This is a small small city, about fifty kilometers away from Constanta. The Danube River passes through the small town. It is a typical Eastern European small town.
This city has a small population, about ten thousand people, and life is very peaceful. On the streets, you can see Turkish women wearing burqas passing by Orthodox priests holding crosses. The two sides are so harmonious and natural, completely
It is hard to tell that this is a powder keg city where many ethnic groups and multiple faiths meet.
Across Chernavod and across the Danube, there is Wallachia. As the hometown of Count Dracula, this small Eastern European country has been a vassal of the Ottoman Turkey since 1411, until the powerful polar bear rose up and beat the native chickens again and again.
Later, Wallachia and Moldavia were turned into grand duchies with a high degree of autonomy.
Of course, Wallachia is still nominally part of the Ottoman Turkish Empire and a vassal of Turkey. But this is really just in name. It is only a matter of time before the Wallachians or Romanians become completely independent.
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But what they didn't expect was that the opportunity came so quickly. Within a dozen years of becoming a highly autonomous Grand Duchy, the time was ripe for independence. A cannon was fired in Bucharest, and the pro-Russian Prince Georgi Bibescu was dejected.
He abdicated and fell, and the Republic of Wallachia was proclaimed.
Everything is developing in the direction that the Romanians most want to see, with the support of Britain and France, the indifference of Turkey, and the helplessness of the polar bears. As long as they are given a little more time, independence will become a fait accompli.
It’s just that the Romanians really didn’t have time. One afternoon at the end of March, Li Xiao’s bicycle entered Chernavodda gracefully. He had no intention of stopping in this small town and went straight to the border inspection station.
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On this side of the Danube, Ottoman soldiers wearing Turkish felt hats were lazily on guard with their guns, looking feebly at the passengers who were preparing to cross the border. The philistine border inspectors were completely looking at people's orders, Romanians and Turks.
If you want to cross the border, you must be checked at all levels, and foreign gentlemen, especially those from Britain or France, are really polite and respectful.
Holding the French passport provided by Uncle David, Li Xiao boarded the first passenger boat across the river without any hindrance amidst the flattery and flattery of the border officials. On the other side of the river, Wallachia was also heavily armed but heavily guarded.
Soldiers and prosecutors were on alert.
Compared with their Turkish counterparts, their attitude is more rigorous and severe, but they still give the green light when it comes to French passports. For the Wallachians, France and Britain are now friends, and the only enemies are the Russians, and they only need to make things difficult for the Russians.
That's good, friends, the green light is given to welcome you all the way.
"The Wallachians are not very vigilant!" Anton Alexievich muttered in a low voice.
This young second lieutenant was the assistant specially sent by Vishniak to Li Xiao. The reason was that Li Xiao insisted on entering Wallachia alone to investigate the truth. Vishniak wanted to go with Li Xiao, but Li Xiao
Xiao believes that the situation in the Hammer Gang is not yet stable, and the Iron Eagle Society's troubles have not been completely resolved, so they cannot be left alone.
So what Li Xiao meant was that Vishnyak stayed in Constanta to take charge of the situation, while he went into Wallachia alone to explore the way. Vishnyak naturally didn't like this proposal, but who asked someone to
Human beings are very reasonable, so Vishniak had no choice but to send one of the most reliable officers to be Li Xiao's assistant, that is, Anton Alexeevich Bubnov.
This young man is one of the few officers of the 748th Regiment with a noble background. During the previous reorganization, most of the unqualified noble officers were ruthlessly dismissed, but Second Lieutenant Bubnov miraculously stayed.
The reason is that he is indeed capable, and his aristocratic status is really only a piece of skin. He is completely shabby. Apart from a title, he is actually no different from a commoner.
However, Second Lieutenant Bubnov himself is quite good. He is smart, flexible and hard-working, and his thinking is not conservative. The most important thing is that his French is the best in the whole battalion except Li Xiao, even better than Vishniak.
It's all right, he has a natural advantage by pretending to be French.
The only thing that wasn't so ideal was that Second Lieutenant Bubnov was a curious kid, very interested in the customs and customs of foreign countries, and he was also a bit chatty. He liked to express his opinions and would comment on everything he saw.
"That's because we use French passports," Li Xiao replied nonchalantly, "You see they are not so friendly to Turks and Serbs!"
Indeed, right in front of their eyes, the luggage of a Serbian couple was violently opened by Wallachian soldiers and dumped all over the floor. The poor woman was also deliberately exploited and tortured for half an hour before being let go.
Explain the likes and dislikes of the Wallachians.
"He's just a bastard who bullies the weak and fears the strong." Anton spat bitterly, "Bullying civilians is nothing. If you have the ability, you will see it on the battlefield!"
This is true. The fighting capacity of the Romanians is really not that good, otherwise they would not have been enslaved by the Turks for hundreds of years. Even if the Ottoman Turkey is weakened, it is completely unable to achieve national independence on its own. It still needs to be
Relying on evil neighbors with malicious intentions like polar bears to help achieve self-government, the struggle can be seen.
Li Xiao was also observing the Wallachian soldiers. Not only did they bully the weak, but their equipment was also not very good. Their uniforms were not neatly put together. Most of the soldiers could only hold spears and swords, and only a few looked decent.
Only soldiers have old-fashioned muskets.
Compared with the Russian soldiers who were also poorly equipped, these people were inferior and looked like a group of stragglers. It was probably a bit difficult to bully the Turks on the other side of the river. After all, the Turks could still fight the Russians on the battlefield for a few rounds.
However, there is also a certain aspect of the Wallachian soldiers that caught Li Xiao's attention, and that was the number of militiamen. Those young men who were not wearing military uniforms and carrying all kinds of strange weapons looked like they had just joined the army. Although they looked very passable, they
The morale of the people is very high. It can be seen from their words and deeds that they are full of affection for the unexpected independence and the republic, and they sincerely support it.
This is not good news for Russia. The vast ocean of the People's War is no joke. Napoleon was so fierce back then, but he was still trying to take advantage of Spain. If Wallachia as a whole is what the people want for the Republic, even if Russia can
If you use force to fight back, it won't last long!
When he thought of this, Li Xiao felt a little worried, because it showed that Russia's operations in Romania in the past ten years had really failed!