Ekaterina did not keep Brauchitsch waiting too long. Early the next morning, the old Brauchitsch was summoned to the Kremlin again!

"Brauchitsch! I have decided to surrender, but not to the coalition forces, but to the Ming Dynasty." It can be seen that Ekaterina did not sleep all night.

His blue eyes were full of exhaustion. When he spoke, his voice was hoarse.

"Surrender to the Ming Dynasty?" Brauchitsch thought he heard wrongly.

Now the Prussian and French armies are rushing to Moscow day and night. In total, they only have ten days at most.

Now we have to go all the way to surrender to the Ming Empire...!

Brauchitsch wanted to ask Her Majesty if your brain had been kicked by a donkey.

Not to mention anything else, the journey from Russia to Daming alone takes more than ten days.

"Yes! Brauchitsch, we must surrender to the Ming Dynasty. Since the Russian Empire is going to be divided, then the fattest piece of meat must naturally be given to the lions.

When a lion eats the most delicious piece of meat, it will naturally have the obligation to protect it from now on. But if a jackal eats it, they will only eat the marrow and continue to chew on it.

Until the last bone is eaten, he will spit and call you a fool, and then leave with his tail between his legs.

Although the Russian Empire is facing the fate of being split up, we still have to ensure the best part. Moscow cannot be destroyed, Brauchitsch.

You need to take the airship in person and rush to St. Petersburg. I heard that the brother of the Ming Marshal is in St. Petersburg. We will surrender to the Ming there."

"But...! But the people of Ming Dynasty didn't have time to convey this news back to the country. For such a big matter, it is impossible for the brother of the generalissimo not to ask the Ming Dynasty court for instructions."

"Don't worry about this. The Ming people naturally have ways to contact the Ming court. You just need to go to St. Petersburg and surrender to the Ming Empire on my behalf."

"Okay! I'll take care of this matter, but the coalition forces are about to arrive in Moscow. This...!"

"Don't worry about this. I will personally lead all the troops in Moscow. We will go out of the city to meet the coalition forces. We will work hard to keep the coalition forces out of Moscow.

The generals and I calculated last night, at most! At most! We can only resist for fifteen to twenty days. This is because the coalition forces traveled long distances and lacked logistical supplies.

So, you have to hurry up."

"Your Majesty!" Brauchitsch was stunned for a moment. He did not expect that Empress Catherine would actually make the decision to fight in person.

Brauchitsch knew that Empress Catherine wanted to preserve Moscow's industrial areas.

This industrial zone soaked in Dorgon's hard work is the hope for Russia to take off in the future.

Brauchitsch took the hope of Russia and left in an airship.

Catherine gathered all the troops that Moscow could muster, and she did not even spare the prisoners in the prison.

Her Majesty, the noble Queen, promised them that as long as they could make military exploits, she would pardon all their crimes in the name of the noble Queen.

Including murder, rebellion and other unforgivable crimes.

There is only one prerequisite, and that is to achieve military exploits.

There are six thousand armed prisoners, which is a powerful force. If the coalition forces bump into them, they will definitely hit their heads and bleed.

At least! That’s what Yekaterina thought after seeing these people.

Six thousand people!

Everyone exudes the smell of sourness and decay, which is the smell of death. Such people are the most dangerous on the battlefield. Either the enemy will die or you will die. There is absolutely no third option!

Brauchitsch took an airship and headed north to Krasno, then turned west.

This is to avoid hitting coalition troops on the road.

The target of the airship is so large that it is definitely an ideal target for anti-aircraft guns.

As long as he was covered by anti-aircraft guns, Brauchitsch would definitely die in the airship crash.

Even with such a large circle, even the airship would have wasted a whole day.

Early the next morning, the airship flew over Lake Ladoga.

Today, ferries are sailing quickly on Lake Ladoga.

Looking down from the airship, every ferry was filled with people. It was so dark that the decks could barely be seen.

It seems that Prince Peter did a pretty good job. He knew how to keep people away!

Only when there are people can there be a country!

Even if the war is lost, we must keep as many people alive as possible.

When he arrived at the pier of Lake Ladoga, Brauchitsch was shocked by the scene in front of him.

