#1405 - Russia's Armistice Plan

Time flew by, and it was late 1923. The governments of Germany and Austria-Hungary finally withstood the offensive from Russia. Both sides achieved a temporary military balance in regions such as Poland and Ukraine. After suffering heavy casualties, Russia was ultimately unable to break through the new defense lines established in Poland and Ukraine.

In fact, starting in August, due to the previous war, the continuous defeats of the armies of Poland, Ukraine, and the Austro-Hungarian countries led the Russian Labor Party to have the illusion that "imperialism" was vulnerable.

Subsequently, over the course of several months, the Russian government more actively dispatched troops to the border, hoping to restore the lands of the original Tsarist Russia in one fell swoop.

However, reality gave Russia a head-on blow. With the support of the people of Poland and Western Ukraine, the interventionist forces and the armies of Poland and Ukraine, with far fewer troops than the Russian army, turned the tables against the odds.

This was a very comical situation. In western Ukraine and Poland, due to the extreme weakness of industry, the peasants who held an absolute population advantage had no interest in the Russian Labor Party at all.

The Russian Labor Party's "infiltration" into the local area not only failed to gain support, but also faced reports and resistance from the masses in both regions at any time.

So, now the situation was reversed. In Poland and Western Ukraine, the interventionist forces of various countries and the governments of the two countries gained the support of the people.

It should be known that the combat effectiveness of the Russian army was originally very poor. The weapons and equipment and military literacy were far inferior to the interventionist forces, at best on the same level as the Polish and Western Ukrainian government forces.

Therefore, the Russian army, unable to gain the support of the vast majority of the people, performed very poorly and was defeated by a small force of interventionist forces led by Germany and Austria. This was a very normal situation.

From a historical perspective, the Russian nation has never been a warlike nation, but should be classified as a belligerent nation.

Moscow.

Entering winter, Moscow, the political center of red Russia, was once again covered by white snow. Under the gloomy sky, the atmosphere in this ancient Eastern European city was particularly depressing.

As everyone knows, the emotions of the Russian people are as dull as the Russian weather, making people feel depressed very easily.

And the Russian Labor Party has obviously brought some different colors to this ancient empire.

On the streets, party members were leading the masses in actively clearing the snow on the roads. The lively atmosphere, and the gloomy weather in Moscow, was like a confrontation between man and nature, injecting a hint of vitality into this oppressive country.

For a city like Moscow, snow removal is not a simple project, but under the example of the Labor Party, most Moscow citizens participated in this activity without complaint.

And under the influence of the atmosphere, even some people who were originally unwilling to participate in the activity changed their minds, thinking that it was not bad.

After all, the Russian bureaucrats of the old era would not take the lead in participating in such people's livelihood and municipal projects, let alone engage in physical labor on the streets and roads, wielding sweat and shovels like the Labor Party.

Of course, there were obviously many die-hard elements who were dissatisfied with this kind of collective labor.

Hayev Vitch held the shovel weakly, at the end of the team, complaining in a low voice with several companions who were also pretending.

"This group of revolutionaries only knows how to put on a show and buy people's hearts. Those ignorant guys are still gratefully supporting them. They are simply mentally ill, crazy, stupid donkeys…"

Hayev Vitch scolded the Labor Party and the hard-working people on the street, spewing out all kinds of vicious words he could think of as if they were free.

"Hey, Hayev Vitch, what's the point of scolding in secret? Why not just run to the front and tell those people what you think?" A companion said with ill intentions.

Hayev Vitch stared at this tactless companion with resentful eyes and said, "Heh heh, Mikhail, do you think I'm a fool? Don't think that just because you are an idiot, everyone else is as brainless as you."

"I just can't stand the Labor Party's pretense. It's not like I really want to die. Besides, if I really go all out to confront the Labor Party, do you think you can run away!"

"Everyone is considered 'remnants' in the eyes of the Labor Party, with impure roots and a bad background. If something really happens to me, none of you can escape. I know you usually can't stand me, but don't expect the Labor Party to treat you differently for other reasons. It's already a good outcome that we are still alive."

Mikhail said helplessly, "I was just teasing you. You get so easily agitated, which is not good. You must know the principle that disaster comes from the mouth. You complain so much every day, and it's only us who hear it, so it doesn't matter. If others hear it, it will be a disaster!"

