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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 517 Showdown with Joseph

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    July 15, 1918 19:35 Moscow Kremlin

    "Comrades, Bolsheviks, Central Committee members, the situation the Soviets are facing now is very serious. The defeat in the Battle of Ufa has caused our new red regime to undergo another huge test. The situation is so serious. The current situation is worse than that in 1918.  It was even more serious when the Constituent Assembly was dissolved in January 1918 than when the Brest-Litovsk Treaty was negotiated with Germany in March 1918.¡±

    Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Soviet Union, waved his arms, looked solemn, and frowned, telling the Central Committee members about the current situation.

    "What Vladimir Ilyich said is absolutely true. It is more serious than when the leftist revolutionary Muravyov rebelled in May. The enemies we face now are not just Kolchak, Krasnov, and Deng Xiaoping.  Nigin¡¯s White Guard, but the Allied forces that are more cunning and more powerful than the White Guard and even the German Army!¡± Trotsky, the chairman of the Supreme Military Council on the side, interjected.

    "The Ufa coalition is the most ferocious enemy we have ever encountered. This is true. Yegorov's Ninth Army is a steel division forged in three battles to defend Tsaritsyn, but when it comes to Ufa  On the Great Plains, we have to admit that the Soviet Red Army is not the opponent of the Ufa Allied Forces for the time being. This point has been stated in the telegram sent by the Southern Front to the Central Committee. Of course, I also agree with this view! "

    The person speaking this time was Joseph. He wanted to remind the Central Committee members not to forget that the Central Committee of the Soviet Union included Ulyanov and Trotsky. Their understanding of the Ufa Allied Forces was mostly based on Tsaritsyn and the Southern Front.  The analysis and judgment made by the general.

    "People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs Georgi Vasilyevich got some arms, weapons and ammunition back from Germany, but it was far from enough. We lost 300,000 main Red Army troops in the Ufa battle. Even if 100,000 new prisoners of war were captured in the short term,  If the Germans repatriate ten divisions of infantry, it will not be enough. Our first step is to at least restore the strength of the Eastern Front to its previous strength!"

    "The second step is to improve the quality of the Soviet Red Army. To defend the eastern front, the newly established Volga Front will need at least 500,000 troops, and it must be equipped with enough machine guns, artillery and anti-aircraft guns. We won't be talking about aircraft for the time being.  Just thinking about it, even if there are planes, it¡¯s too late to train pilots now!¡±

    "Comrades, members of the Central Committee, the Kolchak White Guards in the Kazan direction are elite troops. At this time, they have at least 200,000 troops ready to move, and the total strength of the Ufa Allied Forces, according to the final  A conservative estimate is that it will be no less than 200,000 people!¡±

    "And we, how many people do we, the Soviet Red Army, have left on the Eastern Front? Lev Davidovich, you are the chairman of the Supreme Military Council. Tell me!" Ulyanov sat down and drank water to moisten his throat.  , while letting Trotsky beside him introduce the situation.

    "The main military force of the Soviet Red Army on the Eastern Front is the Eastern Front. The remaining Third Army plus the two divisions of the Fifth Army have a total strength of less than 80,000. According to the information we have, the Southern Front has 40,000 troops in the Eighth Army.  There are more than 80,000 people in the Tenth Army. If we add this up, the newly established Volga Front will have a main force of 200,000 at most!" Trotsky's tone was also solemn.

    "In this case, even if we include the 100,000 prisoners of war who will be repatriated from Germany, we will only have 300,000 troops. This number is equivalent to the total number of Soviet Red Army troops that were originally deployed in the Battle of Ufa. However, our combat effectiveness will certainly not be restored that quickly in the short term.  Therefore, it is quite difficult to hold the Volga River with only 300,000 people!" The interface was Sverdlov, Vice Chairman of the Supreme Military Council.

