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Allied spy. Dark Korean Independence Army. A figure who dealt the greatest blow to the Japanese Empire among independence fighters and contributed to the Allies' victory.
Master Mo Jeon-gu, who left many famous sayings and is highly respected by 21st century Koreans.
He certainly participated in the Siberian Intervention initially, but since that history disappeared, did he come directly as a military attaché?
Looking at how other powers are sending notable figures without much basis, they must be taking this civil war quite seriously. - But Mutaguchi isn't really qualified for that at this time.
Honestly, if it weren't for the Imphal operation, he wouldn't have been that famous.
Except for Mutaguchi Renya, the Japanese officials all look like naive diplomats, but I shouldn't take that at face value.
Japan is definitely dangerous.
If the White Army is a big egg, those bastards might try to target Siberia.
That's the kind of people they are. If Russia looks even slightly appetizing, the military might go berserk.
So I need to question what needs to be questioned.
"You're not a military attaché, are you?"
The Japanese diplomats with him also seem to have trouble saying anything.
You guys shouldn't be like that.
"Uh, well..."
I haven't heard anything about Japanese military support arriving.
They can't send troops, but they need to see what the White Army looks like, so did they follow the Americans military?
Come to think of it, when he was a lieutenant colonel later, he infiltrated the Kamchatka Peninsula alone for reconnaissance.
Could it be from here?
He didn't come all the way here to infiltrate and get caught by me, did he?
No way. That's Mo Jeon-gu.
Japanese people aren't the type to voyeur like that, he'd proudly examine the White Army's situation in detail. Isn't that it?
Either way, this person doesn't seem like he'll be an enemy.
I patted Renya on the shoulder.
"Mutaguchi Renya. Your eyes show you'll do great things later. Work hard."
"Thank you!"
Mutaguchi Renya bowed politely.
Our Mutaguchi Renya needs to work hard.
I don't know if the same things will happen in this world view, but looking at his achievements, he seems like someone who will make big waves even in changed history.
Well then, I need to go.
"Chief of Staff. How many White Army troops have gathered?"
"Over 1.8 million troops are ready to march on Moscow at any time."
Considering the actual historical situation of the White Army, this is enormous even without conscription like the Soviet Union.
I wonder how the Soviet Union is doing.
"Let's go then."
It's been a few years since I've been in this body.
I need to end this damn civil war quickly.
And
To maintain internal control, I need to regulate the market while guiding it to avoid the damage from the Great Depression.
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Soviet Union Moscow.
Every step the White Army's boots took into Soviet territory to purge the red plague, these satanic mobs were busy screaming.
The completion of the revolution wasn't far off. But because of the existence of one damn princess, the nearly complete revolution crumbled.
There were already rumors saying recent reforms were similar to the princess's. What's the point of your Soviet Union existing? You're just conscripting soldiers, aren't you?
At this time, the White Army didn't miss the opportunity and exploited that gap.
In an instant, these reactionaries were swarming from the south and east.
Even Yudenich, who was so beaten by the Red Army, was targeting Petrograd (St. Petersburg) from Finland with the Finns.
"Reactionaries are coming from all directions."
"Comrade Lenin. We may be able to defend against Yudenich's army, but we cannot stop the advance of Anton Denikin's army from southern Russia, the Black Baron's army, towards Moscow."
"Damn it."
Lenin gritted his teeth.
He chewed his lower lip and pulled at what little hair he had left.
Trotsky was no different.
The usually radical Trotsky gritted his teeth and scanned the confused party members while grinding his teeth.
He still doesn't seem to think it's his fault.
On the other hand, Stalin was calm.
He just had a gentle expression on his face as if he had given up on everything.
Everything went wrong starting with the execution of the Tsar's family.
They lost every major battle they had to win.
The Battle of Yekaterinburg, the Battle of Tsaritsyn, the Battle of Kiev in Ukraine. The Red Army suffered consecutive defeats against the White forces, and could only bully the Baltic states in the Western offensive.
Then he sighed deeply.
'Damn it. Are you saying we don't even have time?'
Stalin chewed his lower lip.
This is all Trotsky's fault.
No. The princess's movements are much faster than expected.
She was moving so quickly, as if not even giving Stalin himself time to seize power.
Stalin's original plan was this,
Expel Trotsky, who had been through hell many times.
Then, even if it meant handing over more interests to the great powers in Lenin's name, get support or mediation for a ceasefire.
Then make Lenin a traitor who sold his soul to the imperialists, bring him down with a new revolution, and establish his own Soviet.
That was the original plan.
Although it would mean losing much of Russia, the human butcher from Georgia wanted to have that position even if obtained that way.
Anyway, when those colonial empires later collapsed, they could gather strength and take everything back. So he recruited as many prominent Red Army members as possible, and Stalin spared no carrots to win over officers from the Tsarist era as well.
But.
The princess moved too quickly.
In this case, there's only one option.
Defend Moscow to the end while breaking the White Army's momentum and negotiate a ceasefire.
Without the support of the great powers, the Soviet Union's foundation was still better.
They could grow based on that.
'Looking at this mess, it's uncertain if it's even possible.'
It's a gamble anyway.
Stalin wasn't entirely optimistic that the revolution would come this far in the first place.
With these people struggling to even discuss countermeasures, I'm not sure if even that gamble is possible.
