Omsk.

Kolchak, once illustrious, is now just a wretched worm under house arrest. Sitting alone in front of the window, he could not understand why his fate had changed so much in less than a year.

A year earlier, he had been confident in himself and ambitious enough to do something big, ready to save Russia's future from danger. At that time, he considered himself the only leader of Russia, who was expected by everyone in the world.

Especially when he took Kazan with half a million troops and threatened Moscow, he thought that victory was in sight. But two little-known pawns shattered his dreams - Tukhachevsky blocked Nizhny Novgorod with a ridiculous patchwork army group on the frontal battlefield, while behind him, another lame veteran, Blyukhel, went thousands of miles to mess up his rear.

Who is Tukhachevsky? Who is Blyukhel? For Kolchak, who became famous early, when he first heard these two names, his first reaction was: "Who is that?" WHO？ ”

But these two nobodies beat the fearless general who was invincible before him, and it was they who joined forces to strangle the hope of "democracy" and "freedom" in infancy.

Kolchak was not convinced, and he couldn't understand why he lost to the two NOBODIES, and at one point he blamed his defeat on the enemy being too evil!

However, after being locked up in this dark cell for a while, Kolchak, who had plenty of time to reflect on his mistakes, began to re-examine himself and find another lesson from his failures.

"My troops are a rabble." He wrote so in his diary. "Compared to the Bolshevik Red Bandits, who were full of 'evil' desires. My army lacks the goals and ideals to fight for. There are only three things they are interested in - alcohol, women, and money! ”

Kolchak's conclusion is correct, the White Army does lack "ideals", and more realistically, they attach more importance to material comforts, and once their boss cannot provide enough material comforts, they will not hesitate to choose another boss.

This is how Kolchak was fired, and after being routed by the Eastern Front, he had to flee in the direction of Siberia with the remnants of the defeated army, carrying hundreds of thousands of monks, nobles and capitalists. According to the supreme ruler's idea, the only way to get closer to the armies of foreign allies (Japanese and American troops occupied parts of the Far East). in order to regroup.

It's a pity that this part of the journey is too long, and under the pursuit of the Red Army, the poor fugitives are all soldiers, not to mention the wolf's strength. It can be said that with each additional step to the west, their dislike of Kolchak deepens.

Upon arrival in Omsk, all resentment and discontent finally erupted at the instigation of the Mensheviks and the Socialist-Revolutionaries. Enraged soldiers dragged the dreadnought general, whom they once regarded as gods and idols, out of the train, and beat him violently, while the hungry monks did not hesitate to salivate at the dreadnought's face.

Before Kolchak could recover from this sudden blow, the Social Revolutionaries and the Mensheviks, who had long since seen him unpleasantly, announced that he had been deposed of a single right. He was asked to "resign immediately to recuperate".

At the time, Kolchak did not intend to throw in the towel. He believed that this was nothing more than a ridiculous coup d'état planned by the unwilling opposition within the White Army, and that as soon as the Allied allies behind him spoke, these clowns would be wiped out!

However, what Kolchak didn't expect was that the allies of the Entente did speak, but it made him disappear:

The British said: "General Kolchak is really unfit to continue to lead Russia against the evil Bolsheviks, he desperately needs rest and rest!" ”

"Based on the principles of democracy, if the Russian Constituent Council considers it necessary to change its leader, then we can only agree!" The US government does not intend to interfere in the internal affairs of Russia! ”

The French also said: "The most urgent thing now is to change the situation of the war in Western Siberia, and not to discuss the question of the change of leadership of the Russian Provisional Government." The French people are only concerned about when democracy and freedom will be restored in Russia, and they are not concerned about the internal political problems of Russia! ”

At that time, Kolchak was stunned, these damn rascals didn't say that before! The supreme consul soon understood that he had been abandoned by his former allies!

Even these former allies are more concerned about the issue of gold, and they can't wait to transfer the gold brought out of the Kazan treasury out of Russia, the sooner the better!

Of course, the excuse given by the great thugs of the Entente was still bright: "These funds are safer only if they are kept outside of Russia, and they are jointly supervised and managed by the Entente bloc to ensure that they are not stolen and wasted!" ”

Kolchak knew very well what the idea of these hooligans was, but he couldn't refuse, he couldn't even control his own fate, let alone the fate of such a large sum of gold.

Of course, Kolchak did not know that while he was squatting in the small dark room to reflect, there was an open and covert struggle between the Entente, the Cheka and the National Political Security Bureau, as well as the White Army, around this gold.

The first to appear was naturally the Entente, how could they not salivate hundreds of tons of gold? Whether it was Britain and France, which had taken advantage of the war, the United States, Japan, or Italy, which had made a lot of gains, or Italy, which had saved its own money like the soy sauce party, they all looked at this gold with their eyes open. They demanded that this gold be transported out of Russia by special train immediately, as soon as possible!

