Li Xiaofeng, who was far away in Petrograd, did not know that Trotsky and Stalin were going to fight for the position of People's Commissar of the Navy. Now he is busy dealing with the aftermath of Petrograd, arresting the sailors who took the lead in the trouble, and arresting the left wing of the Socialist-Revolutionary Party, which is about to move.

Of course, these things are not complicated, and it is over to catch and kill. A certain immortal does not have the kindness of a woman, so he will not be polite at all. What really annoyed him were two things. First, there is the issue of the rectification of the Baltic Fleet, Dembenko has fallen, and the backbone of his subordinates is finished, but the feelings of the sailors of the Baltic Fleet, especially those at the Kronstadt base, are not so calm, and some rumors are circulating.

Li Xiaofeng is very sensitive to this, the Baltic Fleet has played an uprising in history, and the trouble is vigorous, although it is not 1921, and there is no wartime communist policy, but there are signs and we have to guard against it.

And, with Derbinko's nonsense, the Mentor was very dissatisfied with the Baltic Fleet, and although he did not say it explicitly, it was imperative to purge the fleet.

However, it is not easy to purge the Baltic Fleet, and there are tens of thousands of sailors up and down the Kronstadt naval base, including more than 300 ships including battleships, cruisers, and destroyers.

Crucially, Kronstadt is also in a troublesome location, on the island of Kotlin in the Gulf of Finland east of Petrograd, about 29 kilometers from Petrograd. In winter, because of the ice, you can land directly on the island. But after May. As the temperature rises. The ice is lifted. If you want to get to the island, you have to take a boat. If you can't control Kronstadt and let the sailors capture the ship, then there is really no way to get it.

However, there are different opinions on how to control Kronstadt, the three main figures who temporarily control Petrograd. Kalinin, the secretary of the party committee, is a good man, how many times has this been said, and the position of this goods is not to hold a position. It was clear that he was the party secretary who was the leader, but he was fooled up by Zinoviev, the chairman of the regional Soviet.

"Petrograd has just experienced a major upheaval, and at this time it cannot withstand a second upheaval. I mean, send a representative to Kronstadt and explain to the sailors what has happened in the past few days. I'm sure they'll be reasonable! ”

Looking at Zinoviev's big pie face, Li Xiaofeng was a little angry, this product is really a wonder. When Kollontai led his men to surround the town hall and besiege him and the other members of the Petrograd Region Soviet Executive Committee, he could have ordered the guards to resist and wait for help. But this product is good, so scared that he hides in the office and pretends to be an ostrich, and he doesn't even dare to let out a fart. But let the party secretary Kalinin communicate with the sailors. It was because of his view that he was a bully that Colontai kicked his nose and face more and more. So much so that in the end things get out of hand!

According to Trotsky's later memoirs. Zinoviev had been in a state of hesitation since the October Revolution, and at the slightest disturbance against the Bolsheviks, against the revolution, he would immediately panic.

Li Xiaofeng very much agreed with Trotsky's statement, and even though Zinoviev changed his attitude and returned to the ranks of revolutionaries after the October Revolution, this guy always believed in his heart that the revolution could not be victorious. That's why he hesitated and panicked.

However, Li Xiaofeng thought that Trotsky's analysis of Zinoviev's character was not exhaustive enough, and that this guy was very good at hiding his feelings, hiding his doubts and hesitations about the future of the revolution under that big pie face. On weekdays, he is cautious and very deceitful. And his cautiousness is actually unwilling to take responsibility, just trying to clear himself. Probably this thing is worried about being counterattacked by the White Army or the opposition!

For example, he was quite afraid of the sailors who dealt with Kronstadt, and if kowtowing and kneeling could calm the matter, then Zinoviev would be the first to offer his knees. In a sense, this product just wants to mess around, that is, to be a monk for a day and hit the clock for a day. He just wanted to deal with the past.

As for whether Kronstadt's sailors would become a danger to the future of Petrograd and the revolution, he did not consider at all and did not want to consider.

