Chapter 1400 Russia's Armistice Plan
Time passed quickly and it was already the end of 1923. The German and Austro-Hungarian governments finally withstood the Russian offensive. The two sides achieved a temporary military balance in Poland, Ukraine and other regions. After suffering heavy casualties, Russia was unable to break through the new defense line established by Poland and Ukraine.
In fact, starting from August, due to the reasons of previous wars, the successive defeats of the armies of countries such as Poland, Ukraine, Germany and Austria gave the Russian Labor Party the illusion that "imperialism" was vulnerable.
In the following months, the Russian government more actively deployed troops to the border, hoping to recover the land of the Tsarist era in one fell swoop.
However, reality dealt Russia a heavy blow. With the support of the people of Poland and western Ukraine, the intervention forces and the Polish and Ukrainian armies turned the tide despite having far fewer troops than the Russian army.
This is a very funny situation. In western Ukraine and Poland, due to the extremely weak industry, the farmers, who have an absolute population advantage, are completely uninterested in the Russian Labor Party.
The Russian Labor Party's "infiltration" into the local area not only failed to gain support, but was faced with reports and boycotts from the masses in both places at any time.
So now the situation is reversed, and in Poland and western Ukraine, the intervention forces and the two governments have the support of the people.
You know, the combat effectiveness of the Russian army is very poor. Its weapons and equipment and military quality are far inferior to those of the intervention forces. At most, it is at the same level as the Polish and Western Ukrainian government forces.
Therefore, it is normal that the Russian army, which failed to gain the support of the majority of the people, performed very poorly and was defeated by the small number of intervention forces led by Germany and Austria.
From a historical perspective alone, the Russian nation has never been a warlike nation, but should be classified as a militant nation.
Moscow.
As winter approaches, Moscow, the political center of Red Russia, is once again covered with snow. Under the gloomy sky, the atmosphere in this ancient Eastern European city is particularly depressing.
As everyone knows, the mood of Russians is as gloomy as the weather in Russia, which can easily make people feel depressed.
The Russian Labor Party obviously brought some different colors to this ancient empire.
On the streets, party members were leading the masses in actively clearing the snow from the roads. The enthusiastic atmosphere and the gloomy weather in Moscow were like a confrontation between man and nature, injecting a bit of vitality into this depressed country.
For a city like Moscow, snow removal is not an easy task, but with the Labor Party setting an example, most Moscow citizens participated in this activity without complaint.
Under the influence of the atmosphere, even some people who were originally reluctant to participate in the event changed their minds and thought it was not bad.
After all, the Russian bureaucrats of the old era would not take the lead in participating in such livelihood and municipal projects, let alone like the Labour Party, wielding sweat and shovels, and doing physical labor on the streets and roads.
Of course, it is obvious that there are many die-hard elements who are dissatisfied with this kind of collective labor.
Hajevych was holding a shovel weakly at the end of the team, complaining in a low voice to a few of his equally pretentious companions.
"This group of revolutionaries only know how to put on a show and win people's hearts. Those ignorant guys are grateful and support them. They are simply mentally ill, lunatics, and idiots..."
Hajewicz cursed the Labour Party and the hard-working people on the streets, using all the vicious words he could think of to his mouth without paying.
"Hey, Hajevych, what's the point of cursing in secret? Why don't you just run up to the front and tell those people what you think." A companion said maliciously.
Hajevitch stared at his tactless companion with a resentful look and said, "Haha, Mikhail, do you think I'm a fool? Don't think that just because you are an idiot, everyone else is as brainless as you."
"I just can't stand the Labor Party's fraud, I don't really want to die, and if I really risk my life to confront the Labor Party, do you think you can escape!"
"We are all 'remnants' in the eyes of the Labour Party. If something happens to me, none of you will be able to escape. I know you don't like me, but don't expect the Labour Party to look at you differently for other reasons. It's a good result that we are still alive."
Mihayel said helplessly: "I was just teasing you, but you get angry so easily. This is not good. You should know that the mouth is the source of trouble. You complain like this every day, and only a few of us hear it, so it doesn't matter. If others hear it, it will be a disaster!"
Hearing the two quarreling, Stanislavsky said, "Okay, everyone, stop talking. It's no wonder that the Labor Party was able to steal the power of the country if they are still fighting among themselves at this time."
"Before, various anti-labor organizations were defeated by the Russian Labor Party for this reason. After all, the Russian Labor Party was not very strong at the time, and their influence was limited to a few cities such as St. Petersburg and Moscow."
