Chapter 497: The Mystery of Gold
Gold is always a crazy thing!
Especially in the face of hundreds of tons of gold, it is enough to make anyone crazy!
But Dai Li seemed to be facing an ordinary thing, hundreds of tons of gold in his mouth were not much different from hundreds of tons of earth.
Not many people know this secret.
Zhang Zuolin immediately attacked, and the White Guards, stimulated by military salaries and looting, launched waves of attacks on the Russian Red Army.
And the secret golden operation of Dai Lisa and the special forces that came later also began!
This is the first time that the special forces have gone abroad to carry out a mission since their establishment, and this mission is also extremely special:
Look for gold!
Of course, even those special forces members don't know the true purpose of this mission!
And the person who personally led this special force was Li Yifeng, the captain of the special brigade.
The specific task, except for Dai Li and Li Yifeng, no one can know.
The task is so important that no one dares to take it lightly!
All the way towards Lake Baikal, you can see shocking corpses everywhere. Some died of war, and some froze to death while fleeing with Kolchak.
These soldiers, who were accustomed to seeing life and death, could not help but be shocked by the tragic scene in front of them.
They can endure dying on the battlefield, but they can never imagine what it would be like to freeze to death.
Dai Li carefully examined each corpse, but found nothing he was looking for.
Before leaving, the president's words still sounded in Dai Li's ears:
"The man I was in the White Guards, he was well recognized, he was a one-eyed dragon, and he only had three fingers on his left hand. He contacted me for the last time. It was when Kolchak began to prepare for the secret delivery of gold, and since then contact has been lost
How did the gold really sink to Lake Baikal, then I can't do anything, with our current strength, it is impossible to salvage it from Lake Baikal, so even if this mission fails, you will not have any responsibility. Protect your own safety, go and return quickly, and allow you to retreat immediately if the situation is urgent."
The Great President has said that the mission allows failure. But Dai Lian could not tolerate his own failure!
Just like going to Beijing, this time is also my best chance!
He doesn't care about any golden treasures, he cares about his own future, as long as he gets the favor of the president and climbs to a higher status, he can get greater wealth and realize his ambitions!
At the time of the Western Han Dynasty, Lake Baikal was called the "North Sea". Su Wu had been shepherding sheep here for 19 years.
Lake Baikal has always been the territory of China! It was only in the Manchu era that Kangxi was betrayed. In the traitorous "Treaty of Nebuchu", the area east of Lake Baikal, which belonged to Buryat Mongolia, was assigned to Russia by the Kangxi Emperor, and after the signing of the "Treaty of Burenschi" and "Kyakhta" that divided the border between Russia during the reign of Yongzheng, the Central Plains Dynasty was finally completely separated from Lake Baikal. In this way, Baikal was ceded to the Russians by the traitorous Kangxi and Yongzheng!
Lake Baikal in spring is completely different from Baikal in winter.
Lake Baikal becomes more and more peaceful in the early morning, and the white mist on the lake in the distance seems to cast a light white veil over the blue water. The sun was shining on the grass by the lake. Wildflowers are more vibrant in the sun,
No one could have imagined that 200,000 lives were buried under this beautiful lake not long ago!
Dai Li, Li Yifeng and his team members didn't have the heart to enjoy this beautiful scenery.
"Go around and look for the body, and anyone else who might be alive." Dai Li said coldly: "Be sure to pay special attention to the one-eyed dragon with only three fingers on his left hand!" ”
The team members immediately began to act, and Li Yifeng said with some worry: "In case he also sinks to the bottom of the lake"
"No, absolutely not!" Dai Li shook his head very firmly: "He has a special task on him, and he will not allow himself to sink to the bottom of the lake." If it were me, I would definitely try to leave a special clue before I die, otherwise it would be a wasted sacrifice! ”
Li Yifeng shook his head in confusion.
As for the real thoughts in the hearts of people like Dai Li, as a professional soldier, I will never understand.
Three whole days of searching. The team found nothing but thousands of corpses. …,
At this point, Dai Li couldn't help but be a little confused, could it be different from what he thought, the intelligence officer with a special mission on his body had really died on the road and did not reach Lake Baikal? Or, as Li Yifeng said, he has been sleeping at the bottom of Lake Baikal?
This will be the worst-case scenario, and it will make this operation fruitless!
Suddenly, someone in the distance shouted, "This looks like a grave!" ”
Dai Li and Li Yifeng immediately rushed there as fast as they could.
