Russia, an important country in the former Entente. Although, the February Revolution overthrew the rule of the tsar. However, the Provisional Government, controlled by the bourgeoisie, still did not announce its withdrawal from the Entente and was still fulfilling the Covenant. It's just that Russia's military strength is weaker now than before the overthrow of the tsar's rule, which makes them no match for the German army on the battlefield.

And the Germans, too, seem to regard the Russians as soft persimmons, and continue to launch large-scale attacks, intending to crush Russia in the shortest possible time. In this way, Germany would not have to face a two-front war. They could transfer all the troops used on the Eastern Front to the Western Front to intensify the offensive against the British and French forces. If all goes well, there may be a chance to turn the tide and win the war.

It is precisely because of this that the political situation in Russia has become even more turbulent.

In the February Revolution, the workers and soldiers were the main force against the Tsar, and the bourgeoisie did not lead the revolution. After the success of the revolution, the workers and soldiers organized their own leading body: the Soviets. The bourgeoisie did not have any power in the Soviets. The armament was also in the hands of the workers' and soldiers' Soviets. The Soviets held real power, but there was a Provisional Government above them. There was a situation in which the two regimes, the bourgeois Provisional Government and the Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies, coexisted.

On 1 July 1917, the bourgeois Provisional Government ventured into an attack on the armies of the German Empire and Austria-Hungary in a vain attempt to destroy the revolution by war. This adventurous offensive was a crushing failure, the Russian army lost 60,000 men in ten days, and the news of the defeat at the front reached the capital, and the workers and soldiers were excited. The workers and soldiers of St. Petersburg and other revolutionary masses took to the streets on July 16, 17 A.D. 4615 (17 A.D.), demanding the return of all power to the Soviets. The Provisional Government sent troops to carry out a bloody crackdown, in which more than 600 workers were killed and wounded. This is known as the July Bloodshed. This massacre has led to greater awareness among the people. The violence of the counter-revolution must be defeated by the violence of the revolution. On 26 July, a coalition government headed by Kerensky was formed, which carried out a comprehensive repression of the workers and the Bolshevik Party, and the White Terror enveloped the whole country. The coexistence of the two regimes ended, the Bolshevik Party went underground, and the coexistence of the two regimes ended.

August. Helsinki, the secret hideout of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov. An Oriental man in a crisp suit and a black top hat visited the area. And Ulyanov seems to have known for a long time that the other party is coming, waiting for him here.

"Mr. Ulyanov, it's a pleasure to see you here. It seems that I would like to congratulate your party in advance, you are not far from victory. A smile on the face of the visitor. This man was none other than the person in charge of liaison with the Russian rebel groups in the Empire* Military Intelligence. These Russians only knew his surname Wang. Other than that, there is no other information.

"Mr. Wang, thank you for your help in the Russian Revolution. Russia under the rule of the tsar is a **** imperialist country. Of course, China is also an imperialist country now. However, the Chinese have become accustomed to the rule of the emperor, and this is the choice of the people, which is understandable. Ulyanov said.

Mr. Wang nodded: "Our country has a great affection for the Bolshevik Party. We are also willing to support you in gaining power in Russia. ”

A smile appeared on Ulyanov's face, although he was very unhappy with the imperialist country of the Chinese Empire. But. There was no expression on his face. At present, the strength of the Bolshevik Party is too small, and it would be very good for them to have foreign support. Even though these countries have unspeakable secrets, Ulyanov believes that it is entirely possible to accept the support of these countries first. After they have seized power in Russia, they will turn their backs and deny people.

"Mr. Wang, I promise that after the Bolshevik Party gains power in Russia, we will plunder the territory of China from Russia for hundreds of years. All of them will be returned to you. Ulyanov said. Of course, that's not actually what he thinks in his heart.

Don't think that this teacher of the Russian revolution was a noble man, in fact, not at all. In that time and space that Wu Haoxuan was familiar with, he also promised to return the territories of China that Russia had plundered. However, when they came to power, they did not say a word. Even, after Stalin succeeded as ruler, he intensified his aggression against China and directly separated Outer Mongolia from China.

It's just that in this time and space, there is still not much territory occupied by Russia in China. Except for the northwest region, the rest of the territory has been taken back by China itself. Now China has long been sharpening its knives and is ready to raise its butcher's knife to Russia and slaughter it again.

Regarding Ulyanov's promise, Mr. Wang was unimpressed: "According to our promise, this fund will support you in launching the next revolution." I wish you all success. ”

Mr. Wang placed a cheque on the table, a check from a Swiss bank, in the face of five million Chinese dollars. You know, because of the impact of the war, the status of the Chinese dollar and the US dollar has risen a lot and has become one of the international currencies.

