Petersburg, Tavlida Palace. It is a rather beautiful and luxurious house, the main building has a hemispherical green roof and white columns, and the walls are painted yellow. At the top is the third floor, which is the lower part of the hemispherical roof. Elsewhere there are two floors and one floor (at the two wings).

Outside the main building is a huge, very beautiful garden - it was the residence of Duke Potemkin, which became the property of the royal family after his death, and was a favorite place of Empress Catherine in autumn. In 1906-1907, it became the meeting hall of the Russian State Duma. And now here is where the Petrograd Soviet of Sappers is located.

Ludwig. Feng. Hersman now wears a yellow-green military uniform without epaulettes, a hat with red stars, a pair of black, wood-framed flat glasses on the bridge of his nose, leather boots on his feet, and a red armband on his arm. This is the most standard dress of "revolutionary soldiers" today, most of whom are not officers or middle and high-ranking officers, many of whom are "political activists" of various parties who joined the army after the February Revolution, and who have been elected by the soldiers to become deputies of the Engineer Soviets and chairman of the Soldiers' Council.

Hersmann now plays the role of a teacher who does not understand military affairs as a representative of the Engineer Soviet. No, it's not playing, in fact he's a deputy of the Engineer Soviet and chairman of the soldiers' committee!

He is here today on behalf of the 1st Machine Gun Regiment in Petrograd...... Because one of the Bolsheviks who was originally stationed in the regiment was killed in an "armed fight". Lenin told Hersman that the Bolsheviks could not find a suitable candidate to take over the position, and that they were unwilling to give up the regiment - it was a ball of guns - so he asked him to take his place for two days.

A few days ago, he sent Colontai to Hersman, first, to solve the financial difficulties; The second is for this.

And Hessmann really did not disappoint Comrade Lenin, he had been studying at the junior military academy since he was 10 years old, and his 15 or 6 years of military food was not for nothing, so he naturally knew how to get along with those Petrograd reservists. In addition to the methods of fooling the soldiers learned in the German Academy, Comrade Lenin also taught Hersmann some other tricks.

"Talk to them about four things: peace, land, workers' supervision in the factories, and political power. It is necessary to repeat it, to take the trouble to speak, and to find every opportunity to do so. That's the number one tip for agitation! ”

"They don't need to go into a long speech, because it covers too many issues and ends up distracting them. They don't understand it all. As a result, you can't satisfy them, and they have to have a problem with you. What needs to be said to them is the question of peace, the question of land, and there is no need to be reasonable about this - it only takes a few words for the soldiers to understand. ”

"You have to remember that at the beginning of the agitation work, you must persevere to the end, eat and live with the soldiers, and endure being beaten and scolded by the soldiers. That's how you'll be their own! Be sure to make your agitator feel that way. ”

The know-how and necessary practice that these political agitators had to master were of considerable help to Hersmann's later political career in Germany, where Hersmann did not know that Lenin was not really unable to find anyone, but was deliberately cultivating his political agitation ability.

However, Lenin's kindness caused some minor inconvenience to Hersmann, and he could not send a telegram to Berlin at a fixed time every day, so he had to adjust the dispatch time, reduce the frequency of telegrams, and at the same time ask Berlin to send another newspaper operator to Petrograd.

"Comrade Antonov, today is your first meeting of the Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies in Petrograd, as a temporary Bolshevik."

Talking to him next to Hersmann was Stalin, dressed in an inferior suit with patches on his sleeves and a red armband on his arm.

Stalin said to Hersmann: "So I want to tell you about the discipline of our Bolsheviks. ”

"Is it that the lower levels obey the higher levels, and the whole party obeys the Central Committee?" Although Hersman had not joined the party in his previous life, he had joined the Communist Youth League and, of course, knew some organizational discipline. Of course, he did not say anything about "conservative secrets" to Stalin, because his mission was to report the secrets of the party to the Great General Staff in Berlin!

"Yes! After the ********** had made a decision (the Bolshevik ********** was democratic at this time, and Lenin's proposal could be opposed at the meeting), the whole party had to obey and carry it out! Stalin smiled at Hersmann, baring his teeth straight, and his smile gave Hersman an unreal sense of intimacy -- perhaps a very real one if he did not know the later history.

