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Volume 3 Far East Stories Chapter 492 Don¡¯t do to others what you don¡¯t want others to do to you

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    ¡°There is an essential difference between being arrested by the Tsarist military police as a revolutionary and being a Soviet Red Army soldier on the battlefield who laid down his arms and surrendered to the enemy!

    Grigory Yevseyevich, you are confusing the public and changing the concept!  I would like to ask the leaders and Central Committee members of the Bolshevik Party, who have not been arrested, imprisoned and exiled by the Tsarist military and police many times. How can this be confused with the issue of prisoners of war?  !  Bukharin shouted angrily.

    "Nikolai Ivanovich is right. I have been arrested and imprisoned by the Tsarist military police more than ten times. The total time of imprisonment and exile is more than ten years, but I have never betrayed what we did.  The cause of struggle, the victory we have achieved today, is not the result of our unrelenting struggle against the tsarist government for so many years! How can the arrest of revolutionaries be confused with the issue of prisoners of war!¡±

    Sverdlov finally couldn't help but stood up and got angry at Zinoviev. The teacup on the table almost broke with a bang.

    "Don't be too loud, Yakov Mikhailovich, are the Tsar and his government our enemies? No one will deny this, right? Then since we can think that the arrest and exile of revolutionaries by the Tsarist government is a revolution  The soldiers of the Soviet Red Army were surrounded by the enemy on the right bank of the Volga River and then laid down their weapons and were captured. In essence, what is the difference from when we were captured? "

    "Tell me about it? What's the difference? The enemy is strong and we are weak, we can't resist, and we have green hills left without worrying about firewood. What's the difference? Why were Soviet Red Army soldiers captured on the battlefield?  Traitors and traitors, and we become heroes because we were arrested and imprisoned by the Tsarist police? This logic makes no sense at all!¡±

    Although Zinoviev did not slam the table, his words were sharp and his tone was firm, and his eyes revealed the Bolshevik persistence of never compromising for faith and truth.

    Ulyanov frowned in thought, Dzerzhinsky continued to grimace and didn't know what to think. Kamenev looked at his old friend and old man with admiration in his eyes, and Trotsky did the same.  His brows relaxed. Obviously, Zinoviev's argument hit the mark. No one can refute this question.

    "Revolutionaries working underground and Soviet Red Army soldiers on the battlefield are not the same thing. When every Red Army soldier joins the Soviet Red Army, he should be mentally prepared to sacrifice his life to defend the Soviet Union. Soldiers lay down their weapons on the battlefield and fight against the enemy.  To surrender is to be a traitor, to have betrayed our sacred cause, and to be a traitor, and the family members of the traitor should be tried and liquidated!¡±

    Bukharin panted heavily, waving his arms and shouting, as if trying to grasp the invisible straw in the air. Even he himself felt that such an excuse was quite pale and weak.

    Sure enough, Kamenev took over the conversation from the side, shook his head at Bukharin and said,

    "Nikolai Ivanovich, I cannot agree with your point of view. Revolutionaries who work underground are also fighters. Their speeches, flyers, articles, mimeographed newspapers, pens and microphones in their hands are all weapons, and the underground front  It is essentially the same problem as a covert war super revolutionary who was arrested by the Tsarist military police while working underground, and a soldier who was captured on the battlefield!¡±

    Bukharin was obviously a little angry, waving his hands and shouting in a sharp voice,

    "Lev Borisovich, I know that you are close to Grigory Yevseevich, but you cannot impose your ideas on others. Almost everyone in the leadership of the Bolshevik Party suffered  We have been arrested by the Tsarist military police and served in Tsarist prisons. Most of us have been exiled, and many of us have been in trenches many times. Are we all traitors and traitors?¡±

    As soon as Bukharin said this, not only Ulyanov's brows frowned even more, but Sverdlov and Dzerzhinsky also frowned, obviously feeling that Bukharin had completely fallen into the trap.  The trap set by Zinoviev, today's debate on the issue of prisoners of war, has been irreversibly moved towards their point of view by Zinoviev.

    "The problem has been explained very clearly, Nikolai Ivanovich, it is you who cannot turn the corner. Countless party leaders and Bolshevik leaders have been arrested by the Tsarist military police. Of course, traitors and traitors cannot  Say no, but the vast majority of them are unyielding revolutionaries, there is no doubt about this!¡±

    Zinoviev casually put out the cigarette butt, with a smile of victory on his face

    "Indeed, Comrade Bukharin, no matter how many times you have been in the Tsar's prison or how many times you have been exiled, no one has ever doubted your loyalty to the revolution and the Bolshevik Party. Yakov Mikhailovich is  After being arrested by the tsar fourteen times and imprisoned for another twelve years, no one can doubt his loyalty to the party and our cause!" Kamenev said with a smile on the side!