"It was precisely because of the lack of unity within the party that they fought each other, and not only did they fail to drive the Russian Labor Party out of power, but they were beaten to a pulp."
Hajewitch yawned and said, "Hehe, I shouldn't have believed that those democratic forces could gain power. If we want to drive the Russian Labor Party out of power, we still have to rely on the nobles."
"Your Majesty Alexei, the interim government is now in East Africa. Unfortunately, he was too young back then, and the various princes did not listen to him. If we were under the leadership of the Tsar, we wouldn't be sweeping the streets now."
"You know, it was those clowns who forced Emperor Nicholas II to step down, but they couldn't deal with the Labour Party. Poor Emperor Nicholas II, even his body can't be found now."
Hajewitch was not originally a Russian royalist. After all, as a member of a petty-bourgeois family, he should theoretically stand on the side of the then Russian bourgeois Provisional Government.
Unfortunately, the performance of the Russian Provisional Government was so embarrassing that this regime, which existed for only a few months, to a certain extent took the blame for Nicholas II.
But they certainly cannot get rid of the blame, because they played a big role in instigating Nicholas II to abdicate. So in Hayevitch's view, the responsibility for the seizure of power in Russia by the Russian Labor Party lies entirely with the so-called democrats, or the bourgeoisie in the eyes of the Russian Labor Party.
Although Mikhail had never gotten along with Hajemovich before, he agreed with his idea.
"I support Hajewicz on this point. It turns out that those bourgeois organizations can hardly accomplish anything. It is obviously impossible to expect this group of insects to overthrow the tyranny of the Labor Party."
"Every one of these guys is greedier than the aristocracy. The aristocracy at least has a sense of honor. They only care about making money, and in the end, all the money goes to the Labour Party."
"Moreover, if it weren't for these traitors, the Empire wouldn't have suffered such a terrible military defeat. Ukraine, Poland and other vast territories would have been completely lost to Germany and Austria-Hungary."
Although, objectively speaking, Poland and other regions were sold out to the Allies by the Labour government, but for Mikhail and others, the bourgeois provisional government that led to the Labour Party coming to power was even more heinous. If they had not stabbed the "great" Emperor Nicholas II in the back, how could the Russian front-line military defeat have occurred, and how could the Labour Party have come to power?
As expected, "when a person dies, his debts are cleared." After the death of Nicholas II, he became a "tragic hero" to a certain extent, at least for some anti-Labor Party elements.
In the international community, even William II, who once hated Nicholas II to the core, shed tears after Nicholas II's death and expressed his sympathy for his cousin.
Stanislavsky: "Speaking of Ukraine and Poland, the Labour Party seems to have suffered setbacks on the front line recently, which should be good news for us."
"Although the Russian Labor Party tried its best to cover up its failures on the front line, compared with a few months ago when newspapers were full of news about victory in the war, the Russian newspapers recently are obviously very abnormal."
After all, the Russian Labor Party could not have come up out of nothing. Although Russia's mainstream newspapers are still promoting Russia's various advantages on the front line, the reactionaries have obviously smelled something different.
Mikhail said: "I have noticed this too. Given the Labour Party's style of being ambitious, if they had made any progress, I'm afraid the propaganda would not be as bland as it is now."
"However, if the Russian Labor Party on the front line really fails, it will be a great relief to the people. Even if the final result is that the Germans attack Moscow, it is much better than the Labor Party controlling Russia."
Compared with Mikhail and Stanislavsky, Hajewicz was even more extreme.
He said: "I would rather see the Germans rule than see the Labour Party rule Russia. Of course, the best outcome is that both Germany and the Labour Party lose, and then the Empire returns to its previous state, and then His Majesty Alexei returns from that hellhole in East Africa to take charge of the situation."
From what Khajelovich said, we can see how bad the impact of Crown Prince Alexei, the former "slippery fish" who went into exile abroad, is on the Russian Labor Party today. What's worse is that Alexei organized a reactionary exile government in East Africa.
In this way, those people in Russia who were dissatisfied with the Labor Party regime seemed to have found a "backbone". Of course, there were definitely some people who were not interested in welcoming back the Tsar, mainly those "democratic" elements who still hoped to establish a parliamentary state like the Western ones.
However, the Tsar is more representative of Russia, and Russian history cannot escape the influence of the Tsar. In Russia, there are more reactionary forces supporting the Tsar.
However, both the democrats and the royalists were powerless in the face of the Russian Labor Party, and the fantasies of Hayevitch and others could only exist verbally.
