Chapter 1654: Food Shortage
The State Duma seems to be right, but there is no way to solve the problem of the chaos at this moment, on the one hand, it is necessary to withdraw from the war, which is impossible for the Provisional Government, and the reason why the Provisional Government still wants to join the war is very simple, Britain and the United States have promised Russia, and France has also reduced part of Russia's arrears, which together is a very large number, so large that the Provisional Government is also moved. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
With the help of the Workers' and Peasants' Soviets, the Tsar was ousted, but the influence remained, and the chaos after the revolution was, to a large extent, caused by the great nobles and the Tsar's diehards, while the State Duma and the Workers' and Peasants' Soviets were simply incapable of governing the country, and in this case, the chaos intensified.
Under the chaotic situation, the consumption in all aspects has intensified, and the waste generated by its own indiscriminate consumption, coupled with the promotion of well-intentioned people, has caused a huge shortage of many necessary materials, especially food.
The vicinity of St. Petersburg, although it is the most elite area of Russia, also produces grain, but can not supply the entire St. Petersburg region, a huge population, as the political and economic core of the whole Russia, a large number of nobles and high-level government officials are gathered in the St. Petersburg area, the population of this region is quite concentrated, and the shortage of food in all aspects is very large.
In the region, the reduction in the supply of grain, resulting in the soaring price of grain, unlike other things, grain is easy to rot and deteriorate, no one will hoard a large amount of grain for a long time, in the average family, only the necessary grain is stored, after the shortage of grain, the grain merchants will no longer sell grain, and the people will not be able to obtain food, and the riots will be intensified.
Hunger is probably the most terrifying thing in this world, he can turn a kind person into a demon, and even lose ethics and morality, without taking into account some, in the face of absolute hunger, a little conscience, will be easy to eat, some simply eat their own children, their relatives, in order to live, human nature will be annihilated.
At the beginning, this did not attract the attention of the high-level, the State Duma was still in the struggle for power, they were just staring at that area, everyone wanted to stand on the highest power, as for the workers' and peasants' Soviets, they even less had the ability to govern, they just relied on instinct, set up the workers' and peasants' Soviets, and wanted to use this to change their own destiny, but some of the original nobles and high-ranking officials who were overthrown, but were not restricted, they keenly saw opportunities from the food problem, This is a good way to create chaos and even wipe out all the revolutionary parties, for they see the whole of St. Petersburg as an enemy, and even if these people die, they will not feel sorry.
At this time, the State Duma, which controls the real power of the entire St. Petersburg, still thinks that there is no big deal with grain, Russia can be said to be a vast land and abundant resources, there are many grain producing areas, even if Germany and China occupy a part, the rest is enough to solve the problem, as long as the grain from all over the country is transported, this grain problem will be solved, they don't know, people have already intervened in it.
A few simple orders, some armed forces and dead soldiers, then the grain depot was on fire, the grain convoy was intercepted, and some grain was looted, and when a week later, hundreds of tons of grain that should have arrived were either missing or incinerated, and even if they finally realized it, they found out that something was wrong, it was a disaster, a disaster caused by man and a series of coincidences.
Food problem, it looks inconspicuous, but people don't eat for three days and are hungry and panicked, if they don't eat for more than a week, people die, no one is an exception, in a city with a population of several million, there is a large-scale food shortage, what will be the result, think about it, at this time, these high-level people, not trying to find a way to relieve the disaster, businessmen naturally want to get rich, high-level people intervene in it, a piece of black bread, in just one month, the price has risen 100 times, food, is the most lacking part of the big city, Coupled with the convergence of various reasons, it eventually caused a huge upheaval.
Historically, Lenin and the Bolsheviks seized this opportunity to extensively mobilize the entire bottom of the people, the Mensheviks and the bourgeoisie, did not realize the role of the bottom people, but Lenin keenly saw that they mobilized the masses to fight against the tsar and the government, and carried out large-scale demonstrations, a series of actions, a series of protests and implementations in April, May, June and three months, respectively, so that the Russian people really realized what they really wanted to promote the revolution. It was these changes that led to the outbreak of the October Revolution a few months later, and the birth of the Soviet Union, the most miraculous country in the world.
However, this era is slightly different, Lenin returned to Russia earlier than before, and even brought enough funds, but Germany sent many parties back at once, some of which participated in the revolution, their foundation was better, with the help of funds, rapid development, Lenin and the Bolsheviks after the revolution, all aspects were relatively difficult, although he received more funds from the Germans, but encountered a food shortage, Any effort is a drop in the bucket.
In the past, one ruble could buy dozens of black bread, but now, for 5 rubles, or even 10 rubles a piece, even most of the grain stores no longer buy rubles, because of the abdication of the tsar, the State Duma messed around, Russia's monetary credibility has been reduced to the bottom, in this case, the depreciation of the ruble is inevitable.
But no matter what, the lack of food is the intuitive reason, even if it is other currencies, compared with the ruble, it is only a little better, the price is still unacceptable, dozens of times that of the past, the 200,000 rubles brought from Germany, if all the grain is bought, I am afraid that even the Bolshevik personnel will not be able to sustain it, most of them are also in a state of hunger, and even because of the food problem, they have to send personnel out to reduce food consumption.
