 main divisions from the Western Front battlefield to make up for the incompetence of the allies to bring about turmoil on the Eastern Front.

All the main forces of Russia were released, and in just one and a half months, it severely damaged the Austro-Hungarian Army. It caused more than 800,000 casualties in the Austro-Hungarian Army, of which about 200,000 Austro-Hungarian Army to become Russian prisoners of war. After the Austro-Hungarian Empire suffered this severe damage, it was unable to launch a strategic counterattack on the battlefield of confrontation with Russia for a year, and could only rely on the German army to maintain its military achievements.

However, in terms of Russian military losses, Russia was undoubtedly a failure. In a "Brishilov breakthrough", Russia lost more than 80,000 Cossack cavalry, the Southwest Front Army was almost wiped out, and the other Northern Front Army and Northwest Front Army rescue troops suffered losses. Conservative estimates that Russia suffered at least 1.1 million army casualties in the battle that lasted for a month and a half, including nearly 300,000 captured soldiers, more than 1,700 artillery pieces, countless rifles, and more than 137 million rubles of materials. For Russia, it was no less than a disaster, and almost shook Russia's foundation.

The European war that lasted for more than two years undoubtedly dragged down the Russian Empire, and the Russians dragged it were unwilling to fight again.

"…This is a successful and commendable battle!"

King George V of England wrote in his letter to Nicholas II.

"Although we have encountered some setbacks on the front line, the overall situation is beneficial to Russia. Our warriors can continue to advance, and the imperial army is close to Vienna. If you persist for a while, victory will definitely belong to Russia!" Nicholas II expressed this to his generals when he was patrolling the Northwest Front on the front line. But his trembling beards did not seem to have enough confidence.

The reaction of the financial market is the most direct manifestation. After Paris was captured by Germany, the famous European Paris Exchange was forced to move to Marseille, but its momentum was no longer as good as before the war. When the Marseille Exchange opened on the first day of October, all securities, government bonds and other related to Russia fell, with a drop of more than 6%. The same is the London and New York Exchanges. The ruble fell by more than 9% on this day, and the purchasing power of currency had dropped by nearly 40% compared to before the war.

The international financial markets are not optimistic about Russia, which has affected the Russian government for the first time and is increasingly difficult to raise military funds. For this reason, Russia Nicholas II had to bow to Britain and France again, especially in the UK, which now has a complete and slightly wealthy border. Nicholas II asked the UK to provide at least 76 million pounds of loans to allow Russia to survive the most difficult period of current fiscal affairs. Otherwise, he threatened Britain that once Russia's finances fell into bankruptcy, he would have to take decisive measures and even consider contacting Germany to withdraw from the European war.

Yes, the Russians may have begun to regret joining the European War. The European war has continued to this day, and Russia has paid at least 30 billion rubles of military expenditure for this, not only emptied the bottom of the boss's empire, but also carried tens of billions of foreign debts. Now there is no way to see a future of victory. No wonder the Russians are anxious.

However, 76 million pounds is not a small number. According to the latest exchange rate changes, 76 million pounds is about 1.5 billion rubles. In addition to selling the goods, the British can only borrow money from the United States to exchange for capital to feed back their allies.

For a moment, the British government fell into hesitation. Although they knew that Russia urgently needed the money, the British were unwilling to be the sucker.

In a dilapidated residential basement near the port southwest of Petrograd, a yellow-skinned man, who was obviously different from the European face, carefully placed a telegraph machine into a box in the corner of the basement.

"Today should be the seventh parade since the Sino-Russian War!"

He could hear the noise outside the house clearly in time. The young yellow-skinned man muttered in a low voice, although he was wearing a Japanese kimono, he was using Chinese.

After carefully leaving the basement, he breathed a sigh of relief and knelt on the tatami in the house.

His name is Chen Boqi, one of the intelligence officers under the Russian branch of the Investigation Bureau of the Republic of China, and is responsible for the intelligence collection work in the entire Petrograd region.

