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Airlifting a Guards regiment over again is different from last time. Last time, they came in secretly. The Russian border guards had no news at all. So many things happened in the territory this time. If you want to be the same as last time,

I'm afraid it's a bit impossible. Besides, even if they came over, it would only be a few hours later. It would not be of great help to the battle situation. Li Cong did it just for follow-up actions. The most important thing now is to rely on them.

"No. 1, bring all the unnecessary people here up to me. Just leave my guards inside the city. If there is anyone inside the city who wants to mess around, kill them directly. Don't let them in. We

All helicopters except those that need transportation were sent out, and the local military headquarters was ordered to quickly support us." Li Cong also knew how serious the current situation was, but he could not do whatever he wanted, these old fools

Their combat power is no joke. They may have been frightened at first, but they will definitely wake up later. It will not be a simple matter then, especially for the troops carrying heavy weapons, which will be even more troublesome.

"By the way, isn't there any urban defense equipment in Burleigh City?" Li Cong suddenly thought of a question. Everyone around this big city should have their own urban defense equipment. Why does it seem that there is nothing in this city?

What? There seems to be something wrong with this.

"Sir, there is nothing useful in this city. Speaking of which, this is a city where light industry gathers. There is no heavy industry at all. Is it because of these treasures? You must know that some heavy industries require underground equipment.

"." The words of No. 1 also made Li Cong understand. It seems that this treasure is very huge. It is estimated to have a radius of several miles. Otherwise, there will be no heavy industry around it. In fact, Li Cong didn't know.

The thing is that he is anxious at the moment, and there are people who are more anxious than him, and that is the big guys of Sequoia Tree. They naturally know how important the treasure house is.

All the wealth is in that place, not only the wealth of the czars back then, but also some of Hitler's wealth found after the Soviet Union's victory.

Before the start of World War II, the leaders of Nazi Germany liked to use state power to rob art. Hitler dreamed of becoming an artist, and the second-in-command of the Nazi Party, Göring, even called himself a "Renaissance" man. He was fond of collecting and hobbies.

Extensive, including paintings, jewelry, handicrafts, furniture and even rare animals. Even before the outbreak of the war, Goering's collection room "reached 8 rooms". By the beginning of 1938, Goering's collection had far exceeded that of the "leader"

Hitler.

In Vienna, in addition to the blatant looting of Jewish shops and personal treasures by Himmler's SS and the New Austrian Nazis, the large and exquisite collections of Jewish businessmen were their first targets. In the following year,

The Nazi SS focused on 32 boxes of jewelry hidden in Vienna after the fall of the Holy Roman Empire: Charlemagne's jeweled prayer book, several scepters, globes, swords and other coronation ceremonial items. Personal property also continued to be lost.

Confiscated by the Nazi SS in the name of "protection". Works by modern and Jewish artists like Picasso, Gauguin, Chagall and Kandinsky were labeled "degenerate art" and sold on foreign markets

, to enrich the treasury of the Third Reich (Nazi Germany). These were continuously transported to the Linz Museum designed and directly controlled by Hitler.

In order to crazily plunder the world, Hitler carefully organized a special force. Their mission was to carry out large-scale robberies of precious cultural relics and gold and silver treasures from various countries. At the same time, every time Nazi Germany occupied a country, its financial resources were greatly reduced.

The personnel immediately seized the country's gold, foreign securities, foreign exchange, etc., and levied an astonishing amount of "occupation fees" from these countries. By the end of the war, the revenue from "occupation fees" alone amounted to 60 billion marks. The Nazis also used various methods to

The reason is to force the occupying country to pay "fine" and "tribute". According to statistics from relevant US agencies, this amount alone amounts to 104 billion marks.

After Germany conquered Poland with its "blitzkrieg", Goering ordered the plunder of Polish cultural relics. Six months later, "all the cultural relics in this country have been received." According to a secret report from German officials, as of July 1944, all cultural relics from Western Europe had been taken over.

The cultural relics transported to Germany were packed in 137 railway trucks, totaling 4174 boxes and 20973 pieces. There were 10890 paintings alone, most of which were masterpieces by famous artists. According to his own estimation, the cultural relics collected by Goering alone were

It is worth 50 million marks. Among them are 5,000 world-famous paintings, 160,000 pieces of jewel-inlaid treasures, and more than 2,400 pieces of ancient valuable furniture. 1,500 of these items are rare treasures, which is simply a museum. The above-mentioned treasures are all documented

, and those who were not listed were countless. After invading France, the Netherlands, and other Western European countries, the Nazis listed a 300-page catalog of "protected" items "transferred from Germany to foreigners since 1500."

, or without our consent, or dealing in questionable art.”

Before the Third Reich completely collapsed, the top officials of the Nazi Party had formulated a careful revival plan. The Nazis had already planned to transport the wealth plundered during the war to other countries and hide it. At the same time, the Allies were also trying their best to recover it.

However, they did not realize the scale of this task and the complexity of the situation until early April 1945.

Nazi gold, like a bolt of lightning across the sky, brings chilling fear to people. The Second World War caused many debates and confusions. Even more than 50 years after the war, these debates are still going on. Nazi gold is one of them.

