329 The Determination of the Tutor

Just like the police and gangster film, the police will arrive only when the bandits die. When S Dalin brought the reinforcements of the First Machine Gun Regiment to overcome all difficulties, Georgi and Rokosovsky were already cleaning the battlefield.

"Comrade Lenin, I'm sorry for being late, which scares you!"

Stalin looked at the sea of ​​corpses and blood in front of Kssinskaya Palace and took a breath on the spot. What kind of battle is this? But what surprised him even more was that the Red Eagle Reconnaissance Company, which defended the Central Committee, could actually repel so many enemies, and his own casualties should be said to be very small. Stalin was amazed at the combat effectiveness of the Red Eagle Regiment.

Of course, there was not much time left for him to be amazed. Although Lenin was a little dissatisfied with him so late, the most important thing at the moment was not to scold S Dalin, but to immediately let him join the battle.

"Comrade Stalin, stop talking nonsense. The enemy has not been eliminated yet. I ask you to launch an attack immediately, repel them and eliminate them! If possible, I hope you will keep killing the Winter Palace, where is the most important battlefield!"

Stalin unswervingly accepted this arduous task. It would be impossible not to accept it. He has made him very upset recently. His work has always been unable to fully satisfy his mentor. In order to prove his ability, and to fight a turnaround battle. Stalin was determined to eliminate all the enemies in front of him. Although the number of opponents was nearly twice his, Stalin had such confidence.

The First Machine Gun Regiment, in accordance with Stalin's order, arranged a formation, with a shaky spear in the muzzle, and launched a majestic counterattack at Shulijin's White Army. Shulijin did not want to retreat. Although his troops could no longer take down the Ksessinskaya Palace, it would be better to surround this building and cause some trouble for the Bolsheviks.

But now this is just a beautiful wish. As Stalin began to attack, the remaining troops under his command immediately collapsed and were driven out of the Kshescinskaya Palace by Stalin like a sheep, and kept retreating, or fleeing backward until Kornilov sent his troops to block Stalin. Otherwise, the defeated group of soldiers would flee backward until they could not run.

Dunikin looked at the defeated generals under Shulikin who had abandoned his armor and asked in disbelief: "Mr. Shulikin, what have you encountered? The main force of the Bolsheviks? I remember that the defensive power of the Kshessinskaya Palace is not strong? Could it be that the First Machine Gun Regiment was dispatched?"

Including Shulikin, Major Ariksey and Shepgeni felt that their faces were dull. If Denikin knew that they were leading a team of nearly 3,000 people but could not do anything to each other's more than 200 people, it would undoubtedly make them a laughing stock in the entire Russia.

"Yes, the First Machine Gun Regiment has been launched, their firepower is very strong!" Shu Lijin said embarrassedly.

It should be said that Shu Lijin is not completely lying. The First Machine Gun Regiment has indeed been dispatched. If it weren't for them, I'm afraid the leader of the Black Hundred Man Regiment would still be able to look at the Ksessinskaya Palace from afar, and even shamelessly announce that his troops have completely blocked the building, and even a bird can't fly out of it!

Denikin curled his lips. To be honest, he felt that even if the First Machine Gun regiment was dispatched, the power that Shu Lijin could control could be tied. Being chased so hard can only show that some people's military talents are...

"Okay, Mr. Shulijin." Denikin sighed, "I will solve the First Machine Gun Regiment..." Speaking of this, he suddenly said: "Since the First Machine Gun Regiment has been removed, then Mr. Shulijin, please reorganize your team. You go to Tafriche Palace and rescue the Soviet socialist men. The defense there should be relatively empty, and we still need their help for the time being!"

Shulikin was very willing to accept this proposal. He did not know that Stalin had only mobilized a small amount of power to rescue the central government. He thought that the Tafriche Palace could get a big advantage. If the Soviet socialist men could be rescued, it would undoubtedly be a great contribution, and then it could wash away the shame he had just endured.

Shulikin headed towards Tafriche Palace. Like last time, he learned no lessons and led the team to swagger from the road to Tafriche Palace, and then he was resisted firmly and fruitfully by the main force of the First Machine Gun Regiment.

Although the First Machine Gun Regiment did not have heavy weapons or even a machine gun, they had more than a thousand people in solid form, and the people around them who participated in the demonstrations gave them great support. With just one meeting, they completely defeated Shu Lijin again.

This time, no one could pull Shu Lijin, his team completely collapsed, part of it was killed, and the other part escaped without a trace. Only a very small number of part followed him back to the Winter Palace.

Fortunately, the White Army had a relatively strong defense in the Hermitage. He drew part of the troops attacking Peter and Paul Fortress to block the First Machine Gun Regiment on Neva Street, which prevented the situation from deteriorating further.

The battle continued until six o'clock in the evening. Neither Lenin's uprising army nor Kornilov's reactionary White army had achieved the goal of eliminating each other, and the situation was in a stalemate.

