Why do you say that Sverdlov's speech is groundbreaking? The simple reason is that before the meeting began, Lenin had already approached several important cronies to discuss how to respond to the pleas for help from the Soviets and Kerensky's cabinet.

At that time, he said: "Kerensky broke off relations with Kornilov by accident or force, and he is still forming very close alliances with other Kornilovians, and in essence Kerensky is still a Kornilovian, and there is no principled difference between him and Kornilov." Kerensky's change in tactics now is not only that Kornilov's direct defection endangered his political interests, but also because Kornilov's counter-revolution was too blatant, while Kerensky wanted to retain a little 'socialist' disguise...... After Kornilov's rebellion, resisting the counter-revolutionary offensive had become the most urgent task and the most universal demand of the people of the whole country, and Kerensky was afraid that if he openly sided with Kornilov, then when the people rose up against the rebels, Kerensky and Kornilov would be swept away together! ”

It should be said that Lenin's assertion is quite accurate, and as he analyzed, Kerensky, or the paralyzed government he led, and the Central Executive Committee of the Soviets, which was dominated by the Mensheviks and the Socialist-Revolutionaries, had the same small calculations.

In essence, they were as reactionary as Kornilov, differing only in degree or means of doing things, Kornilov was more unscrupulous, and they were somewhat ashamed.

It is conceivable that Lenin was happy to see the infighting of such a group of people, and if these two groups of people could fight to the death, the mentor would only applaud. Therefore, the mentor did not want to respond too positively to Kerensky and the Soviets' request for help, and naturally he was resolutely opposed to Kamenev and Zinoviev's wanton exaltation of the Soviets, howling that they would generally stand up for the Soviets and Kerensky.

And just now Stalin was clearly fighting against Kamenev, although the mentor preferred Sverdlov's words. But for the knowledge of hemp seeds. He was also very pleased. Naturally, he has some opinions about Sverdlov, who didn't say a word, and you, Yakov, as the closest confidant of this mentor, have to share your worries with the Lord to some extent, right? What does it mean to say nothing?

So Lenin put pressure on him, he must make Sverdlov speak according to his script, and it is absolutely impossible to remain silent! After all, everyone in the party knows that you Yakov is my confidant, and your speech represents what I mean. Even if Stalin suppressed Kamenev, he was a big drop in authority!

However, what the mentor did not expect was that Sverdlov actually vetoed these two mainstream opinions at the same time, not only smacking Kamenev, but also giving Stalin a slap. This situation is quite weird, so weird that the tutor is stunned. Half a day before asking, "Tell me your opinion!" ”

"First of all, I think Lev. Comrade Polishevich's desperate attempt to rescue the reactionary government and the reactionary soviets is extremely wrong! ”

Sverdlov's first words reassured Lenin a little, and he was really afraid that this henchman would support Kamenev's proposal without hesitation. At that time, he Lenin became a complete joke - to support the government and the Soviets who were wanted by him, to rescue them from their misery. staged a drama of repaying grievances with virtue, Nima, do you really think Lao Tzu is an internationalist warrior?

Hum! When that group of bastards wanted Lao Tzu, they went to death, and when they were in trouble, they shouted casually. Lao Tzu had to go out of his way to save them. The revolutionary mentor is not anyone's puppy. I can't let you call for it, I, Lenin, won't be so cheap!

Not to mention in the eyes of the Mentor. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, which, if properly handled, would greatly enhance the prestige of him and the Bolshevik Party. With such an opportunity, why should I cheap you sluts, and let you die!

Therefore, Lenin will categorically not accept Kamenev and Zinoviev's undisciplined approach, if Sverdlov dares to make a name for himself at this point, then even if he is the confidant of the mentor, it will inevitably take off a layer of skin!

However, Sverdlov was not so stupid, and his first sentence dispelled all Lenin's scruples, and then he said: "But not rescuing the reactionary government and the reactionary Soviets does not mean that we will do nothing, at least we must not sit idly by and watch the ultra-counter-revolutionary Kornilov elements usurp the supreme power in Russia, and we must not allow his conspiracy to succeed!" Therefore, Comrade Stalin's attitude of opposition for the sake of opposition is also extremely undesirable. This is a crime against the revolution!! ”

Stalin's face was red with anger, he didn't expect Sverdlov from the same camp to fire at him fiercely, judging from the intensity of firepower, Sverdlov's focus was not on Kamenev, but on him.

What's going on with this Nima? Stalin couldn't figure it out at all, they went to a small meeting together, at which the Mentor had already set the tone, and he was completely following the Mentor's tune, and it stands to reason that you, Sverdlov, should be the same tune. But why did you start criticizing Lao Tzu? Could it be that the Mentor has signaled something to you behind your back?

