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Chapter 1483 The Shield of the British Empire (First update, please subscribe)
The small accident that happened on the streets of Moscow will not affect the empire's assistance to the Roman Empire.After all, the Roman Empire has already used 30 people to submit their votes.

Of course, in the eyes of many people, this small incident in Moscow is simply not worth mentioning, and almost no one pays attention to it. After all, this kind of thing is simply normal.

Similar things had happened in the past, but only by the violence of some daring fanatics who opposed the Tsar.

Although the incident in Moscow did not attract the attention of the outside world, a few days later, information about the incident was sent to London and in front of Mansfield Cumming.

"With regard to the bank robbery in Moscow, the basic facts have been established - organized by a group of socialists, although the bank was their main target - in order to obtain funds for the operation, but they also carried out the operation through The way of spreading leaflets was to arouse the citizens' hatred of the Roman government. In the Roman Empire, there were a wide range of radical groups opposing the rule of the tsar..."

Listening to the report of his subordinates, Mansfield Cumming frowned. As the head of MI[-], he vaguely realized that this seemed to be an opportunity. If he seized this opportunity, MI[-] would not only be able to Prove your worth and maybe even end this war.

Now MI[-], but only three years old!

Five years ago, Charles Oatley, Director of Naval Intelligence, was appointed Secretary of the British Defense Council. When his assistant Morris Hankey investigated the national spy agency, he was surprised to find that there was not even a single British agent in Europe.

This reality, astonishing as it is, is so true that most countries thought the UK had the most extensive and sophisticated intelligence service in the world.

In order to change this situation, three years ago, with the support of the Defense Committee, Oatley proposed to establish a Secret Intelligence Service to be responsible for all matters of intelligence collection. This proposal was approved by the cabinet.

It divides the Secret Intelligence Service into two parts, which are responsible for the same fields of foreign and domestic work.The foreign part was headed by Lieutenant Colonel Mansfield Cumming of the Royal Navy, which was later expanded into the British Army Intelligence Bureau Six.

Although Cumming's background does not seem to be particularly suitable for secret intelligence work, he still did his job well, and when he accepted the appointment, he was promised that he would not pay for the activities of the unit. Do not make any restrictions.

Faced with such an attractive condition, Cumming was naturally very willing to undertake it.In the past three years, Cumming racked his brains in the overseas intelligence network including Daming, Rome, France and other enemy countries. This network may not be as successful as the Naval Intelligence Department, but it has been working effectively, just like this Intelligence from Moscow is the most obvious example.

"Broad opposition..."

Muttering this in his mouth, Lieutenant Colonel Cumming walked to the window with his pipe in his mouth.There is a lot of rain in London in spring, and I stand in front of the window and watch the colorful umbrellas coming and going on the streets below.

The director of MI[-] in the British Empire took a puff of cigarette first, then held the pipe, as if he was thinking about something, then he picked up the pipe again, took two puffs silently, and then spoke.

"Is there a way we can get in touch with them?"

"what?"

"I mean the opposition within the Roman Empire, we should get in touch with them."

"Get in touch with the opposition? Why..."

Vernon Kyle, who stopped abruptly, looked at the lieutenant colonel, his eyes lit up, and he said excitedly.

"I see. Are we going to use those opposition groups to create civil unrest in Russia?"

Nodding, Lieutenant Colonel Cumming said.

"Russia is a country that can mobilize tens of millions of troops. Maybe their troops are stupid and their generals are incompetent, but as long as they get good equipment, they will destroy everything like a flood, including the German defense line of course. Although the "Battle of Tannenberg" they launched failed, what we can see is that this "steam roller" still has terrifying power. In the following days, it won the victory of the Ming Empire and France With the help of our rights, this steam roller will only become stronger and stronger. To prevent them from crushing us in Europe and Persia, we cannot rely solely on the strength on the battlefield..."

After a pause, Lieutenant Colonel Cumming, who was holding a pipe, took a puff of cigarette before speaking.

"In addition to the strength in war, we also need to use their internal strength. There are a large number of groups in Russia that oppose Russian rule. Since the suppressed minority groups, such as the Turks, seem to be tame on the surface, But there is a longing for independence in the heart, and even some Poles, they are the same, well, the largest number is the Socialists, the Narodnaya Volya, they have been insisting on opposing the tsarist rule for many years, they are the strength we need to use. "

Holding a pipe in his hand, Lieutenant Colonel Cumming raised his lips, and then a smile appeared on his face, "The enemy of the enemy is our friend. They need to rob to get funds, but if we provide them with funds, What about providing weapons?"

Later, Lieutenant Colonel Cumming continued:
"It may not cost much, it may only cost a few hundred thousand, or one or two million pounds, we just need to choose some people, support him, provide him with money, of course, we can also provide the Turks Weapons, these weapons are readily available - after all, the Germans seized hundreds of thousands of weapons at Tannenberg, and we provide these weapons to anyone who is willing to shoot the Russians, whether they are Turks, Poles or Finns, as long as they are willing to shoot at the Russians, then we can arm them!"

"Yes, sir, I think that's a good idea."

Vernon Kyle looked at the lieutenant colonel, thought for a while and said.

"But we need to choose a suitable person, a person who is willing to cooperate with us. After all, sir, we are now the enemy of the Roman Empire."

"They are also enemies of the Roman Empire, and the enemy of an enemy is a friend!"

When Mansfield Cumming said this, there was no joy on his face. He stood there quietly, looking out of the window like that, watching the pedestrians coming and going outside the window, and then he sucked up again. Here comes the smoke, he said after exhaling.

"I believe that there will always be someone willing to cooperate with us."

After finishing speaking, he deliberately cast his eyes on the portrait of Her Majesty the Queen on the wall, and suddenly, he said again.

"It's like there are people among us who cooperate with an enemy nation."

"Cooperating with enemy countries? Are you talking about spies?"

"Yes, I believe that someone in our senior management has betrayed the British Empire, or that our senior management has infiltrated spies from the Ming Empire."

Nodding, Cumming said.

"Intuition, although it's just an intuition, but I believe it must be true..."

Vernon Kyle looked at the boss suspiciously.

"If it's true, then who could it be?"

"That's the answer we need to figure out."

Cumming thought for a moment, then said.

"Since the establishment of this institution, I have been thinking about this issue. I believe that there must be spies from Ming Dynasty within the British Empire. We can send spies to them, and they can also send spies to us. This is inevitable. And I believe their spies were sent earlier and may have even bribed some of our high-level officials, which is one of the reasons why we are at a disadvantage in this war."

After expressing his inner guess, Cumming looked at Vernon Kyle and said.

"So no matter what, we have to find a way to find out those people! If we can't find out those people, maybe we will lose this war."

"If it is true, for the benefit of the British Empire, we must get rid of those spies. The only question is, do we have any clues in this regard?"

There was certainly no clue about it, and even the spy was Cumming's own speculation.

do they really exist?
After Kyle left the office, Cumming had this thought in his mind again. Although he didn't have any evidence to prove that those people existed, the more he told him, those people must exist.

Not only are there, but there are many ... the only question is where are they?
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(End of this chapter)