Chapter 1125: The Dreadnought Empire
"Capitalism, which has taken root in the West for hundreds of years, has now developed into the unprecedented journey of global imperialism, and the intertwined chain of exploitation is in fact deeply rooted in the consciousness of each and every one of us.
'To live or to die', the most important question that every human being is born with, the solution which nature chooses to leave us with no other means than selfishness, and it is precisely this that capital has taken advantage of by turning countless people into its faithful servants. In this day and age, not to mention the Western countries, even within our Soviet Union, ask yourself, is there no one who yearns for 'capital' and wants to try the sweet poisonous wine it sends and turn himself into an exploiter and everyone around him into an exploiter?
Yes, definitely, and I can responsibly say that this is not uncommon for all of us here to have had such thoughts.
However, on the other hand, I think all of you here know very well that once the beast of 'capital' is released, what will become of our country and our nation next? -- To become an exploiter who is obsessed with capital and money, but who still has to live on the same planet with countless exploited people after all, will a society entwined with capitalism really satisfy everyone, even if only the exploiters?
In this regard, there is no need to take Western countries as targets, just look at our country to answer.
In the dark era of the past ten years, the brazen 'Leonid Brezhnev' and his ilk, as well as the remnants of the Bol Party 'Mikhail Gorbachev' who are bent on taking the wrong path, these guys. There is an instinctive desire to satisfy one's own selfish desires. But I don't know a minimum truth. That is, in a society where capital runs rampant and everyone works for it, no one can achieve true happiness and peace.
No matter how much capital you have, when you go out on the street in a bulletproof car, you will be dropped by the desperate destitute and shattered your bones, what is the meaning of such a drunken dream of death, and how can a materialistic society have even the slightest connection with the most essential pursuit of human nature!
Comrades, please forgive me for my tirade. I may have been a little too excited tonight.
But here, I would like to point out that in the face of the rampant attacks of Western countries, in the face of the sometimes confused citizens of the Alliance, how should we act?
I will not talk about the affairs within the alliance for the time being; Personally, I believe that this sudden all-out war was not only a life-and-death contest between the East and the West, but also a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the survival and development of the Soviet Union.
The so-called 'life and death'. It is by no means that we are going to use all the Western countries to scorch the earth. On the basis of the achievements of countless revolutionary predecessors, from 'one country built socialism' to 'the consolidation of socialism by a group of countries', and now it is even more necessary to fundamentally end the status quo of 'the West encircling the East', and then form a complete set of international political, economic, scientific and technological cooperation systems of socialist countries, and 'the East will in turn encircle the West'!
In this way, the United States, Britain, and other imperialist countries can no longer sit back on the dividends of the capitalist world chain, enrich themselves with the act of sucking the blood of the vast number of backward countries, and then brazenly proclaim the 'economic superiority of capitalism' and use the relatively developed domestic economy and living standards to deceive people's minds.
Once the myth of capitalism is shattered, the Eastern bloc will not need to launch an all-out war at all, but only need to unswervingly follow the socialist road, and with the additional advantages of global integration, it will be able to achieve greater achievements in national construction and economic development, and finally bury capitalism completely.
At that time, the glorious Soviet Union will be able to justifiably let everyone witness which side of the East and the West will better represent the direction of human civilization and which side can realize the ideal beautiful world of mankind!
Having said all this, you have to ask me, why is there a war in the Far East?
This, comrades, is the answer of me, Konstantin Malenkov, a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. ”
The voice was loud and gushing, and after saying all these words, he raised his hand and pulled the collar of his neat shirt, General Secretary Malenkov took a deep breath, his expression was still a little excited, but his eyes were full of clarity, he didn't say more, but looked at everyone present very calmly, these loyal comrades-in-arms who shoulder heavy responsibilities and work tirelessly for the future and destiny of the alliance.
Silence, after a few seconds of silence, the room erupted in a long-lasting round of applause.
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After the speech, the regular government meeting was still going on, and Malenkov, who had taken his leave a moment earlier, got up and left his seat, walked through the corridor surrounded by guards and retinues, and got into a black Volga car with a plain appearance.
