The Bear will fall from its many wounds.... And the fact that its digestive system and muscles want workers equality(lenin) lol.
Yes..will be interesting too see if we get a revolution ITTL.
The Bear will fall from its many wounds.... And the fact that its digestive system and muscles want workers equality(lenin) lol.
The Swedish Finish Army of over 75,000 troops crossed the Russo-Swedish Frontier shattering what Russian forces were defending the border. The Russian Imperial Guard division left the capital and headed to the border to buy as much time as possible. These 18,000 well trained and equipped soldiers were outnumbered by more than 4 to 1. They were facing elite units of the Swedish Army including the Swedish Guards ans the 1st Finnish Jager Division. More troops were on the way.
Within 2 hours of the Guard having left the first groups of Russian reinforcements arrived in the form of the 104th Rifle Division and the 5th Cossack Cavalry Regiment. The 104th quickly began to man the defensive positions strengthening the Morale of the very shaky 6,000 militiamen who were the bulk of the defense force. There were some fortress artillery troops and some other Regulars but that was it.
Along the Swedish Estonian -Russian Estonian border the Swedish-Estonian forces had conducted a surprise attack. Estonians living on the Russian side of the border had stuck at the Russian forces supply line crating Chaos. German Ships arrived at the port unloading weapons and nearly a Brigade of Swedish troops that had been sent.
The Russian High Command was ordering forces that were to be sent to Poland to move instead to the borer with Swedish Estonia and to defend the Imperial Capital.
Russia appealed to France to do everything that it could to draw the German forces away from Russia and force Germany to send more forces to the west.
France was attempting to convince Greece to enter the war on the side of the Allies. Meanwhile, Germany was attempting to convince the Ottoman Empire to join the War against Russia but Great Britain was exerting pressure on the Ottomans to remain neutral. A promise to deliver the battleship that was ordered.
Meanwhile German Intelligence was picking up hints that France was seriously considering violation of the sovereignty of Belgium. French loses assaulting the Central front were horrible.
London: The Norwegian Naval Attache had lunch with a friend from the British Admiralty and proceeded to give him information that France was considering violating the neutrality of Belgium. The British officer asked the source of the intelligence and the Naval officer said that it had come from a reliable source. In actuality it had been leaked by German intelligence to Norway so that it could be passed on to the British.
The Swedish government had decided that the minium demands would be for the return of Karelia and al of what it considered Estonia and a moving of the border further to the East. It would be unrealistic to consider getting everything else back. There would be other demands.
Meanwhile the remains of the Russian Imperial Guard Division and the Cossack Cavalry Unit entered St Petersburg. It joined the Garrision that now included 2 Rifle Divisions, Fortress Artillery Division, 9,000 "militamen" and some other odds and Ends. The Swedish_Finnish Army now manuevered itself to seal off the city from any futher reinforcement and resupply. The Imperial Family left for Moscow while the Czar decided to remain behind to be one with his people.
Southern Sweden: The Swedish Government passed a request at the meeting of the Scandinavian Military Planning Commission to the Danish representative for additional forces for the war. Sweden had requested Denmark to send an additional Infantry Regiment, an Artillery Regiment, Medical company, 2 engineer companies and an armored car Squadron.
The Danish Colonel promised to send it to Denmark for immediate consideration.
Germany had received a request from Sweden for some heavy siege guns and the German government had dispatched 6x305mm and 6x402mm siege guns with crews to assist its Scandinavina ally.