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    July 15, 1918 21:40 Moscow University Tsaritsyn Iron Infantry Division 1st Station

    It turns out that the barracks next to the Moscow University playground where Tsaritsyn's 1st Iron Infantry Division is located is actually less than 2,000 meters away from the Kremlin. It's just that it was already dark when the team entered the city, and Tsaritsyn came.  The infantry division composed of the working class, after getting off the train, was like a country bumpkin entering the city, and was confused by the gorgeous and beautiful Moscow street scene.

    Of course, Moscow in 1918 was not as vast as it would later be. For example, Moscow University was still located at No. 11 Mokhova Street, west of the Kremlin, and the train station where the 1st Tsaritsyn Steel Division got off was in the south.  Kursk railway station.

    Moscow actually has nine tall and beautiful railway stations, and Kursk Railway Station was the only railway station outside Moscow city territory at that time. It was the farthest railway station from the city center and the terminal station for all trains from the south.  Right at the Kursk train station.

    The 1st Tsaritsyn Iron Infantry Division, which had been working hard all day by train before evening, got off the train and walked for five kilometers. They crossed the Moskva River in the center of Moscow from the west of the city before arriving at the designated location.  The dormitory camp is Moscow University. Comrade Joseph personally requested this camp from Sverdlov, Vice Chairman of the Supreme Military Council. In order to appease Joseph, the Central Committee of the Soviet Union took the risk and agreed to this request.

    The barracks of Moscow State University is only less than 1,500 meters away from the Kremlin. If Joseph and this infantry division came to disobey or stage a coup, then it can be said that the location of this barracks is quite good. Once the Kremlin  If you have something to do, you can reach the seat of the Central Committee of Soviet Russia by walking two streets from Moscow State University.

    Although the Kremlin guards are well-trained and well-equipped, they only have a total strength of one division and are scattered around the Kremlin. Usually, there are only 3,000 Soviet soldiers in the core area of ????the triangular palace.  Just **********.

    Speaking of which, it was inevitable that Moscow University would become the location of the barracks. On January 25, 1755, Russian Tsar Elizabeth Petrovna ordered the establishment of Moscow University, and classes began at the university on April 26 of the same year.  To this day in Russia January 25th is Students¡¯ Day.

    Initially, the university was located in the Central Pharmacy on the edge of Red Square, but Catherine the Great later moved it to a neoclassical building on the other side of Mokhovaya Street.

    A social democratic organization was established at Moscow State University in 1905, which called for the overthrow of the tsar and the establishment of a republic. Since then, the tsarist government has closed the University of Moscow many times.  In 1911, 130 scientists and professors protested against the presence of troops on campus, some professors were beaten, and thousands of students were expelled.

    Whether it was the February Revolution of 1917 or the subsequent October Revolution, Moscow University became one of the birthplaces of the revolution and an important barracks for the Bolshevik armed forces. Of course, after the Constituent Assembly was dispersed by the Bolshevik armed forces in early 1918, there was no more  Professors or scientists come to protest against the military presence on campus.

    Classical buildings, supporting facilities, and spacious playgrounds are the best places for troops to station and train. What's more, stationed here can also guard the west of the Kremlin. After the Soviet-Russian civil war broke out in 1918, during the Tsarist Russia era  As members of the bourgeoisie, most of the scientists and professors either fled abroad with their families, or became targets of the Cheka's purges and attacks.

    Many people were exiled to do hard labor. Of course, in the battles to defend Moscow and Petersburg, the family members of the bourgeoisie and aristocrats who were not liquidated and executed often had to dig trenches as hard labor. Many pampered people  The bourgeois elements were directly filled in the trenches and became one of the cornerstones of the new regime.

    "Here in the southeast, the opponent has at least one regiment of troops, and in the northeast, there are no less than two regiments!" Graglev, commander of the second brigade, marked it on the map according to Pavlov's request.

    Then the commander of the 1st Brigade, Gorberman, also marked the strength of the opponent's troops he had, "There is at least one division in the west, one regiment in the northwest, one regiment in the southwest, just a lot more! At least five or more at each street corner.  Maxim!¡±

    "Comrade Division Commander, Dmitry Grigorievich, do we really want to go head-to-head with the opponent? This is Moscow, and the opponent's total strength must be at least ten times ours. And there are so many  There are so many working-class pickets, not to mention, how can there be any reason in the world for the Soviet Red Army to fight against the Soviet Red Army?" Division political commissar Dzhugashvili shouted anxiously, this guy forgot that Comrade Joseph, who single-handedly promoted him, is currently missing.  Still!

