Chapter 397: The Plan to Save Russia
Saturday, February 27, 1915, St. Petersburg, Russian branch of the Royal Security Intelligence Service in Australasia.
"Are you all ready? Gentlemen. Monte Konosov looked at the people around him with serious eyes and asked.
"The action group is ready to carry out the order." The middle-aged man who looked at him with a serious and cold face was the first to answer.
"BFIPU doesn't have any problems either, and it's ready to start planning." The younger man replied.
"Tiger, remember to tell your subordinates that you must kill with one blow, and do not leave any clues or tricks." Monte Konosov looked at the middle-aged man known as the tiger and commanded solemnly.
"I understand, boss." The tiger nodded solemnly as well.
"Eagle, contact the tiger at any time, provide corresponding information, and try to prevent the St. Petersburg police from arriving too soon." Monte Konosov looked at another man and commanded.
"Alright, let's get moving! Your Majesty awaits your good news. After the order was completed, Monte Konosov waved his hand and motioned for the two to move on.
St. Petersburg, an unknown house somewhere on the outskirts.
Knock knock!
There was a knock at the door that was not hurried, and Gwenge Gerovsky stood up in surprise, and said angrily as he walked towards the door: "Didn't you say that you should not come to me without permission?" What the hell is it, disturbing people's dreams in the middle of the night. ”
Crunch~
When I opened the door, I found that it was someone I didn't know who was knocking on the door. Gwenger Gelowski was just about to close the door when a strong arm gripped the door frame.
"Is it Mr. Gwenge Gelowski?" The man dressed in black outside the door asked politely.
"You are?" Gwenge Gelowski asked, looking not far away at the drawer of his desk, where he carried the pistol he had carried with him during the day.
"Please don't try to struggle, Mr. Gwenge Gelowski." The man stopped asking, and ordered his men to go and control Gwenge Gerovsky, while he himself entered the house.
"What a good disguise, Mr. Gwenge Gelowski. Who would have believed that this was the residence of the leader of the largest reactionary party in Russia without a prior investigation? The man sat on the only couch in the room, took off his hat, and looked like the tiger from before.
"I don't understand what you're talking about? I'm just an ordinary employee of a machine shop. Although it has been exposed, Gwenge Gelowski tries to struggle and quibble.
"Don't try to quibble, Mr. Gwenge Gerovsky. We wouldn't have found you without adequate investigation, would we? Sit down and talk, my dear Mr. Party Leader. Tiger motioned for his men to tie Gwenger Gerovsky to a chair on one side, while the rest of his men walked upstairs.
"Please, all the affairs of the party have nothing to do with my family, please let my family go." Seeing that his upstairs family was about to suffer, Gwenge Gerovsky took off all his pretense and pleaded.
"Rest assured, Mr. Gwenge Gelowski. I believe that you are a smart person, and under the premise of your absolute cooperation, we will not harm your family. But if we find out that what you say is half false, I promise to send you all to God. Seeing that Gwenger Gerovsky began to cooperate, the tiger nodded in satisfaction, and at the same time did not forget to threaten.
"Tell me about your plans, Mr. Gwenge Gelowski. I heard that you are planning to organize a general strike against the war in the city near the St. Petersburg River, but I wonder who is the planner of this strike? Will we have the pleasure of meeting him? Tiger asked with a smile.
At present, the impact of this war on Russia is still huge, and the living standards of Russian civilians have plummeted because of this war, and even food and clothing are a problem.
This also led to a large proportion of those who opposed the war among the Russian civilian population, and the major political parties seized the opportunity to promote anti-warism.
It was precisely because of this opportunity that Gwenge Gerovsky's opposition party seized this opportunity and became the largest reactionary party in the whole of Tsarist Russia, with hundreds of thousands of members.
If it weren't for the fear of such a party in Russia and its repeated crackdowns, the number of members of Gwenge Gerovsky's opposition party would definitely exceed one million.
"This thing." Gwenge Gerovsky was silent for a few moments before he spoke: "It was planned by Mr. Klin-Francisco Kamanwski in Switzerland. ”
Tiger nodded, not surprised by the answer.
According to the investigation of the Royal Security Intelligence Service, although Gwenge Gerovsky is the leader of the opposition party, the person behind the entire Russian opposition party, and even most of Russia's democratic and liberal parties, as well as most of the Russian workers and civilians, is actually the person behind the trust and admiration of the entire Russian opposition party, and even most of the Russian workers and civilians.
After the failure of the Russo-Japanese War to plot a revolution, Clin-Francisco Kamanwski fled to Switzerland in order to escape capture by the Russian government, but was always concerned about the situation in Russia.
At the outbreak of the First World War, Klim-Francisco Kamanvsky immediately perceived that this was an opportunity for all revolutionary classes in Russia and the best opportunity to overthrow Russian feudalism and monarchy.
As a result, a large number of workers' strikes were planned and executed, which also made the already crisis-ridden Russian government even more shocked.
"Who are all the parties involved in the general strike and their key personnel?" The tiger nodded and continued to ask.
"The Democratic Party, the Workers' Party, the Menshevik Party, the National Party. All the parties that can be named are involved in the planning of this general strike. After betraying his conscience, Gwenge Gerovsky was surprised to find that the answers to the questions were not so difficult, and even the answers were almost blurted out.
"Very well, I am satisfied with your answer, Mr. Gwenge Gelowski. Now it's your turn to do with you, my dear Mr. Party Leader. After asking all the questions, the tiger looked at Gwenge Gelowski and said with a little meaning.
"You can do whatever you want, but can you spare my family? My family is innocent, they did not participate in any reactionary acts, they remain loyal to His Majesty the Tsar. "Gwenge Gerovsky is not afraid of death, he is afraid of the safety of his family.
