He originally wanted to perform well in front of everyone and let everyone know how good he was, but he ended up losing face.
"Are you okay?" Dai Qian asked Stuart with concern.
"It's okay. When I went up, I thought I might fall, so I was always on guard..." Stuart endured the pain and tried to find some way to relieve the embarrassment.
Dai Qian did not talk nonsense with this big boy who wanted to save face. She glanced at a few people and said loudly: "Those who can ride a horse will each take care of a comrade who cannot ride a horse."
"yes!"
"yes!"
"Comrade, come to me!"
"Come to me!"
The comrades at the branch station, Vikenji and August, invited new comrades who could not ride horses to come over.
"Comrade Verak, come on?" Daisy remounted her horse and invited Verak to join her.
"Let Comrade Connie come over. I'll go to their side." Verak felt something was wrong and suggested Comrade Connie come over.
Dai Qian laughed heartily and stretched out her hand to Connie: "Comrade Connie, come on."
"Thank you!" Connie got on her horse and hugged Dai Qian tightly.
Verak went to Arseny's side, and the group of people rode towards Winterfort without waiting.
"Pap tap tap tap tap tap..."
More than a dozen horses made intensive stamping sounds, and several people who were riding horses for the first time let out bursts of exclamations amid the jolts.
"Comrade Arseny, this should be quite a distance from Winterfort, right?" Verak was also afraid of falling, so he hugged Arseny with both hands.
"Yes, if we rely on horses to keep going, we will not arrive until the day after tomorrow at the earliest, so when we reach the next pick-up point, we will change trucks and move forward, so that we can ensure that we will meet Vladislav and Kozmo before tomorrow night
Let's meet." Arseny knew that what Verak really wanted to ask was the time of their arrival and how to get to Winterfort, so he explained the plan at once.
"Okay." The figures of Vladislav and Kozmo appeared in Verak's mind.
He had never met these two people, but he had gotten to know them more or less during the preliminary preparations.
Vladislav, a native of Bash, was the former president of the Bash Workers' Mutual Aid Association. After the mutual aid association merged with the Bash branch of the International Equality League, he served as deputy station director.
Kozmo, a native of Bash, was the former webmaster of the Bashi branch of the Ping An Association. He still retained his post as webmaster after the merger.
These two people and Comrade Dai Qian who came to meet them are the three main leaders of the sub-station.
"However, we are not entering Winterfort this time." As Verak thought about it, Arseny said proactively.
"Not going to Winterhold? Why?" Verak asked inexplicably.
"Winterfort is currently under strict inspection, and there is no way to safely send you in for a while. Moreover, Vladislav, Kozmo and the others are currently at a secret site outside Winterfort for safety reasons.
Wait," Arseny explained.
After hearing this, Verak's face became much more solemn.
The situation in Bash is obviously much more complicated and severe than that of Brexi. When they came to Zeze, a large number of soldiers patrolled, and the curfew did not prevent the comrades from entering and exiting. Now it is even difficult for them to even enter Winterfort.
If you can't get in, you won't be able to start any kind of work, let alone launch a revolution to liberate Winterhold and Bash.
However, this is also the reason why I brought people here.
If everything goes well for Bash, there is no need for him to intervene. The more difficult it is, the more he is needed to break the situation.
"Comrade Arseny, hurry up."
"good."
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July 3rd, early 11pm
Arseny and Daisy reluctantly fulfilled their agreement and brought Verak and others to a small town only a dozen kilometers away from Winterfort without stopping.
The town was already extremely quiet at this point, and it was difficult to find even a single pedestrian on the street. They arrived in a truck outside the town, and got out of the car in advance for fear of disturbing the townspeople. Daisy and Arseny took the lead respectively, followed behind, and tiptoed.
The leader went to the easternmost house.
First on horseback, and then in a truck, the non-stop driving for more than thirty hours made most of the comrades drowsy and exhausted. Now there is no one to greet them, so they need to maintain a high degree of vigilance and move forward, which is quite difficult for some people.
Already.
Fortunately, the house was not far away. After walking like this for a few minutes, they arrived at the back door of the house.