Unlike Li Xiaofeng, the 1921 Kronstadt sailors' uprising was, in a sense, a tragedy. The tragedy here could have been avoided, on the one hand, to avoid the mistakes of wartime communism, and on the other hand, to defeat the pride and impetuosity of the Baltic Fleet since the victory of the October Revolution.

At least Li Xiaofeng feels that these two aspects are indispensable. Even if most of the side effects of wartime communist policies could be avoided, there was no end to the hearts and minds of the people. With the impetuous mentality of the sailors of the Baltic Fleet, it was possible to raise the demands and demand that they enter a communist society overnight, otherwise the Bolsheviks should get out.

Li Xiaofeng plans to solve this problem once and for all, and it seems that the tutor also has this intention, so he took this opportunity to have a big cleaning. But Zinoviev, the goods, was afraid of responsibility, fearful, and did not dare to act at all.

What, you said that a certain immortal tiger body was shocked, and he went on it himself? Li Xiaofeng was not afraid to do this, but the problem was that the tutor was also afraid that he would be too radical, so he specifically instructed that what to do with Petrograd and Kronstadt must be discussed by the Soviets, the Party Committee, and the Cheka. In other words, the opinion of Zinoviev must be respected.

After a long time of talking, Zinoviev just didn't get in the oil and salt, and Li Xiaofeng was also annoyed, so he said directly: "If you must insist on communicating with the troublesome sailors, it's okay." How about you take a trip to Kronstadt and explain to them what is going on, so that they can stop messing around? ”

Zinoviev dared to go, his head shook like a rattle: "I'm not very good at this, and Petrograd still needs me to preside over the overall situation, and you have always been good at persuasion, so you should go!" Comrade Andrey! ”

Li Xiaofeng snorted coldly: "I don't plan to convince them, I will only lead the army to persuade and educate them!" ”

Zinoviev's face twitched, he could not have agreed to use force. Immediately turned to Kalinin: "Then I can only trouble you to go!" Mikhail. Comrade Ivanovich. With your prestige. I'll be able to convince those sailors! ”

Kalinin wants to scold his mother, Lao Tzu has already been cheated by you once, okay! You bastard still want to do this, no way!

He glanced at Li Xiaofeng and said, "I think Comrade Andrei is quite right in what he said, you are the chairman of the Comintern and also the chairman of the Petrograd Region Soviet, so it is most appropriate for you to go." With your prestige. It's going to be a success! Let's take a trip! ”

Li Xiaofeng immediately understood, and immediately echoed: "I agree, if you want to do persuasion and education, you can only go in person!" ”

Zinoviev's face twitched again, he had always played dead friends and not dead poor people, how could he risk his life, and immediately refused.

At this time, Li Xiaofeng was impatient: "You don't dare to go in person, and you oppose the use of coercive means, I just want to ask, how to complete the task assigned to us by the central government?" ”

Zinoviev laughed dryly. Haha said: "Can you discuss it slowly!" ”

Li Xiaofeng was really impatient, and said categorically: "There is nothing to discuss." The only way to do this is to use coercion, which is the only way to do it at the moment! ”

Zinoviev still shook his head, Li Xiaofeng was really a little angry, turned his head and asked Kalinin: "What is your opinion?" ”

A certain immortal really wanted Kalinin to be on his side, two to one, and it was useless for Zinoviev to oppose it at that time. But he really thinks too highly of the good old man's temperament, in essence, Kalinin is no better than Zinoviev, so he will not casually express his opinion on such a serious matter.

I saw him cough dryly and said, "Let's continue to discuss and discuss patiently, I believe there will be a way!" ”

Li Xiaofeng didn't know whether it was angry or funny, Petrograd was handed over to such two goods to be in charge, I really don't know what the mentor thought, no wonder in 1919, Yudenich was able to kill all the way from Latvia to Petrograd, there are such two living treasure masters, what can be done!

