The Rise of the Third Reich

On June 3, 1943, on the same day that Admiral Halsey, commander of the U.S. 3rd Fleet, personally led three huge task force fleets out of the Caribbean Sea and entered the Atlantic Ocean, Russian Empress Olga was welcomed by French President Pétain. Invited to stay at the Elysee Palace, the extremely luxurious presidential palace.

Empress Olga arrived in France after completing her official visit to Germany. Of course, she was still in the official capacity of the Empress of Russia. Following Germany, the French Republic now also recognized Olga's status, and also showed Quite enthusiastic.

The elderly President Pétain and Prime Minister Darlan went to Paris Saint-Lazare train station to welcome the Queen, and then they drove to the Elysée Palace with the welcome of the people of Paris.

In the talks after the welcome banquet held in the Elysee Palace, Pétain and Darlan clearly expressed their support for the restoration of the Romanov dynasty in Russia!

Unlike the German high-level disputes over the restoration of the Russian Empire, the French have been very enthusiastic in supporting the restoration of Empress Olga since they followed Germany in the war against the Soviet Union.

This stance is not only because of "traditional friendship", but also because of the mentality of "alliance with Russia and rejection of reunification".

Because in today's European Community, the German Empire has an overwhelming advantage!

If Poles, Ukrainians, Lithuanians, Slovaks, and Slovenes, the people of the German Commonwealth, are all counted as Germans, the current population of the German Empire far exceeds that of Britain and France combined. Germany's gross industrial production currently exceeds the sum of all other countries in the European Community. If Ukraine, the "Second Rhine Area", is digested in the future, its industrial strength (referring to production capacity) will be comparable to that of the United States on the other side of the Atlantic!

In addition, Germany currently still firmly controls the oil sea in the Middle East and will definitely be able to control European oil tanks in the future.

Therefore, in the foreseeable future, Germany will crush other countries in the European Community in terms of population, industry and energy. The prospect of Germany completely dominating the European Community, or even integrating the European Community into one country, is promising.

However, "old France" like Pétain and Darlan will never forget the glory and splendor of France in the past, and naturally they will not be willing to realize the integration of France and Germany.

To resist the prospect of European unification, France's own strength is obviously not enough. Britain is as unreliable as ever. Italy is even less worth mentioning in the eyes of the French. After thinking about it, only Russia, a big, stupid guy, can rely on. .

Not to mention using force to resist reunification, the Russian Empire can also be of great use in fighting peaceful reunification. Because as long as the Soviet Union becomes Russia, and the Tsar of the Russian Empire is named Hohenzollern, Germany's dream of European integration will have to involve Russia.

That’s more than 100 million Russians! When the time comes, the French will have no problem with it, but will the Germans be willing to peacefully unify with them?

Therefore, in order to allow more than 100 million rough and barbaric Russians to join the European family, the French are very willing to spend some money.

"Her Majesty the Queen, based on the traditional friendship between our two countries, the French government is now willing to make every effort to help Russia get back on the right track."

At the beginning of the talks, French Prime Minister Darlan directly made his position clear to the Russian Empress and the Chief Minister Duke Wrangel who accompanied her on her visit to France - to do everything possible to support her!

"Thank you very much for the friendship of the French people," the Queen replied directly in fluent French without relying on an interpreter. "With your commitment, I believe that my trip to France will be fruitful... In fact, now is the question of whether the Russian Empire can At the critical moment when we get back on track, we need France’s support. Such support will make France and Russia the best friends in the future.”

Marshal Pétain nodded and asked: "I also look forward to France and Russia becoming best friends, and now we are willing to help. So... Your Majesty, what do you want now?"

France has now emerged from the disaster of 1940. Benefitting from the business opportunities brought about by European integration and the world war, France's industrial production and fiscal revenue have returned to the levels of 1939. Therefore, there are now enough financial and material resources (except oil) to assist the restoration of Belarus.

"That's great." Duke Wrangel, the Queen's chief minister, took over the question at this time. He also said in French: "Mr. President, Mr. Prime Minister, you're welcome... Now we really need Something to take back Petrograd."

"Just tell me what you need." Prime Minister Darlan interjected. He guessed that what the Russians need most now must be troops.

The 1st Mechanized Corps of the French Army is now fully prepared and has also moved to Poland (originally planned to be used in the battle to recapture Warsaw) and can go to the Leningrad battlefield at any time.

In addition, a new heavy artillery group was also organized. The group has more than 300 brand-new 194mm cannons, half of which are self-propelled artillery, which can be used in street fighting in Leningrad.

