Chapter 410： Suro conflict (1)

Not to mention the actions of the Poles, the merger of Ukraine and Romania disrupted the strategy of the southern Soviet Union.

In Moscow's famous Kremlin, a conference on the merger of Western Ukraine and Romania is being held.

"Romania illegally annexed parts of Ukraine. This is a violation of great socialism. We cannot sit idly by, or the cause of communism will be seriously threatened."

"Think about it, comrades, as long as we support a handful of traitors to our malicious neighbors, build an unknown and ridiculous country, and then announce the merger. If we are indifferent, no matter how large the country is, it will not be able to withstand division. So for the new imperialists of Romania, we must immediately give a powerful counterattack. We must let them know that we, communists, absolutely cannot accept such extortion."

In the conference hall, Chicherin, the People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs, was impassioned about the threat of this incident to Soviet Russia.

In Chicherin, the people's committee members nodded. After all, Ukraine is said to be the territory of the original Tsarist Russia, and as the successor of Tsarist Russia, they cannot accept that a piece of the territory is occupied by a neighboring country. Besides, if every neighboring country has learned something, it will endanger the ruling foundation of the Soviet power.

After Chicherin finished speaking, Dzerzhinsky, chairman of the All-Russian Committee for Anti-Countermeasures, expressed his own views: "Comrade Chicherin is right. Indeed, he cannot make any concessions in this matter. For the provocation of the new imperialists, we must give the most advantageous counterattack."

Dzerzhinsky first agreed with Chicherin's words, and then changed his words: "However, we must distinguish between priorities. At present, our chief enemy is the white bandits of Kolchak, Denikin and others. The army, these people seriously threaten the safety of the Soviet government. If part of the force is transferred to fight back against the Romanians, will this give the White Bandit army a chance to breathe? After all, the people under the White Bandit army are eagerly looking forward to it. Our liberation."

Dzerzhinsky's words also caused everyone's concerns, and he was right. If the power is dispersed, will it give the white bandit army a chance to breathe? This is really a dilemma.

Seeing that Dzerzhinsky was opposed to his proposal, Chicherin asked: "Comrade Dzerzhinsky, you can guarantee that if we do not counterattack Romania’s actions, other neighboring countries will not take the opportunity and act like this. Do you invade our country as well?"

Facing Chicherin’s question, Dzerzhinsky answered truthfully: “Sorry, I can’t guarantee this.”

Dzerzhinsky's answer allowed Chicherin to find a gap. "Since there is no guarantee, then we must let Romania taste the wrath of the Soviets."

"But how can we ensure that the White Bandit troops will not be given a chance to breathe after the troops have been transferred? Maybe, Romania's move is just to attract our attention and let us divide our troops to achieve the purpose of intervention."

Facing Dzerzhinsky’s rhetorical question, Chicherin confidently replied: “This is easy to handle. It’s the same as the previous siege of the Soviet government by Kolchak, Denikin, Yudenich and Miller, calling on the people to join in. Army. As long as we conscript another 500,000 Soviet troops, we can not only maintain a posture of pursuing the White Bandit Army, but also teach the new imperialists who dare to reach out."

Hearing what Chicherin said, Dzerzhinsky couldn't help asking: "But at present, we have already enlisted two million troops. If we continue to enlist, how will the weapon supply be solved?"

Chicherin replied confidently: "At present, we have occupied vast areas in Ufa, Kursk, Tsaritsyn and other places, and we are fully able to recruit soldiers and collect supplies from them. Moreover, weapons and ammunition can also allow workers to work overtime to produce. In addition, we have seized a lot of weapons, all of which can be equipped to the troops first."

Chicherin's approach immediately aroused the interest of other people's committees. Yes, at present the Soviet area has expanded, and it is entirely possible to recruit soldiers from it. The weapon can also be captured first. Although the caliber is different, the ammunition stored is less and cannot be produced yet, but it is enough to kill the enemy.

The dispute between the two is the question of whether foreign intervening forces are also regarded as the main enemy of Soviet Russia. Because in the previous strategic policy formulated by Lenin, between the White Guards and the Intervention Army, the White Guards were first annihilated, and then the Allied forces were defeated.

Gradually, other people's committees began to lean towards Chicherin's suggestion.

From a superficial perspective, the dispute between the two people said that now that as the White Guards' threat to the Soviets diminishes (it is no longer a critical moment of survival), does the Soviet Russia need to start attacking the Intervention Army? From a deeper perspective, does Lenin's policy need to be changed?

Faced with this problem, Lenin, who presided over the meeting, did not intend to speak at this time. Instead, he asked Trovsky next to him: "What do you think of Comrade Tolovsky's suggestion of Comrade Chicherin? "

As the founder of the Red Army (the main reason for the Great Purge in the future), Trovsky certainly has the most say in military issues. So when Lenin asked about himself, he took a sip of water and said slowly: "Comrade Chicherin's suggestion is feasible."

Then he gave the reason: "At present, there are nearly 80 million people in our area, and we occupy most of the arsenal. In terms of population and weapons and ammunition, the White Bandit Army is far from being as good as it is. At this time, it is appropriate to be unfriendly to the surrounding It’s okay for countries to show their strength. And we need to note that, unlike Britain and France and other countries’ intervention in the army, Romania’s practice of creating disputed areas poses a great threat to us. After all, this pure intervention is different, which will drive its domestic Some people who do not know the truth are hostile to the Soviets. This will also become an important problem for us to liberate the world in the future."

Seeing that Troowski agreed with Chicherin's proposal, Lenin did not object to it. He now seemed to be an unrelated person. Instead, I asked other people’s committees: "Do you have any different opinions?"

"No."

"No."

In the face of Lenin's question, some smart people felt that the atmosphere was a little strange, and they didn't want to be caught between the two. So basically they all shook their heads, indicating that they had no other opinions.

After seeing that no one had any other opinions, Lenin continued: "Since there are no other opinions, let's vote on whose opinion we will adopt this time."

"If you agree with Comrade Chicherin, please raise your hand."

Swiping, several hands were raised.

Lenin glanced briefly at In addition to Tolovsky's people, there were two other committee members.

"6 votes."

He simply reported the number, and then said: "Agree with Comrade Dzerzhinsky's suggestion, please raise your hand."

Brushing, a few hands were raised again.

Lenin saw no one else but himself raised their hands.

"4 votes."

After a brief report, Lenin said to the clerk behind him: "Record, after a central vote, support Comrade Chicherin's response to Romania's provocation."

The clerk quickly wrote down today’s voting results in the record book, which need to be archived for later review.

Subsequently, a telegram from Moscow was sent to the commander of the Southern Front Army Yegorov and the military commissar Stalin. The next step is to see how they deal with the new imperialist Romania.

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