Chapter 444: Betrayal (End)

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St. Petersburg, the morning light shines.

Before the sun had risen, three Austin armored vehicles were waiting at the entrance to the Winter Palace.

Inside the carriage, Qin Jian wiped his pistol very seriously. This is a German-made Mauser pistol, and this firearm, which is very rare in Russia, was chosen only because the domestic Hanyang factory also copied this gun. Before he knew it, he had been lurking in the country for four years, and many of his memories had begun to blur, and he only knew that his current name was Mir Ivan, a Tatar who had been exiled to Heilongjiang and had inadvertently joined the poor party, as a political commissar of the Red Guards.

So after returning from Ukraine, he became a loyal poor party fighter again, and like all members of the poor party, he devoted himself wholeheartedly to the constitutional elections initiated by them. But when the month's work finally came to an end, when the eyes of all Russia and even the whole world were focused on today, he realized that he was looking forward to today.

Of course he didn't know, Yang Qiu was looking forward to this day. Just last night, tens of thousands of soldiers had quickly taken over the small half of Siberia under the guise of the second batch of expeditionary forces to aid Russia on the eastern front, and once again deployed a "predictable" vision to deal with the big killing tactics in the north, just waiting for today's moment to come. In fact, even the telegraph room did not know what was going on there. Because there was only one railway to Siberia, and all the cable telegraph lines were erected along the railway line, as long as the two ends were cut off, the vast world in the middle would become deaf and blind, and the radio that could be unaffected by the terrain at any time and place was still only owned by the navy and a few departments because of the lack of attention in the tsarist era. In this age of inefficient radio waves. The probability of a telegram from Vladivostok being received by St. Petersburg on the far side of the Earth is smaller than winning the lottery.

After wiping each bullet to the surface, he shoved them into the magazine with all his might, and when the ten 7.63 bullets were tightly stacked and the bolt was closed, Lenin, Stalin and others were already on the steps. Sharp-eyed, he found that all of them had red and bloodshot eyes, and their faces were so gloomy that they could almost drip water. After they got into the car, Qin Jian waved his hand to the escort team and signaled to leave. Then he sat in the passenger seat.

It was an armored car for members of the Politburo such as Lenin and Stalin, with six seats behind the removal of redundant parts. At this moment, in addition to Stalin and Lenin, Trotsky and Zinoviev also got into the carriage. This is extremely unusual. You know, according to the regulations, they must be divided into three cars! What is it that makes them gather and discuss even when they are in a hurry?

Qin Jian immediately pricked up his ears.

Trotsky and everyone didn't notice Qin Jian in the passenger seat, but even if they knew, they didn't have any scruples. Because it has come to the time of life and death for the poor party! So he straightened up and looked at Lenin with a deep, sharp gaze. The greatest contributor to the October Revolution was dissatisfied with Lenin's previous policy, and in his opinion the constitutional elections were a complete mistake, and the situation in the general elections in various places confirmed his thoughts, saying: "Comrade Kamenev has received definite information that today they will force us to step down in the Duma and then reach a new agreement with Britain and France!" Therefore, I believe that we should take immediate and decisive measures to stop the announcement of the election results! Now that the United States has entered the war, millions of American troops are rushing to the Western Front. The strength of Britain, France, and Germany has changed, and I think we should immediately unilaterally cease the war, restore the army, and continue to drag on without a war or peace. ”

"I agree with Comrade Trotsky's words that power must not be handed over to those imperialist lackeys! They will take Russia to the abyss. Zinoviev was criticized by Lenin for leaking plans for the October Revolution. But at this moment of life and death, he rushed back from Ukraine. However, he did not approve of Trotsky's principle of no peace and no war, saying: "But I am not in favor of maintaining an attitude of no war and no peace, because our opponents will also use this tactic, and we should maintain the independence of the party, and we should immediately conclude an armistice with the Germans." The people have suffered, and now it's time for it to end! As long as we can conclude an armistice with Germany. The army can be disbanded and restored immediately, and the strength of the soldiers can be relied on to influence and transform the rural areas. ”

"Nope! We can't take the initiative to pray to Germany, because that will make the Germans feel that we have something to ask them for. Trotsky objected.

