Add Bookmark | Recommend this book | Back to the book page | My bookshelf | Mobile Reading

Free Web Novel,Novel online - All in oicq.net -> Historic -> Beiyang 1917

Volume 2 Beijing Story Chapter 191 Drastic Changes and Peace Negotiations in January

Previous page        Return to Catalog        Next page

    In January 1918, the situation in Russia took a turn for the worse. The Russian Socialist-Revolutionary Party, the Left Socialist-Revolutionary Party, and the Mensheviks, who had been fighting for "revolutionary constitutionalism" from the February Revolution of 1917 to January 1918, encountered the little man and his minority party.  Brutal suppression, after taking control of the armed forces and political power and organizing the election of the Constituent Assembly, the little man and his party actually became a minority in the election.

    This was obviously unacceptable to the little mentor and Trotsky. On January 5, 1918, the day the Soviet Russian Constituent Assembly was held, the little man's government declared martial law in Petrograd, and then refused to pass 2 at the Constituent Assembly.  After the "Peace Decree" and the "Agrarian Decree" passed by the Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets a few months ago,

    The little mentor and his Soviet government dispersed the Constituent Assembly by force and shot at the working class in the same trench immediately following the workers' demonstration convened by the All-Russian Railway Union!

    This was called "January Bloodshed" in the history of Soviet Russia. In fact, the great changes that took place in Soviet Russia in January completely shattered the illusions of the Allied Powers and the Russian bourgeoisie, petty bourgeoisie, and landlords and rich peasants. The democratic constitutional government expected to be represented by one class.  Replaced by the dictatorship of Russia, civil war and division in Russia were inevitable.

    At the same time, Trotsky, on behalf of the Soviet Russian government, began to negotiate a separate peace with Germany and Austria as early as last month. The location was Brest on the Russian-Polish border, which was the midpoint of the Berlin-Moscow railway line. Germany and Austria  The asking price is high.

    As early as the 3rd of last month, negotiations between the Soviet Union and Germany had begun. Germany proposed the harsh conditions of ceding parts of Poland, Lithuania, Estonia, and all of Latvia and Belarus to Germany and paying an indemnity of 3 billion rubles. This aroused the Bolsheviks'  Serious divisions within the party.

    The little mentor advocated accepting Germany's conditions, signing a peace treaty, and gaining a breathing space for the new regime. Zinoviev, Sokolnikov, Georgians, Artyom, Stasova, and Sverdlov  Waiting for six Central Committee members to support the little man; this proves the omnipresence of capitulation and appeasement, and also shows that the little man's judgment of the domestic situation is far less optimistic than others.

    The "left revolutionaries" represented by Bukharin opposed the signing of the peace treaty and advocated the continuation of the world war against imperialism. Central Committee members Bubnov, Uritsky, and Lomov supported Bukharin; this was the most fanatical and  The most unconventional approach, becoming an enemy of imperialism around the world is not something that the fragile and newly born Soviet Russian government can think of at this time!

    Trotsky advocated an armistice and demobilization of the army, but not a contract with Germany (that is, no war, no peace). Central Committee members Krestinsky, Dzerzhinsky, and Joffe supported Trotsky.  In Wang Geng's opinion, this is the most reasonable approach, provided that Germany is willing to give Russia a break on the eastern front and turn westward.

    In fact, Britain and France are likely to stand still on the Western Front and encourage Germany to attack Moscow in one go!  The trick used by Britain and France to kill Shui Dongyin with a borrowed knife did not have to be used until World War II in the previous life!

    On January 2, 1918, the Soviet Russian government held a meeting of central and local leaders.  At the meeting attended by 60 people, 32 people agreed with Bukharin's idea, 16 people agreed with Trotsky's idea, and only 15 people agreed with the little man's idea.  In the end, the little mentor's claim failed to pass because he was in the minority.

    The reason why Soviet Russia ignored the Allied Powers and negotiated a peace with Germany alone was that the Allied Powers rejected the invitation of all the Allied Powers to sit down with Soviet Russia to negotiate a peace with Germany and Austria. This was simply a joke. The European War had lasted four years for the Allied Powers and the Central Powers.  While they were exhausted from the fight, no one dared to breathe their last breath.

    As for the Allies, the United States and China declared war on Germany in April last year and joined the Allied camp. For this purpose, China organized and trained a model army of 400,000 soldiers armed to the teeth to participate in the war. The United States is even more outrageous. Its strong mobilization capabilities make the United States now *  There are as many as 2 million recruits in the *battalion, and the number of recruits continues to increase by 10,000 every day. The U.S. military "veterans" who have undergone military training for three to six months are already transporting 10,000 to Europe every day.  Europe joins the war.

