Ma Boyang arrived in the Russian city of Ufa on February 10, and the area around Ufa is currently under the control of General Kolchak, who is loyal to Tsar Nicholas II, and Kolchak has 200,000 Russian troops under his command, but these 200,000 troops are poorly equipped, and weapons and ammunition are extremely lacking.

In a fur shop in Ufa, Ma Boyang met Eagle Falcon, an intelligence officer of the Iron and Blood Investigation Bureau who was tasked with tracking down the whereabouts of gold from the Russian treasury.

"Hello, Brother Eagle Falcon, I'm Ma Boyang!"

Eagle Falcon arched his hand to Ma Boyang and said, "It turned out to be a special envoy, just call me Eagle Falcon, let's go to the back room to talk!" ”

"Good!"

It was still very cold in Ufa in February, and there was a fire burning in the house, and the wood was crackling in the brazier. The falcon picked up the kettle from the shelf above the brazier and poured a jar of hot water for Ma Boyang, who took the jar and drank a few sips of hot water and felt warm all over his body.

After his body warmed up, Ma Boyang said, "Brother Eagle Falcon, tell me about the information you have, has the whereabouts of this batch of gold been found?" Is the exact number 600 tons or 1,500 tons? ”

Eagle Falcon lit a cigarette, smoked slowly, and introduced: "According to the analysis of the news we have recently obtained, this batch of gold was still in the St. Petersburg Tsarist Russian Treasury there were 1,500 tons, at that time Tsar Nicholas II had not abdicated, the summer offensive launched by Tsarist Russia the year before last, Tsarist Russia had no money, in order to launch that summer offensive used up 200 tons, and then spent another 700 tons in a year, and there are 600 tons left. Before the Tsar issued an edict to abdicate, he ordered Kolchak to lead his troops to transport this batch of gold out of the treasury, so now there are 600 tons of gold left!

During this time, we sent a lot of people to investigate. And the suspicious places were investigated and eliminated, and finally it was found that the remaining three places were not investigated by us. These three places are also the most likely places to hide this batch of gold! ”

Ma Boyang put down the water glass and hurriedly asked, "Which three places?" ”

The falcon took out a stack of paper from his pocket and spread it out on the table next to him, it was a hand-drawn map, he pointed to the ground with his finger, and said: "You see, these three places are here, here and here, the first place is Kolchak's headquarters and residence, here is a castle in the city, halfway up the mountainside, heavily guarded. The second place is the ammunition depot, weapons and ammunition are currently Kolchak's lifeblood, so he attaches great importance to the defense of the ammunition depot, and the troops deployed are not less than his headquarters, the place here is large enough and very safe, and the possibility of gold hiding here is also very high; The third place is the railway station, which has been abandoned by our troops since the abandonment of this transport line in Russia. After the evacuation of our defenders from this station, the station was occupied by troops sent by Kolchak, who, judging by the current situation, had been approached from the north and west by the troops of the Soviet and Russian sides. If Kolchak is not defeated by the Soviet Russian army, the only way is to continue to retreat to the south or east, and the attitude of the Russian army in the south is not clear. If the Russians persuaded the Russian army to the south, then the only thing Kolchak could retreat from was to the east. To the east is the defense zone of our army in the Ural Mountains, and a train ride from the Ufa railway station is the best way to quickly retreat from Ufa. And as far as we know, there are currently three trains at the Ufa railway station, all of which are controlled by Kolchak's troops, and the Ufa railway station is guarded by Kolchak's cronies, this guard regiment guards the Ufa railway station so that not even a mosquito can fly in, no one knows the situation inside the railway station, and this railway station may also be where Kolchak hides gold! ”

Ma Boyang also took out a cigarette and lit it with a match, he studied the three locations on the map, studied it for a while, looked up and asked: "Do you think Kolchak's headquarters, this castle halfway up the mountain has the greatest possibility of hiding gold?" ”

Eagle Falcon nodded and said: "Yes, Kolchak is suspicious and extremely cautious, you think, such a large batch of gold, how can he not put it by his side and watch it personally?" ”

Ma Boyang thought for a while and shook his head and said, "Although what you said is very reasonable, I don't think this castle is the most likely place to hide gold!" ”

The falcon was a little surprised when he heard this, and wondered, "Why?" ”

Ma Boyang analyzed: "You see, this castle is halfway up the mountain, even if there is a road leading to the castle from the bottom of the mountain, it is not easy to transport six hundred tons of gold to the castle, the transportation of gold is extremely difficult, if there is an accident on the way to scatter the gold, the news may leak, although Kolchak is suspicious by nature, but he is extremely cautious, he will not fail to think of this!" ”

Eagle Falcon listened to Ma Boyang's analysis and patted his head: "Why didn't I think of this?" So according to your analysis, this batch of gold is either hidden in ammunition depots or railway stations? ”