However, their hopes were hardly realized, because they were not the only ones who coveted the gold, but also the Russian White Guards, Mensheviks and Social Revolutionaries, as well as the remaining Czech Legion and the generals of the Entente intervention forces.

And for them, they also have the advantage of being close to the water, after all, this batch of gold is still under their supervision and control for the time being, and they don't want to spit out the fat in their mouths again. If it weren't for the feelings of the Entente hooligans. They had already privately divided up this amount of gold. Then he happily went home to live a small life.

After all, for the thorns in the side of these Bolsheviks who remained in Russia. The Entente group is the back road, if the back road is broken, then it is really the front door to meet the wolf and the back door to resist the tiger!

So as for how this batch of gold should be "distributed", the big hooligans of the Entente and the pawns of the Entente have been arguing, everyone wants to take advantage, and no one will give in!

And it was this kind of raffle that gave the Bolsheviks a chance to take it back as long as the gold remained in Russia!

And so the second gold contender came in. The Eastern Front and the Cheka bit Kolchak's ass tightly like hounds, followed all the way to Omsk, and several times tried to pounce on it and swallow large chunks of "fat".

Of course, both the Cheka and the Eastern Front were not ready to embezzle the gold, but went for merit. If they recapture the gold, it will be a miracle, and these precious funds can greatly stabilize Russia's collapsed financial markets, and even buy large quantities of life-saving grain on the international market. In a sense, reclaiming gold is no less than instigating a world revolution.

Trotsky was very concerned about this, and more than once telegraphed to Brusilov that he must regain the gold as much as possible. The sooner the better!

And the last one to appear is a certain immortal, and the idea of a certain immortal is very simple. He just wanted to put this batch of gold into his pocket, anyway, the whereabouts of this gold in history is also a mystery, and all people or countries related to this batch of gold have denied getting this batch of gold. In that case, he won't have any problem taking it. At least into the purse of his immortal, the gold can play its value earlier, and it can be regarded as staying in Russia.

At a time when everyone in the world is concerned about Russia's sudden pressure on the three Baltic states and the fate of the three Baltic states, who would not have thought that a certain immortal who proposed this construction has already arrived in Omsk alone.

Of course, arriving in Omsk alone, it not only means that a certain immortal will also fight alone in the future. In Kolchak's troops, a certain immortal still planted a few nails in advance, such as the Yakov brothers and sisters, such as the one-eyed Peter.

"Where is the gold?" A certain immortal asked a straight question.

"All of them were stored on the Zài train, and were guarded by the Czech Legion, the White Army, and the Entente Expeditionary Force." Yakov replied.

Li Xiaofeng nodded, and at this time Natalia also added: "The guards are very strict, my girls have not been able to get close to the special train despite all their efforts, the only thing that is more credible is that it seems that the people who guard the gold in the special train are very unusual!" ”

"What's not the law?" Li Xiaofeng asked.

"These guys are unkind, they don't talk to anyone, they can live with just a little water and bread," said Natalia helplessly, "Sometimes I wonder if these guys are ascetics!" Anyway, they are the closest to saints in the White Army. ”

Li Xiaofeng nodded again and turned to the only one-eyed Peter who didn't speak. This former boss of the Petrograd underworld has now disappeared from his body, and seeing a certain immortal is like seeing an old cat's mouse.

He stammered: "Sir, I have nothing to add, by your order I pay more attention to the movements of Kolchak and the Socialist-Revolutionaries, and I really do not pay attention to gold!" ”

"I know," Li Xiaofeng asked casually, "is there any new movement in Kolchak and the Social Revolutionary?" ”

"Kolchak is under house arrest, the Mensheviks and the Social Revolutionaries have been arguing about what to do with him, you should know, those guys are not over as soon as they quarrel, I guess there will be no result for a while!"

Li Xiaofeng nodded, and said seemingly casually: "Okay, it seems that your work in this section is quite fruitful." Now it's time to talk about the future! ”

This sentence immediately attracted the attention of the Yakov brothers and sisters and the one-eyed Peter, and it is not okay not to pay attention to it! Now that the defeat of the White Army is obvious, it is not surprising that the future of Russia will be the world of the Bolsheviks. Although the three of them have a certain immortal as a big backer, and it is not a big problem to continue to mix in Russia, but it is always very awkward, isn't it?

For example, the one-eyed Peter is a gangster, and in Bolshevik Russia there will be no soil for the underworld for the next seventy or eighty years. Goods like him. Later, he was either shot directly as a counter-revolutionary or worked to death in a concentration camp. Although a certain immortal was able to save him from death. But what about the future? He is accustomed to the rotten life of capitalism. Is it possible to work as a small worker in a factory or return to the countryside to farm?