Hearing the two people's quarrel, Stanislavsky on the side said, "Okay, everyone, say less. At this time, there is still infighting. It is no wonder that the Labor Party can seize national power."

"Before, the various anti-Labor Party organizations were defeated one by one by the Russian Labor Party for this reason. After all, the Russian Labor Party was not very powerful at first. Their power was only limited to a few cities such as St. Petersburg and Moscow."

"It was because of internal disunity that they fought on their own, not only failing to drive the Russian Labor Party off the stage, but also being beaten to the ground."

Hayev Vitch yawned and said, "Hmph, we shouldn't have believed that those democratic forces could gain momentum. If we want to drive the Russian Labor Party off the stage, we still have to rely on the nobles."

"His Majesty Alexei, the current provisional government is in East Africa. It's a pity that he was too young back then, and the various warlords didn't listen to him. If we could be under the leadership of the Tsar, we wouldn't be sweeping the streets now."

Mikhail, although he used to be at odds with Hayev Vitch, also agreed with his idea.

"I support Hayev Vitch on this point. It is difficult for those bourgeois organizations to achieve great things. It is obviously impossible to rely on this group of insects to overthrow the tyranny of the Labor Party."

"These guys, without exception, are more greedy than the nobles. At least the nobles still have a sense of honor, but they only want to make money, and in the end, everything is taken by the Labor Party."

"Moreover, without these double-dealers, the empire would not have lost so badly in the military. Vast territories such as Ukraine and Poland have been completely taken by Germany and Austria-Hungary."

Although, objectively speaking, Poland and other regions were sold to the Allied Powers by the Labor Party government, for Mikhail and others, the bourgeois provisional government that led to the rise of the Labor Party was even more heinous. If they had not stabbed the "great" His Majesty Nicholas II in the back, how could it have led to the great defeat of the Russian front, and how could it have led to the rise of the Labor Party.

Sure enough, "debts are cleared upon death." After Nicholas II's death, he became a "tragic hero" to a certain extent, at least for some anti-Labor Party elements.

In the international community, even Wilhelm II, who once hated Nicholas II with a passion, shed tears and expressed sympathy for his cousin after Nicholas II's death.

Stanislavsky: "Speaking of Ukraine and Poland, it seems the Labor Party has suffered a defeat on the front lines recently, which should be good news for us."

"Although the Russian Labor Party is trying its best to cover up their failures on the front lines, compared to a few months ago, when newspapers were filled with news of war victories, the Russian newspapers have been unusually quiet lately."

After all, the Russian Labor Party cannot fabricate things out of thin air. Although the mainstream Russian newspapers still promote Russia's various advantages on the front lines, reactionaries have clearly sensed something different.

Mikhail said: "I have also noticed this. According to the Labor Party's style of exaggerating their achievements, if they had really made any progress, they probably wouldn't be promoting it in such a bland manner now."

"However, if the Russian Labor Party really fails on the front lines, that would be a great pleasure, even if the Germans end up capturing Moscow, it would be much better than the Labor Party controlling Russia."

Compared to Mikhail and Stanislavsky, Hayev Vevich was even more extreme.

He said: "I would rather be ruled by the Germans than see Russia ruled by this group of peasants from the Labor Party. Of course, the best outcome would be for Germany and the Labor Party to suffer heavy losses, and then the empire would return to its previous state, and then His Majesty Alexei would return from that ghostly place in East Africa to preside over the overall situation."

From Hayev Vevich's words, it can be seen how bad the influence of the former "escaped fish" Crown Prince Alexei, who is in exile abroad, is for the current Russian Labor Party, and what's worse is that Alexei has organized a reactionary government in exile in East Africa.

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In this way, within Russia, those who feel dissatisfied with the Labor Party regime seem to have found a "backbone." Of course, there are definitely some people who are not interested in welcoming back the Tsar, mainly those "democratic" elements, who still hope to establish a Western-style parliamentary state.

However, the Tsar is more representative of Russia. Russia's history cannot get rid of the Tsar's influence. In Russia, there are more reactionary forces supporting the Tsar.

However, whether it is the democrats or the royalists, they are already powerless to reverse the situation in front of the Russian Labor Party. The fantasies of Hayev Vevich and others can only exist in words.

In fact, they themselves do not have the courage to resist the Russian Labor Party. In this case, pinning their hopes on the new Tsar Alexei, who is in exile overseas, to fight back against Germany is not as good as considering the German army approaching the walls of Moscow.