Anyway, Li Xiaofeng will not continue to waste time, he said directly: "Send a telegram to the Central Committee and let the Central Committee make a decision!" ”

Neither Kalinin nor Zinoviev will oppose this decision, they are just afraid of taking responsibility, and now they are throwing the hot potato to the central government as they wish, and they can't ask for it.

Flatbread Face immediately said with great interest, "Then we can start discussing the second issue." What to do with the leftists of the Social Revolutionaries! ”

With the experience of the previous time, Li Xiaofeng knew that he would probably have to kick the ball again for this problem, and with the urine nature of these two people, he would definitely not deal with the left wing of the Socialist-Revolutionary Party to death.

Sure enough, Zinoviev said: "I personally believe that our main enemy now is not the Left Socialist-Revolutionary, and it is necessary to distinguish them from the Socialist-Revolutionary Right and the Mensheviks. Should we unite as much as possible with the left wing of the Social Revolutionaries, and they did not take a direct part in the riots of Korentai and Debinko! ”

Li Xiaofeng retorted angrily: "! The main contradiction at present is the contradiction between the enemy and ourselves, and anyone who opposes our party and our party's established revolutionary line is a counter-revolutionary and must be severely punished! Comrade Grigory, I must remind you once again that Karelin and Spiritonova were directly involved in the counter-revolutionary uprisings of Korentai and Debinko, this is a fact that cannot be quibbled! Whoever is involved in the counter-revolutionary action is our enemy! The enemy must be severely punished! ”

Zinoviev immediately shook his head, "It's too subjective, this is simply a careless disregard for human life!" Karelin and Spiridonova represented only their personal opinions, and they were only responsible for their individual actions. I firmly oppose this large-scale strain! ”

Seeing that a certain immortal and Zinoviev began to fight the bull again, the good old man Kalinin hurriedly played a round: "Don't get excited! This issue can be discussed slowly, and there will always be results! ”

Li Xiaofeng didn't eat this, and immediately said: "There is no need to discuss!" Not a single Bolshevik could sit idly by as to the counter-revolutionary actions of the left wing of the Socialist-Revolutionaries! As Chairman Petrograd Cheka, I will unswervingly promote the anti-rebellion work! Resolutely do not give the counter-revolutionaries soil for their activities in the Petrograd region! ”

Zinoviev also got angry, and snorted: "No one is against the rebellion, but how to suppress it." In particular, how to identify counter-revolutionaries reasonably and legally. Considerable patience is required. I firmly oppose any measures to exacerbate the contradictions at this time! ”

Li Xiaofeng didn't bother to look at him. Looking directly at Kalinin, he asked, "That's the same opinion, right?" ”

Kalinin smiled sheepishly, he did agree. The influence of the left wing of the Social Revolutionary Party is not small, and who knows if the two parties will unite again tomorrow if they shout and fight and kill today. If you stand on the wrong line, won't you ask for trouble in the future? He has always disagreed with this kind of influential political issue, and it is the same now!

Zinoviev smiled. He just knew that Kalinin would be like him, and he didn't dare to take responsibility, and he was about to fly up and kick the ball to the center, Li Xiaofeng said coldly: "In this case, since you are willing to connive at the counter-revolutionaries, there is nothing to talk about, and it will be a waste of time to talk about it any longer." ”

As he spoke, he glanced at the two fellows with disdain and said in a sonorous voice: "However, the problem of the suppression of the Petrograd region. I will push forward steadfastly, Socialist-Revolutionaries. Regardless of whether it is the left or the right, I will not let go of any of those who oppose the established line of the party, those who oppose the Brest Pact, and those who are involved or colluded with Dembinko and Koluntai! ”

Zinoviev said angrily: "What do you mean by this?!" ”

Li Xiaofeng said with a smile: "I mean very clearly, as the chairman of the Cheka, I will not condone the wanton activities of counter-revolutionaries in Petrograd!" ”

"But!"

