Chapter 1299: Kazan Treasury Robbery
This was certainly not because the Russian Provisional Government had a change of heart. After all, the Russian nobles and capitalists were one family, and the distinction was not very clear. This was especially true in remote areas. Not only would they not kill them all, but they would also have to buy them off in order to stabilize the situation.
Therefore, many people in local Russian forces such as Kazan have chosen to wait and see about the Labor Party regime. In addition, rumors are spreading in St. Petersburg, and it is difficult to distinguish the truth from the false. Now the real situation in Russia is difficult for even the Russian top leaders to know.
And the bandit leader Berezovka was able to know the situation thousands of miles away and in Russia. In Chubalov's view, this was indeed a magical power.
Of course, Chubalov no longer felt strange when he thought that Berezovka could obtain military weapons from fixed channels.
Instead, he said excitedly: "The general means that the domestic situation is in chaos now. No matter what we do, the central government has no energy to deal with us!"
Berezovka nodded and said, "Not only that, the current situation can be said to be that whoever has a gun in his hand will gain control over a large area. As long as we can capture Kazan, it is not impossible to appoint you as a senior official in the future."
"The situation... has it deteriorated to this extent?" Chubalov asked uncertainly.
Berezovka said affirmatively: "Of course. The rebels in St. Petersburg today are different from the past. They are a team organized by the workers and soldiers of St. Petersburg. The entire Russian government has regarded them as mortal enemies."
"Once we capture Kazan, as long as we win over the powerful people in the city, we may be able to dominate the area in the future."
Berezovka tried his best to deceive his subordinates. As for the Russian Labor Party in St. Petersburg, it was obviously not as weak as he said.
After all, they dared to seize power in St. Petersburg, so they were naturally well prepared, especially when facing the encirclement and suppression of domestic reactionary forces.
The strength of the Labour Party lies in its grassroots organizations, through which their influence cannot be limited to St. Petersburg.
Their infiltration in the army and local areas was very successful. With just a call, many areas with St. Petersburg as the core would immediately change their flags, especially cities where the Labor Party was active.
In fact, there must be labor party organization activities in big Russian cities like Kazan, but they did not have time to mobilize workers and soldiers. After all, it is quite far away from the core of Russia, and even if there is any change, it will take time to be transmitted.
Berezovka intended to take advantage of this gap in time to seize control of Kazan.
Berezovka did not care about his subordinates' thoughts. He ordered Chubalov: "Pass on my order and march to Kazan."
Most of the members of Berezovka's army were local bandits, and all of them were cavalry, which is also a characteristic of most of the "horse bandits" in Russia.
More than 10,000 cavalrymen marched towards Kazan in a mighty force, leaving large hoof prints on the snow. The snow was turned into a pool of black water by the mud carried by the horses' hooves.
Under such circumstances, the garrison in Kazan was unaware of the impending disaster. After all, in the ice and snow, who could have imagined that such a large group of "bandits" would gather outside the city of Kazan.
Even though the march was difficult due to the snow, the Berezovka gang still arrived in Kazan before noon.
At that time, the defense of Kazan was extremely weak, and they could not imagine that any bandit forces would dare to attack Kazan. They even thought that the army led by Berezovka was Siberian reinforcements supporting the eastern front.
This is not without precedent. When the battle on the Eastern Front was at its most intense, the Tsarist government frequently drew troops from the east, and Siberia was no exception. Kazan was originally a transportation hub.
Therefore, there are many Russian troops supporting the front line circulating in Kazan. Coupled with the typical Cossack military attire of Berezovka and his entourage, it is even more difficult to distinguish the real from the fake.
By the time the defense forces reacted, it was too late. After a short and quick battle, the Berezovka gang easily controlled the east side of Kazan.
However, Kazan is a big city after all, and there are still several thousand troops stationed in the city. In addition, they have an advantageous terrain, so it is not easy for Berezovka and his team to capture Kazan.
