Snowflakes fell, and on the completely Europeanized streets of Petrograd, Russia's leading city, the scene of depression is still everywhere, with most shops closed and few vehicles, whether it is cars or carriages. Even if there are a few cars running on the street, they are often made by German-made vehicles belonging to the Russian Expeditionary Force.

Reinhardt is now sitting in a Volkswagen 82 bucket car with a canvas canopy, with a shiny Medal of Santa Anastasinia hanging on its chest. It is said that this is a very high-level medal, named after the name of Queen Oliga's little sister, the martyrdom of the saint Annastasinia, and awarded to foreign nobles who once made outstanding contributions to the restoration of the Romanov dynasty.

Although Reinhardt really couldn't remember what contribution he had to the restoration of the Romanov dynasty? Russian Empress Oliga personally awarded the Order of Reinhardt half an hour ago, and announced in the throne hall of the Winter Palace that he was Reinhardt's godmother, and awarded Reinhardt the title of Earl of the Russian Empire and the rank of Army Major... In Reinhardt's own opinion, the honor and status given to him by the Russian Empress was completely nonsense, even if his father was the Marshal of the Hesman Empire.

"Reinhardt, the rules here in Russia are different from those in Germany," said his superior Major Rudolph von Ribbentrop (colonel of the Russian Empire Army). He told the somewhat ignorant Reinhardt, "Here Her Majesty the Empress is full of words, and the person she likes can make a fortune, and she and your father...well, there are many rumors."

"Rumor? What rumor?"

Little Ribbintrov laughed and lowered his voice: "It is said that she and the Marshal of the Empire are lovers."

"Lovers? This is impossible." Reinhardt said seriously. "My father and mother have a good relationship. He is a model husband."

Little Ribbentrop shrugged and looked at Reinhardt with a weird look: "I know this, but in Petrograd, everyone knows that their queen and the Imperial Marshal have an ambiguous relationship, and they are said to have an illegitimate child."

"Bad kid?" Reinhardt's eyes widened, "How is this possible? How can this be said nonsense?"

Little Ribbentrop nodded: "Yes, no one in Russia dares to slander Her Majesty the Queen... And the Russians are very conscious in this regard. Apart from this rumor, there are no negative rumors about Her Majesty the Queen."

"This is impossible..." Reinhardt shouted, "It must be clarified!"

Little Ribbintrov just smiled: "Reinhart, do you think neither the Imperial Marshal nor Her Majesty knows this kind of rumor? Can't they clarify this?"

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"There must be a reason for not coming out to clarify and letting the rumor spread." Little Ribbintrov said, "I think you should think that this rumor does not exist."

Of course this rumor is not true, but Oliga made up the story in order to make her backstage look a little harder. No one in the German Juncker circle believes that even if someone believes it, it will not damage Hessman's reputation, because having a "special friendship" with a Russian queen cannot be treated with common sense, and that is a diplomatic activity that is conducive to the friendship between Russia and Germany.

The road in the city of Petrograd was wide and empty. The Volkswagen Buckets they were riding in quickly drove out of the city and arrived at a large barracks near Peter's Palace on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea. This place was originally a base of the Soviet Red Army, with neatly located barracks, very wide playgrounds, several rows of tall and large garages, oil-stained vehicle repair sheds everywhere, and a Red Star Command Building on the roof. On the walls of some buildings, you can occasionally see traces of Russian slogans that have not been completely shoveled away, which shows that this was originally a camp of the Soviet Red Army. Now a new owner has been replaced.

"Reinhart, you are a major now," said Little Ribbentrop when the vehicle was parked in front of the building that looked like a headquarters. "I can arrange a new position for you and serve as a staff officer in the division."

Ribbintrop Jr. is the chief of staff of the Russian Royal "Oliga" guard tank division, assisting Count Mikhail Alexeyevich Romanov.

The Earl named Romanov was not a relative of Olica. At least he was not in the Romanov dynasty's genealogy. He was not even a "old white man" but a major general of the former Soviet Red Army. When the Soviet-German War broke out, he was loyal to the cause of GCism and was ready to devote himself to his ideals at any time.

