In the blink of an eye, it was the end of 1923. Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire Government had finally withstood Russia's offensive, and the two sides achieved a temporary military balance in regions such as Poland and Ukraine. After suffering massive casualties, Russia still could not break through the new defensive lines established in Poland and Ukraine.
In fact, beginning in August, the successive defeats of the Polish, Ukrainian, German, and Austrian armies in the previous war had given the Russian Labor Party the illusion that "imperialism" could be crushed with a single blow.
Over the following months, the Russian government sent troops to the border even more aggressively, hoping to recover at one stroke the lands once held by Tsarist Russia.
But reality dealt Russia a blow straight to the head. With the support of the people in Poland and West Ukraine, the intervention forces and the armies of Poland and Ukraine turned the tide against the wind despite being vastly outnumbered by the Russian Army.
It was an utterly absurd situation. In West Ukraine and Poland, where industry was exceedingly weak, the peasants who held an overwhelming demographic advantage had absolutely no interest in the Russian Labor Party.
Not only did the Russian Labor Party's "infiltration" fail to win local support, it constantly faced reports and resistance from the people of both regions.
Thus, the situation had been reversed. In Poland and West Ukraine, the intervention forces of various countries and the two governments had gained the people's support.
It had to be said that the Russian army's combat strength had always been dreadful. Its weapons, equipment, and troop quality fell far short of the intervention forces, and at best were on the same level as the Polish and West Ukrainian government armies.
Therefore, it was perfectly