Chapter 1301 The General Escapes
In addition to strengthening themselves and being promoted to higher positions, the money in Kazan is also what the Berezovka gang members value most. They can make a lot of money by collecting some "protection fees" in the city.
As for these, Berezovka chose to turn a blind eye. As long as his men did not interfere with the actions of the National Security Bureau, everything would be fine.
At this time, a large part of the western part of Kazan City had been controlled by the East African National Security Bureau.
In an inconspicuous building complex, this is where the Kazan Treasury is located. Often such important places are indeed simple and unpretentious from the appearance.
The East African National Security Bureau is loading the treasures in the underground vault into trucks one by one and then transporting them to the dock.
Kazan City was built along the Volga River, so this batch of wealth was evacuated from Kazan in batches by the East African National Security Bureau through both land and water transportation.
Prior to this, the National Security Bureau had set up several secret bases along the Volga River to ensure the safety of this batch of wealth, and bribed Russian officials along the route to let these ships pass.
At the same time, for safety reasons, the staff escorting the treasures were all disguised as Russian troops. Now that Russia was in chaos, ordinary people would not offend the army.
After all, the military discipline of the Russian army was not very good, especially in such a turbulent period, no one would go forward to cause trouble when seeing the army.
Moreover, the East African National Defense Security Agency was not worried at all that someone would discover their identities. After all, the Russian order was basically collapsed now, and it was not surprising that an army emerged from nowhere.
This batch of treasures will eventually reach the Caspian Sea, and then be transported back to East Africa by warships from the Persian Gulf. Passing through Persia is currently the safest route, because most other places are battlefields, and the Siberian route is too far.
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Two weeks later.
The 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 has also become famous.
After all, the Kazan Army was an organization that had no presence in Russia before. They neither belonged to the old aristocracy, nor to the provisional government, nor to the Labor Party.
Then the origin of this armed force was revealed. It was considered by all Russian forces to be a relatively lucky "horse bandit". Horse bandits were rampant in Russia, so it was not surprising that such a large-scale horse bandit appeared during the turbulent period.
The only thing that deserved the attention of all forces in the Kazan Army was that they captured Kazan, a large city with a long history in Russia.
During this period, the National Defense Security Bureau's operations in Kazan also entered the final stage. After deceiving the deceived Russians into the Kazan Army, most of the core personnel of the National Defense Security Bureau withdrew.
The ones who did not withdraw were the members of the Kazan Army headed by Berezovka and others.
In a conference room in the official residence of the mayor of Kazan, more than 20 people were meeting, and Berezovka was sitting on the sofa in the conference room.
These 20 people are the backbone of the current Kazan Army and the most core personnel of the National Defense Security Bureau in the Kazan Army.
"Commander Berezovka, now that the large troops have withdrawn, when will we leave the Kazan Army?" A Kazan Army brigade commander asked.
With the capture of Kazan, the size of the Kazan Army expanded rapidly, from more than 10,000 people to more than 40,000 people.
These people were divided into six brigades by Berezovka, three of which were led by the National Security Agency, and the other three brigades, including Berezovka's "confidant" Chubalov, were all leaders of bandits around Kazan.
Berezovka said: "We can't withdraw from here immediately. According to the order of our superiors, we have to stay here until the beginning of next year, which is about a month."
"Before that, we have to do a good job of finishing the work, destroy all evidence, and don't leave any clues, but you don't need to worry, we should be able to return home by the beginning of next year."
"According to the information revealed by our superiors, most of our people are going to leave Russia this time, and we have to do everything before that."
Why the East African National Security Agency wants to withdraw from Russia is actually a complicated issue. After all, East Africa's investment in the Russian intelligence system in the past few years can be said to be quite large.
The early equipment of the Kazan Army alone wasted a lot of power. After all, the equipment of 10,000 people is not a small number.
During the entire World War I, East Africa spent the most on infiltrating Russia, and it was unreasonable that the intelligence system and personal connections that were established with such great effort were abandoned in just a few months.
Ernst's decision to withdraw the National Security Agency from Russia was also a helpless move. After all, the Russian Labor Party was not an easy target to deal with.
First of all, the Russian Labor Party was good at organizing the masses, which was not conducive to the work of intelligence agencies in other countries.
Secondly, the intelligence departments of Russia in the past, especially the several intelligence departments established by the Labor Party, were famous all over the world.
If Ernst's expectations were met, the Russian Labor Party would have established the "Cheka" intelligence agency in the last period of this year.
The Russian Labor Party was very professional in underground work. After all, they often dealt with the intelligence system, police department, army and other powerful departments of Tsarist Russia in the past.
Without two brushes, how could they develop and grow in Russia? They would have been arrested and imprisoned by the Tsarist government long ago.
Take Vladimir, the leader of the Labor Party, for example. He was arrested many times by the Russian government and even exiled to Siberia.
From Vladimir's experience alone, 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 Labour Party.
Although the East African National Security Agency is more professional, it is not capable of conducting intelligence work in prisons.
Of course, these are not the problems that Ernst is most worried about. Ernst is most worried about losing more than he gains.
The experience of the United States and Britain in his previous life told Ernst that intelligence personnel who do not have firm "capitalist" or "feudal" thinking are likely to be turned against by the Labour Party.
Don't let the intelligence work in East Africa under the Labour Party regime not achieve much, but instead cultivate a group of "Labour Party" elements who have been influenced and return to East Africa, then Ernst will be in trouble.
In addition to the above reasons of the Labour Party, another reason for Ernst's withdrawal from the National Security Agency is the collapse and disintegration of the old order in Russia.
After all, in the past, East Africa's infiltration into Russia was mainly achieved through the old Russian aristocracy and bureaucrats, and this group of people will obviously be swept into the garbage dump of history by the Russian Labour Party.
In this way. The "favor network" and "bribery" relationship chain established by the National Defense Security Agency in the past are basically useless.
And as mentioned before, East Africa's intelligence expenditure in Russia is not a small amount. The wages of tens of thousands of East African spies, activity funds and other expenses have reached an extremely terrifying level.
Of course, East Africa's income is also quite exaggerated. To put it bluntly, the treasures of the Kazan treasury alone have brought East Africa a huge amount of benefits. The gold income alone has reached an astonishing 200 tons. In addition, there are a large number of cultural relics, artworks and other valuables.
One month later.
January 4, 1918.
When the Kazan Army was preparing to make a big move in the new year, Chubalov and other Kazan Army generals were surprised to find that hundreds of people, including the leader of the Kazan Army, Berezovka, had "run away".
According to the last eyewitness soldier, Berezovka took hundreds of people on several steamers at the port terminal of the Volga River in Kazan and left last night.
This made Chubalov and others feel at a loss. Who dared to believe that when the Kazan Army was thriving, their general and his confidant ran away.
Of course, Chubalov, the "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 future unification of the Russian Labor Party and the anti-imperialist intervention war.
As for the "Berezovka" who ran away, it has also become an unsolved mystery in the world. After all, the Kazan Treasury has a close relationship with this Berezovka.
In later generations, there were many speculations about Berezovka's identity. Some people said that Berezovka was a confidant of Nicholas II, some said that he was a German spy, and some speculated that he took his wealth to the United States...