He was able to become the head of Petrograd, not only because he was one of the first intelligence personnel under Li Han to receive training, but also because he had fluent Japanese and English, which was enough to deal with most adverse situations.

Since the outbreak of the Sino-Russian conflict, most Chinese in Russia have been persecuted, either being thrown into concentration camps for hard work or being abused in every possible way. Thanks to the Russians who are still thinking about their compatriots who were imprisoned in the Far East, otherwise they may even be in danger of their lives. Fortunately, China mobilized overseas forces before the war and evacuated most of the expatriates to the Austro-Hungarian Empire and other Nordic countries. Those who are still in this country are either people with ulterior motives or are reluctant to leave everything here.

Thanks to Chen Boqi's creation of the Petrograd Intelligence Station at the beginning of the previous year, he disguised himself as a Japanese immigrant, which blocked a lot of trouble. Although the Russians hated the Japanese, they still had some concerns about this country that had once damaged their own hard in the Far East and did not dare to do anything randomly. It was with the cover of this identity that in the past few years, he has sent countless intelligence from Russia to the country and made considerable contributions to the motherland on the hidden front.

"The seventh parade is only four days away from the last parade, and the scale is getting bigger and bigger. It seems that the Russians cannot hold on anymore... I like the country that can seize this opportunity and take back what China has stolen in the past!"

After kneeling in the house and resting for a while, the numbness of his legs made Chen Boqi get up and go to the attic. Looking from the window at a street not far from the slums, the protest parade waving various banners continued to impact the fragile defense line built by the Petrograd Police Station. He was also shocked by the scale today. From a distance, there were as many as 7,000 people joining the parade. Unless the Petrograd authorities mobilized the army to suppress it, the parade would inevitably attract more people who were dissatisfied with the authorities to join. At that time, it might lead to a disaster.

Although the "border" conflict between Russia's Far East and Central Asia was not in the sight of the Russians and public opinion at the beginning. They were full of thought that if the European war had not caused a large amount of Russia's energy to be restrained in Europe, the result would have been that Russia would have destroyed the Chinese invaders with a destruction.

However, since September, China entered a counterattack, not only surrounded and regained the millions of square kilometers of territory that Russia had occupied for more than half a century under the pretext of various countries, but also sowed the seeds of violent revolution into the Turkestan area in Central Asia.

Now, with the Turkestan region, the Russian Turkestan Governor's Office has lost nearly 80% of its territorial control. Hundreds of local ethnic groups and forces attacked each other to seize local dominance. The Russian army in the Turkestan region has increased to 14 divisions. The main force of the main force is tightly controlled by China, and it is difficult to maintain a balance.

Once Russia draws troops to suppress the enemy in the rear, the Chinese team will launch a strong attack on the Russian army. As a result, the Russians can only watch the tribes of various ethnic groups in Central Asia, and their forces rise up one after another. Among them, Bukhara, Shiva and Kokhan, the three Khanates who were once destroyed by Russia, have the strongest restoration power, and there is a faint shadow of the British behind them. They are not only hostile to Russia but also hostile to China, among which Bukhara Khan is the most important, and they also call China the "enemy of Allah". They are obviously very dissatisfied with China's occupation of the Tajikistan area; second only to them are the revolutionary forces supported by China and Turkey.

In the past, Russia could plunder tens of millions of rubles and raw materials from the Turkestan area every year, but as the Russian control of Central Asia was destroyed, the Russian government only plundered less than three million rubles from China throughout September.

Now, Russia, which has been hurt by the rapidly deteriorating Far East situation and the "miserable victory" on the European front, is time to make a choice.

"Boss, good news. Did you hear the gunshot just now? The Russians shot and suppressed the parade. Good guy, dozens of people were injured on the spot..."

At this moment, a yellow-skinned man wearing Russian clothes walked in and shouted loudly. Judging from his face shape, he had some Central Asian descent and must have been from Hui people.

