Nikolai Makarov started espionage activities in Samara. Unlike the two republics of Siberia and the Far East, which carried out strong ideological transformation and stabilization work on the army, Makashev basically did not do much in the Urals. Many things. Makashev has not been in charge of the Volga-Ural Military District for a long time, and he has not established a team that is completely loyal to him like Yankov and Novozlov, let alone the support of Qi Yiming behind him, so Makashev Husband's influence in the Urals is actually very insufficient.
And because Makashev was not a good person, he was not liked by his subordinates, and sometimes even openly insulted his subordinates. This also caused a rift between him and his subordinates in the army.
There are six main divisions in the Ural Army. There are only two divisions that Markashev can fully command. The remaining four divisions all depend to some extent on the ideas within the division and the tendencies 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 fight in the North Caucasus because the possibility of leaving without returning was too high.
Nikolai did not know Sergey, the commander of the 213th Division, but the owner of the pub that Sergey frequented was indeed a former KGB employee who is now an employee of the Federal Security Service. Sergey had a good relationship with the tavern owner, and the two of them were able to talk to each other intimately. Nicholas took this opportunity and was introduced by the tavern owner to meet Commander Sergey.
Most of the friendships between Russian men are established at the wine table. After Nikolay and Sergey drank several times, Sergey also began to express his dissatisfaction with Makashev.
"Makashev has no sense of honor. He is clearly a hooligan in the army. He says he believes in communism, but what does he do like a real CP person? He only knows how to act in the army. He is domineering, jealous of talents, and has no loyalty to the country. He only thinks about his own personal interests or the interests of a small group. "Sergey couldn't help complaining. After drinking a few glasses of vodka, he spoke in a much better mood.
Nikolai asked him deliberately: "In your mind, is your country the Soviet Union or Russia?"
Sergey raised his glass and drank it down, burped, and sighed: "Actually, what's the difference? We little people can't decide these things. I can't tell whether Russia or the Soviet Union is better. But it will definitely not be like what Makashev is doing now. You know, we are not honorary citizens who are loyal to the country, but warlords, warlords."
Nikolai noticed that Sergei was unhappy. At this time, he lowered his voice and asked: "If there is a chance to overthrow Makashev's rule and return the Ural region to the embrace of the country, would you be willing?"
After Sergey heard this, he sobered up a lot, but he didn't say anything. He looked Nikolay up and down and said, "Are you really an agent with scheming and purpose? Are you from Chita? Or Moscow?¡±
Nikolai smiled and said: "I serve the Russian Federal Security Service."
Sergey nodded, but Nikolai could see some disappointment in his expression, and thought to himself: "Does he prefer to join Siberia? So do you want to introduce him to him?" Nikolai soon overturned. In my own mind, although he was a double agent, he was working as a Russian agent before his real superiors activated him. The consequences of the incident may be to trap himself and the entire mission.
¡°And what if Sergei is allowed to surrender to Siberia? The consequences may be something that Nikolai and his fellow agents cannot afford. Therefore, Nikolai chose to stick to the original plan and let Sergey rise up against Makashev.
Sergey murmured and asked: "In the past few days, some barracks have received leaflets accusing Markashev of crimes, saying that he betrayed the country and the army. I guess it was you who did it? Do you want to punish Markashev?" Did Scheff take action?"
Nikolai did not answer directly, saying: "It is irresponsible to the country to allow a dangerous person like Markashev to continue to increase his power and continue to persecute the people in the Ural region. There are always people in the city who are worried about Markashev We are very dissatisfied with our actions, and calls for completely handing over our local political power to the central government often appear among the people.¡±
Sergey smoked the cigarette and said: "But in the final analysis, it must be reflected in the military. After all, how many people have you convinced to do this with you?"
Nikolay replied: "We have carried out persuasion work in almost every unit, some at higher levels and some at lower levels, but what we can be sure of is that if we call from a high position, most of the soldiers in the Ural Military Region will respond. The call of justice.¡±
Sergey sneered and said: "This is empty talk. You are just saying that you haven't dealt with a unit that is sure to start trouble with you, right?"
