Chapter 67 Lurker

After the defeat of the Russian Empire's war in 1905, the potential internal contradictions of the world's largest empire completely broke out under the provocation of Japanese spies. People in Moscow and other places even built barricades and fought against each other. The naval warships rebelled, and only the army obeyed the tsar. Under the impact of the Cossack cavalry, the uprising was suppressed. Subsequently, the Russian Empire carried out the "Storepin Reform" named after the Prime Minister, and established a state Duma that imitated the form of Western parliaments but could only play an advisory role, restricting the privileges of landlords and encouraging the rich peasant economy.

From 1907 to 1913, the economic power of the Russian Empire was finally in a high-speed development. Grain exports ranked first in the world, and oil and timber also became two other foreign exchange-generating products. A large number of new factories appeared in Russia. The "Stolepin Reform" saved Russia, and the ambassadors of all countries in Russia, The intelligence of the embassy is so responsive to the country. Although Russia continues to make efforts to save the precarious country, this does not mean that Russia will give up expansion. In fact, expansion has long penetrated into Russian blood.

The Russian Empire, with the "double-headed eagle" as its national emblem, hit a wall in the east. Naturally, it bet on the alliance with Britain and France, and determined that the three countries would cooperate with Germany and Austria. Winning the foreign war could restore the tsar's prestige in China and realize his long-cherish wish to control central and southern Europe.

In July 1914, a shot of the Balkans with a "gunpowder barrel" was ignited by the assassination of Sarajevo. The Russian Empire, which was also a Slavic, was the first to mobilize. Kaiser Wilhelm II warned his cousin Tsar Nicholas II to cancel the mobilization, but it was not accepted. In August, Germany and Russia declared war, and four days later, Britain and France also Officially participate in the war.

At the beginning of the war, Germany's strategy was to defeat France first and then advance eastward to defeat Russia. However, as soon as the war broke out, the Russian army quickly invaded East Prussia. At this time, the Russian army expanded to 6 million people, more than double that of the German-Austrian coalition on the Eastern Front. Although the quality of officers and soldiers is very different, the Russian army still has an advantage in military strength. And gain an advantage on the battlefield.

However, after the battle of Tannenberg, Russia, which had an absolute military advantage, lost its advantage on the battlefield. The war did not end in a short period of time as Nicholas II imagined, but was extended. For Russia, the war evolved into a long-term war and a war of attrition, which was simply a nightmare.

St. Petersburg, no, it should be Petrograd. After the outbreak of the world war, the extremely Germanized name of St. Petersburg was changed to Petrograd, although the German woman in the palace was still the queen of Russia.

Snow!

The air in Petrograd after a heavy snow attack has added a little coldness. Compared with the past, there are much fewer pedestrians on the streets, at least fewer men. It seems reasonable to reduce the number of men on the streets of Russia that have mobilized nearly 10 million troops.

But at the station, there were unexpectedly a large number of men, but they were soldiers in military uniforms. They were recruits preparing to take the train to the front line, and there were women everywhere near them to see off the soldiers. Some are to see off for their sons, and some are to see their husbands off.

The soldiers in the station laughed from time to time. The officers hugged their wives and lovers in fur coats and said goodbye. Although there was no sign of the end of the war, for the Russians at this time, they were engaged in a "Slavic nation" war. Under the encouragement of nationalism, the soldiers The mood of soldiers and officers is equally high.

"Squeak..."

With the sound of boots stepping on ice and snow, Cartrevsky appeared at the station. Although he was wearing a somewhat shabby cotton-padded coat full of coal ash, it was difficult to hide his strong body. Although he looked only twenty-three or twenty-four years old, among the porters at the railway station, Cattle Fowski is a rare worker who has attended middle school.

At this time, he stood opposite the platform and watched the soldiers leave the platform with a smile on their faces. From time to time, he frowned and thought.

"Kaqiu!"

Suddenly, a middle-aged man appeared behind him. The middle-aged man looked at Katelevsky's expression and asked with a smile.

"What's wrong? Do you also want to be a soldier?

"Are you a soldier?"

Katrevski shook his head, and then looked back at Toka seriously.

"I'm just curious that they are just cannon fodder in this war between imperialists, but they don't know that they are cannon fodder, and even smile about it. This may be the really sad thing!"

