If you want to solve the problem of the Czech Legion cleanly and completely, it is not impossible. The simplest and most direct is to disarm the Czech legions directly by military means, so that in front of the Russian million-strong army, let alone 50,000 people, twice as much, the Czechs will not be able to make any waves.

The problem is that although this method is simple and straightforward, and has the least hidden dangers, the problem is that the current Russia, or the current Council of People's Commissars, really does not have that ability. Although there were nearly a million troops on the front line who obeyed the orders of the People's Commissariat, the combat effectiveness of this group of soldiers was really a bit of a thing, and they were already war-weary and frightened by the Germans, what they wanted most was to quickly divide the fields and land and hurry home to live a small life.

In the absence of any outrageous behaviour on the part of the Czech Legion, this group of soldiers would probably not have acted on the orders of the Soviets. And according to the Brest Pact, the Council of People's Commissars had to immediately carry out a full demobilization and dismantle the army. In this case, it is definitely not a good choice to solve the problem of the Czech Legion by force.

Many members of the Central Committee present at the meeting suspected that if force was really used, it was very likely that not only would it not destroy the Czech Legion, but would cause great chaos. And it's a big political burden to do so. After all, the Czech Legion had been serving Russia before, and it was really unreasonable to shout and kill just because people had the possibility of betrayal.

Of course, this is not because the bigwigs here are afraid of hurting their character, and those who are not in the mixed political arena are not broken and have a good character, and if they lose it, they will lose it. What really made these bigwigs scruple was the attitude of the Entente, after all, Britain and France had promised the Czechs before, and now they were very unhappy with their Bolsheviks. Once the Bolsheviks made the first move. These hooligans have made excuses for nothing. At that time, international public opinion will be very unfavorable to Russia.

All in all, it was simply unrealistic to preemptively solve the Czech Legion by force, not only could it not be done, but it would also be very passive politically, so this solution was abandoned by the Bolshevik bigwigs at the beginning. Otherwise, they would not have negotiated with the Czech Legion, tried to meet their demands, and were ready to settle the problem by peaceful means.

Of course. After Li Xiaofeng's reminder, the bigwigs also felt that the means of peace did not seem to be so solid, and in case the Czech Legion got into a second heart and made a fuss, they really couldn't deal with it. Therefore, they are eager to know whether a certain immortal who gave a warning has a good way to solve the problem.

Does Li Xiaofeng have a trick? It should be said that no, because the problem of the Czech Legion is unsolvable, and as long as Russia withdraws from this world war, the position of the Czech Legion will be very embarrassing. Let them join Russia in the truce with the Allied bloc. For the sake of national independence, the Czechs would certainly not agree; Give them directly to Austria-Hungary. It seems to be too unrighteous and has a great impact on the international image of Russia and the Bolsheviks.

So in history, after being entangled for a long time, the Russians could only choose to send the Czechs out of the country. But the problem is that the Bolsheviks did not expect that the Czechs would suddenly turn against the water, and the result would be a catastrophe.

According to Li Xiaofeng's meaning, anyway, the Czechs in history chose to be treacherous, and there was no need to be polite to these goods at all, and directly sent them to Austria-Hungary for settlement.

The problem is that Lenin would not have agreed to this kind of practice in the first place, because it was contrary to the national policy of his mentor, who did not necessarily agree with Trotsky's theory of permanent revolution, but it was also his lifelong dream to export the revolution abroad and create a world of bliss in which the people of the world are united. According to Li Xiaofeng's method, it is absolutely impossible for the people of the world to unite together, and it is very likely that the Czechs and Russians will become mortal enemies.

So what Li Xiaofeng can do is to make a fuss about sending Czechs abroad. Allowing the Czechs to go to Siberia, where the military is empty, as in history, is to be killed. What Li Xiaofeng means is that the Czech Legion must be disarmed!

Trotsky frowned, not that he did not agree with someone's proposition, but in fact he very much agreed with the proposal, that it was necessary to disarm the Czech Legion, and that without weapons the possibility and threat of rebellion by the Czech Legion would be greatly reduced.

But he also had other concerns: "It would be nice to be able to disarm the Czech Legion." However, when the People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs had previously contacted the Czech Legion, the Czechs strongly demanded that they remain armed, and they resolutely rejected our request. ”

The bigwigs here raised their eyebrows, they couldn't know better what the Czechs' refusal meant, this was definitely not a good sign, anyway, they really didn't feel comfortable letting such a large number of tens of thousands of heavily armed foreign soldiers cross the whole of Russia.

Dzerzhinsky asked at the time: "Can we try to convince the Czechs to agree to keep only weapons ......for self-defense?"

Before he could finish speaking, Trotsky spread his hands and said with a helpless wry smile: "We have also mentioned this suggestion, but they still strongly refuse!" ”

At this time, even Dzerzhinsky sighed: "If this is the case, then it is really necessary for us to be vigilant against the movements of the Czech Legion!" ”

Among the bigwigs present, I am afraid that only Bukharin was not very impressed, he stood up and said with a big grin: "I don't think this means anything, please put yourself in the shoes of the Czech Legion and think about it." The Council of People's Commissars abruptly surrendered to the German-Austrian imperialist bloc, agreeing to their harsh conditions. Suddenly they have to disarm again, and they can only think that we are ready to betray them, in which case keeping weapons is only a means of self-preservation! ”

It can only be said that Bukharin was too naïve, and the Czech legions in history also used this excuse to reject the Bolsheviks. The result?

