"Hello, I'm Harold from the Entente Mission in Poland. Lieutenant Colonel Alexander. ”

In the meeting room of the Tombea Palace, Lieutenant Colonel Alexander, who looked rather gentlemanly, greeted Hersmann in German in a very gentle tone. He also took the initiative to shake hands with Hersman and seemed very friendly.

Hersmann, on the other hand, said in fluent English: "I am Ludwig. Feng. Lieutenant Colonel Hersmann, representative of the People's Commissariat of Germany. ”

"People's commissars?" Lieutenant Colonel Alexander raised an eyebrow, "I guess this is a temporary representative of the German government, right?" ”

"On behalf of the German government?" Hersman shook his head and looked at Lieutenant Colonel Alexander, "There is no such government, there will be no more after November 9th!" ”

"Yes, I know you are preparing to hold elections to the National Assembly on January 19." Lieutenant Colonel Alexander said, "When the time comes, there will be a government that is truly representative of Germany." ”

"It reminds me of the Russian Constituent Assembly elections!" Hersmann's tone was gloomy.

Lieutenant Colonel Alexander frowned, the German officer was quite pessimistic about the situation in Germany.

Alexander then asked: "You are soldiers of the state, should you not obey the legitimate government?" ”

"We are the Emperor's army! We swore allegiance to the Emperor, not to the Council of People's Commissars or anything else! ”

Alexander was surprised by Hersmann's answer, "But now there is no emperor in Germany......

"Yes, no!"

"And to whom do you owe allegiance?"

"No one!" Hersman paused, "Or rather, whatever is possible." ”

"Any possibility?" Lieutenant Colonel Alexander was stunned. "Could it be that it also includes allegiance to the Bolsheviks?"

"Yes!" "Actually, I knew Lenin, before the August Revolution," Hersman said...... If I wanted to serve him, he would give me a very good treatment. ”

"What?" Lieutenant Colonel Alexander was stunned and stunned, "I don't think you're a Junker officer, are you?" ”

"Actually, I'm a Juncker officer, and I've been Grosslichfeld since I was nine years old."

Hersman sighed softly and said, "But I also want to live...... I know you will not allow Germany to maintain a strong army after the war. Where can an officer like me go? I can only lead troops to fight, and I don't have any other skills. So now there are many people in the German army who are looking for a way out, some of the retired officers have been hired by Her Majesty the Grand Duchess to find work in the Courland Defence Army, and some have retired to Hungary......"

"But this is a violation of the Armistice in the Compiègne Forest!" Lieutenant Colonel Alexander noted in a rather stern tone. "All German servicemen had to leave the Baltic ...... Whether he is on active duty or in reserve! ”

Hersman said in a mournful tone, "But there are many such people, more than thirty thousand as far as I know. The backbone of the Courland Defense Force is the retired German soldiers, who are the elite who have participated in many bloody and fierce battles, and are the best soldiers. Lieutenant Colonel, where can you let them go? They're going to eat! ”

"You can go anywhere, but you can't break the agreement!" Lieutenant Colonel Alexander said. "I'll inform the Entente about this!"

"Anywhere?" Hersman sneered and asked rhetorically, "Just like Admiral Brusilov?" ”

Hearing this name, the faces of the Grand Duchess Olga and the White Russian Admiral Yudenich who were present changed dramatically at the same time. Admiral Brusilov was the Russian general who commanded the Kerensky offensive, and although the Kerensky offensive was defeated, no one in Russia would doubt Brusilov's military talent. Several commendable victories in the world war were won by Russia under his command.

And now, this brilliant Russian military strategist and nearly 30,000 other former Tsarist Russian officers are fighting for the Bolsheviks! Even such a general as Admiral Brusilov of His Majesty the Tsar could defect to the Bolsheviks, why couldn't the Courland Defense Army?

"I'm going to be the Empress of Russia soon, and I need to look at the faces of the British to hire someone as a military adviser?" The Grand Duchess, still dressed in military uniform, had a gloomy face and interrupted the conversation between Hersman and Alexander. "And the Compiègne Armistice was useless to the Russian Empire."

