Beiyang 1917

1918年7月14ri20：00莫斯科克林姆林宫

"Tsaritsin called back!" It was Dzerzhinsky who hurried into the meeting room. During the hour waiting for the reply from Tsaritsin and the Southern Front Army, the atmosphere in the large meeting room of the Soviet Russian Central Committee in Moscow was quite tense. Depression and the cloud of failure hung over the hearts of every central committee member present.

Sdrviyov couldn't hold on to his body after a day and night on the train, so he found a room to catch up on sleep. In mid-July, the night air in Moscow was fresh and dry, and the temperature in the daytime was more than 7 degrees. Now it has dropped to 20 degrees. The head of the Cheka, Dzerzhinsky, naturally went to the telecommunications room to guard the radio station after Sderviyov went to rest.

Although the Cheka has made its mark in a series of anti-revolutionary and intelligence espionage work, Dzerzhinsky's ranking in the Central Committee of Soviet Russia is obviously quite low, let alone Ulyanov and Trotsky Pillars and Big Brothers.

Even Kamenev, Zinoviev, Bukharin, Sdrviyov, and Joseph and Bubnov in Tsaritsyn are all ranked higher in the Bolshevik Party than Dzerzhinsky Many, which are closely related to Dzerzhinsky's early experience.

Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky was born in Minsk Province, Belarus, under the rule of Tsarist Russia in 1877, in a family of Polish aristocratic landowners and intellectuals. revolutionary movement.When he was studying in Vilnius, he was expelled by the school for participating in revolutionary activities.

In 1895, he joined the socialist group, the Lithuanian Socialist Minzhu Party, and in 1900 became one of the founders of the Socialist Minzhu Party of the Kingdom of Poland-Lithuania.Dzerzhinsky was arrested several times during the revolution and exiled to Siberia.

This guy had escaped twice, and after coming to Berlin, he participated in the 1905 revolution again, but was arrested after failing. Shortly after his release in 1912, he was imprisoned in a Moscow prison for revolutionary activities. Released in 1917, he joined the Bolshevik Party.

Dzerzhinsky's loyal and honest character made him quickly recognized by the organization and Ulyanov, and he was nicknamed "Felix the Iron Felix". In just one year, Dzerzhinsky Dzerzhinsky climbed from an ordinary Bolshevik party member to a high position as a member of the Central Committee of Soviet Russia. After the October Revolution, Dzerzhinsky served as the People's Commissar of Internal Affairs of Soviet Russia.

With Ulyanov's support, Dzerzhinsky was responsible for forming and leading the Extraordinary All-Russian Commission for the Purge of Counter-Revolutionaries and Sabotage - often referred to simply as the Cheka (ВЧk in Russian).

The Cheka obtained a large amount of resources and began to ruthlessly attack any detectable counter-revolutionary factors in the country.With the expansion of the Russian Civil War, Dzerzhinsky also began to form domestic security forces to strengthen the authority of the Cheka, and Ulyanovsky gave them great power.

The Cheka agency led to the execution of thousands of "political enemies" throughout Russia without trial. The people who were executed were not limited to political opponents. Many people were executed simply because they were intellectuals, industrialists, or pastors.

One of Dzerzhinsky's mantras: "We represent self-organized terrorism-this must be made clear first." This fellow also publicly stated, "Red se-terror includes the implementation of terror politics, To apprehend and eliminate class enemies, their class alliances, and the role they played before the revolution."

But at this moment, Cheka and Dzerzhinsky, which have only been established for 8 months, are only a tool for the Bolshevik Party to eradicate the hidden enemies in the Soviet Russian regime to the Central Committee members of Soviet Russia. And the Bolshevik Party, the Bolsheviks were a minority in the Soviets in the early days, and the Soviets in many places were not in the hands of the Bolsheviks at all.

Later, through three revolutions and the bloodshed that dispersed the Constituent Assembly in January 1918, the Bolsheviks became the main ruling party in control of the Soviets. The Socialist Revolutionaries, Mensheviks, and Leftist Socialist Revolutionaries either chose to fall into the arms of the Bolsheviks or were eliminated. And destroy, or escape to establish a white regime and fight against the red Soviet Russia.

Of course, although Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky is 41 years old, he is an old revolutionary, a junior Bolshevik party member, and the low-ranking taciturn person in the Central Committee of Soviet Russia , In Wang Geng's previous life, the Cheka and Dzerzhinsky did not become terrorist organizations that were rumored to have changed within the Bolshevik Party until Ulyanov died and Joseph came to power.

With the telegram in his hand, Dzerzhinsky hurriedly opened the door and entered the large conference room of the Krem Palace, frowning, and said, "Comrades, Tsaritsin has called back, and Yegorov's Ninth Army has indeed arrived. Failed, but the former enemy military committee of the North Caucasus Military District and the former enemy military committee of the Southern Front still refused to abandon the south of Saratov and Tsaritsyn!"