"Major General Moros, when will your troops take down Peter and Paul Fortress?" Kornilov asked impatiently.

Major General Morros smiled bitterly: "Old Commander-in-Chief, we have been attacking for a whole afternoon and have paid nearly a thousand casualties. Without the support of artillery, it would be difficult to do with the existing troops!"

Kornilov wanted to teach Major General Morros a lesson. He felt that Major General Morros was just a pig and would not make any changes in war. He would only foolishly send his living forces to the enemy's gun, killing and injuring more than a thousand people, but he did not even board Rabbit Island. Is this a war?

Of course, Major General Morros is not the one who looks the most like a pig, or the worst performer. With Shulijin's brilliant performance at the bottom, Major General Morros is at most the deputy squad leader. Unfortunately, although Kornilov hated Shulijin's military incompetence, he could not denounce this ally who helped him as commander-in-chief, and could only vent all his anger and resentment on Major General Morros.

"Major General, I don't want to listen to these useless nonsense. I just need you to tell me when will you take over that damn prison and send Trotsky's head to my desk?"

Major General Morros laughed dryly, drooped his head, and did not answer the question at all.

Kornilov shook his head helplessly. It should be said that the battle plan he had formulated at the beginning was too presumptive and underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Bolsheviks. His troops attacked everywhere and were ready to defeat the Bolsheviks in a comprehensive manner. As a result, they encountered nails everywhere. They had no choice but to suggest that Peter Paul, who was separated by a river, could not take down the Ksesskaya Palace and could not save the Soviet socialist master. Even the blocking forces in the suburbs suffered great difficulties and gradually began to unable to withstand. The form was quite bad. He had to take advantage of the fact that the blocking forces had not yet collapsed and quell the rebellion in the city, otherwise the fun would be really great.

"When will our reinforcements arrive?" he asked Denikin.

"I'm afraid I can't count on it tonight. The troops loyal to us are on the front line. The Germans are under great pressure on us. The front line is also squeezing out a little force from the gap. Duke Lewoff is coordinating the transportation, but you know, the railway to Petrograd is in chaos, the workers are on strike, and no one can guarantee that everything will go smoothly on the road."

"In other words, we can't count on them for the time being." Kornilov sighed again, "at least for tonight, we can only rely on the power at hand."

Denikin didn't speak, and didn't know what to say. Insufficient troops were an objective reality, and he did not have the ability to sprinkle beans into soldiers.

After a long time, Kornilov finally raised his head and said firmly: "Stop attacking Peter and Paul Prison, transfer the troops to Ksessinskaya Palace, and destroy Lenin first!"

Denikin thought about it and this was the most realistic way. Compared with Peter Paul Fortress, the defense of Kssesskaya Palace is almost not worth mentioning. If Shulikin hadn't performed too much this afternoon... I'm afraid Lenin would have been imprisoned.

"I oppose attack on the Ksessinskaya Palace!"

Kornilov's plan was flatly rejected by Shulikin, and he said excitedly: "Kessinskaya Palace is the Party Central Committee of the Bolsheviks. The defense force there is very strong, and it can be said that it has concentrated their elite forces. It is very stupid and irresponsible to launch an attack there!"

Kornilov moved his brows. He wanted to scold Shu Lijin in person for being an absolute idiot, but this person was "foreign" to him. Sarcasm to his benefactor is not a behavior that an upright gentleman should do. He could only endure this anger and asked, "What do you think you should do? Our troops have suffered heavy losses and have lost the ability to attack the full attack. Now if you want to win, you can only attack the enemy's vitals! For example, the Party Central Committee of the Bolsheviks can quell the rebellion as long as the Bolsheviks is resolved! Do you think there are any better and more direct targets than this?"

Shulikin knew that what Kernilov was right. As long as the Bolsheviks were resolved or Lenin was resolved, the rebellion would be quelled. But he really didn't want the capture of the Kernilov, which would only highlight his military incompetence. He didn't want such a big stain in his glorious career. So no matter what, the Kernilov could not be touched. But if he wanted to refute Kernilov, he had to find a more accurate target.

Is this goal there? Of course it exists, that is Tafriche Palace!

Shu Lijin said passionately: "The price of attacking the Ksessinskaya Palace is too heavy. In order to successfully implement our future plans, we must preserve our strength. Attacking there is undoubtedly to stab the hornet's nest. In order to protect their Party Central Committee, all the Bolsheviks will fight us desperately!"

After pausing, Shulikin saw Kornilov's contemplative expression, and knew that he had been half successful. He struck and said, "Our goal should be the Tafriche Palace, and we should save the Soviets. As long as the Mensheviks and Socialist Party that had been frustrated for a day were released, they would definitely entertain the Bolsheviks!"

Denikin scoffed at this: "I can't see how those guys can do to the Bolsheviks. Apart from verbally yelling and scolding, they have a slight impact on the situation?"

