Of course, the landlords and kulaks of right-bank Ukraine have fled, because the landlords and kulaks here are very different from the Chinese landlords and kulaks during the revolutionary war years, and they have enough financial resources to cope with the life after fleeing.

Take Trotsky's rich peasant father, for example, who owns about 300 Russian acres of land in Kherson County, Ukraine. 1 Russian mu is equal to 1.09 hectares, or 16.35 acres. 300 Russian acres is 4,905 Chinese acres...... This is the kulak! The rich peasants in China, who have only a dozen acres of land and an old ox, are simply poor compared to the Trotsky family.

And the concept of landlord is not the same as in China, either there is a 20 mu of land to collect some rent, or the landlord is a landlord. Here the landlord refers to the aristocratic landowners, who owned not only the land but also the serfs on the land before the reform of serfdom in Russia, so they are also called serf owners or lords. For example, Hersmann's wife, Chloe, was a reactionary German landlady.

Of course, now there are no aristocratic landlords in bourgeois landlord Ukraine. It was only customary to call the bureaucrats of the Ukrainian Free State, which owned large tracts of land and did not run it themselves, but leased it to kulaks, landlords.

The big kulaks, who ran thousands of acres of land, and the big landowners who were in the Free State of Ukraine, were certainly not fools, and the vast majority fled to Lviv before the Soviet invasion.

Most of those who remain along the Dnieper River and have not fled are "poor middle peasants" who own less than 10 acres of land -- 10 acres is 163.5 acres! Horses are generally used for farming (cattle are not used in Europe), so every household has a horse. Because it is black soil, it does not need to be carefully fertilized to have a very good harvest, and the cost of agriculture is not high, so these poor and middle peasants in Ukraine do not have to worry about food and clothing, but they are not rich.

In addition, most of their land was not handed down from their ancestors, but was given by the government of the Free State of Ukraine for free. It turned out that after the secession of right-bank Ukraine from Russia, the ruling Ukrainian Socialist Party (didn't expect it, right?) Comrade Petrolira was also a socialist) confiscated the land that belonged to the rich peasants of the Russian ethnic landlords and divided it equally among the landless Ukrainian peasants.

But the fact that the landlords and kulaks fled was not a problem for a Bolshevik like Khrushchev.

"Comrade Zarki, you say the enemy fled?" Khrushchev said in a very serious tone to the Ukrainian Bolsheviks who accompanied him on his expedition, "But this is impossible!" The enemy will not run away and watch the victory of socialism in Ukraine! This does not conform to the objective law of social development, nor does it conform to the Marxist principle of Jie-level struggle, and is unscientific. ”

His name is Ivan. The Ukrainian cadres in Zarki looked at Khrushchev with some astonishment - to flee is to flee, to run away, to the empty building, there is no trace. What does this have to do with science?

"According to the Marxist principle of Jie-level struggle, the enemy is unwilling to lose, and the closer our cause is to victory, the more fierce the struggle becomes." What Khrushchev said was the "theory of the intensification of the struggle at the Jie-level level" put forward by Comrade Stalin, which is of course an indisputable truth.

The old Bolshevik Zharki, although he had been lurking in right-bank Ukraine for a long time, was very clear about the theory put forward by Stalin.

"Comrade Secretary," asked Zarki, with some embarrassment, "you see that in this village, the richest families have all fled, and the rest are middle peasants and poor peasants, so how should we find out the landlords and rich peasants among them?" ”

Listening to the words of this old Bolshevik, Khrushchev nodded with satisfaction. knew how to look for landlords and rich peasants from among those who were ostensibly poor and middle peasants...... This person's political consciousness is very high!

"Comrade Zarki," said Khrushchev, "we must first of all not find out the hidden landlords and kulaks, but build the party organization on the basis of abject poverty among the poor middle peasants." With the party organization, it is very easy to dig out the land-rich elements lurking among the poor middle peasants. ”

In the Free State of Ukraine, which has the most fertile black soil belt in the world, with a population of only a few million, land reform twenty years ago, and a very light tax burden, there are of course abject poverty - lazy people, drunkards, gamblers, and the like everywhere.

Now some of these people are going to be lucky because they are poor enough......

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"This is not peace, but a demand that we surrender without a fight!" Churchill, who accompanied Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain to the Palace of Versailles in France, met with French Prime Minister Daladier and Italian leader Beni Mussolini, and as soon as he heard about the peace conditions proposed by the Germans, he loudly expressed his opposition.