Zinoviev confronted: "But the soldiers no longer have the heart to continue fighting, and we have promised them a truce and bread, and if we cannot conclude a contract immediately, how can we convince them to continue to support us?" ”

The words of the two made Lenin regret it too, and it was as if a terrible snake had been drilled into his heart. Because he was too optimistic about the strength of the combined sappers and soldiers of all Russia, and ignored the peasant and landlord strata that made up the majority (after Torepin, the Russian peasants were considered to be the propertied class), his plan to come to power by virtue of elections and completely silence Britain and France was completely shattered! What is even more wrong is that he also publicly declared in front of the All-Russian Council of Engineers and the Winter Palace that he would accept the "people's choice", and in front of ambassadors and journalists, he solemnly promised to quit the government after losing the elections! Seeing that the ideal of the ruling proletariat was in front of him, he was bound by the big stone he had thrown down! What to do? Announcing non-recognition with bribery and unfair voting? Joke! This was a self-organized election, and the Socialist Party did not intervene from beginning to end. So his gaze wandered around the crowd a few times, and then slowly fell on Stalin, who was speechless.

"Comrade Stalin, what is your opinion?"

This sentence focused everyone's attention on Stalin, who had rarely spoken since last night. In fact, it was not that Stalin did not want to say it, but he knew that he was inferior to Trotsky in terms of eloquence and Zinoviev in terms of talent, not to mention that he did not like this kind of political method in circles, so he never expressed his position. But now Lenin had to answer his question, and only after organizing some words in his head did he say: "Comrade Lenin, I think we have too many concerns!" There is absolutely no need for us to run against the imperialists, landlords and bourgeoisie, and Comrade Trotsky and Comrade Zinoviev have already made it clear that I think the ballot box should be changed immediately by force! ”

"Change the ballot box by force?!"

Lenin's eyes twinkled, and he asked: "But I have been." ”

"There is no need to be trustworthy with those imperialists!" Since coming to St. Petersburg. Stalin felt that he had stepped into a swamp, and he could not exert all his strength, and only at this moment did he finally find the demeanor of the Caucasus, and said rudely: "We already have 20,000 Red Guards, and the troops of Frunze and other comrades will soon be able to rush back, and the soldiers are now on our side, so I think it's time to silence some people!" The Caucasian cavalry divisions should be allowed to release their lines immediately. Let Germany contain the squadrons, so that we can ensure that we have enough time to arm the defense of the regime and silence the capitalists and landlords once and for all. As long as an agreement can be reached with Germany, we can seek their help to break up the minions of imperialism. ”

Stalin breathed a long sigh of relief after saying what he thought. It's been a long time since I've had this pleasure. But Trotsky was quick to frown, and although he also suggested decisive action to stop dwelling on the election, he strongly disagreed with his attempt to trade the armistice for German support.

But the most shocking thing was Qin Jian, although he had learned from various sources that the poor party was likely to lose the election, but Stalin's words still made him feel a chill rushing to his head. Change the ballot box by force! And also carry out the plan to open up the defenses! And unilaterally declare an armistice! Are they child's play with promises and political credit? What is the difference between this and Yuan Shikai back then? Are the 80,000 comrades-in-arms ready?

The more he thought about it, the more scared he became. Stalin's voice also came from behind him: "Comrade Mir, you immediately go and mobilize the Red Guards and take them to the Duma Square." Qin Jian didn't dare to delay, nodded and pushed the door and ran towards the Red Guard station.

Just as Lenin and his entourage were rushing to the Duma, Lu Zhengxiang was also making final preparations. Today has been waiting for a full month, and the eyes of the warring sides around the world are on St. Petersburg. Therefore, as an ambassador of the Entente and backed by an army of 100,000 troops in Russia. He got up early to prepare, and Mrs. Pede ironed her husband's dress early to attend the announcement of the results of the Russian Duma elections.