Dai Qian knocked on the door gently and regularly, and soon the back door was opened. A weak candle lit up in the dark room. A man whose face could not be seen clearly led everyone inside, and then gently closed the door.
.
"Ouch……"
"Sorry sorry..."
"Be careful."
The room is quite spacious, and a dozen or so people would not feel too crowded when they came in. However, there was only one person holding a candle, which made it difficult for them to see the surrounding environment clearly, and they inevitably bumped into each other and stepped on each other's feet.
"Everyone, be quiet and follow me." The man holding the candle walked to the side of the room and stopped in front of a floor. "Comrade Dai Qian, help me get it."
"Okay." Dai Qian stepped forward and took the candle.
The man freed his hands and squatted down, lifting up the floor, revealing the bright basement: "Comrades, come down with me."
With that said, the man walked down the rough and simple stairs first.
"Everyone, come one by one, be careful." Dai Qian did not rush down, but held a candle and sent comrades down one after another. It was not until Arseni from behind also entered that she walked down, and by the way, she walked down the floor.
Close.
The space in the basement is even much larger than the room above, and it is very bright with electric lights on.
After Verak went down, he quickly scanned the environment as usual. This basement was not much different from other darkrooms he had seen. They all had bookcases for storing information, places for meetings, and other miscellaneous things.
After spending a second or two to understand the basics, Verak looked at the man who brought them down and the other person in the basement.
"Stationmaster, Comrade Vladislav, this is Comrade Verak sent from the main station." Daisy greeted the two of them and introduced Verak to them.
"Hello, Comrade Verak." The man who had just brought them down stepped forward and shook hands with Verak, "I am Vladislav, the deputy director of the Bash branch."
"Hello, I am Most Verak." With the light, Verak was able to see Vladislav's face clearly.
Vladislav wears round-rimmed glasses, has some sparse hair, and has a gentle voice, giving people the illusion that he was once a teacher.
"Hello, Comrade Verak, I am Donald Cozmo, the director of the Bash branch." Cozmo was as meticulous as a lawyer.
"Hello, Comrade Cozmo." Verak shook hands with Cozmo again.
"Vlatislav!"
"We're back!"
In Weekend, August hugged Vladislav excitedly again.
After the acquaintances finished greetings, Verak introduced the comrades who came with him to Cosmo and Vladislav.
After everyone had a basic understanding of each other, Cozmo saw that many people had confused eyes and said: "You must be tired after traveling for half a month. I will arrange for you to stay and rest first."
"Let them all go rest first and let's have a chat." Verak shouldered the heavy responsibility and finally met the leaders of the sub-station. He was eager to have a meeting to discuss things immediately.
"I'm not sleepy either." Quentin chose to stay.
"I'm not sleepy either." Connie is responsible for protecting Verak's safety, so she naturally wants to follow him as much as possible.
Clark also wanted to stay and act as Verak's translator, but Verak saw that he could hardly raise his eyelids, so he told him to trust his current Bash language skills and go to sleep without worries.
"Okay." Cozmo immediately ordered several comrades from the sub-station to settle down in Wicken. August, Clark, Oscar, and Stuart would rest first.
Soon, only Verak was left in the basement, Quentin was responsible for supporting intelligence work, Connie was responsible for security work, and the sub-station director Cozmo, deputy station director Vladislav, Connie, and combat
Team captain Arseny seven.
There were exactly seven chairs in the basement, so no one would have to stand and talk next.
"Our conditions here are relatively poor. If there is anything that is not prepared properly, you can tell us directly." Cozmo first asked Verak politely if there was anything they needed.
"It's nothing, just have food to eat and a place to live." The conditions here are quite poor. In order to save space, there is not even a conference table. However, Verak has lived too many hard lives and does not mind such an environment. He also hopes for this.
The environment can further train several new comrades.
"That's fine." Cosmo was relieved.
At first, he was afraid that people from the main station would look down on their place. But now it seems that everyone is bent on revolution, so it is not a problem if these things can meet the minimum requirements.
"I want to understand something first." When Verak spoke in Bash, he slowed down his speech for the sake of accuracy. "What is the specific situation at the sub-station now? How come you can only hide here?"