But the problem now is that nothing has happened, and it is really difficult to refute Bukharin's explanation of the Czechs' motives for keeping weapons.

Fortunately, Li Xiaofeng had already considered this issue, and he immediately retorted: "This argument is completely untenable, in the Brest Treaty, we have ensured the interests of the Czech Legion, promised not to hand them over to the Allied bloc, and allowed them to go to France safely." Use Deao as an excuse again. I can't say anything at all! ”

I have to say. That's the benefit of traversal. Li Xiaofeng knew early on that the Czech Legion was a big problem, so he made this point clear in the Treaty of Brest, blocking the possibility that the Entente and the Czechs could use it as an excuse.

But Bukharin was going to oppose the Brest contract, and now that someone had brought back the topic, he was eager to do it, and immediately the goods shouted: "The Brest contract has not been approved by the Central Committee and the Soviets, and now it is null and void!" ”

Speaking of which, we have to mention a little about the process of approving and entering into force of international treaties. The fact that a government signs an international treaty does not mean that the treaty will enter into force immediately. This is only the first step, if you really want the treaty to enter into force, you must also get the consent of the domestic parliament, and if the parliament does not agree, then even if the treaty is signed, it has no legal effect.

The simplest and most straightforward example is the famous "Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty", which was signed by many governments, including the United States and the Celestial Empire, but this treaty was not ratified by the parliaments of the two countries. In a legal sense, the treaty has not yet entered into force.

And the Brest Pact is for Russia now. In the same situation, although the government had signed the contract, there was still a lack of formalities, and neither the Central Committee of the Bolsheviks nor the Central Executive Committee of the All-Russian Soviet of Workers' and Peasants' Soldiers' Deputies had yet to approve the contract. In the legal sense, the treaty has not yet entered into force, which is why Bukharin, who still dares to make irresponsible remarks about the contract, probably because he feels confident that he will prevent it from entering into force.

However, Li Xiaofeng will not be bothered by this, anyway, it is the general trend for the Brest contract to be passed, and it is useless for Bukharin to stumble, he sneered: "That's very easy to do, we let the Brest contract come into effect as soon as possible, we can dispel the doubts of the Czechs, and then they will have no excuse to keep weapons, right?" ”

Bukharin was so angry that someone meant that it was almost a sure thing that the Brest Treaty would come into force, and how could he accept this, and immediately roared: "The Brest Treaty is a treaty that has brought countless damage to the Party and insulted us in the eyes of the proletariat of the whole world, how can such a treaty ......?"

Li Xiaofeng didn't wait for this product to finish, and directly interjected: "Comrade Bukharin, how can you express your opinions on behalf of the proletariat of the whole world? Have you done your research? If not, please do not express your opinion on behalf of the proletariat of the whole world. No one agrees with you to represent them casually! ”

Bukharin was so choked that he couldn't speak, and seeing that the goods were about to go crazy, Lenin intervened and interrupted him: "Nikolai. Comrade Konstantinovich, please do not divert the topic casually. Now the meeting was held to discuss the settlement of the issue of the Czech Legion, and with regard to the Brest Pact, the previous meeting of emergency deputies of the Central Committee had already been concluded. ”

After speaking, without waiting for Bukharin to speak, Lenin asked again: "Comrade Andrei, apart from disarming the Czech Legions, do you have any other solution to the problem that can properly solve the problem?" ”

Li Xiaofeng replied without hesitation: "Yes! ”

This answer and someone's self-confidence surprised the leaders of the Central Committee, who thought that disarming the Czech Legion was a good solution, although there were still problems of one kind or another, but even if the Czechs refused at the least, the Central Committee could be warned in advance, at least this method would prove that the Czech Legion had bad intentions.

And now, someone actually said that there was a better way to solve the problem, which surprised the big guys present, and they immediately pricked up their ears to hear someone's opinion.

Where does Li Xiaofeng have any lofty opinions, he is just familiar with history and looks at problems from the perspective of people who have come before. Was the rebellion of the Czech Legion really unavoidable? Is it really not feasible to let them leave with weapons?

Li Xiaofeng had answers to these two questions, and if he wanted to avoid a rebellion in the Czech Legion, simply collecting their weapons would not achieve the effect of drawing salaries from the bottom of the kettle. How difficult could it be for the Entente to arm the Czech Legion with 50,000 men? After half a year of preparation, the American war machine was already in operation, and even if the Czech Legion was confiscated, the Americans could rearm them at any time.

