Romanian Eagle

Chapter 266 Kornilov Rebellion

The current situation in Russia is indeed not a little chaotic, but quite chaotic, especially in St. Petersburg, which is now counted as a riot of demons.

Kerensky witnessed the defeat of the Russian army and destroyed the remaining prestige that he and the Provisional Government had on the front lines. The evil results of the previous purge of disaffected officers in the army have appeared. The soldiers and the army were completely desperate for the interim government and began to find a way out on their own. Many of them were drawn over by the Bushelvik party, because the truce they preached, allowing everyone to return to their hometowns, was an extraordinary attraction to the soldiers.

At this time, the Bushelvik Party saw an opportunity. The day after the bad news of the war came back to St. Petersburg, they organized a march of 30,000 people. In the parade, the Bushelvik Party took the lead in chanting the slogan "Peace, Bread, Not War".

For this reason, the Russian Provisional Government was afraid of another January revolution, and quickly mobilized the troops still loyal to the government on alert, and at the same time sent negotiations with the Bushelvik Party. The interim government gave the posts of the Minister of the Interior, as well as the Minister of Justice. Faced with the conditions set out by the interim government, most of the high-level people were satisfied in this negotiation, because they could all see the huge role these two positions play in the Bushelvik Party.

But Lenin, as a leader, completely disagreed with this, because unlike other high-level leaders, they only saw the benefits and ignored the dangers. Joining the provisional government means that the Bushelvik Party has given up its biggest advantage, which is the identity of the opposition party.

As a revolutionary leader, Lenin had an excellent vision. He had long seen that the current chaotic situation and collapsed economy in Russia could not be solved by changing political parties, but needed to stop the war and lick the wounds. As for the high loan from Britain and France, he still has only a vague idea, but now he first needs to dispel the idea of ​​cooperation with other members of the senior management.

The current provisional government only gives two positions, which does not meet Lenin's expectations. In his opinion, the current provisional government, a multi-party political combination, cannot adapt to the current situation in Russia. The Bushelvik Party is fully capable of ushering in a new era in Russia, which is also Lenin's expectation and view.

To this end, Lenin specifically looked for Dzerzhinsky, who is one of the three major spy agencies in later generations - the founder of the famous KGB, the Soviet proletarian revolutionary and the master of red terror Dzerzhinsky. At that time, the organization with the sword and shield pattern headed by him was also called the All-Russian Anti-Revolutionary Committee, or Cheka for short.

But these are the images he gave to the world later. As for the current Dzerzhinsky, he is the most popular leader of the Bushelvik Party. This is from when the Bolsheviks founded the Party and elected the Central Committee members. Later, the actual leader of the October Revolution and the founder of the Red Army, Trotsky, won the third vote, and the founder of the Soviet regime, Lenin, won the second vote, and the one who won the first vote was Terrell. Rensky.

So Lenin knew that as long as he got Dzerzhinsky's approval, he would get the rest of the party to agree with his ideas. Sad to say, as the founder of the Bolshevik Party, Lenin did not have a high degree of support within the party, which also has a lot to do with his long-term exile or expulsion. Don't you see Yuan Xun, the helm of Beiyang, who has only been away for three years and can only rely on prestige and other means to control Beiyang, which was unimaginable before he became "ill". Compared with Lenin, it is still good, of course, this also has a lot to do with belief.

After a night of conversation, Dzerzhinsky was finally persuaded by Lenin. So the next day, Dzerzhinsky used his prestige to persuade others. "Iron Felix" is not just what his comrades and comrades call him, even those who are hostile to Dzerzhinsky call him that.

So with Dzerzhinsky's help, Lenin's voice in the Bushelvik party about whether to negotiate has greatly increased. So the interim government, waiting for a reply from the Bushelvik Party, received a reply that refused to stop the demonstrations.

It's just that the interim government has transferred troops loyal to itself to St. Petersburg, in addition to negotiating with the Bushelvik Party. So after Bushelvik refused, the interim government decisively suppressed the demonstration.

In the face of heavily armed soldiers, the public is certainly not an opponent. After causing more than 400 casualties, the demonstration was suppressed.

Facing the promoters of this demonstration, many high-ranking members of the Bushelvik Party were also arrested. Only its main leaders were not caught, and Lenin fled to Finland (at that time in a semi-independent situation), where he completed the writing of "The State and the Revolution". And the familiar text "Lenin by the Lake" is about this.