According to predictions, after the branch station merged with the Workers' Mutual Aid Association, it should take advantage of the situation to enter Winterfort, gain a firm foothold in Winterfort, and accumulate strength to confront the Bash government.
It shouldn't be that all the leaders are hiding outside the city, and they should be so cautious when meeting with the supporting people.
"The situation in Winterfort is rather complicated, it's like this..." Cosmo sighed and told several people about the situation.
Although the sub-station and the Workers' Mutual Aid Association merged some time ago and developed into Winterfort, the situation is still difficult.
The Bash government has adopted the most stringent system. After people from the sub-station are arrested, their relatives will be implicated. This makes comrades with families retreat or be stopped by family members who know about it, and they are no longer allowed.
Engage in related activities.
At the same time, the Bash government publicly offered bounties for wanted persons, which made some people unable to resist the temptation to reveal what they knew to the government. As a result, many comrades were arrested, and Cozmo and the others had to change places up to four times a day to avoid detection.
In addition to these, the most troublesome thing for the sub-station is that the government has sent some people to lurk in the sub-station to act as undercover agents and absorb intelligence. These undercover agents are more terrifying and dangerous than the comrades who escaped and chose to expose them, and because of their existence,
This puts everyone in the substation in danger, mutual trust is greatly reduced, and it is difficult to carry out any activities of medium or larger scale.
In order to ensure the safety of Verak and his party, only a handful of absolutely trustworthy comrades in the sub-station know about their coming to support, and these few are currently gathered here.
As for the martial law in Winterhold, it is even worse than what Lazein had done at the beginning.
The entire city of Winterfort is divided into hundreds of independent areas according to blocks, and each area has a separate guard patrolling it. During the day, you need a pass to travel through it, and at night, access is completely prohibited, which greatly prevents separation.
Station comrades carry out circulation planning tasks.
"... Passes are issued every day, and the guards in each independent area have the right to issue them, and the passes are mutually recognized. For example, when we set off from No. 1 Street and encountered the first inspection station, after a detailed search, the first
Each station will give us a pass that is valid for the day. In the future, we can just show the pass when passing through other stations, and there is no need to waste time by checking." Cozmo said, "Such a system can effectively restrict our access and can also effectively relieve the guards.
The search pressure is a very difficult problem..."
"Hmm..." After hearing this, Verak understood why they couldn't bring his group into Winterfort.
It is easy to enter Winterhold, just bypass the checkpoints at various intersections, but after entering, there will still be guards in each block. At that time, they will not be able to take out their passes, and they will not be able to prove that they live in that block, or they will be directly arrested.
If you recognize it, you will be in danger.
"The situation at the Bash sub-station is indeed more difficult and complicated than we imagined." Verak frowned, "I want to know first. Hasn't it been verified that the comrades recruited by the sub-station have not been verified?"
"Of course there is, but we merged with the Workers' Mutual Aid Association, and the Workers' Mutual Aid Association caused a lot of trouble in Winterfort before merging with us, and has been infiltrated, so..." Cosmo said.
To put it bluntly, the undercover agents are mainly concentrated in the Workers' Mutual Aid Association, and after the sub-station merged with the Workers' Mutual Aid Association, it is equivalent to absorbing all the undercover agents.
"Okay." The president and vice-president of the former Workers' Mutual Aid Association were present. Verak couldn't say anything. He could only regard it as some of the price paid by the sub-station to break into Winterfort. "Quentin, do you have any questions about this?"
What do you think?"
"It's really troublesome," Quentin said. "It's no less difficult to find out the undercover agents planted by the Bash government than it is for our army to defeat the Bressi government forces head-on."
"Then do you have any countermeasures?" Verak asked again.
"First of all, we must rule out the possibility of us launching an internal search. This is dangerous, time-consuming and inefficient." Quentin said calmly, "I think the best way is to launch a strong counterattack. In turn, we can install internal searches within the Bash government."
Undercover. In this way, we can not only obtain the government's intelligence, but also hope to steal our internal undercover list and catch them all."