Romanian Eagle

In Budapest, the capital of Hungary, the atmosphere of revolution is unusually strong. There were people singing the Internationale everywhere in the walk, and people in every square were also preaching revolutionary ideas.

Hungarians in Budapest believe that the days ahead will be better and better. Because the newly formed Soviet government announced an eight-hour day for workers and equal pay for men and women. And announced the nationalization of banks, mines, large industrial enterprises, means of transport and large estates. Enterprises and factories with more than 20 employees are all nationalized.

In addition, the Hungarian Soviet government promulgated a decree that foreign trade should be exclusively owned by the state, and also established the Supreme Council of National Economy to manage the national economic work. Correspondingly, local committees of the national economy have been established in the industrial centers. At the same time, the land nationalization decree was passed, and the land of the landlords with an area of ​​more than 100 holts was nationalized and turned into state farms.

The series of measures of the new Hungarian government is honestly much better than before, but the world is not divided by good and bad.

Therefore, when the enthusiasm for work broke out in the new government, the news that the surrounding countries were gathering forces to prepare to invade Hungary also arrived on the desks of the high-level government.

Bela Kuhn, who is currently the chairman of the People's Committee of the new Hungarian regime, immediately convened a meeting of various committees to discuss the meeting of the armed intervention of the surrounding countries.

At the beginning of the parliament, Bella Kuhn took out a telegram and said to the people's commissars present: "Comrades, this is a telegram sent by our comrades working on the secret front. The three countries around us, the Czech Republic, Serbia, and Romania, Instigated by the imperial powers, they want to send troops to intervene in our choices and put out the fire of revolution. Comrades, can we accept it?”

"No." "Absolutely not."

Bella Kuhn's agitation and propaganda did a good job, and the other twelve people's commissars and fifteen people's deputy commissars who were present were unanimously opposed to foreign intervention.

Although we don't know how many of them are sincere, we can still make concerted efforts from the momentum. And this is exactly what Bella Kuhn wanted. He knew that the establishment of the Hungarian Communist Party was too short, and it took less than five months to complete the calculation.

The number of Communist Party members has grown from 17 who brought them back to China to 460,000 now. The bad result of the rapid and explosive development is that many members who join do not even know who Marx is. And how many of them are speculators for the benefit, even he does not know.

Unlike the original time and space, this time the Hungarian Communist Party did not form a coalition government with the Social Democratic Party, but formed a Soviet regime alone. It just absorbed some high-profile figures to join the government to ensure the authority of the new government.

But even so, Bella Kuhn is full of worries within the Communist Party.

For this reason, he specially sent a telegram to Comrade Lenin who was far away in Russia to ask, and His Excellency the teacher, who was also troubled by this question, called him back.

"Comrade Bella Kuhn, this issue is actually bothering us. But I have a preliminary idea about this. We can appease these unstable elements for observation first, and wait until the situation is clear. . But there needs to be a hold on these people in order to prevent them from doing things that are not good for the organization.”

And Lenin's thoughts on Soviet Russia inspired Bella Kuhn to do the same. However, at present, it is necessary to first identify whether there are such unsettled elements in the high-level government.

At the meeting, after Bella Kuhn finished her opening remarks, Vantush, who also returned from Soviet Russia as a foreign commissioner, immediately said: "Chairman Kuhn is right, imperialism agitates three puppet regimes, The attempt to kill our revolution will not succeed. We must mobilize the masses and let these imperialists know the fighting spirit of the Hungarian people.”

"That's right, we have to let these imperialist bastards know how powerful they are."

"No one can force the revolutionary masses in Hungary."

Wantush's words attracted the loud approval of the committee members present. These passionate communists are full of dissatisfaction with the foreign powers.

But at this time, a voice that seemed not so harmonious came out. "I think it's okay to talk to the neighbors. After all, war is not good for us."

When everyone heard this discordant voice, they searched for the reputation and saw that this was the former socialist, now serving as a member of the education committee, Herico.

Herico, who was stared at by everyone, explained: "After all, we have been fighting for four years, and the domestic economy has been overwhelmed."

For Herrico's remarks, the meeting immediately attracted a counterattack. "You are capitulationists, and the people inspired by revolutionary sentiment will not be afraid of these imperialist lackeys."

"Commissioner Herrico, do you know what you are talking about?"