Lu Zhengxiang was reading the latest information sent by the British and French ambassadors last night, because the Chinese Expeditionary Force is in Ukraine and the Urals at the moment, and even his status is much higher. At this moment when the cooperation of the forces of the Entente was needed, the fact that Britain and France were able to share the information at their disposal was enough to show how much they needed China's voice in the Russian matter. Compared with the information he had, the British and French figures were much more detailed, and one even wondered whether they had infiltrated the upper echelons of the Poor Party. But when you think about it, people have been here for hundreds of years, and even the royal family is a relative. This is not surprising.

In fact, whether it is British and French materials or his investigation, in fact, the results have long been self-evident. It was clear that Lenin's poor party could not win half of the seats provided for in the provisional constitution, because they ignored the demands of the broad masses of the Russian peasantry. From the time of Torepin, Russian land policy had been quietly changed, and a large number of landless people were given land. But this subtle change was clearly ignored by the poor party. They cannot be blamed for this, in fact, they are completely detached from national traditions and realities, just like the KMT a few years ago, and are too idealistic to think that they can copy the experience of foreign countries or decades ago. In its heyday, there were only 3 million workers in Russia, and the soldiers who supported them were only about 10 million at most, but even in Belarus, Ukraine, the Baltic coast and the rich surrounding areas of St. Petersburg, there were more than 50 million capitalists, industrial and mining factory owners, and landlords and peasants who supported the Left Socialist Party.

Mrs. Padd had already read the information. It was a torturous month for her, and although she was already a Chinese daughter-in-law, she knew very well that if the poor party came to power and immediately withdrew from the war according to their slogan, the people of her homeland would have to suffer much longer. Now that the dust has finally settled, she is also very happy and asks, "Zixin, has the Socialist Party agreed to the conditions?" ”

"Promised!" How could Lu Zhengxiang not know his wife's thoughts, and comforted: "The Socialist Party has promised to maintain a deterrent posture against Germany, even if they don't want to fight, as long as they don't disband their troops, Germany can't send a single soldier to the Western Front!" Madame, rest assured, 2 million American troops have arrived in France, and our strength has exceeded that of Germany by more than three times, and the end is at hand. ”

Mrs. Padd ironed her clothes, and when she thought that the motherland was about to bid farewell to the enemy's invasion, she kissed her husband like a child. The sudden attack made Lu Zhengxiang laugh, and before he could say a few words, a knock on the door interrupted the couple's whispering. After the door is opened. The two were slightly stunned! I saw that Chen Shijie was carrying a thick vest, and the hunter team behind Yang Qiu who had specially photographed to protect the two of them was actually fully armed, and the current posture of the enemy.

"Shijie, you are."

"Your Excellency, Madam. To this day, I won't hide it from you, Shijie joined the National Security Agency four years ago. After Chen Shijie revealed his hole cards, Lu Zhengxiang and his wife were not too surprised. Because they had already discovered that this Chinese orphan who almost died on the streets of Russia in the past was a little different, but they were very puzzled by the current posture of this great enemy at this moment. After putting on the uncomfortable vest with the steel plate, he asked, "What happened?" ”

After Chen Shijie put on a body armor vest for him. After careful examination, he replied, "My lord, madam." We have received definite information that the Poor Party has drawn back their loyal troops from the front. So this is for your safety. ”

"What! They brought back the front-line troops? Lu Zhengxiang's face was extremely ugly all of a sudden. When she turned her gaze to Mrs. Pad, she covered her mouth in the same surprise, and a haze suddenly hung over her charming eyes. How can this be? How can they do this! For the sake of power, they are actually ready to openly betray their promises! Betrayal of the promise made to the whole world!

Like Mrs. Pede's charming eyes, the briefly clear skies of St. Petersburg were once again covered by thick clouds of snow, but this did not dampen the enthusiasm, and tens of thousands of citizens and demobilized soldiers flocked to Duma Square in the hope of witnessing the moment when the election results would be announced. The Duma building was also bustling with activity, with Socialist deputies even high-fived each other in celebration. And the poor party parliamentarians who had been arrogant a few days ago and looked like Lao Tzu was the ruling party were in a position to hang their heads, and other small parties began to sit down and choose new collaborators.

Lord Carroll and the others also arrived early, but they also apparently got the news that the poor party had begun to draw troops back. Everyone had worry written on their faces, and they began to think about how to stop the failed poor party dog from jumping off the wall for a while.