    At this moment, the atmosphere in the conference room finally relaxed a little, and even Sverdlov¡¯s old face became angry again.It was Yihong, and she couldn't help but start muttering in her heart. If you want to put it this way, the captured Red Army soldiers on the battlefield cannot simply be declared as traitors and traitors. The truth is clear, but no matter how unwilling they are, at this moment  You really can't win against Zinoviev in a debate.

    Bukharin turned around pitifully and looked at the Chairman of the Central Committee of the Soviet Union. Ulyanov was still thinking about the problem with a frown, as if he had not seen this guy, but Sverdlov seemed to have been  Noviev and Gamiyev were convinced by their arguments, but Dzerzhinsky still sat in the corner of the conference room with arms folded and legs stretched out, saying nothing.

    Trotsky stood up at this time and said to Ulyanov, "Vladimir Ilyich, I think Zinoviev and Kamenev's views are tenable and reasonable.  It makes sense. We should at least treat the Soviet Red Army soldiers captured on the battlefield differently. If they took the initiative to defect to the enemy with weapons before the battle started, they are of course traitors and traitors."

    "But if the commanders and fighters are captured after a bloody battle, and finally run out of ammunition and food, and are surrounded by the enemy, and cannot hold on without reinforcements, I don't think they can be simply declared as traitors and prisoners of war.  The capture of these soldiers and commanders is actually the same as when we were arrested by the Russian military police!¡±

    "It can't be said to be exactly the same. After all, the responsibility of the Soviet Red Army soldiers is to take up arms to defend the Soviet Union and our party. If you put down your arms and surrender to the enemy on the battlefield, you can't become a hero, right?" Ulyanov spread his hands, his face  The leader obviously had a distressed look on his face. It was obvious that Zinoviev couldn't argue with this issue, but he turned 180 degrees and the little leader still couldn't change his mind!

    "Comrade Chairman, if our revolutionaries were turncoats and traitors, they would not have stayed in the tsar's prisons and exiles. Instead, they would have been the guests of nobles and capitalists. In fact, we were not, so  Even if revolutionaries are arrested, imprisoned or exiled, no one can doubt their loyalty!¡±

    "The same is true for the captured soldiers of the Soviet Red Army now. If they were traitors and traitors, they should have joined the White Guards at this time instead of starving and doing hard labor in the allied prisoner-of-war camps, since they are still in the enemy's prisoner-of-war camps.  Here, it shows that they are also unyielding Bolsheviks, just like us in the Tsarist prison!"

    The chairman of the Supreme Revolutionary Military Committee looked at Ulyanov, the supreme leader of the party, sincerely. Obviously, on this issue, we must take advantage of the good opportunity of the Ufa Allied Forces telegram to propose conditions to properly adjust the Central Committee of the Soviet Union and the Soviet Union.  The Soviet Red Army¡¯s concepts and policies towards its captured personnel missed this opportunity, and the mistakes of the willful left-wing leaders of the Soviet Central Committee on this issue will become bigger and bigger.

    "Vladimir Ilyich, if we declare today that the nearly 200,000 Red Army soldiers captured on the right bank of the Volga River are traitors and turncoats, and arrest, interrogate, or even shoot and exile their relatives and friends,  Apart from pushing the 200,000 captured Red Army soldiers into the arms of the Ufa coalition and the White Guards, there will be no second result!" Kamenev said without losing any opportunity!

    "Looking from ancient times to the present, as long as there is a war, there will be prisoners of war. This has nothing to do with faith or a strong will. Otherwise, the Bolshevik leaders refused to surrender when they were hunted down by the Tsarist army and police. In addition to being shot to death, they would also  Is there a second outcome? If everyone is like that, how will we have the opportunity to develop the revolutionary power to carry out the February Revolution and the October Revolution?" Zinoviev continued on the sidelines.

    "Comrades, although what you say is not unreasonable, if we open our mouth today on the issue of prisoners of war, I am afraid that if the situation becomes difficult in the future, the troops below will lay down their weapons and surrender to the enemy. How will we fight this war in the future?  Who else does the Soviet expect to protect? How can the revolution be carried out to the end?" Ulyanov said reluctantly, waving his hands.

    "Vladimir Ilyich is right. Today we tolerate the problem of prisoners of war and adopt an appeasement policy. Tomorrow the combat effectiveness of the team may be completely destroyed. When war breaks out, we can lay down our weapons and surrender at any time. Anyway, there will be no punishment.  Duan!" Bukharin came to life again now.

    "Members of the Central Committee! Senior leaders of the Bolsheviks! You must believe that the vast majority of Red Army soldiers and Bolsheviks are strong fighters. As long as we do our political and ideological work properly, the combat effectiveness and fighting will of the troops will not collapse! Believe that  The masses! Believe in the political commissars at all levels!" Trotsky's voice couldn't help but get louder!  Piaotian Literature registered members recommend this work
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