Speaking of Natalia, this young lady's livelihood is not so glorious, and it is polite to say that he is like an old bustard. Does this business have a future in Russia? Can't let a certain immortal get her the art troupe to continue to play her strengths, right?

Anyway, their identities are quite embarrassing, as the end of the White Army is approaching day by day, they are all thinking about the future, and now that a certain immortal has taken the initiative to mention this issue, they are naturally very concerned.

"Yakov, I'll give you two options. One was to return to the headquarters of the State Political Security Bureau to serve at my side, and the other was to retreat with the remnants of the White Army, trying to carry out intelligence work in the Far East. ”

Speaking of this, Li Xiaofeng stopped and quietly waited for Yakov's choice.

However, Yakov did not directly say his choice, but asked: "What about Natalia?" Same as me? ”

"No!" Li Xiaofeng shook his head and said, "My choice for Natalia is either to carry out intelligence work in the Far East with you, or to serve with my partner in the United States, of course, if she doesn't want to leave Russia." They can also return to Petrograd or Moscow to continue their literary and artistic work. ”

When Yakov heard this, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. He was really worried that some immortal would continue to use his sister to do some high-risk work, such as sending her to a political enemy to go undercover or something.

And now it seems that a certain immortal is not evil to the end, so he immediately asked: "If Natalia goes to the United States, what will she do?" ”

Li Xiaofeng smiled, because he had long known that Yakov would choose the path to the United States for his sister, and if Natalia could go to the United States to start a new life and forget all the unpleasantness of Russia, wouldn't this be exactly what his brother wanted?

"My Jewish partner has a film company in the United States, and if Natalia is interested, she can become a star, or she can consider working within the company, or she can even just take shares and do nothing."

Yakov was so satisfied with the answer of a certain immortal that he immediately said: "Then let Natalia go to the United States!" ”

"Brother!"

Natalia didn't mean to be happy, she knew very well that once she chose the most comfortable path, then her brother would have to face an extremely difficult road. As a good sister, she doesn't want her brother to take a life because of this.

"Listen to me, Natalia, this is an opportunity!" Yakov said excitedly, "You can start all over again, you can regain your happiness!" And that's exactly what I dreamed of! ”

"But, you ......" Natalia was interrupted by Yakov as soon as she spoke, and he looked at his sister affectionately and said, "My sister, you have sacrificed too much for me, and I am ashamed to be an older brother. Now it's my brother's turn to do something for you! I don't want and won't allow you to say no! Do you understand? ”

Natalia was very entangled, she wanted to speak several times, but Yakov stopped her with her eyes, until a certain immortal interjected very scenously: "Don't you make it as good as life and death, right?" It seems that you have no faith in me! ”

Neither Yakov nor Natalia spoke, but their expressions were already clear, to which a certain immortal could only shrug: "What about you?" Yakov, have you chosen? ”

Yakov glanced at Natalia, took a deep breath, and asked rhetorically: "What do you want me to do?" ”

Li Xiaofeng smiled, dealing with smart people is easier and more pleasant, Yakov already knows what he should do.

"After the matter here is dealt with, you will return to the National Political Security Bureau as my assistant, I lack a trustworthy person by my side!"

Indeed, Li Xiaofeng's identity is too special, as the head of a country's intelligence agency, as an immortal, he has too many secrets. These secrets could not see the light of day, but in the next few decades, due to the needs of the struggle, he needed an assistant, and he needed someone who knew his secrets to help him do something that no one else could do. For the past two years, he has been looking for such an assistant.

Vasily was loyal to him, but the boy was too honest to take part in the political struggle. Bulganin's ability is enough, but judging from later history, this person's ambition is not small at all, anyway, Li Xiaofeng can't fully trust him.

Chosen and chosen, only Yakov was the most suitable for that role, he did not have much political ambition, but he was familiar with the ugliness of politics, and his relationship with a certain immortal was quite special, and he knew many peculiarities of a certain immortal. A person like him will not betray Li Xiaofeng, so he can be an assistant to an immortal.

Without hesitation, Yakov agreed to a certain immortal, and then sat back in silence, and judging by his expression, he had made up his mind that he would never regret it.

Li Xiaofeng was very satisfied with Yakov's attitude, so when he turned his head to look at the last poor one-eyed Peter, he was very relaxed: "As for you Peter, I will give you a large amount of start-up capital, and you will go to the Far East in advance, preferably to take root in the northeast region of China...... I need you to act as an agent, preferably to get in touch with the local forces, remember not to be any underworld boss in the future, you have to learn to cover yourself with serious business, understand? (To be continued......)

PS: Bow and thank you to the glorious Charter, hzwangdd, yyhu, Southern Rangers and Comrade Juventus!