Chapter 511 Blood Transfusion
Yellow sand was flowing endlessly along the ancient trade route. On the dry ancient riverbed, an Arab caravan was moving towards the distance under the scorching sun.
Hundreds of camels groped forward step by step, not seeming to be tired at all, but the merchants on the camels were complaining bitterly.
"Mr. Andrelov, why don't you send these weapons to Afghanistan from Russia? Instead, you secretly send them to the Afghans through here. To be honest, if it weren't for the most experienced Uncle Aimaiti leading the way, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to find the direction of this trade route."
The man called "Andrelov" rode on a camel and spoke to the caravan leader in fluent Russian: "Mr. Faruq, this is a secret operation. You should also know that Russia and Britain are not on good terms. However, Britain and Russia are both world powers, so although there is a conflict, it cannot be made public. I am telling you this because I regard you as a friend. You must not tell anyone."
Faruq was very happy to hear Andrelov say that he was his friend. Wearing a square hat, Faruq said with a smile, "Of course I know, Mr. Andrelov, I know what you say. We will never tell anyone about your business. Don't worry about our caravan. We have been doing business in this area for many years. We value credibility the most. Allah does not like lying."
Faruq had a good relationship with Andrelov because after a few days of contact, Faruq found that Andrelov respected his beliefs very much, which was different from those Russians in the past.
"Mr. Andrelov, your accent doesn't sound like the Russian I usually hear," Faruq asked.
Hearing this, the fledgling "Andrelov" suddenly felt nervous, but he still pretended to be calm and asked: "Mr. Faruq, how did you know?"
"I often deal with you Russians and am familiar with the Russian language, but I am different from those Russian businessmen."
After hearing this, "Andrelov" immediately understood what was going on and felt relieved.
He explained with a smile: "I am from St. Petersburg, so my accent may be a little different from the Russians in the south."
"So that's how it is. I know that Russia is also a vast country, so it's understandable that the languages in different regions are different. Just like our Arabic, the accents in each region are very different."
After hearing this, "Andrelov" was completely relieved. It seemed that Farouk agreed with what he said. However, his spoken accent was indeed that of St. Petersburg. After all, St. Petersburg was the capital of Russia during that period.
However, Farouk's words also gave "Andreilov" a warning, that is, agents in foreign countries should learn more dialects and report to their superiors when they return to St. Petersburg, otherwise it would be bad if colleagues were exposed because of accent problems in the future.
Farouk didn't know that his unintentional words accidentally helped a spy organization correct a shortcoming, but it cannot be said that the East African Defense Security Agency was unprofessional. After all, it has only been established for a few years. If there were no problems, that would be a problem.
Just like the British MI6 during World War II, it was a typical department that only cared about eating and not fighting. However, the level of the British MI6 was still pretty good. Of course, this was all thanks to its German counterparts. Later, when it encountered the Soviet Union, the British intelligence department became like monkeys, and the monkey trainer was the KGB.
As a German, Ernst certainly did not want the East African intelligence agencies to learn from Germany, so the East African intelligence agencies developed towards professionalization and institutionalization from the very beginning.
Of course, when Ernst was developing the intelligence department, he also hoped that the East African intelligence department would learn from the German Army and not interfere in politics.
Although Germany is a militaristic country, it actually has more of a militaristic national culture. The Germans are rather stubborn, which is reflected in the fact that the military only does military things and cannot participate in government affairs, and the government cannot interfere in the military's affairs.
However, Germany's entire national system is centered around the military, so the German military has no need to conflict with the government. After all, they are all its own people. In comparison, Japan's is a true militarism that is committed by its subordinates and indeed shows extreme thinking everywhere.
Compared with the German army, the East African army has less power. Although Ernst claims to have learned German militarism, the government will not serve the military everywhere like Germany does.
The bureaucracy in East Africa is more like the Soviet bureaucracy, but the relationship between the military and the government is not bad. Every year, many veterans are arranged to work in the government, especially in the early days of East Africa, where a large proportion of administrative personnel came from the military.
If East Africa also learns from Germany, the army will have to at least double. Although the number of non-black people in East Africa is certainly not as large as that in Germany, the population structure is younger, and there are so many black people serving as production tools, the burden is relatively small. Just like the ancient nomadic regimes in the Far East, they generally relied on the Han people to farm the land, while their own ethnic group engaged in the military. Black people also play this role. In fact, this is the case in all countries.
It's just that there are a large number of exploitable people in East Africa, and it's worse than in other countries. Black people have no human rights and status in East Africa, and resistance is useless. Ernst has many shortcomings, but he is cruel enough. After all, being a saint comes at a price.
Ernst himself often felt that East African blacks were easier to govern. Although they were a little stupid, they didn't understand any tactics. Of course, this was mainly related to vision and had little to do with IQ.
East Africa’s colonization of Africa was too short a time, and these black people were completely unable to cope with the dimensionality reduction attack from the colonizers who were two dimensions higher. After they came into contact with and learned the thinking and methods of the colonizers, East Africa sent them away, cutting off their chance of revenge in East Africa. It would be better for them to go and threaten other countries!
After walking for two days, "Andrelov" and his group finally arrived at a small place called Yazdan on the western border of Afghanistan, but this was not "Andrelov"'s final destination.
The Shindand area in the east is the target of "Andreilov". The Shindand Valley is a rare good place in Afghanistan. For a country like Afghanistan, any land that can grow crops is good land, especially since the Shindand plain has a large area.
Shindand is an important region in western Afghanistan, most importantly because it is very far away from Kabul. Britain now nominally occupies Afghanistan, but does not actually occupy most areas, let alone the remote location of Shindand.
In the past, the Afghan religious regime was active here frequently, so the Shindand region was very hostile to the British invaders.
"Andreilov's" mission this time is to provide blood transfusions to the Afghan resistance organizations through the local armed forces in Sindhand and embarrass the British.
After entering Shindand, "Andreilov" was received by a businessman who had been doing business here for many years. This person naturally had nothing to do with East Africa, but he had business dealings with Zanzibar merchants. It must be said that Zanzibar merchants are very powerful and their business has even reached remote areas such as Afghanistan. However, this is no exception. With the support of East Africa, it is difficult for Zanzibar merchants not to make a fortune. East Africa has goods, and Zanzibar merchants have channels. The two sides can be said to have a win-win cooperation.
This is also the reason why Zanzibar merchants are willing to act as pawns for East Africa. Besides, Afghanistan has the same beliefs as the Zanzibar merchant group, so it is morally justifiable to support their brothers in resisting aggression. On the one hand, they can make money, and on the other hand, they can establish good relations with the local forces in Afghanistan. Naturally, they are willing to do such a profitable deal.
Furthermore, East Africa has no interests in Afghanistan, which will not make cooperation between the two sides difficult, so this matter will be easy to accomplish.
(End of this chapter)
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