    If you take the Atlantic route from New York to France without encountering German submarines, you can arrive there in only 7 and a half days. Britain and France are now eagerly preparing to severely beat Germany and Austria in the spring offensive on the Western Front after the arrival of the US military. An armistice is not  No, you have to figure out who is the final winner.

    Germany and Austria had the same idea. If such harsh conditions proposed by Germany in Brest could be accepted by the Soviet government, it would be equivalent to ceding one-fifth of Soviet Russia's territory and one-third of its territory at that time.  Population, the Germans really dare to speak, and the little tutor actually dares to agree!

    If the Germans had not asked for such a high price, the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk would have been signed long ago. Germany, which had obtained such huge gains from Soviet Russia through force coercion and blackmail, would have rushed to turn around and launch the spring offensive first.  yes.

    The Allies wanted to take advantage of the fact that the German troops on the Eastern Front did not move westward before the Soviet Union and Germany concluded peace, and prepared to move the battlefieldPushed to the gates of Berlin to force peace with war. In fact, in Wang Geng¡¯s previous life, the miserable Britain and France were greeted by the main German army that turned around and swooped westward in March. If it were not for the timely appearance of the main US military force on the battlefield, it could have blocked the German army.  In this offensive, it¡¯s really hard to say who will knock whom down!

    Although the Allied Powers, including China, ignored Soviet Russia¡¯s request for the Allied Powers to join hands in making peace with Germany, intelligence channels from all parties were well aware of the negotiation process between Germany and Soviet Russia in Brest-Litovsk and the differences of opinion within Soviet Russia!

    According to what Wang Geng said in private discussions with the Prime Minister and the Undersecretary of the Army, it is obvious that the Soviet Bukharin said that fighting imperialism in a world war is the best result for the Allied Powers.

    The problem is that the little mentor has an inseparable relationship with Germany. In his opinion, the new Soviet Russian government must not continue to fight Germany. First, it cannot win at all. Second, if the war continues, it originally supported the little government's commitment to an armistice.  The peaceful soldiers and soldiers may have sided with the opposition forces!

    When he tore off the hypocrisy of revolutionary constitutionalism and democratic elections, the little mentor in his previous life once said a famous saying: Well, we must respect the opinions of the masses and have democratic elections, but don¡¯t forget the weapons in our hands!

    The chaotic situation in Russia and the peace negotiations between Soviet Russia and Germany obviously left little time and room for maneuver for the Allied Powers. At this time, through some strange combination of circumstances, Japan actually officially announced its recognition of the Soviet Russian government on January 2, 1918!  This surprised the United States, Britain and France, and also surprised China.

    No one knows what consensus the Soviet Russia and the Japanese governments have reached behind the scenes or in private. In the face of inquiries from China, the United States, Britain and France, the Japanese government gave an understatement. Recognizing the Soviet Russian government is no different from recognizing the previous five consecutive Russian provisional governments.  .  Doesn't mean anything else.

    At this moment, Japan shot itself in the foot, because on January 2, the Japanese government announced its recognition of the Soviet Russian government. On January 5, the Soviet Russian government recognized by Japan dispersed the democratically elected Constituent Assembly by force and implemented a  The party's dictatorship is a calamity. The Chinese government officially issued a statement on January 6. On the one hand, it reiterated the abolition of a series of unequal treaties between Imperial Russia and China since the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and took back all occupied China.  Territories, but residents living in these territories will have autonomy over their lives and property, and will be able to freely choose which country to join as nationalities!

    At the same time, in a statement on January 6, the Chinese government expressed serious concern about the bloody incident in Petrograd, Russia, and expressed strong dissatisfaction with Russia for negotiating peace with Germany without the coordination of the Allied Powers. It also officially stated that under the current situation,  Under the situation, the Chinese government will postpone the negotiation on establishing diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union until there are positive factors in the situation in Russia!

    For the first time in history, the Chinese government has independently made its own diplomatic judgment and orientation, and has sang the high tone of democracy and freedom higher than the mountains. This has once again won China a huge reputation in the world and among the Allied Powers.  In contrast, on January 2, it announced its recognition of the Soviet Russian government. The day after China issued its statement on January 6, the Japanese government gritted its teeth and issued another statement under the pressure of Britain, the United States and France:

    In view of the unexpected changes in the domestic situation in Russia, Japan will freeze the process of establishing diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union and remain consistent with the Allied Powers in judging the situation in Europe!

    Damn, if I had known this, why bother? At the beginning, Wang Geng suspected that there was definitely an exchange of interests behind the Soviet Union and Japan. For example, the Soviet Union might have given up Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands to Japan in exchange for Soviet Russia's urgent needs in the East and Asia.  support.
Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report