Years of the Republic of China 1913

"Imperialism will never die! This is against our great party! Our great Soviet government is despicable! Shameless! And framed...!"

In the Kremlin, a voice full of anger roared like a storm. The short Stalin, with a livid face, waved his fists and hammered in the air, as if to smash everything into pieces, while a group of members of the Revolutionary Committee standing in front of him were all terrified , drooping his head, with cold sweat dripping from his face.

The things revealed by the Chinese government at the press conference quickly spread all over the world. Because the Chinese government not only produced a lot of physical evidence, but also had personal evidence in hand, these appalling news immediately spread to everyone through newspapers and radio. in the ears.

After the European War, due to the revolution in Russia, Western countries did not have a good impression of the Soviets. They not only blocked them economically, but also isolated them politically.The violent and terrorist incidents in China made them even more grateful for the correctness of the decision they made at the beginning, and because of this incident, journalists from various countries who were stimulated by this news even thought about the evidence provided by the Chinese government. Special letter, even in Britain, France, the United States and other countries, many politicians also used this incident and the disclosed poison gas attack incident in the Russian Civil War as a political means to attack the Soviet government wantonly, demanding that the governments of all countries increase their efforts to attack the Soviet government. blockade and even, if possible, military action against the Soviet government led by the newly formed League of Nations.

This proposal has won the support of a large number of people in various countries, especially after the Chinese government announced that the Soviet government was a terrorist government and the Bolshevik Party was defined as a terrorist organization. After arriving in Moscow, Stalin was so angry that his lungs were about to explode.His plans in the Far East have all gone bankrupt, not to mention the fact that he stole chickens without losing money. What is even more infuriating is that the incident of poison gas used in the Battle of Tyumen was disclosed, which made the entire Soviet government not only more isolated internationally, but also domestically. The public is also strongly dissatisfied with this, in some areas where control is weak.The resistance that had been suppressed has emerged one after another, causing governments in various places to be devastated.

"There are traitors among us!" After venting, Stalin said this definition with a look of anger.

Everyone in the Revolutionary Committee looked at each other in blank dismay, and no one dared to speak first. In this situation, if you say something wrong and make Stalin angry, it will be a cruel end for you to be purged.

"Tell me, who is the traitor!" After waiting for a few minutes, everyone still did not speak.Stalin impatiently raised the pipe in his hand and lit it at one person.

The man named was Pyatakov, a member of the Revolutionary Council and vice-chairman of the Supreme National Economic Council.Seeing that Stalin made him the first to speak, Pyatakov couldn't help crying inwardly, but it was impossible not to say anything at this time, Pyatakov could only bite the bullet and replied: "Comrade Stalin, I have been working on the economic front. , I am not familiar with military work. So I have never understood what the Tyumen Battle was like. However, I believe that the people present are all revolutionary fighters who have tested to the end, and they should be trustworthy. From my point of view Judgment, this may not be a traitor, it is completely a shameless framing of our great party and motherland by the Chinese government in order to divert attention!"

"Framed? If no one betrayed, how could the other party know so many things?" Stalin asked with a straight face.

"This...maybe it's Wojchenski's problem. According to the Chinese government's report, Wojchensky has fallen into their hands. He should have informed the Chinese government about these things." Pyatakov wiped his cold sweat replied.

Stalin's face was extremely ugly, and he asked bluntly: "Pyatakov! You also said just now that you don't know anything about Tyumen's situation. You just heard about it today, right?"

"Yes, it is……."

"So, let me ask you! Even you don't know the inside story, how did Wojczynski know? You must know that he went to the Far East before the outbreak of the Battle of Tyumen. If there were no traitors who revealed the inside story to him, the Chinese would How do you know? Answer me!" Stalin became more and more furious as he spoke, and his beard kept shaking, which made Pyatakov back away again and again, almost sitting on the ground.

"Comrade Stalin, Comrade Pyatakov is still trustworthy. Besides, what he said just now is just speculation. Please don't be angry." Seeing that Pyatakov was speechless when Stalin asked him back, his usual relationship with Pyatakov Very good Bukharin couldn't help but stand up and say something.

Bukharin was Stalin's deputy, with a high status in the party, and his qualifications were older than Stalin's. He said that Stalin would not be good at chasing Pyatakov, after all, Bukharin still had to give face.

