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Chapter 58: The Fate of Russia (1)

The first snow in Smolensk came earlier than in previous years.

Overnight, the blood-stained field has turned into a world of ice and snow.

The farmer Agnaev carefully pushed open the door, but was startled by the situation in front of him. A soldier in military uniform and covered in blood leaned against his door, took out a sterling silver cross and handed it over, and said weakly: "Brother, for the sake of the Virgin, can I hide for a while...... I will leave when it gets dark."

Agnaev looked at the other party's pitiful appearance and looked at the sterling silver cross in his hand. He thought that the remaining grain in his home had been collected by the Soviets, and now it was snowing, and his family was about to lose food again, and his face changed drastically.

"Brother, help me, I still have some rubles here..." The wounded soldier took out two gold coins worth five rubles from his pocket and handed them over, "For the sake of the Virgin......"

Agnaev looked around carefully and helped the wounded into the yard: "You stay honestly in the cellar......... Don't make a sound, you will leave tonight!"

"Thank you, brother!"

An hour later, the farmer Agnaev fell to the entrance of the village covered in blood.

"This is the end of hiding the Red Bandits!" The Cossack officer inserted his revolver back into the holster and looked around the trembling villagers. "His Majesty the Tsar is kind... but for anyone who covers up the Red Bandits, supports the Red Bandits in any form, expresses opposition to His Majesty the Tsar, and supports the Red Bandits' remarks, they will give the most ruthless punishment."

"If anyone has any questions, I don't mind letting these fifteen people explain to you in person in hell." The Cossack officer said coldly, "I will give you a day to offer all the supporters of the Red Bandits and so-called advanced elements you know. Those who take the initiative to stand up and admit will receive a commutation of sentence. Those who are exposed will receive the most severe punishment.

Don’t be lucky. There should be at least twenty red bandits in this village... According to our experience, this is not necessary to doubt."

"Twenty." The officer stretched out his fingers and shook them. "If you can't offer it for two days, it only means that you are all accomplices of the Red Bandits... and you will be punished."

In the distance, the "swoosh" sound of the Cossacks riding horses came. When the officer looked at it, he saw several Soviet soldiers who were obviously prisoners running away desperately with their hands on their backs. The two Cossack cavalry behind them waved their sabers and chased them in a match-style manner. Several were slashing and slashing... The heads rolled, and the Cossacks next to them shouted loudly.

"It's a very interesting game." The officer smiled at the cavalrymen who were leaping around him. "There are enough red bandits here for us to entertain... Go to their wine cellar, and there may be vodka hidden in si or maybe."

The officer looked at the Russian villagers who were almost crushed by fear, and their mouths were slightly raised.

The Russian civil war has entered an unreasonable state.

Both sides of the war were no longer rational people... but barbaric beasts. The cruel war had already lost all the people on both sides, and the demonized propaganda and hatred propaganda that were adopted at the same time... made the soldiers of both sides regard each other's army and even civilians like beasts, full of hatred and fear.

Under such circumstances, both sides are increasingly inclined to take the most harsh measures against the enemy personnel to deter all opposition forces. This cruel competition makes both sides no longer have any fantasies.

The civil war turned into a merciless massacre against all targets of the hostile camp.

After the Soviet side issued a ruthless national mobilization and surplus grain collection system and a series of decrees to eliminate all reactionaries, a scene called "reincarnation" appeared in the Soviet-ruled areas, and everything seemed to return to France during the Jacobin era. The unique barbarity and lack of rationality of the Russians made this terrifying dictatorship reach a cruelty that was unheard of in Europe since the Renaissance.

Countless "nobles, landlords, rich peasants, counter-revolutionary bad elements, reactionary officers who attempted to restore the dynasty" were shot and wiped out on the spot, which aroused widespread protests from intellectuals. Then, the tough Soviet regime announced that "re-education" of "bourgeois reactionary literati", and batches of intellectuals were sent to mines for "laboral reform".

