Paris, France. People could now hear the guns of the front. That was right—the Germans had reached Paris's outskirts. At their closest point, they were barely a dozen kilometers from the city proper, yet those final dozen kilometers seemed to have become eternity!
No matter how hard the Germans tried, the defenders refused to yield an inch. Even if an entire division's strength could be spent in a single morning, neither side showed the slightest fear.
If one division was spent, then send another in. Everyone had deep pockets and a solid foundation—let them grind each other down here slowly!
Of course, that was only the Entente's way of thinking. They were waiting for the results from the southern or eastern fronts. Whether Bulgaria broke into Southern Germany or the Russians broke into East Prussia, they could win this war.
June 24, 1917. Moscow, the Russian Empire's second-largest city and another stronghold of Russia's bourgeoisie, was hosting a secret meeting.
A closer look would reveal that the people present were all very familiar figures. Nearly a third were political criminals wanted by the Tsarist government, while most of the rest were renowned figures in Russia.
There was only one reason such important people could gather in one place—revolution!
The bourgeoisie had no choice but to strike back. The Tsarist government was about to make a revolution against them!
If they did not act now, while the Tsarist government's attention remained fixed on the World War, then once the war ended and the Tsarist government emerged victorious, its gaze would inevitably turn back inward. By then, the bourgeoisie's good days would be over.
When it came to digging up dark histories, few of them had clean hands. The Tsarist government could fully use legal means to conduct a sweeping purge