The central committee members in the conference room had been mentally prepared for the previous news, but they were surprised that the Tsaritsin side still refused to let go after the Yegorov army was wiped out.

Since Ulyanov and Trotsky, the big bosses of the Soviet Russian Central Committee, were discussing something quietly in a corner of the conference room, the Soviet Russian Central Propaganda People's Commissar, " The editor-in-chief of Pravda, Bukharin, first jumped up from his chair, took two steps forward and snatched the telegram from Dzerzhinsky's hand, walked to the lamp, glanced at the telegram in his hand, and read aloud:

The Revolutionary Military Committee of the North Caucasus Military District and the Military Committee of the Former Enemy of the Southern Front of the Soviet Russian Red Army

From Tsaritsyn to the Moscow Central Committee and the Supreme Revolutionary Military Council of the Soviets

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov and Lev Davidovich Trotsky

The urgent telegram sent from Moscow at 1918:7 on July 14, 19 has been received. According to the last telegram we received from the Yegorov Army, we have to confirm to you that Yegorov and his army have arrived at This evening, it was surrounded and annihilated by the superior forces of the Ufa coalition forces.

After the heroic battle of the Ninth Army, more than half of the entire group army suffered casualties. Under unavoidable circumstances, the remaining wounded became prisoners of the coalition forces, including the main leaders of the group army Yegorov, Knyagnitsky and several infantry divisions. The division commanders and political commissars are all lined up.

The only thing that can be expected is that Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonny and the main force of his cavalry division broke through the encirclement, jumped out of the last line of defense arranged by the coalition forces in Buzuluk, and entered Kazakhstan southward. On the prairie, Yegorov and his political commissar had the opportunity to break out with the cavalry division, but the commander of the army group refused and chose to lead the main force of the remaining infantry division to fight to the end.

Both the Caucasus Military District and the Southern Front Army Command are looking forward to the brave Budyonny and his cavalry division returning to the left bank of the Volga River and Tsaritsyn as soon as possible. From them, we will further understand the truth about the defeat of the entire Ufa Battle .

Comrades here, I am referring to the military commissars of the Military Committee of the Front Enemy of the Southern Front, including myself, of course. Excellent, they traveled the farthest from Tsaritsyn, carried the most logistical supplies, and persisted until the end, fighting to the end.

Under the firepower of the superior air force and ground forces of the Ufa coalition forces, Yegorov's Ninth Army suffered heavy losses from the enemy, saving the main force of the army and breaking through all the way to the vicinity of Buzuluk, although in the end they were surrounded by the superior enemy and Defeated, but Yegorov and his troops were defeated gloriously.

The above is our answer to the first question in your urgent telegram. Now let’s talk about the second question, which is that you asked us to agree to accept the terms of the peace talks and armistice proposed by the Ufa coalition forces last time, and to abandon the south of Saratov, including the Lower Volga region of Tsaritsyn.

Regarding this issue, we have clearly stated our position in our last telegram to the Moscow Central Committee last night, that is, the North Caucasus Military District and the Southern Front have the ability and confidence to hold Saratov and beyond. South and Tsaritsyn.

There is no doubt about this. In the past few months, Krasnov and Denikin's White Guards, who have rushed to us from the North Caucasus and the Crimean Peninsula, have proved this in Tsaritsyn. a little.

Perhaps you will emphasize that the Ufa coalition on the right bank of the Volga is an enemy armed to the teeth, how ferocious and difficult to resist and parry. We believe that any behavior that ignores the powerful combat effectiveness of the Ufa coalition is irresponsible.

However, it is also irresponsible to wantonly exaggerate the strength of the enemy while ignoring the combat characteristics and tenacious fighting will of our Soviet Red Army!We believe that if the weapons and ammunition we need can be replenished in time, and the strength of the southern front can be restored and enriched in time, we have enough confidence to hold the south of Saratov and Tsaritsyn.

On this point, we have full confidence!

Perhaps you will mention again that the main army of the Yegorov Army of the Southern Front also suffered failures or even disastrous defeats on the Ufa Plain. This is beyond doubt, but in the Battle of Ufa, we have already discovered and looked for We have reached the weak link in the Ufa coalition's operations.

It's just because our preparations are not enough and the time is too hasty. As a result, even though we have discovered the enemy's weakness, we have not been able to make good use of and attack the enemy's weakness for a while. However, we are sure that Ufa Although the coalition forces look strong, they still have many weak links that we can exploit. In the next battle with them, we are sure to win or at least draw.

Of course, it is necessary to obtain a large amount of weapons and ammunition support from Germany or other places as soon as possible. This matter is imminent and urgent!