Chapter 34: The Secret Passage
In the decades that followed, scientists from country M and the United Kingdom tried their best to crack the jishu secret of the "Golden Lips" in order to imitate the same high-performance bugging, but zuihou was in vain.
To this day, the exquisite national emblem containing the "Golden Lips" bugging device is still displayed in the CIA Museum for future generations to recall the "shameful" history of Country M.
During the Cold War years, the discovery of bugging devices was not a big deal. At the same time due to the Gaytari. Major Kamilv's Urban Mujahideen coalition has been resisting mainly in Kabul, the capital of the Shanren Islamic Republic, and its influence is greater. Without conclusive evidence, the CIA and ISI would not dare to directly attack the summer palace of the city's mujahideen headquarters.
It is for the above reasons that the caterpillar determines that although the bugging device was discovered, it is unlikely that the "lightning" will be evacuated as a result.
Sure enough, in the midst of everyone's anxious waiting, at noon the next day, a telegram from the KGB headquarters finally arrived, "If there is no other evidence to prove that it has been exposed, the dispatch team should overcome the difficulties and persist in fighting in Peshawar!" ”
Seeing this telegram full of bureaucratic flavor and domineering tone, Yu Songyuan and the team members finally let go of their hanging hearts, and everyone was in a good mood. Of course, there is naturally a little more awe of caterpillars. There is no longer any resistance to her leadership. I don't want to think about it, will the No. 2 person in the MLH of West Asia and Southwest Asia be a simple character?
Although Mao Yankai ordered hibernation, Yu Songyuan still decided that he could not sit idly by, and that he should also do something during the hibernation period, first aiming at the lightning group of the "signal flag" and quietly making pre-war preparations.
On the night of Lana's arrival, Yu Songyuan ordered Lin Tao and Zhu Min to be responsible for protecting the safety of Gates Manor, and he and Liu Guodong quietly entered the French Consulate, which was about a dozen blocks away and several kilometers away, under the bright moonlight.
The French Consulate is actually one of many luxurious residences next to the university town, a slightly luxurious independent estate. The only difference is that its architectural sculptures are too sexy and sultry.
On the two corners of the front of the castle, there is a European nude sculpture with vivid shape and head scratching posture, which leads people to reverie infinitely. In the past 100 years, the sculpture has been dressed in green (moss). Under the white moonlight, its unrestrained posture reveals a little ** feeling.
After the "lightning" detachment of the "Vympel" infiltrated Peshawar, they flew up and down the wall without a trace, and frequently attacked the Western countries' institutions, personnel, and mujahideen training camps and other military targets that trained the "Mujahideen," making the night here very uneasy. The consul of the French embassy in Peshawar was withdrawn to the French embassy in Islamabad at the beginning of the year.
I have to admit that the "Lightning" is very "professional", they attack accurately, never attack non-military targets, never hurt innocents, and basically do not disturb civilians. Even in the territory of the Shanren Islamic Republic, the 40th Army has never attacked or massacred innocent people. With the arrival of the "lightning", the night here is no different from the past for the residents of Peshawar and the refugees of the Hill People.
Now the honorary consul of the French embassy in Peshawar is a middle-aged businessman hired by the "Halal Country".
The honorary consul's father was a former diplomat, and he himself was involved in the international trade of textiles, a wealthy gentry in Peshawar, and one of the leading figures of high society. He was hired as honorary consul, and the French embassy did not pay him a salary, and he took advantage of this convenience to open up trade with Europe.
Yu Songyuan and Liu Guodong drove Lana's colorful pickup truck, carrying gas masks and simple gas cylinders, to the mansion area in the university town. It is a residential area for the wealthy class, not as noisy as the old city and the new city, and there are no refugee tents. It was only half past ten in the evening, and the streets were neat and tidy, but they were very quiet, except for the occasional pedestrian and vehicular rush by.
A tall detached building, the courtyard wall and door are locked, and only the owner's name on the door number shows that there are residents. The French Consulate is not the only one of the many mansions that stand out among all the buildings. It's just that the scale is slightly larger than other residences, and the style is a little more unrestrained.
Liu Guodong parked his car in a public parking lot on the corner, and the two quietly came to the fence behind the consulate. The white fence is about three or four meters high, and the two of them quietly climbed into the courtyard, and under the fence is a private parking lot. There was no sign of Khotan in the courtyard, only a lonely bright light from the street lamp. It turned out to be an outer courtyard, and there was a high white wall inside.
The two of them quietly pushed open a door on the inner wall, only to see that the inner courtyard suddenly opened up, and there was no cave. A lawn large enough to play football is right in front of you, and the flowers and plants look graceful in the night breeze. In the distance, the garden is lit by flickering lights, and a group of tables and chairs are full of people sitting under the parasols. The air is filled with the sour smell of fine wine.
