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Text Chapter 404 The Story of Sevastopol (Part 2)

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    ~ .  Next to him, Mir Ivan was quietly wiping his pistol like all Tatar warriors who were taciturn, but he was always hovering around Joseph from the corner of his eye.

    How long has it been?  He had forgotten it in a daze. He only knew that he had a Chinese name, Qin Jian.  The bright moon in the Qin Dynasty and the moon in the Han Dynasty, the sword points at the people of Xiguan and will not return These are two sentences that my father saw in a miscellaneous note, so the name came about.

    But no one has called this name for a long time!  After completing Operation Northland and following Shumyatsky back to St. Petersburg, he joined the Poor Party under the name of the Tatar Mir Ivan. He was then assigned to activities in the Caucasus and met Joseph Stalin, who was born in Georgia.  Joseph is a well-known activist in the Caucasus. During this period, he was arrested and sent to the Ural Labor Camp, but he quietly returned after successive losses on the front line.

    His main job is to establish branches in the Caucasus and raise funds to fund the activities of the Poor Party.  But there is one thing Qin Jian is very puzzled about. Although this person has good abilities, his status in the Poor Party is still lower than that of Shumyatsky. Why is he listed as an extremely important target?  Is it because his methods are darker?  But this doesn¡¯t seem to make sense. In this era when human life is worthless, how can it be a big deal if your hands are not dirty!

    Qin Jian didn't think too much about it. Since it made sense to list him as an extremely important target, and he was still in the incubation period, he didn't need to think about anything unnecessary. The only task he got was to work hard to become the most important person around him.  Important helper!  So He looked at the "comrades" in the action team around him who had followed Joseph for many years. No wonder the higher-ups planned this operation. How could he become his confidant if he didn't move these big rocks?  !

    After several years of lurking, Qin Jian's harsh Tatar accent has disappeared. Instead, he has a deliberately tempered Caucasian accent and asked: "Comrade Joseph, what is our mission this time?" His words also surprised the surrounding action team members.  They all pricked up their ears.  Because everyone knows that Joseph is a strange person.  He is not good at words and even rarely talks about big principles and motivations when taking actions, but he is very persistent when he is determined to do things.  And he always likes to act alone. Every time he goes on a mission, he only informs everyone when he reaches the destination.

    After Joseph saw the outline of Sevastopol Port through the narrow gap, he said in a dry voice: "There is news from the comrades in St. Petersburg. Biernovsky, the tsar's lackey, is going to resell the machine to the East. Stop him!"  To Qin Jian raised his eyebrows, and to be honest, he really didn't know what made this person look like an important target. He spoke dryly, had a cigarette in the corner of his mouth, fluffy hair, and slightly red eyes. He looked like a domestic green-skinned person, and  His speech organization skills are extremely poor, and he is confused and mixed with a lot of local slang. He is like a rural boy who has just arrived in a big city but has never been to school.

    Wait for the ferry to hit the pier and make a shock.  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 two arsenals, bribe Sevastopol's top executive, Archduke Dmitry's nephew Biernovsky, and take advantage of the chaos to transport away the pre-war weapons.  Purchased an armored steel heat treatment furnace and a complete set of oil refining equipment originally used to build Izmail-class battleships from the UK, so the Poor Party wanted to punish him.

    Of course, it also has very important political significance!  Because Biernovsky is 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 reselling of important national assets, it would increase the influence of the Poor Party and attack the Tsar's status in the hearts of the people, so Joseph and Mir Ivan were asked to lead the action team.  Moreover, many comrades in the Sevastopol Fortress were mobilized to cooperate.

    "The local comrades will mobilize the workers to cause trouble when they refuse to move! Then they will call Bielnovsky and ask for an explanation, so that he will come out of the city hall where he is hiding. We will kill him at the door and then run towards the Kerch Strait. Some comrades will  Pick us up." After Joseph laid out his plan, the passengers on the ferry had already finished disembarking.

    When they disguised themselves as cooks and sailors, they saw the military police coming to check. Mir Ivan took the lead to greet them and stuffed a small stack of rubles into his hand. Then he took out a few bottles of spirits before nodding to Joseph who was hiding at the back.  The reporter then got off the boat and walked quickly to the city hall with everyone.

    Biernovsky, the top executive of the fortress, didn't know that someone was already coming towards him. He was tall and as fat as a brown bear, and he greeted the arriving Lu Zhengxiang and Mrs. Peide with a smile on his face: "Ambassador, please don't worry. I  The workers have been asked to work overtime, and all the equipment will be transported on the train by the end of this month at the latest." His flattering tone made Kolchak, the commander of the Black Sea Fleet who also came to receive him, very dissatisfied. He didn't understand what was wrong with this country?  You must know that in the past, only the Chinese flattered Russia, how could Russia flatter China?Seeking good, have wars and defeats caused the soul and backbone of this country to be lost?  !