    "Whoever dares to shoot at us, we will retaliate in kind. Anyway, we will never fire the first shot! But we are not afraid of firing the second and third shots. They will not put Comrade Joseph back and they will not give our First Steel Division an explanation!  This is not over!" Pavlov said through gritted teeth.

    Then Pavlo?The man left the anxious political commissar on the phone. He led the two brigade commanders and a group of guards to the roof. This was a three-story tall building. It was originally the school library.  There is also a towering bell tower. After climbing to the top of the building in one breath, the group of people could not breathe clearly. Although it was a three-story building, the Russian architecture was tall and majestic, and the number of steps was not small. I waited impatiently  When I got upstairs, I discovered that there was an elevator that could go up and down.

    There was a gentle breeze at night, and the dome-shaped appraisal of the Kremlin in the east was clearly visible. Speaking of which, a heavy machine gun here could directly shoot to the top of the Kremlin. Of course, it could not hit the inside of the tall wall.

    "Division Commander, our artillery was left at the train station in the south without even being allowed to unload. Otherwise, if we set up artillery here, the Kremlin would also be meat on the chopping block!" Brigadier Gorberman boldly said  said in Pavlov's ear.

    "Pull it down, take a look, are there machine gun bunkers on the roofs of the surrounding buildings? And what are those reflections, the light on the Mosin-Nagant rifle spears?" Pavlov looked at the surrounding environment with a telescope.  whispered.

    Sure enough, when Gorbman and Graglev scanned the surroundings with binoculars, they found that most of the rooftops of the tall buildings not far away had been placed with machine gun fire points by the other side at some unknown time. It looked like they were densely packed.  There were not only five or six Maxim machine guns, but at least thirty or forty, which made the two brigade commanders take a breath.

    "Hey, our division only has one heavy machine gun battalion, and the number of machine guns is more than half less than the opponent's. Damn it, did Moscow trick us Tsaritsin into here just to catch them all?" Gorberman was anxious for a moment.  He couldn't help but cursed.

    "Shut up, everyone. You are brigade commanders. You can't keep your composure. What will happen to the soldiers below? Don't forget that we are the First Division of Tsaritsyn Steel Infantry! Set up two heavy machine guns on that bell tower first.  , place at least one heavy machine gun in each direction on the roof of the other buildings, hurry up, hurry up!" Pavlov left the two brigade commanders to arrange the machine gun positions.

    He led a few guards to take the elevator down to the ground floor. Here, the political commissar Dzhugashvili hurried out and bumped into him, "Hey, commander, hurry up, come and answer the phone! The Kremlin is looking for you!"

    Division Commander Pavlov looked at the watch on his wrist, and saw that the fifteen-minute deadline had not yet expired. Obviously, the intimidation he had just risked his life to intimidate had a certain effect. Before entering the house,  After asking the political commissar, the contact group that went out to negotiate under a white flag had not returned yet.

    With an anxious mood, Pavlov took a deep breath, tried to calm himself down, walked up and picked up the phone, "I am Pavlov, commander of the Tsaritsyn Steel First Division, Demit.  Grigorievich Pavlov, who are you?"

    "I am Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky, member of the Central Committee of the Soviet Union and chairman of the All-Russian Committee for the Suppression of Counterrevolutionaries. Comrade Commander, the request you just made to the Kremlin Guard Captain is very important.  It¡¯s very difficult to handle. The martial law and curfew in Moscow after nine o¡¯clock in the evening cannot be revoked without the consent of Kamenev, Chairman of the Moscow Soviet and Commander of the Garrison Command, myself and Comrade Sverdlov, the NKVD!

    Dmitry Grigorievich, I appreciate your loyalty to your cause and your perseverance in your duties. However, the Central Committee is still meeting overnight and Moscow cannot lift martial law and curfew, which is causing you inconvenience.  And confusion, the situation has no choice but to ask the comrades from Tsaritsyn to understand this!  "There was a hint of apology in Dzerzhinsky's tone on the phone.

    "Comrade Chairman, we are not opposed to Moscow's enforcement of necessary martial law and curfew at night, especially when the Central Committee is meeting. This is necessary to prevent class enemies from sabotaging and enemies hidden within!

    The problem is that our First Steel Division has only been in Moscow for less than half a day, and has just settled in the station. At least three divisions of Moscow garrison appeared around it.  Over here at Moscow State University!

    ¡°In this case, what do you think my troops and I would think? We can sleep under the enemy¡¯s gunpoint, but can we sleep when the Soviet Red Army, especially the troops in Moscow, point their guns at us?  If I were to place all the heavy machine guns on the roof of Moscow University, with the muzzles pointed at the Kremlin, would you and the Central Committee members be able to sleep?  "Pavlov bit his lip and said into the microphone.
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