The wind was cold and the sea waves were swaying. A yacht drove forward quickly with the sound of motors, less than a few thousand meters away from the other side. On the deck paved by precious fir trees, several guard soldiers carrying rifles were still gasping for breath. For them, the previous battle almost walked back and forth in front of the gate of Hell.

"His Highness, the base of Karanstadt is ahead of him." Russian Major Sergei wiped his face with sweat mixed with dust and said to Queen Alexandra in the cabin. "In order to prevent the Germans from launching a landing offensive here, Karanstadt not only has complete fortifications including dozens of large-caliber shore cannons with 360-degree rotating firing, but also has more than 2,400 officers and soldiers of the 18th Fortress Regiment stationed all year round. The rebels could not capture the island fortress in any case. The Queen and the Princess can take refuge here safely and wait until the situation in St. Petersburg is pacified before returning."

Alexandra nodded with difficulty, and her face that had been tense finally showed a look of relief. She looked at the officer in front of her, and her words also showed a little bit of gentleness that was rare to the lower class: "Major, the Romanov royal family will not forget the courage and loyalty you showed in times of crisis today. When His Majesty regained the capital, at least he will give you a nobleman from a lord! And the soldiers under your command will also receive generous rewards. My Romanov royal family will never treat anyone who has made meritorious."

Hearing the queen's words, the major's originally gloomy and cold heart finally regained a little heat. During the three-hour breakout battle, some of his soldiers were annihilated by the workers' armed forces, and more of them surrendered and surrendered in the roaring crowd. They became a member of the revolutionary team. After all, not everyone can have the awareness of fulfilling their duties when they see the situation is hopeless, let alone these rebels are their compatriots. These soldiers are inherently weaker in fighting will than resisting foreign enemies. As grassroots officers, the major is very clear about the mentality of the soldiers who disarmed the armed forces in the middle: our family opened fire on the uprising crowd against their conscience and resisted for so long, and it is enough to be worthy of the salary paid by the Romanov government. Now that I want to let myself sacrifice my life for this little money, I don't think about it!

Before the rebel army rushed onto the streets of the capital, the major had nearly 500 people available. However, when they struggled to break through to the western edge of the city, the soldiers following the major were less than a platoon. The urgent situation no longer cared about etiquette. They pulled the noble queen and princess out of the iron chariot and immediately launched the royal yacht parked on the shore to escape. If it weren't for the huge reduction in personnel, it would be really not easy for this yacht with a displacement of only 40 tons to accommodate all the soldiers! After more than an hour of maritime rushing, the Kronstadt base in the Gulf of Finland was finally in sight; compared with St. Petersburg, which has become a revolutionary fortress, this lonely military port is undoubtedly the most ideal paradise for them to take refuge.

Seeing that the goal was about to come, Alexandra couldn't help but walk into the living room and began to dress up carefully. During her previous escape journey, she and her four daughters were forced to squeeze into the small oil-filled cabin in the chariot, and had already lost the royal demeanor; this time she entered the port, she would inevitably comfort the local garrison officers. She must not be as decent as the Thin family. The major did not continue to stay in the cabin, and he walked to the deck and began to quietly look at the base port that he had never been to before.

The buildings are stretched and the lighthouse is towering. There is a faint flowing ice floating on the sea, and there is almost no cargo on the docks with arms lined up. In addition to the influence of war, the freezing of most of the Baltic waters in winter is also the main factor restricting Russian shipping. A patrol boat has appeared in the sea not far from it, and has begun to use light signals to lead the yacht to the depths of the port. Since the original personnel on the yacht were all present, there was no mistake in this situation. After a while, a chimney stood steeply, and the warships with artillery extended appeared in the eyes of everyone on the yacht: including the battle cruiser Lurik, which has a permanent displacement of 18,500 tons and 8 305mm main guns. Its majestic lineup makes people feel like they are back to the early 20th century when the Russian navy dominated the third place in the world.

However, after a crushing defeat in the war against Japan and the two historic changes in the era of dreadnoughts between Britain and Germany, the strength of the Russian navy fell from its peak in just one and a half years, and fell to the miserable point where it was worse than that of the weak Ottoman Empire in the field of main ships. Although the Russian Duma, with a belt, launched a drastic naval revival plan in 1910, pushing four Gangut and three Queen Maria-class super-dreadnoughts onto the ship for two consecutive years, because the country's heavy industrial base was far weaker than that of Britain, Germany and even Austria-Hungary, these giant beasts have only barely completed the construction of the hull, and it will take at least two years before the actual completion (the Russian Gangut class was built in five and a half years in history)!