    He took a deep breath: "Your Excellency, Executive Officer, I suddenly thought of something. Please allow me to leave temporarily."

    "Godon't delay military affairs, those damn Ottoman bastards really deserve to go to hell." Biernovsky waved his hands seriously, but this seriousness looked so ridiculous at the moment!  Both Lu Zhengxiang and his wife had heard of Kolchak and knew that he was a serious and serious patriotic general. However, 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 say in Russia. Otherwise, this matter  Nothing can be done.

    Mrs. Peide winked and left the room to chase him on the pretext that she was not used to the smell of cigarette smoke.  The two people leaving one after another made the atmosphere in the room much more relaxed. Lu Zhengxiang suddenly smiled and put the bag on his knees and slowly untied it.  This action made Biernovsky swallow involuntarily, and when three thick stacks of U.S. dollars, a check, and a land deed were taken out, he could even hear the sound of saliva dripping from his stomach.

    "Your Excellency, Executive Officer, here is 30,000 US dollars in cash, 500,000 National Bank checks and the title deed of a villa in Chicago" After Lu Zhengxiang pushed the things in front of him across the table, Biernovsky said  He couldn't wait to check it, and after confirmation, he patted his chest and promised: "Ambassador, please rest assured, since the great Tsar Majesty has made a decision, then I ask you to believe me! Sevastopol has all the equipment you need! And  You need 2,000 skilled workers to operate the machines!¡±

    The reason why Sevastopol can become a fortress is not only full of forts, bunkers and navy. There are a large number of machines and equipment purchased from Germany and France before the war. The large armored heat treatment furnace is just one of them, and the domestic urgent need  There are also a lot of petroleum refining equipment here.  The value is more than half a million dollars can cover.  If it weren't for such a thoroughly corrupt tsarist official, if he had to buy from Britain and France, not to mention whether he could buy it, even if 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 for your help. I have good news to tell you. Our first batch of soldiers will arrive in the Urals before the end of the month at the latest and will enter Ukraine in early November!"

    "Great! Cheers to defeating the evil alliance."

    When Biernovsky and Lu Zhengxiang toasted at the same time, Mrs. Peide also caught up with Kolchak who was about to leave: "General Alexandercan I call you this?" She smiled and held out her belt.  Right hand with white glove.

    "It's a great honor." Kolchak held up his right hand and kissed the fingertips like a gentleman, but his face continued to be serious: "The minister's wife stopped me, did she want the navy to cooperate in selling military supplies? If so, I can only say that I am very sorry.  ." Mrs. Peide was well prepared and said with a smile: "General Alexander. Who can change His Majesty the Tsar's decision? I know you are a very noble general, but why don't we change the topic?"

    Without waiting for an answer, Mrs. Peide pushed the glasses on the bridge of her nose with her hand. Although she was not young, her facial features were still delicate. This small movement fully expressed the unique ladylike temperament of a European aristocrat.  He asked in a calm tone, as if he had known Kolchak for many years and was the best friend: "I heard that your fleet is building two powerful warships, but because of the large ball bearings of the 8-inch tower ring for the main gun ordered from Germany  Is it true that construction can¡¯t continue without delivery? That¡¯s a shame!¡±

    Kolchak frowned.  Deep down, he secretly fell in love with this woman who had a certain influence on the nobility and even the royal family.  But she was right about one thing. The Navy and the Izmail-class battlecruiser she was looking forward to have indeed been delayed so far due to bearing problems, which has become the biggest pain in the hearts of the Russian navy.  I can only watch the Goben sail across the Black Sea!  But this kind of bearing can only be manufactured by Germany, Britain and the United States. The shipping routes to Britain and the United States have been interrupted, and they have no time to build it themselves. There is no surplus to sell to Russia, which does nothing.

    In fact, this matter is not a secret. Many people know it, but why does this woman suddenly mention it?  Could it be that his husband, a Chinese diplomat, could come up with such a complex and precise gun mount bearing that required extremely strict material and process requirements?  If China had this kind of technology, it would have become the world's leading power!  Maybe Belgium has a breakthrough with this technology?  But Belgium has been occupied by Germany, and thinking about it, this is still a joke.

