"It's gone, Captain"

Inside the cruiser Sikkim, Captain Mir followed a large finger and saw the French-flagged freighter that had been anchored here for two days slowly departing, and finally breathed a sigh of relief. ※※※※※ I ※ I ※ ※

The Boers were already in a desperate situation, maybe the war would be won in a few months, and he didn't want to make a mistake at this time, and be brought into the waters off South Africa by other countries with weapons, ammunition and provisions, so after seeing him leave, the boulder in his heart finally let go, but he didn't know that a blue and white pipe suddenly stretched out of the water in the distance.

"Are you gone?"

In the command module of the Thresher Shark, Captain Liu Yu raised his eyelids from the chart table and gently patted the second officer who was observing the sea situation.

"Gone."

The second officer is a little reluctant to let go of the periscope, as the second batch of Gray Spine shark-class submarines, there is no doubt that it is more advanced than the first batch of partners, not only the endurance has increased by 500 nautical miles, the battery pack is also much larger than the previous ones, but also improved the living environment, the depth of the submarine has also increased a lot, plus it is the first time to come to the distant African coast, let alone him, I am afraid that every submariner wants to feel what Africa is like in the periscope.

"Hold the depth, raise the snorkel, and get ready to turn on." Liu Yu didn't care about the strange hobbies of these guys, he just wanted to contact the intelligence station here of the Ministry of Intelligence as much as possible, so he immediately began to assign tasks, and when everyone was ready, he looked at the watch: "Release the communication buoy, contact the support ship, and ask them to determine the location and mission location." ”

With his voice, there was a sudden soft sound at the stern of the boat, and bubbles suddenly appeared on the surface of the sea, and a white buoy suddenly drilled out of the bubble, and a thin metal needle at the top of the buoy rose and fell in the waves.

"How long is it until the communication time?"

"Three hours." Hearing Duan Fei's inquiry, the intelligence officer immediately looked at the table below and said, "Do you want to tell them how many hours later?" ”

Duan Fei shook his head: "No need, if that guy doesn't come, it's useless to tell them, let's contact them on time." ”

After the intelligence officer answered, he pushed open the window for Duan Fei, and the beautiful scenery of the rushing Burfetz River outside did not make the Minister of Intelligence who had personally run to distant South Africa feel the slightest ease, just as he was about to ask about the situation outside, a rush of footsteps suddenly came from outside, and when he turned around, he saw a young French guy suddenly pushing the door and walking in, and said as best in standard Hokkien as he could: "My lord, he's here!" ”

Hearing this voice, Duan Fei breathed a sigh of relief, he had finally invited him out after coming to this ghost place for this guy for half a year!

Duan Fei immediately took out a robe, wrapped himself tightly with the help of the intelligence officer, and then stuck two revolvers outside the long-distance run, looking like the bodyguards of a certain Arab sheikh from the outside.

After Fei's costume was finished, the intelligence officer and the French guy looked at it repeatedly and found no flaws, and the latter took him to a small house in the middle of the farm, pasted it and said quietly: "Don't worry, snipers are arranged all around, and there is absolutely no problem with safety." ”

"Go ahead, I'll wait here." After checking the surrounding environment again and confirming that there was no problem, Duan Fei stood at the door, holding the handle of the gun with his hands on his waist, and turned into a guard guarding the door.

The French guy also immediately left the wooden house and ran outside the farm, and after a while, a big man with a dark face, under the protection of dozens of Boer soldiers, walked to the wooden house, looking at the person, Duan Fei's eyes flashed.

This dark-skinned man is very famous, since the beginning of the Anglo-Boer War, he has been sticking to the front line, taking the lead in fighting bravely, and was given the nickname "Black General" Piette Kronye, in fact, this person not only fought fiercely, but even the former British South African Expeditionary Force commander Roberts was very troubled but also very scheming. ※※※※※ I ※ I ※ ※

As the war progressed, the British had a huge numerical superiority that gradually pushed the Boer guerrillas into a desperate situation, especially the British brutal scorched earth policy and the concentration camp system implemented, which caused a large number of Boer deaths, countless farms were destroyed, and fields were occupied, and the guerrilla advantage that the Boer relied on for survival was disappearing.

In this situation, peace talks are undoubtedly the only way out, but Piette did not want peace talks, because his hands were stained with too much English blood, so the British army was offering a reward to capture him, seeing that Bull had no hope of winning, and in order to get chips to sign up, leaving a way out for himself, he actually led his subordinates to rob the gold and diamonds that were secretly hidden after the war between De Wasland and Orange, and hid in the mountains and forests.

According to the intelligence, it was more than 200 tons of gold, as well as priceless diamonds, and such a large amount of wealth could not be collected in vain with this guy to disappear in the mountains and forests, and could not be obtained by the British.

So after Duan Fei got the news, he immediately rushed here from China, but due to problems such as time, language and skin color, the infiltration of the Ministry of Intelligence in Africa was not successful, Huā found this guy for a long time and got in touch, saying that he had gone through the formalities early this morning, but he didn't expect this guy to drag it out until the afternoon, which shows that he was very careful.