The arrival of Lenin, Trotsky, and others made the venue suddenly quiet, but their mournful expressions made many people laugh secretly. As the old speaker of the Socialist Party, he obviously wanted to add fuel to the fire and struck the wooden hammer hard: "We have finally waited for this day, and the Russian people have made their choice!" Now let's listen to the results of the vote count. ”

With his voice. The staff began to read out the results, and when the figure of 175 seats for the Poor Party against the 410 seats of the Socialist Party, which was more than half of the Socialist Party, appeared, the entire Duma building applauded. The applause also affected the outside, and the Socialist supporters in the square cheered, and after 12 years of hard struggle, they finally saw a truly constitutional age. Even the deafening cheers made ambassadors such as Lu Zhengxiang and Lord Carroll breathe a sigh of relief. I thought that the other party would have some scruples.

But at this moment, a figure suddenly walked towards the podium!

Lenin!

What does he want to do?

Is it to declare that you accept the result of failure, or do you want to break your promise? Everyone's breathing strained.

Lenin walked slowly, his legs seemed to be filled with lead, but he knew that there was no way back. Don't fail! He believed that the proletariat must not sit down again if it had already stood up, so he quickly adjusted his breathing and stood firmly behind the podium: "Unfortunately, I consider that the elections were held in accordance with the laws of the former Provisional Government, which are now outdated, so the All-Russian Council of Engineers considers the results of the elections null and void!" ”

"What!"

"What!"

"What!"

Such a voice erupted from almost every mouth, and even Lu Zhengxiang and others, who had long expected that the poor party might jump over the wall in a hurry, exclaimed! Invalid law? Then why didn't you say it before, but waited for the unfavorable results to come out before saying that it was invalid?! Isn't this playing with people! The anger was instantly aroused by this absurd excuse, and just now they had fantasized that all power belonged to the Duma, that the parliamentarians who had formed the ruling government of the left-wing socialist party had erupted into huge boos, and that many had even risen up and tried to rush to the podium to seize Lenin's theory. But the ruthless Iron Hoof shattered all illusions, and a large number of Red Guard militants appeared in the building, and the cold muzzles of the guns made everyone like ducks choked by the neck.

The cheers in the square were likewise replaced by screams and curses, and Jacob pointed his rifle and his partner at the unarmed Socialist supporters. His hands were shaking, because many of them were colleagues and associates from his former factory. But when a stone flew towards him, he pulled the trigger, and from that moment on, the dense gunfire not only did not disappear from Russia, which longed for peace, but continued to sound for many years.

On December 25, 1917, the day the results of the all-Russian general election were announced, the poor party declared the election null and void under the ridiculous pretext that the law had expired!

At the same time, it was announced that the work of the Duma would be suspended!

Declare a ban on all gatherings!

A curfew was declared in St. Petersburg!

Declare a unilateral ceasefire for 100 days and start armistice negotiations with Germany!!

On January 9, 1905, the Tsar and Trepov shot and killed workers who had called for a constituent assembly. After 12 years of hard struggle, when the Constituent Assembly was truly elected by the people, the workers of St. Petersburg were once again shot dead by those who claimed to be representatives of the working class because of the Constituent Assembly! Since then, citizens have been deprived of the right to express their opinions, flags have been torn down, and rifles have dispelled the dreams that the best elements of Russia have fought for for almost a hundred years.

On that day, Russia and the whole world suffered an unforgettable betrayal! John Reid, an American journalist who was present, recorded the whole story, as well as the last words that Lord Carroll dropped on behalf of the Entente countries.

"We will not tolerate betrayal! Any betrayer will be sent to the gallows! ”

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ps: First of all, I apologize, last night when I was halfway through the break, I didn't want to fall asleep on the sofa. Secondly, the "betrayal" section of the hippopotamus itself was not written, it should be said that it was very bad and bad, and I fell asleep last night because I couldn't write and wanted to reconceive it, so I decided to finish this small article quickly, after all, this is not a matter of the new Republic of China, let's honestly rob and get a vote to go home and hug my wife to warm the bed...... (Your support on this site is my biggest motivation.) )