It can only be said that the discovery of the Dead Sea Manuscript was indeed in a very fortuitous state, because there is no clue to this thing. Or before it was discovered, no one knew that there was such a thing in the world.

And unlike many of the treasures that have been discovered, it is not located in a particularly famous place and then discovered, but in a very ordinary corner. So, the discovery of this thing can only be described as accidental―――――― it's like a box of gold buried under a clearing ten steps from your door. As long as you can dig up this box of gold, then this box of gold is yours.

The question is, how do you find it?

Or, if no one had reminded you, how could you have imagined that there was a box of gold buried ten paces from your doorstep?

This Dead Sea document is just that.

There is no doubt that no one would have imagined that in a cave in the wilderness, such a precious thing could be treasured.

It should be noted that this so-called Dead Sea document is definitely not the Dead Sea document in a later Japanese anime "EVA", the two are unrelated―――――― although it doesn't seem to be the case in the whole anime...

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The so-called Dead Sea Documents, the Dead Sea Scrolls in the broadest sense, include the scrolls excavated from ancient caves that have been discovered one after another along the shores of the Dead Sea. The Dead Sea Scrolls, in the narrow sense, are what we usually refer to as the northwestern coast of the Dead Sea. Ancient scrolls found in eleven ancient caves near a dry river bank in the Quinlan region.

In the original history, from 1947. Nearly 40,000 scrolls or fragments of scrolls have been recovered. Most of these scrolls were stored in zài crockpots, and most of them were written in Hebrew on sheepskins. A few are written in Aramaic (Aramaic). It is estimated that the scrolls were written from the third century B.C. to the first century A.D. After 2,000 years, most of the scrolls have been reduced to fragments, and only a few have survived relatively intact. After more than 50 years of efforts by experts, nearly 500 books have been partially or completely restored, the most complete of which is the Book of Isaiah.

The scrolls also include many themes and genres, including sacred music, book reviews, books of wisdom, books of the law, apocrypha, and even architectural sketches and treasure books. From the contents of the scrolls. Most scholars believe that the original collector was a hermit Jew in the nearby Quinlan neighborhood at the time. In 70 C.E., the Roman Empire occupied Jerusalem and set fire to the Jewish temple. Against this background, the Hermit Jews who lived in the nearby Qumran neighborhood at the time probably had a large part of their precious collection in caves, perhaps because they were inconvenient to carry them, or to avoid the destruction or loss of their precious books. so as to be retained.

And then, as I said before, in the original history, it was actually very fortuitous that this place was discovered. A young shepherd's sheep went into a cave near the Dead Sea to get the sheep out. The shepherd boy thus threw stones into the cave and broke the clay pot in the cave, thus discovering the ancient scriptures. An ancient scroll in a cave in the Dead Sea acquired by Bishop Samuel. It was not until February 1948 that it was sent to the American School of Oriental Studies and Yale University, where it was inspected by Dr. Burrows, director of the Institute of Near Eastern Languages. In the following decade. Clay pots containing scrolls were excavated in 11 caves, and about 40,000 scrolls or fragments of scrolls were recovered.

And this time. The discovery of the Dead Sea Papers was also very accidental.

Because what was discovered there was not actually an archaeological team, or even an expedition, but an army...

A unit of Wehrmacht scouts, to be exact...

As has been said, the British have supported resistance groups in Iraq and other provinces in the past.

Of course, the Wehrmacht is also sparing no effort to encircle and suppress it, and the Special Affairs Bureau has also provided great help in this process, which also leads to the fact that although the Wehrmacht has always not looked at the Special Affairs Bureau very unpleasantly, at least it has not regarded each other as enemies like the national army and the military commanders in the original history...

However, in many cases, even with the information provided by the Special Affairs Bureau, the encirclement and suppression may not be very smooth, and many times there are often remnants of the remnants who escape, and some even cross the national border and enter the territory of the British.

In the beginning, as soon as these resistance elements crossed the border, the Wehrmacht would not chase after them, after all, if they continued to pursue, it would be easy to cause diplomatic accidents.

But as time went on, these resistance elements seemed to have taken hold of the Wehrmacht, and they were well aware of the Wehrmacht's code of conduct. Soon some of the resistance elements were able to locate their activities near the national border.