Chika grew stronger like a snowball, and finally established the terrible internal security force directly under the Supreme Military Commission, directly obeying political commissars at all levels, that is, the so-called "people's members of the Military Commission", and was specifically responsible for the "suppression of the military and eliminating all cowardice and betrayal" within the army.

In the factory, the Anti-Slack Act declares that all strikes and slack behaviors are "counter-revolutionary" and should be punished immediately.

In cities, all citizens are forced to organize, and the employment behavior of grocery stores and other people is cancelled. All personnel "pick up wild vegetables, cut down trees, dig trenches, sew military uniforms" in collective form, exchanging labor for food.

China's material assistance to the Soviet Union has gradually stopped when it comes to the conclusion of peace treaties with the Tsar, especially after signing diplomatic memorandums with the great powers, leaving only some "civilians" behind.

With the departure of Chinese merchants and the joint embargo between Britain, France and other countries, the Soviet foreign aid gradually dried up. In September, the new Tsar signed the Berlin-Kiev Treaty with Germany, officially selling the Russian bolan to Germany and Austria for 500 million marks, but retaining Belarus and Western Ukraine, which were originally belonging to Russia, and at the same time recognized the independence of the three countries of Finland and Bo Luo. The satisfied German and Austria also ordered "strictly prohibiting the export of military supplies to the Soviet regime."

In order to solve the problem of material scarcity, the Wartime Economic Management Committee under the Supreme Soviet of St. Petersburg, a comprehensive plan to allocate all means of production, organize production, and adopt a rationing system to cancel most commodity transactions.

Ulyanov ordered Joseph Jugashvili to be a member of the executive committee and to be specifically responsible for the military production in St. Petersburg.

Jugashvili pointed out at the party meeting that "the most powerful force of mankind comes from hatred." Faced with the current chaos within the Soviet-ruled region, "only by thoroughly inciting the hatred of the people and guiding it to a common enemy, the Soviet authority can be stabilized." "Hate triggers fear, and the common enemy will firmly tie the Soviet and the people together."

He further pointed out that "the class consciousness of the proletarian workers and peasants is still relatively weak, but the patriotism is deeply rooted, and the Soviets should use this spiritual element at this time."

Kamenev immediately raised questions, believing that "Marxists are first and foremost an internationalist, how can they confuse class issues with national issues?"

But Ulyanov firmly supported Jugashvili's belief that "the primary goal of all revolutions is victory, and for victory, we can take all means. If we cannot win, then even the noblest revolutionary means will become a crime."

His speech won warm applause.

The genius propagandist Zinoviev immediately put forward the "Everything for the Soviets" in the party, printed slogans and posters widely, mobilized grassroots personnel to publicize to the general public that "the Tsarist regime is the French lackey" and shouted the slogan "overthrow French imperialism and its lackeys the Tsarist government."

The glory of the anti-Napoleon war, the humiliated national self-esteem, the fear of foreign invaders ravaging their hometowns, and the hatred of the betrayal of national sovereignty by their own rulers, successfully venting war fanaticism among many citizens and even poor peasants.

In St. Petersburg, Jugashvili, with his unique strong will, ruthless wrists and vigorous energy, integrated the various forces of St. Petersburg with powerful means and guided them to the "right" track.

The anarchism and liberalism in the factory were completely eliminated. The workers' slacking off were severely punished by the departments of the new Industrial Management Committee. Thousands of workers who led the trouble were "successful infiltrated within the proletariat" by Cheka, and the order was signed by Comrade Jugashvili to "directly erase". Cooperating with the material allocation system, the basic wages of workers were abolished, and the material quota was "far from the needs of the family". At the same time, part of the incentive wages were paid according to the work results, thus forcing the workers to work with all their might.

A large number of citizens either enlisted in the army or joined the "support team" or entered the factory. Grocery clerks put on work clothes, family women became cleaners, original urban sanitation workers went down the mine, and the daughters of landlords, rich peasants and senior officers became "waitresses" who specialize in "serving" Soviet revolutionaries: Anyone who has special meritorious contributions in war and production can enjoy the "dictatorship" rights of proletarian revolutionaries against reactionaries.

