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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 599 (Part 1) Enemies on all sides

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    July 25, 1918 18:45 Moscow Kremlin

    "Lev Davidovich, fellow committee members, I would like to say that Vasily Nikolayevich Pepelyaev is quite a person. His appearance, temperament, knowledge, and way of dealing with others are all good, but he needs to  It is not necessarily true that he can be the home of the Volga Federation. As for the private transaction mentioned in his telegram, I am a little confused, but at least one thing is certain. The Volga Federation does not intend to tear up the Samara Peace Treaty.  "!"

    Chicherin stuffed a crumb of black bread from the corner of his mouth into his mouth with his hand, chewing it while thoughtfully answering Trotsky's question.

    "Georgi Vasilyevich, when will the munitions that the Germans promised to assist, the remaining 20 anti-aircraft artillery battalions, and the 50 artillery batteries of Russian artillery arrive?" Central Committee of Soviet Russia  Committee Chairman Ulyanov asked abruptly.

    "Hey, Vladimir Ilyich, you know that our last payment for 100,000 Russian rifles and anti-aircraft guns for 10 anti-aircraft gun battalions has not yet been paid. When will the next wave of German fire come?  It¡¯s really hard to say, except for coal, we are short of everything else. The gold and jewelry that the tsar and the capitalist nobles copied have already been spent, and the Germans don¡¯t recognize them.  It¡¯s fine if we pay in Chinese yuan or U.S. dollars!¡± People¡¯s Commissar for Foreign Affairs Chicherin said with his hands in anguish.

    "I said Georgy Vasilyevich, are you happy to fight with us? Where do you tell us to get US dollars and Chinese dollars? Opposite Kolchak is circulating those gold coupons and food stamps, Chinese dollars  There are quite a few. Can they give us US dollars or Chinese dollars for no reason?

    Now look at how much of the Soviet territory is left. The south is occupied by the German and Austrian Allies, and the east is better. The Volga Federation has stretched its hands across the Volga River. Without export trade, where will the foreign exchange come from?  "

    The one making the noise was Bubnov. Although this guy took over Kamenev's position as chairman of the Moscow Soviet and garrison commander after returning from Tsaritsyn, the loss of Ukraine and Tsaritsyn made this Ukrainian-born Soviet Central Committee  The committee members have always been grudges!

    "Speaking of export trade, the Tsarist Russian government could only export minerals, grains, furs, oil, heavy machinery and steel in exchange for money. But now this mess lacks everything, except coal, but the Germans also  There is no shortage of coal. What about oil? The oil is in the Caucasus. Denikin¡¯s brains handed the Don River and the North Caucasus into the hands of the Volga Federation. I don¡¯t think it will be long before the Maykop oil field in Adige and the Grozny oil field in Chechnya and Ingushetia.  Everything must fall into the hands of the Volga Federation!" Zinoviev said from the side.

    "That's not all. Don't forget, Grigory Yevseyevich, the Baku oil fields in Azerbaijan in the south are the highlight. I don't believe that Georgia and Azerbaijan can stop the momentum of the Allied Powers moving south.

    Although the terrain of the North Caucasus is complex and the local ethnic forces are in chaos, based on the development momentum of the Allied Powers, since they can conquer the Ufa Plain and the lower Volga River in one month, no matter how complicated the situation in the North Caucasus is, they cannot stop the momentum of the Allied Forces  , not to mention that there is a loser like Denikin standing by as a lackey of the coalition forces!  "Dzerzhinsky, who had never spoken much, said abruptly.

    "Felix Edmundovich, have your Cheka collected relevant intelligence? Are the German and Austrian Allies indifferent to the progress of the Allied Powers on the Eastern Front? Oil is the milk of war. Without it, everything can function.  If they don't get up, will Germany and Austria just sit back and watch all the Russian oil-producing areas being taken away by the Allied forces of the King of China?" Sverdlov frowned and asked Dzerzhinsky.

    Hearing this, Dzerzhinsky smiled bitterly and said, "Yakov Mikhailovich, you also know that the current main area of ??activity of the Cheka is still limited to the territory of Russia. Overseas intelligence work mainly relies on the Intelligence Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  However, since the Soviet Russian government is not recognized by most countries, even on the intelligence front in the diplomatic field, we are limited to a limited number of countries within the Allied Powers.

    According to the limited intelligence sent back by envoys stationed abroad, the Germans seem to be a little out of reach of the Allied forces on the Eastern Front. In other words, instead of going all the way to compete for Azerbaijan's Baku oil fields, it is better to restore the production capacity of Romanian oil fields as soon as possible!  "

    "This is true. Deputy People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs Adolf Abramovich. Comrade Joffe has been following up and pushing the German government to come up with a response strategy to the Allied Forces on the Eastern Front as soon as possible. What is disappointing is that the German Commander-in-Chief  The Ministry of Defense has yet to have a clear strategic response. Both Austria-Hungary and Turkey hope that Germany will consider the threat of the Allied Powers opening up the Eastern Front. However, Ludendorff only wants to concentrate on launching an offensive on the Western Front and achieve a decisive victory on the Western Front.  Victory!" Chicherin said from the side.

    "Ludendorff's plan did notYes, if the Allied Powers are completely defeated on the Western Front, the Eastern Front battlefield that the King of China has worked so hard to open will be insignificant. Don't look at the Allied Powers plus the Volga Federation's servant army, which already exceeds 500,000 people. A mere 500,000 people.  No matter what, the coalition forces will be unable to stop the main German and Austrian forces that will rush back from the Western Front. In my impression, the number of German and Austrian troops on the Eastern Front in the years before the European War was not less than 1.2 million!  "Trotsky turned around twice with his hands behind his back, then stopped and said.

    "Leev Davidovich is right. The Eastern Front Allied Forces of the Allied Powers seemed to be flourishing under the auspices of the King of China and the Sino-Japanese Alliance. In fact, the foundation was not solid. During this period, they took advantage of the convenience of the railway line.  We have moved so many places, and it cannot be consolidated in ten and a half months. It will take at least half a year to basically stabilize it. At this time, I dare to say that as long as the Allied forces suffer a big defeat on the front line, the rear may be in chaos!"  No one objected to what Harlem said.

    "Can Germany and Austria completely defeat the Allied Powers on the Western Front? If only British and French troops participated in the war, I would really dare to vote for Hindenburg and Ludendorff. The problem is that the Americans are also here. This country has borrowed money over the years.  Thanks to the unique geographical conditions of the American continent, it has become the world's largest industrial power. Although the American soldiers lack combat experience, the industrial and military potential of the United States definitely far exceeds that of the German and Austrian Allies. In this case, does Ludendorff want to rely on  Victory on the Western Front?"

    Who says Ulyanov is not a military strategist? Just the words above make him worthy of the honorable title of the leader of the Soviets and the Bolsheviks. Of course, for the Soviet government, the German-Austrian Allies were ill-intentioned by the Soviet government.  Neighbors and old enemies, but the Allied Powers are more like a passionate bandit who cannot hide his ambition and lust.
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