"We're not big treachers, Mr. Gwenge Gelowski." Tiger smiled and said, "If you are willing to cooperate with us, then I guarantee that your family and you will be safe." ”
Gwenge Gelowski sighed, knowing that it was time to make a final decision about his own safety and that of his family, and said, "Say it, sir. As long as I can ensure the safety of my family, I am willing to cooperate with you and the government's actions. ”
Until now, Gwenge Gerovsky still believed that the Tigers were troops of the Tsarist government with the aim of extinguishing the rebellion in Russia.
As the leader of Russia's largest reactionary party, Gwenge Gerovsky had long expected his fate, but he did not expect that the Russian government would be able to find his secret home.
You know, just the officials in St. Petersburg, Russia, Gwenge Gerovsky bribed I don't know how many, who leaked the news?
"Tonight's events are considered nothing, but you need to inform us in advance of all the strikes and other demonstrations in the future, understand?" Tiger said with a smile.
Solve one Gwenger Gelowski, and another Gwenge Gelowski will come forward.
He is like Clin-Francisco Kamanvsky's puppet in Russia, who can be propped up at will.
Rather than this, it would be better to penetrate directly into the upper echelons of the Russian reactionary party through Gwenge Gerovsky, learn about all the actions planned by the Russian reactionary party, and inform Russia to prepare in advance.
Hearing that the other party was able to let himself go so easily, Gwenge Gerovsky's eyes widened in disbelief.
"That's all we could ask for, Mr. Gwenge Gelowski. I hope you are a smart person and don't challenge the capabilities of our intelligence services. If you miss any of the demonstrations, explain them to God when the time comes. Before finally leaving, the tiger made a slight threat.
The operation was much more than that, and with the exception of Gwenge Gerovsky, the Royal Security Intelligence Service patronized the residences of most of the leading members of the Russian reactionary party, and offered cordial and friendly condolences to these reactionary members.
Some of the more cooperative, like Gwenge Gerovsky, were let go after a brief questioning.
For those who are not cooperative, the intelligence officers can only ask them to go to God and let them show their loyalty to God.
After a night of operation, hundreds of intelligence officers in Russia were all dispatched, and quite good results were achieved.
Those in the opposition who have been forced to cooperate with the Royal Security Intelligence Service can also monitor each other.
If there are any inconsistencies in the intelligence, it proves that someone must be lying, and that is when the intelligence services will be dispatched the next time.
In addition to the operation on the Russian side, after the Tiger reported to the upper echelons, Monte Konosov asked the Royal Security Intelligence Service in France to cooperate with the operation and go to Switzerland to pay respects to Clin-Francisco Kamanwski, who was hiding behind all the demonstrations in Russia.
On February 28, 1915, the St. Petersburg police chief, who had just entered his office, was surprised to find a document on his desk.
When I opened the document, it was clearly written that the strike march planned in St. Petersburg and the surrounding cities three days later, as well as all the political parties involved in the march.
It also lists several high-ranking members of the political parties involved, as well as details of their families.
The head of the St. Petersburg police did not dare to be careless, since the last time a workers' march broke out in St. Petersburg, Nicholas II gave a death order not to see a single workers' strike and march in St. Petersburg.
This also means that if this workers' strike is allowed to take place, the chief of the police department will lose his official hat and may even affect a large number of officials.
In order to ensure that there were no problems with the security of St. Petersburg, the chief of police urgently sent this document to Nicholas II.
Nicholas II was outraged by such a general strike of workers and ordered all police stations in St. Petersburg and nearby cities to prepare in advance, severely punish the leaders and try to comfort the participants.
In order to reduce the number of people on a general strike as much as possible, Nicholas II also ordered the distribution of a batch of free supplies to workers in St. Petersburg and nearby cities, with practical benefits to alleviate the discontent of the workers.
Of course, this batch of materials was deducted from the war materials given by Britain, France, and Australia, and they were all used to increase Russia's combat effectiveness anyway. It's not your own, and you don't feel distressed when you use it.
As predicted in that document, on March 3, 1915, a massive workers' strike broke out in St. Petersburg.
According to statistics, the number of workers on strike was as high as 35,000, and it also affected some small cities around St. Petersburg.
Had it not been for the police and the Russian security system, I am afraid that this general strike would have spread to many surrounding cities, and the impact would have been far greater than it is now.
After the Russian government urgently distributed supplies to appease them, at least half of the workers stopped participating in the strike, and the rest only participated in the herd, and left immediately after being advised by the police.
The St. Petersburg Police Department carried out Nicholas II's order very well, that is, to severely punish the plotters and try to soothe the participants.
On March 3 alone, the St. Petersburg Police Department arrested more than 1,000 strike "plotters" and killed more than 10 people on the spot.
Nearly 2,000 people were imprisoned and dozens were shot dead on the spot, and the March 3 general strike was also called Red Wednesday within the reactionary party.
After the failure of the general strike, some of the top members of the reactionary party, led by Gwenge Gerovsky, began to preach the theory of recuperation and secretly waiting for the right moment.
Coupled with the failure of this general strike, which was orchestrated by many parties, the proposal to wait for an opportunity for the time being was accepted by the majority, and the crisis in Russia was temporarily lifted.
Arthur, who was far away in Australasia and received the results of the Russian general strike, was finally relieved.
At least until the end of World War I, Russia fell too quickly in a way that Arthur did not want to see.
Russia attracted a large number of German troops to Britain, France, and Australia on the Eastern Front, and Australasia only needed to provide a part of the weapons and equipment and strategic materials, so that it could sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and laugh at the development of the war in Europe.
If Russia, the main combat force, is lost, not only Britain and France will face greater losses, but Australasia will also be required by Britain and France to send more main combat troops, which is not a good thing for Australasia.
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