Under the spring night, Natalie. Lesinskaya walked the spacious, imposing, clean, but somewhat depressed streets of Berlin, dressed up very fashionably, as if she were a laid-back lady.

But if anyone gets closer, it is not difficult to find that between the beautiful eyes and eyebrows of this noble lady, there is always a faint sadness. Natalie was not grieving for the German Bolsheviks, who were likely to be crushed by the fascists—she knew that their lives were not in much danger, at least far less than the Polish Bolsheviks and Trotskyists in the Soviet Union.

Like Natalie. A figure of Lesinskaya's level, and having been engaged in trade and intelligence abroad for a long time (the personnel of the USSR Foreign Trade Corporation abroad were counted as half intelligence officers), almost half of the Cheka, she certainly knew how terrible places like Lubyanka Square (the headquarters of the Cheka) and the Sorovitsky Monastery (the famous labor camp) were.

Although she never inquired about the Poles who had disappeared - there were many Poles in her circle, but most of them seemed to have disappeared into thin air - she knew where they had gone. For a long time, especially after she was released, she carried a suitcase with her, which always contained a few clean clothes and toiletries...... These were all supplies needed in prison, she had no relatives in the Soviet Union, her parents were long gone, and she only had an older brother who was a local lord in Poland. Therefore, she had to prepare some necessities for prison herself.

Because she estimated that her "crimes" were not enough to be shot, in fact not many people were sentenced to the "highest security measures" (shooting or deportation) in the Soviet Union. The vast majority of the arrested "reactionaries" were sent to the labor camps scattered throughout the Soviet Union - labor camps were everywhere and more and more engaged in all kinds of production, and were becoming an indispensable part of the Soviet economy!

At a time when the whole Soviet Union was suffering from hunger, I wanted to survive in labor camps. It's really very difficult. Therefore, she also knew that she could not live in a place like Sorowsky with a suitcase of "prepared goods". There, she thought, the only thing she could use was her beauty and her body......

A revolutionary who was once ready to sacrifice everything for the liberation of all mankind actually planned to save his life by selling himself to the guards of the labor camp for a long time! Thinking of these things, Natalie. Lesinskaya's eyes were already full of tears, and she couldn't help but cry on the road.

"Natalie. What happened to you? In the secret office of the Third International in Berlin, Dimitrov, a Bulgarian communist, secretary of the Western European Bureau of the Third International, saw the red-eyed Leshinskaya and asked with concern.

"Oh, I miss the Soviet Motherland." Natalie pulled out a silk handkerchief and wiped her tears.

"Really?" Dimitrov, who is not yet 50 years old, looks personable and energetic, and is a veteran revolutionary. Already in 1902 he joined the Bulgarian Social Democratic Labor Party. He was also one of the first Bolsheviks in Bulgaria and the entire Balkans.

In addition, he was a "Greater Balkanist", and as early as July 1915 he led the organization of a Balkan Social Democratic Union. It was hoped that after the victory of the revolution would form a Balkan Union state.

"Have you met Comrade Thälmann?" Dimitrov didn't care about Natalie's mood anymore, but asked about the job, which she now worked as a liaison and so on, and she was in charge of liaison with the German Bolshevik Party.

Dimitrov himself had a very typical Balkan face, very different from the Germans, and it was inconvenient for him to meet the German parliamentarian Thälmann frequently.

And Natalie is a blonde beauty. Although she is Polish, her ancestors were members of the House of Lords of the HRE. He has been intermarried with German aristocrats for generations, so he looks very German. And her German is very good, there is no problem in pretending to be a German.

For her to meet with the big names of the German Bolsheviks, even if she is targeted by spies, it is at most a piece of lace news.

"They intend to work with the Social Democrats to expose the plot of the Nazi-Junker group to issue paper money indiscriminately, and then mobilize the masses for a general strike. Forcing Congress to pass a no-confidence motion to bring down the Nazi-Fatherland People's Party coalition government. ”

This is the game of parliamentary democracy -- the opposition parties have caused chaos and spread the news about the ruling party, and they have brought down the ruling party so that they can replace it.

But the German Bolshevik Party was not a formal parliamentary party, and the Nazis and Juncker officers were not honest parliamentary politicians - they didn't want to occupy a rostrum and not let people speak.

"Thälmann they thought things too easily, and the Nazis and Juncker would not be willing to lose." Dimitrov shook his head. "But there is no better way now, and in Germany it is always the reactionary forces that have the absolute preponderance. And ......"