In addition, the interim government is still in contact with other members of the military, but this is mainly done by Minister of the Army and Navy Kerensky. Because of the fiasco of this offensive, Kerensky knew that his prestige in the army had been reduced to a terrible point. The main commander, Brusilov, has almost consumed his prestige accumulated in the "Brusilov Offensive". Now the interim government desperately needs a commander who can boost morale on the front lines.

At this time, a commander came into Kerensky's line of sight, that was General Ralph Kornilov. After the outbreak of the war, he was appointed as the commander of the 9th Siberian Division, and soon transferred to the commander of the 48th Division. He gave the division the title of the 48th Steel Division. Because he was particularly good at defending, after the German breakthrough into Gorlicce began, he was ordered to the rear, and despite his best efforts, half of his division was scattered, and he was unfortunately seriously wounded and fell into the hands of the enemy. captive.

After entering the prisoner of war camp, he escaped twice without success. The third time he drank a lot of water, which caused his heart rate to accelerate, and was transferred to the prisoner of war hospital, where he changed into an Austrian military uniform and escaped. side of the front. His escape was such a sensation that even the Tsar met him in person, awarded him a heroic medal, and the media even promoted him as a national hero.

In 1916 Lavre Kornilov was appointed commander of the 25th Infantry Corps on the Southwest Front. After the January Revolution of 1917, the head of the State Duma, the big landlord Luo Dianke, appointed him as the commander of the Petrograd Military District. He rose at a dazzling rate, appointed commander of the Eighth Army on April 6, and promoted to general of the infantry on April 23. After Kerensky's May Offensive collapsed, he was promoted to commander of the Southwest Front on May 8 to restore the situation on the ground.

But what makes him most famous is a telegram he sent to Brusilov, the then commander-in-chief of the Russian army in the provisional government, after he took over as commander of the Southwest Front. In the telegram he demanded to Brusilov that he would use all means to restore order. He banned soldiers from gatherings, repealed the soldier's manifesto, shot deserters, laid their bodies on the side of the road and wrote the crime.

The Russian newspaper published his secret telegrams, and for a while, Lavl Kornilov became the savior of the capitalist and the possessed, and on May 19 he was appointed commander-in-chief of the Russian army . It needs to be mentioned here that when he was the commander-in-chief, his chief of staff was Anton Ivanovich Denikin.

However, during his tenure as commander-in-chief of the Russian army, Lavl Kornilov did not get along well with the provisional government. Because the new commander-in-chief demanded almost dictator-like powers, Kerensky, who had served as the interim prime minister and minister of the army and navy, was greatly dissatisfied.

Tragedy is bound to happen between the two tough guys and fighters, so Lavl Kornilov served as the commander-in-chief of the Russian army for just over ten days. On June 3, he was dismissed from his post by the interim government and imprisoned. This news greatly dissatisfied its supporters, the Third Cavalry Army. So on June 9, the 3rd Cavalry Corps advanced towards St. Petersburg. And the 3rd Cavalry Corps claimed not to obey anyone but Kornilov. And dispatched "assault battalions" and armored vehicles to the capital to demand the resignation of the interim government.

At this time the provisional government was at a loss, because St. Petersburg did not have enough troops to resist the advance of the 3rd Cavalry Corps. Because after suppressing the marches led by the Bushelvik Party, the interim government will remain loyal to its own troops to the front line to maintain the morale of the already collapsed Russian army.

You must know that the German-Austrian coalition will not miss such a good opportunity. The collapse of the Russian frontline under the German-Austrian attack continues to expand. In order to maintain the front line, the provisional government could only send out the few remaining troops that were still loyal to the government. At this time, the actions of the Third Cavalry Army led to the lack of sufficient troops by the Provisional Government to suppress it. The provisional government suddenly realized that the Bushelvik Party had enough influence among the soldiers and workers that inviting it back would suppress the insurrection of the Third Cavalry Corps.

So the decision to bury the provisional government and give birth to the first red regime was made in this way. With the help of the insurrection of the 3rd Cavalry Corps, the Bushelvik Party returned to St. Petersburg, but this time the Bushelvik Party was not so easy to deal with. Because of the previous crackdown by the provisional government, the party's support for Lenin to continue the revolution grew louder.

The Bushelvik Party, which now controls more than half of the military in St. Petersburg, is about to grab the provisional government's throat, but I believe that day will come soon.

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