At one o'clock in the middle of the night in Moscow, with no moonlight in the sky obscured by thin clouds, sitting in a car through the tall arches of the Kremlin, passing by the vast Red Square, which was brightly lit and still had some tourists wandering, Konstantin Malenkov looked at the large brick floor outside the bulletproof glass and the mausoleum of the revolutionary mentor made of black feldspar and red granite, which was built in front of the heavy palace wall on the west side of Red Square.
In the depths of winter, it was very cold in Moscow at night, and the two sentries standing in front of the main gate of Lenin's tomb were standing on the ground in thick military uniforms and SKS rifles, and the men and guns were motionless in the cold wind.
Inadvertently, the Kremlin bell rang, and the two changing of the guard sentries happened to be walking to the tomb at this time, looking wordlessly through the window glass at how many solemn changing of the guard had been witnessed, Konstantin Malenkov did not blink his eyes, he turned his head to maintain his gaze with a feeling, until the car completely drove away from the square, then turned back and leaned on the back seat to breathe a sigh of relief.
From Lenin's death to the present, this mausoleum has been standing on Red Square for 72 years.
The memorial to the posthumous memory of a revolutionary, designed by A. Shushev, who has the honorable title of "People's Architect of the Soviet Union", has witnessed many ups and downs of the huge Union over the years, and to this day, the remains of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov are buried in it.
A person's merits and demerits, the "coffin theory" may be applicable in most cases, but there are always a very small number of people in this world, who have changed not only themselves, but the "whole world" in a sense; Sitting in the Volga car speeding forward, Malenkov remembered the speech he had just made at the venue, and he knew that he was a little excited tonight, but when he thought of the heroic ideal of "building socialism in one country," the general secretary could not help but feel a little excited.
From the cold winter of 1917, followed by the joint intervention of 17 countries, in the face of an enemy who had already entered imperialism and was increasingly colluding to extinguish any revolutionary fire, how could such a fearless fighting spirit not make people look forward to such a fearless fighting spirit in the economically backward and chaotic Eastern European Plain?
A country can still grow and develop in the face of the whole world under capitalism, and now that the balance of power between the East and the West has changed dramatically, what reason is there not to fight with all its might?
The hideous face of war, even if it is a hundred times more terrifying, will never frighten the fearless Red Empire!
In the middle of the night, the sedan sped away from the Kremlin and headed for the outskirts of the city.
As on many previous nights, the general secretary chose to meet his old friend in a hidden spot compared to 11 Rubyanka Street, which is well known on the planet and has become a thorn in the side of Western spies; In the evening of this evening, the entourage received a communication message from the committee, in which Comrade Ravrenty Beria told him that he had important matters to discuss, but that he had been busy with official business, and Malenkov was not available until this time.
The journey from the center of Moscow to the outskirts of the villa was not a short time, and when he came back to his senses from the reverie of pride, the general secretary heard a sentence or two of conversation from his entourage, which involved the war in the Far East that he had mentioned in the conference room, so he coughed slightly and joined the discussion:
"Oh, let me say both, can you understand some of the reasons I said earlier about the fighting in the Far East?"
"Ah--Comrade General Secretary, you mean,"
As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Konstantin Malenkov, who was not at all nervous about the supreme leader of the huge alliance, the energetic young man, "We are going to fight a full-scale war, not specifically to fight the Americans, so we will attack Japan?" This sounds reasonable, but, Comrade General Secretary, if we say so, it would be the same if we went to fight Britain, and this old empire is even more disgusting, isn't it? ”
"Hehe, Vasily, you mean something."
Seeing the young entourage talking freely, Malenkov liked the atmosphere of unfettered discussion, and anyway, none of the things he wanted to say were classified, so he continued:
"Very well, since there is going to be a full-scale war, then why not start a campaign in Western Europe?
The answer to this question is actually not asked: compared to Japan, which has recently joined NATO, the existence of nuclear weapons in this country is naturally an undoubted fact in the 'political sense', but what is the situation of the nuclear weapons of another country, the United Kingdom, in the 'political sense' or 'practical significance'? ”
"Oh, it's ...... indeed"
I didn't think much about it before, but now I was nodded by a sentence from the general secretary, and the young man, who briefly analyzed the pros and cons, quickly understood what Malenkov meant, and an embarrassed smile appeared on his face. (To be continued......)