"Hayev Vevich, Mikhail, Stanislavsky, what are you three doing? Loafing around, don't you see that others are working hard? Don't think about being lazy, I'll be watching you!"

Just as Hayev Vevich and the other two were fantasizing at the end of the line, a Moscow aunt reprimanded them loudly.

Helpless, the three had no choice but to continue to pretend to wave their shovels, as if they were working hard.

At this time, in the Kremlin, Joseph was also troubled by the war.

Comrade Stalin Joseph has been very busy recently. On the one hand, the national leader Vladimir's health is getting worse and worse, and it seems difficult to survive this winter, so Joseph has to personally take over the national political work in order to maintain national stability.

Because of Vladimir's health, it is clear that Joseph cannot leave Moscow, the national political center, at this time, to prevent national power from falling into the hands of those with "ulterior motives."

As a qualified politician and a staunch Labor Party fighter, Joseph is clearly not at ease with many people. After all, since the Russian Labor Party seized national power, many opportunists have indeed infiltrated the party.

You should know that the Russian Labor Party used to be just a party with only a few hundred thousand members in Russia. At that time, it was already a mixed bag. Take Joseph himself as an example, he doesn't think his past experience is very "perfect." After all, he has also done things like robbing banks.

Of course, his purpose was to provide funds for the Labor Party, but what about others? Who can guarantee that everyone within the Labor Party, from top to bottom, are really ascetics and saints with high moral character?

For truly self-disciplined Labor Party members, they are too perfectionistic to a certain extent, which is easy to fall into extremes and cannot tolerate any flaws.

And Joseph, to a large extent, is a person who cannot tolerate any flaws. After entering Moscow, some people within the Russian Labor Party quickly became corrupt and began to emulate the old bureaucrats of the Tsarist era. Joseph clearly cannot accept this.

However, the Russian Labor Party has to compromise. After all, if they really want to choose perfect people to govern the country, the Russian Labor Party cannot really find so many "saints." Human nature dictates that "saints" are always exceptions, and everyone has flaws.

Therefore, Joseph's only choice is to act as a "dictator," monopolize power, and crack down on reactionary forces at any time, or even cleanse them. Since it is impossible to eliminate corruption and reactionary elements, he can only choose to take up the butcher knife.

Joseph will never allow the fruits of victory to be stolen by opportunists and enemies.

So, from Joseph's point of view, Russia is not only not as strong as he imagined, but is in a state of "internal and external troubles."

In addition to the problems within the Russian Labor Party, which he has many opinions on, external military defeats, the imperialist's comprehensive blockade of Russia, and so on, all make him feel troubled.

Now, he has to face the problem of how to resolve the war on the front lines. There is no doubt that the Russian army's defeat has made Russia's situation even more difficult, and the continuation of the war will also cause huge damage to Russia's already fragile economy. You should know that Russia is still recovering from the wounds of the war.

After thinking for a long time, Joseph decided to negotiate peace with Germany. Now, because of Vladimir's health, Russia's internal situation will be in a period of turmoil. Therefore, if Joseph wants to control Russia, he must get through this period of turmoil. At this time, continuing the war is clearly not conducive to his takeover of Russia.

Secondly, the Russian army's combat effectiveness is really worrying. Without the support of a strong industry, the Russian army is almost no different from the Tsarist era. Therefore, Joseph believes that if Russia cannot develop a strong industry, it will not be possible to export its ideology to the outside world.

Finally, Russia needs to recuperate, but Russia is also facing the encirclement and suppression of the international community. Therefore, the continuation of the war is not conducive to the people's support for the Russian Labor Party. Moreover, the Labor Party cannot achieve a huge breakthrough in the war now, and may even be counterattacked by imperialism.

You should know that from the time Russia launched the war to the present, Germany and Austria-Hungary have not really exerted their strength yet, and this does not include other imperialist countries. If Russia really insists on continuing the war, it will inevitably attract more imperialist countries to intervene.

Therefore, for various reasons, Joseph has decided in his heart to end this war. Moreover, Russia has now taken Ukraine and most of the Baltic Sea region, and all of Belarus. Russia has in fact initially achieved its strategic goals.

As for the remaining places, those Polish and West Ukrainian farmers who are united with the reactionary forces to confront Russia are really not worth the Russians to "liberate."