Re: Blood and Iron

The Red Army's loss at Tsaritsyn spread quickly throughout the world. After all, it was the second siege in which their forced had been decimated. 180,000 Marxists lie dead, while the losses sustained by the Tsarist Loyalists and accompanying Iron Division were in the tens of thousands. It was a significant gap in terms of casualties.

But Bruno was all too aware that just because you win every battle, did not mean that you will necessarily win the war in the end. This was a war fought for the future of the Russian Motherland, and if the Tsar failed to win the hearts and minds of the people, then he would inevitably lose the war even if he won every conflict fought between him and the

revolutionaries.

Because of this, Bruno immediately went to work concocting a new string of propaganda. Depicting him with the banner of Russia raised proudly behind him while dressed in a Russian military uniform as he raised a revolver to the heads of the leaders of the Bolshevik revolution.

Two lie dead in the snow, and that was Leon Trotsky, and Yakov Sverdlov. As for the rest, bound and gagged by their side, kneeling in their own filth. They consisted of the likes of Joseph Stalin, Vladimir Lenin, Maxim Litvinov et cetera. And Bruno's m1895 Nagant revolver, as he was depicted holding in the propaganda, was pointed to Lenin's head.

The words: "Beware the Red Scourge" were written in the color of blood, and in the style commonly found in slasher horror fonts of the future. It was a truly menacing depiction if one were aligned with the Marxists.

But the depiction of the light of god shining down on Bruno as he prepared the pull the trigger on Lenin, along with the pearly gates up in the sky above the Russian banner was a sight that encouraged the people of Russia to turn back to the light of God's mercy, and away from the evils of Marxism.

Tsaritsyn was secured, and the factories were back in the hands of the lawful government of Russia. Producing weapons for Tsar and motherland as they should be. It was an enormous blow to the Red Army who, until now, had to rely on stealing weapons and munitions shipments from the Tsarist forces.

There was no access for international aid after Saint Petersburg successfully defended itself. And now that the one major industrial center that was in their hands was recaptured by the enemy, the Red Army would be running out of munitions and weaponry soon enough.

Because of this, the remaining leaders of the Bolshevik revolution gathered once more than they hid in Moscow within a dimly lit house at night. Discussing the dire situation they had now found themselves in.