Two months after taking office, Jugashvili proudly announced that "all Russians in St. Petersburg are serving the revolution." The capable Bolshevik built St. Petersburg into a "strong fortress of revolution", which won unanimous respect within the Bolshevik Party and even won the favor of the left of the Social Revolutionary Party.

Ulyanov praised Jugashvili as "Stalin" in the mouthpiece of the Soviet regime, "Prime de Truth", which means a person of steel. From then on, this title became widely known and replaced Jugashvili's original name.

In the Tsarist government, Du Zhi proposed a proposal to tap the potential of war "with strong government control of the economy", proposed to "imitate China to establish a strong government organization and mobilize the people", and received support from Grand Duke Nikolaevich.

Du Zhi and the Chinese delegation quickly proposed a "National Economic Control Outline". Although this outline is relatively simple, and its mobilization and control of the economy are far from China's wartime control, it is more in line with the current situation of the Tsarist government and the Russian economy.

After repeated discussions, the Tsarist government decided to establish the "National Interim Economic Management Committee", which was authorized by the State Duma to manage wartime economic affairs. Although the power of this committee did not meet expectations due to the constraints of the Duma, it was already a great progress for Tsarist Russia.

In order to launch national support for the war, the Tsarist Russian government also decided to adopt all-round public opinion propaganda under the advice of China. The Soviets' "atrocities", "harsh government", "massacre" and "unmanned xing" were widely promoted by the Tsar with ten times exaggeration. The Soviets were portrayed as Satan's spokesperson on earth, with the purpose of "dragging Russia into hell". The Tsar especially seized the "atheism" of the Bolsheviks and the comprehensive purge of the Orthodox Church, and put forward the slogan "for God and the Tsar, eliminate the blasphemers."

In this way, the Tsarist Russian army and citizens were also stabbed by hatred and fear, and turned into violent beasts.

By October, the number of former Russian prisoners of war arrived in the Tsarist ruled area reached 200,000. These troops were reorganized and fully armed in China, almost returning to their previous state. After some brainwashing, these veterans, who were intoxicated by the Tsar's promises, were ravaged by the "Red Bandits" and "caused the country to split and invade other countries", became the most trustworthy force in the Tsarist army.

The reorganized Imperial and Russian Army restored order and severely banned the extreme contempt and habitual insults of soldiers by officers in the original Imperial and Russian Army, which gave soldiers a certain degree of dignity. The Imperial and Russian Army adopted a new military pay system for soldiers, and the military pay was directly paid to the soldiers' bank accounts to avoid corruption.

As part of the loan agreement, in order to ensure debt repayment, British and French professionals controlled the finances and customs of the Imperial and Russian bureaucrats, but also curbed the traditional corruption of Russian bureaucrats and improved the operation efficiency of the Tsarist government.

Referring to China's actions, the new Tsar Mikhail also commissioned Chinese consultants to help establish a trainer system. These so-called trainers belong to the "Xiayong Investigation Bureau" formed by the new Tsar, which is specifically responsible for promoting the Tsar's new policy in the army, maliciously smearing the Soviets, and agitating hatred for the "Red Bandits".

Two armies armed with hatred ideas that boast about "politics" staged an unprecedentedly tragic war of extermination on the land of Europe and Russia.

The tenacious Soviet Red Guards, mainly Russian, Japanese and German armed forces, and infantry, rolled in from the north;

The Tsarist Russian army, which restored order, mainly used Russian and legal armed forces, played the advantage of cavalry and entered Moscow from three directions: southeast and west.

The cannons roared, and the sabre shoveled both sides used various weapons ranging from 280 mm heavy cannons to light and heavy machine guns. German airships, new legal two-wing wooden reconnaissance aircraft, and school-firing balloons appeared in the Imperial and Russian army.

The massive amount of bullets and shells brought endless blood, lack of training, cowardly and clumsy farmers, after several battles, have survived the cold and ruthless veterans. They have no more pity for life, and they have no fear of death.

What supports them is fear.

Fear of the enemy's victory, fear of the officers and spies on his own.

