After Trotsky and Stalin fell out, Stalin ordered Dzerzhinsky to carry out a large number of purges within the party. There were too many people, and a large number of party, government and military cadres who were executed without a trial through normal procedures also led to objections within the Soviet to Stalin's disregard for black and white.

The current Stalin has not been able to cover the sky with one hand like in history for the time being. It is just that there are many revolutionaries in the top party who are older than him. When the roots of these people have not been eradicated, Stalin still dare not turn against them.Just one Trotsky is enough for him. Once these veterans are pushed into a hurry, doesn't it mean that there will be a few more Trotskys?

Just as Stalin and Trotsky were arguing with each other and rushing to clean up in secret, Stalin was overjoyed by the response of the orthodox government of the Russian Empire.In response to this, Stalin immediately ordered the state propaganda machine to start overnight, using violent bombing methods to equate Trotsky with the orthodox government of the Russian Empire, completely discrediting the other party, and thus occupying the moral supremacy. point.

At the same time, with this handle, Stalin was able to carry out more unscrupulous purges. The Cheka organization headed by Dzerzhinsky began even more crazy actions, and executed them in the name of counter-revolutionaries and traitors in just a few days. Thousands of people.

"These bastards! Idiots! Executioners!"

Surgut, the headquarters of the Soviet Trotskyists, Trotsky cursed angrily, Tukhachevsky and Timoshenko, two confidantes, were also smoking cigarettes with ugly faces, and the room was filled with a kind of An extremely depressing atmosphere.

Just half an hour ago, they received the news.Trotsky's 16-year-old son Lyova was brutally executed by Moscow. The whereabouts of his second son Sergey and his wife Natalia are unknown. There were more than 300 people executed with Lyova, most of whom were Trotsky's old subordinates in the party, government and army have chopped off thousands of heads with the butcher knife wielded in Moscow so far, and this number is still rising by three digits every day.Its methods are outrageous.

Although they haven't received news of their family members' executions, Tukhachevsky and Timoshenko know that their family members left in the west may also be in danger.

"Comrade Trotsky, we must come up with a solution!" Timoshenko said with a sad face.

"Yes, Comrade Trotsky, the situation is getting worse and worse for us. After Moscow officially declared us anti-party counter-revolutionaries and traitors, the morale of the troops below is getting lower every day. Come here, we may collapse on our own." The cigarette butt in Tukhachevsky's hand was already hot.But he still took a deep breath, with lingering melancholy in his expression.

"The east is trying to kill people with a knife!" Trotsky scolded through gritted teeth, "If it hadn't been for the puppet government of that bitch, how could things have turned out like this? I know Stalin very well, he is a very A person with means and personality, now that such a good opportunity falls into his hands, from a political point of view, we have already lost this battle..."

"Comrade Trotsky can't say that. The eyes of the masses are sharp! There are still many party members who support you. Now we must find a way to come up with countermeasures as soon as possible. We must not let Stalin continue to discredit us. Only in this way can we regain Get the capital to compete with him." Seeing that Trotsky seemed to be discouraged.Timoshenko quickly comforted him.

"It's difficult..." Trotsky shook his head. As the founder of the Red Army, he clearly knew that the combat effectiveness of the Red Army does not lie in how advanced the troops are armed or how capable the commander is, but in the strength of the troops. Indestructible beliefs and ideals.Only with this, can the Red Army be victorious in all battles, even in the most difficult moments and still fight tenaciously with the enemy.But now Stalin seized his loophole.Once everyone believed that Trotsky had colluded with the orthodox government of the Russian Empire, the beliefs that supported them collapsed, and the results can be imagined.

Thinking of this, Trotsky couldn't help cursing the bastards of the orthodox government of the Russian Empire again.It is politically beneficial for him to turn against Stalin in the Far East.But who would have thought that the Far East would instead set fire to him behind his back, now joining hands with Stalin to drive him to nowhere, if he had known it would be better if he was caught without a fight back then, at least he could get a good reputation.

"Comrade Trotsky, maybe we gather our troops to fight against the puppet government forces. In this way, we can prove that we and the Far East are not of one mind. The way to make a fuss about the current topic is to pour dirty water on our heads..." Tukhachevsky thought hard for a long time, and came up with a seemingly feasible solution.

