The first to send back the results was the team from the Forbidden City Archives in Beijing. The Dongchang special agent team who flew from Nanjing to Beijing to find the archives of the Qing Dynasty turned the Forbidden City Archives upside down, and finally found only a record of 1927, which proved that the Kanas Lake Palace built by the governor of Xinjiang was completed that year, and in August of the same year, "Shang (here should be the Xuantong Emperor)" autumn hunt in northern Xinjiang, patrolled the Altay area, and stayed in the palace. But the drawings of the palace are not at all.

The agents of the East Factory asked some old people from the original Qing Palace Archives to ask them, but they found nothing. They simply don't remember such a set of drawings. It seems that the drawings of Kanas Lake Castle should have been in the north all along. The castle and villa in the Kanas Lake area must have been built by the Altay prefect, and the fourteen Gege received the "filial piety" of a villa from other people, and also helped others to do things, which must not be mistaken. However, what is recorded in the archives of the Qing Palace was made by the governor of Xin-Xinjiang, probably because of the "unspoken rules": with this kind of credit, you have to let the top boss share the big share.

Since the Qing palace archives wrote "supervised by the governor of Xin-Xinjiang", the capital of the Qing Dynasty's "Xin-Xinjiang Province" was in Dihua, so Xiang Xiaoqiang and they had a glimmer of expectations, and turned over the archives and drawings of the former Qing Dynasty in Dihua, but still found nothing. It seems that the drawings of the castle should have been left untouched by the prefect of Altay, that is, it may have been in Altay City all along.

And now the city of Altay is still in the area controlled by the Soviet army, and the Ming side is powerless. - Even worse: Guangwu had to take refuge in the Kanas Lake Palace, so he took the drawings with him when he left.

Immediately after that, the second piece of bad news came. The Beijing Dongchang special agent team could not find the drawings in the Forbidden City, so they went to the former Northern Qing Military Aircraft Department and the Ministry of Officials to find the information of the Altay governor. The major real power of the Northern Qing court, such as the appointment and dismissal of important officials, was in the Ministry of Officials, but in fact it was in the Military Aircraft Department. But there will definitely be an archive for the ministry. So the agents of the East Factory checked both places, and found both places - the Altay prefect, who had fallen ill in 1930 and died in office.

Now, both lines are broken, and hope is focused on the last one, the foreign designer.

The person responsible for investigating this clue is the headquarters of Nanjing East Factory. They didn't stare at the files as hard as the Beijing team, and they knew that there were no files to check. They analyzed that in the 20th century, designing and building a castle must be a big deal in the architectural world, which is different from designing a building, and it can definitely be featured in the architectural magazines and yearbooks of the time. And to have the opportunity to design a castle is an opportunity that many famous architects do not get in their lifetime. Therefore, this architect must also be a famous artist, and must be familiar to many people in the industry.

Therefore, Nanjing Dongchang started from the circle of architects, and first went to the Imperial School of Architecture in Nanjing, where he consulted several famous professors. Sure enough, these architecture professors were very impressed by this incident. Not only did they name the architect, but they also pulled out several pamphlets about the castle from the library and put them in front of the stunned agents of the East Factory.

……

The brochures include photographs, text, and descriptions in Chinese, English and French. These agents of the East Factory 'excitedly' flipped through these large illustrated books, and their hearts were about to jump out.

But after flipping through for a while, I found that there were only three or four exterior photos and one or two interior photos, and there were no drawings.

"Professor Wang," one of the 'female' agents asked expectantly, "do you have any drawings for this castle?" ”

"What drawings?"

"That's it...... Well, the drawings of the regular point, which draw the various parts of the castle, the internal structure, the dimensions, the layout of each floor, like this. ”

Several old professors looked at each other and shook their heads.

"Why, don't you have one here? Where can I see that? ”

Professor Wang smiled:

"The 'formal drawings' you are talking about are blueprints, that is, original design drawings. That thing is in the hands of the designer and the builder, and it is generally not outflowed. The designer is Durand Architects in Paris. Philip? Mr. Durand, a partner in the firm and the designer of the castle, should have a blueprint in his hands. But now he is in France...... If you need it urgently, you can go to the construction party, that is, the former Qing court, to find it! Isn't it unified now? You can check out the Forbidden City Archives in Beijing, where you should also have a copy. ”

Several agents looked at each other, thinking that if you can find it in the Forbidden City in Beijing, will you still come to you.