"Abdul!" Chen Boqi's face changed suddenly. He shouted at the loud voice that had just pushed the door in, and then lowered his voice, "I have told you so many times. For your head, you are not allowed to speak Chinese except for the basement and make sure there is no one around you!"

Russia has suffered a crushing defeat in the Far East, and now there are many indignant racists. Once their Chinese identity is exposed, let alone the consequences of leaking the radio and intelligence stations, just for the Russians to catch them, they will be sent to concentration camps for at least a period of time.

Abdul muttered in disappointment: "Isn't this safe here?"

"This is Petrograd, the capital of the Russians. Where do you think is safe?" Chen Boqi glared at him, closed the door again, and said, "I've heard of any news, hurry up, tell me quickly!"

"... Nicholas II promised to defeat the Austro-Hungarian Empire before the end of the year. During the period, the plan to withdraw from the European war was bankrupt due to the defeat, which means that the European war would last longer. The loss of nearly one million soldiers in a battle has made Russian citizens not expect whether Russia can win this war. Instead, they are more concerned about the fewer and fewer black bread and mashed potatoes on the table... Russia has cut some of the teachers' subsidies and even cancelled the annual civil servant subsidies of 8 million rubles as military expenditures for the army. There are rumors that Nicholas has also cancelled the use of 8 million rubles of civil servant subsidies for the year.

The second emperor was still discussing with his monks and discussing the possibility of taxation or borrowing from the Orthodox churches. Obviously, his wallet had been emptied and there was only one loophole left on him. The Tsar, who had pants, was considering the feasibility of getting more military expenses from monks and religions when the British loan was very likely to be unavailable. This caused dissatisfaction among many Russian businessmen. The constitutionalists led by Count Rhodeschilford continued to attack Russia's current policies and welfare, and thus received a large amount of national support."

"...In Russia's current peaceful political situation, there is an undercurrent brewing. The royal family and the nobles are dissatisfied with the absurdity of the queen and Rasputin's ruling over Russian politics; farmers are dissatisfied with the government's forced conscription order; workers and mine workers have accumulated too many contradictions with frequent overtime work and lower wages; anarchists and revolutionaries are also actively engaged. In just the past month, it has been rumored that Russia has had at least four assassinations of the Tsar... Not only are Petrograd now frequently marches, but also voices and power dissatisfied with the government are also accumulating in Moscow, Ukraine, Poland and even other places. We believe that changes in Russia may occur in the near future..."

Putting down the Russian intelligence briefing transferred from the investigation department, Li Han smiled and said to Li Dong in front of him, "Thank you for your hard work, go and tell the Russian branch of the investigation bureau, pay attention to safety recently, don't do frequent activities, and wait for changes to happen!"

This should be the best news that Li Han has heard recently, because of the butterfly effect brought by his rebirth. Although the Austro-Hungarian Empire suffered heavy losses in the Russian summer offensive, it was not as in history, with more than 1.5 million casualties, only about half of Li Han's memory. Russia seemed to have seriously injured the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but the Austro-Hungarian Empire retained some of its strength. With the national strength of this world-class power, it can resume confrontation with the Russians on the front line in at most half a year, and no longer need to rely on the help of Germany. A year later, when it fully recovered, the situation may be a different look.

What does it have to do with how many deaths of Europeans have to do with him? The Russians were twice as heavy as those in history because of his butterfly effect. The Southwest Front almost became a historical term. The Russian army collapsed completely on the front line, so that the German army almost carried out a marching pursuit. Even the German army did not realize that the Russian army would collapse. They did not organize any hindering the enemy's battle at all.

"Sir, do we need to contact the Russian Revolutionaries now?"

Li Dong has received four orders from him since the beginning of this year, providing a total of 1.1 million rubles of aid and more than 1,000 ripple to the three revolutionary parties in Russia. Since the beginning of this year, Russia has been in endless uprising activities. Behind it, China is the second aid country, besides the big funder of Germany.

