Chapter 1317 Government in Exile

Ernst continued: "West coast cities, such as Cabinda and Luanda, are conducive to navigation with the Baltic Sea region, which means that they can help you directly contact St. Petersburg."

"Of course, although St. Petersburg is the political center of your country, I do not recommend that you make St. Petersburg the primary target of your strategy."

"After all, St. Petersburg is now the base camp of the Russian Labor Party. The Labor Party is very powerful in St. Petersburg, especially after the purge of your people. At the same time, the Baltic Sea is also blocked by the Central Powers and the Allied Powers because of the war in Europe, which is not conducive to the transportation of materials and the transmission of information."

"Therefore, I suggest that you set up the government seat in Dar es Salaam Lamu, or the place north of Dar es Salaam. "

"From the east coast of East Africa, there are several channels to Russia, including the Suez Canal, the Middle East and Central Asia, and finally the Siberian Railway. "

"And the Siberian Railway is most conducive to your development. Through the Siberian Railway, you can get in touch with the forces in eastern Russia. As far as I know, the current forces in Siberia are still loyal to the Russian government. "

In the past, the base camps of reactionary forces such as the Russian White Bandits were concentrated in the east of Russia. For example, the well-known bandit leaders Denikin and Kolchak relied on the Siberian Railway to obtain support from external forces and fight against the Labor Party.

And the Siberian Railway is also the only transportation route that can unimpededly support the reactionary forces in Russia.

So Ernst pointed out: "The eastern part of Russia is either controlled by the Labor Party or blocked by the Central Powers and the Allied Powers because of the European war."

"So, if you want to contact the country or allocate materials now, you can either go through the Siberian Railway or through land transportation in Central Asia."

"Obviously, Central Asia and the Indian Ocean coast are not your Russian land after all, so the safety of this route is not as high as the Siberian Railway."

"So, in your confrontation with the Labor Party, you should put the Siberian Railway in a relatively important position."

"At the same time, this is why I recommend that you set up the government seat in the east coast city of East Africa."

"In addition, choosing our East African city has another advantage, that is, it can obtain all kinds of intelligence and information in Russia more quickly."

After decades of development, East Africa has long built the world's second largest submarine cable line, second only to the United Kingdom, and actively developed land postal and telecommunications systems between East Africa and Europe, the Middle East and other regions.

So, it is very convenient for East Africa to obtain intelligence and information from all over the world. In this regard, only Europe and the United States can be compared with East Africa.

After listening to Ernst's suggestion, Alexei said: "Let's set the location in Dar es Salaam!"

There is no other reason why Alexei chose Dar es Salaam, mainly because Dar es Salaam has long been the largest city in East Africa.

Therefore, Alexei believes that setting up the exile government in Dar es Salaam will at least not be bad in all aspects.

In fact, if possible, Alexei does not want to leave Rhine City, after all, the climate in Rhine City is quite good, while Dar es Salaam is a bit hot.

But as Ernst said, setting up the exile government in the coastal area is more conducive to their contact and communication with the country.

Moreover, since the establishment of the exile government, it is bound to go against the Labor Party, and in this way, the weapons, food and other materials needed by the exile government must rely on other imperialist countries.

Now that the exile government is set up in East Africa, it is obvious that their materials have to beg for alms from the East African government. These materials are sent to Russia by sea, and they also need a region with convenient sea transportation.

Of course, Ernst knew very well that supporting such a Russian government in exile had basically no future.

However, this did not prevent Ernst from giving some help to Alexei and other Russian reactionary forces. After all, East Africa had previously robbed Nicholas II's treasury in Kazan.

In addition to this reason, Ernst also hoped that this exile government could attract people from Russia to flow into East Africa.

Just as in the previous life, under the Labor Party regime, a large number of elites and wealthy people would inevitably flee from Russia. For the Russian Labor Party, there was no shortage of waste and garbage among these people. After all, their existence was more harmful than beneficial to the development of Russian society as a whole.

However, these waste and garbage were a kind of wealth for East Africa and other countries. Even if it was the most greedy official in Russia, as long as he could come to East Africa with the money he had embezzled, it would be a great help to East Africa. Anyway, he could not cause harm to East African society.

After all, he was able to act tyrannically in Russia because of his bureaucratic identity and status, but when he was exiled to East Africa, he naturally lost his past power.

Ernst said: "Then we will provide you with an office in Dar es Salaam for free, so that you can hold meetings and direct domestic affairs."

Alexei said gratefully: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Establishing a government in exile is not an easy task, especially for a country like the East African government that has never supported a government in exile. East Africa has supported some puppet states, the most typical of which is the Abyssinian Empire.

Ten days later.

The Russian government-in-exile was formally established in Dar es Salaam. The government inherited the claims of the former tsarist government. When Nicholas II’s personal situation was unknown and he had long announced his abdication, the former crown prince Aleksandar Xie is naturally the irrefutable orthodox first-in-line heir.

At the same time, Alexey appointed Baranov as prime minister and appointed other Russian exiles in East Africa as cabinet members, starting the initial path to power.

After the government-in-exile was established, it actively contacted the royalists, nobles, and military forces in Russia, especially the army. Well-known Russian officers such as Dönitz and Kolchak were all targets of the government-in-exile.

It is worth mentioning that Chubalov, who controls Kazan, is also a key candidate for the exile government. This unlucky guy is the warlord who was previously promoted by the East African Defense and Security Agency, because his power has not yet bordered with the Labor Party. So it still exists.

And because he controls Kazan, an important Russian city, Chubalov is also considered one of the more famous warlords in Russia.

The establishment of the Russian government-in-exile made the nobles and royalist forces in Russia very excited to a certain extent. Many people couldn't wait to go to East Africa to meet Crown Prince Alexei.

This also caused some dignitaries in Russia who were preparing to flee to consider East Africa as one of their important destinations.

On the contrary, some warlord forces in Russia are not very interested in the government-in-exile, especially those who supported the former provisional government.

The former Provisional Government, that is, the former Russian capitalist government, many old Russian military officers actually supported this government that had been overthrown by the Russian Labor Party.

The parting of ways between the Russian aristocracy and capitalism was illustrated from the moment of the establishment of the former Russian Provisional Government.

This makes it difficult for the Russian government-in-exile formed in East Africa to command and order some troops in eastern Russia.

At the same time as the government-in-exile was established, the East African government also increased surveillance activities within its borders. After all, the establishment of the Russian government-in-exile would inevitably attract the attention of the Russian Labor Party government. Ernst was also worried that there would be Labor Party members who were not afraid of death and would sneak in. within East Africa.

After all, they dared to kill even Nicholas II, and a former Russian crown prince who was exiled to East Africa was naturally even more childish. This was why Ernst hoped that Alexei would set up the exile government on the coast. In fact, he was afraid of being harmed.

Of course, the current energy of the Russian Labor Party is definitely not able to take into account overseas. The war in Russia is enough to keep them busy. However, they should not be afraid of any eventuality, but be afraid of 10,000, and they still need to take good precautions.