As soon as he said this, he was interrupted by one of his assistants, a Bulgarian Bolshevik named Tanev.

"Comrade Dimitrov, look out the window, there is a fire in the direction of the Reichstag, and the Reichstag seems to be on fire?"

"The Capitol is on fire?" Natalie. Leshinskaya turned his head to look in the direction of the Reichstag to the east, and sure enough, there was a burst of fire. "How is that possible? How could that kind of place burn up? ”

Dimitrov shook his head, "Maybe it's a conspiracy!" ”

"Comrade Dimitrov, should we transfer?" Natalie. Leshinskaya asked.

"No, you don't need to...... We don't have to hide, but Thälman they'd better dodge! ”

……

When the Reichstag was on fire, the leader of the German Bolshevik Party, Ernst Brown. Thälmann is being the leader of the German Social Democratic Party, Hermann. At Mueller's home, he discussed cooperation with the other party.

The contradictions between the German Social Democratic Party and the Bolshevik Party have been around for a long time, so that the two parties that hold high the banner of socialism, who are essentially political enemies, rarely act in unison—and even if they do act in unison, they do not cooperate, but happen to share the same views on certain issues. For example, he opposed the "Generals' Cabinet" to expand the army without authorization.

However, after the formation of the Nazi-Fatherland People's Party coalition government, the concerted action relationship between the Social Democrats and the Bolshevik Party disappeared again.

"Ernst, they are saving Germany, and they have had some success. If we now resort to radical means of struggle, then Germany is finished. ”

Herman. Having been chancellor himself, Müller had extensive experience in governing and knew that the economic line of the Nazi Party could succeed. They also knew what the consequences would be of ruining the credibility of the Mark once again - such consequences would certainly be beyond the control of the Social Democrats, and in the end Germany could only be saved by adopting a fully planned economy similar to that of the Soviet Union.

In this way, it will only be the Bolshevik Party that will be in power!

"Mr. Müller," said Ernst. Thälmann looked a little anxious and exclaimed, "They may be able to save the German economy for the time being, but they are creating an even greater disaster...... The demand created by printing money is not the real demand! Rather, a new world war! The present economic surplus is due to the defects of the capitalist system and is the inevitable result of the exploitation of surplus value! The only way out is to implement Soviet-style socialism! ”

"That's a solution!" Herman. Mueller glared at Thälmann, "We all know that there is no surplus in the Soviet Union!" ”

This is almost a satire of the Soviet Union, which is now experiencing a second ******. Although the Soviet government tried its best to block information in this regard, the German upper echelons were well aware of what was happening in the Soviet Union, after all, trade between the Soviet Union and Germany was too frequent, and tens of thousands of German engineers and technicians were now stationed in the Soviet Union normally.

"The Soviet Union was just in a hurry," Thälmann said, "and there was absolutely no need for us in Germany to do that, because we were already the second largest industrial country in the world, and industry was enough for 70 million German people...... The question now is how to distribute the product fairly, and not with printed money and import production into the military industry. Mr. Müller, you know that the Nazi-Junker group is going to fight a world war, right? ”

"No, I don't think so." Herman. "The lessons of the last world war are deep enough that, at least in our generation, there will be no more world wars in Europe," Mueller said. However, Germany cannot be bullied, and the Ruhr crisis cannot and should not be repeated. ”

Müller was in the cabinet during the Ruhr crisis and knows what it's like to be bullied by the French and Belgians. In fact, the government of the Social Democrats was ousted by the atrocities of France and Belgium.

"So Germany must have the ability to defend itself, and I am completely in favor of expanding the army to 800,000 or 1 million." He gritted his teeth and said, "Without this army, Germany would not have dignity!" ”

Thälmann knew that he could not convince the Social Democrats anymore, sighed, and was about to leave, when suddenly out of the corner of his eye came the faint light of fire in the sky outside the window.

"Mr. Müller, it seems that something is on fire?"

Thälmann and Müller walked together to the balcony, where the fire had caught fire northwest of the apartment where Müller lived.

"There...... A few are in the direction of the Capitol and the Presidential Palace! ”

"What?" Thälmann said to himself, "It's so careless that a place is on fire!" ”

"Accidentally?" Herman. Müller glanced at Thälmann and shook his head slightly, "Ernst, I'm afraid things are not that simple...... I think you'd better get out of here, and you'd better find a place to hide. ”

"Hide?" Thälmann was stunned, "Why?" Why should I hide? I'm a member of Congress! (To be continued.) )