With such doubts in mind, Stalin turned to his mentor, but Lenin had no expression on his face, as if he was in control of everything. The attitude of the mentor made Stalin's heart chill, and he became more and more worried about whether he had done something wrong.

Of course, Stalin did something wrong, Lenin's real favorite gunner was Sverdlov, and the role reserved for Stalin was the second gunner who beat the side drum. But Stalin was good, and he took the lead regardless of it, which disrupted Lenin's layout to a certain extent. Although his speech resisted Kamenev to a certain extent, because of the difference in status, his preemptive speech did not achieve the effect that the mentor needed.

To a certain extent, Stalin's behavior is that he has no sense of the overall situation, and there is a suspicion of grabbing merit, that is, his tone is not wrong, and the mentor is not good at dealing with him, otherwise, he will definitely be cleaned up fiercely.

This is only one of them, Stalin's other big mistake was to directly offend Sverdlov, he robbed Sverdlov of the role, and he could still count on Comrade Si to be happy? Moreover, there are still old accounts in front of the two sides that have not been settled, and you Stalin jumped out again at this time. You're here to test Lao Tzu's bottom line, right?

Yes. In line with the principle of proceeding from the overall situation, Sverdlov can't care about Stalin's last small move for the time being, but this doesn't mean that Sverdlov will swallow his anger for the sake of the overall situation next time. If you don't clean up well, you bastard, this is going to turn the sky upside down!

It can only be said that Stalin was too confident in himself, and he thought that the last small action was hidden. It definitely didn't alarm Sverdlov, so this time he couldn't help but face a great opportunity to show off and gain prestige.

Stalin felt that this was the first time he had provoked Sverdlov on the surface, and for the sake of the overall situation, Xiao Si should have endured it. And he thinks that his speech is completely in line with the spirit of the mentor, even if I steal your lines. You can't go against the grain openly, so dare you overturn your mentor's decision?

Poor Stalin did not expect that his biggest mistake would be here. Sverdlov really dared to overturn the decision of the Mentor, because Comrade Si clearly understood the spirit conveyed by the Mentor at the small meeting - there is nothing wrong with opposing the unprincipled approach to the Soviets and the Provisional Government, but it is not enough to oppose them. At the same time, Kornilov must not be indulged, and if this bastard succeeds, it will do the revolution, nor the Bolsheviks, nor the Mentor.

In short, Kornilov was something that had to be packed. But we Bolsheviks did not come to his hands because of requests for help or orders from the Soviets and the Provisional Government. The role of the Bolsheviks must be subjectively highlighted. Let the people of Petrograd and the whole country know that we, the Bolsheviks, are the saviors!

It's a pity. Stalin did not understand this, and only opposed Kamenev, but forgot to fight Kornilov, which made the political spirit of the tutor lame. And Sverdlov grasped this very smartly and won with one blow!

At the end of his speech, Trotsky was the first to express his support: "Comrade Yakov's opinion is pertinent, and it is very important that our most important task is to save the revolution!" If this is ignored, any work will be carried out in a biased manner and will lead our party to a dead end! I am firmly against the attitude of doing nothing! ”

After Trotsky's speech, Lenin also spoke, and he neither praised Sverdlov nor criticized Stalin, but made the most cowardly decision - to call on all the military and civilians of Petrograd to fight Kornilov together!

However, although the tutor did not say anything, anyone with a discerning eye could see that Sverdlov's speech was more satisfactory to the tutor, but for some reason, the tutor could not praise Comrade Xiao Si openly.

It is not difficult to guess what some of the reasons were, especially since two days later the Mentor published a "Letter to the Central Committee of the Social Democratic Labour Party", in which he strongly criticized some comrades in the Party for deliberately blurring the line between themselves and the Mensheviks and the Socialist-Revolutionaries because of their opposition to Kornilov, and for falling into the mud pit of supporting the Provisional Government.

He indignantly pointed out: "Like Kerensky's army, we want to fight and are fighting Kornilov, but we do not support Kerensky and want to expose his weaknesses." It's a small difference, but it's very important, because it must not be forgotten! ”

It can be seen from this that the Mentor really cares about this difference, and even takes the trouble to emphasize it again and again, because Stalin's clear emphasis on this difference naturally cannot be criticized. So naturally, Sverdlov, who criticized Stalin, could not be praised either. Otherwise, it would not be possible to reflect the importance of "distinction" emphasized by the tutor.

Of course, what others don't know is that the mentor just didn't criticize Stalin explicitly, in fact, after the meeting, the hemp face was severely reprimanded by the tutor, and the smell of ringing the alarm bell was quite obvious. So in August and September, the ambitious hemp face had to be restrained and honest a lot.

On the morning of 27 August, after urgent consultations, the Bolshevik Central Committee, the Central Military Committee, the Petrograd Committee, the Central Meeting of the Workers' Committees, the Central Committee of the Soviets, and the Bolshevik representatives in the Petrograd Soviet simultaneously circulated a "Letter to All the Working People, to All the Workers and Soldiers of Petrograd", calling on the workers, soldiers and all the working people to stand up and defend the capital at once.

