The ferry slowly headed for Sevastopol along the Kerch Strait, and Joseph Stalin sat in a corner with a dozen Caucasian einsatzgruppen members in the sweltering engine room, enduring the heat. Beside him, Mir Ivan silently wiped his pistol like all Tatar warriors who were silent, but the corner of his eye was always hovering around Joseph.

How long has it been? He had forgotten in a trance, only knowing that he still had a Chinese name called Qin Jian. Qin Shimingyue Han Shiyue, the sword pointed at the Xiguan people and did not return these are the two sentences that my father saw from a miscellaneous record, so he had this name.

But it's been a long time since anyone has shouted this name! After following Shumyatsky back to St. Petersburg after completing Operation Northland, he joined the Poor Party under the name of the Tatar Mir Ivan, and was then assigned to the Caucasus and became acquainted with Joseph Stalin, who was born Georgian. Joseph was a well-known activist in the Caucasus, who was arrested and sent to the Urals for labor camp, but quietly returned with successive defeats at the front.

His work was mainly to establish branches in the Caucasus and to raise funds to finance the activities of the poor party. But there is one thing that Qin Jian is very puzzled about, although this person has good ability, his status in the poor party is still not as good as Shumyatsky, why is he listed as an extremely important target? Is it because his technique is darker? But this doesn't seem to make sense, now in this era when life is not valuable, how can it be a big thing if you don't have black hands!

Qin Jian didn't think much about it, since it made sense that he was listed as an extremely important target above, and he was still in the incubation period, he didn't need to think about anything unnecessary, the only task he got was that he had to work hard to become the most important assistant by his side! So he looked at the "comrades" of the action team who had followed Joseph for many years, no wonder the above wanted to plan this operation, how could he become his cronies if he didn't move these big stones?!

After a few years of lurking, Qin Jian's jerky Tatar accent was gone, and instead he took on a deliberately trained Caucasian accent and asked, "Comrade Joseph, what is our mission this time?" His words also made the surrounding action team members prick up their ears. Because everyone knows that Joseph is a strange person. He is not good at words, and even when he usually acts, he rarely talks about some big truths and motives, but he insists on what he recognizes. And he always likes to be assertive, and every time he goes on a mission, he will inform everyone when he arrives at the destination.

Joseph, having seen the outline of the port of Sevastopol through the narrow gap, said in a dry voice: "Message came from the comrades of St. Petersburg. Birnowsky, that tsarist lackey, is ready to resell the machine to the East, to stop him! Still...... Qin Jian moved the corners of his eyebrows, saying in his heart, he really didn't know what this person looked like an important target. He speaks dryly, with cigarettes in his mouth, fluffy hair, and slightly reddened eyes, which look like domestic green skins, and his speech is extremely poorly organized, mixed with a lot of local slang, like a rural kid who has just arrived in a big city but has never gone to school.

Wait for the ferry to come up to the pier and make a striking vibration. Everyone just figured it out. It turned out that St. Petersburg had heard the news that China was going to take advantage of the Tsar's promise to move the two arsenals to bribe Birnovsky, the top executive of Sevastopol and the nephew of Grand Duke Dmitry, to take advantage of the chaos to transport away the armored steel heat treatment furnace and a complete set of oil refining equipment that had been purchased from Britain before the war for the construction of the Izmail-class battleships, so the poor party wanted to punish him.

Of course, there is also a very important political significance! Because Birnovsky was the nephew of Grand Duke Dmitry and a member of the Russian royal family. Therefore, it was hoped that by killing him and announcing the royal family's resale of important national assets, the influence of the poor party would be increased and the status of the tsar in the hearts of the people would be attacked, so Joseph and Mir Ivan were asked to bring the operatives. Moreover, a lot of comrades in the Sevastopol fortress were mobilized to cooperate.

"The local comrades will mobilize the workers to refuse to relocate and make trouble! Then call Birnovsky and ask for an explanation, so that he will get out of the town hall where he is hiding, we will kill him at the door, and then run in the direction of the Kerch Strait, and there will be comrades who will pick us up. "By the time Joseph had laid out his plans, the passengers on the ferry had already finished disembarking.

Disguised as cooks and seamen, they saw the gendarmes coming to investigate, and Mir Ivan was the first to meet them, stuffing a small stack of rubles into his palm, and then pulling out a few bottles of spirits before nodding to Joseph, who was hiding behind, and then disembarked and walked briskly with everyone to the town hall.