In this case, the German Navy used only a squadron composed of former dreadnoughts to suppress the Russian fleet, which lacked enterprising spirit, so that it was hard to even dare to leave the door. The sailors were rusted in the port while guarding the warships, and their resentment was indescribable. And with the continuous reports of the defeat of the front-line army, the morale of the officers and soldiers of the Russian Baltic Fleet who were always trapped in the port fell sharply; almost everyone had no hope for the current prospects of the war, and regarded peace talks with the allies as the only way out for Russia to get out of the quagmire.

"Your Highness, the defenders of Kronstadt seem to be lined up to welcome us!" When the major saw the neat and black figures on the dock, he couldn't help but feel happy, and then ran back to the cabin to report to Alexandra. Alexandra, who had been dressing up, also had his eyes lit up when he heard this, and the first smile he had since escaped was revealed at the corner of her mouth. She nodded gently and called her daughters to her side. As her eyes turned, she had restored the grace and majesty that the whole country had been in her palm.

More than ten minutes later, the yacht finally stopped at the berth of Kronstadt in a slow slowdown. A wide landing board was built, and Alexandra took his daughters and a team of nearly dead guards to the coast. Looking around, a large number of fortress guards and naval sailors stood in a row, with at least thousands of people; a bearded man in the costume of a naval officer was standing in front of the queue, waiting for Alexandra's arrival.

"I am the captain of the Lurik, Colonel Razvotov, on behalf of all the seamen of the Baltic Fleet and the soldiers of the Kronstadt garrison, welcome the arrival of His Highness and the princesses." When Alexandra and his party walked up to him, the bearded man saluted him and said with a smile, "I have learned about the turbulent turmoil in St. Petersburg. Compared with the turbulent capital, this place can ensure the absolute safety of His Highness."

"College, a riot in St. Petersburg, and the lonely family had no choice but to take refuge here temporarily. How could your loyalty to Romanov not be seen by His Majesty?..." Alexandra spoke in a calm tone, illuminating the cake she had promised to the major of the Guards several times to the people in front of her. She paused, and then said, "On the lonely family saw a large number of warships anchored in the port on the way to come; ask the colonel to organize a garrison and use warships to cover them to land in St. Petersburg to quell the rebellion..." Speaking of this, Alexandra suddenly felt something was wrong and said, "College, General Andre, the commander of the Baltic Fleet, and Major General Ivan, Chief of Staff? Why didn't they come to welcome the lonely family?"

"Down with the rule of the Tsarist! Long live the proletarian revolution!" A very sudden shout suddenly sounded in the cold wind. Razvotov shrugged, and then slowly took out a pistol from his coat pocket and stepped on it in front of Alexandra, saying, "Your Highness, the situation is what you see. The two generals Andre and Ivan tried to suppress the revolution and have been taken down by us. I regret to inform the Queen that the port of Kronstadt and the Baltic fleet have revolted and you have been arrested by the Revolution! Of course, my promise just now is still valid. The personal safety of you and your family can be absolutely safeguarded before the revolutionary trial."

With Razvotov's gun-pulling action, thousands of soldiers around him instantly pushed the rifle flat to his shoulders: the countless dark muzzles shining with cold light made everyone under his aim feel a heart-wrenching fear. Alexandra's pupils widened, her face turned pale, and her thin red lips moved a few times, and then her body fell down on the cold concrete ground as if she had lost all her strength. The crying sounds of her daughters as if she had collapsed, and she suddenly realized that she was in a daze. What kind of disastrous fate would she wait for herself?

Razvotov looked up slightly and turned his eyes to the guard soldiers behind him. The leading major smiled bitterly, threw the gun in his hand into the open space more than ten meters away, and slowly raised his hands. Now the fortune is better than others, and the major who had been escorting Alexandra before no longer made unnecessary resistance. The moment he threw down the pistol, the major Sergei suddenly felt a slight burden in his heart. It seems that he would not work hard for this woman, but it seems that he would be more in line with his original intention? (To be continued, please search for astronomy, the novel is better and faster!

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