With a length of more than 150 meters and a displacement of more than 10,000 tons, the Awa Maru is a behemoth, ostensibly a cruise ship, but in fact designed and built according to the standards of a warship, and the four merchant ships of its same style were later converted into light aircraft carriers. In 1944, the United States and Japan reached an agreement to improve the treatment of prisoners of war, painting a large green cross on the hull of the Awa Maru, removing weapons and using them to transport humanitarian aid personnel and materials. That is, the ship is licensed by the United States, and it is the only ship that can sail between Japan and Southeast Asia.

Suspicion 1: Before becoming a messenger of peace, this ship was torpedoed and bombed six times, and all of them arrived at their destination unharmed, and was called "unsinkable ship" by the Japanese, which shows its sturdiness. And this time the Queenfish fired only four torpedoes, and only two really hit it, and it sank in less than three minutes, this is a huge ship of the aircraft carrier class, and it is absolutely impossible to sink so quickly under normal circumstances. Even more strange is that after the arrival of the American troops, all the Japanese who fell into the water refused to accept the rescue and drowned, and only one cook, Kantaro Shimoda, was rescued because of a coma, after which he remained silent about what happened that night, and refused to say anything about it, how did the ship sink? A person who falls into the water will clutch even a straw, how can he refuse to be rescued?

Suspicion 2: According to the information obtained by various countries, as well as the video data before the Awa Maru left Singapore, it was proved that the ship was loaded with a large number of precious cultural relics of gold and silver. With the approval of the State Council and the Central Military Commission, the Navy and the Ministry of Communications jointly salvaged the Gang of Four, mobilized a large number of soldiers and ships, which lasted three years, but only fished out more than 2,000 tons of tin ingots, some rubber, mercury, niobium-tantalum, mica, actinic glass, not a single piece of gold, let alone the fossil skull of Peking Man. So where did dozens of tons of gold, silver, jewelry, and more than 10,000 tons of precious metals go?

Suspicion 3: Laforin, the captain of the Queenfish who sank the Awa Maru, explained at the military court that the night was dark and foggy, and the visibility was almost zero, and he mistakenly thought that the other party was a warship before firing. But in fact, the route and departure time of the Awa Maru had already been notified to the U.S. military, and the night lights were turned on when it was attacked, so it was impossible for Laforin to be mistaken. According to the intelligence of the Japanese side, when they left Singapore, there were US military planes monitoring at low altitudes, and the next day there were US submarines tracking them, so this was a deliberate attack. After Laforin "mistakenly hit" the Awa Maru, not only was he not punished, but he was promoted, which also proves that he was carrying out orders and not a mistake in judgment. So why did the Americans sink the Awa Maru, and what exactly was on the Awa Maru?

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I looked from the second half of the night until the next afternoon, and I was dizzy to see, looking at the archives was boring and tiring, and it was not easy to remember a lot of information. Historical materials from decades ago were collected from all sides, not very detailed, and not very organized, only the process of Chinese salvage has a detailed record, from the beginning of the plan to the implementation, to the entire salvage process, and the subsequent research and speculation, many of which are top secret.

As for the lack of gold and jewelry, it was claimed that it was because the deep-diving technology and deep-water desilting technology were insufficient at that time, and some of the hull was buried in the mud and not dug up, so no valuables and cultural relics such as gold were found. In fact, the Chinese experts at that time were very dedicated and professional, and many of the technologies they developed at that time had surpassed the world's highest level; At that time, the diving ability of the Chinese Navy's "water ghosts" was also world-class, and almost the entire ship was dismantled piece by piece. Although the rest of the ship was not dismantled, it was already clear that there was nothing of value underneath, and finally the bow of the Awa Maru was even hoisted out of the water...... This is a matter supervised by the State Council and the Central Military Commission, where is it possible to give up halfway?

Facts have proved that the ship's sea worth of valuables are missing, because the wreck is located in a sensitive area between China and Taiwan, and has been under the surveillance of both sides, and it is also very difficult to salvage the local wind and waves, and it is impossible for others to fish it out first. What's even more bizarre is that the Awa Maru was completely broken off near the bow of the ship, sinking in a T-shaped cabin face up to the bottom of the sea, and only two torpedo damage points were found on the hull, neither of which were fatal injuries, and the direct cause of its sinking was broken in two, and it is impossible for the torpedo to cause such damage.

Some people speculate that the Japanese installed a self-detonation device on the ship, and after being hit by a torpedo, they blew themselves up, but the damage caused by the torpedo was not serious, and the submarine could not catch up with it, so why didn't it escape? And this speculation was also ruled out after the salvage, and an authoritative expert at the time put it this way: "...... Quite simply, if their self-explosive device explodes, it must be an explosion from the inside out to blow the ship off, and the huge blasting force will cause the nearby bulkheads to lift out and bulge outward. Now there is no trace of the explosion, but there are many places that seem to have been concave after being hit hard, and from the mechanical analysis of the damage, the ship was broken and torn apart......

