Nikolai? Makarov began his espionage activities in Samara, and unlike the two republics of Siberia and the Far East, which carried out a strong ideological transformation and stabilization of the army, Makarshev did not do much in the Urals. Makashev did not preside over the Volga-Ural Military District for a long time, and he did not establish a team that was completely loyal to himself like Yankov and Novozlov, let alone the support of Qi Yiming behind him, so Makashev's influence in the Urals was actually very insufficient.

And because Makashev is not a good person, he is not liked by his subordinates, and sometimes even openly insults his subordinates. This also caused him to create a rift with his subordinates in the army.

The Ural Army had six main divisions, and only two of which Makashev could fully command, and the remaining four divisions depended more or less on the ideas of the cadres in the division and the inclination of the soldiers. In fact, it was mainly because Makashev could not trust the officers who led the troops, so he could not let these troops go to the North Caucasus to fight, because the possibility of never returning was too high.

Nikolai did not know Sergei, the commander of the 213th Division, but the tavern owner whom Sergei frequented was indeed a former KGB employee, now an employee of the Federal Security Service. Sergei had a good relationship with the tavernkeeper, and the two were able to talk to each other. Nikolai took this opportunity to be introduced by the tavern owner to Commander Sergei.

Most of the friendships of Russian men were established at the wine table, and after Nikolai had a few drinks with Sergei, Sergei began to pour out his displeasure with Makashev.

"Makashev's thing with no sense of honor is clearly a ruffian and hooligan mixed in the army, he said that he believes in communist 'property' and 'capitalism', but what kind of thing does he do like a real CP person? He only knows how to be powerful in the army, and he is also jealous of the virtuous and powerful, and has no loyalty to the country, and his mind is full of his personal or small group interests. Sergey couldn't help complaining, and after drinking a few glasses of vodka, he spoke much more with interest.

Nikolai deliberately asked him: "And in your mind, is your country the USSR or Russia?" ”

Sergei raised his glass and drank a bottom, burped, and sighed: "Actually, what's the difference?" We little people can't decide these things, I can't tell whether Russia is better or the Soviet Union is better, but it definitely won't be like what Makashev is doing now! You must know that we are not honorary citizens loyal to the country, but warlords, warlords! ”

Nikolai sensed Sergei's unhappiness, and at this time he lowered his voice and asked: "If there is an opportunity to overthrow Makhashev's rule and return the Ural region to the embrace of the state, would you like it?" ”

When Sergei heard this, he sobered up a lot, but he didn't say anything, looked Nikolai up and down a few times, and said: "Are you really an agent with scheming and purpose?" Are you from Chita or Moscow? ”

Nikolai laughed and said: "I serve in the Federal Security Service of Russia. ”

Sergei nodded, but Nikolai could see some disappointment in his expression, and said secretly: "Does he want to take refuge in the Siberian side more?" So do you want to introduce him? Soon Nikolai overturned his idea, although he was a double agent, he worked as a Russian agent before the real superiors activated him, and the consequence of the event could be to trap himself and the whole mission in it.

And even if Sergei is allowed to vote for Siberia, the consequences may not be borne by Nikolai and his fellow agents. Therefore, Nikolai chose to stick to the initial plan and let Serge cover up against Makashev.

Sergei muttered: "In the past few days, some barracks have received leaflets accusing Makashev of his crimes, saying that he betrayed the country and the army, I guess you did it, right?" Are you trying to make a move on Makhashev? ”

Nikolai did not answer directly, and said: "It is irresponsible to the state to let such a dangerous person as Makashev continue to increase his strength and continue to persecute the people of the Ural region." There have always been people in the city who are very dissatisfied with Makhashev's actions, and there are often calls among the people for the complete handing over of the local authorities to the central government. ”

Sergei smoked a cigarette and said: "But in the final analysis, it has to be reflected in the military, anyway, how many people have you persuaded to do this with you?" ”

Nikolai replied: "We have carried out persuasion work in almost any army, some at a higher level, some at the lower level, but what can be assured is that if we ascend to the heights, most of the fighters of the Ural Military District will respond to the call for justice." ”

Sergei sneered: "This is empty talk, you are nothing more than a unit that is sure to get into trouble with you now, has it not been done, right?" ”

Nikolai laughed, "Do you think such important information can I tell you so simply?" However, Division Commander Sergei, if you can participate in our operation with a deep sense of righteousness, my superiors can guarantee you a better future, maybe the next chief of staff of the military district, or the deputy commander of the military district? You are talented enough to do such a job. ”

This temptation still has a certain effect on Sergei, after all, a careless person like Makashev will not bother to divide military ranks at all, and Sergei, who is not in agreement with Makashev, basically has no possibility of going further. But if Makashev is pulled down, then there is good hope that he will keep climbing up.

