Chapter 727 The World Revolution Is About to Fail

Soviet people who believe in God are actually a united force!

The members of the Soviet Bolshevik Party and Government Bureau and several Red Army generals who attended the meeting could not believe their ears.

They were anti-revolutionaries who believed in God, believed that there was a soul after death, and believed that there was heaven and hell!

In order to eradicate this deep-rooted feudal superstition, since the victory of the revolution, the Bolshevik Party members, Cheka fighters and even ordinary Soviet revolutionary masses have fought for many years, arrested countless anti-revolutionaries who believed in God for labor reform, and sent all kinds of charlatans lurking in the Soviet Union to labor camps.

Even so, the feudal superstition of the existence of gods was only eradicated on the surface. But in the minds of many Soviet people, there is still a place for God.

But now, Comrade Stalin actually wants to unite the Soviet Union that believes in God... This is equivalent to declaring that the Bolshevik Party's struggle against religious beliefs for more than 20 years has ended in failure.

This is the first real defeat suffered by the Bolshevik Party in the Soviet Union! And it was a disastrous defeat in the ideological and political field!

The members of the Political Bureau and several Red Army generals were all dumbfounded. They stood there in a daze, not knowing what to say.

Stalin glanced at the dumbfounded Soviet dignitaries, smiled softly, and said, "What's the big deal? Revolutionary struggle requires strategy. Now the Russian traitor queen Olga is making great use of religious power. Shouldn't we strive for this power?"

"Comrade General Secretary is right!"

"Comrade General Secretary is wise!"

"I fully agree with Comrade General Secretary's decision!"

The dignitaries present quickly reacted and deeply understood Comrade Stalin's good intentions, and expressed their support.

"In addition, there are a bit too many labor reform elements in the Soviet Union." Stalin changed the subject and mentioned labor reform elements again. "Now there are several million, perhaps more than 10 million people in labor reform. This is not appropriate during wartime."

What does it mean? Now not only can God be believed, but even labor reform elements must be released?

Seeing the shocked faces, Stalin just smiled and said, "Of course we can't release them all, but we should give them a chance to make meritorious contributions. I think... we can allow the prisoners to join the Red Army."

What! ?

Allow the anti-revolutionaries who are undergoing labor reform in the labor camps to join the glorious Workers' and Peasants' Red Army! ? Anti-revolutionaries have suddenly become world revolutionary fighters. Isn't this a bit absurd?

"Our war with the Nazi bandits is likely to be long and cruel," Stalin's tone became serious. "Now the Soviet Union is being invaded, and we must fight to defend the Soviet motherland. Everyone has the obligation to defend the motherland, even if he has made a mistake and is undergoing labor reform."

The world revolution is over...

Everyone understands that the vigorous world revolution is going to end badly. If the world's fate is to continue, the Red Army will not be able to recruit prisoners. Want to liberate all mankind if you have to undergo labor reform yourself? This is illogical.

But now it is to defend the Soviet motherland, and the situation is different. The world revolution is the business of revolutionaries, and those who are not conscious enough cannot participate. But everyone has the responsibility to defend the motherland, and every Soviet citizen should stand up.

Stalin went on to say: "And among the reformed labor reform elements, there are many former Red Army cadres. These people have certain military qualities. Although they have made some mistakes, they are not irreparable."

The Red Army is now a little short of officers. The world revolution that began in June 1942 caused heavy losses to the Red Army, and many troops were surrounded. In order to maintain the war, the Soviet Supreme Command can only continue to expand the Red Army and form more troops.

And to form troops, experienced officers are indispensable. Although the Red Army trained a large number of officers in a rush in the years before the war, these officers' experience in leading troops and military education are still somewhat insufficient.

At this time, the effect of the Great Purge launched by Stalin in the 1930s came out!

The Soviet Union actually has another almost complete set of Red Army officers... in labor reform! Although there are no particularly senior officers, there are still many "reserve" of middle and lower-level officers.

In addition, among the anti-G revolutionaries in labor reform, there are many former Bolshevik Party leaders who are qualified to serve as political cadres. There are also many assassins who used to work as leaders or technical backbones in the industrial, educational and agricultural fronts.

If they were all released, the newly formed Red Army would not lack officers and political workers, and even the newly opened factories and mines in the Ural region and Siberia would have enough cadres to manage.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Great Purge has reserved a whole set of talents in the party, government, military and industry for the Soviet Union. As long as these "reserve" talents are released, the Soviet Union's war potential will immediately rise to a higher level.