    "Comrade Lev Davidovich, how is the situation west of Moscow? Can the Petersburg direction send troops to strengthen the Volga Front on the eastern front?" Military Commissar Joseph, who returned from Tsaritsin, obviously had his mind set on moving west of Moscow.  Go to the troops!

    "The establishment of the Northern Front is still in the exploratory stage. The basic organization has not yet been established. The commanding personnel of the front and group armies have not yet been determined. Besides, there are only a few divisions in the western army? Unless all the workers' divisions in Moscow are transferred to the eastern front.  Go, it's definitely not possible to mobilize a large number of troops from the direction of Petersburg at this time!" Trotsky said with a frown.

    Before the Chairman of the Supreme Military Council finished speaking, Krestinsky, Chairman of the Petersburg Soviet and Commander of the Military District, jumped up first, pounded the table and shouted, "Joseph Vissarionovich, now  My men have worked hard to defend Petersburg. There are simply not enough troops. The defense line along the Baltic Sea cannot be set up. At this time, Petersburg cannot move even a single soldier to the east!"

    Next to him, Krestinsky¡¯s partner, Uritsky, chairman of the St. Petersburg Cheka and member of the Military Committee of the Military District, also shouted,

    "The sailors of the Baltic Fleet have been mobilized from the October Revolution to the present??70% of the Bolshevik backbone of the sailors has been enriched in the Eastern Front Army and the Southern Front Army on the Eastern Front. At this time, it is absolutely impossible to mobilize any more soldiers. Now the fleet warships parked at the base can't even recruit gunners.  together!  "

    "Those small forces in Finland and Lithuania will not pose a real threat to Petersburg. Now that the Germans have ceased war with us, the Allied navy cannot stretch its hand so far, and the west will be relatively calm. I suggest that the central government considers that at the appropriate time  At that time, troops will be transferred from the west to reinforce the Volga Front!" Joseph was now in a complacent state and did not take Krestinsky and Uritsky seriously at all.

    "The importance of Petersburg to the Soviet Union is self-evident. It is the cradle and headquarters of the revolution. Everyone can rest assured that the central government will not easily weaken the strength of the Soviet Red Army in the west. Instead, it will strengthen the strength of the Petersburg Military District, Nikolai Nikolai.  Gulayevich, the formation of the Northern Front must be accelerated. The leadership of the front and group armies must be determined as soon as possible, and the troops must be gathered into a fist. Moscow¡¯s Western Front is as important as the Eastern Front!¡±

    The Chairman of the Central Committee of the Soviet Union stood up again and took over the conversation. Ulyanov's attitude made the heads of Petersburg, Krestinsky and Uritsky, feel a stone fall in their hearts. They couldn't help but  He glanced at Joseph opposite, but Comrade Joseph was obviously a bit disapproving of Ulyanov's statement, and kept a calm face and did not say anything.

    "I will continue to talk about the situation below. The situation before us is so serious. It will take time to rebuild and replenish the Soviet Red Army, and it will take time to build the Volga River defense line. Under such circumstances, the Soviet Central Committee and the Ufa Allied Forces made contact  , we are ready to negotiate a truce with the other party!" Ulyanov changed the topic and brought the issue to a major key node in this meeting!

    As soon as this statement came out, it greatly exceeded the expectations of the Central Committee members who had returned from Central Petersburg and Tsaritsin. The conference room immediately exploded with people talking, and the most violent reaction was undoubtedly from Tsaritsin.  Joseph Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, the military commissar of the North Caucasus Military District and the Southern Front who returned from Tianjin, felt that he had been deceived by the Soviet Central Committee.

    "Vladimir Ilyich, yesterday's reply from the Central Committee and the Supreme Military Council to Tsaritsin and the Southern Front did not say that they would cease war and negotiate peace with the enemy. It has only been one night. Has the Central Committee's policy changed 180 degrees?  , Isn¡¯t it that we established the Volga Military District and the Volga Front to fight the enemy better? Why are we suddenly negotiating for peace? "

    Joseph stood up and yelled angrily, his face turned red. Obviously, he felt very uncomfortable being deceived. If he had known this, he would never have agreed to come back to Moscow. Fortunately, he brought a division of troops.  Let's work together. If things don't go as planned, I will fight back to Tsaritsyn and carry out the Bolshevik cause to the end on my own.

