sentences:  The 279 communists, mostly infiltrated from the Soviet Union, were armed with 5 Thompson light machine guns, 55 rifles, 65 hand grenades, 8 explosive devices and 150 pistols.It was mistakenly expected that the workers and soldiers would join the insurgency and would seize power in the capital together.The plan called for the establishment of an Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic and of a "working people's government".