Chapter 39: The Soviet Union Is Close, Britain and France Are Far Away

"Ludwig, Kun, Chloe, you are here together." Lenin sat on an easy chair and waved to Hessmann and Bella who were visiting the Kremlin. "The doctor told me to rest, so I can only sit still. You guys should sit too, all of you."

"Vladimir Ilyich, are your injuries serious? I heard from Chloe that you were shot three times, which is very dangerous!"

Hersman shook hands with Lenin, then sat on a green sofa, with Chloe sitting next to him. Kun Bella was sitting on another sofa.

Lenin waved his hand lazily: "It is not as serious as the legend, it just needs to be more serious in propaganda, so as to stimulate the fighting spirit of the proletariat. Ludwig, do you know? The war in the Eastern Front has reached a critical moment. We need to inspire fighting spirit so that we can quickly defeat the reactionary interim government.”

Still need a big arrest to clean the interior! Lenin's assassination is obviously the best excuse! But this is not a bad thing for Hersman, not to mention whether the purge of Soviet Russia will cause harm to Russia. Just talking about the impact this "negative teaching material" will have in Germany can give Hirschmann's Stasi more support.

"Ludwig, did you talk to Comrade Kun Bella on the road?" Lenin used a gentle tone to lead the topic to the collapsing Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Hungarian Revolution.

"We talked about it." Hessman glanced at the Hungarian revolutionaries. "We agreed that the Austro-Hungarian Empire could not be sustained, and the "Fourteen Points of Peace Conditions" proposed by the old fox Woodrow Johnson would also intensify the empire's decline. Collapse. In addition, we also agreed that the Allies would not allow Hungary to become a second Soviet Russia. Moreover, Hungary would be quite isolated after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.”

Romania and Serbia were both members of the Entente. They were about to win, so of course there would be no revolution.

The left-wing power of the Czech Socialist Party is very small and can be ignored. Moreover, all the Czech prisoners of war in Russia joined the "Czech Legion" to fight against the Bolsheviks. You can imagine how popular the Czech people were.

The Polish White Army is powerful. With the support of Germany, the Polish Legion already has more than 100,000 troops, which is enough to suppress the left wing of the Polish Socialist Party.

As for Austria, the situation is similar to that of the Czech Republic. The left-wing radical forces are too weak, and Austria is a German country. Once a Soviet revolution occurs, it will definitely be subject to armed intervention by Germany. Moreover, Hirschman also believes that the goal pursued by the Austrian Germans who have lost their empire will be to merge with Germany and use a Greater Germany to realize their dream of a great power.

"The revolution will definitely happen in Hungary," Kun Bella took over the topic and said with great certainty, "because the Allies cannot allow Hungary to continue to exist as a big country. The Hungarian nation can only use the most radical means to resist !”

He paused and strengthened his tone: "And Hungary's resistance is also extremely beneficial to the consolidation of the Russian Soviet government. Because once the Soviet power emerges in Hungary, it means that the socialist revolution has gone beyond the borders of Russia and moved towards Central Europe. and the Balkans spread.”

"This is something that the Allied Powers cannot allow!" Hessman also said, "Britain, France and the United States will definitely regard the suppression of the Hungarian Revolution as a top priority. In this way, the pressure faced by Soviet Russia will be greatly reduced."

If things get serious, it will also be good for Germany and the United Baltic Principalities! If a socialist revolution occurred in Hungary, it would become a target for the firepower of the Allies. Moreover, once the Allies were unable to extinguish the Hungarian revolution in the short term, their oppression of Germany could only be reduced to prevent the revolution from spreading to Germany.

"The Hungarian Revolution is also good for Germany!" Lenin pointedly pointed out, looking at Hessmann. "I think Germany will definitely support the Hungarian revolutionaries to fight the Allied Powers, right?"

"No." Hessmann shook his head, "Because when the socialist revolution occurred in Hungary, Germany would have probably been defeated. Vladimir Ilyich, do you think a defeated Germany would still have the strength to support the Hungarian revolution?"