In addition to the fact that Africa is not the main target, it is also because the Ministry of Intelligence lacks white intelligence officers who can enter and leave Africa freely, and it cannot draw people from the already scarce intelligence stations in the United States, so it can only rely on the Chinese mixed race in various countries and Europe and the United States to station in the name of businessmen from Britain and France, but this situation will change, because the thousands of European and American orphans adopted by the Ministry of Intelligence a few years ago are growing up little by little, and these brainwashed orphans will become a big weapon for the Ministry of Intelligence to infiltrate Europe and the United States.

As Piet got closer and closer, Duan Fei became more and more nervous, he hadn't come to the mission in person for a long time, especially since the other party was still a notorious guy, he had to cheer up.

Just as he was looking at Pierte, a white-haired white man with a big belly also walked over under the escort of several bodyguards dressed in the same outfit as him, and the man immediately smiled and gave him a hug when he saw Pierte, and then the two walked into the room laughing.

As they walked into the room, Duan Fei immediately walked into the room and took the door with his hand, but he still held the pistol in both hands and put on a vigilant posture.

Piette didn't seem surprised by this protection, but just smiled and said, "Mr. Adu, your bodyguard is really dutiful. ”

"Hehe, are you talking about them? They were all hired by me from the Ottoman Empire, and they had a lot of money. After the pot-bellied man finished speaking, he looked around and scolded: "Damn it, salute Monsieur Piette!" ”

Several intelligence officers, including Duan Fei, immediately saluted Pierre, but his hands did not drop, but continued to put on a nervous look, but the more they were like this, the more relaxed Pierre became, and said with a smile: "Mr. Adu, don't be angry, let's talk about business." ”

Hearing the business, Mr. Adu's eyes lit up suddenly, rubbed his hands and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty Piette, have you brought the gold?" Piette seemed unhurried to take out a cigar from his pocket, lit it, and his face froze: "Monsieur Adu, do you think I look like I am carrying gold?" ”

His words made Duan Fei, who was disguised as a bodyguard, also reveal a ruthlessness in his eyes, and even Adu's face changed suddenly, remembering that the general seemed to be bare-handed, and hurriedly said, "Piette" With all due respect, we have already negotiated a deal before. ”

"And now that the British have blockaded all of South Africa, and their troops are all over the streets, they may be able to leave, but the gold is absolutely impossible!" Mr. Adu continued: "Hundreds of tons of things" must be shipped to get out of South Africa, is it possible that His Majesty Piet has found a way to avoid the British naval blockade? Or are you going to give that gold to the British? But don't forget, even if they receive gold, it doesn't necessarily guarantee the life of you and your godly men! ”

Piette leaned forward: "Mr. Adu, you are right, if you want to leave South Africa, you must have those warships that avoid the British!" I don't know ...... you,. Speaking of this, he paused deliberately and said with a smile: "Maybe the French fleet has arrived?" ”

It turned out to be this reason, Duan Fei immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and glanced at Adu, who immediately said: "Your Majesty, I can guarantee you and your family and your subordinates to leave South Africa" to avoid the blockade, but this requires sincerity! ”

"Swiss Mawson Bank", Bank of America, National Australia Bank, and Banque de France! There are four in total, each with six million pounds in cash deposits, all I need is gold and diamonds, and if the transaction is successful, I will keep my promise to help you and your family, and these brave warriors get out of here! The corners of Mr. Adu's mouth hooked, and when he took out a few documents from his pocket and threw them in front of several people, he secretly laughed in his heart, the first three are now all owned by Master Li, you can check it, only the Banque de France is really rich, but you have to have a life to enjoy!

Looking at the documents, not to mention Piette, even the soldiers behind him couldn't help but swallow their saliva, they robbed the gold before, in addition to wanting to get some money to leave after the despair of the war, in fact, they also had the idea of using this batch of gold for self-defense, and then bargaining with the British, but after getting the gold, they found that it was very hard to run around with two hundred and fifty tons of things, and they couldn't take that much gold out of South Africa.

But I didn't expect that at this time, someone actually wanted to buy the gold in their hands, at first they didn't believe it, but these documents in front of them were enough to make them red-eyed, compared with the heavy gold, these things are too light, light enough to leave as long as you put them in your arms, but the question is how to ensure that this is true?

There are banks nearby, and there are telegraph stations, so you can check whether the money exists through Europeans, but the problem is that it takes a few days, and it is British outside, so it is not possible at all.

And God knows if this Frenchman will really take himself away, even if all this is true, but if that guy doesn't take his own people away after getting the gold, wouldn't the British be all finished?!

"With all due respect, Mr. Adu, I need a place where I can be guaranteed to leave and where I can contact Europe and make inquiries!" Piette picked up the papers, a flash of heat in his eyes.

Mr. Adu seemed to see this heat, and did not care at all that the wealth worth 30 million was pinched by the other party, and said with a smile: "After the transaction is completed, you can get these opportunities by yourself, but I don't have much time, and I will leave Durban by boat tomorrow morning."