Nikolai smiled and said: "Do you think I can tell you such important information so simply? However, Commander Sergei, if you can understand the justice and participate in our actions, my superiorTo ensure that you get a better future, maybe a military region chief of staff, or a military region deputy commander? With your talents, you will definitely be qualified for such a job. "
This kind of temptation still has a certain effect on Sergey. After all, a careless person like Markashev will not pay attention to the division of military ranks, and Sergey who does not get along with Markashev basically does not exist. It is possible to go further. But if Makashev is pulled down, he will hopefully keep climbing up.
Nikolai found some more attractive conditions and talked to Sergey. Since Sergey was in a high position, 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 more serious than in Siberia. Siberia and the Far East are basically on the right track. At this time, the Ural region of Russia, although it cannot be regarded as anarchic, is definitely orderly.
Sergey was not able to agree for a while, but he said that he would think about it carefully when he went back. Nicholas felt that it was not very difficult to convince Sergey. At this time, in other units, there were also various agents using different methods to win over the powerful figures in the Ural Army.
Poor intelligence work left Makashev unclear about what was happening under his rule, and materials attacking Makashev and promoting Russia were also secretly disseminated in Samara, but Makashev was not aware of this Not a clue.
Nikolai's subsequent work focused on deceiving some young and passionate junior officers. They were often more impulsive than senior officers like Sergey who were older and had more experience. Nikolay himself was also young and it was easier for them to do so. Communicate and instill some nationalism and patriotism into them, and they will be easily accepted by these people.
Nicholas also portrayed Markashev as a greedy, selfish, shameless and ambitious warlord, and told the junior officers that following Markashev was definitely not a good way out, and the only way to truly join the Russian army was to Only then can there be a future. Because Russia is already a "democratic and free" country, and there is fairness and justice everywhere. As long as you work hard and have talent, you will be recognized, become a hero of the country, and achieve self-realization.
These contents are very attractive to some officers and soldiers who have no real understanding of Russia. Just like many residents in Western Russia, before the fall of the Soviet Union, they believed that a democratic and free society was the best. They could To obtain better development and life, but when democracy and freedom really came, they discovered that it was actually just a transformation from one chaotic mode to another. Maybe some people were more inclined to the previous chaotic mode. So many Russians have a strong sense of being deceived.
Nikolai doesn¡¯t need to think about whether he has deceived these officers. All he needs to do is to draw a world that is so beautiful that it is unreal, so that these junior officers and soldiers have the motivation to join it. His model is actually very similar to China's armed uprising during the Revolution of 1911. Junior officers with new ideas 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 though this general trend was false and unreal.
Putin, who was in charge of the intelligence work in the Urals, was very satisfied with Nikolai's actions. Especially when he encountered difficulties in winning over the middle and senior leaders of the army, he immediately found a new way. However, Putin is slightly stronger than Nikolai in that Nikolai successfully established a foundation among some grassroots soldiers and low-level officers, while Putin immediately took advantage of this trend and turned around to become those senior school-level or even general-level officers. work.
However, Putin did not place all his hopes on instigating a military mutiny. He still had some Alphas in his hands. Their purpose in coming to the Urals was to plan an assassination operation against Makashev. It can be said that Ural, which has a loose structure and weak centripetal force, is basically maintained by Makashev's own authority and forces loyal to him. If Makashev can be directly eradicated, there will be no generals with enough prestige to stand up and take over the Ural Military District. At this time, the Russian government can come out to recruit troops.
After some deliberation, Putin and Nikolai believed that the two things could be combined into one thing. While the mutiny was in chaos, special forces were used to assassinate Makashev. When Makashev was successfully assassinated, the military region would inevitably be in chaos. , and then by gathering the forces that have developed, we can successfully declare Ural to be naturalized by the federal government. The Yeltsin government can take over the entire Volga-Urals Military District almost without a fight, and more than 200,000 troops will be added to the Russian army, which will be an excellent deterrent and pressure on the two major separatist forces in the East.