Chapter 1317 Government in Exile
Ernst continued: "West Coast cities such as Cabinda and Luanda are conducive to navigation with the Baltic Sea region, which means they can help you directly contact St. Petersburg."
"Of course, although St. Petersburg is the political center of your country, I do not recommend that you make St. Petersburg the primary target of your strategy."
"After all, St. Petersburg is now also the base camp of the Russian Labor Party. The power of the Labor Party is very strong in St. Petersburg, especially after the purges of your people. At the same time, the Baltic Sea is also blocked by the Allies and the Allies because of the war in Europe, which is not conducive to the transportation of materials and information. "
"So, I suggest that you set up the government headquarters in Dar es Salaam, or somewhere north of the city of Dar es Salaam."
"Starting from the east coast of East Africa, there are several communication channels to Russia, including the Suez Canal, the Middle East and Central Asia, and finally the Siberian Railway."
"The Siberian Railway is the most conducive to your performance. Through the Siberian Railway, you can contact the forces in eastern Russia. As far as I know, the current forces in Siberia are still loyal to the Russian government."
In previous lives, the base camps of reactionary forces such as the Russian White Bandits were concentrated in the east of Russia. For example, the well-known bandit leaders Denikin, Kolchak, etc. relied on the Siberian Railway to gain support from external forces and fight against the Labor Party.
The Siberian Railway is also the only transportation line that can support the Russian reactionary forces unimpeded.
So Ernst suggested: "The eastern part of Russia is either controlled by the Labor Party, or blocked by the Allies and the Entente due to the European war."
"So, now you want to communicate with the country or deploy supplies, either through the Siberian Railway or through land transportation in Central Asia."
"Obviously, Central Asia and the Indian Ocean coast are not your Russian land after all, so the security of this route is not as high as the Siberian Railway."
"So, in your confrontation with the Labor Party, you should put the Siberian Railway in a more important position."
"At the same time, this is why I recommend that you set up your government headquarters in cities on the east coast of East Africa."
"In addition, another advantage of choosing our cities in East Africa is that we can obtain all aspects of intelligence and information in Russia more quickly."
After decades of development, East Africa has already built the world's second-largest submarine cable line after the United Kingdom. At the same time, it has actively developed land post and telecommunications systems between East Africa and Europe, the Middle East and other regions.
Therefore, it is very convenient for East Africa to obtain intelligence and information from all over the world. At this point, only Europe and the United States can compare with East Africa.
After listening to Ernst's suggestion, Alexei said: "Let's set the location in Dar es Salaam!"
There is no other reason why Alexei chose Dar es Salaam. The main reason is that Dar es Salaam has long been the largest city in East Africa.
Therefore, Alexey believes that if the exile government is set up in Dar es Salaam, at least the conditions will not be bad in all aspects.
In fact, if possible, Alexei would not want to leave Rhine City. After all, the climate in Rhine City is quite good, while Dar es Salaam is a bit hot.
But as Ernst said, locating the exile government in coastal areas is more conducive to their contacts and exchanges with the country.
Moreover, since a government-in-exile is established, it will inevitably go against the Labor Party. In this way, the weapons, food and other materials needed by the government-in-exile will have to rely on other imperialist countries.
Of course, Ernst knew very well that supporting such a Russian government-in-exile had basically no future.
However, this did not prevent Ernst from giving Alexei and other Russian reactionary forces some help. After all, East Africa had previously robbed Nicholas II's treasury in Kazan. In addition to this reason, Ernst also hoped that this exile government would attract people from Russia to flow into East Africa.
Just like in previous lives, under the Labor Party regime, Russia was bound to see a large number of elites and wealthy people flee. For the Russian Labor Party, many of these people were trash and rubbish. After all, their existence would do more harm than good to the development of Russian society as a whole.
But these wastes and garbage are a kind of wealth to countries such as East Africa. Even the most corrupt official in Russia, as long as he can come to East Africa with corrupt money, it will be of great help to East Africa. Anyway, he cannot Possible harm to East African societies.
After all, he was able to dominate in Russia because of his bureaucratic status and status, but when he went into exile in East Africa, he naturally lost the power he had in the past.
Ernst said: "Then we will provide you with an office space in Dar es Salaam for free so that you can hold meetings and direct domestic affairs."
Alexei said with great gratitude: "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Forming a government in exile is not an easy task, especially for a country like the East African government that has never supported a government in exile. East Africa has supported some puppet states, the most typical of which is the Abyssinian Empire.
Ten days later.
The Russian government-in-exile was formally established in Dar es Salaam. The government inherited the claims of the former tsarist government. When Nicholas II's personal condition was unknown and he had long announced his abdication, the former crown prince Aleksandar Xie is naturally the irrefutable orthodox first-in-line heir.
At the same time, Alexey appointed Baranov as prime minister and appointed other Russian exiles in East Africa as cabinet members, starting the initial path to power.
After the government-in-exile was established, it actively contacted the royalists, nobles, and military forces in Russia, especially the army. Well-known Russian officers such as Dönitz and Kolchak were all targets of the government-in-exile.
It is worth mentioning that Chubalov, who controls Kazan, is also a key candidate for the exile government. This unlucky guy is the warlord who was previously promoted by the East African Defense and Security Agency, because his power has not yet bordered with the Labor Party. So it still exists.
And because he controls Kazan, an important Russian city, Chubalov is also considered one of the more famous warlords in Russia.
The establishment of the Russian government-in-exile made the nobles and royalist forces in Russia very excited to a certain extent. Many people couldn't wait to go to East Africa to meet Crown Prince Alexei.
This also caused some dignitaries in Russia who were preparing to run away to consider East Africa as one of their important destinations.
On the contrary, some warlord forces in Russia are not very interested in the government-in-exile, especially those who supported the former provisional government.
The former Provisional Government, that is, the former Russian capitalist government, many old Russian military officers actually supported this government that had been overthrown by the Russian Labor Party.
The parting of ways between the Russian aristocracy and capitalism was illustrated from the moment of the establishment of the former Russian Provisional Government.
This makes it difficult for the Russian government-in-exile formed in East Africa to command and order some troops in eastern Russia.
At the same time as the government-in-exile was established, the East African government also increased surveillance activities within its borders. After all, the establishment of the Russian government-in-exile would inevitably attract the attention of the Russian Labor Party government. Ernst was also worried that there would be Labor Party members who were not afraid of death and would sneak in. within East Africa.
After all, they dared to kill even Nicholas II, and a former Russian crown prince who was exiled to East Africa was naturally a child. This was why Ernst hoped that Alexei would set up the exile government on the coast. In fact, he was afraid of being harmed.
Of course, the current energy of the Russian Labor Party is definitely not able to take into account overseas. The war in Russia is enough to keep them busy. However, they should not be afraid of any eventuality, but be afraid of 10,000, and they still need to take good precautions.
(End of chapter)