Li Xiaofeng interrupted him: "There is nothing but. It is the task of the Cheka to suppress the rebellion, and the Cheka will naturally be responsible for it! ”

Zinoviev was on fire: "I strongly oppose your nonsense! ”

Kalinin also said: "You can't be too hasty! ”

Li Xiaofeng said coldly: "The current situation is not that they are in a hurry, let alone nonsense, but that some people are blindly unwilling to shoulder their responsibilities and are indulging the counter-revolutionaries!" For such people, I can only give one final warning - do it yourself! ”

Saying that, Li Xiaofeng didn't pay attention to these two goods, turned his head and left, making Zinoviev tremble with anger.

Some comrades may wonder, since a certain immortal is so strong, why not forcefully promote the solution of the problem of the Baltic Fleet's sailors from the beginning? On the contrary, shouting and shouting and killing to the left wing of the Social Revolutionary Party, which has much less hidden danger, seems to be a bit evasive!

It's not that the heavy is light, but that the government decides a qiē. The problem of the Baltic Fleet is too much to stake, and although the mentor asked the three of them to deal with it first, he didn't even set a basic rule, and his eyes were blackened at all.

What does this mean, it shows that the Mentor himself has only a preliminary plan, and has not yet decided what to do with the Baltic Fleet. In this case, being too aggressive is not a good thing. What if the Mentor also wants to settle the matter?

In this case, it is a bit of a death to make a bold toss on one's own initiative. Of course, Li Xiaofeng didn't want to die, anyway, the current situation was not bad enough to be the one in 1921, and there was still time, so it was not a bad thing to wait for a while.

The problem of the left wing of the Social Revolutionaries was quite different, and the events of Koluntai and Derbinko were a sign that they would indeed involunt, as they did in history, in Petrograd and Moscow. If you calculate the time, it's not much worse, and July will be around soon.

Although the insurrection they set off in history was quickly quelled, the bad influence was not small at all, and even almost planted Dzerzhinsky in it. Wouldn't it be great if you could get the first action out of their minions before they can do it?

Not only are there historical factors in it, but there is also a more important reason why Li Xiaofeng is so tough against the left wing of the Social Revolutionary Party -- to cover up shame!

For whom is it shamed? Of course, it is to cover up the central shame. Although the riot launched by Korentai and Debinko was quickly quelled, the impact was still great and bad. The two heroes of the October Revolution turned into counter-revolutionaries in just over half a year. This is really a slap in the face!

So it is inevitable to downplay the influence of Koluntai and Debinko. How? If Derbinko and Kolentai were not the masterminds, but the left wing of the Socialist-Revolutionary Party led the uprising, then the strange pair was just coerced by them, and they were only fooled and exploited by the counter-revolutionaries, then the bad influence would have been much smaller.

In this way, the Central Committee will be able to get by and have steps to go down, and by the way, it will be able to put an early end to the insurrection of the left wing of the Socialist-Revolutionary, and even Kollontai and Debinko will be happy with this result, so that their responsibility will be much lighter. It's just a lot, such a good thing, a certain immortal is a fool if he doesn't do it!

It's a pity that Zinoviev and Kalinin only think about protecting themselves and staying out of the matter, and they don't plan to help the central government eliminate the bad influence at all. Of course, this can also show from another angle that these two men have a very ordinary political vision, otherwise they should happily take the initiative to "frame up" the left wing of the Social Revolutionary.

I have to say that after more than a year of training, a certain immortal is getting thicker and darker, and even the old revolutionaries like Kalinin and Zinoviev are gradually unable to catch up with him. It is really the back waves of the Yangtze River that push the front waves, and the front waves die on the beach.

In the afternoon of the same day, under the orders of a certain immortal, the Petrograd Oblast Cheka launched a large-scale manhunt against the leftist counter-revolutionaries of the Social Revolutionaries throughout the city and the whole state. And it was at this time that the new People's Commissar of the Navy arrived in Petrograd...... (To be continued......)

PS: Bow and thank you to the three comrades of Juventus, Instant Kill Potato, and hzwangdd!