    "I know the general doesn't believe it, but our country happens to have several spare sets of this model." my country?  Kolchak blurted out: "I have not heard that Belgium had a plan to build battleships before the war."

    "No, no General, my husband is Chinese. There is a saying somewhere that when you marry a chicken, follow the chicken, marry a dog, follow the dog. So I have become a Chinese national." Mrs. Peide laughed.  The waves of light flow in those impressive blue eyeballs.  Guessing that Kolchak wouldn't believe it, she took out several photos taken from different angles from her small bag.The Chinese workers and signs are very obvious, and next to them are the large gun mount bearings that the Russian Navy is jealous of, and there are actually a lot of them!

    "Why would China buy this?" Kolchak was a little confused.  As far as he knows, China does not have a battleship plan. Could it be that it is for the Anhai class?  But as a naval officer, he knew as soon as he saw the style that it was made by the German Rhine Company, not American.

    "To be honest, General, our country considered building its own battleship three years ago, so it purchased 10 sets of these gun mount bearings from Germany." Mrs. Peide's words made Kolchak's eyelids twitch. This thing is worth more than a 12  Inch guns are expensive, but I actually bought 10 sets in one go!  All we can say is that the East is indeed a magical country full of crazy people.

    Mrs. Peide did not lie. This kind of bearing was indeed ordered by Yang Qiu from the German Rheinland Company in late 1912. At that time, he was planning to build a first-class battleship with Germany after the reconstruction of Jiangnan. He was afraid that something like Izmail would happen, so he bought it first.  Bearings and a lot of necessary equipment, but because it has not been able to solve the large machine tool required for the spindle, it can only be put away first.  As the construction of the two Anhai-class ships assembled by itself begins, these bearings will be used on the two ships.  Of course, the bearings purchased by the Republic of China cannot be used for the 14-inch triple gun mount used by the Izmail class.  But Kolchak knew very well that the 14-inch naval gun made in Russia was actually far from meeting the requirements, and Jutland confirmed that the 12-inch naval gun could deal with the 14-inch battlecruiser, and Izmail could be modified  The gun mount will be first equipped with the 12-inch naval gun used by Gangut, and will be replaced later when the country's finances improve.

    Kolchak¡¯s heart was beating, let the two Izmails be completed!  What a dream!  But he knew that there was no free lunch in this world, so he handed the photo back and asked, "What will it cost? Do we have to evacuate this place?"

    "Giggle" Mrs. Peide suddenly laughed when she saw his cold face, admiring and lamenting in her heart.  A real general was born in a decadent Russia. If he were in Belgium, he would become a national hero who led the soldiers to resist the invaders.  Said: "Give us two sets of British-made Poron ballistic solvers in your warehouse, and we also want a copy of the drawings and physical objects of the Exxon solver developed by Russia. I guarantee that the first two cannons  The bearings will arrive with the first batch of soldiers, and the rest will be delivered before June next year."

    Kolchak swallowed. He was already prepared to be blackmailed, but he never expected that he could get the 10 most urgently needed gun mount bearings with just three sets of fire control systems used by warships!  Of course, he didn't know that the Poron ballistic solver in his hand was the only two sets sold by the UK to the outside world. After Jutland, the UK, which saw its own poor fire control, had completely banned the sale of this technology.  Although there are blueprints and even higher-end products in Yang Qiu's data machine, there is no physical reference for this kind of thing, so the Republic of China may not be able to come up with it by itself even after ten years. As for the Russian Exxon-type fire control solver, it is also very unique, so  After hearing the news, getting the real thing was the first goal.

    For the Russian Navy at this time, the difference between the self-designed Exon fire control solver and the Polon ballistic solver was not obvious. On the contrary, the latter was fully automatic and complicated to operate, so it could be used in exchange for  The most urgently needed bearings.

    "I will submit the report, but the first two bearings must arrive before the end of November."

    "General Alexander, you will see them." After Mrs. Peder stretched out her hand to shake his hand again, Binovsky's annoying voice sounded in the corridor: "General Alexander, it's great that you are here! I just picked up  When I got to the phone, those workers refused to answer the call and continued to move in violation of the tsar's order, and asked us to explain So I hope you bring the sergeant // Shumilou's fastest text update. < > - No ads // Bing and me  Let¡¯s go and see. Damn it! We must keep our promises to our allies!¡±

    Kolchak's handsome face once again showed a look of disgust, but in the end he nodded for the much-needed bearing.  Seeing him walking out with Biernovsky, Mrs. Peide made a gesture of approval to Lu Zhengxiang like a child and followed closely.

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

    ¡°Madam, be careful to be continued)~.< >-~

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