"This is contradictory." Cozmo shook his head, "If we could accurately distinguish between real comrades and undercover agents, then there would be no need to notify them to evacuate. We could just get rid of the undercover agents, and wouldn't the problem be solved?"
"Well... I planned the evacuation on the way. What I really plan to discuss with you when I get back here is what will happen to those comrades if we evacuate?" Verak asked the three people for their opinions.
They seem to be stuck in a quagmire now, unable to move forward or retreat. The undercover agents and traitors have made it impossible to mobilize the overall action.
Arseny and Vladislav looked at each other and proposed an idea that had been discussed for the first time: "The undercover agents must be mainly concentrated in our original Workers' Mutual Aid Association. Our merger with the Bash branch of the International Equality League has not
After a long time, their infiltration into your sub-station should not be serious. If you want to withdraw, please find a way to confirm the situation of your former comrades in the sub-station, contact them and leave..."
"The people in the original Workers' Mutual Aid Association are all natives of Winterfort. Whether they are traitors or true comrades, staying here is the best choice." Vladislav also followed suit.
"What's this? Are you and I separated again when we were talking about evacuation?" Cozmo glared at the two of them, "Since we have merged, the people in the Workers' Mutual Aid Association are also our comrades!"
"But this matter must be viewed rationally now." Vladislav was moved, but not carried away.
The Workers' Mutual Aid Association was infiltrated into a sieve by scavengers, and then merged with the Bash branch of the International Equality League. Undercover agents and traitors were infected like a virus, causing the branch to collapse quickly and fail to recover.
To put it mildly, the Workers’ Mutual Aid Association is a liability.
While the Bash branch of the International Equality Alliance is not completely dead, let's get rid of the burden now, and maybe we can cheer up.
As the sub-station director, Kozmo couldn't say such a thing, so Vladislav and Arseny, the founders of the Workers' Mutual Aid Association, had to say it themselves.
This is not that the International Equality League is abandoning the Workers' Mutual Aid Association, but that they are voluntarily withdrawing from it on behalf of the Workers' Mutual Aid Association.
Verak was blocked by Cozmo, so he simply sat down nearby and smoked: "I understand what you each mean. Cozmo feels that since they have merged, they are all his own, and now that they are separated, most of the traitors and undercover agents will be eliminated.
Lost it, but it also means abandoning other people in the Workers' Mutual Aid Association. Vladislav believes that the overall situation should be put first, and it is the best way to separate from the comrades of the original Workers' Mutual Aid Association at the moment. He and Arseny, as workers
If the founder of the mutual aid association takes the initiative to mention this, others will have no right to have any objections. My idea is that we will not separate, but we will divide our forces into two groups."
"What do you mean?" Cosmo asked.
"Evacuate all the way to regenerate strength, hold on to Winterfort all the way, and stabilize other comrades." Verak said.
"I think it's okay." Arseny agreed first.
Cozmo still had many concerns: "What do you plan to do with the comrades over there on Peace Street?"
"They are currently carrying out the mission, which will be completed in about ten days. Once completed, they will withdraw from Winterfort. With them here, we will be able to reintegrate our forces much faster, and we will be more confident of establishing a firm foothold in Winterfort by then."
"So, we leave in ten days?"
Verak took a puff of cigarette: "Of course we should do it as early as possible. The five of them can follow us then."
Vladislav looked at Verak and then at Cosmo: "Is it decided to withdraw now?"
"What do you think?" Verak looked at Cosmo.
He hoped that this decision would be unanimously approved by everyone, so he did not assign work as soon as he arrived, but persuaded a few people first.
Cosmo was silent for a while and nodded: "I agree if the troops are divided into two groups."
When Verak saw that everyone had approved the plan, he immediately made arrangements: "Without further delay, let's allocate the work."
"Comrade Vladislav and Comrade Arseny have just joined our alliance, and they are still unable to do many things. I need to do it personally, such as identifying regions and contacting comrades." Kozmo took over the main work.
"It's a lot of work just to rely on you." Verak was worried about whether Cozmo could bear it.
"There is nothing we can do about it. They were not familiar with the comrades before the merger, nor were they familiar with the city where we originally operated. Now that Comrade Dai Qian has died, the other comrades may not be reliable, so I can only do it." Coz.