"You should send weapons to Budapest for storage in advance," Lenin said immediately, "This is completely possible!"

"But I won't do it unconditionally!" Hersman looked at his mentor with helpless and expectant eyes. "The socialist revolution in Hungary is also a great threat to Germany."

Lenin asked: "What conditions?"

Hirschmann stretched out two fingers of his right hand: "Two conditions: 1. Write a letter to Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg to persuade them not to launch a socialist revolution in Germany... In fact, that is the right thing to do. They’re no good at all!”

This condition was issued to Hessmann by telegram from the General Staff before he left Riga. But in Hersman's opinion, such a letter was of little value. Lenin may have seen it this way, but he just nodded noncommittally.

"2. Agree that Grand Duchess Olga Nikolayevna will serve as the monarch of the United Baltic Principality after the armistice. And sign the "Mutual Non-Aggression Treaty" with the United Baltic Principality."

"This is impossible!" Lenin shouted immediately, shaking his head with an angry look. "Grand Duchess Olga Nikolayevna is a member of the Romanov dynasty, she is the daughter of the Tsar!"

"That's why we need her to serve as the monarch of the United Baltic Principality!" Hersman said, "She has legitimacy, and she will also make the Allies think that the United Baltic Principality will become the mortal enemy of Soviet Russia!"

"Isn't it?" Lenin asked back in a cold tone. "The United Baltic Principality has established a secret police organization called 'Stasi'. If our comrades fall into the hands of this organization, they will be dead!"

You can also betray the revolution! Hersman refuted in his heart. Moreover, the Stasi is just in its infancy, and there are not many spies active, so not many people are caught. At present, the main repressive force in the United Baltic Principality is actually the Baltic Defense Force, and the number of revolutionaries executed by them is far greater than those who died at the hands of the Stasi.

Hersman shrugged his shoulders and said in a helpless tone: "Vladimir Ilyich, you are the leader of the Soviet Union, and I am just a general manager... You should know that your Bolshevik behavior scares us. In Germany and the United Baltic Principality, there are many people who are afraid of the Bolsheviks!"

Lenin looked at Hersman coldly.

Hersman went on to say: "This kind of killing caused by fear should not affect our cooperation for common interests."

"But the Tsar's daughter serving as the monarch of the United Baltic Principality has seriously damaged our interests!"

"Just a puppet without real power!"

"But someone will use her. For those who are hostile to Soviet Russia, she is a banner, symbolizing the reactionary Romanov dynasty!"

"Will she be more valuable than the Hungarian Soviet Republic?" Hersman glanced at Bella Kun.

Bella Kun said: "Comrade Lenin, the Hungarian Revolution is of great significance to the European Revolution and the World Revolution, far more than a Grand Duchess!"

There is no doubt that as long as the red flag of the Hungarian Soviet Republic does not fall, the Allies cannot go all out to deal with the Soviet Union. And the flames of revolution may spread from Hungary to Czechoslovakia, Austria, Romania, Serbia and other countries...

Lenin looked at Hersman in silence. There was a dead silence in the room. I don't know how long it took before I heard Lenin exhale softly.

"Okay, Olga can become the monarch of the United Baltic Principality, but not now... at least wait for another three months. We need time to adjust (strengthen repression). The condition is that you store at least 200,000 rifles, 3,000 machine guns and 500 cannons, as well as 10 million rifle bullets and 100,000 artillery shells in warehouses in Budapest before the end of the war. In addition, the United Baltic Principality should expel Yudenich and his followers."

"Okay, but we need your written guarantee. In addition, you have to write to Liebknecht and Luxemburg."

"Okay, okay, it's a deal!" Lenin looked at Hessmann and said in an extremely serious tone, "Ludwig, I know very well that you want to use the Olga sign to fool the Allies. But don't forget that the Baltics are very close to Russia and very far from Britain and France!"

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