In fact, they themselves did not have the courage to resist the Russian Labor Party. In this situation, it would be better to consider the German army approaching Moscow than to hope that the new Tsar Alexei, who was in exile abroad, would fight back to Germany.
"Hayevitch, Mikhail, Stanislavsky, what are you three doing? You are dawdling. Don't you see that the others are working hard? Don't try to be sneaky. I will keep an eye on you!"
Just as Hajevych and the other two were daydreaming at the end of the line, a Moscow auntie yelled at them.
Helplessly, the three of them could only continue to pretend to swing the shovels, as if they were working actively.
At this time, in the Kremlin, Joseph was also worried about the war.
Comrade Iron Joseph has been very busy recently. On the one hand, the health of the national leader Vladimir is getting worse and worse, and it seems that he will hardly survive the winter. So for the sake of national stability, Joseph has to take over the country's political work personally.
Because of Vladimir's physical condition, it was obvious that Joseph could not leave Moscow, the national political center, at this time to prevent the state power from falling into the hands of people with "ulterior motives".
As a qualified politician and a staunch Labour Party fighter, Joseph was obviously not at ease with many people. After all, since the Russian Labour Party seized state power, many speculators had indeed infiltrated its ranks.
You have to know that the Russian Labor Party was a political party with only tens of thousands of members in Russia before, and it was already a mixed bag at that time. Take Joseph himself for example, he did not think that his past experience was "perfect", after all, he had done things like robbing banks.
Of course, his purpose is to provide funds for the Labour Party, but what about others? Who can guarantee that the Labour Party is really full of ascetics and saints with high moral qualities?
For those Labour Party members who are truly strict with themselves, they, to a certain extent, pursue perfection too much, which makes them prone to fall into extremes and become intolerant of any flaws.
Joseph was, to a large extent, a person who could not tolerate any grain of sand in his eyes. After entering Moscow, a section of the Russian Labor Party quickly became corrupt and began to become like the old bureaucrats of the Tsarist era, which Joseph obviously could not accept.
However, the Russian Labor Party had to compromise. After all, if it really wanted to select perfect people to govern the country, it would be impossible for the Russian Labor Party to find so many "saints". Human nature determines that "saints" are always exceptions and everyone has flaws.
Therefore, Joseph had only one choice, that is to act as a "dictator", monopolize power, and strike at or even purge the reactionary forces at any time. Since it is impossible to eliminate corruption and reactionary elements, he can only choose to take up the butcher knife.
Joseph would never allow the fruits of victory to be stolen by speculators and enemies.
So from Joseph's perspective, Russia is not as strong as he imagined, but is instead facing "internal and external troubles."
In addition to the problems within the Russian Labor Party, which he was very dissatisfied with, he was also troubled by external military failures, the imperialist blockade of Russia, and other issues.
Now, he has to face the problem of how to resolve the war on the front line. There is no doubt that the defeat of the Russian army has made Russia's situation more difficult. Moreover, if the war continues, it will also cause huge damage to Russia's already fragile economy. You must know that Russia is still recovering from the trauma of war.
After thinking for a long time, Joseph decided to negotiate with Germany. The internal situation in Russia will be in a turbulent period due to Vladimir's physical condition. Therefore, if Joseph wants to control Russia, he must get through this turbulent period. At this time, continuing the war is obviously not conducive to his takeover of Russia.
Secondly, the combat effectiveness of the Russian army is really worrying. Without the support of a strong industry, the Russian army is almost the same as that of the Tsarist era. Therefore, Joseph believes that if a strong industry cannot be developed, it will be impossible for Russia to export its ideology abroad.
Finally, Russia needs to recuperate, but it is also facing encirclement and blockade from the international community, so the continuation of the war is not conducive to the people's support for the Russian Labor Party. Moreover, the Labor Party cannot make a major breakthrough in the war now, but may be counterattacked by imperialism.
You know, from the time Russia launched the war to now, Germany and Austria-Hungary have not really made any effort, not to mention other imperialist countries. If Russia really insists on going its own way and continues the war, it will inevitably attract more imperialist countries to intervene.
Therefore, taking into account various reasons, Joseph was planning to end the war in his heart. Moreover, this time Russia has taken over most of Ukraine and the Baltic regions, and all of Belarus. In fact, Russia has initially achieved its strategic goals.
As for the rest of the country, the Polish and Western Ukrainian peasants who were united with the reactionary forces in their fight against Russia were indeed not worthy of being "liberated" by the Russians.
(End of this chapter)
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