By the end of 1917, the East African National Security Bureau had begun extensive operations throughout Russia. As a world power, Russia naturally held no small place in East Africa's plans.
The National Security Bureau's tasks in this round mainly covered two areas. First, it was to assist Russian researchers, nobles, and wealthy people who intended to develop in East Africa in evacuating Russia, while monitoring the flow of all kinds of Russian resources... Second, once the mission was complete, it was to successfully extricate itself from Russia.
Taking advantage of Russia's current turmoil, East Africa could get its hands on almost anything and eat until its mouth dripped with grease. Under special circumstances, it would not even be impossible for agents to disguise themselves as Russian "White bandits" and openly engage in robbery and pillage.
As early as the beginning of the century, the East African National Security Bureau had already made Russian intelligence a key focus of its operations. It could be said that it had extensively gathered information on where Russia's core technologies were located, where researchers lived, the locations of bank vaults, and much more.
Kazan.
Situated on the banks of the Volga River, Kazan had always been one of Russia's most important cities. Its history of construction dated back more than a century earlier than Moscow's, and it was even known as Russia's third capital.
Although Russia's western front had been battered to pieces by the war, with even the capital Saint Petersburg facing the threat of battle, Kazan, deep in the Russian interior, had not been affected in the slightest.
As early as the eighteenth century, Kazan's industry had begun to develop. By the twentieth century, it had become one of Russia's most important industrial cities.
Beginning in 1916, however, a "bandit" armed force