Right. We need to defend anyway.
What does the Soviet Union have left now?
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Although southern Russia has fallen to the princess, the Soviet Union still holds the center of Russia, the center of European Russia.
That means we can mobilize more people.
We can't just sit still like this.
If the princess is coming this quickly,
We need to mobilize as many people as possible on our side.
There's no time to argue.
"Comrade Lenin. This is not the time."
"What do you mean?"
"The princess, mad for revenge, is advancing to Moscow with the reactionaries. Shouldn't we stop the princess's anger?"
"But Comrade Stalin. We lack weapons."
That's right. We lack weapons.
We're trying to produce weapons in factories somehow, but it's difficult.
Even in actual history, Russia sometimes produced weapons through other countries due to poor conditions even during wartime.
The current Red Army, Soviet Union, is in worse shape than actual history, with no help from anywhere and a severe lack of weapons.
We've made some tanks, but it's uncertain how many we can operate.
We've absorbed some aircraft from the Imperial Air Force, but it's embarrassingly inadequate to call an air force.
The lack of commanders is also serious.
We've recruited many officers from the Tsarist era, but that's it.
Generals with much war experience are still neutral or have fled to the White Army, unable to endure the Bolsheviks' oppression.
Right.
The situation isn't good, but we have one advantage - numbers.
As the White Army's occupied territories increase, their forces are also growing, but Bolsheviks are still everywhere.
This means the White Army has to divide their forces for maintaining order.
On the other hand, what if we concentrate our forces on Moscow alone?
It would be perfect if Bolsheviks sabotage from behind.
"Instead, we have an abundance of people. Comrade Lenin. If the workers throw away their lives like straw and hold out until the enemy's bullets and shells run out, we have a chance."
"Certainly."
Bang!
Lenin slammed his fist on the round table and jumped to his feet.
His face was very red.
For the initial revolution. Much more than when he went forward to give speeches to gather the Bolsheviks.
Filled with anger, he glared at Stalin with bloodshot eyes.
"You're suggesting we throw the people as bait?"
"We've already suppressed strikes with the Red Army and thrown thousands into the river. With those corpses still bloated on the riverbanks, what's the problem?"
The Soviets bloodily suppressed the strikes by leftist workers.
As if reenacting Bloody Sunday. They were thoroughly killed under gunfire, by the Soviet for workers. Dumped in the river.
Even in actual history, not this living history of Anastasia, records of such massacres remained.
"The strikes had to be suppressed!"
"Comrade Lenin. We must be honest. To achieve revolution from the start, we must sacrifice the small to gain the big."
Stalin whispered to Lenin.
For the Soviet to establish itself, some bloodshed was inevitable.
In that process, the blood of those opposing the Soviet was clearly necessary.
It's the same now.
To defeat the White Army, we must sacrifice the small.
We just need to push the people in until their bullets run out.
That's all we can rely on.
Above all, this will be quite an effective strategy against the princess.
The opponent is the last Romanov princess who might revive the empire.
Though there are collateral lines, at least now there's no legitimacy except Anastasia.
Such an Anastasia kills her own subjects.
This is something the Soviet Union can use politically.
Stalin pointed that out.
"If the princess herself is at the forefront, wouldn't it be no different than killing her own subjects?"
The princess will surely come out to boost the White Army's morale.
That's how Stalin sees Princess Anastasia.
She didn't appear on the Ukrainian front, but she'll certainly appear in the Battle of Moscow.
"So you're saying we'll fight the princess to the death."
"Stalin. There's a limit even with numbers. We'll end up retreating anyway."
Trotsky stabbed into the good atmosphere.
Right. He wasn't wrong.
We'll end up retreating. Even though we have more numbers, it's not overwhelmingly so.
But Stalin still had a method.
It's clear as day that the princess will move directly for this Battle of Moscow.
"You think I don't know that? Comrade Lenin, here. The princess coming isn't just about raising their morale, it's important for us too."
"Stalin. What do you mean?"
"When their forces push into Moscow, what if our Red Army cavalry moves behind and just captures the princess?"
Right. It's a kind of gamble.
She's probably escaped assassination threats well so far, but if we succeed in capturing the princess, we can break the White Army's core.
This was essentially Stalin's last plan for the Soviet's reversal.
"Right. There's a possibility."
"We could turn the tide."
For that, the performance of the Red Army cavalry we've organized this time is crucial.
Especially hoping this cavalry, composed only of those with grudges against the Romanovs, will do their job properly.
"Budyonny, the performance of your Red cavalry is important."
"This time, I'll definitely capture the princess, betting my life on it."
Budyonny hadn't forgotten the humiliation in Ukraine.
That humiliation suffered at the hands of Ungern's Asian cavalry division.
So he organized the strongest cavalry in the Red Army, determined to win.
If not other armies, his cavalry, who lived embracing the Cossacks, would never lose.
"Then Comrade Mikhail Frunze will take command of Moscow's defense forces."
"Yes, comrade."
Mikhail Frunze was given command of Moscow's defense for his merit in rallying Alexander Yegorov's defeated troops and repelling the pursuing White Army.
Thus, the curtain was rising on the Battle of Moscow.
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(T/N: Yess pleasee,, I want to see the immortal princess in action again, and an assasination attempt would be exciting too!)
