In the three hundred years since it was founded, Yekaterinburg had a population of just over a few hundred thousand.

At the end of the 19th century, a large number of metal ores were discovered here, ushering in the great development of the industrial age.

In just a few years of the Second World War, a large number of factories were relocated here, and it became the economic, political and industrial center of the whole of Russia from the economic and political center of the Urals.

The population also tripled rapidly, to more than half a million people.

For the sparsely populated Soviet Union, it was already a large city with a concentrated population.

Before the train entered the station, Zhou Zhen had already dropped his luggage through the window and jumped out of the window.

In the car, when Kansk found his own bullet and put it into the chamber, he could no longer see Zhou Zhen's figure.

He sighed and decided to take this week's experience as a dream.

Zhou Zhen found his luggage by the snow-covered railway line, and then crammed it into the space.

At this time, Kansk was more afraid that this secret would be exposed, and if the matter was exposed, his life would definitely not be guaranteed.

Therefore, Zhou Zhen did not have the slightest worry, and was not afraid of his whereabouts being exposed at all.

The munitions train will stay in Yekaterinburg for more than three days to redistribute ammunition and transport it to different battlefields.

Zhou Zhen didn't want to wait here for three days, he was still ahead of Louise and the others, and if he waited for three days, he would be left behind.

More importantly, he wanted to go to Chelyabinsk, which is only two hundred kilometers from Yekaterinburg, to get more information.

Chelyabinsk is a border city that, like Yekaterinburg, was developed on the basis of local minerals.

Because the two cities have a lot in common, Chelyabinsk has not been well-known.

A meteor shower in the new century came to the city, causing more than 1,000 casualties, which is Zhou Zhen's earliest memory of Chelyabinsk.

However, there is a difference in this, that is, there is an additional plutonium mine in the Chelyabinsk minerals.

The production of this nuclear raw material has allowed the city to occupy a very important position in the development of the nuclear industry.

The well-developed industrial technology reserve has turned it into the center of the nuclear industry.

Zhou Zhen's current information is mainly concentrated in Siberia, which is too far away from the center of the Soviet Union and is only used as a resource supply base, so there is not much relevant information.

But this place is different, and Zhou Zhen believes that he can get more information here.

And this information can not only make Louise's life better, but also bring a lot of returns to Kivens' own family.

This could improve the fate of his family in Germany and change the fate of his wife and children.

Germany would face a great famine in the next few years, and it would not settle down until the fifties.

He is not the real Kivens, and he does not have that kind of sincere and infinite love for his wife and children, but since he has assumed this status, he must also consider Kivens's family.

Moreover, he also wanted to be closer to Louise's family and move the family from the American occupation to Switzerland, which was also his plan.

At this time, he needs to get more information to prove his worth.

In the permafrost forest, Zhou Zhen galloped in the forest along the wilderness not far from the highway line.

It's full of forests, lakes, and swamps.

It is only along the road route that there can be a connected road.

He didn't dare to get too close to the road, and when someone passed by, he had to hide.

However, the cold weather makes it easy for him to travel, and in winter, there are only a handful of pedestrians here.

It took less than seven hours, and before midnight came, Zhou Zhen came to this mineral city smoothly.

Before entering the city, he took off his skis, wore a winter hat and a cotton coat, like an ordinary Russian.

Avoiding checkpoints and patrolling teams, Zhou Zhen wandered around the city and figured out the geographical location of the main institutions.

Then, he was the first to come to the city's post office.

In this era, the post office and the telegraph office were all together, and the telegraph office was always manned.

He successfully infiltrated the telephone control room here, and through the Yellow Pages, he found some information that could not be found on the surface.

Just like the office of the nuclear industry, such an institution will not hang a signboard at the door, and even if you pass by the door, you will not know what the yard is for.

However, by installing the system by phone, you can find out where the organization you want to know is located.

It took two hours, and before four o'clock in the morning, Zhou Zhen got the catalog he wanted to know, and went to the Revolutionary Committee building here in the night.

Inside the Revolutionary Committee building, there are more detailed addresses of the various institutions and even some minutes of meetings.

Through these meeting minutes, it is not only possible to know how far their nuclear research has progressed, but also to find out the names of some of the specific persons in charge.

In the database, Zhou Zhen has been copying all kinds of materials and storing all the data into the biological computer.

The large amount of information consumed too much time for Zhou Zhen, and it was not until it was dawn that he was about to go to work, and he left the data room satisfied.