Birnowsky, the top executive of the fortress, didn't know that someone was coming at him, and he was stout and shy, with a big belly like a brown bear, and he was smiling and receiving Lu Zhengxiang and Mrs. Peide who had arrived: "Your Excellency, please rest assured. I've got the workers working overtime, and all the equipment will be on the train by the end of this month at the latest. His flattering tone made the commander of the Black Sea Fleet, Kolchak, who had also come to receive him, very dissatisfied, and did not understand what was wrong with the country? You must know that in the past, only the Chinese flattered Russia, and how could Russia ask China for good, could it be that the war and defeat have lost the soul and backbone of this country?!

He took a deep breath: "Your Excellency, something suddenly occurred to me. Please allow me to leave for a while. ”

"Go ahead, don't delay the military, those damn Ottoman mongrels really deserve hell." Birnowski waved his hand solemnly, but this seriousness looked so ridiculous at this moment! Lu Zhengxiang and his wife had heard of Kolchak and knew that this was a serious and serious patriotic general, but unfortunately due to the great loss of the strength of the Black Sea Fleet, especially after the outbreak of inaction in Europe, the navy had no right to speak in Russia, otherwise this matter would not have been possible at all.

Mrs. Padd winked and left the room to chase him under the pretext that she was not accustomed to the smell of smoke. The two left one after another, which made the atmosphere in the room a lot more relaxed, Lu Zhengxiang suddenly smiled and put the bag on his lap and slowly untied the belt. This action caused Birnowski to swallow involuntarily, and when three thick stacks of dollars, a check, and a title deed were taken out, he could even hear the gurgling sound of saliva falling from his stomach.

"Your Excellency, this is $30,000 in cash, $500,000 in National Bank checks, and title deeds for a villa in Chicago." After Lu Zhengxiang pushed things in front of him across the table, Birnowski couldn't wait to check it, and after confirming it, he patted his chest and promised: "Your Excellency, please rest assured, since His Majesty the Great Tsar has made a decision, then I ask you to believe me!" Sevastopol has everything you need! And the 2000 skilled workers you need to operate the machine! ”

Sevastopol became a fortress not only because it was full of batteries, pillboxes and navy, but also because of the large armoured heat treatment furnaces purchased from Germany and France before the war, as well as the much-needed oil smelting equipment in the country. It's worth more than half a million dollars. If it weren't for such a top-notch tsarist official, if he relied on buying from Britain and France, not to mention whether he could buy it, it would cost at least millions of dollars!

Of course, Lu Zhengxiang also needs to make some small guarantees: "Thank you, Your Excellency, for your help." I have good news for you, the first soldiers of our country will arrive in the Urals by the end of the month at the latest, and in Ukraine in early November! ”

"Great! Cheers to the defeat of the evil alliance. ”

When Birnowski and Lu Zhengxiang raised their glasses at the same time, Mrs. Peide also caught up with Kolchak, who was about to leave: "General Alexander, can I call you that?" She smiled and held out her right hand with white gloves.

"It's a great honor." After Kolchak raised his right hand and kissed his fingertips like a gentleman, his face continued to be serious: "The minister's wife stopped me, did she want the navy to cooperate with the sale of military supplies?" If so, all I can say is very sorry. Mrs. Pede was prepared and said with a smile: "General Alexander." Who can change the decision of His Majesty the Tsar? I know you're a very noble general, but why don't we change the subject? ”

Without waiting for an answer, Mrs. Pedder pushed the glasses on the bridge of her nose with her hand, although she was not young, her facial features were still exquisite, and this small movement fully expressed the unique noble lady temperament of the European aristocracy. In a flat tone, he asked, as if he had known Kolchak for many years and was his best friend: "I heard that your fleet is building two powerful warships, but it is impossible to continue construction because the large ball bearings of the main gun 8-inch tower ring seat ordered from Germany have not been delivered, is it true?" That's a shame! ”

Kolchak frowned. In the bottom of my heart, I secretly fell in love with this woman who had a certain influence on the aristocracy and even the royal family. But she was not wrong about one thing, the Navy and the Izmail-class battlecruisers he was looking forward to have been delayed until now because of bearing problems, which has also become the biggest pain in the hearts of the Russian Navy. You can only watch the Goeben run rampant in the Black Sea! But this kind of bearing can only be manufactured by Germany, Britain and the United States, the shipping route to Britain and the United States has been cut off, and they themselves have no time to build it, so there is no surplus to sell to Russia, which has done nothing.