At this moment, the honorary consul and his wife are entertaining distinguished guests to taste wine, watch flowers, and admire the moon.
Despite the strict prohibition of alcohol in Islam, at this moment, the chefs are hand-made exquisite and touching Western pastries, glittering wine glasses, and a dazzling variety of liquor, as can be seen from the tall and short bottles and cans on the long table, it seems that beer, red wine, gin, vodka, whiskey, etc. are all available. The guests also gracefully held their wine glasses and chatted happily.
Suddenly, there was a faint explosion in the distance, but the mood of the people at the party was not affected in the slightest. The "signal flag" made the night in Peshawar restless, but the honorary consul and his family, accompanied by the sound of gunfire and explosions, enjoyed the wine and the quiet moonlight of the night with the distinguished guests.
Yu Songyuan and Liu Guodong closed the courtyard door, he didn't want to break their quiet night.
The two quietly climbed into the courtyard from the wall near the building, and followed the shrubs along the wall to approach the small western-style building in the shape of a European-style castle. The two did not walk from the room, Liu Guodong jumped on the roof first, and Yu Songyuan followed. Then through the air window on the second floor, he crept into the castle.
Both the master and the servants were partying in the garden, and the castle was silent. The internal structure of the building is interesting, with thick stone walls, deliberately decorated in a rough, primitive style. The aisles are all renovated like original caves, which is very atmospheric. Walking through the corridors and stairs, they entered the basement without much effort.
The basement of the castle is large and has a variety of different uses, which are also divided into several different spaces. Liu Guodong obviously has a lot of research on this traditional European basement pattern. He put on his night vision goggles and went into the deepest part of the cellar in the dark. On the shelves here, there are a number of bottles and even barrels of red wine that have been stored for an unknown number of years.
Liu Guodong lifted a stone cover in the corner of the wall, and waited for a while before entering the next floor. Yu Songyuan followed, covered the cover, and also walked down the steps.
"Weishenme doesn't wait for a while, in case the methane gas exceeds the standard, isn't it dangerous?" Yu Songyuan asked uneasily.
"That's the science of architecture, haven't you noticed the structure of the cover? It is equipped with composite ventilation holes, which naturally change air when the manor exhaust fan is in operation, thus guaranteeing air quality and conducive to the preservation of the cellar wines. As a result, the gas is not exceeded. Liu Guodong said affirmatively.
Under the flashlight, I saw that the space here was slightly smaller than above, but the round wooden barrels were neatly stacked, obviously, these barrels had not moved for at least a few decades. According to the book, this building and the summer palace are sisters. The tunnel leading to the summer palace is right here. This second-floor underground space is specially built to hide the tunnel. ”
"Is there such a complex underground structure in every castle here?" Yu Songyuan asked.
"Yes. The ancestors of Europeans lived in small city-states, and they had a long history of building castles. A complete set of construction routines has been formed, including underground storage system, drainage system, drainage system, ventilation system, water supply system, etc., all of which are extremely perfect. All the castles and underground buildings are much the same. ”
Liu Guodong crossed the stack of wooden barrels, looked carefully at the wall, and on the north wall of the cave, he found the sign, a bulge in the shape of a man's genitals.
He held up a flashlight, looked at a stone tablet next to him, and explained, "There's a record here. This consular manor is actually called ** Palace. The summer palace and the spring palace are sister buildings. The summer palace is a fortified castle, and the spring palace is a garden-style manor, which was joined together in those days. It seems that the British colonists had thought about it when they built the manor, and if they were attacked, they could escape through tunnels. If it's peaceful, you can enjoy flowers, wine, and women in the Spring Palace. ”
After a slight explosion of "boom", the hole was really exposed.
The two put on gas masks and began to enter the tunnels. The Europeans were really not ambiguous about architecture, and this underground passage was two or three meters high and two or three meters wide, accessible on horseback, and it was all complete stone buildings. Every once in a while, there is still a European-style palace lamp hanging on the wall, which is a hundred years old, and there is a little lamp oil in it, which may not have been lit since it was built.
The tunnels are very humid, with a lot of small animals moving around, and some places are covered with cobwebs.
Walking along the long tunnel, it is about two kilometers away, and at the end, it is a section of Xiangshang steps. Liu Guodong walked up the steps, studied the wall for a while, and began to slowly dig bricks with a diving knife. After a while, he gently pulled out a brick and slowly opened the entire hole. Stretched out a flashlight and shone it into the cave for a while, then made a gesture to Yu Songyuan and got into it first.
Yu Songyuan also drilled over, and it turned out to be an underground storage room, which was the same as the storage under the Spring Palace, a cellar for storing wine.
"These wines are more than 100 years old, and the colonists who built the tunnels back then used them to cover the tunnels. Later, because of its age, people may have forgotten about it. As a result, no one has touched this cellar on the second basement floor. These wines have become precious antiques. ”