Stalin said: "This is the biggest difference between us and them [all the parties except the Bolsheviks]." They are nothing more than political salons, not really combative parties. Because they have no discipline, the people below do not know obedience, and the party leaders rely on personal prestige rather than iron discipline. Leaving and joining are very casual, come when you want, and leave when you want. And we...... Now there is strict discipline! ”

Seeing that Stalin didn't mean anything more, Hersmann waved his palm and made a murderous gesture.

"Yes!" Stalin's tone became gloomy, "This is your life-and-death struggle, and you must not be merciful." ”

The two walked on the lawn of the Tavlida Palace, surrounded by men and women dressed up in similar shapes to them. Most of these people were deputies of the Petrograd Soviets of Engineer and Soldiers, more than 2000 people in total. At least a few hundred people meet every day in the Tavlida Palace, arguing from morning to evening, and there are no rules for deliberation, and most of them will have fights. This is much more popular than the Legislative Yuan on the other side of the strait -- it's not a trick to occupy the rostrum, it's a fighting nation! It's not fun to play on the field, but it's real on the sidelines! That's how Hersman's "senior" died. And of all the brawls, the Bolsheviks were undoubtedly the most capable of fighting.

"There may be a fight today!" Stalin lowered his voice, "Be careful, don't let yourself get hurt." ”

"No problem, I'm not afraid of fighting!" Of course, Hersman is not afraid, he is a professional soldier, professionally responsible for fighting and killing, don't look at the German army's ability to fight bayonets is not as good as the Russian army, but the intellectuals of the Social Revolutionaries and Mensheviks are not in Hesman's eyes.

"And they can't beat us!" Hersman Road.

"No, today we're going to lose!" Stalin winked at Hersmann, "It's a strategy!" Today our enemies are going to commit suicide, and we don't really need to stop it. ”

"Suicide?" Hersman frowned, "What happened?" ”

"Yesterday the Russian ambassador to the allies sent a note to the allies at the same time, declaring that they would abide by the obligations of the tsarist government towards the Entente...... We must carry the war to the end, and we will never make peace alone! ”

This had been expected by Hersmann, who knew that the Provisional Government would launch a suicidal "Kerensky Offensive" at the end of June.

Seeing that Hersman was not surprised, Stalin continued: "And the Socialist-Revolutionaries and Mensheviks, who control the Soviet Executive Committee, will pass a resolution not to call on the masses against the government!" ”

"Could there be such a thing?" Hersman was taken aback, "What's the use of such a resolution?" ”

"Let the masses of the people recognize their ugly faces!" Stalin was slightly proud, "First the Cadets, now the Socialist-Revolutionaries and the Mensheviks, our enemies are stupid, one after the other are committing suicide!" ”

"But there are also quite a few Russians who support the war, don't they?" After a period of study in Petersburg, Hersmann learned a little more about the complex psychology of the Russians today.

Although war-weariness is rife and everyone wants peace, most Russians, brainwashed by Russian nationalism, are reluctant to accept peace in which they gain nothing or even lose something. But when the matter of death fell on him, nine out of ten were unwilling. So in today's St. Petersburg, people who are far from the barracks, such as intellectuals, students, women whose husbands have died in battle, or wealthy people who have a way to avoid military service, are basically warlike. And the Petersburg garrison was the staunchest anti-war force.

Of course, there are exceptions everywhere. There were many militants among the Kronstadt sailors - because the difference in strength between the Baltic Fleet and the German High Seas Fleet was so great that no one would send an expensive fleet to die in vain. In addition, the cadets of the officer academy are mostly belligerent. And then there were some Cossacks, all of whom were born militants.

"It's okay, we don't need everyone's support!" Stalin stopped outside the yellow main building of the Tavlida Palace and looked at Hersmann, "No one can be embraced by everyone, what we need most is the fighters of the Petersburg garrison!" We must make them think of us as their own...... That's what we're going to do now. ”

After a pause, he added: "Although Russia has never lacked warmongers, in order to win their support, it must be able to win battles!" But now, that can't be done! So except for the Bolsheviks, now all the major political factions in Petersburg are committing suicide! We need to show our determination to stop the war, but we don't have to stop them from committing suicide. Go in and see how the Russian bourgeoisie killed itself! ”

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