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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 626 (Part 1) Where can I send you reinforcements?

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    Ukrainians went one after another and their blood was spilled all over Ukraine. After the February Revolution in Russia in 1917, Ukrainian national patriotic groups established the "United Ukrainian Social Groups Rada" ("Rada" in Ukrainian, "Conference") on March 7, 1917.  ", "Parliament", "Congress").  1

    On March 20, 1917, the "Central Rada" was established and the famous historian Glushevsky was elected as its chairman.  Grushevsky was forced to stay in Moscow by the Russian government because he opposed Great Russian chauvinism.  When the Central Rada was established, it only asked for more autonomy and did not yet ask for sovereign independence.

    On June 28 of the same year, the Central Rada established the General Secretariat, the Ukrainian government.  From July 11 to 13, the Central Rada held talks with the Russian Provisional Government, and on July 16 the two sides reached an understanding and mutual recognition.  To this end, the Central Rada of Ukraine issued a special public announcement.

    But on August 17, the reorganized Russian interim government overturned the agreement reached in July and did not recognize the legitimacy of the Ukrainian General Secretariat.  For this reason, the Russian Provisional Government was severely criticized by the Bolsheviks led by Ulyanov.

    This measure by the Russian government has intensified the desire of the Ukrainian Rada to seek independence.  On the day of the victory of the Russian October Revolution on November 7, 1917, the Central Rada of Ukraine decided to establish the Ukrainian Regional Committee for Defense of the Revolution.  However, both the Russian Mensheviks and the Bolsheviks tried to seize the opportunity to seize power in Kiev, but both failed.

    On November 20, the Central Rada of Ukraine announced the establishment of the "Ukrainian People's Republic".  On December 17, the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union issued a contradictory "ultimatum" to the Central Rada of Ukraine. On the one hand, it recognized the Ukrainian People's Republic, but demanded that it submit to the jurisdiction of the Soviet Russian regime.

    On December 24, the Russian Bolsheviks started anew in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv and established the Central Executive Committee of the Ukrainian Soviet and the Soviet government.  On January 8, 1918 the General Secretariat (Government) of Ukraine decided to create its own army.  On January 24, 1918, after being recognized by many countries, the Central Rada declared Ukraine a sovereign state. The General Secretariat was renamed the "People's Minister Rada" and decided to form its own army.

    Simon Petliura is one of the founders and leaders of this army.  He is the representative of the General Council of the Central Rada of the Army and has leadership responsibilities.  What happens next in Ukraine is dizzying:

    On February 7, 1918, Kiev was occupied by the German coalition forces. The Central Rada of Ukraine and the People's Minister Rada were forced to evacuate to the city of Zhitomir. From late February to March, the Central Rada returned to Kiev with the assistance of the German army, but soon  (March 27) The German army disarmed Ukraine¡¯s most effective national army in Kiev.

    On March 29, the traitor Skoropadsky took office as Ukraine's "Hetman" (Ukrainian, meaning "leader").  Then in April, the Ukrainian National Union met secretly and decided to revolt to overthrow the Skoropadsky regime.  On May 1, the troops of the ruling cabinet entered Kiev under the leadership of Petliura. On May 9, Petliura took office as the head of Ukraine's ruling cabinet, commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian National Army, and Minister of Defense.

    Since the Soviet Russian government and Germany finally signed the Brest-Litovsk Peace Treaty, objectively this peace treaty liberated Belarus and Ukraine from the Soviet Union's sphere of influence. The Ukrainian people pursued independence for thousands of miles, but because of the Germans  Intervention became a reality. The German army even helped Petliura's Ukrainian National Army expel the Soviet Red Army staying in Kharkov. Voroshilov's Ukrainian 5th Army was defending the Kharkov Ukrainian Soviet.  The regime lost the battle and was forced to retreat to Tsaritsyn. In fact, Soviet Russia finally gave up its penetration and contention in Ukraine.

    This caused the Ukrainian ruling cabinet and the national army led by Simon Petliura to completely fall to the camp of the German-Austrian Allies. Of course, the Ukrainian people were unwilling to accept this, but the country had just declared independence, and there was only the camp of the German-Austrian Allies.  Several countries officially recognized Ukraine's sovereignty, which left Ukraine with no choice but to become the breadbasket of the German-Austrian Allies while its own population of 15 million had to tighten its belt to cope with the Great Famine of 1918.

    The stationing of the German army in Ukraine was also helpless and objective. In order to suppress and control the centrifugalism and pro-Soviet Bolshevik tendencies in the Kharkov area, the Ukrainian government moved the capital to Kharkov from Kiev, indicating that it was defending the enemy at the country's doorstep.  external determination.

    As the Allied forces descended from the sky west of the Ural Mountains, the seemingly powerful 300,000 main force of the Soviet Red Army in the Battle of Ufa was completely annihilated in just seven or eight days. Then an unknown Volga Federation fell under the influence of the Allied forces.  It was established with the support of the Allied Powers and the Volga Federation. Therefore, the threat theory of the Allied Powers and the Volga Federation is now popular in the Ukrainian government and the public. The Ukrainian ruling cabinet, which originally demanded that Germany reduce its military presence in Ukraine to reduce the burden on its country and improve its national self-esteem, now wants Luden.  Dov sent twenty more divisions to help protect and defend Ukraine from aggression.

    ¡°My Lord Commander-in-Chief, just a month ago you and your government were mumbling about our German **You have too many troops stationed in Ukraine, and you are so poor in supplies, food, military expenses, water, electricity, coal, etc. that you cannot afford it. Now you have made a 180-degree turn and come to ask us for this and that. What do you think?  Is it appropriate?  "

    Army General Wilhelm Greiner is the top commander of the German army in Ukraine. He is sitting on the sofa, lighting a cigarette, and squinting his eyes to tease the head of the Ukrainian ruling cabinet in front of him.

    "Your Majesty General, of course my people and I welcome the warm and friendly German guests, but now it is urgent. Although the Soviet Russian government has temporarily given up its attempt to encroach on Ukrainian territory, and they were beaten by the coalition forces in the Battle of Ufa and were completely defeated.  At this moment, I see that they cannot protect themselves from Kolchak's offensive, but the Volga Federation, which defeated Soviet Russia, suddenly grew stronger, and they frequently assembled and mobilized troops in the border areas, obviously coming towards us.  !¡±

    Although Simon Petliura was a little angry, he looked at the German army general with his legs crossed. Obviously, it was still the right time to beg for help, so being humble was the right way to go.

    "Well, Mr. Prime Minister, you have to understand my difficulties. Almost one-third of the German divisions on the entire eastern front are stationed in your Ukraine. This is already the greatest effort we Germany has made to stabilize the situation in Ukraine. You know  The current strategic focus of the Allied Powers is the Western Front. In August, the main force of the Allied Powers may launch a decisive offensive on the Western Front. Where do you want me to mobilize troops at this time, let alone your cabinet?  They are clamoring to drive us away and demand that we withdraw our troops!¡±
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