Chapter 211: Reversal! Churchill's Tears (28)

Moscow, the Kremlin, the Russian stronghold.

"Your Majesty, this is a telegram from the headquarters of the various armies, and unfortunately, the army no longer supports you."

Alekseev presented the message to Tsar Nicholas II with both hands as politely as possible.

The tsar did not reach out to take it, but glanced up at Alekseev, and his eyes revealed endless resentment.

"I heard they killed Rasputin?"

"It is said that Rasputin was shot by Grand Duke Dimitri himself after being poisoned by Duke Yusupov."

Alekseev clasped his hands on his belt, confident that he did not add fuel to the fire, but he was very pleased with the news in his heart - the demon monk who was illiterate but ** court and interfered in politics should have been chopped up and fed to the dogs a long time ago!

Nicholas II slapped the table with a rare blow: "These two well-fed and supportive gentlemen, the homosexual revolutionaries with depraved morals, they are intent on leaving my little Alexei without a cure and my queen miserable!" Tell me, how is my family? ”

"Up to now, I only know that Her Majesty the Empress Lu Dao has been imprisoned in the Royal Village by the National Salvation Committee, and the whereabouts of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the female Grand Dukes are still unknown."

There was no excitement in Alekseev's tone, in fact, the palace coup that had taken place two days earlier was not on his orders, but by a group of young nobles led by Major General Kremov, deputy chief of staff of the Petrograd Military District.

The day before the coup d'état, Count Witte, the former prime minister who had agreed in advance to preside over the situation after the coup, unfortunately died of illness, Grand Duke Mikhail, who had planned to replace Nicholas II, disappeared after the coup, and the young officers of the "National Salvation Committee" had neither qualifications nor appeal, and so far they had only controlled a corner of Tsarskoye Village.

The state of affairs is going in a terrible direction, and at the moment Alekseev does not have time to take care of the mood of Nicholas II.

"Your Majesty, the situation is still very chaotic now, it is better to take refuge in the British or French consulates in Moscow for the time being, and then make plans when everything settles down......

Nicholas II got up categorically: "No, I want to return to Petrograd, before signing the abdication edict, I am still the legitimate monarch of this empire, the emperor of the Third Rome, the master of Constantinople!" ”

"Whether you sign the edict or not, the army no longer supports you."

Alekseev thought he was kind and reminded.

"I don't need anyone's support, now I just want to protect my family - general, for God's sake, help me, help a husband, a father!"

Nikolai trembled with excitement, so that Alekseev could not bear to refuse.

"If you go back now, you may be imprisoned."

Alekseev was determined to do his best.

"I'm willing to take risks for the sake of my family."

Nikolai looked determined.

Alekseev gave up, and now he just wants to hurry away from this troublesome guy in front of him.

"Your kindness and courage are enough to move God—I will arrange a special train for you, but I cannot guarantee that you will reach Petrograd without any problems."

Nikolai nodded and stretched out his hand towards Alekseev: "God will bless you." ”

Alekseev hesitated, bowed his head and shook the hand of His Majesty the Tsar: "God bless Russia." ”

……

In the western Indian Ocean, in the Gulf of Aden, southeast of Djibouti, the capital of the French Somali colony, the dock landing ship "Yongxing", the commander of the Army's Task Force 99, Major General Li Ruishi, is looking through a telescope at the port city of Djibouti, which is billowing with thick smoke, and Amboli Beach, which is covered with landing craft 5 kilometers south of the port city.

As early as two days ago, in the early morning of 8 July, 71 carrier-based planes from two Dapeng-class aircraft carriers of the Second Fleet raided the port of Djibouti and the empty Amboli Air Station in two directions, destroying one gunboat, two submarines, one tugboat and one barge, and destroying more than 10 aircraft.

Immediately afterwards, led by the main battleship Beiyue, six old battleships (four Ruizi and two Dianzi) and two old armored cruisers (Yunzi) formed a column in turn, using a total of 48 305-mm guns to suppress the seven coastal defense batteries around the port city, and then, under the radio guidance of the ship-based seaplanes, concentrated 305 mm main guns and 150 mm secondary guns to fiercely bombard the two batteries south of the port city near Amblair Beach, and completely destroyed them before dark.

The next day, the 31st Army, with the 7th Regiment of the 3rd Marine Division and the 10th Regiment of the 4th Marine Division attached to the Front Army, as the first wave, and the 2nd Marine Corps Armored Corps (under the jurisdiction of the 2nd Marine Armored Brigade and the 12th Marine Motorized Infantry Brigade) as the second wave, under the heavy naval artillery fire, successively landed on Amblley Beach, repelled the resistance of the two French colonial regiments, and controlled all the predetermined positions before dark.

Today, the third day of the landing operation, Li Ruishi's 99th Task Force will serve as the second wave of landing forces, following the 337th Regiment of the 113th Division and the 340th Regiment of the 114th Division of the Army, to land on Amboli Beach and cooperate with the 2nd Marine Corps Armored Corps to complete the encirclement of Djibouti Port.

The so-called Task Force 99 is an experimental unit formed by the Indian Theater of Operations with the concept of "battle group", and its strength is mainly drawn from the 2nd Armored Army and independent units directly under the Front Army, and the establishment was determined as follows on May 15 of that year-

Contingent Command

The team directly under the headquarters: 1 armored reconnaissance company, 1 combat defense artillery company, 1 air defense company, and 1 communication company

Subordinate:

Armoured group (1 tank battalion, 1 armored infantry battalion, 1 armored artillery battalion)

Infantry group (2 motorized infantry battalions, 1 motorcycle company)

Artillery group (2 motorized artillery battalions, 1 heavy mortar battery)

Support group (1 engineer battalion, 1 maintenance battalion, 1 baggage battalion, 2 transport companies, 1 health company)

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Li Ruishi knew very well in his heart that this unit was not so much an elaborate design for the East African campaign in the Indian theater of operations, but rather a tailor-made performance for the dramatic performance that he expected with the help of Her Majesty's power under the empress.

Djibouti is just a small stepping stone, and he Li Ruishi came here for Abyssinia, for Addis Ababa, for the promise he made to the dark-skinned Jewish emperor eight years ago.

Now, we are back, not only with aircraft cannons, but also chariots in steel armor, and, with an indomitable will.

Let's make good on our promise – freedom belongs to Abyssinia, and the lion of the Jews will prevail!

The overhead duty horn roared: "Torpedo found on the port side!" I am careful about the impact generally! ”

Li Ruishi was shocked in his heart, and the soles of his feet felt weak for a while, but the gentle smile of that person suddenly appeared in front of him......