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"Leaving by boat?" Piette's eyes lit up: "Adu, do you really have a boat?" ”

"Hmph, and enough to take hundreds of tons of gold and hundreds of people! But "wait" gold is in Durban, but I need to make sure it's genuine! "Seeing that the documents were recovered, Piette couldn't take it down anymore, gold is good, but it's a waste if you can't take it out" and brought it out in time, so much gold as long as it is taken out for exchange, it is too late to arouse the suspicion of others, so it is better to exchange it for enough cash!

"In Durban!" Adu and Duan Fei's eyes lit up at the same time, and after thinking about it, the former suddenly stretched out his hand: "Your Excellency Piette, I think we can continue to trade!" ”

Upon arrival at the port of Durban, Piet first sent someone to the local English bank to check the authenticity of four bank documents, and after several days of telegram correspondence "took out two hundred and fifty tons of gold and a few small bags of crystal clear diamonds."

Seeing this, Duan Fei finally breathed a sigh of relief, from the point of view of value, these things are by no means more than 30 million, if it weren't for Piette's desperation, it is estimated that he would not have made this loss-making deal.

On the day he got the gold, Duan Fei summoned the Thresher Shark, which had been lurking near the port of Durban, "When the submarine appeared in front of Piette and the others, they still didn't believe it was real.

"This is our French masterpiece!" Mr. Adu triumphantly pointed to the submarine that was loading the gold, and poured a basin of dirty water on France.

However, the 250 tons of gold could not be loaded at once, and it had to be transported to a submarine support ship dozens of nautical miles away in three parts.

After the gold nuggets were loaded onto the submarine, Adu immediately invited Piette to leave as a submarine, but Piette was not stupid and did not want to take the other party's submarine, and then Adu pretended to be kind and "gritted his teeth and sent him a small British freighter docked nearby."

Originally, Piet wanted to find a way to leave by himself, without the drag of gold, with his ability, he could completely leave this land, but that required enough time to arrange, not to mention that the other party also left the crew to escort him, and under the idea of long nights and dreams, and believing that the other party would not harm his crew, he "boarded the ship with nearly a hundred soldiers and their families."

However, he did not expect that soon after the "French" submarine returned to the support ship with the latter batch of gold, "a loud roar suddenly sounded in the bilge of the small freighter, and a violent explosion completely tore the ship apart in an instant", and all one hundred and fifty-one people, including thirty-five sailors, were buried at the bottom of the sea, and the speed was so fast that no trace of the explosion could be found even when the British cruisers patrolling nearby arrived.

Piette would never have imagined to his death that the crew members whom Adu called his good assistants were in fact just sailors recruited from Australia a few months ago!

A full 250 tons of gold, which is worth 250 million blue coins, simply made Li Enfu smile crookedly, not to mention a few bags of diamonds! It alleviates the thirsty treasury at once, and as for those deposits, it is embarrassing to say it.

Fooling people with fake bank bills, the only real money was collected after the death of the descendant, and only Master Li and the Ministry of Intelligence would have done this kind of thing.

Later, when the submarine support ship arrived safely in Tianjin in the fleet of Lin Yongxiang who took fake money from Africa to exchange supplies as planned, he immediately awarded Liu Yu and others who participated in the operation the second-class Medal of Honor, second only to the Royal Purple Heart Medal and the first-class national medal, to thank these soldiers for their contributions to the motherland by risking the danger of crossing the ocean.

At the same time, Li Enfu also focused on commending the outstanding contributions of the Ministry of Intelligence for the first time, not only went to Li Mo to ask Duan Fei and the Ministry of Intelligence for credit, but even asked the Prime Minister's wife to give a gift to thank Duan Yue'er, which made Miss Duan confused and didn't know what was going on.

But the British were not so comfortable, before the war they knew that De Wasland and Orange had a few hundred tons of gold in reserve, but no matter how hard they tried, they did not find it, and only traced the gold to a French banker handed over by Piette, at which time the cruiser Sikkim of the Royal Navy also reported that they had found a French freighter outside the port of Durban, although it did not enter the port, but it stopped for three days in the open sea.

This news made the British Empire extremely "angry" that when the Boer War was nearing the end, it was actually picked by the French, so that the Prime Minister Salisbury and the parliament who still wanted to show off the fruits of the war with this batch of gold and subsidize military spending were very angry, and the British Foreign Office even approached France to protest on this matter, demanding the return of the stolen gold.

In the face of the "framing" of the French, they also began to expose a large number of British crimes committed in Boer, especially when the photos of the Boer concentration camp and more than forty percent of the death data were released, the whole of Europe was shaken, and Britain's gentlemanly image suddenly plummeted, not only Europe, but even the United States joined in the condemnation, and even publicly stated that Britain was not worthy of becoming the leader of the civilized world, and then many people in Britain began to condemn the atrocities of the army and the government.

Just when this war of words escalated infinitely, and it seemed to be spreading to the British colonies all over the world, the first Chinese-class battleship led by Great Britain finally slowly sailed out of the dock.

PS Khan, can I book a recommended ticket for Monday?!

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