Later in the evening, Bublov made a report on the current situation on behalf of the Party Central Committee, in which he stressed that the Bolsheviks should strictly follow their own line, should not form any form of political alliance with the Mensheviks and the Socialist-Revolutionaries, and must not support the Kerensky government.

Immediately after the meeting, the Bolsheviks in Petrograd went into action. Mobilize workers, collect weapons, carry out propaganda.

Under the vigorous activity of the Bolsheviks. In just a few days, the workers' armed forces in Petrograd amounted to 40,000 men, and the Putilov factory alone contributed 2,000 workers' Red Guards. And the workers of the Shestroretsk plant contributed 2,700 rifles and 115,000 rounds of ammunition.

At the same time, Kornilov's troops received bad news, starting with a general strike of railway workers across the country, completely paralyzing all railway lines to Petrograd. In order to prevent the enemy from leaving the workers alone, the railroad workers directly destroyed the locomotive, and in some areas even blew up the tracks, and some of the train drivers with lively eyes simply drove the train to the fork, keeping Kornilov's army even further away from Petrograd.

"Bastard!" Kornilov slammed his desk. "It's all bad news, I don't believe that all of Russia is against us!" With that, he turned to Denikin and asked, "How long will it take for our troops to complete their build-up?" ”

Denikin smiled bitterly: "The railway has been completely paralyzed, and our troops are now trapped in the ...... Ruga, Deno, Gatchina and Pskov"

Kornilov asked impatiently: "Can't they take the road?" ”

Denikin smiled bitterly again: "The condition of the road is worse than the railway, the roadbed is destroyed, there are mud legs that oppose us everywhere along the way, and we have to pay a heavy price for every step forward, and ......"

Kornilov asked impatiently: "And what?" ”

"And there are problems within our army. The Bolshevik rebels shamelessly infiltrated our troops. All kinds of appalling fake news are spreading, and some troops are already panicking. At this point, they might even turn against each other! ”

Kornilov scratched at his hair, it was all quite different from what he had envisioned, Kerensky and the Soviets did not give in, and the force he was so proud of was in the mire, he was like a balloon, which seemed to be bulky, but in fact vulnerable.

"What about the support promised by the British and French ambassadors?" Kornilov asked, with a hint of hope.

Denikin pouted: "I have contacted them, and the two ambassadors have told me that the support force now has a more urgent task, and they will not come to support until they have completed the task......"

Enraged, Kornilov flipped the desk over and roared: "Damn bastard! All liars! ”

After venting fiercely, Kornilov sat down in his chair and asked listlessly: "What about Mr. Shulikin?" ”

"Can't contact him for the time being!"

When it comes to Shu Lijin, even Denikin is angry, he thinks that if this bastard hadn't drawn a big pie to fool them, things would definitely not have come to this point.

"Contact Guchkov!" Kornilov had already put his last hope on Shulikin, and he said a little self-deceptively: "He must have a way to contact Shulijin!" As long as we can find Mr. Shu Lijin, we can solve the current dilemma! ”

However, Shu Lijin does not have such a big ability, in fact, now he is too busy to take care of himself, received information from Anna, and he carried out the operation according to the original plan, and immediately spread the news of the plague umbrella to Britain and France. As he expected, the two countries really categorically abandoned the idea of supporting Kornilov and went to grab the plague umbrella with all their hearts.

However, what Shu Lijin didn't expect was that the Jews were even stronger than he imagined, and after a whole day of siege, the elite strength of Britain and France could not even break through the gate of the other party's headquarters, not only could not break through, but also lost many good players.

"Can't you give a little bit of strength to these useless fools?"

Shu Lijin was quite dissatisfied with the friction between Britain and France, and according to the original plan, at this time, the British, French and Jews should fight to the death, and it was his turn to pick up the bargain. But now, Kornilov's telegrams for help kept coming one by one, and he couldn't muster manpower, and he hit a wall at both ends, so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks.

Number Five suggested: "Your Excellency, or we will help Kornilov pacify Petrograd first, and then come and grab ......"

Shu Lijin glared at him viciously and scolded: "In case we just withdraw, the British and the French open up the situation, it won't be all in vain!" ”

No. 5 whispered: "But Kornilov can't hold on anymore, the Bolsheviks have put great pressure on him, and if he doesn't go to reinforce him, I'm afraid he will support the great cause of His Majesty's reinstatement......"

Tut! Shulijin was extremely entangled, and after thinking about it, he could only impatiently order to No. 5: "You send a team of men to support Kornilov and solve Kerensky...... Get everything done for that shitty as soon as possible, and get back quickly! (To be continued.) )