But unexpectedly, Empress Oliga suddenly jumped out to restore the Romanov dynasty, which affected all the cadres named Romanov in the Red Army, and had to find out that they were not relatives of the Tsarist family! But it was not over until the German army captured the city where Major General Romanov was located... Later, Empress Oliga dug out the ancient genealogy, confirmed that Major General Romanov belonged to a side branch of the Romanov family, and also appointed him as an earl.

Major General Romanov, who knew that he had a sinful family, gave up his original ideals and no longer wanted to be accepted by the revolutionary team. He fell to the feet of the queen and became a "royal general" in the Belarusian army. He has now climbed to the position of commander of the guards tank division and is one of the favorite ministers of Queen Oliga.

"Reinhardt, you should go to the division headquarters to be a staff officer, or be an adjutant for me." Lieutenant General Romanov, wearing a straight military uniform, handsome and very neatly trimmed beard, also made similar suggestions.

As early as when Reinhardt reported to the army, he wanted the son of the German Imperial Marshal to be his adjutant, but Reinhardt insisted on getting out of the army was understandable. Without the experience of leading troops, he would suffer losses in the future promotion process. So Lieutenant General Romanov did not insist at the time, but the situation is different now.

"Our division is going to the battlefield," Lieutenant General Romanov said without any concealment, "it begins from the end of March to the beginning of April."

"Go to the battlefield?" Little Ribbintrov, who had been transferred from the Guyana front to Petrograd, was excited when he heard that he was going to go to the front, "All the tank division is going?"

"Yes! The entire tank division is going!" said Lieutenant General Romanov, "so in order to facilitate contact with friendly forces, the division headquarters needs to add several staff members who can use Russian and German fluently. Reinhart, you must work in the division headquarters this time, this is an order!"

"I understand, Lieutenant General." Reinhardt could no longer refuse this time, so he could only give up the idea of ​​going to the front line to kill the enemy and become a staff officer in the division.

The Royal "Oliga" Guard Tank Division is an elite of the Belarusian army. It is a very well-organized armored division. It is formed based on the German armored division. Most of the weapons and equipment are German-style equipment. It is not that Russia's military industry is so bleak that it cannot provide any equipment. Instead, Germany is currently promoting the European Community weapon and equipment standardization and integration process.

As the core and leader of the European Community, Germany naturally had to promote their own equipment as the standard of the entire European Community. Therefore, most of the arsenals that Russia is still operating have upgraded their equipment with the help of Germany and began to produce them based on the drawings and samples provided by Germany. Therefore, the weapons and ammunition produced are also German equipment. Now, many of the weapons and ammunitions equipped with the Royal "Oliga" Guard Tank Division are German-style equipment produced by Russia.

In addition, not all weapons equipped with the European Community army were designed and developed by the Germans, and the weapons of France, Britain and the Soviet Union also entered the European Community standard equipment.

For example, the Origan tank destroyer, nicknamed "Origa Hammer", defeated the German "Sursuit" tank destroyer and became the standard configuration of the European Community Infantry Division.

The b4 203mm howitzer known as the "Stalin's Hammer" has also become the standard for the 203mm heavy artillery of the European Community Army.

The zis-3 76.2mm cannon on the Soviet Red Army's rampage also became the standard artillery weapon of the European Community. This is mainly because the inventory of this cannon is too large, and the Russian military industry has too much production capacity, so it would be too wasteful if it is not fully utilized. However, German and British technicians still helped the Russians redesign ammunition, greatly enhancing the anti-tank capabilities of the zis-3 artillery.

Among all types of aircraft inherited from the Soviet Union, Russia also entered the eyes of Marshal Keseling, which is the famous "Black Death" Il-2 attack aircraft. After some improvement, this aircraft became the successor of the HS123 attack aircraft, and formed a high and low combination with the HS129 and br.800 (the shore-based version of br.810), which greatly strengthened the EC Air Force's ground attack capabilities. The former Soviet pilot who rebelled against the revolution also became a member of the EC's air force, along with the Il-8 (the improved name of the Il-2) attack aircraft.

When the most powerful tank division of the Russian Empire received the order to be ready to depart, the Il-8 type attack aircraft improved by the Il-2 strong strike had appeared on the Guyana-Trinida front in South America.
Chapter completed!