Chapter 1301 The general runs away
In addition to strengthening themselves and getting titles and titles, Kazan's oil and water is also what the members of the Berezovka gang value most. They can make a lot of money by just collecting some "protection fees" in the city.
Regarding these, Berezovka chose to turn a blind eye. As long as his subordinates did not interfere with the actions of the National Defense and Security Agency, everything would be fine.
At this time, a large part of the western part of Kazan City was already controlled by the East African Defense and Security Agency.
In an inconspicuous building complex, this is where the Kazan Treasury is located. Often such an important place is indeed unpretentious from the outside.
The East African Defense and Security Agency is loading the treasures from the underground vault into trucks one by one, and then transporting them to the dock.
The city of Kazan was built along the Volga River, so this wealth was evacuated from Kazan in batches by the East African Defense and Security Agency through land and water transportation.
Previously, the National Security Bureau had set up multiple secret strongholds along the Volga River to ensure the safety of this wealth, and bribed Russian officials along the line to allow these ships to pass.
At the same time, for the sake of insurance, the staff escorting the treasures were all disguised as Russian troops. Now that Russia is in chaos, ordinary people will not offend the military without looking at it.
After all, the Russian army's military discipline is not very good, especially in such a turbulent period. No one who sees the army will step forward to cause trouble.
Moreover, the East African Defense and Security Agency has no worries about anyone finding out their identity. After all, order in Russia has basically collapsed now, and it is not surprising that an army appears from nowhere.
These treasures will eventually reach the Caspian Sea, and then be transported back to East Africa via warships from the Persian Gulf. Passing through Persia is currently the safest route, because most other places are battlefields, and taking the Siberian route is too far.
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Two weeks later.
News of the fall of Kazan has spread throughout Russia. After all, this is also a big city in Tsarist Russia, and the Kazan Army organization is also very famous.
After all, the Kazan Army was an organization that had little presence in Russia before. They belonged to neither the old aristocracy, the provisional government, nor the Labor Party.
The origin of this armed force has also come to light. It is considered by all forces in Russia to be a relatively lucky "horse bandit". Horse bandits are rampant in Russia, so it is not unusual for a horse bandit of this size to appear during turbulent times.
The only thing about the Kazan Army that deserves the attention of all parties is that they captured Kazan, a large city with a long history in Russia.
During this period, the National Defense and Security Bureau's operations in Kazan also entered the final stage. After tricking the Russians into joining the Kazan army, most of the core personnel of the National Defense and Security Bureau withdrew.
Those who did not withdraw were members of the Kazan Army led by Berezovka and others.
In a conference room of the Kazan mayor's residence, more than twenty people were having a meeting, and Berezovka was sitting on the sofa in the conference room.
These two dozen people are currently the backbone of the Kazan Army, and they are also the core personnel deployed by the National Defense and Security Bureau in the Kazan Army.
"Sir Berezovka, now that the large forces have withdrawn, when will we break away from the Kazan Army?" asked a Kazan Army brigade commander.
With the capture of Kazan, the size of the Kazan Army rapidly expanded from more than 10,000 people to more than 40,000 people.
These people were divided into six brigades by Berezovka. The brigade commanders of three of the brigades were all from the Defense Security Service. The other three brigades, including Berezovka's "crony" Chubalov, were all Originally the leader of the bandits around Kazan.
Berezovka said: "We cannot withdraw from here right now. According to orders from our superiors, we have to stay here until the beginning of next year, which is almost a month."
"Before this, we have to do the finishing work, destroy all evidence, and leave no traces. But you don't need to worry. By the beginning of next year, we should be able to return to China."
"According to the information disclosed by our superiors, most of our people will leave Russia this time. We must do all the work beforehand."
The early equipment of the Kazan Army alone wasted a lot of strength. After all, the equipment of 10,000 people is not a small amount.
