“…… No one will give us salvation, no God, no tsar, no hero. We will win our liberation with our own hands. Throw away the oppression with skillful hands and take back everything that belongs to us. Light the stove and hammer while the iron is still hot!

This is our final struggle, this is the decisive battle. Internaire Honaire will definitely make it happen! ”

The singing of the Internationale in Russian came from the direction of the military port wharf, high-pitched and majestic, enough to deter all reactionary forces - this indicates that a plenary meeting of the Kronstadt Sailors' Soviet is taking place. At the beginning and end of the various congresses of Soviets, everyone stood up and sang the Internationale.

"Let's go check it out." Hersman said to the two beside him. It was a rare opportunity to sit in on the meeting of the Sailors' Soviets in the most heavily fortified naval fortress of the Russian Empire, and to inspect the combat readiness of the Baltic Fleet.

"Okay, let's take a look." Etter tugged at his glasses, "Isn't that what we're here for?" On behalf of the Teachers' Soviet in Petersburg, came to learn from the comrades sailors. ”

"Yes, we're here to learn!" Hersmann nodded, thinking: "The report on the Soviet ancestors of Petersburg will definitely cause a sensation in the Great General Staff when it is sent back to Berlin!" Perhaps the top brass of the military will recognize the dangers of the revolution and negotiate with the agreed countries without a complete deterioration of the situation......"

The three of them walked briskly towards the place where the song had come. The Kronstadt Fortress is huge, a small city. It includes not only various military installations, such as forts, shipyards, barracks, and fortifications, but also a large number of houses, hospitals, churches, and markets. All the buildings are very exquisite, and at first glance you can tell that a lot of money has been invested, but now it seems that it has been in vain.

Also living here are the families of many officers and soldiers, as well as doctors, priests, teachers, workers and other residents engaged in business. Before the February Revolution, Kronstadt was a military exclusion zone and could only be accessed with the approval of the Russian Navy.

But now, the Admiralty of Russia can no longer control the sailor ancestors of Kronstadt, because they have the Sailors' Soviets and the Soldiers' Council!

As Hersman and the others walked for a while, there were more pedestrians on the road, mostly women and children, but also some elderly men in old military uniforms—all of them with sad faces, sighing as they walked, and some of them whispering.

"Today's young people are really not like talking, they know how to fool around, and they are not good soldiers, and they know how to make trouble all day long......"

"Not really! When we served in the Navy, we were either busy training or going to sea, where is it like now...... From February to now, the Baltic Fleet has not even conducted a single decent exercise, how can it go on like this. ”

"What about drills? Even patrols to the sea have been suspended! Most of the sailors went ashore, and every day they held a congress of Soviets to discuss inexplicable things. ”

"What? Even patrols have been suspended? What if the Germans' fleet came over? ”

"What else can I do? Sing "The Internationale"! Aren't the sailors of the Germans all proletarian? Just tell them all to revolt and bring down the Kaiser......"

"The Germans wouldn't do that! Their high seas fleet is awesome, with the best naval officers! ”

That's not right! Hersmann glanced at the old man, who was touting the German High Seas Fleet, dressed in a very wide Russian lieutenant uniform, as if he had been scavenged from a thrift market—but Hersmann knew that the old man must have not had enough to eat for a long time.

Now the supply in Petersburg is very bad, and an adult can only get enough and pounds of black bread a day, and there is basically no food supply, and there is no food supply at all. So most of the people in the city seem to be wearing stolen clothes and have dishes on their faces.

Fortunately, there was still a black market in St. Petersburg, so at least Hersmann was not hungry - after all, there had only been a February Revolution, not an October Revolution, so the evil capitalist black market still existed, offering anyone who had a gold ruble, a gold mark, a golden pound or a golden franc to whatever delicious food they wanted.

In addition, there are many high-end restaurants in St. Petersburg that are still open, and business is said to be good. In Petersburg after the February Revolution, there were still many wealthy and willing masters.

But for the proletariat, who is free and seems to have been an ancestor, bread, milk, meat, and peace are out of reach.

With the flow of people, Hersman and the others soon gathered in the square in front of a cathedral, which was densely packed with people. Near the church were sailors in sailor uniforms, and they were the ones who had just sung the Internationale. A little further away from the church are the elderly, women and children.

Among the sailors, a man stood on top of a sedan and was giving a speech. But Hersman was too far away for them to hear clearly. They decided to come closer, but Chloe stepped out and walked in front, shouting: "Let go, let go, we are sent by the Petersburg Soviets of Teachers to visit!" ”

The teacher was still respected after the February Revolution - the basis of the Mensheviks and the Socialist-Revolutionaries was the intellectuals - so a passage was made way for them to get close enough to listen to the speeches.

“…… Therefore, we, the Sailors' Soviets, will adopt a resolution strongly condemning the shameless acts of Lenin and the Bolsheviks in collusion with German imperialism! And we, the Sailors Soviets, also believe that there should be no compromise with German imperialism! Because post-revolutionary Russia is stronger, not weakened! We're going to defeat the Germans! ”

"Ulla! Ulla! Ula ......"

"Down with the Kaiser! Down with German imperialism! ”

The sailors, who had not trained for a long time and refused to go to sea to find the ships of the German Navy, cheered loudly. Others took off their military caps and threw them high into the sky. Morale is really high!

"Oh my God, the Baltic Fleet is actually going to attack! That's crazy, isn't it? Chloe, who was in the audience, exclaimed in surprise. She also came from a military family, and she had heard and witnessed all the things related to military affairs since she was a child, and of course she could see how bad the combat readiness of the Baltic Fleet was, and she could also feel the extent of the deterioration of the military discipline of the sailors - in fact, she had followed Hersman to visit the barracks one by one these days, and she had never seen a single unit of resemblance!

The troops stationed in Petersburg were now in an unheard-of state. The officers were hollowed out, they had no power, but they had great power in the soldiers' councils, sailors' councils, the Soviets of Engineer Deputies, and so on...... And these committees, and the Soviets, were elected by the soldiers themselves, and if they were violated against their wishes, they would collapse immediately. So the army in Petersburg was now "autonomous" by soldiers, and anything against the will of the majority of soldiers could not be carried out.

And what the soldiers are most opposed to, of course, is to send them to death! If they were willing to die, the February Revolution would not have happened. That's why Chloe was shocked...... In the current state of the Baltic Fleet, if you want to go to sea to challenge the German High Seas Fleet, there is only one result, that is, the whole army will be wiped out and all the fish will be fed!

Sailors of the Baltic Fleet: What's wrong with this? Drinking too much or getting water in your brain?

Her voice was heard by a very thin and young sailor, as if he were still a child. The sailor looked back at the pretty Chloe and the red armband on her arm, and immediately smiled brightly.

"Comrade, the Baltic Fleet will not attack, because the council of soldiers on every warship will not agree to strike. Our task is to defend Petersburg and defend the fruits of the victory of the revolution. ”

"Then who is going to bring down the Kaiser?" Chloe's eyes widened and she asked.

"The Army, of course, the Army at the front!" The sailor replied earnestly.

Is this a dream talk? Hersmann thought to himself: "On the one hand, he is afraid of death and refuses to go to the front, and on the other hand, he opposes the peace negotiations and shouts to kill him, and he also wants to pass a resolution to let those army soldiers on the front line who are having a party with the German army and the Austro-Hungarian army send them to death?" Do you think that the Soviets and the soldiers' councils were only for sailors? If this had been reported to Wilhelm II, it would have been treated as a big joke......"

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