Chiron
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Instead of pointlessly waiting for Der Tag which is stupid, the German High Command decides to draw the Russian Baltic Fleet into a shit kicking contest it can't win and push on Saint Petersburg via amphibious assault and force the Russian Government out of its capital and even induce a Finnish and Baltic Revolt.
This represented the best way to knock Russia out and combined with a renewed Ottoman push in Kars or at least a tie down of Russian Forces, can induce the Tsar to lose much of his support and see large parts of his Empire say fuck this, outta here. The Allies have no good counters other than what they already had planned, and if this operation induces Bulgaria and Romania to jump on the CP bandwagon and Italy to nope out, all the better. But seriously Russia is the weakest Allied Power with the least industry and a large portion of it is at Saint Petersburg. Take it out and the Russian War Machine crashes.
With Russia fatally wounded the CP can get what they want out of it and then turn west with the goal of putting France out of the War and kicking Britain out of the MENA area.
This represented the best way to knock Russia out and combined with a renewed Ottoman push in Kars or at least a tie down of Russian Forces, can induce the Tsar to lose much of his support and see large parts of his Empire say fuck this, outta here. The Allies have no good counters other than what they already had planned, and if this operation induces Bulgaria and Romania to jump on the CP bandwagon and Italy to nope out, all the better. But seriously Russia is the weakest Allied Power with the least industry and a large portion of it is at Saint Petersburg. Take it out and the Russian War Machine crashes.
With Russia fatally wounded the CP can get what they want out of it and then turn west with the goal of putting France out of the War and kicking Britain out of the MENA area.