Not to mention the actions of the Poles, the merger of Ukraine and Romania disrupted Soviet Russia's strategy on the southern front.
In the famous Kremlin in Moscow, a meeting on the merger of Western Ukraine and Romania is being held.
"Romania's illegal annexation of parts of Ukraine is a trample on the great socialism. We cannot sit idly by, otherwise the cause of communism will be seriously threatened."
"Comrades, think about it. As long as neighboring countries with malicious intentions towards us support a small group of traitors, establish an unknown and ridiculous country, and then announce the merger. If we remain indifferent, no matter how large the country is, it will not be able to withstand division.
. Therefore, Romania, the new imperialist, must immediately and vigorously fight back. Let them know that we communists will never accept such blackmail."
In the conference hall, People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs Chicherin was speaking impassionedly about the threat this incident posed to Soviet Russia.
Chicherin's words aroused the nods of the people's commissars present. After all, Ukraine is the territory of the former Tsarist Russia, and as the successors of Tsarist Russia, they cannot accept that one of the territories is occupied by a neighboring country. Besides, if all neighboring countries have learned
If so, this would endanger the basis of Soviet power.
After Chicherin finished speaking, Dzerzhinsky, who was the chairman of the All-Russian Counterrevolutionary Committee, expressed his opinion: "Comrade Chicherin is right, there really cannot be the slightest concession on this matter.
We must give the most favorable response to the provocations of the new imperialists."
Dzerzhinsky first agreed with Chicherin's words, and then changed the topic and said: "But we must clearly distinguish the priorities. At present, our main enemies are the White Bandits led by Kolchak, Denikin and others.
These people seriously threaten the safety of the Soviet government. If part of the force is transferred to fight back against the Romanians, will this give the White Army a chance to breathe? After all, the people under the White Army are eagerly looking forward to it.
Our liberation.”
Dzerzhinsky's words also aroused everyone's concerns, and he was right. If we disperse our forces, will it give the White Army, the biggest threat at present, a chance to breathe? This is really a dilemma.
Seeing Dzerzhinsky's opposition to his suggestion, Chicherin asked rhetorically: "Comrade Dzerzhinsky, can you guarantee that if we do not fight back against Romania's actions, other neighboring countries will not take the opportunity to do the same?"
Are you going to invade our land too?"
Faced with Chicherin's question, Dzerzhinsky answered truthfully: "Sorry, I can't guarantee this."
Dzerzhinsky's answer allowed Chicherin to find an opening. "Since there is no guarantee, then we must let Romania taste the wrath of the Soviets."
"But after the deployment of troops, how can we guarantee that the White Army will not be given a chance to breathe? Maybe Romania's actions are just to attract our attention and let us divide our troops to achieve the purpose of intervention."
Faced with Dzerzhinsky's rhetorical question, Chicherin replied confidently: "This is easy to handle, just like when Kolchak, Denikin, Yudenich and Mirel besieged the Soviet government before, they called on the people to join
Army. As long as we recruit another 500,000 Soviet troops, we can not only maintain the posture of pursuing the White Army, but also teach the new imperialists who dare to reach out."
After hearing what Chicherin said, Dzerzhinsky couldn't help but ask: "But currently, we have recruited two million troops. If we continue to recruit, how will we solve the problem of weapons supply?"
Chicherin answered confidently: "At present, we have occupied vast areas in Ufa, Kursk and Tsaritsyn, and are fully able to recruit soldiers and collect supplies from them. Moreover, weapons and ammunition can also allow workers to work overtime to produce,
In addition, we have captured a lot of weapons, which can be equipped to the troops first."
The method given by Chicherin immediately aroused the interest of other people's commissars. Yes, the area of the Soviet Union has expanded, and soldiers can be recruited from it. The weapons can also be used first, although the caliber is different and the ammunition stored is less.
, it cannot be produced yet, but it is enough to kill the enemy.
The dispute between the two was about whether to regard foreign intervention forces as the main enemies of Soviet Russia. Because in the previous strategic policy formulated by Lenin, between the White Guards and the intervention forces, the White Guards should be annihilated first, and then the Allied forces should be defeated.
Gradually other people's commissars began to favor Chicherin's suggestions.
From a superficial perspective, the dispute between the two people is that as the threat of the White Guards to the Soviet Union has become smaller (it is no longer a matter of life and death), does the Soviet Union need to start taking action against the intervention forces? From a deeper perspective, Lenin
Does the policy need to be changed?
Faced with this matter, Lenin, who was presiding over the meeting at this time, did not intend to speak. Instead, he asked Trotsky beside him: "Comrade Trotsky, what do you think of Comrade Chicherin's suggestion?
"
As the founder of the Red Army (the main reason for the future Great Purge), Trotsky certainly has the most say on military issues. So when Lenin asked him, he took a sip of water and said slowly:
"Comrade Chicherin's suggestion is feasible."
Then he gave the reason: "Currently, there are nearly 80 million people in our area, and we occupy most of the arsenals. In terms of population, weapons and ammunition, the White Army is far inferior. At this time, it is appropriate to treat unfriendly surroundings
It is okay for countries to show their strength. And we need to note that, unlike the intervention forces of Britain, France and other countries, Romania's approach of creating disputed areas is very threatening to us. After all, this is different from pure intervention, which will drive its domestic
Some people who do not know the truth are hostile to the Soviets. This will also become an important problem for us to liberate the world in the future."
Seeing that Trotsky agreed with Chicherin's proposal, Lenin did not express any objection. He now seemed like an unrelated person. Instead, he asked other people's commissars: "Do you have any different opinions?"
"No."
"No."
Facing Lenin's inquiry, some smart people felt that there was something unusual in the atmosphere, and they did not want to be caught between the two. So they basically shook their heads, indicating that they had no other opinions.
After seeing that no one had any other opinions, Lenin continued: "Since there are no other opinions, let us show our hands to decide whose opinion we will adopt this time."
"If you agree with Comrade Chicherin, please raise your hands."
Swishing, brushing, several hands were raised.
Lenin took a brief look and saw that in addition to Trotsky's people, there were two other committee members.
"6 votes."
He simply reported the numbers, and then said: "If you agree with Comrade Dzerzhinsky's suggestion, please raise your hands."
Brushing, swishing, swishing, several more hands were raised.
Lenin saw that no one except his own people raised their hands.
"4 votes."
After a brief count, Lenin said to the clerk behind him: "Record, after voting by the Central Committee, it supports Comrade Chicherin's response measures to deal with Romania's provocation."
The clerk quickly wrote down today's voting results in the record book, which need to be archived for future reference.
Subsequently, a telegram from Moscow was sent to the Southern Front Commander Yegorov and Military Commissioner Stalin. Next, we need to see how the two deal with the new imperialist Romania.
