In May, the Volga River had already entered the wet season because of the melting of the ice and snow upstream.
Merchant ships loaded with soldiers and weapons sailed upstream under the protection of gunboats.
Two years ago, Grand Duke Michael had been preparing for this day. Many gunboats and merchant ships were built in the shipyards on Volgograd and the Caspian Sea coast.
Through water transport, he could transport his troops to the north in the shortest time possible. From Kazan to Mosk, it was much closer than taking the land route from Volgograde to Mosk.
Although Grand Duke Michael did not want a civil war to break out in the Russian Empire, it would seriously damage the strength of the Russian Empire.
But since things had come to this, there was no other choice.
He only hoped to win this war in the shortest time possible and seize the supreme rule of the Russian Empire. In this way, the losses could be considered to be minimized.
"Your Excellency, the 1st and 2nd Infantry Divisions are the vanguard. The rest of the troops will also board the ships and set off. In addition, the cavalry has also set off. They will follow the Volga River north to provide us with protection. We estimate that we will reach Kazan in five days!”Lieutenant General Brushilov reported.
" Yes." Grand Duke Michael nodded." We need to occupy Mosk as soon as possible." Although the capital of the Empire was Petersburg. However, Mosk was also the most important city in the empire. Grand Duke Nicholas will definitely not stand by and watch us take Mosk. If he leads his army to fight a decisive battle with us in Mosk, that would be the best.”
Grand Duke Michael was very confident in his army.
If the two sides had a decisive battle in Mosk, their chances of winning would be very high.
At that time, they would be able to defeat Grand Duke Nicholas 'army in one fell swoop and win the battle.
Lieutenant General Brushilov also nodded repeatedly.""Archduke Nicholas may have been a soldier all his life and is very good at fighting. However, in the face of absolute strength, any tactic would be in vain. We will definitely be able to defeat them head-on!”
The current Russian army was poorly equipped. Not only did they lack cannons, they did not even have many Maxim heavy machine guns, let alone light machine guns. Only a person with foresight like Grand Duke Michael would try his best to increase the firepower of the troops in order to further strengthen the combat effectiveness of the troops.
In the eyes of many Russian generals, the lives of ordinary soldiers were not important at all. They were like cannon fodder.
In any case, the Russian Empire had a large number of serfs. Even if those low-level soldiers died, they could easily recruit enough soldiers.
On the contrary, Grand Duke Michael cared more about the lives of his soldiers.
He had also been instilling a concept in the troops, that was, if the enemy could be killed with artillery shells, the soldiers would never be allowed to risk their lives.
This ideology also allowed Grand Duke Michael to further win the love and support of the soldiers.
Grand Duke Michael led hundreds of thousands of troops to Petersburg.
Such an intense reaction further stimulated the situation in the Russian Empire.
Although many people sympathized with Grand Duke Michael, they believed that the cabinet was stealing the throne. However, Grand Duke Michael's direct military action undoubtedly plunged the Russian Empire into a terrifying civil war.
This caused many people to start criticizing Grand Duke Michael.
The cabinet and Grand Duke Nicholas also jumped out. Although they could not produce any real evidence, they claimed that Grand Duke Michael was a great suspect. He had killed Nicholas II and wanted to seize the throne.
Even if this was just a guess without evidence, many people in the Russian Empire still chose to believe it.
After all, conspiracy theories were rife in the Russian Empire.
Grand Duke Michael didn't care about this at all. He knew very well that history was written by the victors. As long as he could win the war, everything would be up to him.
In fact, military coups were not rare in the Russian Empire.
Wasn't Catherine the Great also killed her husband through a coup and became the tsar of the Russian Empire? Moreover, she had always been respected by future generations.
Petersburg, Prime Minister's Office.
The Prime Minister of the Russian Empire, Prime Minister Pravi, Minister of Finance, Sergei Witt, and Grand Duke Nikolay were having a secret meeting.
Grand Duke Michael led his army north, causing a civil war to break out in the Russian Empire. It also put a lot of pressure on the upper echelons of the Russian cabinet.
"Your Excellency, this is treason and rebellion. We have to suppress him in the shortest time possible. Otherwise, the situation would be even more disadvantageous to the empire. The people of Sun Never Sets have been eyeing us covetously. In fact, the Germanic people might even add insult to injury!”Prime Minister Pravi's face was full of worry.
The current Russian Empire was in the midst of internal and external troubles. Nicholas II died and civil war broke out, causing the Russian Empire to be in turmoil. And the Sun Never Sets Empire was even sealing them off.
If this continued, the Russian Empire would be in great danger.
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