Mo Dao.
Vladislav and Arseny were both members of the former Workers' Mutual Aid Association. Although the Workers' Mutual Aid Association merged with the Bash branch of the International Equality League, the merger soon fell apart due to frequent undercovers. They failed to reconcile with the branch.
The comrades nearby became familiar with each other.
Now, if we need to contact someone we trust to evacuate, we can only leave it to the sub-station director Cozmo himself.
As for where to evacuate, of course it would be best to evacuate to the city where the sub-station was before entering Winterfort, and Vladislav and Arseni didn't know anything about it. Only Cosmo could handle it.
"How long will it take?" Verak was more concerned about time.
"It's not clear yet, maybe ten days." Cozmo estimated a number.
"Ten days..." Verak repeated in a low voice. This time is about the same as the day Quentin and the others completed their mission on Peace Street. "Okay, by then I will finish it and take the new comrades who came with me."
"Then I won't waste time. I'll contact a few reliable comrades first." Cozmo is a very straightforward person. Although he didn't agree with Verac's proposal before, he didn't hesitate at all after he actually decided to implement it.
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"Okay..." Verak wanted to follow and help, but his identity was too sensitive and it was impossible to run around the city safely in broad daylight. The same was true for Vladislav and Arseny.
The three of them watched Cozmo put on his ID and leave the basement with the pistol, and fell silent again.
After a long time, Vladislav apologized to Verak: "I'm sorry, Comrade Verak, we have no experience in establishing an organization and have caused you misery."
"What are you talking about?" Verak smiled a little, trying his best not to let Vladislav feel negative emotions, "This is not your fault, on the contrary, you dare to unite the workers to fight, which is very rare. If not
You and the sub-station will not have a chance to break into Winterhold."
"You have entered Winterfort, but..."
"To put it bluntly, these are things that we must experience and face. The equality in the early days was no better than here in Laize. In the end, didn't we overcome countless difficulties and change Bressy?" Verak
Passing cigarettes to the two of them, "Since we have merged and we are all comrades fighting for the same goal, you must abandon this idea. Sometimes this idea will only alienate us and is not conducive to our unity."
"Hmm..." Vladislav nodded silently while holding a cigarette.
"This time when we evacuate Winterfort, I want you to stay. After all, you are very familiar with Winterfort and are the most trusted people by the comrades of the former Workers' Mutual Aid Association. However, your current status is as sensitive as mine.
The patrol team that came to investigate will definitely be arrested, and you staying here to tell the truth will not be of much use... I want to hear your thoughts first." Verak was not idle, deciding where the two of them would go next.
"If I stay here, I can only hide in the basement. I want to go somewhere else to study more and exercise more." Vladislav wanted to leave.
"Me too." Arseny agreed.
Verak nodded slightly: "Then arrange for another person to stay here, and you will evacuate together."
"good."
"good."
Verak glanced at the door of the basement: "I can't help here much. I have to find a way back to Peace Street at night. If necessary, I will ask Quentin and the others to terminate the mission and plan the development after the evacuation.
"
"There's nothing we can do if we stay here, so why don't we go with you?" The two of them were almost going crazy as they stayed in the basement without seeing the light of day.
"When Comrade Cozmo comes back, say hello to him. If he doesn't need us for anything, we'll go there." Verak looked at the miserable faces of the two people and couldn't refuse.
Before dark, Cosmo finally came back.
After smoking one cigarette after another in the basement, Verak and others gathered around to learn about the situation.
"I contacted comrades from the two places and asked them to go all the way out of Winterfort and return to Shiling City, where we originally operated, to prepare and wait for the evacuation of our large forces. The other group contacted other trustworthy comrades on my behalf to inform them of the evacuation news.
Pass it on." Cozmo explained his afternoon results to several others.
"Are they all comrades who can be absolutely trusted?" Verak was a little worried.
"I can only say that these comrades I contacted are people who I think will never betray us no matter what. But if you ask whether they are absolutely trustworthy and will not betray us 100%, I can't guarantee that..." Cosmo was helpless.
shrugged.
