Chapter 482 Civil strife in Russia again

In February 1919, when the influenza pandemic was still raging slightly around the world, the situation in Russia finally took a step ahead of Germany and exploded like a dynamite barrel.

The disputes between the three major forces in Russia naturally need no elaboration, and what caused the explosive barrel to explode was naturally the military equipment that Nicholas II exchanged from Australasia.

The Russian capitalist government is the real power in Russia, the Moscow region controlled by the Workers' Union is the local government, and Tsar Nicholas II is the representative of the aristocratic forces.

These three major forces all control a considerable part of the army. Among them, the asset government nominally controls all the troops of the original tsarist government, which even reached more than 7 million people during the war.

Of course, the Tsarist Russian government's statistics on the number of soldiers are also very exaggerated. According to actual statistics from the asset government, there are only more than 5 million Russian troops on the front line, but this is definitely not a small number.

After the armistice, the Russian government urgently reduced its army of more than 5 million people.

To be honest, even with the reparations from Germany, the Russian government cannot support such a large army.

After considerable streamlining, the Russian government controlled only a little over 1 million troops, which could be said to have restored the size of the Tsarist government's army before the war.

However, this has also led to a problem, that is, the Russian government has not properly resettled this part of the laid-off soldiers.

The war devastated Russia tremendously and caused huge damage to the Russian economy.

As a result, the Russian government did not have enough jobs for these retired soldiers. The retired soldiers could only return to their old jobs and become farmers again.

The problem is that a significant number of these retired soldiers live in Eastern Europe. Their homes suffered extensive damage, but they received no compensation.

The Russian government paid only a small pension for the disabled and those killed in action, which was not even as high as a soldier's salary.

This is nothing. What is important is that a considerable number of soldiers who participated in World War I for the Russian government were dismissed by the government without receiving adequate pay.

This also caused a large number of Russian soldiers to be dissatisfied with this way of handling the situation. Many soldiers even took to the streets and broke out in demonstrations, demanding that the government give them adequate salaries and compensation.

The conflict that broke out between the government and the soldiers gave both Nicholas II and the Workers' Union an opportunity.

The two major forces began to frantically absorb these dissatisfied soldiers, waiting to deal a fatal blow to the Russian capitalist government when it was at its most vulnerable.

Soon, Nicholas II and the Workers' Union waited for an opportunity.

As the pandemic broke out, it became clear that the Russian government had taken no precautions, and within a few months hundreds of thousands of people died.

This is not the most serious thing, because of the pandemic, a large amount of supplies cannot be transported to the city at all.

Due to the lack of supplies, serious famine and chaos broke out among the workers and civilians in the city.

These famines and chaos have further affected the order of the city, making it more difficult for materials from other areas to enter the city.

Under the influence of one link after another, Russia's order is on the verge of collapse.

Although the official statistics of the number of people who died from the pandemic in Russia were less than one million, the number of people who died of starvation had already exceeded one million.

Even if the Russian government imported a large amount of food from Britain, France and Australasia, it simply did not have enough manpower to transport it to major cities and deliver it to the people suffering from famine.

People who could not get food and emergency supplies became even more angry with the government and began to take to the streets to demonstrate, which also exacerbated the outbreak of the pandemic.

Although Nicholas II and the Workers' Union were keenly aware that the opportunity had come, it was obvious that they did not dare to take any action while the pandemic was raging.

Regardless of whether the operation is successful or not, the pandemic will cause huge casualties to the people, which may even directly make their operation fail.

After all, the reason why the Russian people are dissatisfied with the capitalist government is because the capitalist government failed to protect the rights of soldiers and people, and because the government's negligence caused a large number of casualties to the people.

If Nicholas II and the Workers' Union could not put an end to this, they would be no different from a capitalist government and would naturally not be able to win the support of the people.

Both major forces are waiting for a more suitable opportunity, an opportunity where the pandemic is not so serious.

As time progressed to 1919, the flu was actually less severe. Although we dare not say that the second wave of influenza has completely ended, the number of infected people in Europe has dropped to less than 1 million, and the total number of infected people in Russia is less than 500,000.

And most of the people infected at this time have mild symptoms, which also means that the current influenza is no longer so deadly.

After careful consideration, Nicholas II decided to take the lead in taking action to regain power from the capitalist government, then annihilate the workers' alliance in the Moscow region, and rebuild Russia into the great Tsarist Russia.

Before the operation, Nicholas II contacted several generals in the army who were loyal to the imperial family, and through these generals he controlled hundreds of thousands of Russian troops.

These troops will be the guarantee for Nicholas II to regain power. After regaining power, Nicholas II also plans to quickly expand his army to more than 1 million with the help of Australasian weapons and equipment. , maintaining absolute suppression of the capitalist government and workers' alliance.