Returning the data room and door to their original state, he entered a common bathroom and washed up under the cold faucet.

Refreshed, Zhou Zhen swaggered and nodded to a few personnel on duty, and then walked out of the building.

The city is a little smaller than Krasnoyarsk, but the area of the city is larger.

Krasnoyarsk is the central city of Siberia, which has taken on more functions and is now also an important city of the Great Rear.

However, Chelyabinsk is a loose mineral-industrial city based on the mining areas around the city.

Here, people like Zhou Zhen will not attract the attention of others.

He deliberately wore a beard, which was not much different from most Russian workers.

It took him half a day to figure out the location of several main targets based on the distribution of telephone lines.

And in the process of observing the Nuclear Research Institute, he also found a temporary habitat for himself.

This is an abandoned mineral processing area, there is an abandoned mine hole, after Zhou Zhen touched it, he found that the area here is not small, and there are several floors in it.

He lurked on a platform on the second basement floor, took out his quilt, sheets, and pillows, and lay there to sleep comfortably.

When he woke up, it was already past seven o'clock in the evening, and he put away the cover and went out of the cave, where he ate two loaves of bread and drank a cup of coffee from the thermos barrel.

The space has a constant function, and these breads and coffees are all hot.

Having eaten and drunk enough, he was ready to act.

Following his observations during the day, he jumped over a two-meter-high fence with barbed wire in the gap between the watchtower and the building on the northwest side of the institute.

After jumping in, his hand grabbed the window lattice on the second floor of the building and landed lightly on the ground.

There was hardly any sound during the whole process, and he was just below the side of the watchtower, in the dark area under the lights, and the people in the watchtower were also blind spots.

The lights in the yard were intense, and there were almost no blind spots illuminated by a dozen high-power incandescent lamps.

And there are a lot of people on duty here, and at this time, there are still a lot of people coming and going.

The building was a square hollow shape, and Zhou Zhen was fully open, avoiding the line of sight and entering the staircase.

After entering, his heart relaxed, and then he went up to the top along a staircase in the corner, observing the situation outside through the downstairs of the staircase.

Sitting there and observing for more than an hour, Zhou Zhen figured out the rules of the inspectors, and at the same time, through the analysis of the layout of the building and the telephone lines here, Zhou Zhen analyzed the approximate number of working groups here.

Because of one institution, other aspects can be hidden, but the functional part is difficult to hide.

There are nearly 30 telephone lines here, all but a few leadership lines.

As long as it is an important group, there will definitely be a telephone line to contact the outside world.

Zhou Zhen waited patiently, and then at about ten o'clock in the evening, he finally waited for the last group to leave after work and go to the dormitory.

The lights in the courtyard were half off, but there were still seven or eight lights on in important places.

The protection here is tight, but the patrol officers are not so dedicated.

The main thing is that it is far from the major urban centers, and it is almost impossible for foreigners to come to this city.

No one can survive in this city like Zhou Zhen without the need for supplies.

There are no outsiders, and the protection here has become formalism more often than not.

Rounds are made every half hour, but the inspectors almost always check the doors of the office and walk through the corridors.

As for some dead ends, no one paid attention.

After the patrol officers left, Zhou Zhen carefully searched for his target in the dark, through the bright light outside.

The leadership structure of the Institute, the functions of each group, the responsible affairs of the main groups, and the main person in charge are all the information that Zhou Zhen wants to obtain.

And these, after going around in several major leaders' offices, have already figured out seven or eight percent.

Others can't remember this, but for Zhou Zhen won't, he can still analyze the importance of each person through these materials.

Here, although Igor Kurchatov, the father of the Soviet atomic bomb, is named the head of the Soviet Union, he rarely appears here.

Zhou Zhen understood all the personnel information, the project that everyone was responsible for, and the progress of the project.

He didn't take any of the information with him, because all the information was in his head.

And he was able to return to its original position untouched with every piece of information, without anyone noticing.

Before dawn, he avoided the sight of the guards from the same way and left the courtyard.

This time, he came to the train station again, knocked out the dispatcher in the dispatch room, got the train schedule, and snatched all the cash from him.

There wasn't much cash, and he just wanted to make people think he was there to rob and confuse the vision.

Then he lifted the canvas roof of a carriage carrying copper ingots, and without alarming anyone, he got in.

After daybreak, the train slowly left the station, aiming for Moscow.

(I'm home, although I haven't recovered yet, I'll try to get back to normal tomorrow.) ）

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