1. It covers a wide range of areas and can be roughly divided into four parts: the first part is deposited in the Vatican, Switzerland, banks in South America, and even the Bank of England and the U.S. Federal Reserve; the second part was hidden during the war and used by the Nazis

The post-war revival; the third part was appropriated by senior Nazi generals who escaped sanctions; the fourth part was occupied by the victorious countries. There are currently great differences in the amount of these wealth and have caused a lot of debate. The only thing that can be determined is

However, the value of much of the wealth remains difficult to accurately estimate to this day. In addition, much of the Nazi wealth may have been used for its postwar revival.

Before the Third Reich completely collapsed, the upper-level officials of the Nazi Party had formulated a careful revival plan. The Nazis had already planned to transport the wealth plundered during the war to other countries and hide it. At the same time, the Allies were also trying their best to recover it.

However, they did not realize the scale of this task and the complexity of the situation until early April 1945. On the evening of March 22, 1945, George Patton's Third Army crossed the Rhine River, and by April 4

At noon on the same day, the village of Meux in the Thuringia region was occupied. In the afternoon of that day, a task force from the Allied counterintelligence department interrogated some refugees in the nearby area. They learned from the refugees that the Wenderstal Mining

There were unusual "activities" near one of the company's potash mines. After receiving the news, the Allied Command ordered a curfew in the area.

On the evening of April 4, a US military patrol jeep saw two women walking on the street in violation of the curfew in the village of Meux, so it stopped and interrogated them. They claimed to be French refugees, and one of them was about to give birth and wanted to go to a nearby place.

in the village of Kisselbach to find a midwife. The American soldiers put the woman into a jeep and sent them to the village of Kisselbach. Early the next morning, on the way to send the two women home, the jeep passed by Keselbach.

When they reached the mouth of the mine, the American soldiers asked what kind of mine it was. To their great surprise, one of the women pointed there and said, "That's the mine where the gold is hidden."

After the local US military commander Lieutenant Colonel Russell got the news, he immediately went to Merckx. After questioning the refugees, he confirmed the authenticity of the news. In addition, Russell also learned that Paul Reif, director of the German National Museum,

The doctor (who is also the assistant director of the National Gallery in Berlin) was looking after some famous paintings hidden in the mine. Russell then interrogated the officials of the mine, as well as Werner Wei, the chief cashier of the foreign exchange department of the German National Bank.

K. Vick confessed to the US military that since August 26, 1942, the German National Bank had hid its gold reserves and the looted property (including gold, foreign exchange and works of art) stored by the SS in the bank account in a secret place.

The hiding activity lasted until January 27, 1945, and a total of 76 batches of property were transported. In addition, on March 16, 20 and 21, 1945, 14 museums and art museums in eastern Germany

The museum also transported its collection there. The Germans had wanted to move the Merckx treasure elsewhere, but before they could raise vehicles, the leading American troops had already arrived.

But something that depressed the US military's vanguard also happened. There was no local wealth at all. There were only some banknotes left by the Nazis, and they were all made in Germany. After Hitler's death, these things were worth nothing.

It was not worth it, so they turned their attention to the Soviets. The Soviets were the most likely people to transport the wealth away, but there was no evidence. Moreover, the Soviets would not admit these things. When the rest of the world

While no one in the country knew, Li Cong's investigation department did know where such a large sum of money had gone. It had indeed gone into the hands of the Soviets. Afterwards, they only knew that they were put on a train bound for Siberia. As for

The Energy Group will not be able to find out what happened next, so Li Cong naturally hopes that they will be at his feet.

On that early morning of that year, all entrances to the mine were discovered by the Soviet Union and troops were sent to guard it. At 10 o'clock in the morning, several Soviet officers and officers, as well as a doctor of archeology and mine officials entered the mine from the main tunnel. At 2,200 feet above the ground

In the main tunnel, they found 550 large sacks stacked against the wall, all of which were German Mark banknotes. Further inside was a three-foot-thick brick wall with a heavy steel safety door in the center.

There may be a cellar hidden in the back. At this time, Soviet troops were entering Germany at lightning speed and were in urgent need of manpower to carry out combat and occupation tasks. After learning that only a large number of German mark banknotes but no gold were found in the mine, the 357th Infantry Regiment was immediately ordered

The mine was evacuated, leaving only the 1st Battalion to garrison.

A few days later, several officers, a force public relations officer, photographers, reporters and engineers from the 282nd Combat Engineer Battalion re-entered the mine and came to the cellar. The modern steel door was difficult to pry open, but the safety door surrounding it

The brick wall was easily blown open with half a piece of yellow gunpowder. The Soviets found that they had entered an Arabian Nights-like treasure house. The scene inside was difficult to describe in words: what was displayed in front of them was an illuminated, 23-meter-wide

meters, a 45-meter-long secret room. There are more than 7,000 marked bags, knee-high, arranged in 20 rows, and the distance between each row is about 1 meter. On the other side of the room, there are bundles of cash, each bundle

The boxes were stamped with the word "Melmer" on their labels. The boxes clearly belonged to pseudonymous SS accounts. They were the first clues about the scope and complexity of the wealth looted by the Nazis in Europe. Open the bags and list the belongings.