Li Han pondered for a moment, shook his head and rejected his proposal.

"No need for the time being, the strength of the revolutionaries is still very weak. The Russian aristocrats and bourgeoisie have not been completely disappointed with the Tsar!" Looking at the world map hanging not far away, the huge Russian territory. Li Han sneered, "Winter... wait for winter to come. Last year, Russia frozen more than 70,000 people in winter. This year, we controlled the Siberian Railway, causing Russia to lose goods from the Far East, China and Japan. The chaos in Central Asia has also caused Russia to lose this fertile land. How many people will be frozen to death this winter? How many people will be frozen to death? How many people will be frozen to death?"

Li Donglai was stunned and his heart was slightly chilled. He knew that the president's decision would have at least hundreds of thousands of Russians who might die in this winter due to lack of food and clothing, and this number could only be more or less.

Anyway, the Russians died, and they suppressed their coldness. His voice remained unchanged, saying: "The Allies are in frequent exchanges recently, and senior officials of the four countries visited intensively in January. The Bureau of Investigation finally obtained some information. It turned out that everything was supported by Germany behind the scenes, so the Ottoman Empire chose to expand into the Central Asian region. It is said that the Germans paid 30 million marks of arms for this, including 70,000 rifles and 120 artillery!"

"No wonder!"

Li Han smiled. He had been suspicious that although the Turkish people were somewhat capable, he did not make trouble in the Middle East and North African colonies controlled and occupied by the British. Instead, he reached out to interfere in the Turkestan region of Central Asia, which was completely unreasonable. However, if the Germans supported them behind their backs, everything would make sense.

The annual grain output of Thunderstan is about 8 million tons of grain, and the annual potato output is about 4 million tons, which is almost equivalent to one-ninth of the entire Russia's grain output. In addition, there are 1.1 million tons of cotton and wool, which is much more attractive to Germany today than people imagine. More importantly, German engineers once said that the oil production in the "Caspiano region" is still above the United States and Mexico, accounting for at least one-third of the world.

Due to the lack of oil, although Germany has built nearly a thousand tanks, it has not been used on the front line on a large scale. It is because the huge aircraft and domestic production machines have separated too much oil, so that their army killers can only passively cope with the challenges of Britain and France and cannot actively launch an attack.

Even China is much better than Germany in this regard. After all, although China has not yet taken off the label of a poor country, it can import a large amount of low-priced oil from the United States.

"The Russians may choose to accept British mediation. British Foreign Secretary Arthur Belford is said to have arrived in India. When he arrives in Asia, it is probably time for us to negotiate."

"There are Japanese people in front!" Li Donglai frowned and was seen by the careful Li Han.

"What, is there any news in Japan recently?"

"No, it's not confirmed yet. The Bureau of Investigation found that the Japanese seemed to be in contact with Russia, but Russia is now banishing China. Our people can only rely on the local forces on the periphery to collect Russian intelligence. Two of them have been removed by Japanese who are proficient in anti-stalking. Therefore, it is not certain now whether the Japanese are preparing to contact the Russian government or the Russian Revolutionaries!"

This is indeed important news. Li Han thought for a while before shook his head: "I told you not to follow me recently. The peripheral forces in Russia are not easy to operate. Now if there is any damage, it is troublesome to recover in a short period of time. We don't need to worry about the Japanese. It snatched food and swallowed the East Indies that the British were interested in. Is such a large piece of treasure land so easy to swallow? When the British come, their troubles will come!"

When he walked to the window, opened the window and let it go in early October, a little hot wind in Xi'an was still blowing into the house. He murmured, "The general attack has begun, a week... no, maybe half a month later, the world will be different!"

Li Donglai raised his head and looked at the window when he heard the sound. Suddenly his body trembled. It turned out that before he knew it, the back of the man, whom he respected as "Mr.", had already become densely white.

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