It was in this way that the Bolsheviks could not even guarantee their personnel, and it was the Mensheviks and the bourgeois Provisional Duma who controlled the whole revolution, and they had the upper hand, and who, if they had dealt with it correctly, could have gained more points in this upheaval, and even established a firm regime.
These high-level and cute god Vik mistakes, but Lenin tightly grasped, they ignored the voices from the bottom, but the Bolsheviks did not ignore, on the way, Lenin began to build momentum, through Pravda began to publish news, although it is said, without the existence of Stalin, the news of Pravda is not so sharp and intuitive, but it played a part of the role, at least, throughout Moscow, Lenin and Bolshevik believers began to increase.
Historically, it is precisely because of these that Lenin spent several months, again and again, with his voice, theory, and personality charm, influencing the people of St. Petersburg, gradually reversing the crisis of the Bolsheviks, and gradually making more and more people stand among the Bolsheviks.
In the process, the Bolsheviks amassed a huge force, not only the army, but also the navy, and eight months later, with the real Bolshevik October Revolution, announced the birth of the Soviet Union, a powerful, socialist country, on the European continent full of capitalism.
In this era, the same is true, but with a little change, even if Lenin has funds funded by Germany, but at home, there is no big money to support it, the party members and supporters of the Bolsheviks, or the proletarians, or the workers and bankrupts, they do not have enough funds to support the development of the party, although it is said that money is not everything, under the premise of the current chaos and revolution in Russia, money is the best way to solve the problem, at least, to publish newspapers, to finance party members and believers, at a certain level, Training belongs to the army, and all of this requires a part of the funding, and relying only on German funding is almost a drop in the bucket.
Lenin has not had a good rest for a week, the whole revolutionary work in St. Petersburg is now in a state of stagnation, the problem of food shortage is getting more and more serious, this week four convoys have been looted one after another, the soldiers in charge of the investigation, almost everywhere around, there is not a single sign of food, not even a trace of burning, where the grain has arrived, it is not known, but one thing is certain, this grain did not even flow into St. Petersburg, because at this moment, St. Petersburg is short of food.
There was a rumbling sound in the stomach, in order to save food, even a leader like Lenin could only eat two meals a day, a meal at most a piece of black bread, not the original whole, only a quarter of the original, such a small amount of food, even a thin person like Lenin could not eat enough, let alone some big-bellied men, the iron man upstairs, had already fallen down, groggy all day and wanted to sleep.
In this case, the defense of St. Petersburg can be imagined, however, outside the city, there are at least 20 elite squads in action, they are all elite forces that the nobles have spent a lot of money and time to cultivate, and they should be used in St. Petersburg, but after the food problem is highlighted, they see a better opportunity, and only the hidden strength of these big nobles can make these squads hide so well.
In this context, Stalin sent those people to approach St. Petersburg, compared to before, more than 500 armed men, entered Moscow, the hinterland of Russia, which is simply impossible to happen, but now, in the era of revolution, the whole of Moscow is extremely chaotic, the Provisional Government and the Workers' Peasants' and Soldiers' Soviets coexist, to a certain extent, the management is also very chaotic, these armed men, all the way, did not fight many battles, smart horse bandits, encountered such a force, I definitely don't dare to do it easily, I know at a glance that all of them are elite forces, and these forces can't hide, how can they offend.
If you really encounter it, you don't have long eyes, or you just become a bandit, or some soldiers want to eat black, these are for the carefully selected soldiers, there is no much effort at all, a few squads have solved them, the road is smooth, to the destination, a little lax, not even to do the necessary vigilance, but I don't know, they have such a huge team, and even a large number of carriages, it is natural to be regarded as a food convoy.
Because of the large number of personnel, it can even be seen that among these people there are strong and partial armed forces, in this case, there are at least 5 teams, more than 200 people gathered together, these are cultivated as private soldiers, once on the battlefield, are the nobles control the army of low-level officers, their team of 40 people, it is easy to kill the same number, or even double the number of armed forces, against a team of less than 500 people, in their opinion, is nine out of ten.
First of all, on the Bolshevik side, there were at least a dozen casualties, from Kazakhstan to St. Petersburg, thousands of kilometers, more than a dozen battles in succession, all of which were only a little slightly injured, but at this moment, at least a dozen serious wounds, and even a few died on the spot.
But after all, these are the elite forces selected from the 100,000 Bolshevik army, and in the most unfavorable situation, they reacted quickly and formed a counterattack position, and then, it was the misfortune of these aristocratic private armies, these aristocratic private armies, after all, were only private armies, not as good as the formally trained army, and even less than these elite forces far above the army, not to mention, these soldiers were all soldiers who had gone through the Yang at a hundred paces, and after a few rounds of firefights, the losses of the Bolshevik army became smaller and smaller. But the opponent's losses began to increase wildly.
200 private troops, besieging 300 Bolshevik troops, except for the first round of 15 casualties, in the end after 200 people were completely annihilated, the final casualties were only 32 people, only 17 people behind, most of them can still recover minor injuries.
In the vicinity of St. Petersburg, a sudden attack made the Bolshevik army vigilant, and they did not know what was going on here, so they quickly found a safe place to hide first, and then sent personnel into St. Petersburg to inquire about the situation. (To be continued.) )