Romanian Eagle

In 1917, the First World War entered a stalemate, and Germany was very tight on both the east and west fronts. Especially in February 1917, the German-American diplomatic relationship officially broke down. Ludendorff, the German Army Chief of Staff, determined that this would lead to the United States joining the Allied Powers against Germany. Declare war, and once American troops land in Europe, it will be impossible for Germany to win the war.

Therefore, Kaiser Wilhelm II eagerly hoped to negotiate peace with Russia, the "weakest link" of the Allied camp, in order to transfer all the troops from the east to the west to deal with the Allies. However, the Russian bourgeois provisional government, which came to power through the January Revolution of 1917, ignored the call of the Russian people to withdraw from the war, and continued to strictly order the Russian army, which was short of ammunition and food, to send troops to the armed forces on the grounds of undertaking the so-called "obligations that Russia promised to the Allies of the Allies". The German offensive to the teeth resulted in a series of catastrophic failures, with hundreds of thousands of Russian soldiers killed.

In the face of such a Russian provisional government that "will not die, not surrender, nor leave," Germany instead hopes to get in touch with the Russian Bolsheviks who insist on communism and European revolution, in order to push Russia out of the war. Ludendorff suggested that the Kaiser allow Lenin to return to Russia via Germany.

Of course, this did not mean that the German emperors and generals became fellow travelers of the communists. At the same time, Lenin, who was in exile in neutral Switzerland, also discovered the contradictions between the imperialist countries. On January 22, 1917, Lenin published the famous "Revolutionary Report" to the young Swiss workers in the Zurich People's Building. He said: "The predatory war in Europe will eventually lead to a massive popular uprising!"

In this context, contacts between the German authorities and Lenin became possible. Secret Contact Lenin had already made up his mind to return to the country to start the revolution long before he delivered the "Revolutionary Report" speech, and had determined the itinerary for his return. One route is to return to Russia via France, but France and Russia are allies. If the French authorities find out that the anti-war Lenin has entered its territory, they will definitely not let it go easily. Another route is to head towards Central Europe, via Germany to Northern Europe and back home from Finland.

On December 28, 1916, Lenin walked out of Zurich's residence with a small suitcase, and we followed him to the capital Bern at 10 am by train. After getting off the bus, he directly checked into a hotel not far from the train station. After half an hour, he walked out of the hotel and got on a tram bound for the small border town of Fossouzers. After getting out of the car, he walked and looked around, and then walked into the German consulate building in the local area. It was 12:30 a.m. It was not until 16:00 the next day that Lenin walked out of the consulate. About four hours later, he was on the train back to Zurich.

It was later learned that Lenin's visit to Fossozuls was to meet with the German envoy to Bern, Switzerland, Count von Romberg, and negotiated two sets of plans to escort the Russian revolutionaries back to China. The first plan is to take a special train from Switzerland to Germany, and then enter Russia through Poland under German occupation or through neutral Sweden.

In view of the Russian provisional government's request to Switzerland for the extradition of Lenin and other Bolsheviks, once Switzerland does not agree with Lenin and others to leave the country, a second set of plans will be adopted. People will be transported out of Switzerland, or a ferry will be ready on the Druijie Lake Constance to pick up Lenin and others.

Ludendorff believed that releasing Lenin back to Russia was a wise move from a military standpoint. ...however Russia is not an adversary of Germany, as long as it does not withdraw from the war, we cannot escape the shadow of defeat. On this premise, by helping the Russian radicals who preach the Red Revolution, we are actually helping Germany.

In early February 1917, Kaiser Wilhelm II officially approved the "Thor Plan" jointly formulated by the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the General Staff, and instructed on the plan: "More than 40 Bolsheviks headed by Lenin will attack Germany. Useful, accept their applications."

The Russian revolutionaries were divided into two groups and returned to their motherland in batches via Germany.

On March 9, 1917, the first group of revolutionists headed by Lenin and his family boarded the German train from Zurich. After the train left, no one was allowed to get on or off. The windows of the special train were draped in black linen curtains, and the flight attendants tried to keep silent.

Fortunately, the Swiss government did nothing to stop it, and the trip went smoothly. After the special train entered Germany, a German officer named Herzog Moore got into the car and handed out to each Russian passenger a pamphlet said to have been written by the German Emperor, wishing them "a smooth journey and a successful revolution", and Special mention is made of the hope that they will seize power when they return to Russia.

In the early morning of March 12, Lenin and his party arrived in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. There, Lenin participated in a joint meeting of Russian immigrants and the Swedish Social Democratic Party, established the Politburo abroad of the Bolshevik Central Committee, and indirectly led the struggle against the Provisional Government of the Soviet Union of Engineers and Soldiers in Russia.

When Lenin and others returned to St. Petersburg on March 17, they were greeted with unprecedented enthusiasm by workers and soldiers. Sailors of the Baltic Fleet also drove armored vehicles with searchlights to take charge of Lenin's security work. In the midst of the cheering crowd, the sailor commander Maximov invited Lenin to say a few words, and Lenin boarded the armored car and delivered the famous 'Bread will be there, everything will be there'..."

Eder got the news right away when he got the news that Germany was escorting him home from Switzerland. For the name Lenin, Eder can be said to be very familiar, and too many titles have been worn on his head in previous lives. I remember that in previous life textbooks, he was rarely mentioned in the world, a famous Marxist, a proletarian revolutionary, a statesman, a theoretician, and a thinker. But now Eder attaches the most importance to him; the founder of the Bolshevik Party.

Now Edel's problem is to expand the smuggling trade in Russia, so as to make the Russian provisional government collapse as soon as possible. Because Lenin didn't come to power, how could it show the importance of Romania. At that time, the only one who can cause trouble to the Allies on the eastern front is Romania. In order to win over Romania to complete the Allied power behind the blow, the conditions will be much higher than now.

But the key to all this must be Lenin's rise to power. If he does not come to power to stop the war with Germany, then neither Britain nor France will pay attention to Romania's role. As for the performance of the American army, the Allied countries, including the Americans themselves, are not quite sure.

Thinking of this, Edel called a guard. "Call the captain of the guard."