"Your Highness," Lieutenant Colonel Alexander reminded. "Your status has not yet been recognized by the Entente......"

"What? What does it mean to be recognized by the Entente? The Archduchess's tone was cold, "Aren't we, the Russian Empire, members of the Entente?" You Britain, now no longer consider the Russian Empire a member of the Entente? ”

This is indeed a problem! Lieutenant Colonel Alexander thought to himself: if the Russian Empire is recognized as a member of the Entente, then the representatives of Russia will be invited to the peace conference to be held in Paris...... If there is one more country to divide the fruits of victory, the Polish question, the Balkan question, and the Turkish question will all become big problems -- if the Russian Empire is recognized as the victorious power, will Russian Poland still be independent?

And before the world war, in order to win over Russia, Britain and France had commitments to Russia in both the Balkans and Constantinople! Can you turn your face and deny it now? Even if you want to pay the debt, you have to give some compensation to the Russian Empire, right? For example, multi-point compensation or something......

What worries Britain and France even more is that the Russian Imperial Government is likely to adopt a policy of shielding Germany at the peace conference in order to gain German support for them to fight a civil war!

"Your Highness, I think you should know the Fourteen Points of Peace Principles (and now the Principles), which are the basis for holding peace conferences." Lieutenant Colonel Alexander could not respond positively, so he could only talk about him left and right. But as soon as these words came out, he knew that he had lost his words.

Sure enough, the Grand Duchess stood up abruptly and looked at Lieutenant Colonel Alexander with cold eyes: "I have seen President Wilson's fourteen fallacies!" Article 6 says: the withdrawal of foreign troops from Russia, the guarantee of Russia's independence in determining its political development and state policy, and the welcome of its entry into the society of a free country under the system of its own choosing! Since foreign troops are all going to be withdrawn, when will the British, American, French, and Japanese troops be withdrawn from Russia? ”

Foreign armies refer only to Germany! Lieutenant Colonel Alexander was tempted to answer like this.

"Your Highness, our army is there to help the legitimate government of Russia." Lieutenant Colonel Alexander told a lie that he didn't believe in.

"Very well," Admiral Yudenich, who participated in the meeting, immediately took over the topic, "we have already concentrated 200,000 people in the Baltic (blow, in fact, there are not that many), and you can send tens of thousands of troops with artillery to come over and provide enough ammunition." So that next spring we will be able to retake Petrograd! ”

Lieutenant Colonel Alexander sighed inwardly. He knew he wasn't going to get anything in Tallinn! The Grand Duchess was very annoyed that the British, French, and Americans were still unwilling to recognize her position, and Yudenich and the rest of the White Russians wanted to retake Petrograd as soon as possible - if you count the Wehrmacht of 100,000 Germans and the assistance provided by Britain, France, and the United States, they probably had such a force!

But Britain and France would not support them in doing so...... Because before the signing of the treaty with Germany, they could not recognize Olga as the Empress of Russia, so there was no talk of strong military assistance.

"Your Highness," Lieutenant Colonel Alexander hurriedly stood up, "I would like to remind you one last time that the Entente will only consider recognizing your status if the German military personnel in the Baltic have been expelled first. ”

"I don't need your admit!" "After the funeral, I will be crowned Empress of the Russian Empire at the Olevist Cathedral!" ”

The conversation ended unhappily. Such an outcome was something Hersmann did not expect—he had expected that Britain, France, and the United States would at least recognize Olga's status. After all, she had the unanimous support of the main White Russian generals. If there was anyone else in Russia who could oppose Lenin, it would be her, the rightful heir of the Romanov dynasty.

However, Britain, France, and the United States are stuck on this most basic issue...... And it was also after Kolchak, Denikin, Yudenich, Semyonov and others expressed disagreement with Origa's status.

This is tantamount to telling the world that Britain, France, and the United States do not support the restoration of Tsarist Russia!