prynovel 12. Piłsudski's plan to restore his country.
12. Piłsudski's plan to restore his country.
Meanwhile, in Warsaw.
Inside the Supreme Command of the "Vistula Federation".
Similarly, a muscular man, dressed in even more advanced power armor, stood in front of a huge map of Eastern Europe, oblivious to the fact that the cigarette between his fingers had burned down to the end.
Here, a formidable mission awaits him—the "Vistula Restoration Plan".
Since the "Tripartite Division" in 1772, this once great Eastern European power has disappeared from the map for centuries. During this period, their resistance never ceased, but all ended in failure.
But everything changed in 1914. In the Balkans, two bullets were fired at Archduke Ferdinand, and thanks to this young man, the Vistulas' long-cherished dream of restoring their nation was finally about to be realized.
At this point, the biggest problem facing him was how to determine the boundaries of the "Vistula Federation"—and Piłsudski gave his assessment: "Our eastern borders will depend on force."
On this point, Piłsudski saw it very clearly: one of the goals of the Paris Peace Conference was to contain the nascent “Rider-Vit Union”. Therefore, a great power had to emerge in Eastern Europe to serve as a shield against this new regime. Why couldn’t this great power be the “Vistula Federation”?
To some extent, the two problems Pilsudski faced were completely interconnected: whoever could demonstrate strength on the eastern battlefield would gain the largest share at the western negotiating table.
So Piłsudski sent troops, occupying Lviv and Vilnius as the "Liberator"—but when Paris wanted him to continue intervening in the civil war of the old empire in the east, he chose to remain on the sidelines.
Firstly, he himself had believed in the theories of the "Red Witte Alliance." To be honest, his relationship with this new regime was only different in theory, and there was no real conflict of opinion between them.
Therefore, what he was worried about was not the "Red Witte Union," but the "Old Tsarist Empire"—in this civil war, every White Army general insisted on recovering the territories that had been occupied by Tsarist Russia, while the "Red Witte Union" had recognized their independence from the very beginning.
Piłsudski believed that the "Red Witt Alliance" would collapse if they helped the White Army.
However, he did not send troops at that time, which is the third reason - if the huge threat of the "Redvet Alliance" is lost, then the "Vistula Federation" as a "buffer zone" will also lose its value in uniting the people.
The current "Vistula Federation" continues to rely on Western aid, primarily from "Britannia". Therefore, it cannot afford to completely eliminate its enemies in the East, nor can it afford to completely eliminate them. The best outcome would be for both sides to fight to the death.
He himself reaped the benefits in the end.
While the ideal was beautiful, reality was cruel, and Piłsudski greatly underestimated the war potential of the "Redvet Federation".
The "Redvet Federation" was surrounded by enemies not long ago, with dozens of forces converging around them. But they quickly mustered a million-strong army and almost crushed those White Army forces.
At this time, Piłsudski had not yet made up his mind to go to war with the "Redvet Federation", but an unexpected event completely disrupted his plans - the arrival of Petliura.
If Petliura hadn't come to him with a map of Ukraine, Piłsudski might still be hesitant.
The vast Ukrainian region has always been the heart of the "Tsarist Empire," producing half of the empire's military and chemical supplies and a third of its grain.
No old empire, regardless of its political affiliation, could survive without Ukraine.
Trotsky, that guy from the "Red Witt Federation," agreed to almost every demand of the "Second German Empire," the predecessor of the "Alemany Republic," during the "Brest-Litovsk Peace Talks" a year ago.
However, he remained unyielding on the issue of Ukraine, but due to a series of factors, the surrender of the "Red Witt Federation" was ultimately signed.
The "Second Empire" also began to support their government in Ukraine, and Petliura was one of its generals.
Everything should have gone smoothly, but a new message soon arrived—the "Second Reich" had been defeated, and Ukraine had fallen into complete chaos. It was a time when "all the wise men and women gathered, young and old alike, and immortals lined up like hemp."
Dozens of factions, large and small, clashed here in a chaotic battle.
Ultimately, the "Redvet Federation" emerged victorious.
Defeated, Petliura had no choice but to seek help from Piłsudski. To this end, he offered Piłsudski a treaty that he could not refuse, in which he was willing to cede Galicia and Volonia.
Piłsudskiy couldn't refuse the offer—in his words, "Without an independent Ukraine, there is no independent Vistula Federation"—and he decided to take another gamble.
Everything should have gone smoothly, but after they successfully captured Kyiv, they were met with their first counterattack and were pushed back to a position 20 kilometers outside Warsaw.
This location is guarded by Pisulski's strongest forces, including a cathedral warship, a large amount of equipment from Paris, and a powerful magic force.
The "Redvet Alliance" was forced to retreat again due to its overextended battle lines and insufficient supply lines.
This counter-offensive successfully pushed the front line back into Ukraine.
but...
Piłsudski took a deep drag on his cigarette, his face showing anxiety as he looked at the telegram from the Zhytomyr front in his hand.
The report highlighted a special anti-canned food unit.
The content seemed utterly absurd to Piłsudski: a group of soldiers with incredible resilience who felt no pain?
After a moment's thought, Piłsudski asked the other generals present, "Where are the Blue Army and the Peace Cathedral landships now?"
"In the region between the Daugava and Berezina rivers, west of the First Northern Army."
"Send them to assist the reserves in capturing the salient at 'Krosten,' then move south to block Army Group South's northward advance and prevent them from joining forces."
Piłsudski took another drag of his cigarette. "Speaking of which, the situation in Lithuania..."
"We have captured Vilnius in Lithuania," a general replied, but then hesitated, "General, perhaps we should call it a day. Taking Ukraine and Belarus at the same time is too difficult, even with a land-based warship, it might still be challenging..."
"Without an independent Ukraine, there is no independent us." Piłsudski shut down the general's argument with this statement, then turned to another man, "Where is the 'Iron Legion' sent by the 'Republic of Almani'?"
"They have already gone to the northern front and are expected to arrive the day after tomorrow."
A series of hurried footsteps knocked on the door of the command room, and a voice came from outside, "General Pisulski, the Western representatives have arrived."