"No, I can't...... Let go of responsibility"

Before he could finish speaking, he heard the terrifying flow of sharp shells from outside across the sky, followed by a series of violent explosions that landed around the bank. Judging by the loud explosions, it was indeed a large-caliber shell.

Zhou Youfu shot at the same time according to Chu Tingchang's meaning, he couldn't figure out which boss was going to play, and who was the pit? Anyway, just do it. Due to the absence of the gunner, it was almost indiscriminate, and the sound of the shells crossing the sky was neat, but the timing of the landing was uneven, and it was the feeling that the shells landed after 20 kilometers after a salvo of warships.

Inside the bank, everyone crouched on the edge of the vault and waited for the endless shelling to stop, who could have such terrible firepower except for a few cruisers?

As the rapid firing stopped, Campbell rushed to the window to see that his truck had been destroyed by artillery fire. In other words, he didn't have any means of transportation to transport gold and other things, and it was difficult for him to evacuate himself.

"Captain, you see, there are enemy spies in the city to indicate the target of the gunboat, we must not stay any longer, once the enemy artillery fire blows up the bridge over the Hooghly River, we will be blocked in the city and unable to get out."

"But there's a lot at stake here......"

"Hey, isn't it just some coins? If you want me to say, the change was left to the Japanese, and there are a bunch of IOUs and deeds or something, and others borrowed them from your British, even if there is no certificate, how dare he pay it back? When you borrow someone else's, you are in debt. There is still space on my tank engine to stand a few people, if you want to stay or leave, you can do it. ”

Chu Tingchang pretended to leave. Naturally, his men and horses next to him followed him to leave, leaving only seven or eight British remnants below Campbell.

Campbell was in a hurry for a while, obviously it was unrealistic to move the gold, and Chu Tingchang did not have a truck, only tanks, and they were all full. If the Chinese leave, the Indians will soon come back and chop themselves into meat sauce, and gold will not be kept.

It's better to get out first, and then think of a strategy, he has two ways for a while, the first way, wait for the Japanese fleet to leave tomorrow, see if the superiors can mobilize people to kill back, the vault gate is afraid that it will be no problem to resist a few bandits for a day or two. The second method is to let the superior transfer a few bombers after dawn and blow up the bank with low-altitude bombing. Before the Japanese brought the large engineering equipment ashore, it might be no problem, during this time the Allies should be able to counterattack, and he knew that the temporary retreat of the Allies was only due to the power of the enemy's fleet's artillery fire, and sooner or later they would fight back.

"Well, I'll follow you, and hopefully there's still an empty seat on your tank."

"My tank crew is dissatisfied, you are with me."

They hula and cheered and walked outside. The tanks had returned from another block to the potholed bank, the infantry climbed onto the tanks, Campbell and Chu Tingchang sat on the same tank, standing in the loader's position, and then the troops walked together from the way they came, crossed the river, and headed north.

Campbell borrowed a high-power shortwave radio from the command vehicle from Chu Tingchang, contacted the British army, and finally clarified his identity and intentions after being entangled. Chu Tingchang listened quietly to the side, this guy was explaining to the command why the mission had failed, and selling a plan to blow up the bank with a bomber.

After he finished the communication, it was Chu Tingchang's turn to deploy a plan of action to Zhou Youfu in Chinese, but Captain Campbell on the side did not understand it at all.

Zhou Youfu's howitzer unit received the order and immediately moved forward, and the rebels who were still staying on the street were all frightened and hid after the artillery fire just now, where had they seen such a scene, and the streets were empty for a while.

Lao Zhou's self-propelled gun arrived at the door of the bank, and then beckoned the driver to turn to the stairs at the door, and rushed up directly with gear reduction. The self-propelled * cannon spewed black smoke and rushed up the steps with a bang and crashed into the bank. The chariot advanced all the way to the front counter, knocking all the counters and walls open, and there was nothing to stop it.

There were two platoons in the rear, and 5 cars followed up, and the cars were all Chu Tingchang's most trusted old guys, and he asked that everyone should not go in. Another point is that the contents must be moved as soon as possible, because after dawn, the British may bomb them. Of course, it is indispensable to give Lao Zhou some assurances to ensure that he is also beneficial. Who went into the bank and didn't know what was going to happen?

The self-propelled artillery advanced all the way inside, and when it encountered a solid concrete wall, it did not hesitate to fire, making a few holes in the solid wall, and finally, rushed to a steel gate and appeared in front of Zhou Youfu's eyes. Lao Zhou nodded, everything was exactly the same as the boss described.

This must be the vault, the concrete wall is estimated to be a meter thick, * the cannon is afraid that it will not be able to destroy it in a short time, but this door is not so impregnable.

He ordered the loading of tungsten cores*. Then it was asked to aim at the huge door lock mechanism in the middle. This door is a century-old German brand, the vault gate produced by Dessmann company, which needs someone to be in the middle position, rotate the password wheel to the exact position, and then use two keys to open at the same time in two positions 10 meters apart to open this 25 cm thick pure steel door. And the thickness of this door is more than all the tanks in World War II, and theoretically no tank gun can penetrate it, but where does Zhou Youfu know this, he only acts according to the boss's intentions.

The machine gunner aimed the barrel at the massive wheeled mechanism in the middle of the gate. Then fill the tungsten core*. After everyone hid behind the armor, Zhou Youfu gave the order to open fire.

