"Saint Petersburg has fallen!"
The whole world was stunned by the news. The Russian forces on the Eastern Front outnumbered the Germans by more than four to one—could they all really have been useless good-for-nothings?
Ferdinand personally penned an article to unravel this mystery. As the Russian Empire's best ally, how could he possibly stand by with folded arms at a time like this?
He had both the duty and the responsibility to expose the truth of the matter, to let the Russian people know who the real mastermind behind it all was!
This time, Ferdinand rarely added embellishments. Mainly because the truth was already black enough to shine; there was no need to draw legs on a snake. He merely had the collected materials organized, selected a portion of them, and compiled them into an article.
Incidentally, the only part actually created by Ferdinand was the signature bearing his name. Naturally, others handled the rest. A king was busy, after all; there was no need for him to personally deal with such a trivial matter!
A vast amount of evidence pointed to the true culprits behind the Russian army's crushing defeat—the ambitious schemers, or rather, the anti-government forces!
The article laid out in detail the truth: how they organized workers' strikes, then colluded with the Germans and sold intelligence, and finally cooperated with the Germans as they drove straight in without resistance!
Of course, since the boss had taken the lead, his underlings naturally had to follow. A whole series of accompanying reports was indispensable, listing the facts of how Russia's major internal factions had raced to betray their country in order to overthrow the Tsarist government.
For instance, how they organized workers to tear up railways and sabotage the frontline army's supply routes; how they leaked intelligence and