Whenever the IDF tried to encircle them, they would cross the border and go to Syria or Jordan, and as soon as the IDF withdrew, they would re-enter.

At first, it was nothing, but after a long time, the Wehrmacht also felt a little disgusted.

It was in this context that the Baghdad Military District sent a telegram to the country to inquire about whether it was possible to pursue across the border?

And after weighing it, Yan Shao's answer was. "Yes!"

However, there are many conditions attached to this, such as that the operation must be carried out in secret, and their identities must not be revealed.

It is precisely because of the extremely high demands of this act that almost all the troops participating in the election are scout units of various units.

There is no doubt that the scouts are certainly not special forces. However, in some countries in later generations, the distinction between scouts and special forces is very blurred. The special forces of some countries are even simply selected from scouts.

So a lot of the time, scouts are usually made up of the best soldiers in a unit, after all, the responsibilities of these soldiers can be described as heavy...

However, in this era, there is no such thing as special forces and special forces.

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Special forces, so to speak. It is composed of the best soldiers in the whole army―――――― of course, in most cases it is selected from the army.

But a good special forces. Not only is it required to be able to use most of the weapons of the army, but it is also required to be good at the piloting skills of the air force and navy.

Arguably. Special forces can indeed be described as elite, because these are almost all elites selected from hundreds of thousands or even millions of troops.

As a person from later generations, Yan Shao certainly could not be unaware of the power and importance of special forces. After all, in later generations, the decapitation operation can also be said to be an extremely important part of the whole war.

Then, the question arises...

Although Yan Shao knew, Yan Shao didn't intend to do it.

Because, as has been said, the First World War is now over, and the possibility of a war of similar magnitude for a long time to come can be described as pitiful.

Even if some wars break out. It can only be regarded as some small-scale wars, which can be solved by many or even ordinary border guards, and there is no need to use special forces at all.

The formation of special forces in this case can only expose this line of thinking.

If it is said to be learned by countries such as Britain and the United States, it will definitely cause great danger.

It's better not to do it first, and wait until Yan Shao feels that it is time for a world war, and then make preparations in advance in the whole army.

In this way, in the midst of a new war. Yan Shao can give his enemy a sudden blow, so as to create a great result. And taking into account the professionalism of the special forces, even if the enemy is clear about the existence and role of this unit, I am afraid that there will be no time to form such a unit. It is even possible to wait until the end of the war and still not complete the formation of the troops.

It is precisely for this reason that Yan Shao has always hidden such a thought in his mind. Just wait for what you really need. I came up with such an idea.

But even so, some similar operations still have to be carried out. That's when the Scout is on the spot.

To be honest, the difference between a scout and a special forces is really very small. At least for the vast majority of people, there is probably no way to tell the difference between a scout and a special forces.

This time, they also accepted the order of the Nationalist government, crossed the border into the territory controlled by the British, and attacked and even annihilated the resistance groups that had fled into the area.

Of course, in order to cover up something, they must not have been able to wear Wehrmacht uniforms, so these people are basically dressed in tatters. And each time it will be disguised as a scene of infighting between the resistance groups―――――― if they don't use a full set of Chinese weapons, maybe the British will really believe it, but if the British still believe in such a situation, then they are the real two hundred and five.

It's just that the British obviously didn't have much to do about the troops formed by these scouts.

During this period, there was basically no difference between the combat capabilities of the Wehrmacht and the British Army, especially in terms of equipment, the Wehrmacht occupied an overwhelming advantage―――――― of course, this cannot be said to be because the British were too weak, just because the British weapons and equipment were weaker than the Wehrmacht, nothing more...

But even so, it shows that in the case of only competing in combat capabilities, the ordinary Wehrmacht is no different from the British army or other countries. With the addition of equipment advantages, even on the battlefield, it can occupy a considerable advantage.

And the scouts, which can be said to be the elite of the elite in the Wehrmacht Army, seem to have great advantages, it seems that it can be imagined.

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The army of the British was not particularly strong, and its strength in Syria and other places could not be called strong. At least in both Jordan and Syria, the British have only a small part of their land forces, and most of them are only colonial troops, and their combat capability can be imagined.

If it weren't for a British signboard there, the IDF would have swept across Jordan and Syria in a very short time.