"I think it is Mr. Jerico himself who is afraid."

Herico couldn't continue to speak at all because of the gossip, especially the contempt in everyone's eyes that made him feel ashamed.

At this time, Bella Kuhn said: "Herico is just expressing his opinion, you don't have to react like this."

Then he asked about Jeriko. "Are you still sticking to your point of view?"

Herico, who had been educated by everyone for a long time, shook his head repeatedly, indicating that he had given up.

At this time, the internal affairs commissar, Sidler, who also returned from Soviet Russia, said: "Since everyone agrees to fight against the bastards of these imperial powers. Then we will fully mobilize the revolutionary masses to join the People's Army to defend the Soviet regime. make your own contribution."

Sidler's words made the present members nod again and again, and at this time Bella Kuhn said to a member on the right: "Commissioner Landrell, the work of the government calling on the people can be done by us, and leading them The job of defeating the enemy needs you."

Sitting third on the right, and one of the few members of the People's Committee who knew military affairs, Landrell immediately stood up and said, "Please rest assured, Chairman and members, I will not let the enemy's attempt come true, and the People's Army has the ability to protect Soviet power."

After making the reassurance, Landrell then talked about the difficulties: "However, there is currently a lack of weapons in the People's Army, and there are also some shortages of ammunition materials. I wonder if the government can think of a solution."

In the face of the difficulties mentioned by Landrell, the interior commissar Sidler said: "This is not a problem. We will let the comrades in the arsenal work overtime to produce weapons to defend themselves. In addition, we can also order the collection of civilians living in the civilian population. Weapons and ammunition, and in terms of materials, we can also give priority to ensuring the use of the army."

For the assurance given by Sidler, Landrell was less worried by more than half. However, there are still some small problems, and he feels that he still needs to say it first. "At present, there are some shortage of officers in the People's Army, and we need to think of ways to do this. Moreover, this time the revolutionary masses were recruited to join the army. Some of them don't even know how to use weapons. Shouldn't they be trained separately first?"

Facing the new difficulties mentioned by Landrell, Bella Kuhn said: "There are not enough officers, you can let the soldiers who perform well on weekdays be promoted first. As for the problem of many people not using weapons, I think This is also simple. You can take advantage of this time to rush into training them, and they will be ready when they go to the battlefield. It is too time-consuming to train alone, and war may come at any time, so we can't be too slow."

"If you do this, the casualties of the troops will be very large."

Landreel's words made Ventouch a little dissatisfied, and he rebuked him: "The revolution will inevitably involve bloodshed, and our experience in Russia has already taught this truth. Now it is the Soviets who face the dog-legged military intervention of the imperial powers. , at the juncture of life and death. We don’t have enough time to ask for this and that, and we can only mobilize the people and the enemy to fight bloody battles. Only in this way can we lead the Hungarian people to live a happy life.”

Feeling that Ventouch's words were a little heavy, Bella Kuhn comforted Landrell. "Committee Vantush's words are a bit heavy, but it's just out of love for Hungary. According to our experience in Soviet Russia, many revolutionary masses will soon become qualified fighters after being trained on the battlefield. So There is some truth to what Commissioner Wantush said."

For the optimism of the people present, Landrell, who knew the military well, disagreed a little, and it was totally inappropriate to put the experience of the Russian Civil War here. There is absolutely no comparison between what army the Soviet Union is facing and what army Hungary is going to face.

The two Russian armies are both born out of the Russian army, so there is not much difference between them, and the characteristics of the Russian nation and the structure of the army also allow its people to quickly adapt. And Hungary is born with a gap with its neighbors. If you rely on Russia's experience, the two are completely incomparable. However, Landrell couldn't continue to say these words, let's see who opposes him, these are basically the veterans of the Communist Party who returned from Soviet Russia. If you oppose it again, it is estimated that you will not have good fruit to eat.

With Landrell's silence, the meeting quickly reached a resolution. Recruit material and equipment, and let the revolutionary masses join the army to defend the Soviet power.

Subsequently, the government successively issued bills to recruit the army and collect national supplies. In just ten days, the Hungarian government recruited 100,000 people, and the weapons and equipment that were scattered among the people were also collected by it.

However, the war will not follow the steps of the Hungarian government. When they had just recruited a hundred thousand people, the Romanian army that had been prepared crossed the Tisza River.

War broke out.

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