Chapter Ninety-Six: The Road Ahead
"In that case, why do you still join the Soviet troops?" Locke asked curiously. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The old man looked at the spears in the hands of the Polish soldiers and said slowly: "It's just that some young people and poor men want to fight with them, and others are really forced to fight!" If you join the army, you can save a little food for your family! ”
As he listened, Koval couldn't help but think of something particularly evident among the Slavic peoples: the worship of power. Just like the collapse of Tsarist Russia, the defeat of the Russo-Japanese War and the First World War made all the nations abandon this incompetent emperor in their eyes; The failure of the invasion of Afghanistan also emboldened careerists to directly challenge the authority of the Soviet Union. The brutal Comrade Stalin from Georgia firmly ruled until his death with his iron-blooded policy, but the moderate Khrushchev was betrayed and fell by his comrades.
It seems that it is not feasible to convince people with virtue in this land, but it is still necessary to use power and temptation to benefit! Koval thought to himself.
"Mayor Mare, I need you to gather the people in the town, I'm going to announce something." Koval said.
"Yes, sir."
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Standing on a high platform in the center of the town, Koval shouted to the people below: "We are the Polish army, we have come here to defeat the robbers who rob you of your food, the Soviet army, and we will guarantee all of you a scheme for the distribution of arable land according to your ability to work."
In the evening of yesterday, our army defeated a sneak attack of Soviet troops, annihilating more than a hundred people. Their bodies were buried fifteen miles from the road to the inner menchne.
I know that some of you, some of your families, have joined the Soviet army, and I don't want to dwell on the past, but I want you to inform your relatives and friends of the withdrawal from the Soviet army. Behind me, a steady stream of Polish troops would wipe out the Soviet troops fleeing northeast. Anyone who provided intelligence to the Soviet army was to be severely punished, and anyone who could provide us with Soviet elements was richly rewarded. ”
Looking at the indifferent people below, Koval was also a little helpless. After all, having just broken away from the rule of the Tsarist Empire, it is normal to be somewhat indifferent to Poland, a country that has disappeared for a hundred years. Tsarist Russia can give them a kind of consolation of a great empire, Soviet Russia can also give them the illusion of communism, what can Poland give them?
The people below talked about each other and slowly walked out of the venue.
"Sir, there's a railroad there, why don't we follow it? It's so much better than our dirt road! Locke rushed over and reported.
"What if you encounter a train? What if you encounter an enemy ironclad train? We're going to have to give it all the answers. Koval explained.
"We didn't meet any enemy trains in Vilnius." Parker whispered.
"The railway runs from Vilnius to St. Petersburg, and we don't know when a train will come by, so we shouldn't gamble on this chance." Koval reprimanded.
Parker immediately said respectfully, "Sir, should we blow them up, so that the enemy can prevent us from stealing from the railroad." ”
"No, after all, the army behind us can also use this railway, and we can't pit our own teammates. If the Soviets want to outflank us, so much the better, we let it come and go. Koval said with a smile.
Koval's troops rested for a noon near the town and then continued their march on the dusty road.
Nearly forty kilometres ahead is the next town, Sven Chornellia. It is 100 kilometers from Vilnius, and it is already close to the heart of the Lithuanian-Byelorussian Soviet Republic supported by Moscow.
Maybe a tough fight! Koval thought to himself.
"In that case, why do you still join the Soviet troops?" Locke asked curiously.
The old man looked at the spears in the hands of the Polish soldiers and said slowly: "It's just that some young people and poor men want to fight with them, and others are really forced to fight!" If you join the army, you can save a little food for your family! ”
As he listened, Koval couldn't help but think of something particularly evident among the Slavic peoples: the worship of power. Just like the collapse of Tsarist Russia, the defeat of the Russo-Japanese War and the First World War made all the nations abandon this incompetent emperor in their eyes; The failure of the invasion of Afghanistan also emboldened careerists to directly challenge the authority of the Soviet Union. The brutal Comrade Stalin from Georgia firmly ruled until his death with his iron-blooded policy, but the moderate Khrushchev was betrayed and fell by his comrades.
It seems that it is not feasible to convince people with virtue in this land, but it is still necessary to use power and temptation to benefit! Koval thought to himself.
"Mayor Mare, I need you to gather the people in the town, I'm going to announce something." Koval said.
"Yes, sir."
・・・・・・
Standing on a high platform in the center of the town, Koval shouted to the people below: "We are the Polish army, we have come here to defeat the robbers who rob you of your food, the Soviet army, and we will guarantee all of you a scheme for the distribution of arable land according to your ability to work."
In the evening of yesterday, our army defeated a sneak attack of Soviet troops, annihilating more than a hundred people. Their bodies were buried fifteen miles from the road to the inner menchne.
I know that some of you, some of your families, have joined the Soviet army, and I don't want to dwell on the past, but I want you to inform your relatives and friends of the withdrawal from the Soviet army. Behind me, a steady stream of Polish troops would wipe out the Soviet troops fleeing northeast. Anyone who provided intelligence to the Soviet army was to be severely punished, and anyone who could provide us with Soviet elements was richly rewarded. ”
Looking at the indifferent people below, Koval was also a little helpless. After all, having just broken away from the rule of the Tsarist Empire, it is normal to be somewhat indifferent to Poland, a country that has disappeared for a hundred years. Tsarist Russia can give them a kind of consolation of a great empire, Soviet Russia can also give them the illusion of communism, what can Poland give them?
The people below talked about each other and slowly walked out of the venue.
"Sir, there's a railroad there, why don't we follow it? It's so much better than our dirt road! Locke rushed over and reported.
"What if you encounter a train? What if you encounter an enemy ironclad train? We're going to have to give it all the answers. Koval explained.
"We didn't meet any enemy trains in Vilnius." Parker whispered.
"The railway runs from Vilnius to St. Petersburg, and we don't know when a train will come by, so we shouldn't gamble on this chance." Koval reprimanded.
Parker immediately said respectfully, "Sir, should we blow them up, so that the enemy can prevent us from stealing from the railroad." ”
"No, after all, the army behind us can also use this railway, and we can't pit our own teammates. If the Soviets want to outflank us, so much the better, we let it come and go. Koval said with a smile.
Koval's troops rested for a noon near the town and then continued their march on the dusty road.
Nearly forty kilometres ahead is the next town, Sven Chornellia. It is 100 kilometers from Vilnius, and it is already close to the heart of the Lithuanian-Byelorussian Soviet Republic supported by Moscow.
Maybe a tough fight! Koval thought to himself.