How could a giant ship of the aircraft carrier class be broken? If it were found that in China a few decades later, there was a possibility that tofu scum projects were everywhere, but it was not made in China, but by the Japanese according to the standard and performance of warships, and it was torpedoed and bombed six times unharmed, and it is really inconceivable that such an "unsinkable ship" was broken.

I'm a little puzzled, none of the files mention that there is a piece of jade talisman on the Awa Maru ship, and the hull has been basically demolished, and the place to look has been found, what does Lu Chengshan mean by this?

Lu Chengshan didn't know where to go, I called him, and he came back half an hour later, and I asked my question: "How can you prove that there was once a jade talisman on the ship?" ”

Lu Chengshan took out a list and pointed to a few cultural relics for me to see: "These jade seals and inkstones belong to a person named Zheng Yu, who once studied in Japan, and his father and brother instigated Pu Yi to go to the Northeast to establish the puppet Manchurian State, served as the secretary to the prime minister, and later served as the mayor of Fengtian. On the eve of Japan's surrender, he fled to Japan aboard the Awa Maru, only to sink with the ship. According to my investigation, there is a jade talisman that is likely in his hand. ”

"But the wreck has been salvaged, and no jade talisman has been found."

Lu Chengshan smiled: "At the same crime scene, ordinary people can only see dead people, but the detective master can find the murderer from the clues." The Awa Maru is full of suspicions, and others can't see the problem, so maybe you can go and see if you will find something new. ”

I still have a question: "The Awa Maru sailed from Singapore to Japan, how did Zheng Yu get on board?" ”

"I don't know, there was chaos at home and abroad at that time, and a lot of things couldn't be figured out, maybe you can go to the wreck and detain his ghost and ask him, haha......"

I shook my head: "It's not funny at all, and this clue is so unreliable." ”

Lu Chengshan said with a smile: "Before going to the desert last time, you also felt very unreliable, didn't you find the jade talisman and solve the drought fish?" By the way, I don't know how you killed it. ”

"Where do I have the ability to kill her alone, mainly because of Lu Yu, I just help from the side......" At that time, Lu Qingwen and the others didn't see it clearly, so I pushed it all on Lu Yu, I didn't want to talk about this topic, so I turned Lu Chengshan into the army, "Have you investigated Liu Ping's matter clearly?" ”

Lu Chengshan's face immediately became a little ugly: "This...... There is no evidence that he has anything to do with the Japanese, perhaps under the influence of evil spirits, and the deceased is gone, so this matter should not be pursued further. ”

Anyway, it's not me who suffers, I can not pursue it, but can Lu Qingwen and Amy's relatives not be held accountable?

Lu Chengshan said: "I can arrange a small boat and two professional divers for you, they will bring their own diving equipment, you can open a list for me if you need anything, I can try to help you get it, but you can only do it quietly, you can't make too much movement." ”

I shook my head, this time it was really a needle in a haystack, and I was not optimistic about the divers, if the divers could find it, they would have found it before. I found a water-repelling rhino horn at the base of the Xuanming Sect, but I don't know how strong the water-repelling effect is and how deep I can dive......

Lu Chengshan thought I didn't want to go, and said: "Although there is not much hope, it is still worth a try." Like last time, I'm a little selfish, and I hope you can find the fossilized skull by the way, which is priceless in terms of academic value, and is the only one in the world that cannot be replicated. As for other things, such as gold, silver, and gemstones, if you can find the whereabouts, it is understandable to quietly take a dime a dozen in return. ”

I knew he was selfish, but he was willing to say it directly and encouraged me to take away the "dime", which can be regarded as taking care of me.

The so-called "Peking Man skull" is the fossil of the ape in Zhoukoudian, Beijing, in the history textbook, which was excavated in the twenties, a total of five, and it is also the only one. Originally stored in the Union Hospital run by the Germans, it was handed over to the U.S. Marines to take to the United States for safekeeping because of the civil war at that time, but these Americans were captured by the Japanese and fell into the hands of the Japanese, and the fossils have never been found since. I've read these materials, but I think they're just a few dry bones, and only those experts who want to prove that man is a monkey should regard it as a priceless treasure.

After thinking about it for a while, I decided to cultivate for two months first, on the one hand, to practice the art of reciting the earth into war, and on the other hand, to sort out the various spells that my master taught and what I had learned, record them, and teach the things that should be taught to Ling Fengpiao and Ouyang Zhenfei, so as to prevent me from encountering an accident and becoming a sinner through the ages.

In addition, it is not long before the Chinese New Year, I want to accompany Lin Mei, the second master and grandma to have a happy New Year, I have not settled down to accompany them in the past few years, I am so sorry for them.

I said that I was too tired to rest for a while, and I would look for it after the New Year, and Lu Chengshan agreed. When I parted, I asked him for some more gold and silver rune paper, and he complained bitterly, not that he didn't give it, but he really didn't have it, because the materials for making golden rune paper are hard to find, and you can't get it if you want it. But he promised that he would leave one for me in the future.