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Volume 3 Far East Stories Chapter 484 Sitting in rows eating fruits

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    July 14, 1918 20:30 Moscow Kremlin

    "Did you all hear it? Comrade Joseph and the Southern Front not only refused to give up the area south of Saratov and Tsaritsyn, but also demanded the establishment of the Volga Military District to unify the command of all parties, governments, military, civilians and troops in the Volga River Basin, and to have diplomatic autonomy.  Quan! Darling, this is going to be a big fight!¡±

    Ulyanov's tone was full of an unpredictable sourness. Obviously, the authority of the Soviet Central Committee in Moscow was challenged by Tsaritsin. This made Ulyanov, the chairman of the Soviet Central Committee, momentarily  A little gaffe.

    The huge conference room was silent for a moment. Although the Central Committee members present were not all the Central Committee of the Soviet Union, they were basically all the Central Committee members who were in Moscow and could talk. They were the ones who had gone to find a room to catch up on their sleep.  Dervyov had already rushed over at this time, sitting in the corner and rubbing his face, trying to drive away sleepiness.

    "Let's talk about it. I think Tsaritsyn's telegram can be recorded in the history of the Bolsheviks. Why, Central Committee members, are you all mute?" Ulyanov was obviously a little anxious.

    Within the Central Committee of the Soviet Union and the Bolshevik Party, Ulyanov was the unwavering leader and helmsman, while Trotsky was the founder of the Soviet Red Army. During the civil war, the entire Russian territory was filled with smoke and chicken feathers.  In 1918, Trotsky and his Red Army were on every battlefield needed to fend off White Guard attacks.

    This makes Trotsky, Chairman of the Supreme Revolutionary Military Council of the Soviet Union, the unquestionable second-in-command of the Soviet Russian regime and party. In fact, in Wang Geng¡¯s previous life, if Trotsky had not repeatedly attacked Ulyanno  With the support of his husband's ideas, our little leader did not easily ascend to the highest position in the Central Committee of Soviet Russia.

    But Ulyanov, as a leader, has a natural sensitivity and response to factional struggles and power checks and balances within the organization. In fact, whether it is a political power, an organization or a gang, most of the second-in-commands are eating.  It's grass, it's milk, and at critical moments, the boss can lead the masses and turn them into food cows.

    The fundamental reason is that the second-in-command is often the position that poses the greatest threat to the status of the first-in-command and is most likely to cause challenges and internal strife. Ulyanov is not exempt from this rule, so he favored Joseph and suppressed the top leader in the battle to defend Tsaritsyn.  Chairman of the Military Council Trotsky.

    It must be said that Comrade Ulyanov was still quite far-sighted. At this time, there was no problem with his health, and the assassination incident in Wang Geng¡¯s previous life did not happen. The penicillin that the King of China¡¯s research and development center developed in the United States was widely used in the world.  The emergence of Comrade Ulyanov's close comrade-in-arms Sdelviev also escaped the Spanish flu.

    Comrade Ulyanov's health was very good in 1918. Except for the front line and food, which made his head swollen, nothing else blocked his way forward, whether it was Dzerzhinsky's Cheka or Tsarli  Neither Tianjin's Southern Front nor Joseph can challenge Ulyanov's status in turn. They should only be the most effective soldiers under Comrade Chairman.

    Ulyanov certainly did not expect that in just a few days, Joseph Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili would be able to challenge the Central Committee of the Soviet Union in Moscow and establish a unified command of the Volga Military District and the Volga Front.  The Soviet Red Army in the Volga River Valley dealt with Kolchak and the Ufa coalition.

    This is barely acceptable, but if all the power of the party, government, army, engineers, and soldiers is to be vested in the Volga Military District, where will the Soviets go?  It also needs the power to negotiate with foreign countries. Where can Moscow put it?  Where should the Central Committee of Soviet Russia be placed?

    No wonder Comrade Ulyanov looked a little out of breath. He paced back and forth quickly in the conference room holding his waist while looking at each Central Committee member around him and thinking about their positions and directions.  Will he stand on his own side, or will he support the price Tsaritsin and Joseph ask the central government?

    At the Seventh Congress of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) held in March 1918, after democratic elections, the Central Committee of the Soviet Union produced a total of 15 official Central Committee members, namely Ulyanov and Trotsky.  , Bukharin, Kamenev, Zinoviev, Sokolnikov, Joseph, Chicherin, Stasova, Sverdlov, Bubnov, Lomov, K.  Restinsky, Dzerzhinsky, Uritsky, in addition to 14 alternate members of the Central Committee.

    At the beginning, the fifteen members of the Soviet Central Committee could be roughly divided into three categories. Ulyanov¡¯s previous die-hard supporters were Sdervyov, Dzerzhinsky, Joseph, Chicherin, and Stasova.  , while Kamenev, Zinoviev, Uritsky, Bubnov, and Krestinsky sided with Trotsky most of the time, leaving Bukharin with only one follower.  Lomov.