As long as the Russians open their mouths, these two forces will immediately join the battle to regain Petrograd!

"What we need most now is food," Wrangel said, "including flour, cheese, sugar, meat, etc. Then there are various light industrial products, including cloth, clocks, bicycles, sewing machines, radios, etc."

"What?"

Marshal Pétain and Admiral Darlan were a little baffled by Wrangel's words. Is this going to be a war or a business deal? It's easy to talk about food, after all, the soldiers on the front line also need to eat, but what about fabrics, clocks, bicycles, sewing machines, and radios?

“This is a prize for the Petrograd people who defected to His Majesty!” Wrangel explained, “As we all know, in countries under the rule of the Soviet Union, the means of living are extremely scarce!

Items that are not valuable to the people of France and Germany are very precious and rare to the people of the second capital of the Soviet Union. The effect of using these prizes is likely to be better than cannonballs. "

The idea of ​​bombarding Leningrad with all kinds of sugar-coated bullets was proposed by the traitors who surrendered to the empress. In addition to the "three turns and one ring" and food and fabrics, Empress Olga also had millions of copies of Petrograd household registers and land certificates urgently printed in printing plants in Germany!

All Leningrad citizens and garrison troops who defect to Her Majesty the Queen can obtain a Petrograd household registration book granted by Her Majesty the Queen, and at the same time, the houses and jobs they own in Petrograd can be retained.

The surrenders (mainly foreign Red Army soldiers) who did not have housing or jobs in Petrograd were also able to get a small piece of land on the outskirts of Petrograd (used to build a house) and a non-agricultural job in Petrograd. Opportunities... In other words, no matter where you are originally from or what you are doing, as long as you join the Queen, you will have a Petrograd residence permit, a homestead, and a good job right away!

"Mr. Duke, do you really think that with these things, you can make the Soviet troops in Leningrad surrender?" French Prime Minister Darlan asked in a skeptical tone.

Queen Olga smiled and said: "Of course it is useless to rely on these things alone, but there are still one million troops outside Leningrad, and they will make the people in the city taste despair. By then, the Russian Empire will It’s their only hope.”

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"Comrades, the German plane has left."

Captain Kaminsky, who was sitting in an underground sidewalk next to Nevsky Prospekt, smoking and hiding from the bombings, heard the shouts of the Trotskyite Vaznetsov in his ears.

This is a Muscovite in his thirties. Before the Great Purge, he was a minor cadre in the city government. I don’t know who I offended, but I was accused of being a Trotskyite. I was convicted of some kind of terrorist group. I was first sentenced to death, and then sentenced to 25 years of reform through labor. I stayed in Siberia for 7 years and worked with Kaminsky. In a labor camp. At the end of 1942, Kaminsky was mobilized to join the Red Army, but his reputation was not restored, so he was just a soldier. There were really hidden dragons and crouching tigers in the infantry battalion where Kaminsky was located. If he picked any soldier out, he would be a soldier before the purges. Cadres, two of them were even political cadres in the Red Army! When it comes to revolutionary principles, not even Political Deputy Battalion Commander Ivanov can compare with him.

"What? He really flew away? How come you didn't hear the bomb explode?" Kaminsky walked to the exit of the pedestrian tunnel with a cigarette in his mouth, stuck his head out and looked around, as if he was not sure.

"It's not the bombs that were thrown, the reactionary leaflets... I heard that the Germans were planning to give Leningrad to Olga Romanova as the capital, so they were reluctant to throw bombs and threw paper bombs instead." Vazny While Zov was talking, he casually handed Kaminsky a leaflet with the double-headed eagle mark of Tsarist Russia on it.

Kaminsky just pretended not to see it, took the flyer, lowered his head to read it, and said with a smile: "Give me a residence permit in Petrograd, give me land, arrange jobs, and reward clocks, bicycles, sewing machines, radios... this Who came up with the idea?”

As soon as he spoke, half the company of soldiers who had been huddled in the underground passage (they had followed Kaminsky on patrol) all rushed out. Everyone picked up a leaflet and studied the new trends in class struggle.

"It must be a traitor," Vaznetsov took the question. "Traitors are the most hateful! But what's the use? Who would be fooled?"

As he spoke, he threw away the reactionary leaflets, and then Kaminsky and the dozens of Red Army soldiers below also threw away the leaflets... Oh, it can't be said that they were thrown away, but they were never picked up. I had never even heard of the existence of reactionary leaflets, and of course no one would report them to Deputy Political Battalion Commander Ivanov.

Because of this reactionary thing, it’s better not to know!