The Rise of the Third Reich

"Construction? That happened after the victory of the civil war." Lenin glanced at Hersman and sighed, "Now we are in very difficult circumstances. The White Guards have a queen who has united all our Russian reactionaries. Moreover, we have a queen." Britain, France, the United States and Japan also sent many intervention troops. Although Woodrow Wilson mentioned in the "Fourteen Points of Peace" that foreign troops should be withdrawn, there are now more and more foreign troops on Russian soil. too much."

Lenin's words seemed to be blaming Germany. Olga could become empress, and Germany had a lot of responsibility - it was mainly Hessmann's fault! Lenin also had spies in Germany and Tallinn, and of course he knew that Hessmann and Olga had a good relationship.

Hessman laughed, "Vladimir Ilyich, it is impossible to predict things in this world. No one knew that that girl had such great appeal that she could make all the White Guard generals obey her." . But so what? Britain, France and the United States don’t really support her, that’s obvious.”

"Obvious?" Lenin remained calm.

"Of course! How many intervention troops are there? Not counting the Japanese in the Far East - they can't come to Europe. Britain, France and the United States alone sent about 200,000 people to Russia. But why don't they come to Tallinn? If Estonia is the Starting point, plus Olga’s nearly 100,000 White Guards, Petrograd will probably change hands. With Petrograd, Olga will be the real Empress of Russia!”

"Then the revolution will fail," Lenin said in a gloomy tone. "You will be the Duke of Russia by then! What did the queen tell you?"

The current Soviet Red Army is not the torrent of steel that it was later. There are very few outstanding officers, and even those who do have them are "military experts" who cannot be relied upon. The weapons and equipment are also very poor, relying entirely on second-hand and third-hand goods sold to Russia by Russian-German companies in 1918 and obsolete equipment taken over from the original Tsarist Russian army.

More importantly, the Bolsheviks had no food to feed the people! If the enemy brought food into Petrograd - which was not difficult for the United States - the Bolsheviks' red empire would be over, but historically the red empire remained until 1991.

"But the intervention forces don't want to come to Petrograd!" Hersman said. "It's not obvious what they want to do in Murmansk, Eastern Ukraine, Transcaucasus and the Far East?"

Lenin said coldly: "They want to dismember Russia!"

Germany collapsed, Austria-Hungary fell apart, and now the only major European powers are France and Russia. The French are not willing to have more children. The current native population is only about 40 million, which is slightly less than the British mainland. The British overseas territories of Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa also have a large white population, and the fertility rate of the population is also far away. higher than France. Therefore, France's threat to the world hegemony of Britain and the United States is not great, unless France can break Germany into pieces and swallow it piece by piece.

Before the war, Russia claimed to have a population of 180 million, tens of millions more than the United States, and a larger land area than the United States. Although the degree of industrialization is not enough, there is no doubt about its potential. Therefore, the plans of the British, French and American powers towards Russia are actually to dismember and weaken it.

Hersman nodded. "Vladimir Ilyich, I think you already have a way to deal with the White Guards and the Intervention Army, right?"

Lenin's eyes showed a dark and excited look, "Yes, we have ways to deal with it, but only if the Courland Defense Force does not participate in the war."

When Hessmann passed through Riga, he knew about the Russian Bolsheviks' method - to cede territory and pay compensation to Poland!

Today's Russian Bolsheviks are surrounded by enemies on all sides. To the south are Denikin's South Russian White Guards and the 130,000 British and French intervention forces. To the north are the North Russian Provisional Government and the British, French and American intervention forces. To the east are Kolchak and the multinational Siberian intervention force. army, while to the west were Queen Olga's army and the Poles.

Among all enemies, the most powerful is Poland. Because before and after Germany's defeat, it implemented the policy of arming Poland to resist Red Russia - this is what the Germans did in history. Troops withdrawing from the Eastern Front gave most of their weapons to the Poles. In addition, Piłsudski's Polish Legion was trained in the World War and had a large number of talents who could serve as officers. Therefore, the Poles expanded their army to hundreds of thousands in a short period of time.

The current front of the Russian-Polish conflict stretches from the Kurland border to the territory of Ukraine. It is the most stressful of all the fronts faced by the Red Army, and it has restrained a large number of the Red Army's troops. But the Poles had no favorable impression of Tsarist Russia, and Piłsudski was even more famous for his hatred of Russia. He sent troops to fight against the Soviet Union, just to take advantage of the situation and make a profit. As long as the Bolsheviks agreed to divide Ukraine along the Dnieper River and give half of Belarus to Poland. This way Piłsudski can be satisfied - yes, what else is he dissatisfied with? That is not the historical "Western Ukraine", but the entire right-bank Ukraine, which is almost 300,000 square kilometers! Including Russian Poland, Western Galicia (Eastern Galicia is Western Ukraine), Lithuania, and Posen and West Prussia, which Britain and France have secretly promised to Poland, the territory of Greater Poland will be almost 700,000 square kilometers in the future. .

However, the current situation in Ukraine on the right bank is very complicated. Not much territory is controlled by the Bolsheviks. Most of the territory is in the hands of the Poles and the Central Rada of Ukraine, which is allied with Poland. And most of the left-bank Ukraine on the east bank of the Dnieper River is controlled by Belarus - Belarus' position is the Great Russian Empire, and Poland cannot be independent, let alone Ukraine? Therefore, after the Bolsheviks ceded right-bank Ukraine, the Poles, the Central Rada of Ukraine, and Belarus would immediately fall out. Not only is the pressure on Soviet Russia's western front greatly reduced, but even the pressure on the southern front will be greatly reduced.

In this way, they can concentrate their forces to attack the Russian Empress in Estonia. If the Courland Defense Force does not intervene, Olga will not be able to stay in Tallinn!

Lenin said seriously: "We did not want Estonia. It has always been the homeland of the Germans in Poland. But Yudenich and Olga cannot stay there! They had already launched an attack in March, although they were We fought back, but they still contained many of our troops.

So we have to deal with Estonia first! Now our troops are concentrating on Petrograd and Pskov, and it is estimated that there will be a major battle in June, July or August. If you don't support Tallinn, then when we eliminate the White Guards in Estonia, trade will be fully restored, and Germany will be our strategic partner! When the time comes, we will buy German machines and ask German engineers to help us build. The offices of your Economic Promotion Company in Moscow and Petrograd can be restored immediately. In addition, we will also set up a similar company and open an office in Berlin. "

Lenin glanced at Hessman, who nodded: "That's no problem at all! As long as this office does not support the activities of the German Bolsheviks."

Lenin laughed and said: "I can guarantee not to support the Bolsheviks in Germany. Not only this office, but the entire Third International will not support it. I can sign the guarantee!"

"Okay, it's a deal!" Hessman stood up and shook Lenin's hand. This trip to Russia went surprisingly smoothly. He thought to himself: It seems that Lenin also needs to improve relations with Germany...

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