    In fact, Bukharin took advantage of Ulyanov¡¯s resignation and temporarilyBukharin jumped to the position of Chairman of the Central Committee, but his ambition exceeded his ability. It was obvious that Bukharin was completely incapable of managing the complex situation at home and abroad, and inside and outside the Bolshevik Party. His attempt to challenge the Supreme Leader completely failed.

    Fortunately, Ulyanov did not regard Bukharin as an important intra-party rival at all, so he did not embarrass him. The positions of editor-in-chief of "Pravda" and the Central People's Commissar of Propaganda were still reserved for him.  Harlem, on the other hand, changed from a challenger who did not know his own abilities to a pretentious middle-of-the-road swing element.

    At this time, Bukharin could also be said to be a wallflower within the Central Committee of the Soviet Union. Of course, most of the time, his position was closer to the chairman, Comrade Ulyanov, because Trotsky simply did not  I look down upon this party ideologue who only knows how to talk.

    Ulyanov walked around the conference room with his hands behind his back and quietly looked at the Central Committee members in each conference room. Logically speaking, as long as Trotsky and he maintained a unified position, Joseph's attempt to force the emperor would never happen.  It was easily passed by a majority vote in the Central Committee.

    So, even if Joseph jumps out to challenge himself, then within the Soviet Central Committee, the four votes of Sdelviev, Dzerzhinsky, Stasova and Chicherin are definitely his basic safety votes.

    But wait, Dzerzhinsky and his Cheka's previous counter-revolutionary work in the North Caucasus Military District and the Southern Front was said to have received the full support of Joseph. The two sides complemented each other in a tacit understanding. Could it be that these two guys actually secretly  What deal was made that didn¡¯t work out?

    Ulyanov's eyes quietly moved to Dzerzhinsky's face in the corner of the conference room, trying to get a clue. Dzerzhinsky's thin and tall body was buried in the sofa chair, with a pair of long legs.  He was stretched out on the carpet in front of him. His body posture looked relatively casual, not nervous or arrogant, and his face was as bitter and frowning as ever.

    It seems that there is no private understanding or deal with Joseph. Let¡¯s take a look. Ulyanov shifted his attention from Dzerzhinsky to Bukharin. The editor-in-chief of "Pravda" obviously  I was a little distracted by reading such a long telegram just now. I am a little depressed now, my eyes are dull and unfocused, I am playing with a pencil in my hand, and I am muttering silently to myself. I don¡¯t know what I am saying.  something.

    After walking around for a while, he came back to look at Kamenev and Zinoviev. The two of them were whispering together, and I don¡¯t know what they had planned. Sdelviev and Trotsky didn¡¯t know when they got together.  They were together, muttering and discussing something.

    "Comrades! Don't hold a small meeting. If anything is put on the table, the Bolsheviks must be honest and above board, and don't care about those things. Let's talk about the demands made by Comrade Tsaritsyn and Joseph. What are they?  An opinion!" Ulyanov stopped and stood in the middle of the conference room, waving his arms and shouted.

    When the Chairman of the Central Committee of the Soviet Union shouted this, the Central Committee members present could no longer hold their heads in silence, especially Bukharin, who couldn't sit still under Ulyanov's many glances, so he had to be the first  Stand up and take a stand,

    "The establishment of the Volga Military District and the Volga Front sounds good. Our enemies to the east are the Kolchak and Ufa coalition forces. It seems that the other parties do not have unified command. The coalition forces only fight against the coalition forces, while Kolchak is in Kazakhstan.  Shanwo didn't know what to think. Looking at it this way, it seems that it is not so necessary for us to unify the command of the Volga River Basin.

    The Volga River is a full 1,500 kilometers from Nizhny Novgorod in the upper reaches to Tsaritsyn in the lower reaches. It is not easy to unified command in such a wide area. In fact, there is no precedent. I suggest that the central government carefully consider this issue. That¡¯s it.  .  "

    Bukharin sat down sweating as he spoke, picked up the water glass on the table and drank heavily. His face was flushed, and he was obviously the first to express that this job was not easy. Fortunately, this guy spoke very tactfully, no matter what  No matter what conclusion he reaches in the end, he cannot be considered to be on the opposite side.

    Bukharin¡¯s statement obviously did not surprise other Central Committee members. Ulyanov¡¯s face softened a lot after hearing this. At least Bukharin could see that he was quite disgusted and dissatisfied with the conditions Joseph put forward in the telegram!

    ??Nima, is this as simple as establishing a military region and a front? This is Joseph relying on the strength of Tsaritsyn and the Southern Front to challenge the authority of Moscow while taking advantage of the disastrous defeat in the Battle of Ufa!
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