By December, the brutal war had claimed the lives of more than 900,000 combatants on both sides, and caused more than 5 million civilians to die in various natural disasters, and more than 3 million people fled Russia.

For hundreds of years, the Russians have never suffered such suffering. Blood has irrigated the land of Europe and Russia. Countless peasants were confiscated by the Soviets, and their brothers and sons were killed by the grain confiscated team and the Red Guards. They were executed as "red bandits and lackeys" during the Cossacks' purge and their property was confiscated.

As the Tsarist government became stronger and stronger, the front line gradually advanced towards Moscow.

In December, the Tsarist army occupied Moscow.

Southern suburbs of Moscow.

The ruins of the village in the distance, the smoke of gunpowder has not completely dissipated.

The collapsed windmill mill was cleaned up for a while, and the double-headed Eagle's Imperial Russian War Flag was raised.

The soldiers with blood-red eyes were formed into a team, and the gray and blue uniforms covered the entire field.

A fully armed cavalry walked along the road under the guidance of the military flag.

The commander-in-chief of the Russian army, Nikola Evic, saluted on the horse, and looked at the army under his command with a serious expression.

In front, the group had already come up.

Under the first cross, the Archbishop of Moscow drew a cross all the way, with a pious expression. The new mayor of Moscow, Ziritov, came to Nikolaevich's grand stallion with a "city key" symbolizing Moscow's ownership, bowed deeply, and raised the key over his head.

The grand duke Nikolaevich's horseman took the key and gave it to the grand duke. The grand duke Nikolaevich picked up the key with one hand, raised his head high, pulled out the saber with his other hand, and pointed forward.

Cheers like tsunamis.

"Ula!Ula!"

"Long live the great commander-in-chief!"

"Long live His Majesty the Tsar! Always win and never defeat!"

Soon, the Assumption Cathedral of Our Lady on Red Square in Moscow rang, and then the bells of churches in all Moscow were ringing. The two-headed eagle flags guided the torrent of the Imperial and Russian Army into Moscow. Remaining citizens who had been hungry and tortured by the war gathered on the streets, waving the flags mechanically, opening their mouths, and circling around the military and police next to them, worried that the new government would cash in on the two black breads later.

On Red Square, Grand Duke Nikolaevich reviewed the troops entering the city.

The victory of regaining Moscow has sared the honor of the Imperial and Russian army to the extreme. This great "victory" made all the backbone of the Tsar governments from the Tsar and Nikolayevich happy. The Imperial and Russian army soldiers regained their self-esteem and confidence with the blood of the Red Guards and civilians. They had arrogant expressions, straight military postures, and were full of strength and rebelliousness, just like the strong army under the command of Tsar Alexander I who had just conquered Paris.

At the commander who led them to victory, the soldiers cheered Ula and their steps were neat.

At the end of the military parade, Grand Duke Nikolaevich delivered a speech on Red Square: "The athletes of the Russian Empire, today, you have made history!"

"……………The deep Russia, the powerful Russia, the great Russia, our motherland, after suffering the torture and humiliation of the rebellion of the Red Sè, finally ushered in its own liberator - you, the glorious and proud soldiers of His Majesty the Russian Tsar! It was you who saved the Russian nation and saved this country with the rifle and saber in your hands!"

"………………………………Once upon a time, the Red Bandits used the people's dissatisfaction with hunger and war to create lies, make false promises, and drag Russia into darkness with illusory stories. Once upon a time, these Red Bandits made our people suffer and reduced Russia from a powerful empire to a country that can be bullied. Once upon a time, these Red Bandits wanted to destroy churches, humiliate religious believers, kill innocent people, and destroy the tradition and order that Russia relies on. Once upon a time, these Red Bandits invaded Kiev with great momentum, trying to destroy Russia's last light."

"Now, we have taken back Moscow and regained the pulse of the entire Russia. We will use iron and blood to tell these traitors of the Russians that gloriously belongs to the great Russian Empire, the savior of the Russian nation, the great Tsar Mikhail II!"

"Ula!"

"Ula!"

"Ula!"!.
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