The peace terms now proposed by Germany were in fact a trap for Field Marshal Hamstein (one of the three giants of the Schleicher-Hersmann group, who had long served as the Grand Staff, had also been appointed commander of the Polish campaign, and was now commander-in-chief of the Western Front).

It was not used to frame Britain and France, but to deceive the small European countries and the pro-peace faction in Germany, where the pro-peace faction had always existed, and even the leader and chancellor Adolf Hitler advocated peace talks with Britain.

And within the German army, the number of the main peace faction was also quite large. Ludwig Brown, who succeeded Hersmann as Deputy Chief of the General Staff. General Beck (who was a confidant of Field Marshal Hamstein) advocated peace with Britain and France to end the war so as not to fall into a protracted war. And Marshal Hammestein, who was commander-in-chief on the Western Front, also lacked confidence in attacking France. Ludwig. General Beck's proposition is actually the view of Field Marshal Hamstein.

Field Marshal Schleicher, Hersmann's "big brother," had some confidence in fighting Britain and France, because the bombing of Scapa Bay on 3 September had given the German Navy the opportunity to blockade the British Isles with a fleet of destroyers and submarines, so Schleicher thought that Britain could be forced to submit in this way. As long as Britain gave in, France would naturally have no choice but to make concessions to Germany......

As for crushing France with armored forces and letting Kaiser Wilhelm sleep in Versailles or something, that is, Marshal Hersmann talked about it every day. Most of the German generals were only regarded as the "inexperienced" little marshal (Hersmann's qualifications were still a little younger) who were talking big things.

After Hersmann proposed the three major peace conditions of "the European Union", "European Common Market" and "Euromark", the generals of the German Wehrmacht thought that Hirschmann was still relatively reliable, so they supported him one after another.

"Neither is it acceptable to France!" French Prime Minister Daladier followed Churchill and said, "France must not accept a European Union led by Germany!" ”

If this European Union were led by France, then Dala would be the first to raise his hands in favor! Mussolini thought to himself: it is a pity that such an EU is impossible for Germany and Italy to accept.

"But Belgium and Luxembourg are likely to accept it!" British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain said with some concern, "A European common market is not bad for these small countries, and it can save their own country from becoming a battlefield." ”

Chamberlain could already imagine the thoughts of Belgium and Luxembourg after learning of the German "peace conditions". It seems impossible for these two countries to allow British and French troops to be stationed in their territory.

"But in the long run, it will turn them into German states that Prussia annexed!" Churchill said, "A common market and a common currency will inevitably create a fully integrated economy." And the dominance of the German Empire in this economy is comparable to that of Prussia in the German Customs Union. So we must be resolute in our opposition! ”

The current German Empire is large enough to control more land and population than Britain and France combined! The total economic volume has also exceeded that of Britain and France combined, and it has maintained rapid growth. This country is enough to become the heart and master of the European Union!

"Even if France is not included," Daladier frowned, "this 'Customs Union' is dangerous enough!" ”

In Daladier's view, Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary, which is very pro-German, will definitely join this "customs union". Sooner or later, Finland and Romania, which are increasingly dependent on Germany for security, will join in. Belgium and Luxembourg may be forced to join half-pushed. The pro-German forces in the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway and Sweden were strong, and it was only a matter of time before they joined this "customs union".

In this way, the economies of Germany, Poland (including Western Ukraine and Lithuania), Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Belgium and Luxembourg will gradually become one! This "customs union" has a population of more than 200 million and a land area of nearly 3 million square kilometers (excluding Greenland).

Maybe in a generation or two, this "customs union" will merge into a new Greater German Reich!

"Leader," Chamberlain looked at Mussolini, "if the Germans are allowed to realize their ambitions, then sooner or later Italy will also become a member of the 'German Customs Union'!" ”

The British Prime Minister used the term "German Customs Union" to show that the British Empire would resolutely oppose Germany's claims.

"No," Mussolini shook his head resolutely, "Italy will never join the 'German Customs Union,' and it is not in Italy's interest." ”

"Leader," Prime Minister Daladier immediately asked, "will Italy then stand with us?" ”

Mussolini still shook his head, spread his hands helplessly, and said with a wry smile: "Although it is not in Italy's interest to join the 'German Customs Union', it is also not in Italy's interest to oppose it by force." Because the Italian army was not ready for war with Germany......"

This is a request for assistance, right?

Chamberlain and Daladier looked at each other, and it was certainly not cheap to buy Italy into the war, and it was not necessarily worth the money.

In addition, can Britain and France really prevent the birth of a "customs union" with a world war that will cost millions of lives?

Is there any justification for such a war? How could Britain and France persuade Belgium and Luxembourg to reject Germany? (To be continued.) )