A small mound with a piece of wood stuck in it served as a tombstone.
"Dig up!" Dai Li's face was expressionless.
Watching the soldiers digging there, Dai Li's heart inexplicably rose with respect.
If this is really the clue left by that intelligence officer, then this person is undoubtedly worthy of respect!
In such a cold situation at that time, Dai Li could fully imagine the scene at that time:
A Chinese who traveled thousands of miles and almost exhausted his physical strength, before he was on the verge of death, used his last strength, on the frozen soil as hard as iron, exended all his strength, excavated a "grave", left the last clue for his companions, and then inserted such an inconspicuous "tombstone" on the "grave" as a mark, telling his companions who came to find him:
Here's what you want!
Then, either because he ran out of strength, he could no longer resist the cold, and died silently in an unknown place; Either he tried to cross Lake Baikal and report important information to his own government, but he froze to death on the surface of the lake like 250,000 Russians.
By the time spring came, his body had sunk to the bottom of the icy lake along with all the corpses
The "grave" was dug up little by little, it was not deep, and the ground near Lake Baikal in winter was difficult to dig deep, it was too hard. Then, an oiled paper-wrapped thing appeared in front of everyone.
Dai Li's and Li Yifeng's hearts "plopped, plopped" and jumped.
When Dai Li took the oiled paper bag, he was always calm and calm, and even found that his hands were a little trembling.
The oiled paper was cracked open and wrapped in three layers! When the last layer opened, another piece of wood appeared. Dai Li and Li Yifeng saw a few words carved on the wood.
They carefully identified it, and finally made out the words on it:
"Hulunbuir"!
Dai Li immediately carefully hid the piece of wood: "Return to Hulunbuir immediately!" Electricity to the President! ”
As he spoke, he suddenly remembered something: "Fill in the tomb." ”
The soldiers did not understand why.
There is nothing in the tomb except for this piece of wood with a few words inexplicably written, but why does Dai Li attach so much importance to this "tomb" that is not a tomb?
Dai Lisa didn't tell others what he really thought in his heart.
Yes, there are no coffins and no bodies in this "tomb", but this is a clue left by the unknown intelligence officer for himself, which can also be seen as a grave he dug for himself.
Perhaps by the time the grave was dug up, the unknown intelligence officer already knew that his chances of survival were slim?
Dai Li, who would never know the name of his colleague, would not have said it. But this man is an example to himself.
Since he has dug a grave for himself, he should respect his choice and leave this nameless "tomb" here forever!
When Dai Li left, his face was full of reluctance
"Hulunbuir? Could it be that the legend is true? When he received Dai Li's telegram, Wang Hengyue sat there in a daze for a long time and didn't speak.
In his own time, there were several versions of the whereabouts of "Kolchak gold", one of which was that the gold that Kolchak loaded on the train was actually only a very small part of it, which was used to confuse the enemy, and the real most of the gold had been brought into the Hulunbuir region of China by a subordinate who was infinitely loyal to him!
At that time, there was an annex of the Eastern Railway along the railway, which was a "country within a country", and with its special environment, it was very likely to provide a refuge for the treasures of troubled times!
Regarding the "Kolchak gold", there are at least three theories about being implicated with China! And Hulunbuir is just one of them!
Could it be that this is the truth of history? Is this what "Kolchak Gold" really is?
Then I remembered a previous report:
"There is a White Guard army that has come from an unknown place and is looting everywhere in the Hulunbuir area, angering people of all ethnic groups. Immediately after the Fourth General Strike of the Eastern Railway workers, the Chinese government sent troops to the Eastern Railway to disarm the Russian military police, for example. The Belarusian troops roaming the Hulunbuir region were deprived of shelter, and a large number of their soldiers were massacred by the angry local population, and very few survived. ”
Wang Hengyue thought of this and called Yu Lei in:
"Were any of those White Guards in the Hulunbuir area captured some time ago?"
Yu Lei thought for a moment: "Yes." ”
"You personally go to Hulunbuir and bring the captured White Guards, especially the officers, to Nanjing."
"Yes, I'll go." Yu Lei didn't ask why.
Wang Hengyue asked Yu Lei to go out first, and then called Hei Tie in: "Hei Tie, haven't you always wanted to go to the front line?" I will now send you to Russia to assist the Northeast Army in its operations. ”
"Yes!"
"But before that, you have to help me do something very important!"