During the entire World War I, East Africa spent the largest amount of money on infiltrating Russia. However, the intelligence system and personal relationships that had been established with so much effort were abandoned in just a few months. It was indeed unreasonable. Ernst had no choice but to ask the Defense Security Service to withdraw from Russia. After all, the Russian Labor Party is not an easy character to deal with.
First of all, the Russian Labor Party is good at organizing the masses, which is very detrimental to the work of other countries' intelligence agencies.
Secondly, Russia’s intelligence agencies in the previous life, especially the several intelligence agencies established by the Labor Party, can be said to be famous all over the world.
If Ernst does not predict, the Russian Labor Party should establish the "Cheka" intelligence agency in the last period of the end of this year.
The Russian Labor Party can be said to be very professional when it comes to underground work. After all, they used to often deal with Czarist Russia’s intelligence system, police department, army and other powerful departments.
Without two brushes, how could it be possible to develop and grow in Russia? All of them would have been arrested and imprisoned by the tsarist government.
Take Vladimir, the leader of the Labor Party, for example. He was arrested many times by the Russian government and was even exiled to Siberia.
Just from Vladimir’s experience, we can see how frequently they are exposed to underground work. It is no exaggeration to say that there is no organization in the world with more experience than the European Labor Party.
Although the East African Defense and Security Service is more professional, the Defense and Security Service is not capable of conducting intelligence work in prisons.
Of course, these are not the problems that Ernst is most worried about. What Ernst is most worried about is that stealing the chicken will end up losing the rice.
The experience of the United States and the United Kingdom in his previous life told Ernst that intelligence officers who do not have a firm "capitalist" or "feudalist" thinking are likely to be instigated by the Labor Party to rebel.
By then, the intelligence work in East Africa under the Labor Party regime would not have achieved much. Instead, a group of inspired "Labor Party" elements would have been cultivated and flowed back to East Africa. Then Ernst would be in trouble.
In addition to the above reasons for the Labor Party, another reason for Ernst's withdrawal from the Defense Security Service was the collapse and disintegration of the old order in Russia.
After all, East Africa's penetration into Russia in the past was mainly achieved through the old Russian aristocrats and bureaucrats, and this group of people will obviously be swept into the trash heap of history by the Russian Labor Party.
This way. The "favor network" and "bribery" relationship chain established by the National Defense and Security Bureau in the past are basically abolished.
And as mentioned before, East Africa's intelligence expenditure in Russia is not a small sum. The salaries, activity funds and other expenses of tens of thousands of East African spies have reached extremely terrifying levels.
Of course, East Africa's profits are also quite exaggerated. To put it bluntly, the treasures of the Kazan treasury alone have enabled East Africa to gain massive benefits. The gold profits alone have reached an astonishing more than two hundred tons. In addition, there are A large number of cultural relics, works of art and other valuable items.
One month later.
January 4, 1918.
Just as the Kazan Army was preparing to flex its muscles in the new year, Chubalov and other Kazan Army generals were surprised to find that hundreds of people, including Kazan Army leader Berezovka, actually "ran away." ".
According to the last witness of the soldier, Berezovka and hundreds of people boarded several steamers at the pier of Kazan's Volga River port and left last night.
This made Qiu Balov and others blind. Who dared to believe that when the Kazan army was flourishing, his general ran away with his confidants.
Of course, Chubalov's "confidant" was still there, which prevented the Kazan Army from disbanding on the spot, so he was elected as the new leader of the Kazan Army, that is, General Chubalov.
General Chubalov and the Kazan Army led by him were also called the "Chubalov Gang" by the Russian Labor Party, which caused a lot of trouble in the Russian Labor Party's unification of the country and the anti-imperialist intervention war in the future.
As for the escaped "Berezovka", it has also become an unsolved mystery in the world. After all, the Kazan treasury is inextricably related to this Berezovka.
In later generations, there were many speculations about Berezovka’s identity. Some said that Berezovka was a confidant of Nicholas II, others said that he was a German spy, and some even speculated that he brought his wealth to the United States...
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