Chapter 979: Immortal Faith

Either go and die, or... become a noble of the Russian Empire. You may not be rich, but you can live the rest of your life in peace.

In front of such a multiple-choice question, as long as you are not a true GCist fighter, you know what to choose.

Before the people in the Peter and Paul Church made their choice, Abakumov told everyone the method of "fake battle and fake heroic sacrifice".

"Comrades," Abakumov said, "if you choose to fight to death, Marshal Vlasov and I will satisfy you... There will be a final attack, and you will die in Leningrad."

This is of course a suicide attack, holding a bayoneted rifle and charging at the White Army's No. 4 tank (most of the No. 4 tanks eliminated from the German army were given to the Russian White Army), and then becoming a glorious GCist martyr.

"If you choose to surrender," Abakumov said, "you don't have to feel ashamed, because the object of our surrender is not the invaders, but the Russian motherland. We... are all Russians! We are now fighting the Russian Empire for the cause of GCism, not because Russia wants to invade the Soviet Union. But to be fair, who among you really believes that GCism can be realized under the current conditions of productivity?"

No one would believe that those who can become regimental-level cadres, even if they really believe in GCism, think that it will be possible only a long time later.

Seeing that no one spoke, Vlasov took over the topic and said: "Since no one believes in it, why should we die for a doctrine that we don't believe in? Okay, now please make a decision."

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"Kuznetsov, it's not too late for you to regret now!"

At noon on March 29, the Soviet army in the besieged city of Leningrad had completely fallen into the hands of Vlasov and Abakumov - the meeting held in the Peter and Paul Cathedral was a complete success, and most of the cadres above the regimental level (including the regimental level) signed two copies of the collective loyalty letter.

Although there was a component of coercion, if this collective loyalty letter arrived at Lubyanka No. 2, it would almost be an ironclad evidence of an anti-GM traitor group. Moreover, the Leningrad Army was surrounded, and only the whole army was annihilated, and no one had the opportunity to report Vlasov and Abakumov to the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs.

Therefore, Vlasov and Abakumov were not worried that those who signed the "letter of surrender" would turn against them, nor did they immediately surrender while the iron was hot. Instead, they found the imprisoned Kuznetsov again and wanted to drag him on board.

"So many people are standing with us, what are you hesitating about?" Vlasov adjusted his glasses and looked at Kuznetsov, who was full of anger. "And you also know that Stalin will not let us go. Even if the Soviet Union wins the war in the end, we will still suffer because of the fall of most of Leningrad. None of us, the senior leaders of the Leningrad Front and the Army Group, will be able to escape."

Vlasov was not talking nonsense. Stalin had always gone too far in the issue of anti-counterrevolution. Not to mention that the Leningrad Front and the city W and the state W had such a big mistake, even those cadres who did not make any big mistakes lived in fear.

As for ordinary people, if they took any public property, such as a ball of thread or a wheat ear, they could be arrested as political criminals for sabotaging socialist construction and sentenced to several years.

A ball of thread from the public could lead to a lawsuit against GM. If Kuznetsov, who lost most of Leningrad and had at least 2 million traitors under his command, was not labeled as anti-GM, would there be justice?

Kuznetsov did not answer immediately, but just puffed on his cigarette. After finishing the cigarette, he said, "Give me a rifle!"

He meant to die with the GC fighters in the besieged city of Leningrad - it was not 1991 now. Although there were not many people who believed that GCism could be realized immediately, there were still some people who were willing to sacrifice themselves for the cause of GCism. Even among the "unsteady elements" identified by Vlasov and Abakumov, there were more than a hundred people who chose to die generously!

Kuznetsov also wanted to be one of them, and he also wanted to use his influence to call on more people to devote themselves to the cause of GCism.

"Kuznetsov, why are you doing this?" Vlasov shook his head with a regretful expression. "It's meaningless to die in vain."

"It's not in vain," Kuznetsov looked at Vlasov with anger in his eyes, "Our sacrifice will inspire generations of GCist fighters to fight for the cause of human liberation! Now our cause has only suffered a temporary setback, but in the future, the red flag of GCism will inevitably be planted all over the world!

I am extremely convinced of this, without a trace of doubt!