Ulyanov quietly put the check in his pocket and reiterated that China was a good friend of the Bolshevik Party.

With the failure of the attack on Germany, the military base of the Constitutional Democratic Party, the ruling party of the Provisional Government, collapsed, leaving only the police and cadets of the military academy in the capital to be dispatched. On the one hand, it was attacked by pro-tsarist forces such as the October Party, the remnants of the Progressive Party and the Royalist Officers' Corps, which collapsed by the February Revolution, and on the other hand, by the Social Democratic Party, the Social Revolutionaries and the Soldiers' Council, which were participants in the February Revolution.

In September, the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army, Royalist Officer Ravl Kornilov, appointed by the Provisional Government, took the lead in commanding a Cossack army to attack St. Petersburg in order to defeat the Cadets, Social Democratic Labor, and Social Revolutionaries who had participated in the February Revolution under the pretext of eliminating traitors and defending Russia and the Tsar. The Cadets had no troops to send and turned to the Red Guards for help. Coordinated by members of the Left Wing of the Social Democratic Labor Party, the Red Guards and soldiers sympathetic to the revolution defeated Kornilov's army.

As soon as Kornilov's army collapsed, the Bolsheviks, who were closely connected to the Red Guards, returned to the forefront, and the Cadet order became invalid. In order to salvage the situation, the Cadets planned to use the remaining forces of the Provisional Government to arrest the Bolshevik leadership in St. Petersburg and negotiate with the ranks. Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov convened two meetings to decide on the uprising, which was mainly carried out by Trotsky, and Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov sent Stalin, Sverdlov, Dzerzhinsky and others to form a revolutionary military council as his representative. Occupy the Donbass region and Kiev in October. The British fleet invaded the Baltic. The Yudenich White Army launched an offensive on St. Petersburg in mid-May.

On November 6, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov secretly went to the Smolny Palace, the headquarters of the uprising, and personally led the armed uprising. From the night of November 6 to the morning of November 7, more than 200,000 revolutionary soldiers and insurrectionary workers quickly occupied strategic points in St. Petersburg. At 1 a.m. on the 7th, the rebel forces occupied the General Post Office. At 2 o'clock captured the Baltic and Nikolaevsky railway stations. The lighting circuits in the Government building were then turned off, and the Telephone Office cut off most of the telephones of the Interim Government and the Command. At about 6 o'clock, the Red Guards, soldiers and sailors had already occupied the palace bridge. With the exception of the area of the Palace Square and Isaakievska Square, almost all other areas were in the hands of the insurgents. The Prime Minister of the Provisional Government, Kerensky, fled in a car from the US Embassy. At 10 o'clock, the Revolutionary Military Council circulated a "Letter to the Citizens of Russia" drafted by Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, announcing that the Provisional Government had been overthrown and that power had been transferred to the Soviets. However, the Provisional Government remained stubborn, and more than 2,000 officers and cadets continued to entrench themselves in the Winter Palace. At 5~6 p.m. on November 7, more than 20,000 revolutionary soldiers, Red Guards, and 9 military vehicles surrounded the Winter Palace. The Revolutionary Military Council issued an ultimatum to the Provisional Government, ordering it to surrender at 6:20 a.m. on 7 November. After 8 o'clock, the Revolutionary Military Council issued an ultimatum to the Provisional Government for unconditional surrender, which was rejected. At 9:45 p.m., the cruiser Aurora, anchored on the Neva River, opened fire, giving the signal for a general attack. In the stairwells and stairs of the Winter Palace, the revolutionary soldiers and workers' Red Guards engaged in fierce white-knuckle battles with the non-commissioned officers and students, and by 11:50 a.m. on November 8, all the members of the Provisional Government (except for Kerensky, who had escaped) were captured and finally overcome. The armed uprising in St. Petersburg was victorious, and the bourgeois Provisional Government was overthrown. On the night of the successful uprising, the Congress of Soviets was convened and adopted the Letter to the Workers, Soldiers and Peasants of the World, declaring the transfer of all power everywhere to the Workers' and Soldiers' Soviets.

Because it was October in the Russian calendar, this revolution was also called the October Revolution.

After the success of the October Revolution, the Bolsheviks established the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, or Soviet Russia for short. It was the first socialist country in the world and the one that panicked the entire capitalist world.

After the establishment of Soviet Russia, it was hostile to the imperialist countries. Of course, that includes the Chinese Empire. The Chinese Empire's previous support for the Bolshevik Party could not be put on the table at all. (To be continued.) )

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