Nicholas II's fantasy was actually very good. After all, the capitalist government was no longer popular with the people. Nicholas II felt that he would be able to win the loyalty of a large number of Russian people with a wave of his own.

Coupled with hundreds of thousands of Russian troops and a large amount of weapons and equipment, it is not difficult to seize power from the capitalist government and successfully eliminate the workers' alliance.

On February 15, 1919, a Russian army raided St. Petersburg and quickly took control of the seat of government and the Winter Palace.

Seeing the same scene as two years ago, the people of St. Petersburg were so frightened that they returned to their houses in a panic and locked their doors and windows, not daring to make a sound.

The Russian capitalist government naturally keeps in mind the way it seizes power, and is always on guard against similar methods to seize its power.

But the problem is that the asset government's attitude towards pensions chills the soldiers, and the pandemic inevitably affects some soldiers' families, which leads to a significant reduction in the loyalty of the troops stationed outside St. Petersburg to the asset government.

In addition, this army was the reason for the sneak attack. Before the asset government had time to react, this army took control of the government and the Winter Palace, and Nicholas II also regained his power.

News of Nicholas II's actions soon spread to Moscow, and the Workers' Union made a prompt decision to expand its territory to Ukraine and the Caucasus, forming a situation of dividing St. Petersburg's north and south.

In fact, this is a helpless choice. After all, St. Petersburg, the current center of political power in Russia, has been controlled by Nicholas II. It is no less difficult for the Workers' Alliance to seize St. Petersburg than it is to occupy the entire Russia at this moment.

Compared with the heavily fortified Poland and St. Petersburg regions in the north, Ukraine and the Caucasus in the south are areas better controlled by the workers' union.

On February 17, the workers' union launched action. The Bolsheviks publicly criticized the government for withholding military personnel's salaries and pensions, and accused the government of inaction during the influenza period.

In order to make its actions look less like a rebellion, the Workers' Union officially announced that it would break away from the rule of the Russian Provisional Government and form Soviet Russia, with its capital in Moscow.

The Workers' Alliance announced to the entire Russia that it would establish a truly fair and just country, bring democratic ideas to all Russians, and protect Russians from oppression by all classes.

Accompanying the propaganda of the newly formed Soviet state was the actions of the Workers' Union during the influenza.

It must be commended that the Workers' Alliance still has very good control over the Moscow region.

This led to the workers' union establishing a fairly reasonable material distribution system just after the influenza outbreak.

Although it is inevitable that a considerable number of citizens in the Moscow region will be infected with influenza, this centralized distribution system of materials ensures that almost all people in the Moscow region can get enough food to fill their stomachs and will not cause too serious a famine in this area. .

Although nothing compared to the free and sufficient food supply in Australasia, compared with the chaotic management of the Russian government, the system of the Workers' Union during the influenza period was still quite good.

It was also the external achievements of the Workers' Union that were widely publicized by the Workers' Union and regarded as the standard of absolute fairness and justice in the new Soviet Russia.

After all, during the influenza period, the proportion of supplies distributed to the top leaders of all parties in the Workers' Alliance and to the public was the same, and there was no distinction between high-level government officials and the public.

Compared with the lavish banquets held by high-level officials of the Russian government during the flu, the Workers' Union did indeed achieve fairness and justice.

However, the occurrence of small exceptions and exceptions cannot be avoided, but overall it is not biased, and at least it allows the people to have something to eat.

Thanks to its political achievements, which are supported by peers, the Workers' Union is still very popular in the areas around Moscow.

Although the Ukrainian region is not so welcoming to the workers' alliance, compared to the workers' alliance with a larger army, Ukraine's strength does not allow them to resist, or they cannot resist for too long.

By the time the European countries and Arthur received the news, the Workers' Alliance and Nicholas II had successfully completed the division of north and south, and Russia's previous tripartite confrontation instantly turned into a two-power opposition.

In addition to the Baltic Sea coast, the scope of control of Tsarist Russia also included the entire Polish region and Eastern Europe north of the Volga River.

Soviet Russia, controlled by the Workers' Union, controlled southern Eastern Europe south of the Volga River, including most of Ukraine.

Although the workers' union has not yet reached out to Transnistria, it is inevitable.

The Siberian region outside Eastern Europe has not yet been affected by the separation of powers.

After all, the Russian regions outside Eastern Europe are too desolate and have no decisive effect on Russia's civil strife.

Nicholas II and the Workers' Alliance valued each other's competition with each other. Whoever could control the entire Eastern Europe also represented who had the initiative to rule the entire Russia.

Nicholas II, who experienced a huge setback, also understood the importance of winning the hearts and minds of the people.

Under the premise of the workers' alliance vigorously wooing the civilian class, Nicholas II also announced that he would repay pensions to all soldiers who dedicated themselves to World War I. This move immediately won the favor of a large number of soldiers, even in the honor of the army's aboveboard Long live Nicholas II!

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