Chapter 266: Kornilov Rebellion
It is true that the current situation in Russia is not a little chaotic, but quite chaotic, especially in St. Petersburg, which is now considered to be a group of demons.
Kerensky witnessed the defeat of the Russian army and ruined what he and the Provisional Government had left in the front line. The consequences of the previous purge of disgruntled officers in the army appeared, and the soldiers and the army were completely desperate for the Provisional Government and began to find a way out on their own. Many of them were co-opted by the Bushwick Party because their truce that allowed everyone to return to their hometowns was particularly attractive to the soldiers.
At this time, the Bushwick Party saw an opportunity. The day after the news of the war returned to St. Petersburg, they organized a march of 30,000 people. During the procession, the Bushwick Party took the lead in chanting the slogan "Peace, Bread, War".
Fearing another January Revolution, the Russian Provisional Government quickly mobilized troops still loyal to the government and sent men to negotiate with the Bushwick Party. The Interim Government gave the post of Minister of the Interior, as well as the Minister of Justice. In the face of the terms offered by the Provisional Government, most of the people at the top of the negotiations were satisfied, because they could see the great role of these two posts for the Bushwick Party.
But Lenin, as the leader, did not agree with this at all, because unlike other high-level leaders, who only saw the benefits and forgot about the dangers. Joining the Provisional Government meant that the Bushwick Party gave up its greatest advantage, which was its status as an opposition party.
Lenin, as the leader of the revolution, had a brilliant vision, and he had long seen that the chaos and collapsing economy in Russia could not solve the problem by changing the party, but that the war needed to be stopped and the wounds could be licked. As for the high loans from Britain and France, he still has only a vague idea, but now it is necessary to dispel the idea of cooperation with other members of the hierarchy.
The present Provisional Government, which is only given two posts, does not meet Lenin's expectations, and in his opinion the present Provisional Government, a multi-party political combination, cannot be adapted to the current situation in Russia. The Bushwick Party is fully capable of inaugurating a new era in Russia on its own, and this is what Lenin expected and believed.
For this reason, Lenin specifically sought out Dzerzhinsky, who was the founder of one of the three major spy agencies of later generations, the notorious KGB, the Soviet proletarian revolutionary and the master of the Red Terror. At that time, the organization with the sword and shield motif he led was called the All-Russian Anti-Terrorism Committee, or Cheka for short.
But these are the images he later gave to the world, and as for Dzerzhinsky now, he is the most popular leader of the Bushville party. This began when the Bolsheviks elected members of the Central Committee, and later the de facto leader of the October Revolution, Trotsky, the founder of the Red Army, received the third number of votes, Lenin, the founder of Soviet power, received the second number of votes, and Dzerzhinsky received the first vote.
So Lenin knew that if Dzerzhinsky agreed, he would get the rest of the party to agree with his ideas. To put it pitifully, Lenin, the founder of the Bolshevik Party, did not have a high degree of support in the party, which also had a lot to do with the fact that he was either exiled or expelled for a long time. You don't see Yuan someone, the helmsman of Beiyang, who has only been away for three years, and can only rely on prestige and other means to control Beiyang, which is unthinkable before he "gets sick". Lenin is still good in comparison, and of course it has a lot to do with faith.
After a night of conversation, Dzerzhinsky was finally persuaded by Lenin. So the next day, Dzerzhinsky used his prestige to convince others. "Felix of Steel" is not only called by comrades and comrades-in-arms, but even by those hostile to Dzerzhinsky.
Thus, with Dzerzhinsky's help, Lenin's voice in the Bushvelvik Party on whether to negotiate or not was greatly increased. The Provisional Government, which was waiting for a reply from the Bushwick Party, received a reply refusing to stop the demonstrations.
It's just that the Provisional Government, in addition to negotiating with the Bushvik Party, has already transferred troops loyal to it to St. Petersburg. So after Bushwick refused, the provisional government decisively suppressed the demonstration. The demonstrations were suppressed after more than 400 casualties in the face of heavily armed soldiers, of course, the crowd was no match.
In the face of the promoters of this demonstration, many high-ranking members of the Bushwick Party were also arrested. However, none of its main leaders were caught, and Lenin fled to Finland (then in a semi-independent situation), where he completed the writing of State and Revolution. And the familiar text, "Lenin on the Lakeside", is about this.