After thanking them, they had the professors sign a confidentiality pledge, wrote down the name of the French architect, as well as the name of his architectural firm, and left with the only information they had about the castle.

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Several agents from Nanjing took the information they found in the castle and flew to Dihua. Xiang Xiaoqiang and the others looked at these illustrated booklets, and found that except for a few clear photos that were useful, they were not much help. The text description is also mostly from the art style and genre, and the specific data size, especially the internal structure, is not much.

They showed this information to the commander of the Army Aviation Commando in the Tien Shan camp. After carefully reading these materials, the commando commander said cautiously:

"It's not that the available information can't be raided. However, since there is no structural layout plan of the interior of the castle, the risk of entering the castle will be great. Suffice it to say, from the time we dived into the Kanas Lake area all the way to the castle, the success was more or less in our own hands. We can reduce the risk with as much planning as possible, as well as training for 'sex'. But if there are no drawings, then everything has to be 'handed over' to God from the moment you enter the castle. God knows what it's like inside. We have to 'grope' layer by layer, and the casualties will be very large, and the time will be very long. During this period, the Soviets had enough time to shrink their forces and besiege the castle. In the end, it is very likely that the whole team will not be able to get out, and the whole army will be wiped out. …… Lord Wang, the last general went to the north with you two years ago to rescue the crew of the Grasshopper, and you also know that the last general is not the kind of person who is afraid of wolves and tigers, and he said these words for the sake of the chances of the whole operation. Because if he failed, not only would the brothers' lives be thrown there, but they were also afraid that Guangwu would flee to the Soviet Union because of this, and there would be no chance in the future. ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang nodded and said:

"Yes, brother, you have a point."

This person is one of the members who followed Xiang Xiaoqiang to Beiqing to save people more than two years ago. It was precisely because of that 'outstanding' performance that he added a glorious stroke to his resume, and he was promoted to the position of commander-in-chief of the Daming Army Aviation Commando within two years. He is a very experienced and professional person, Xiang Xiaoqiang still knows him well, and even calls him "brother" when he becomes a prince. This is the same as Li Gensheng, they are all comrades-in-arms who have been born and died together, and they can also be said to be one of Qiu Qiu's life-saving benefactors.

Xiang Xiaoqiang thought for a while and asked:

"What if there were a full set of drawings?"

Commander says:

"That's different. If you really need a full set of drawings - you don't need to have a full set of drawings, just a floor plan and a staircase plan for each floor, and the success rate of the operation will at least double. ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang and Fourteen Gege glanced at each other, nodded, and said:

"Good brother, you go down first."

"The last will be retired."

……

Xiuxiu looked at Xiang Xiaoqiang incredulously, and finally couldn't hold it back, and said tentatively:

"Lord Wang...... Are you really going to send someone to France to pick up the drawings? ”

秋湫 also says:

"yes, this is not a joke, it takes more than a month to go back and forth!"

Fourteen Gege laughed:

"Qiuqiu, it's nothing for more than a month. If you can guarantee that the success rate of the operation is greatly increased, it will be worth delaying it for a month. A month later, Guangwu will not run away again. He'll still be there. Moreover, the commandos can also use this month to train. ”

After a moment of silence, Xiang Xiaoqiang said slowly:

"Is there really a guarantee - will Guangwu still be there in a month?"

Fourteen Gege was stunned for a moment and said with a smile:

"Of course not guaranteed. Maybe...... Perhaps Guangwu was 'frightened' by this bombing, and it is not certain that he will roll up and go to Moscow a few days later. Everything is hard to say. ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang smiled:

"yes. Perhaps the Soviets felt that in order to protect Guangwu, it was too cost-effective to maintain an additional air defense base here for a long time, so it was absolutely possible to 'get' Guangwu to Moscow. ”

Qiu Yun was a little anxious when he heard this:

"What then? Isn't that a trick? Ah......h

She saw the smile on Xiang Xiaoqiang's face, guessed something, and smiled:

"Xiaoqiang, do you have any ideas again? Say it, don't hide it. ”

Sure enough, Xiang Xiaoqiang nodded, and commanded with confidence:

"Bring the map, the world reads the map!"