    "Yes, Vladimir Ilyich, this decision is too sudden. We always thought that we would fight the enemy to the end. Did everyone know about this in advance? Have the Central Committee members in Moscow discussed it? We and the German two parties  We have suffered huge losses in this negotiation. Don¡¯t hurt your vitality when negotiating with Ufa¡¯s enemies. It will be really difficult then!¡±

    The one who was rubbing his hands and talking was Bubnov. His mood was actually very contradictory. Looking at Joseph's angry look, he felt a little happy in his heart, but suddenly he made a truce and negotiated a peace with the enemy who was fighting to the death. This was completely unexpected.  He expected, like most Central Committee members who had no prior knowledge, that it would not be easy to turn this corner around!

    "Comrades! Please be quiet. The armistice is to buy time, and time is now in the hands of the 400,000 enemies on the other side. The advantage is not on our side. Once the enemy crosses the Volga River, there will be no danger to the east of Moscow, and the Soviet government will  Facing a huge life-and-death challenge, according to the results of our negotiations with the coalition forces, the other side agreed to cease the war with the Volga River as the boundary!" Ulyanov pounded the table to stop the noise in the conference room, and said the result in one breath!

    "Stop at the Volga River? Is the commander of this coalition crazy or stupid? Does the other side have no other conditions? Is this armistice and peace talks a bit too easy?" The ones who spoke were Krestinsky, Kamenev,  Zinoviev, Bukharin and Dzerzhinsky all knew about it in advance, so they basically listened at today's meeting. When it came time to vote or debate, it was not too late to say anything.

    "The Ufa coalition is by no means a good person, Vladimir Ilyich. Could it be that the central government agreed to cede the lands south of Saratov-Kursk, including Tsaritsyn, in exchange for peace?!" Joseph gritted his teeth and roared.  .

    "Joseph Vissarionovich, Ulyanov and I, as well as several Central Committee members in Moscow, after careful consideration, felt that the price was worth paying. With the strength of our troops on the Eastern Front, we could not hold the Volga  The river, at the same time, cannot be protected.?South of Saratov-Kursk and Tsaritsyn, instead of waiting for the other party to come over and get nothing, we should use it as an exchange condition in exchange for a truce and peace talks between the two sides with the Volga River as the boundary!  "

    It was Trotsky who spoke. When he said this, Sverdlov, Kamenev, Zinoviev, Bukharin and Dzerzhinsky all nodded, indicating that this was unanimously agreed upon by everyone.  Of course, today's central committee plenary meeting will formally vote to approve the result.

    "I firmly oppose! On behalf of all the officers and men of Tsaritsyn and the Southern Front, I firmly oppose the central government's sacrifice of the homes of Tsaritsyn and the Southern Front in exchange for the so-called armistice and peace talks with the Ufa coalition forces. What kind of demarcation is there? You are inviting the wolf into the house.  , you are seeking skin from a tiger!

    How much food the working class, peasants and Soviet Red Army soldiers in Tsaritsyn and the lower reaches of the Volga River provided Moscow with, and what a price they paid to defend Tsaritsyn and repel Denikin's offensive!  Today I was handed over to the enemy with just one word from you. This is absolutely impossible!  I don't agree!  Tsaritsyn and the comrades of the Southern Front will never agree!  "

    Comrade Joseph Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, the military commissar of the North Caucasus Military District and the Southern Front, banged the table angrily and roared. His angry eyes glanced at the Central Committee members, feeling that they had been deceived, betrayed and  The humiliation and anger of being abandoned made this guy completely go berserk!
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