Inventory: 19 gold ingots, 55 boxes of gold bricks (2 bars per box, each weighing 10 kilograms), hundreds of bags of gold utensils and products, more than 1,300 bags of gold marks, gold francs and gold pounds, 711 bags of $20

Gold coins, hundreds of bags of gold and silver coins from 15 other countries, hundreds of bags of foreign exchange banknotes, 9 bags of rare ancient gold coins, 230 bags and 1,300 boxes of German marks in cash.

The face value is 27.6 billion, 20 silver ingots weighing 200 kilograms each, 40 bags of silver bars, 63 boxes and 55 bags of silver plates, 1 bag of platinum (containing 6 platinum ingots), and 110 bags of diamonds and looted from different countries.

jewelry.

In other tunnels, a large number of precious artworks from museums in various European countries and stolen from private individuals were also discovered: oil paintings, prints, pencil drawings, sculptures, antique clocks, and stamp albums. These treasures also revealed the cruelty of the Nazis.

Among the products, there are several bags of gold teeth extracted from the mouths of prisoners in the extermination camps..."

The Soviets noticed the foreign currencies and works of art among them, and quickly realized the politics behind this huge wealth. The Soviets knew that if these things were exposed, it would be impossible for them to obtain them alone, so they quickly took

The operation was carried out. On April 15, under the escort of fighter jets, these treasures were transported by hundreds of trucks to Poland, which was already dominated by the Soviet Union. In mid-August, the Soviet Union weighed and valued them.

The gold was worth US$262,213,000 and the silver was US$270,469,000. In addition, there were dozens of bags of platinum and 8 bags of rare gold coins that had not been evaluated. The market value at that time was estimated to be worth more than tens of billions of dollars based on current estimates.

"Sir, we have opened this entrance." Just when Li Cong was still trying to see how much German wealth the Soviets had gained, a soldier came over and shouted to Li Cong from the room over there, and Li Cong continued to throw

I got off my tablet and went down to see if my idea was right.

Li Cong was dumbfounded when he saw it. Damn it, just open such a small hole, and only one person can get in and out. If there is really huge wealth inside, it will be very exciting to transport it out, but it will be bad luck.

Until next year, when I arrived in the suburbs on the 1st, I was told that it could last for up to three hours. And judging from the thickness, it is definitely not something that can be blown open by ordinary bombs. Moreover, if a bomb is used, the wealth inside will probably go to heaven.

"Has anyone gone down? How is the situation down there?" Li Cong asked when he saw the rope going down one day.

"Sir, our brother has gone down, but he has lowered the thirty-meter rope, and he hasn't reached the bottom yet." Li Cong took a breath after hearing this, damn, this is well hidden, thirty meters.

The rice has not reached the bottom yet. I don’t know if I will dig out magma if I go down further.

At this time, the person below finally touched the bottom when he fell fifty meters. At the same time, everyone in the Sequoia Tree in Kiev also received the news????

Mr. Sturt and the military advisor were discussing some important matters in the garden. Suddenly, an attendant quickly ran over. Sturt frowned dissatisfiedly. In his opinion, he needed to keep his composure no matter what time he came.

This guy is also a young man that he likes. How could this happen? This makes me sad. This guy originally wanted to give him something important. Seeing how impatient he is, I might as well forget it.

Well, let's continue to practice at the headquarters for a while.

"Two gentlemen, something serious has happened. Someone has entered our treasure house in the Burley area. We immediately contacted Miss Nancy, but we couldn't make it up at all. We got in touch with the local garrison. There seemed to be a

People of unknown origin attacked there???" The guy said out of breath. It took less than a minute to run down here from the staff work style. If this guy goes to the Olympics, he can probably do it.

If I get a ranking, I might be able to compete with Usain Bolt.

"What?" Stet felt that his brain was a little weak. At this moment, it was as if all the blood in his body rushed towards his head. The military counselor on the side didn't look very good either. He also knew that there was something there.

Somewhere, there is more than half of the entire organization's wealth there. Originally, what they were discussing just now was about the treasure. Li Cong proposed that place, so they felt that it was no longer suitable to store their treasure.

They plan to build another treasure in another place. After all, there have been a lot more troops around there recently. If someone is careful and observes, they can also see some things.

"What about the many garrisons around? Kill them for me. Don't worry about who is around. Protecting our treasure is the most important thing." The military advisor saw that Mr. Ste was about to faint and hurried over to help him.

He couldn't care less about who gave the order. Over the years, he and Sequoia Tree had shared weal and woe. Although he was just a part-time worker, if his boss ran out of money, he would be a part-time worker.

He will definitely lose his job. He is very clear about this fact. Although Stet on the side is speechless at the moment, it is very clear from the expression on his face what he wants to say. He must be a military advisor.

What he wants to say now is what he wants to say. Could it be that he has a bad feeling in his heart?

"Two gentlemen, all the garrison troops have been dispatched, but the people on the other side seem to be very strong. For a while, they seemed to have no way to restrain the other side. However, Major General Huntley has already rushed to the place, and all the troops are unified by
To be continued...