Chapter 38 Red Iron Fist

When they walked out of the Moscow Rizhsky Railway Station, Hersman and Béla Kuhn had become good friends who could talk about anything. They chatted all the way on the train, and even Chloe and Natalie, two beautiful women, were left out.

Although one was a national socialist and the other was a Bolshevik. But Hersman found that the two sides still had a lot of common topics - if the Hungarian Bolsheviks represented by Béla Kuhn wanted to succeed, they had to combine with the Great Hungarian nationalism and partially become a nationalist party.

Because Béla Kuhn could not allow the Allies led by Britain and the United States to cut Hungary... If the Hungarian Bolshevik Party ceded more than 70% of the territory after taking power, they would definitely lose the support of the people. And the Allies would not support the Hungarian Bolsheviks for this reason, they were not Germany in a bitter battle. By the time the Allies put pressure on the Hungarian Bolsheviks, the Allies would have definitely won the war. After the Hungarian Bolshevik Party gave in, the Allies would only intensify their attacks.

And the Hungarian Bolshevik Party, which lost the support of Hungarian nationalism, had only one way to go. In the history that Hersman didn't know much about, Lenin saw this very clearly, so he firmly opposed Béla Kuhn's compromise with the Allies. However, Béla Kuhn, who was frightened by the Allies' force and didn't know how to fight, did not listen to Lenin's advice - this also shows that the Hungarian Bolsheviks at that time had considerable autonomy - and ended up ruining the Soviet state.

After repeatedly exchanging opinions with Hersman and even doing a few simple map exercises with the map of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Béla Kuhn had some confidence in his heart. At least he knew how to drag the war into a protracted war, which was entirely possible!

First of all, the Hungarians were willing to fight to defend their country, as proved by the Hungarian Revolution in 1848 and the previous struggle of the Hungarians against the rule of the Ottoman Empire.

Secondly, there would be no powerful Russian-Austrian coalition to suppress the Hungarian Revolution this time. In 1848, the Russian Empire and the Austrian Empire could almost dominate the world together, which was a force that the Hungarian revolutionaries could not resist.

But now, the Soviet Union supports the Hungarians, and although Austria will not support them, it will never fight with them. At first, the only people who would be sent to attack Hungary were Czechs, Romanians, and Serbs. It was difficult to fight Russians and Germans, but were they still confident of fighting Romania, Czechs, and Serbs?

As for the intervention forces of Britain, France, and the United States, it was impossible for them to arrive so quickly. Because the hinterland of Hungary is far from the coastline, if the Hungarians can destroy the railways in Transylvania and Banat and walk on two feet... I really don't know when the Allied forces and heavy weapons can enter the Hungarian Plain!

Third, if the German army can store a large number of weapons and ammunition in the warehouses in Budapest before the defeat - this depends on the result of the meeting between Hessmann and Lenin - then the Hungarians can quickly form a large number of troops after the victory of the revolution, which ensures that the Hungarians can resist for a long time.

Once the Allies fall into a protracted war and a people's war in Hungary, the anti-war sentiment in Britain, France, and the United States may intensify! Especially the people of Britain and France have experienced the torment of the five-year war. If they are faced with the endless Hungarian intervention war, you can imagine what kind of emotions they will have...

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"Down with all reactionary forces!"

"Down with the reactionary and traitorous regime!"

"Eliminate all counter-revolutionary terrorists!"

"Resolutely implement the Red KB!"

"Long live the Red KB!"

Hersman met the masses of the demonstration on the streets of Moscow, with red flags flying and slogans shaking the sky! There was a lot of the kind of excitement in the revolutionary movies of later generations. The parade blocked the road, and Hersman wanted to see Lenin as soon as possible - this was the attitude to visit a patient. So he suggested getting off the car and walking to the Kremlin.

Hersman, Chloe, Kun. Bella and Natalie. Lesinskaya walked through the alleys and soon got to the end of the slowly advancing parade. Hersman found several trucks that were about to fall apart, which were crowded with people tied up and the Cheka fighters guarding them.

"Who are these arrested people?" Hersman stopped and asked knowingly.

"They are counter-revolutionaries!" Natalie Lesinskaya said in a hateful tone, "They are the ones who shot the evil bullets at Lenin!"

This Polish girl was talking nonsense, Hersman thought: There are dozens of people there! If each of them shot the tutor a few times, the tutor would have been a sieve.

"Are they landlords and capitalists?" Hersman asked again.

"Most of them are not," Natalie Lesinskaya replied, "The vast majority of landlords and capitalists in Moscow and Petrograd have been honest. Those who are still making trouble are mainly the remnants of the Social Revolutionary Party and the Mensheviks. These people are the worst. The murderer who assassinated Comrade Lenin is their people."

Now the landlords and capitalists in the Soviet-controlled areas have either lost their lives, fled or are trying to flee to foreign countries, or are just leaving their fate to fate. Those who were still making trouble were the Socialist Revolutionaries and Mensheviks... or, in other words, the Bolsheviks believed that they were the main threat - this understanding should be correct, because the landlords (or rich peasants) and capitalists were engaged in production and management, while the Socialist Revolutionaries and Mensheviks were engaged in politics.

"Will many people be arrested?" Chloe interrupted.

Natalie Lesinskaya did not answer, but looked at Bella Kun. Obviously this question needs to be kept secret, and she has no right to disclose it to foreign class enemies.

"Yes!" Bella Kun said in a cold tone, "The Cheka will launch a large-scale arrest in Moscow and Petrograd, and at least 20,000 people will be arrested this time."

"They...will all be shot?" Hersman asked.

"Shoot some," Bella Kun said in a cold tone, "the rest will become hostages."

"Hostages?" Hersman asked again knowingly-of course he knew that the Bolsheviks arrested hostages in many places to ensure that local residents did not resist their rule and obeyed orders.

"This is a necessary measure!" Bella Kun said, "If the White Terror occurs again, some of them will be shot!" He shrugged, not caring. "Revolution always kills people, doesn't it?"

At this time, Bella Kun certainly didn't know that he would later become one of the people who "always have to die"! He was arrested during the Great Purge and executed on November 30, 1939...

"Yes, revolution always kills people, either enemies or our people!" Natalie Lesinskaya chimed in.

Hersman stared at the beautiful woman and suddenly asked with a smile: "Natalie, have you ever been a member of the District Union?"

"Ah, yes." Natalie didn't understand why Hersman asked this, but nodded.

"Or a Pole?"

"Yes, I'm a Pole!"

"Oh." Hersman nodded with a smile. The District Union was Trotsky's faction, and can also be seen as the origin of the Trotskyists. And the Poles... were the focus of the Great Purge later!

What a beautiful girl, almost as beautiful as Chloe. Hersman thought, I don't know when she will be shot?

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