On the ground, people are as dense as ants moving. Pedestrians on the road wind from St. Petersburg to the ferry.

Every time a ferry arrived, people would rush aboard crazily. Some people were pushed into the water, and Brauchitsch could even hear the cries of the women and children from high in the air.

War is a national disaster!

Of course, it is also the carnival of other powerful ethnic groups.

Soon, the airship flew over St. Petersburg. The rising sun coated the huge airbag of the airship with a layer of gold. The huge royal logo was painted on the airbag, which looked like a divine palace against the golden rising sun. The soldiers and civilians of St. Petersburg immediately

Cheered.

The empire did not forget them, and a member of the royal family came to St. Petersburg at a critical moment.

Prince Peter looked at the airship and wondered who had arrived in St. Petersburg.

It is estimated that it is unlikely that Empress Catherine will come in person. Who could it be?

The airship stopped and the pod's ramp opened. Brauchitsch, with a white beard, walked down the ramp.

"Dear Prince Peter, are you okay?" Brauchitsch opened his arms to meet Prince Peter.

"Brauchitsch, it's you!"

Prince Peter never expected that it would be Brauchitsch who came.

"Let's talk on the way!" Brauchitsch looked around and pointed at the carriage.

It is not appropriate to say something like surrender in such a public place. Once people hear it, the morale of the military will collapse. Maybe it will cause other things that are beyond their control.

It needs to be kept secret until things are successful!

In the underground headquarters of the East Palace, Brauchitsch asked Duke Peter to kick everyone out, leaving only the two of them in the room.

"Brauchitsch, what are you doing?"

"Your Majesty, Duke, I am here to surrender to the Ming Empire on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen." Brauchitsch went straight to the point and made his intention known.

"Surrender?" Prince Peter was surprised. He did not expect that Brauchitsch was here to do this.

"Yes! Surrender.

The reason why the coalition forces did not attack St. Petersburg is because their main force has bypassed you and gone straight to Moscow.

You and I both know how much military strength Moscow has now.

no way!

Her Majesty the Queen can only make this decision."

"Is there no other way?" Prince Peter sat down on the chair slumpedly, as if all his energy had been drained from his body.

"No more! This is also done to preserve the vitality of Russia and the Russians will continue to survive. We need to lie dormant and wait for the opportunity to come again one day."

"Damn it, we will be divided like India." Prince Peter banged the table and roared like a lion.

"Your Majesty Duke, everyone knows the consequences.

But our ancestors were able to drive away the Mongols and conquer a large territory with the Grand Duchy of Moscow. In the future, we will definitely do the same, as long as we have the strength.

Besides, how can the cohesion of the Russians be as weak as that of the Indians? Once given the opportunity, we will still be as cohesive as we are today."

"I'm always a little unwilling."

"There's nothing you can do if you don't want to. Her Majesty the Queen has already decided. Do you have a channel to communicate with Ming Dynasty?"

"No! The Ming people came very suddenly, as if they fell from the sky. Before I woke up in the morning, the port was already lost.

Then we were blocked in the city, as you saw just now. The shelling caused us great losses, tens of thousands of people died.

More people will die in the future!" As soon as he finished saying this, Prince Peter shook his head.

Brauchitsch had just said that they were going to surrender.

"Then there is no other way. I can only think of a solution myself." Brauchitsch frowned and glanced at the defense map of St. Petersburg hanging on the wall.

The naval observation post also saw the airship landing in St. Petersburg.

Unfortunately, the battleship Kunlun Mountain and Tianshan, which were damaged by mines, have already sailed out of the port area. The existing naval guns are simply not enough to attack the city of St. Petersburg.

Li Xiu was in a bad mood recently. His beloved battleship Kunlun Mountain was blown into two big holes. The injured warship could only be accompanied by several arsenal ships and escorted by eight destroyers before returning to the naval base in Crete.

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There is a dry dock there, where the Kunlun Mountain will be repaired.

The landing operation was over, and the arsenal ship was useless. They happened to follow the Kunlun Mountain back to the base.

The battleship actually has to be escorted by a destroyer, which I have to say is an insult to the Kunlun Mountain.
To be continued...