"Of course it has an impact!" Shulikin said confidently, "Some of the mobs in Petrograd still trust them very much. As long as the Soviets raise their arms, the Bolsheviks will lose their legal cloak in politics, and their behavior is equivalent to rebellion. As long as we do more work on this, the political pressure will be all on them, and maybe they have to surrender!"

Shu Lijin felt that the excuse she came up with was very good, and she couldn't help but feel a little proud: "Isn't it good to defeat others without fighting?"

Denikin sneered: "This is just your imagination, what if they don't surrender? What should we do?"

Shulijin replied contemptuously: "It doesn't matter if you don't surrender. We just need to create an impression that the Bolsheviks are rebelling and conspiring for the mobs of Petrograd. Without the cheers of those mobs, a mere Bolshevik is nothing!"

Denikin was not convinced, insisting: "This is too much. I still think that we should attack the Kshessinskaya Palace. Only by destroying the Bolsheviks can we achieve a clean and complete victory!"

"This is a bad statement!" Shulikin flatly denied, "Our goal is not to destroy the Bolsheviks, but to seize the supreme power of Russia. Eliminating the Bolsheviks cannot bring us the latter. Our real enemy is the surrenderists led by Luo Jiangke! We should preserve our strength and actively prepare for the final decisive battle, so we should attack Tafriche Palace!"

The final choice was placed in front of Kornilov. As a soldier, he should stand on Denikin's side and take down Ksessinskaya to end all this. But now he is no longer a pure soldier, and he must consider politics more, so he decided to attack Tafriche Palace.

Lenin and the Bolsheviks were not prepared for this, because they made completely opposite speculations based on the current situation. They believed that Kornilov's target was the Ksessinskaya Palace, so the defense force was redistributed, and the main force of the First Machine Gun Regiment was transferred from the Tafriche Palace.

Sverdlov had a different opinion on this, "I am not against strengthening the central defense. We are indeed likely to become the enemy's primary target of attack. But I just want to reflect to the Central Committee that strengthening the central defense can, but I cannot relax my vigilance against the Soviets!"

"We are not strong enough!" Stalin said in a muffled voice in his seat, "The troops outside the city were stopped by the enemy, and Trotsky was surrounded by Peter and Paul Fortress. In this case, the First Machine Gun Regiment can only be used in a centralized manner. It is correct to use it to defend the center that may be attacked by the enemy in the end!"

"I didn't say this is incorrect!" Sverdlov made a gesture, "I mean that until now, the Soviets still haven't recognized the situation and are still on the side of the reactionaries. So it has become a luxury to expect them to wake up. We should take decisive measures against them, either arrest them or put them under house arrest, and measures must be taken!"

Sverdlov's proposal was like a flash of lightning, greatly stimulating the Central Committee members present. Everyone whispered to discuss the proposal. However, it was obvious that most Central Committee members had concerns about it. They agreed that the impact was too bad and it would be better not to do so until the end.

Sverdlov emphasized excitedly: "It is the last time now. If the Soviets fall into the hands of the enemy, their political destructive power will be even more serious, and we will be extremely passive at that time!"

Lenin's face was unstable, and he tried hard to weigh the gains and losses. To be honest, this determination was really not good. No matter which solution he chose, there were unavoidable political risks. It can be said that if he took a wrong step, he would lose everything.

After a long silence, when the Central Committee members of the audience stopped discussing and looked straight at the mentor, hoping that he could make a choice, Lenin raised his head and said calmly: "Don't pay attention to the Soviets, concentrate all the troops, and take down the Winter Palace in one go!"

This decision was quite shocking. It also negated two mainstream opinions, and to some extent it was Lenin's desperate bet.

"This is too dangerous!" Sverdlov and Stalin shouted at the same time.

Lenin nodded and said firmly: "I know this is dangerous! But we have to do it. Our goal is to overthrow the Provisional Government. This is unquestionable, so our gun can only be aimed at the Provisional Government. As for the Soviets, it will rain and mother will get married, so they can do whatever they want!"

What?

Glasses were broken all over the floor in the conference room, and all the Central Committee members did not expect Lenin to say such irresponsible words. But Lenin had his own unique insights on this: "What we Bolsheviks have always emphasized is that all rights belong to the Soviets, so we must not fire the first shot at the Soviets..."

Just as Sverdlov was about to speak, Lenin emphasized: "House arrest is also not advisable! We want the people of the whole country to see that we, the Bolsheviks, are not engaging in conspiracies or undermining the Soviets. Our only purpose is to overthrow the provisional government and let the power of the state be returned to the hands of the people! Even if the Soviets have deviated from the people in fact, in terms of respect for the people who elected them, we will not restrict their freedom! I know that this is dangerous, but it is definitely worth it, because even if this struggle fails, we have won the trust of the people. With their trust and support, we can launch another thousand ten thousand identical struggles until we achieve the final victory!!"
Chapter completed!