In fact, this matter is not a secret, many people know about it, but why did this woman suddenly mention it? Could it be that his husband as a Chinese diplomat could come up with such a complex and precise artillery mount bearing with extremely strict requirements for material technology? If China had this kind of technology, it would have been the world's first-class power long ago! Maybe Belgium has broken through this technology? But Belgium has been occupied by Germany, and it's still a joke to think about it.

"I know the general doesn't believe it, but it just so happens that my country has several sets of spare parts of this model." Our country? Kolchak blurted out: "I didn't hear that Belgium had a plan to build battleships before the war. ”

"No, no. General, my husband is a Chinese, where is there a saying that marrying a chicken is followed by a chicken and a dog is married. So I have become a Chinese citizen. Lady Padd laughed, her impressive blue eyeballs sparkling. She guessed that Kolchak would not believe it, and took out a few photos taken from different angles from her small bag, and the photos showed Chinese workers and signs very obviously, and next to them were the large gun mount bearings that made the Russian Navy want to see through, and there were actually a lot of them!

"Why would China buy this?" Kolchak was a little puzzled. As far as he knows, China does not have a battleship program, is it for the Anhai class? But as a naval officer, he knew as soon as he looked at the style that it was made by the German company Rheinland, not American.

"To hide it from the general, our country considered building its own battleships three years ago, so it purchased 10 sets of these gun mount bearings from Germany." Mrs. Pedd's words made Kolchak's eyelids twitch, this thing was worth more than a 12-inch gun, and he actually bought 10 sets in one go! It can only be said that the East is indeed a magical country of madmen.

Mrs. Peide did not lie, this kind of bearing was indeed ordered by Yang Qiu from the German Rheinland Company at the end of 1912, when he was preparing to build a first-class battleship with Germany after the completion of the reconstruction in Jiangnan. With the start of construction of the two Anhai-class ships assembled by themselves, this batch of bearings will be used in both ships. Of course, the bearings purchased by the Republic of China could not be used for the 14-inch triple-mounted gun mounts used in the Izmail class. But Kolchak knew very well that the Russian-made 14-inch naval guns were actually far from meeting the requirements, and Jutland confirmed that the 12-inch naval guns could completely deal with 14-inch battle cruisers, and it was completely possible to modify Izmail's gun mount to install the 12-inch naval guns used by Gangut first, and then replace them when the country's finances improved.

Kolchak's heart is beating and let 2 Izmails be completed! What a dream! But he knew that there was no such thing as a free lunch, so he handed the photo back and asked, "What do you have to give?" Do you want to empty this place? ”

"Giggles." Mrs. Padd suddenly laughed when she saw his cold face, and her heart was full of admiration and lamentation. A true general, born in decaying and old Russia, would have been a national hero in Belgium to lead his soldiers against the invaders. said: "Give us two sets of British-made Polen ballistic solvers in your warehouse, and we also want a copy of the drawings and physical objects of the Exxon solvers developed by Russia." I guarantee that the first two mount bearings will arrive with the first batch of soldiers, and that the rest will be delivered by June next year. ”

Kolchak swallowed his saliva, he was already ready to be blackmailed, he never thought that he could get 10 of the most urgently needed gun mount bearings with only three sets of fire control systems used by the battleship! Of course, he didn't know that the Bollen ballistic solver in his hand was the only two sets sold in the United Kingdom, and the United Kingdom, which saw his poor fire control after Jutland, had completely banned the sale of this technology. Although Yang Qiu has drawings or even more advanced goods in the data machine, there is no physical reference, so the Republic of China may not be able to get it by itself for ten years, and the Russian Exxon-style fire control solver is also very distinctive, so after learning the news, he will get the real thing as the first goal.

For the Russian Navy at this time, the difference between the self-designed Exxon fire control solver and the Polen ballistic solver is not obvious, on the contrary, the latter is fully automatic but complex to operate, so it can be used in exchange for the most urgently needed bearings.

"I'll submit the report, but the first two bearings must arrive by the end of November."

"General Alexander, you will see them." After Mrs. Pede reached out and shook his hand again, Birnowski's nasty voice sounded in the corridor: "General Alexander, you are so good! I have just received a call from the workers who have refused to take over the tsar's orders and continue to relocate, and they want us to explain, so I would like you to bring the soldiers with me to see them. Damn it! We must keep our promises to our allies! ”

Kolchak's handsome face once again showed a look of disgust, but he finally nodded for the much-needed bearing. Seeing him and Birnowski walking out together, Mrs. Peide followed closely after making a gesture to Lu Zhengxiang like a child.

But as soon as the four of them reached the door, a loud shout suddenly exploded like thunder.

"Madame, be careful...... (To be continued)