Years of the Republic of China 1913

Chapter 2 The Collapse of the Provisional Government

() Half a month later, the Russian embassy still did not inform the Chinese government of the missing princess, but according to the information Fang Zida has, the baron and the ambassador have been fidgeting like ants on a hot pot these days, sending people like crazy Inquire about the whereabouts of the princess in the capital and surrounding areas.

Of course, their efforts were all in vain. Princess Anastasia found Fang Zida, except for the few people in the Fang family who knew about it. The matter has been banned in the mansion, and now Her Royal Highness is hiding in Fang Zida's official residence, which is both safe and confidential. After Fang Zida and the princess settled, he also found someone to quietly dispose of her car while she was housed, even if the embassy's People found the car, but could not find any whereabouts.

At the same time, St. Petersburg, thousands of miles away, is still politically turbulent. The various factions of the provisional government disagree with each other and quarrel with each other in order to choose the current European war.

Since the end of last year, all parties have split up and regrouped rapidly because of this issue. Organizations such as the Octobrist Party and the Progressive Party, which support the free economy, have obviously begun to lose power. Because various contradictions began to split, thus losing cohesion.But now, two major political parties have suddenly emerged in Russia, one is the Socialist Revolutionary Party, and the other is the Socialist Minzhu Party. It is very possible to replace the constitutional democratic party and form a rotating ruling system similar to the American government.

But all these reluctant balances were broken when Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov returned to China after being funded and arranged by Kaiser Wilhelm, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov As the leader of the Bolshevik faction of the Socialist Minzhu Party, he put forward his radical political ideas as soon as he returned to China, shouting the slogan of "turning the imperialist war into a civil war". The war attitude pointed out that the war must be ended unilaterally immediately, and the allies must seek peace, and instead focus on the domestic revolution, pointing out that the Russian revolution must transition from the bourgeois minzhu revolution to the proletarian socialist revolution, and also called for a temporary Zheng Fu stepped down.Give all power to the Soviets.

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov's ultra-left remarks immediately caused an uproar among the parties, but they were also supported by many people who had lost confidence in the country.Because according to the agreement reached by the various factions of the provisional government and the consultation decisions of the agreement countries, Russia will continue to participate in the war on the surface, but in reality it will try its best to avoid participating in the war and wait for the victory of the war to end.

It's a good idea.But the temporary government just forgot.Even maintaining a war stance on the surface still consumes a lot of war materials. How can the temporary government, who is already so poor that he wants to use his pants, get the money?Moreover, after years of wars with no end in sight, the Russian people have long been tired of wars.The voice of eagerly hoping for an armistice is extremely high among the people, but instead of going with the will of the people to cease the war, the interim government wants to continue the war. This has caused a large number of Russian people who originally supported the interim government to lose confidence, and turned to the Bolsheviks who advocated an armistice .

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov's move.It made the whole country panic, and all parties in the temporary government were terribly angry with him.Even the Menshevik faction, one of the two existing factions in the Socialist min zhu party, confronted the Bolshevik faction, opposed the irresponsible remarks of the Bolshevik faction, and pointed out that Vladimir Ilyich Ulyano The husband simply had ulterior motives, digging out the inside story of him being funded by the Kaiser, and identifying him as a spy sent by the Germans.

All of a sudden, Russia, which was barely maintaining its balance, was in turmoil, and various parties and factions attacked each other, and even fought violently.Face powerful opponents and blows from various parties.Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov still made the decision to break away from the Socialist Minzhu Party and send the Bolsheviks into their own political party.At the same time, a large number of war-weary farmers, workers, craftsmen and even soldiers were mobilized to launch a massive demonstration.

This demonstration was called the January incident. Although the interim government quickly suppressed this action, facing the current situation, the interim government could not come up with a better solution.In order to stabilize the domestic situation and completely eliminate hidden dangers, the temporary government decided to launch a counterattack on the front line, using a war victory to gain the support of the people.From the point of view of the temporary government.Only this way can completely solve the current predicament.

According to the current situation on the front line, the Provisional Zheng Fu Military Committee decided to launch a campaign.35 troops will be invested in this battle. Taking advantage of the fact that the German army has been transferred from the Eastern Front to the Western Front in large numbers, it will take back part of the territory with overwhelming momentum and win a vivid victory to restore the situation.

In this plan, the launch of the campaign must be sudden, effective, and resolute, and at the same time it must not be too long, preferably within ten days.With the temporary government's financial situation, a long-term battle cannot be supported at all. According to the front-line intelligence, as long as there is a partial victory, it is enough to be prepared. Guaranteed the fruits of victory, with this achievement, coupled with the propaganda, it is expected to give the domestic people a shot in the arm, thus changing their attitude towards the temporary government.

This idea is good or bad, and the plan is theoretically feasible.However, the interim zhengfu did not consider the safety and implementation of the plan at all. They did not know it at all. When the plan was just drawn up, the back foot was passed to the hands of the Kaiser. The whole battle had not yet begun. The * team has already made preparations and is waiting for the Russian * team to attack, but as the party that launched the battle, it is at a loss.

What made the temporary government even more astonished was that a large number of lower-level commanders on the front line refused to carry out the troop mobilization order after receiving it. They pointed out that due to the lack of food, clothing, weapons and ammunition, the soldiers could not assemble and attack normally.Until the generals above became furious and ordered them to dispatch, if they did not execute, they would be punished as a crime of disobedience.Under such circumstances, these troops procrastinated and grinded their foreign workers in a very reluctant way. One day they reached out to their superiors for food and tomorrow they asked for firewood for warmth, etc., often walking a distance of nearly 20 kilometers for seven or eight days. Calculating that they couldn't even walk [-] kilometers a day, the senior commanders were so angry that they were about to vomit blood.

What's more hateful is that when the battle just started, before the German army's counterattack officially started, almost one-fifth of the troops turned around and ran, throwing their weapons everywhere while running, and yelling loudly. "Defeated! Defeated!", a chain reaction was triggered at once. The 35 army that launched the attack collapsed that day, and a logistics force with more than 35 of the total 7000 people finally protected the command because it was relying on the rear. All escaped safely, and the remaining 34 people suffered countless casualties, thousands of them were trampled to death during the escape process, and nearly 9 people ran without a trace as deserters and were killed by the German counterattack About 4000 people, and the remaining more than 20 people were all captured by the German army.

This big battle planned by the Russian interim government for nearly a month lasted less than 24 hours from the start to the end. When the news of the failure reached the capital, all the officials of the temporary government were stunned. His face was ashen, and he felt that the sky was going to collapse.

What frightened them even more was that at the same time they received the news of the failure, without waiting for the interim government to react, a parade even more massive than the January incident took place across the capital, shouting deafeningly that the interim government should step down The sound of slogans almost shook the glass windows down. Standing at the window and watching the almost endless flow of people outside, everyone knew that the existence of the temporary government might come to an end.

(The main text of this chapter is 2450 words, just write down one event, for the sake of smooth reading and chapter division, I will not mix it up, please support me!) (To be continued...)

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