This is definitely not a joke, before the United States entered the war, Tsarist Russia ordered a large number of weapons and ammunition in the United States (Tsarist Russia paid a large amount of gold in advance as a deposit, and later the Soviet Union and Russia did not have a lot of arguments about this. Moreover, Tsarist Russia not only entrusted the United States with the production of Mosin Nagan, but also directly purchased Japanese weapons and ammunition. Like the one mentioned earlier. Federov's automatic rifle. It was Japanese ammunition that was used). The Mosinagan produced by the United States was shipped to Russia in large quantities, but because of the outbreak of the Russian Revolution, especially the outbreak of the October Revolution, the Americans temporarily withheld these weapons. How difficult could it be for the Americans to hand over this batch of weapons to the Czech Legion?

Therefore, even if the Czech Legion is disarmed, it is not completely reassuring them, as long as their men are still on Russian soil, they may be rearmed at any time. It's just a matter of time.

Speaking of which, some comrades are about to say, doesn't this mean that the problem of the Czech Legion is completely unsolvable? Not necessarily, in order to find the key to solving the problem of the Czech Legion, it is necessary to first clarify one point, why did the Entente group win over the Czechs to launch a rebellion?

The answer is simple, because the Entente bloc is temporarily unable to solve the Russian problem, and the German-Austrian bloc is their main problem, and most of their energy is attracted by Germany and Austria, and they are unable to carry out large-scale military operations in Russia.

At that time, the pressure on Britain and France from the Germans was not ordinarily great. Anyway, when the British plotted to have the Czech Legion rebel in Russia, the French did not agree at first. They preferred to transport the Czech Legion to France as originally planned, so as to relieve their pressure. If it weren't for the British doing a lot of work, this wouldn't have been possible.

It can be seen that the Entente group was deliberately interfering in the Russian Revolution at that time, but it was really insufficient, in fact, it was not completely insufficient, at least Japan and the United States still had spare strength at that time, but the Japanese were only interested in Siberia, and had no intention of developing the Volga River and the Don River basin (with Japan's poor logistical support ability, it was true that it did not have that ability, and the Japanese intervention forces that sent troops to Siberia later suffered from famine, almost starved to death in Russia, and later had to withdraw from Russian territory in disgrace), Moreover, the Japanese are deeply wary of the United States, fearing that the Americans will use this to get involved in Northeast China and the Russian Far East, so the two countries have not been able to form a joint force, and they have even demolished each other.

And since the Bolsheviks had basically dealt with the rebels in the October Revolution, there was really nothing to do with the White Army in Russia for the time being. The Entente group valued the Czech Legion, which had only a vital force.

Therefore, the reason is obvious, the reason why the Czech Legion was able to mutiny was mainly because he was a vital force that had always been able to fight immediately, which was convenient for the Entente. In order to stifle the rebellion of the Czech Legion, it is necessary to weaken his strength. But it is also necessary to have a strategy to weaken the strength of the Czech Legion, at least how can the Ministry of Disarmament be useful.

"My opinion," Li Xiaofeng said confidently, "is that we can promise the Czech Legion to go to France via Siberia, or we can promise not to disarm them." But they can't go to Siberia in one go...... I think it is necessary to let them leave Russia in batches, to limit the number of people in each batch, and only if the first batch does leave Russia and arrive in France, can the next batch leave......"

This suggestion immediately brightened Trotsky's eyes, and he said with great interest: "This is a good idea, let them leave in batches, even if a certain batch is not honest and makes trouble in Siberia, it will not cause particularly bad consequences!" ”

That's right, the 50,000 Czech Legion is indeed a vital force, and if they are allowed to make trouble in Siberia together, there is really no way to clean it up, but if only 10,000 or 5,000 people rebel in Siberia, is this still a big problem?

If the Czech Legion is not large, it is a fart, and historically they only played the role of a-stirring stick, in addition to stirring up the situation in Russia and giving Denikin, Kolchak and others the opportunity to take advantage of the chaos, militarily they were quickly beaten by the Red Army.

Even after the most rebellion, they themselves were divided, and a part of the soldiers of the Czech Legion, under the propaganda offensive of the Red Army, chose to defect again, so much so that the commander of the Czech Legion appealed to Masaryk that they must be evacuated from Russia as soon as possible, otherwise all their soldiers would become Bolsheviks.

However, it was not so easy to divide and disintegrate the Czech Legion, and Dzerzhinsky soon asked a new question: "What if the Czechs refuse our request and do not agree to leave our country in batches?" ”

Of course, Li Xiaofeng thought about this question, and he was just about to say the answer, but the mentor preempted him: "This is very easy to solve, we only give them two options, if they hand over their weapons, then we will promise to let them leave at one time." Otherwise, if they wanted to keep their weapons, they would have to accept the condition of leaving Russia in batches. If the Czechs reject both options at the same time, then we can only think that they have a ghost in their hearts, and we can only think that they are ready to cooperate with the Entente bloc to interfere in the internal affairs of our country! ”

At this point, Lenin paused for a moment, as if to gather strength, and soon he waved his hand heavily, and said categorically: "If the Czechs really have such intentions and are ready to act as pawns of the Entente to interfere in our revolution, then there is no need for us to continue to be polite to them, and we will never allow the counter-revolutionary forces to undermine the overall situation of the revolution in our country, still less allow foreign forces to interfere in our internal affairs...... Nipping their rebellion in the bud is our inevitable and necessary choice! (To be continued......)