In addition, the Provisional Government is in contact with other members of the military, but this is mainly done by the Minister of the Army and the Navy Kerensky. Because of the disastrous failure of the offensive, Kerensky knew that his prestige in the army had diminished to a terrible extent. And the main commander, Brusilov, also almost consumed the prestige he had accumulated in the "Brusilov offensive". Now the Provisional Government urgently needs a commander who can boost the morale of the front.
At this time a commander came into Kerensky's sight, and it was General Ravl Kornilov. This man, who was appointed commander of the 9th Siberian Division after the outbreak of the Great War, was soon transferred to the commander of the 48th Division, and he gave the division the title of Steel 48th Division. Because he was particularly good at defending, after the German breakthrough of Gorlice began, he was ordered to the rear of the palace, and despite his best efforts, half of his division was scattered, and he was unfortunately seriously wounded and fell into the hands of the enemy as a prisoner.
After entering the prisoner of war camp, he escaped twice without success, and the third time he was transferred to the prisoner of war hospital after drinking a lot of water and causing his heart to beat rapidly, where he changed into an Austrian military uniform and escaped, and returned to his own side of the line. His escape was so sensational that even the Tsar personally received him and awarded him a Heroic Medal, and the media promoted him as a national hero.
In 1916 Ravl Kornilov was appointed commander of the 25th Infantry Corps of the Southwestern Front. After the January Revolution of 1917, the head of the State Duma, the large landowner Rojanko, appointed him commander of the Petrograd Military District. He rose at a dazzling pace, was appointed commander of the Eighth Army on 6 April, and was promoted to general of infantry on 23 April. After the collapse of Kerensky's May offensive, on May 8 he was promoted to commander of the South-Western Front, responsible for salvaging the situation on the ground.
However, he is most famous for a telegram he sent to Brusilov, then commander-in-chief of Russian forces in the Provisional Government, after he took over as commander of the Southwestern Front. In the telegram he asked Brusilov to agree that he would use all means to restore order. He forbade soldiers from gathering, abolished soldiers' declarations, shot deserters, and placed their bodies on the side of the road and wrote charges.
The Russian newspaper made his secret telegram public, and for a time Ravl Kornilov became the savior of capitalism and the propertied people, and on May 19 he was appointed commander-in-chief of the Russian army. Here it is worth mentioning that when he was commander-in-chief, his chief of staff was called Anton Ivanovich Denikin.
However, during his tenure as commander-in-chief of the Russian army, Ravl Kornilov did not get along well with the Provisional Government. Because the new commander-in-chief demanded almost dictator-like powers, Kerensky, who had already served as prime minister of the interim government and also minister of the army and navy, was greatly dissatisfied.
Tragedy was bound to ensue between the two tough guys and the fighters, so after only ten days as commander-in-chief of the Russian army, Ravl Kornilov was removed from his post and imprisoned by the Provisional Government on June 3. This news greatly displeased its supporters, the Third Cavalry Army. So on June 9, the 3rd Cavalry Corps marched towards St. Petersburg. And the 3rd Cavalry Army claimed not to listen to anyone's orders except Kornilov. And sent "assault battalions" and armored vehicles to the capital, demanding the resignation of the Provisional Government.
At this time, the Provisional Government was at a loss, because St. Petersburg did not have enough troops to resist the advance of the Third Cavalry Army. Because after suppressing the Bushlvik-led demonstrations, the Provisional Government will remain loyal to its own troops to the front line and maintain the morale of the Russian army, which has collapsed.
You must know that the German-Austrian coalition will not let go of such a good opportunity, and the collapse of the Russian army on the front line under the attack of Germany and Austria still continues to expand. In order to maintain the front, the Provisional Government had to send out the few remaining troops that remained loyal to the government. At this time, the actions of the Third Cavalry Army led to the lack of sufficient troops of the Provisional Government to suppress it. In its frustration, it occurred to the Provisional Government that the Bushwick Party had enough influence among the soldiers and workers that inviting them back would be able to suppress the insurrection of the Third Cavalry Army.
So the decision to bury the Provisional Government and give birth to the first red regime was thus made. The Bushvik Party returned to St. Petersburg with the help of the insurrection of the Third Cavalry Army, but this time the Bushvik Party was not so easy to deal with. Because of the previous repression by the Provisional Government, the party raised the voice of support for Lenin to continue the revolution.
The Bushwalken Party, which now controls more than half of St. Petersburg's military forces, is on the verge of pinching the throat of the Provisional Government, but it is believed that this day will come soon.