In this way, one can imagine what the British should have used to stop the Wehrmacht from entering Jordanian territory.

In Jordan, the Wehrmacht's scout units could almost be described as entering no man's land, and the British simply had no way to effectively intervene.

Ordinary colonial troops. It is no match for these spearheads at all, even if there are direct British troops appearing. A small number is of little use, and there is a risk that they will be devoured by the wolves formed by these scouts.

The only thing that relieved the British. It was these people who did not harass the British much, but only hunted down the resistance. Otherwise, the British really don't know what to do.

Of course, the British did not think about organizing the actions of these Chinese troops, after all, they were so unscrupulous in Jordan that for them this was simply a slap in the face of eating fruits.

For this reason, the British even sent a group of direct troops from the neighboring areas to ambush these Wehrmacht forces in Jordan―――――― their main targets of annihilation were the resistance groups, so the context was also easy to grasp. Just make a bait and attract these Chinese troops.

At least that's what the British did, first withdrawing a resistance group that had just attacked a target in Iraq into Jordan, and then letting it retreat towards the ambush site under British control.

It should be noted that there were almost 400 people in ambush there, that is, the strength of a British infantry battalion.

In the eyes of the British, with so many troops present, it seemed that there was no problem in annihilating those Chinese troops. After all, those are the times when the Chinese army usually moves. They are all a dozen or a dozen people, that is, the size of an infantry squad, and few have ever acted more than the size of a platoon.

And no matter how you look at it, more than 400 people. That is, it is easy for the strength of an infantry battalion to pack up a dozen or dozens of people―――――― even if you start thinking about it, it is already ten to one, right?

However, when the British never expected it, it was when they thought they were nine out of ten. The people who were ambushed, but they we...

And it seems that the same was intended to teach the British an unforgettable lesson. Almost all of the scout units operating in Jordan at that time arrived at the scene. Through various means, the British infantry battalion was completely annihilated. In the end, not to mention the resistance groups that were used as bait, even the British troops themselves managed to escape from the battlefield with only a few dozen people...

At this point, these scouts are naturally even more lawless...

After discovering that the British seemed to have no way to shelter themselves, the resistance groups began to reduce their harassment, after all, it was not a good thing for them to attract the attention of the Wehrmacht, which could easily lead to death...

It wasn't surprising that those scouts were so powerful, who told them to have someone from the Secret Service behind them to provide intelligence support. Neither the specific movements of the Resistance groups, nor the conspiracy of the British, escaped the eyes of the Special Forces.

It was precisely because of the information provided by the Secret Service that those scouts were able to destroy the resistance group at the same time, and also ambushed the British according to the intelligence―――――― you know, in the place where the ambush was carried out in advance, those scouts laid a lot of mines...

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It was in this context that the scouts who entered Jordan were almost unemployed.

However, the British are arrogant, almost a battalion of infantry has been annihilated, such a big loss, how could the British swallow it?

In a series of counterattacks, the scouts who entered Jordan also suffered certain losses.

It was during one of the British encirclement and suppression of the scout unit that some of the scouts infiltrated a cave. While evading the search of the British, he also found the Dead Sea Papers...

Of course, the scouts certainly didn't know what these were, but it just so happened to be the time of the domestic archaeological boom. In particular, the discovery of King Tutankhamun not long ago shocked the whole world.

Although these scouts don't understand anything, they can see that they are supposed to be very old things, and maybe they will be of great value...

So, the scouts, who had completed their mission, returned to Iraq with a fragment of the Dead Sea papers, and handed them over...

At first, the local archaeological department didn't pay much attention to it, because they didn't think that some martial artists could get anything useful, but when they did some research, they were shocked by what was on it...

Because of the above things, it can almost be described as shaking the world...

Although China is not a country that believes in the family of God, the value of this thing is definitely not something that can be assessed by money.

After learning from the scouts that there are still a lot of this kind of stuff.

Yan Shao, who is in control of the overall situation, has also changed the priority of these scouts. From hunting down the resistance groups, to smuggling as many Dead Sea documents as possible from Jordan to Iraq...

Because the entire plan is top secret, few people know what the entire plan is about.

By the time Yan Shao felt that it should be announced, the caves along the entire Dead Sea coast were basically about to be hollowed out by the scouts. (To be continued......)