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In the city of Kazan.
"A fight has started. I guess it's the 'Pelican' that's taking action. 'Nightingale', how are you guys preparing?" said an ordinary-looking middle-aged man in a stronghold in Kazan.
"Pelican" is a code name, which is Berezovka. Obviously, Berezovka is also a fake name. His real identity is actually an agent of the National Defense Security Service.
"All is ready, sir," said the man known as Nightingale.
"According to our intelligence, since the war began, a lot of Russian precious metals, currency, etc. have flowed into Kazan through various channels."
"According to insider information, this huge amount of money may have been used for transactions in Russia, Japan, and the United States. We don't know the exact amount, but the security measures of the Kazan Treasury are extremely strict."
"There are about a thousand people guarding the treasury, but apart from a 300-man Russian security force armed with live ammunition, most of the others are not to be feared."
Following Nightingale's words, we finally learned about the East African National Defense Security Agency's plan in Kazan. This action can be said to be extremely daring.
That was to rob the Russian treasury in Kazan, and the so-called "Kazan Army" led by Berezovka was naturally a gang supported by the East African Defense Security Agency.
The attack and capture of Kazan was false, but the looting of the Russian treasury in Kazan was true. As for why the National Security Agency knew that there was a Russian treasury here,
This is easy to explain. After all, the East African Defense and Security Agency is currently the largest, most staffed and most professional intelligence agency in the world.
There are tens of thousands of East African Defense Security Service personnel in Russia alone, which shows the severity of Russian infiltration in East Africa in recent years.
However, the Russians were completely unaware of the infiltration of such a large intelligence agency into their country. After all, the war attracted their attention.
Therefore, the operations of the East African National Defense and Security Agency in Russia in recent years can be said to be very smooth. Except for the Labor Party, most Russian government organizations, agencies, and important enterprises have personnel from the East African National Defense and Security Agency.
This enables the National Defense Security Agency to obtain a large amount of useful information, including the flow of funds within many Russian companies or the government. This is how the Kazan treasury was touched by the East African National Defense Security Agency. Since the Tsarist era, the National Defense Security Agency has noticed the anomalies in Kazan, with large amounts of foreign currency and precious metals flowing into Kazan.
However, the National Defense Security Agency chose to remain on the sidelines and had been accumulating relevant intelligence in order to wait for the day when Russia would completely collapse and the world would be in chaos so that it could fish in troubled waters.
Of course, the East African Defense Security Agency is naturally aware of the strength of the Russian government's armed forces in Kazan, so they support the "Kazan Army" and use war to cover up their tracks.
Now that Berezovka's army has started fighting with the Kazan defenders, the attention of the entire city has been drawn, and ordinary people have hidden in their homes and dare not go out.
This provided conditions for the East African Defense Security Agency personnel in Kazan.
So, Gold, the highest commander of Kazan's National Defense Security Bureau, ordered: "According to our previous deployment, storm the Kazan vault!"
Afterwards, more than 2,000 elite members of the National Defense Security Service in Kazan, as well as some deceived Russian gangsters, totaling about 4,000 people, aggressively rushed towards the Kazan vault.
They drove trucks directly, carrying weapons and explosive devices, and swaggered towards the vault. The National Defense Security Agency had already figured out the specific information of the Kazan treasury, and there were only some differences in details.
But these details are no longer important. After all, the National Defense Security Agency planned to attack by force from the beginning, rather than to achieve its goals by bribing insiders, which is actually impossible.
Thus, at the end of 1917, while the city of Kazan was being attacked by the Berezovka gang, a robbery comparable to a large-scale military conflict also took place in the city of Kazan.
The Russian treasury in Kazan was blown up by force. According to reports, about 100 tons of gold and other valuables disappeared.
Most people in later generations believed that the Berezovka gang that captured Kazan stole the treasure, but no one knew where the Berezovka gang hid the gold.
(End of this chapter)
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