There was a huge metal crash, and Lao Zhou stuck out his head and saw that the cannonball hit the hardest part of the gate, opened a hole, and was smoking, looking like it had not penetrated. He ordered a new shot* and watched as the Heavy grinded and ran to the back to help with the reload, this time without aiming, shooting directly at the same position.

With a bang, the cannonball hit the gap and exploded inside the door lock, inside which was the encryption mechanism accumulated by the Germans for 100 years, which controlled the opening and closing through a series of encryption wheels and connecting rods, but it could only deal with the thieves with stethoscopes on their heads and electric drills, and could not stop the allies who came with 105 cannons.

* The explosion caused the earth to shake, and various decorative objects and chandeliers fell from the ceiling, nearly burying the M7 priest.

Zhou Youfu pushed the chandelier, stretched out his head again, and found that the door had been swung open from side to side, with a gap in the middle, he asked the driver to start and rush over, crashing directly into the gate, and now his self-propelled artillery car drove directly into the vault.

Half an hour ago, Chu Tingchang was only far away, and he glanced at the door of the vault hastily, and he didn't approach it at all, in order to pretend that he didn't care at all in front of the British, but he had a spectrum in his heart - there was no gate that the 105 cannon couldn't open, so he ordered Lao Zhou to pierce the armor with one shot first, and then use it continuously*, but he didn't expect it to be smashed open with two shots. His troops had always been faced with weakly armored Japanese armored vehicles, and this was the first time he had used his brain to think about anti-armor.

As stated by the British, everything inside is already packed. Zhou Youfu jumped out of the tank and was a little confused for a while. He raised his hand and looked at his watch, there were still two hours before dawn, which meant that he had to complete his mission as soon as possible. From the moment he burst into the bank, he knew the boss's mind, this kind of thing Tao Mingzhang was not dared to do, only he could do it. As for the court-martial, he didn't think about it, he tied his head to the waistband of his trousers, wasn't that what it was? It seems that the boss really knows himself.

"Battalion commander, where did you move first?" The Heavy asked.

"Listen, don't open the boxes, pick them up. Within two hours, to be completed. Let the rest of the people be on guard outside, and not allowed to come in. ”

"Is there ...... in there?" someone asked tentatively, and of course no one was confused when they entered this place.

"Don't ask knowingly, it's not a cronie, the master won't let us do this, this thing is done, we don't have to worry about it for the rest of our lives, understand? There are ......" He recalled the set of words that he had to say in Chu Tingchang's radio just now, "The things here, to put it bluntly, are Gengzi years, we will compensate them, and we will take them back and ignore the loss." ”

"Understood."

After the mobilization, more than two dozen people started to move things together. Piled in front of him, of course, there are really dozens of generations of coins, which can be found through the sack, and they are thrown far away by Lao Zhou. They only moved those crates, with seals attached, that neither of them could lift. Everyone knows what's inside.

Minato-ku, Tokyo, Nobusuke Kishi's villa.

Makino came here from his busy work to meet with some old friends he hadn't seen for a long time, and half a year had passed since the war, and the Japanese army had won great victories everywhere as predicted by the travelers, but the travelers had also died, and they needed to have a good exchange.

Of course, it is still a small gathering of a small number of people who know the truth about the traverser, and Yamamoto does not recommend expanding the number of people who know, he thinks that there are too many people who know now, and any more will be easily learned by enemy spy agencies, especially the salvage technology of the United States and Britain is superior to that of Japan, and it may be possible to secretly attack Kasuga Maru, which is the part he is worried about.

However, the atmosphere of the meeting was much more lively than the previous few times before the war, probably because of the successive victories on the battlefield.

The conference room was full of smoke, and Makino, who didn't smoke, was a little uncomfortable, he walked around, and from time to time someone asked him about the battle situation, and he could only tell the truth that he didn't know. There's even a huge map of the world in the room for attendees to point out.

The report submitted by the Ministry of War shows that the mobilization of 200 new divisions can be completed ahead of schedule, and the next mobilization can be entered next year, when the production capacity of the arsenals in the empire can be quadrupled, and the total strength of the imperial army that can be equipped will reach an incredible six million.

Makino feels that the optimism here is growing again, which is really not a good phenomenon.

Ishihara had also come from Yamaguchi Prefecture to attend the meeting, and he sat in the corner without saying a word, smiling when he met Makino's eyes.

"Turkey has declared war on the Soviet Union, and I believe that it will soon declare war on Britain, and the whole situation is very good at the moment."

Eisaku Sato rubbed his hands together and said, his excitement overflowing.

"Why, then, is it almost June, and Germany still hasn't launched a decent spring offensive?" Kishi asked, as a political bureaucrat, he is now accustomed to looking at a map and asking military questions. "General Ishihara, come and see, why didn't the Germans go south to capture Georgia after occupying the abandoned Stalingrad?"

"Ask me?" Ishihara got up and walked to the edge of the map, "I think they shouldn't be able to launch a big offensive anymore. It's the end of the so-called strong crossbow. ”

"Since last year, they have not been winning battles, capturing Moscow, and last month Hot attacked Stalingrad, and the Soviets fled without a fight."

"The Soviets did not flee without a fight, but retreated to a favorable position in a planned way, which was much more terrible than the disorderly counterattack at the beginning of the war. At present, the entire German army, only the north is relatively stable, whether it is in the middle or the south, it can be said that it is full of dangers. Don't believe that Turkey's entry into the war will make a big difference, it is just a third-rate country that pretends to be important, but in fact is vulnerable. ”