Chapter Two Hundred and Nine: Treasures

The visit of the country's top leader to the front line for inspection has had a considerable effect on the morale of the officers and men, but it is a pity that the news of the visit of the head of state to the front line this time cannot be made public for the time being, and can only be circulated in a small area. But even so, the personnel of the Afrika Army Command, who were fortunate enough to learn the inside story, immediately increased their work efficiency to 100 percent, which made the front-line troops a little unaccustomed.

Handshakes, group photos, verbal encouragement, and hand-to-hand awards, this set of standard procedures has come down, and Xu Jun, a body made of future biochemical technology, feels a little tired. This fatigue was mainly mental, and it was the end of the year, during which time the work of the Führer was very heavy, and he had not been able to get enough sleep during the two days he had been out.

After reviewing the guard of honor of the African Army, Xu Jun went to the temporary headquarters of Qu Hillel to listen to the general's report on the current battle. In the judgment of the development of the next war, Qu Hillel and Xu Jun have the same view, there is no force that can stop the victory of the German army, the defeat of Saudi Arabia has become a foregone conclusion, and the current problem that the German army needs to consider should be turned to how to stabilize the situation in the occupied areas.

The inhabitants of the Arab towns were relatively appeased, they only wanted to live in peace and tranquility, and as long as the Germans did not disrupt their daily routines and ensured that they had enough supplies for life, they would be happy to cooperate with the invaders and accept the German rule over them. Of course, the Germans could also use tough and bloody methods, and these desert peoples have also been like this for thousands of years, especially when encountering some unruly tribes, they may be more accustomed to this mode of conquest.

When Qu Hillel learned that Xu Jun did not have the intention of annexing all of Saudi Arabia, the general looked very happy, because in Kü Hillel's view, stationing a large number of troops in this barren land was a decision that was completely worth the cost. Quchrell personally believes that Germany can borrow some of the models adopted by Britain in the Middle East, and he believes that Germany should divide the most valuable areas into direct colonies, and leave the rest to be ruled by puppet regimes, and Germany can promise to provide military protection to each other and help maintain the stability of the regime.

These thoughts and suggestions were written in his report, and the general felt that it was his duty as commander of the corps, and that it was not for him to consider whether his superiors and the Führer would accept them. Xu Jun has a new understanding of Qu Hillel's abilities, but he is not prepared to adopt the general's advice, and there is probably no one in the world who knows more about the problems of the Arabian Peninsula than he does.

People in this era generally lack a global perspective, even the world's top experts, will only spin around under the primitive system of geopolitics, compared to the British is slightly better, but because of the information blockage, the strategic perspective of the British Empire still has many flaws. In the forties of the twentieth century, human beings may not have known as much about the world in which they live, as well as a schoolboy in the twenty-first century.

In the future era of the global information explosion, you can look up the history, geography, products and customs of foreign countries thousands of miles away with a few clicks of the keyboard, and in the forties of the last century, this is simply a fantasy, not every country has the strength to build an all-encompassing archive.

After listening to the general's report, Xu Jun expressed his satisfaction with the achievements of the African Army, congratulated the general on his outstanding service to the Third Reich again, and presented the other party with a silver plate engraved with his signature as a reward. The Führer's Office had specially ordered a large number of such gifts, most of them gold and silver, all engraved with the signature of the Reich, as a special reward for officials and generals whom the Führer deemed in need of a reward.

He was so happy to receive the gift that he declared that he would keep the plate on the shelf in his family's dining room as a family treasure.

After leaving the temporary headquarters, Xu Jun went to the arranged residence to rest. This is a luxurious courtyard in the city of Yanbu Port, which originally belonged to the private residence of the hapless political official Adile, who was requisitioned by the German garrison in Yanbu Port, and Adil himself was wounded and captured in the previous battle, and is now being treated in the field hospital in the city.

Adil's troops were crushed by the Germans, and the garrison of Yanbu Port was almost immediately crushed, and as a result, the Germans did not catch a few alive at all, so the prisoner of war camp was also spared, and the prisoners were all imprisoned in Yanbu Port itself. Not to mention, this place is much safer than the prisoner of war camps, and the Arabs' prison cells are notoriously strong.

After taking a bath in the sumptuous hammam of the Magistrate, the Führer was finally able to sit down and enjoy a day's lunch, and the chef in the house, also hired by the Magistrate, made first-class Arabic barbecue. Lunch was a Scotch whisky with delicious Arabic barbecue, and in addition to ordinary cattle and sheep, camels and ostriches are rare in Europe, and the excellent cooking skills of Arab chefs successfully conquered the Führer of the Third Reich.

"It's an ornament from the Twenty Dynasties of Egypt, and there are quite a few similar collections in the British Empire Museum." Xu Jun threw the gold necklace in his hand back into the treasure pile.

As the name suggests, in front of the Führer was a pile of treasures more than half a meter high, in addition to exquisite antique jewelry, gold and silver utensils, tens of thousands of Turkish gold coins and dozens of Arabic gold ingots. Sunlight streams through the sheer panes on the walls and illuminates the room in a dazzling golden light.

"This is only one of the chests we have found, and there are fifty-eight chests of gold and silver like this, four of which are full of precious stones, and we have found in the cellar thirty chests of cast gold bricks and bars, which we weighed, and each box is about five hundred kilograms of gold, which gives a total of fifteen tons." Daogen handed a catalogue to Xu Jun.

"I found it." A lieutenant colonel chimed in.

"What is the approximate total value?" Wheeler couldn't stop his excitement, he had never seen a treasure that could raise a hill.

"We can't estimate, General, but Captain Horn told me that this batch of gold bricks alone is worth about nineteen million dollars." Dougan replied.

"I was one of the first to go into that cellar." Someone chimed in again.

"Where did Ibn Saud get all that gold?" Xu Jun was amazed at this amount.

"Some are left over from the Ottoman Empire, we found the imprint of the Ottoman Bank on the gold bricks, and we also found the gold bricks of the American and British banks, accounting for about 30 percent of the total, and the rest should be cast by themselves, although the workmanship is a little rougher, but there is no problem in terms of purity." Dougan replied.

"The bricks are polished and can be used as mirrors." Someone raised their hand to report.

"Put this batch of things on the Archangel number overnight, issue a gag order to all participants, keep the matter secret, and forbid anyone to talk about it in private. Colonel Dogen, you're solely responsible for this matter. Randolph...."Xu Jun turned his head to look at the spirited SS lieutenant colonel.

"Yes, my Führer." Randolph puffed up.

"Where is that Prince Fasher man now?"

"We've brought him here, and he's locked downstairs, my Führer." Randolph replied.

"Go and bring him here, I have some questions I want to talk to him about." Xu Jun possessed himself and pulled out a crusader sword from the treasure pile.

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