We will die singing the Internationale!

Our blood will dye the flag of the future revolution red!"

Vlasov listened to his words and nodded in agreement. As a person who originally engaged in theology, he certainly knew the power of faith. Jesus was also crucified on the cross, and most of the early Christian leaders were physically eliminated by the Romans. But their faith was passed down, and eventually the whole of Europe surrendered to the cross.

Therefore, the sacrifice of Kuznetsov and others, and even the sacrifice of Stalin, did not mean the failure of the Soviet Union and the GCist cause.

As long as they can pass on the faith of GCism, they may be able to replicate the victory of Christianity.

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"Rise up, hungry and cold slaves!

Rise up, suffering people all over the world!

The blood is boiling,

We must fight for the truth!

The old world is in ruins,

Slaves, rise up, rise up!

Don't say we have nothing,

We want to be the masters of the world!"

In the early morning of March 30, a tragic scene appeared near the Vitebsk Railway Station in the center of Petrograd.

About 1,000 people in Red Army uniforms, singing the high-pitched and tragic "Internationale", holding high the bright red party flag, carrying rifles with bayonets on their shoulders, lined up on the wide street that became the front line of the two armies.

Across from them was a row of Type 4H tanks with double-headed eagles - they belonged to the tank regiment of the Russian Imperial Guards. Behind these tanks, there was a position composed of sandbags and machine gun fire points. Several tall buildings nearby also had machine guns mounted on them.

"If the Soviet Bolsheviks in 1991 could be like them..."

Hersman, who saw this scene in the heavily guarded Vitebsk railway station building, couldn't help but think of another time and space, August 23 and 24, 1991. If so many GCist fighters could stand up and sing "The Internationale" to their death, the Soviet Union might not have no chance of survival, right?

Unfortunately, the faith had been shattered, and the Soviet Union was doomed. No matter who became the general secretary, it could not be saved.

Thinking of this, Hersman couldn't help but frown.

As someone who witnessed the birth of the Soviet Union and had dealt with the Soviet Union for more than 20 years, Hersman knew the Soviet Union too well.

The Soviet Union was not a nation-state. Its foundation was not the Russian nation. It never was and could not be! The Soviet Union was a country built on the belief in GCism. As long as the faith is not extinguished, the red flag will not really fall.

Even if Moscow is occupied, even if all the land of the Soviet Union is occupied, as long as there are still tens of millions of people who believe in GCism, the Soviet Union will always exist in people's hearts, and may rise again one day.

Now, in Petrograd alone, there are thousands of GCist fighters singing "The Internationale" and dying bravely, which shows that the current GCist belief has not really been shattered. There are still many people in the Soviet Union who believe that GCism will definitely be realized!

It seems that... the ghost of GCism will have to linger in Russia and even Europe for a long time.

"Yakov," Hersman suddenly turned his head and looked at Yakov Dzhugashvili, who was already excited and in tears, "It seems that you haven't failed yet... The future world may not be the world of red flags."

Yakov Dzhugashvili has been staying in Switzerland for some time, protected by agents of the German Security Service. Although he is under surveillance, he still has a certain degree of freedom, at least he can understand how the working people in Switzerland live.

So he also knows that GCism may not be realized... or, the GCism he believes in may not be realized!

"Tatatatatata..."

The sound of machine guns rang out at this time, and the singing of "The Internationale" was extinguished. All those who died bravely fell in a pool of blood, and no one survived.

"I should be with them!" Yakov whispered.

Hessman glanced at Yakov, "Yakov, you still have a bright future... You don't have to die with them. Go back to Moscow, go back to Stalin, and tell him what has happened and what will happen in Petrograd."

"What will happen in Petrograd?" Yakov was stunned, "What?"

"A fake war," Hessman said, "Not all people believe in GCism, at least in Petrograd, most people don't believe it. But because their families were taken hostage, they dare not surrender publicly, so they can only put on a show.

So the failure of the Soviet Union is inevitable. Although GCism will inevitably plague Europe and the world for many years to come, its failure is inevitable in this struggle. Because there are too few true believers, probably less than one-tenth of the number of Bolshevik party members? Relying on this few people, you can't win a battle of faith. In the future, you may win, but this time we won!"