"I object!" Timoshenko immediately retorted: "This is absolutely impossible! Even if we do this, with Stalin's cunning, he can completely come up with another set of excuses, for example, between us and the puppet government. , the purpose is to deceive the masses who do not know the truth. Moreover, now we are almost attacked from front to back, and the Red Army troops deployed to target us from the west are watching us. We turned around and fought against the puppet government that temporarily ceased fighting. This is not only from the military point of view It is an absolute taboo, once the troops from the west attack us when we are fighting with the puppet government, we will definitely be defeated under the front and back attack!"

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, so what do you think we should do? Can't we just sit and wait?" Tukhachevsky yelled anxiously, and Timoshenko opened his mouth as if to say something, but in the end he let out a long sigh Nothing was said.

The situation was almost at its most dangerous. Trotsky thought of countermeasures one after another, but in the end he rejected them one by one.In the end, Trotsky had no choice but to continue to maintain the status quo, and asked Timoshenko and the others to appease the soldiers and firmly grasp the control of the troops. As long as the troops are still in hand, relying on Surgut should last for a while. I hope that the situation will change again and turn in their favor.

"It's not good! The big thing is not good!"

Just when Trotsky had no choice but to make this decision, a man stumbled in and saw that the man was sweating profusely from running, the military cap on his head was lost somewhere, and the military uniform on his body was seven He was crooked, dirty and out of shape. Upon closer inspection, this person was a teacher from below.

"What's it like to yell! Do you still have the style of a revolutionary soldier?"

Seeing his appearance, Trotsky's heart burst into flames, and he slammed the table and cursed.

"Report to Comrade Commander!" After being scolded at the head, the division commander quickly saluted, and then hurriedly yelled, "The 61st Infantry Division has mutinied! Fight... fight..."

"What!" Everyone present stood up at the same time. Timoshenko was the closest to the division commander, grabbed him by the collar and shouted, "The troops mutinied? What's the reason? Why did your division commander come to the headquarters if you didn't suppress the troops?" Is it? You are running away! Dereliction of duty! I...I will shoot you!"

"Comrade... Comrade Chief of Staff... I... I..." The division commander was so frightened that his face turned pale and he couldn't even speak properly.

It was Trotsky who stopped Timoshenko and asked him to let go of the commander: "What's going on? How is the situation in the troops? Tell me! Tell me!"

"Comrade Commander, it's like this..." Slightly relieved, the division commander quickly told what he knew. The 61st Infantry Division is a unit stationed in the western frontier defense zone and also a main force of the former eastward front army.But just a few days ago, with the intermittent news coming from the west, the morale of the troops began to become unstable. As the division commander, he tried his best to calm down. At the moment of logistics, he suddenly received news that his troops had mutinied outside the city.

After receiving the news, the division commander immediately sent people back to the troops to suppress it, and he rushed all the way to the headquarters to ask for help. As for the real reason for the mutiny, even he didn't understand it, but there seemed to be some bad news coming from the west This caused some grassroots fighters to strongly demand to leave the team and leave, and mutiny occurred after being stopped by the cadres.

"How did you become a teacher? You...you are simply incompetent!" Tukhachevsky was so angry that his face was ashen and cursed, while Trotsky stood there with a gloomy face and said nothing.

"Comrade Trotsky, shall I take the guards?" Tukhachevsky knew that now was not the time to dwell on the reasons for the mutiny, but to immediately suppress the mutiny, so he quickly suggested.

"Comrade Tukhachevsky, please! Be safe!"

Tukhachevsky nodded, without saying a word, picked up the armed belt that was put aside, and hurried away with the unlucky commander.

After Tukhachevsky left, Trotsky took a few steps in the room, and then told Timoshenko: "Comrade Timoshenko, you immediately take people to the various units, you must ensure that all The stability of the troops, if there is any problem, you can make a decision immediately! The situation of the 61st Infantry Division is absolutely not allowed!"

"Yes!" Timoshenko stood at attention, saluted, then turned back beautifully and standardly, and strode away.

All the people in the room disappeared at once, and Trotsky seemed to be much older at this moment.He leaned on the table, which was precariously falling, and sat down slowly. If he was not wearing a military uniform, he looked like an ordinary old farmer, and he would have lost his original vigor. (To be continued..)

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