"Comrade Bukharin, what do you think of this serious leak?" Putting Pyatakov aside first, Stalin asked Bukharin for his opinion.

Bukharin thought for a while and said cautiously: "Comrade Stalin, this incident has brought serious consequences to our party. If it is not handled carefully, it may cause a series of terrible reactions. As for Comrade Stalin, you just mentioned traitors. I still agree with this point of view. After the Battle of Tyumen, the Soviet government carried out strict news blockade and political and ideological work, and it was impossible for the outside world to know the specific situation of the battle. But now the Chinese know it, and according to their The statement was made by Wojczynski, so here comes the problem...."

When Bukharin said this, Stalin's face became much better, and he nodded slightly to signal him to continue talking.

Bukharin continued: "As a member of the Revolutionary Committee, even Comrade Pyatakov has just learned the inside story of the incident. This shows that the work we did at the beginning is still effective. Then Wojchensky again How did he know? He went to the Far East before the outbreak of the Battle of Tyumen. According to normal circumstances, it is absolutely impossible to get news from normal channels, and his political status and position cannot be qualified to know the inside story. So, There must be traitors, and their status is not low, they know the inside story, and they are people who have a close relationship with Wojczynski."

Stalin struck a match and lit his pipe, took a few puffs and said, "I agree with Comrade Bukharin, do you have any different opinions?"

The boss has said so, can everyone still have opinions?Immediately everyone nodded in agreement.

In a moderate tone, Stalin said: "Comrade Bukharin, how do you think this traitor can be found?"

Bukharin shook his head with a bitter smile: "Comrade Stalin, you know that I am engaged in political work. I think it is better to leave this kind of matter to Comrade Dzerzhinsky."

"Well, that's a good suggestion..." It's really inappropriate to ask Bukharin, a person engaged in political theory, to investigate traitors. Dzerzhinsky is Stalin's confidant and the head of secret intelligence. It's the most suitable.Stalin immediately adopted Bukharin's suggestion, and it happened that Dzerzhinsky also attended the meeting, so he entrusted this task to him.

After receiving the task, Dzerzhinsky complained endlessly. Stalin forcefully gave him only one week to investigate. How could he find any traitors in such a short period of time!And according to his professional opinion, maybe there are no traitors at all, and this is all a trick of the Chinese government.The Soviet and Bolshevik parties were organized differently than ordinary government parties, not to mention Wojczynski, and even higher-ranking people were unlikely to know the real situation if they wanted to suppress the news.This is like Pyatakov, who had only just learned about it until just now.

However, Dzerzhinsky absolutely could not say such words. He knew the character of Stalin better than everyone present.And he believed that once the time limit for him was up, if he couldn't produce conclusive evidence of the traitor, as the head of intelligence, he would definitely have nothing to eat.Uneasy, Dzerzhinsky couldn't help complaining deeply about Bukharin. If he hadn't talked too much, how could this damn task have fallen on him?

Of course, there are policies and countermeasures. If this is just a trivial matter, Dzerzhinsky will naturally have his way to solve it.The method is also very simple, he only needs to find a few scapegoats to come out and give an explanation to Stalin, but this incident is very important, so simple operation like this will not be able to talk about Stalin, when the other members of the Revolutionary Committee question it, and then carefully discuss it. Once the truth was found out, Dzerzhinsky would shoot himself in the foot instead.

When he returned to his office, Dzerzhinsky had a sad face. He locked himself in the room and racked his brains to find a solution. In just two days, the few hairs fell out one by one, and his forehead changed. It was brighter than a light bulb, and the whole person lost weight abruptly.

In the end, he finally came up with an ingenious solution, that is, to find only a guy who has a position in the party, knows the inside story, knows Wojchensky, and has some troubles with Stalin to be the scapegoat.Moreover, this scapegoat must not make Stalin feel that he chose it, and let him feel the posture of reacting after the incident is exposed, so that it can be seamless.

Time was running out, and Dzerzhinsky immediately started making arrangements. He first found an absolute confidant to come over, and after explaining in detail, he asked this person to leave Moscow overnight for the East, and then made a series of follow-up arrangements for this matter.When the deadline was only two days away, Dzerzhinsky pretended to be frightened and asked Stalin to see him late at night, and reported to Stalin that the traitor was none other than the former chairman of the Military Committee and the current general of the Eastward Front Army. Commander Trotsky. (To be continued..)