Chapter 165： Kazan Gold Preparation (Part 1)

Faced with what happened in the new territory, Edel didn't know anything. This strategy basically came from his hands. Facing the increasingly fierce war atmosphere, he just wants to make Romania, a small Balkan country, make preparations in advance.

"This news is really surprising."

Edel took the information he had just obtained and told the guard Carust who had sent it.

Carust also said in disbelief. "Yes, Your Highness, I didn't expect that Britain would actually propose a ‘Navy Holiday’ proposal to suspend the construction of warships for one year. And this proposal was made by the British Secretary of the Navy. It’s really surprising, isn’t it?

In fact, it's not just Carust who thinks this way. The image of Britain that most people in Europe now has is still the image of the Victorian era. In fact, most people have been blinded by the glorious image of Britain before, as can be seen from its shipbuilding plan in the 1913 fiscal year.

Since the 1913 fiscal year, the Royal Navy has formulated a plan for the construction of 8 Vengeance-class super-dreadnought ships (5 were actually built, 2 were converted into battlecruisers, and 1 was cancelled). However, compared with its predecessor, the Queen Elizabeth-class battleship, the Vengeance-class battleship is technically backward: the full-load displacement has dropped by 500 tons, the speed has dropped to 23 knots, and the endurance has dropped from 8,600 nautical miles to 4,200 nautical miles. Obviously, while this reduces the cost, it is also in line with the requirements of the Royal Navy to fight the German Navy in the North Sea.

And Edel vaguely remembered that in World War I, Britain concentrated all of its main dreadnought ships on the ground to deal with the German navy. So the Mediterranean Sea should have been jointly taken over by the French and Italian navies. In fact, the Allies lacking the Italian navy had no room to play in the Mediterranean. The four combined forces of Austria-Hungary are not enough for the French family, let alone Italy. The Allied Powers that have mastered the oceans are in fact invincible. The four years of World War I can only be achieved by the strong German army. This is also the reason why Edel is unwilling to join.

Regarding the result of Romania’s participation in the war in 1916, the Crown Prince now believes that 1918 is actually a good time to seize the best interests for Romania. Austria-Hungary is dying, Tsarist Russia has been overthrown, and Red Russia has signed the Treaty of Brest, withdrew from World War I and was busy with the civil war. The two countries that threatened Romania the most at a time have collapsed, and Romania can take advantage of this time to **** the heritage of these two countries, and then concentrate on dealing with the forces from the red.

Thinking of this, Edel suddenly remembered a piece of widely spread news in later generations, that is "Kolchak Gold". Kolchak was born in a noble family in St. Petersburg. He graduated from the St. Petersburg Naval Academy in 1894 and participated in battle at Lushunkou during the Russo-Japanese War.

In 1916, he served as commander of the Black Sea Fleet. Promoted to admiral in 1917. In 1918, he served as the Minister of the Army and Navy of the "Siberian Government". He immediately launched a coup with the support of foreign armed forces and established a military dictatorship. He proclaimed himself "the supreme ruler of Russia" and the supreme commander of the armed forces of the Russian army and navy. He then became the commander-in-chief of the White Guards when the Allies first intervened in Soviet Russia. He once occupied Siberia, the Urals, and the Volga River. After being defeated by the Red Army at the end of 1919, he was arrested and executed in Irkutsk in 1920. Now it seems to be the captain of the mine team in the Baltic Sea.

As for the approximately 600 tons of gold he had in the original time and space, it came from Russia in the Reserve Bank of Kazan. Because of the brave performance of the German army in World War I, Tsar Nicholas II ordered most of Russia’s gold reserves. Transfer to Kazan located in the middle reaches of the Volga River. Here has always been the rear of Russia, with convenient transportation and abundant products nearby.

After Kolchak seized Kazan in 1918, he found the gold from the Reserve Bank, and then he transferred the gold to his capital Omsk in Siberia.

As for some people in the original time and space saying that the gold was transferred here by the Soviet government, Edel has always sneered at it. If the Soviet government really knew that nearly 600 tons of gold could be transported by a train within half a day, where would it be left to Kolchak. This is gold hard currency worth more than 80 million pounds. It is completely possible to rebuild a German high seas fleet. Thinking of the financial difficulties of the Soviet Russian government in the early stage, it is completely unknown.

Thinking of this lot of gold now worth more than 80 million pounds, Edel thinks he should do something about it. However, considering that the place where gold is usually stored is tightly guarded, you need to prepare in advance.

Thinking of this, Edel can't sit still. This is Romania's four-year fiscal revenue. If I can put this money into Romania, I can do a lot of things.

"Carust, you go call Miloc over I need him to do something."

"Good Majesty."

Hearing that the Crown Prince had been asked by the United Kingdom to stop the naval holiday for a year, he suddenly sought out the intelligence chief Milok. He didn't think much about it, and immediately agreed. I didn't know that Edel's thinking would spread so quickly, I was thinking of the Russian Civil War.

While Edel waited patiently, Milock, who was ordinary and unobtrusive, was sitting in his office thinking about his future. Although the sun is shining outside, the thick curtains in his office still look darker. This is because he has done too much intelligence work and does not like the light to be too bright.

He has done many things for the old king and knows too much that he has not retired, so he can only work in this position until he is old and dead. Now the crown prince rarely uses them, and usually asks his chief guard to do it. This made Milok very worried. If an intelligence agency was not used, it would not be too far away from disbanding. Others estimate that at most they will change departments, only what will happen to them in the end, no one knows.

While Milok was thinking about his way out, a subordinate walked in and said softly. "Head, the man named Carust is here, and he says the crown prince summons you."

Due to the relationship between Edel, the royal family now has two intelligence agencies, and most of the party led by Milok has not been used by the crown prince. Therefore, the relationship between the two intelligence agencies can be known from the tone of Miloc’s subordinates. .

Even though he was worried about his future, Milok would not show it in front of his subordinates. He said in a flat tone without a trace of emotion. "Invite him in."

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