Gravedigger of the Empire

Kahn was sitting in the car when he saw a very interesting scene.

Two officers dressed in Soviet Red Army uniforms were standing in front of the gate of his V agency, pointing and gesturing.

Upon seeing Kahn's car return, they made way, and Kahn soon came out of the gate, curiously looking at the two men.

"Who are you looking for?" Kahn was very satisfied with his guards; they were dutiful and had not let any suspicious persons in.

"I am Major Petrov from the Soviet Union, and this is my assistant, Captain Kudsky!" The shorter of the two Soviet men introduced himself.

He then extended his hand to Kahn: "I've been assigned to the V Agency as a cooperation liaison officer... so I'd like to meet with Director Kahn Myers here."

Kahn extended his hand and shook hands with the other man: "What a coincidence, I am Kahn Miles."

"..." Major Petrov glanced at Kudsky beside him. He really hadn't expected his future superior to be so young.

"Chief Miles is really young," Kudsky quickly interjected, trying to cover up their awkwardness. "Can we go inside and talk?"

Kahn sized up the two men; one was a major and the other a captain, but they didn't seem to be in the position of superior and subordinate.

If Kudesky was a lackey, he shouldn't have spoken up just now.

Kudsky noticed Kahn's scrutinizing gaze, paused slightly, and then suddenly realized he had said the wrong thing.

Although he was indeed Major Petrov's entourage, his mission was completely different from Petrov's.

"Come with me." Kahn gestured for them to enter, then led them through a gate without a sign.

Soon, two Soviet officers placed their identification documents and a certificate issued by the German Wehrmacht General Headquarters in front of Kahn.

Kahn went through the motions of checking the two men's Soviet documents, but he couldn't actually tell if they were genuine or fake.

However, another document, a certificate from the General Headquarters, is indeed genuine, and the fact that it was found here speaks volumes.

So Kahn returned the documents to the two men and then put the certificate into the drawer: "Sorry, I'm keeping this to destroy. Please come with me."

He led two men to Albert, the head of the logistics department.

Then, the group went together to a brand-new office. Albert handed the office keys to Petrov: "Major! These are the door keys, these are the filing cabinet keys, these two are the safe keys... oh, and this is..."

The old man explained things very carefully, and he seemed very curious about people from communist countries.

For ordinary people in capitalist countries, these communist parties are indeed... mysterious and frightening.

Rumors say they would strangle capitalists, rob the wealthy of their property, and even pry bread out of people's mouths and divide it among them...

"This will be your office from now on... As for the dormitory..."

"We have funding for the event, so we can stay in a nearby hotel or rent a house," Petrov explained.

"Alright then! Albert, you'll go with them to the canteen for a bite to eat later, and then greet the guards. From now on, those two will be our colleagues," Kahn gave a brief explanation.

His department was quite different from other German armies due to its nature.

Since cooperation with the Soviet Union had already begun, liaison personnel were definitely needed.

These liaison personnel could not be openly placed in the headquarters.

This is also the most important reason why the V organization is not located within the General Headquarters.

After all, there are far too many shady things in this department, so it would be more appropriate to put them somewhere else.

The first group of Soviets who came to discuss cooperation arrived, and the work of Agency V officially began.

Essen and his second team quickly became busy because there was just too much work to do.

"Tomorrow, all 37 senior members of the flying clubs on this list will be traveling by train to Kharkiv..." A German officer, holding the document in his hand, was shocked by the details of the cooperation.

He now realized that the famous glider club in the suburbs of Berlin was actually an institution for training pilots for the defense forces.

Even more alarming is that since the club was formed, as many as 500 people have gone there to learn to fly.

In other words, the German Air Force never truly died; they forged their own flesh and blood from the ashes, and could be reborn at any moment.

Another officer remarked, "Seven people from the General Headquarters Transportation Department wish to go to the Soviet Union to inspect the weapons and equipment of the armored forces."

They have booked train tickets to Moscow for at least 150 German officers.

He didn't know what role the people here would play in the future, but he did know that what they were going to do over there was extraordinary.

This included exercises using Soviet artillery and armored tanks to test various new tactics and methods employed by the German defense forces.

Some of these people were even specifically tasked with gathering Soviet intelligence...

How would he know? The reason is simple: the funding for those who are responsible for intelligence gathering... is largely provided by the V organization.

"We hope to obtain the following machine tools... including lathes, milling machines, etc." On the other side, Petrov was negotiating with Essen.

Although Essen was only a lieutenant, he now knew exactly how much authority he had.

Those were machine tools and equipment that were strictly prohibited from being exported to the Soviet Union... and he actually nodded and authorized their sale.

Even more outrageous is that, in order to make money and train officers, it seems that the secrets of the defense force can be obtained with money.

At least, items that were previously not for sale are now open for discussion.

Major Petrov lowered his voice and said, "In addition, we are also very interested in German submarine technology... We can offer gold or other resources in exchange."

"Cough cough!" Essen coughed twice, almost choking on his own saliva.

He glanced at Kahn sitting to the side and kept giving him meaningful looks.

Kahn knew that a large part of the Soviet Union's submarine technology actually came from Germany.

This may seem counterintuitive, but Germany did indeed export a large amount of submarine technology to the Soviet Union before World War II.

By selling these technologies, Germany forged a very strong shipbuilding workforce in Soviet shipyards.

These workers would later become the backbone of U-boat production.

"I need to communicate this to my superiors," Kahn said, glancing at Petrov. "I can only give you an answer tomorrow."