Ma Boyang took a puff of cigarette and pointed at the ammunition depot with his finger, "The ammunition depot seems to be safe, but in fact it is the most dangerous, once the ammunition depot explodes, not only can all the ammunition not be saved, even the gold hidden in it will be blown up everywhere, and because the explosion will produce high temperatures, the gold will melt away when it encounters high temperatures, so wouldn't it be a loss for Mrs. and a soldier?" In my opinion, there is the greatest possibility that the gold is hidden at the railway station, and if I were Kolchak, I would have ordered someone to carry the gold directly onto the train, and if I wanted to retreat at that time, I would have to run directly by the train, without any preparation, how convenient is it? ”

Eagle Falcon's eyes lit up, and a smile appeared on his face, "Listening to your analysis, the possibility of gold hidden on the train at this railway station is really the greatest, so let's take action immediately and send someone to find out the situation?" ”

"Slow!" Ma Boyang raised his hand and said: "This is just my personal analysis, we don't know if the gold is hidden here, I don't think we can give up the investigation of the other two places, these three places must be investigated before we can know where the gold is hidden."

Eagle Falcon frowned and said: "We have bought a Russian company commander stationed in the ammunition depot, with the cooperation of this company commander, it should not be very difficult for our people to approach the ammunition depot, as for the train station, we can also find a way to blend in, I have Russians under my hands, pretending to be Russian soldiers should be able to sneak in to investigate, but it is Kolchak's headquarters, we haven't found a way to infiltrate and investigate for the time being!" ”

Ma Boyang said with a smile: "This is not difficult, in addition to looking for gold this time, I also have another task, which is to meet Kolchak, he is a person loyal to the tsar, and the domestic high-level thinks that they can support him against Soviet Russia!" ”

The Eagle Falcon was surprised: "Support him against Soviet Russia?" But he only has 200,000 horses under his command, and now most of the areas west of the Ural Mountains controlled by our army are almost occupied by the Soviet Russian army, how can his 200,000 horses withstand the attack of the Soviet Russian army? ”

Ma Boyang shook his head: "As long as there is money and territory, the army can be recruited, besides, you only know that Kolchak is against Soviet Russia, in fact, there are many Russian generals in other places who are against it, let's just say that there are several armies on the side of Belarus and Ukraine that oppose Soviet Russia, and there is also a Russian army of 300,000 people controlled and monitored by our army in the east of the Ural Mountains controlled by our army, and in Siberia, there are nearly 300,000 Russian prisoners we rescued from the Japanese, The total number of so many Russian troops is nearly one million, if they are equipped with sophisticated weapons and supplied with sufficient ammunition, this battle will still have to be fought! It really can't be done, after we defeat the allies, our country and Western countries can send troops to intervene! Kolchak was a close general of Nicholas II, and if we supported him, he could unite the rest of the Russian army against Soviet Russia in his capacity".

The falcon smoked a cigarette and said in surprise: "Listening to you say this, this Kolchak is indeed worthy of support."

The two immediately discussed the next action and decided to divide the work, with Eagle Falcon in charge of sending his intelligence officers to reconnoiter the ammunition depot and the railway station respectively, while Ma Boyang went to meet Kolchak to discuss with Kolchak about supporting him against Soviet Russia, and on the other hand, to reconnoiter Kolchak's castle to see if the gold was hidden in the castle.

The next day, Ma Boyang quietly slipped out of the city with two entourages, and then went to the checkpoint set up by Kolchak's army through regular channels, showing his identity as the president's special envoy, explaining to the Russian military officers at the checkpoint that he wanted to see Kolchak.

When the Russian military officer at the checkpoint heard that Ma Boyang was the special envoy of the President of China, and asked to meet with Kolchak to discuss important matters, he did not dare to slack off at the moment, and immediately called the higher authorities to report after checking Ma Boyang's documents and the authorization documents he carried with him.

The news soon reached Kolchak, Kolchak heard that it was the special envoy of the President of China, and he was secretly frightened, he thought for a long time and did not think about why the President of China would send a special envoy to meet him, after thinking about it carefully, he still decided to meet Ma Boyang, so he called the officers below to bring Ma Boyang and his two entourages to the castle.

When the special envoy of the President of China arrived, Kolchak thought that he really did not dare to make a big deal with his current situation, so he personally went to the gate of the castle to greet him.

"Welcome to Ufa! I'm Kolchak! ”

Ma Boyang shook hands with Kolchak and said with a smile: "It's really not easy to meet the general, I passed through many checkpoints in Soviet Russia along the way before I came here."

Kolchak said strangely: "Since Your Excellency the envoy is coming here, you can be fair and honest along the way, why do you want to hide it?" I believe that in your capacity, even the Soviet Russian army would not dare to embarrass you, right? ”

Ma Boyang said: "Of course I can't let Soviet Russia know that I came to see you, otherwise they will guess the real purpose of my coming to the general, general, can't you guess?" ”

Kolchak suddenly realized: "I understand, Your Excellency the envoy is indeed a distinguished guest, come with me into the castle to rest!" (To be continued......)