"The Russians are destined to lose. The strength gap between the two sides is too large."
“Russia loses, what should Europe do?”
On the battlefield filled with beacon smoke, there is a group of people who seem to be aloof from the incident, but they are all worried.
These people will not participate in the war, but they are most concerned about the situation.
The first person to speak was Carl Gustaf, who came from Sweden and had an extraordinary status.
Another man named Jan Sobieski was even more concerned about the battlefield.
Because he was a Pole and the heir to the Grand Duke of Poland.
Because of Russia, Poland had a very close relationship with the empire and launched military operations against Russia from two directions.
But now that the war has begun, Poland has already sensed a crisis.
It's not unusual to say that.
Although Poland hates Russia deeply, everyone can see clearly that the dispute between Poland and Russia is evenly divided and no one can have the upper hand.
But the empire that is fighting now is too strong.
Once Russia is gone...
All of Europe would face the Empire's armies.
By that time, wouldn't it be another situation where the Mongols were sweeping and wreaking havoc?
Because Genghis Khan died that year, the Mongols withdrew their troops, allowing Europe to turn death into survival. Do we still expect any changes to happen in the current empire?
Therefore, seeing the empire defeating Russia, European countries became afraid.
This is international politics, which is realistic and changeable, and everything is based on the interests of the country.
There will be no long-term friendship, nor long-term hostility, only eternal interests.
The empire must be stopped from further action!
European countries quickly reached a consensus.
These senior officials who inspected the National Defense Forces all sent letters to China as quickly as possible to explain their concerns.
As expected, various European countries had different thoughts.
Behind the empire's back, various countries accelerated their contacts and quickly reached a consensus.
Suddenly, without warning, various countries informed Liao Zhongjian that they planned to send joint missions to visit the empire.
Liao Zhongjian was caught off guard. He knew something had changed, so he quickly asked around.
Money can make the world go round, and he soon found out the little thoughts of European countries.
In this regard, Liao Zhongjian was also a little helpless.
This is an international trend, and even if he knew it, it would be difficult to break it up.
Speaking of which, it was the empire's aggressiveness that forced European countries to respond accordingly.
In desperation, he could only quickly report the situation in Europe to the country, and then watch the European joint mission set off.
European countries sent not one, but two missions.
There was also a mission to Moscow.
Obviously, European countries also understand that in order to prevent the empire from annihilating Russia, in addition to dissuading the empire, they must also persuade Russia to assess the situation.
And just as European countries were taking action, the war between the Empire and Russia was coming to a conclusion.
As expected, the Seventh Division captured Luhansk and defeated the Russian reinforcements under the city of Luhansk.
As soon as Luhansk was lost, Volgograd was immediately in turmoil.
Then, a bigger crisis came.
Chang Kaiyuan was so bold that he actually launched a thousand-mile attack and captured Voronezh.
This is a transfer station for transporting supplies from Russia to the front line. Once this place is lost, the Russian army on the front line is completely in a desperate situation with no ammunition and food.
Marshal Popovnia could no longer maintain the situation. While ordering the Russian troops in Volgograd to retreat, he organized the last forces on hand to counterattack Voronezh, hoping to re-open the communication line.
Chang Kaiyuan knew that as a cavalry division, defending cities was not his strong point, so he simply abandoned Voronezh and began to repeatedly attack the Russian army on the vast plains of Eastern Europe.
Just near Lipetsk, the 4th Cavalry Division and the Cossack Cavalry engaged in the largest cavalry battle in human history.
One hundred and fifty thousand Cossack cavalry were like a tide, rushing towards the Fourth Cavalry Division from all directions.
However, the Dragoon Regiment of the 4th Cavalry Division showed the bravery of an all-firearms unit on the Great Plains. It persisted for five days and wiped out nearly 30,000 Cossack cavalry.
Immediately, Chang Kaiyuan personally commanded two light cavalry regiments to break through the Russian army's eleven lines of defense and rushed into the Russian army's headquarters.
Although the Russian general Berizenko escaped, his headquarters was destroyed, causing the Russian army to completely lose its brain.
Until this time, the heavy cavalry regiment that had been hiding in the dense forest showed its fangs.
Like a wall like a forest, like a mountain like a tide, under the cover of the light cavalry regiment, the Cossack cavalry was directly pushed horizontally with overwhelming power.
The Russian army was defeated, and the remaining defeated soldiers who fled to Tula were less than 30,000.
But the problem is that less than a hundred kilometers behind Tula is Moscow.
Russia was shaking up and down, and everyone finally realized that something was wrong.
Alexei I issued an emergency mobilization order to mobilize troops to defend Moscow. However, his move brought even greater disaster.
Because of the previous war, the Tsarist Russian government tried its best to recruit soldiers and plundered all the young Russian people.
This resulted in a serious shortage of Russian civilian labor force, and agriculture, handicrafts and industry all came to a standstill.
In addition, in order to cope with the war, the Russian government's excessive taxation also brought the people to the point of bankruptcy.
Unsurprisingly, unrest broke out in many places, including St. Petersburg and Moscow. Supplies were robbed, officials were killed, angry people captured the city, many nobles were attacked, and blood flowed for a while.
The civil strife had a huge impact on Russia's preparations for war, and the front line no longer had any support.
Alexei I and others were exhausted, but there was nothing they could do.
It was under these circumstances that the European Joint Mission came to Moscow.
After listening to the recommendations of the European Joint Mission, the Russian monarchs and ministers also realized that the war really could not continue.
Although a large area of land was lost, it was still better than the country perishing and them all becoming ghosts under the sword.
In the end, it was the situation on the battlefield that made the Russian monarchs and ministers make their choice.
The retreating Russian army did not escape. The Russian army, which was short of food and weapons, was overtaken by the Wehrmacht as soon as it reached Saratov.
At the same time, the Wehrmacht troops rushing out from the Ural Mountains swept across Ulyanovsk, Togliatti and other places, completely cutting off the Russian army's retreat.
Three hundred and fifty thousand Russian troops were surrounded, and their destruction was imminent.
This is Russia's last elite force. Once eliminated, Russia will no longer be able to organize any armed resistance to the Wehrmacht.
By then, Russia's demise will really become a reality.
Alexei I was frightened and quickly ordered Gudnov to once again be the representative and ask for surrender to the Wehrmacht on behalf of Russia.
At the same time, the news that European countries were preparing to jointly intervene in the war was urgently conveyed back to China by Liao Zhongjian.
Unlike everyone's anger, Zuo Mengeng was very calm.
"Accept the mediation of European countries and force Russia to accept our conditions. The war can be over."
