Chapter 1143: Kicking a Man When He's Down
Although the Seven Wounds Fist inflicted severe backlash, its power had to be acknowledged. Especially with European countries fanning the flames one after another, the force it unleashed became even greater.
The Siberian Railway was severed, and Russia's excellent situation in the Far East went down the drain; the Central Asian Railway was cut off, interrupting the Alliance's offensive in India.
Civil war erupted within the Russian Empire. The Tsarist Government was too busy saving itself to spare any attention for the Russian Army at the front.
The Russian Army in the Far East was beyond reach, but as allies, they could not simply watch the Russian Army in Central Asia go hungry—especially now that the allied forces had successfully linked up.
Fortunately, India was prosperous enough to provide some supplies locally. Otherwise, Franz would have had no choice but to order a retreat.
Though they had not withdrawn yet, launching another offensive anytime soon was out of the question. Eight hundred thousand extra mouths had suddenly appeared, consuming a vast amount of the allied forces' transport capacity.
It was not only the Indian front that was affected. Even the progress of the Sea Lion Plan had been delayed.
The entire European Continent was in turmoil—how could France remain stable? The only reason no major chaos had broken out was that the Allied forces were preparing to land on the British Isles and were temporarily stationed within France.
With a million troops gathered there, even the greatest disturbances could be stamped out. After several failed rebellions, the revolutionaries stopped attempting armed uprisings and turned instead to strike movements.
The general strike temporarily disrupted railways throughout France. To stabilize the rear, the Allied forces had no choice but to put out the fire