Nikolai picked up some more attractive conditions and told Sergei, Sergei was in a high position, so he could naturally see that Makashev's regime was actually unstable. Although he took over the administration, the administrative chaos in the Urals was much worse than in Siberia. Siberia and the Far East were basically on track, and at this time, the Russian Urals, although not anarchy, were by no means flattering.

Sergei was not able to agree for a while, but he said that he would have to think about it when he returned, and Nikolai felt that it was not very difficult to convince Sergei. At this time, in other units, there are also various agents using different methods to win over those powerful figures in the Ural Army.

Poor intelligence did not make it clear to Makashev what was going on under his rule, and the materials attacking Makashev and promoting Russia were secretly circulating in Samara, and Makashev had no idea about it.

Nikolai's subsequent work focused on fooling young and enthusiastic junior officers, who were often more impulsive than senior officers like Sergei, who were older and more experienced, and Nikolai himself was relatively easy to communicate with when he was young, and instilling in them some nationalism and patriotism was easily accepted by these people.

Nikolai also portrayed Makashev as a greedy, selfish, shameless and ambitious warlord, and told the junior officers that following Makashev was definitely not a good way out, and that only by truly joining the Russian army could there be a future. Because Russia is already a country of "democracy and freedom", there is fairness and justice everywhere, as long as you work hard and are talented, you will definitely be recognized, become a hero of the country, and achieve self-realization.

These contents are very attractive to some officers and military personnel who do not really know about Russia, just like many residents of Western Russia, before the fall of the Soviet Union, they thought that a democratic and free society was the best, and they could achieve a better development and life, but when the real democracy and freedom came, they found that in fact, it was just a transformation from one chaotic mode to another, and perhaps some people were more inclined to the previous chaotic mode. So many Russians have a strong sense of being deceived.

Nikolai didn't have to think about whether he had deceived these officers or not, all he needed to do was to draw a world that was too beautiful to be real, so that these junior officers and soldiers would be motivated to join it. His model is very similar to the armed uprising in China during the Xinhai Revolution, in which new-minded junior officers were the main force of the revolution, and there was a general trend pushing them to do so. What Nikolai did was to make these junior officers and soldiers of the Ural army feel this "general trend", even if it was false and unreal.

Putin, who was in charge of intelligence in the Urals, was very satisfied with Nikolai's actions, especially when he encountered difficulties in winning over the middle and upper echelons of the army, and he immediately found a new way. However, Putin is slightly stronger than Nikolai in that Nikolai succeeded in establishing a base among some junior soldiers and junior officers, and Putin immediately took advantage of this trend and turned his head to do the work of those senior colonels and even generals.

However, Putin did not fully pin his hopes on instigating a mutiny in the army, and he also had some alpha in his hands, and they came to the Urals to plan an assassination operation against Makashev. It can be said that the Urals, which are loosely structured and do not have a strong centripetal force, are basically maintained by Makhashev's own authority and loyalty to his own strength. If Makashev can be directly eradicated, the prestige is enough to stand up and eat the generals of the Ural Military District no longer exist, and at this time, the government of the Russian Federation can come out to recruit peace.

After some deliberations between Putin and Nikolai, they thought that these two things could be combined into one thing, and at the same time as the mutiny was chaotic, the special forces were used to assassinate Makashev, and when Makashev was successfully assassinated, the military district would inevitably be in chaos, and then he would be able to smoothly announce the naturalization of the Urals into the federal government. The Yeltsin government will be able to eat the entire Volga-Ural Military District almost bloodlessly, and more than 200,000 troops will be replenished into the Russian army.