Looking at the soldiers who were about to go to the front line, Katrevsky shook his head and sighed, and Toka beside him heard him say this with a strange look in his eyes.

"Oh, Kaqiu, you always have so much sentimentality."

patted him on the shoulder, and Toka said again.

"Well, there is a truck entering the station, which is loaded with goods imported from China. Maybe we can exchange something with the Chinese in the car!"

Then Toka patted him on the shoulder and said.

" Maybe you can change some cosmetics for women and give them to your friends!"

After saying that, Toka laughed, while Carter just smiled and walked towards the truck platform in the distance.

On the truck platform, a train with more than 20 trucks was parked there, and there were still some square-shaped Chinese characters on the carriage. The moving workers of the station were constantly carrying goods from the carriages, bags of flour and commercial consumer goods. Since the outbreak of the war, a steady stream of consumer goods passed through the Central Asian Railway. Two Siberian railways are imported into Russia, and more than 90% of these consumer goods are produced by Chinese factories. In fact, half of the military supplies of the Russian army now come from China, and as many as a million rifles alone have been exported. China's consumer goods have replaced British, German, French and other goods, becoming the current Mainstream goods in the Russian market.

In the steam locomotive, a Chinese locomotive employee in the uniform of the locomotive workers looked at the Russian workers. On the platform, he took out a cigarette from the cigarette box and stood by the platform smoking. While the Russian workers were working, he walked to the middle of a row of boxes on the platform, and soon he counted one. In that position, he saw a Russian dressed as an ordinary porter.

"We met in Yanjing last year?"

"We seem to have met, but it's in Harbin."

Katrevski replied in fluent Chinese.

After a simple connector, the locomotive worker took out a bill of lading from his pocket.

"This is what the family has prepared for you!"

After Katlevsky took over the bill of lading, the locomotive workers left the pile. A few minutes later, Katlevsky also came out and, like other workers, kept carrying goods from the train.

A few hours later, the goods on the train were finally finished. While Katlewski was resting against a pile of boxes, Toka walked to him and handed him a glass of water. The two said a few words casually, and Toka suddenly said.

"Are you free tonight? " Toka!"

"Huh? What's the matter?"

"There is a party in the evening, and I want you to attend!"

When he spoke, Toka's tone seemed a little mysterious and even careful, but he didn't notice that when Cartrevsky heard this sentence, a flash of light suddenly flashed in his eyes.

There were not many people on the street late at night, but Cartreevsky, who was wearing a firm coat, could not hide the excitement on his face. Just an hour ago, he just attended a small party, which seemed to be no different from an ordinary salon party, but in fact, it was a party of Russian revolutionaries. At the party, he even met an editor of Pravda. Although the newspaper has been closed down, there is no doubt that many people in the newspaper are leaders of the Russian revolutionaries. Participating in the salon means that he has been close to the backbone of the revolutionaries to some extent, and this is exactly what he wants As for the ordinary worker of Toka, the completed task is a "step" determined by the Intelligence Agency after a long period of analysis, a ladder that gives him the opportunity to contact the backbone of the revolutionary party.

Although he was very excited, as soon as he got home, Cartrevsky still seriously recalled the few people he saw in the salon in his mind, and then made a record in his notebook. Their appearance, demeanor and words, which were the professional qualities that an intelligence officer must master, and the reason why he had to write This record is to enable the intelligence analysts of the embassy to distinguish who he sees, so as to determine his next action. The Russian revolutionaries are most of the underground. They often use pseudonyms, but their appearance and demeanor cannot be changed.

After recalling for half an hour and writing the characteristics of the people he met at the salon party with as detailed words as possible, Cartrevski wrote the characteristics of the participants on the letter paper with invisible ink, while the front of the letter paper was a simple "hopeful for help" letter. Even if the letter was randomly checked, this It's just a letter from a Chinese diaspora to the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, hoping to get some help.

Finally, after writing the letter and putting it into the envelope, Cartlevs returned to another matter. He took out the bill of lading from his pocket. The bill of lading was prepared for him by his family, which meant that the thing was over his online and directly reached his hands, which meant that he would probably take a long time in the future. He lost contact with the online, and what was given to him was a "preparation" for his future. What would it be?

Look carefully at the bill of lading. This kind of bill of lading is very common in railway stations, and many people take this kind of bill of lading to pick up the goods.

"It seems that I have to dress up tomorrow!"

(to be continued)