But there is a problem. These reserve talents have suffered! They have undergone soul-touching transformation in the Gulag. They are different from those who have not suffered and whose souls have not been tortured. There are great risks in using these people. Although they will show loyalty now, they may not have deep reflections in their hearts. Once these "hard-working" cadres form a force, the foundation of the party may be shaken.

In fact, releasing these people in large numbers and letting them work for the party again is a kind of destabilization. Although there have always been places for restoration of reputation, the places are limited and very precious, enough to make people shed tears of gratitude. However, a large number of releases and appointments will make people feel resentful and think they have been wronged, which will lead to doubts about the system.

They will think that it is the party that is wrong, not themselves! Therefore, it is the party that needs correction and review...

It can be said that Stalin used a large number of purged personnel during World War II, allowed the Soviet people to believe in God, and disbanded the Third International and other measures to make concessions to the anti-G-revolution. This was the beginning of the wavering of Bolshevik ideals and the prelude to the Twentieth Congress of the Bolshevik Party. !

However, in November 1942, Comrade Stalin did not realize how serious a mistake he had made. Of course, even if he noticed it, he would have to do something. Because the revolutionary situation at home and abroad was really unfavorable to him and the Bolshevik Party.

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"Pastor...comrades, on behalf of the Atlantic Fleet of the Soviet Red Navy, I welcome you to board the Soviet warship. However, there is no church on the Soviet warship, so I can only ask you to work in a relatively simple environment."

As Bulganin spoke, he pinched his thigh hard to make sure he was not dreaming.

Because the telegram from the Kremlin was so shocking that not only the reactionary pastors of US imperialism could get on board. And from now on, non-partisan members of the Red Navy's Atlantic fleet could believe in God. Of course, the Soviets are still not allowed to believe in the God of the United States, they can only believe in the God of the Soviet Union...

However, God is back!

"As ordered, Comrade Political Commissar."

The American chaplains present were all soldiers, and Bulganin was theoretically their superior. So the chaplains now all paid military salutes to the leaders of the atheistic Bolshevik Party, and then followed the cadres of the Political Department of the Red Navy Atlantic Fleet to leave the Fleet Party W conference room on the Soviet Union - these chaplains are not all on the Soviet Union Yes, after meeting Bulganin, they will be sent to other Soviet warships by speedboat. There is only one chaplain on each warship. They cannot preach or preach, but they can pray and hold religious ceremonies for the American or British sailors who have been salvaged from the ship.

At the same time, "American Political Commissar" McCarthy also warmly entertained the political cadres sent by the Red Navy on the USS Massachusetts, the flagship of the US Atlantic Fleet and the flagship of the Allied Atlantic Fleet. The salvaged Soviet sailors did ideological work...

However, the commander of the Allied Atlantic Fleet, Admiral Ingersoll, and the fleet chief of staff, Vice Admiral Bruce Austin Fraser (Vice Admiral of the British Navy) on the Massachusetts, did not care at all about what happened to the Combined Fleet. The "soul question" in. Because the entire fleet and the NR21 fleet are passing through the most dangerous sea areas in the world!

Although the German fleet withdrew from the Arctic Circle route shrouded in darkness, they did not disappear. They still existed and were still very powerful.

If only the Allied fleets are passing through the Arctic Circle route now, perhaps there is no need to worry too much. After all, the Germans currently only have two battleships with 406mm caliber main guns, which are not powerful enough to compete with the battleships with 406mm caliber main guns in the combined fleet.

But the NR21 fleet is a big piece of meat. There are more than 250 ships of more than 10,000 tons, carrying more than 800,000 tons of cargo and 108,000 US officers and soldiers. How could the Germans watch them being shipped across the Atlantic to Britain and the Soviet Union? So launching an attack is certain. What is uncertain now is what method the Germans will use to deal with the Allied Combined Fleet and the NR21 fleet?

And just the day after the Allied Combined Fleet and NR21 Fleet set sail, intelligence came in that the main force of the European Combined Fleet controlled by the Germans had left the anchorage in Gibraltar and sailed into the vast Atlantic Ocean.

Needless to say, their target is the NR21 fleet.

Now the combined fleet escorting the NR21 fleet has approached the North Atlantic waters near Greenland. The wind and waves are not particularly strong, the sky is dark, and there is no rain or snow falling from the sky. Such weather is not suitable for aircraft attacks, but it is a good time for ships and submarines to display their power.

So the atmosphere in the command tower of the battleship Massachusetts was very tense, and everyone was waiting for the moment the enemy appeared.