Chapter 955 Russia's Attitude

"Now, Lieutenant General." Queen Marie gently lifted her chin in front of Charles, tilted her head slightly and looked at him closely: "Should we proceed further according to the plan?"

"You mean attacking Austria-Hungary?" Charles shook his head slightly: "I'm afraid not."

Queen Mary's smile froze, and a hint of doubt appeared in her eyes.

Is it because I didn’t give enough or I didn’t express it clearly enough?

"It's not that I don't want to, Queen." Charles moved closer and explained in a low voice: "I think you have also heard that Britain and the United States are trying to bypass France and negotiate with Germany recently. If you attack the Austro-Hungarian Empire according to your plan..."

Queen Mary understood instantly.

As someone who travels between various countries, she certainly knows the interest relationship between France and Britain and the United States.

If the French army launched an attack from Saarbrücken, the British and American armies would likely slack off in the rear.

The result was that Charles's troops were alone and deep in the heart of the German army. Even if Charles had great powers, he could not avoid being defeated by the German army.

And this is exactly what Britain and the United States want to see.

Queen Marie was a little panicked. Does this mean that Charles could not save Romania?

"Perhaps I can persuade Britain and the United States." Queen Mary made a suggestion: "Let Britain, the United States and France unite to fight the Germans."

Ciel smiled softly, "Do you think this will help?"

Queen Mary shook her head slightly, looking depressed.

It will indeed not work. The biggest interest of Britain and the United States at present is to curb the rise of France.

What is Romania in their eyes?

Exchange oil fields with them?

As long as Britain and the United States can bring down France, they will not be able to get the oil fields?

Just as she was worrying, she suddenly caught a glimpse of Charles flipping through the contract calmly, and her frown relaxed.

"Lieutenant General." Queen Mary's voice was filled with lingering complaints: "You must have a way, right?"

Charles stared at the 30% equity in the contract: "There is a way, but..."

What a unromantic guy, Queen Mary cursed inwardly, is he only interested in oil?

"Don't worry, Lieutenant General." Queen Mary was a little bored: "I am willing to change the equity to 50%."

“If you are interested, we can also talk about shares in coal, iron and copper mines.”

“Or maybe it’s the preferential policy of Bernard Group to build a factory in Romania.”

Charles' eyes lit up.

He is preparing to enter Romania to develop military industry. If he can own coal, iron and copper mines at the same time and have favorable policies, it will form a complete industrial chain and greatly reduce production costs.

"It's a deal," said Charles.

"It's a deal!" Queen Mary nodded with a smile.

As Albert I said, this was to complete the bundle of Charles' interests, which meant the security of Romania and even Transylvania.

Who said that “what you can’t get on the battlefield, you can’t get at the negotiating table”?

As long as you hold on to Charles' thighs, everything is possible!

"It's not necessary to go through so much trouble," Charles replied. "You should remember the French paratroopers occupying Saarbrücken, right?"

Queen Marie's eyes flashed with surprise: "You mean, send paratroopers to reinforce Romania?"

"You could say that." Charles took the document away and took the map. After finding the location of Romania, he pointed his finger at it:

"France may not be able to reinforce Romania from land and sea, but it is different from the air."

"We don't actually need to send many reinforcements. We just need to use transport planes to transport a group of troops to Romania."

"Then the Germans realized that there were French troops in Romania, and that they could be parachuted into their rear at any time."

(The blue line in the above picture is the position of the German and Austrian troops moving south. Because this line is located in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki, it is called the Thessaloniki Line. The location pointed by the red arrow is Thessaloniki. The red circle is the country of the Allied camp, which was successively occupied by the German army in 1915. The airspace was open and the German and Austrian troops were unable to block it.)

Queen Mary exclaimed excitedly: "Great, Lieutenant General, you are simply a genius."

In her excitement, she leaned forward and hugged Charles, kissed him on the cheek, and whispered in Charles' ear: "You are my hero, Lieutenant General!"

Charles didn't think there was anything wrong with it, as it was a common etiquette among Europeans. He just felt that Queen Marie held him for a little too long.

After the queen let go, Charles continued, "But this is all empty talk. It can make the Germans panic and make them hesitate. All we get is some time. What can really make the German army retreat is Russia's attitude."

"What is Russia's attitude?" Queen Marie looked at Charles in astonishment. "I thought it was already overwhelmed."

Russia's performance has been unsatisfactory. Although it is a big country with amazing military power, it has always been in failure.

Unlike my Charles, who repeatedly defeated the powerful German army with only tens of thousands of people from the First Armored Corps!

"It must be Russia." Charles pulled Queen Marie back from her distraction:

"You have to know something, Queen."

"Transport aircraft can only carry infantry. They cannot carry tanks, artillery, vehicles, or even a few machine guns."

"If the Germans had understood this, they would still have attacked Romania."

Queen Mary suddenly woke up: "But, given Russia's current situation, how can we get its reinforcements?"

She then added:

"The Russians have not yet solved their internal problems, so they will not be interested in external wars."

"Besides, the Germans are not attacking Russia now, and Russia is happy to maintain the current status quo."

"If Russia reinforces Romania at this time, it will likely anger the Germans. Russia will never do such a stupid thing."

This is Russia's interest, and no matter how much lobbying is done, it will be useless.

Charles sighed softly: "Think about it, Queen, the bourgeoisie that now rules Russia is the capitalists of Russia."

After the February Revolution, the Soviets voluntarily gave up power and the bourgeoisie came to power.

Queen Mary was silent for a while, still not understanding the connection: "So what? Will the capitalists continue to fight the Germans because of this?"

"What else?" Charles asked back, "Will we cease fire? Will the Germans let Russia cease fire like this? The Germans want Russia to surrender, they want Russia to pay compensation, and they want to obtain a large amount of resources from Russia in the hope of defeating the Allies on the Western Front!"

Queen Mary nodded repeatedly.

"Yes, Admiral."

"It is impossible for Russian capitalists to pay this money. They will want the war to continue."

"Especially since the Allied victory is in sight, they hope to hold on until the Allied victory, and then they will be the victorious country!"

Charles nodded: "So, go find Brusilov, his attitude is crucial!"

(End of this chapter)