They don't have any means of identification now, so they can only rely on trust to communicate.
And trust can be priceless or worthless.
"The number of people we contact can be small, but it must be secure enough. Once there is an undercover traitor here, all of us will die, and the dawn of Bash will be delayed for a long, long time." Verak reminded everyone that they knew everything.
clear things.
"I don't have many contacts, less than twenty people in total. These twenty people were the first to join me in the revolution. If there are undercover traitors among them who have been infiltrated, it means that we will never escape the end of being wiped out.
"Cozmo sat down to rest.
"Is there anything that needs our help here? If not, I want to take Comrade Vladislav and Comrade Arseny to stay at Peace Street to see if the situation allows us to finish the work on Peace Street.
." Verak asked.
"You really can't do anything if you stay here. If you can go to Peace Street, go for it." Cosmo agreed to stay alone.
Vladislav said worriedly: "Can you do it alone?"
"I have never seen any big storms, so don't worry about me." As the sub-station manager, Cozmo is confident that he can complete his job well.
"Pay attention to safety. We can help here. We will come back at any time." Arseny said.
"Yes. The same goes for you in Heping Street. Be careful and don't get discovered by the patrol team." Cozmo warned in turn, "Okay, let's eat."
"Um."
The four of them ate some hard bread together, and after finishing their dinner, they chatted about some trivial matters together until the night got deeper.
"It's almost done." Seeing the darkness outside, Verak decided to leave and return to Heping Street.
Vladislav Arseny, who had held it in for a long time, stood up abruptly, looking like he was eager to go out for a breath of fresh air right away.
"See you later." Cosmo said, standing at the back.
"You must be careful yourself." After Verak finished speaking, he opened the door gently, tiptoed up the stairs, led Vladislav and Arseny out of the basement, and took advantage of the night to walk all the way back to Peace Street.
In Heping Street, due to the curfew, the door of the pub secretly established by the sub-station was closed. Verak knocked on the door regularly. Soon, the bartender Victor opened the door a crack and let the three people in.
.
"You are back." The bartender Victor did not expect that Verak would come back so early and bring Vladislav and Arseny back together, "Comrade Vladislav, Comrade Arseny, tonight
good."
"Good evening, Comrade Victor." Vladislav and Arseny said in unison.
"Now that the plan has changed, I brought them here." Verak helped Victor lock the door again, "Where are Quentin and the others?"
"The four of them are summarizing the situation in the cubicle and arranging work for tomorrow." The bartender Victor lit a candle on the bar to make the pub less dark and the light would not shine through and be noticed by the patrol team.
Verak walked to the cubicle: "What do you have to do?"
"No." The bartender Victor said.
"Then come together and have a meeting." Verak walked directly to the cubicle door and opened it.
The chatter inside stopped suddenly, and Quentin, Connie, Stuart, and Oscar all looked at the person who opened the door, Verak.
"Why are you back so soon?"
"Scared me..."
"How's the situation over there?"
Several people were stunned for a moment and asked questions in various directions.
Verak was not in a hurry to speak, and first invited Vladislav, Arseny, and Victor to come in and sit down.
"Comrade Vladislav, Comrade Arseny, you are here too."
"Where's Station Commander Cozmo?"
"What's going on?"
After a total of eight people sat down, Verak formally spoke and answered the questions of several people: "Comrade Cozmo has some things to do, and Comrade Vladislav and Comrade Arseny are sensitive and cannot help.
I brought them back with me."
"What's going on, Comrade Verak." Quentin looked directly at Verak, intuitively telling him that there were big changes at the sub-station.
"Yeah, this is..." Stuart also noticed something was wrong.
When Verak came back, he didn't pay attention to the progress of their work immediately. He also gathered all the comrades present together to tell them something important.
"In view of the fact that it is currently difficult to achieve a breakthrough in the revolutionary work in Winterfort, the sub-station director Comrade Kozmo, the deputy station director Comrade Vladislav, and the combat team captain Comrade Arseny, together with me, decided to temporarily withdraw from Winter Castle after careful consideration.
Fort, and return to Shiling City, the sub-station’s original activity area, for development.” Verak disclosed the final decision of the sub-station to several people without any warm-up.