Captain Amar Snyder raised his hand and glanced at the watch in his hand, nodded at Fang Lang and said:

"We're going to be off the coast of Cochin in five hours at the southern tip of India, are you sure we don't have to take you ashore?"

Fang Lang looked up at the sky, it was expected that it would be dark in more than three hours, that is to say, five hours later, it happened to be completely dark, and at this time, sneaking in a small rubber boat would definitely be able to do it without knowing it.

"No, you just drop us off near the coast and continue on the original course.

Don't get too involved in the rest of the matter. ”

"No problem, boss, I'll keep my men in check and make sure everyone is kept in absolute secrecy.

However, I advise you to hurry up and get ashore, as in my experience, the weather may not be good tomorrow. ”

Fang Lang glanced up at the sky with some surprise and found that there were no clouds in the sky, only occasionally two small clouds slowly drifting by.

But the humidity in the air seems to be not small, and Fang Lang sails more in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and does not know much about the situation in the Indian Ocean.

Later generations of ocean voyages had modern weather forecasts and could not sail by experience, so he was a little surprised to tell Captain Amar Snyder that the weather might change.

However, he was not arrogant enough to think that the other party was bragging, after all, there were no satellites in this day and age that could monitor changes in cloud cover and air pressure, and most voyages relied heavily on the captain's experience.

In addition, as an admiral, his mastery of the weather is also one of his essential skills, so after Captain Amar Snyder said it, he also noticed that the humidity in the air seemed to be abnormal.

"Very well, the bad weather is not bad news for us, you don't have to worry, but you have to pay attention to safety for the rest of the voyage."

Hearing Fang Lang's actions, he didn't seem to be afraid of bad weather, and Captain Amar Snyder was relieved.

The two walked all the way into the cockpit of the ship, and the crew of the ship kept taking the initiative to greet the two.

After the seaplanes on the sea lowered all the soldiers of the Fang Lang Guard Company, they began to refuel the planes with the help of the crew, and then they would fly directly to the British Changi Naval Base.

Under the orders of the Chief of Staff of the Royal Navy, their air detachment of the Brazilian Navy was to rest at the largest British naval base in Southeast Asia until a new order was delivered to them.

As for Fang Lang's guard company soldiers, they will be the absolute main force of this operation, of course, so far the soldiers of the guard company actually don't know what their mission is.

Once on board, they were placed in the crew's rest area to prepare for the upcoming action in the evening.

Time slipped away imperceptibly, and the Globe Shipping Company's carrier slowly approached the waters off the port of Cochi, India's southernmost point, along its own course.

In the dark night, a transport boat with no sign and more than a dozen black rubber boats were lowered to the side of the boat, and the rubber boat slowly left the transport ship under the traction of the traffic boat, and a group of soldiers in civilian clothes sat quietly on the rubber boat and quietly left the transport ship.

About an hour later, this strange fleet slowly approached a burning beach, Qi Qingshan on the traffic boat used a flashlight to the direction of the fire, sent a few light signals, and soon received a signal from the fire, and after the two sides communicated through the light signals for a while, the fleet slowly approached the dock.

"Boss, you've finally arrived safely."

Zhuang Xintian was wearing a bloomer pants with Indian characteristics, standing on the shore with a smile on his face, and reached out to take the equipment bag that Fang Lang was carrying.

Seeing Zhuang Xintian's dress, the guards and soldiers who went ashore with Fang Lang were all laughing strangely, and Qi Qingshan couldn't help but say directly:

"What kind of clothes are you wearing?"

Hearing this, Zhuang Xintian looked down at his clothes, and said with a smile:

"These Indians wear it like that, and they have a big headscarf on their heads, and you'll know when you see them tomorrow daytime.

If we don't want to attract attention, we can only choose to follow the local customs.

But if you don't want to, you can consider changing into an Indian woman's Sally, which can wrap people all over their bodies, and no one will know if you are a man or a woman when walking on the road! ”

Hearing this, Qi Qingshan glared at the other party angrily and said:

"What do you say! I don't wear women's clothes to kill me. ”

Fang Lang saw the two fighting, smiled and patted Zhuang Xintian's shoulder and said:

"Okay, costumes are trivial, how are you doing what you are preparing?"

Zhuang Xintian didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of Fang Lang, and when he heard his question, he hurriedly said with a solemn face:

"Rest assured, boss, everything is going according to plan, and now there are more than a thousand Muslim young people quietly concentrated nearby, just wait for your order, we can execute according to the plan."

"Very good, have you figured out the situation in the temple?"

Fang Lang glanced at the soldiers of the guard company who were going ashore in an orderly manner behind him, then looked at the dark environment on the shore, and asked in a low voice.

"I've figured it out, boss, come with me."

After speaking, Zhuang Xintian took the lead in turning around and walking towards a forest on the side, turning back to Fang Lang as he walked:

"The target is four hundred meters away from the sea, you see, that's where the temple is.

According to our reconnaissance, this temple does not seem to be taken seriously by them, and there are only three people in the temple who are responsible for maintaining it, and there are many people who usually come to worship in the temple, but there is no guard force at all. ”

Fang Lang and Qi Qingshan followed Zhuang Xintian, walked through a very sparse forest, followed the direction of Zhuang Xintian's finger, and sure enough, they saw a building about twenty meters high.

Unlike the total darkness of the surrounding area, this building is the only place in the neighborhood where an oil lamp illuminates it.

The building is also very close to the sea, and in the dark night the waves can faintly see the outline of the coastline less than 100 meters away.

"Is this far from the location of their royal palace? If no one stops them, the palace guards will be able to reach the temple position at the earliest. ”

"The palace is about three kilometers away from the temple, and there are about three hundred guards in the palace, but according to our observations, these so-called guards have no combat effectiveness at all, and many of them are their servants at all.

However, ten kilometers from the palace there was a former British barracks, in which one of their regiments was stationed, but now the commander of this regiment was British. ”

"British, hasn't the British Empire declared independence for India? Why is he still serving as the commander of the Indian army, it seems that he is not ready to delegate power until the last moment!

In this way, if there are British commanders, they will not be very active in the service of the royal families of these states, that is to say, the little king can really command only about 300 guards.

That's a good thing for us! ”

"Yes, as far as I know, the British are not prepared to hand over these troops directly to these states, and in order to avoid unnecessary wars caused by the kings of the states after they have too much military power, the British will definitely hand over all military power to the Indian government at the last moment."

"This is more convenient, the current Indian government has not fully grasped the power, and the following states are still somewhat independent, and it is very important to stabilize the military power, which can be regarded as the British doing a good deed.

However, after the operation officially begins, we still have to focus on the movements of this army, and we must not let them cause chaos in our operation. ”

"Yes, boss! Please make a detailed plan to us. ”

Zhuang Xintian seemed to be very confident in this, obviously, he had already made the corresponding plan, seeing this, Fang Lang also nodded with satisfaction, and did not continue to ask the other party's plan.

Then, he looked at Fang Lang with some confusion:

"Boss, according to our reconnaissance during this time, this temple is seriously lacking in maintenance, and the building is in disrepair and dilapidated in many places, but even the royal family of Travangol doesn't seem to care too much about the existence of this temple.

It's just that three old men are sent to guard it, can such a place really have the treasure you are talking about? ”

Looking at Zhuang Xintian with a suspicious face, Fang Lang looked at the temple in the darkness in the distance, and constantly compared the pictures of the temple he saw on the Internet in later generations with the real thing in front of him.

He clearly remembers that the reason for the discovery of the treasure was that there was a complaint to the Indian government about the inaction of the princely state governments responsible for the management of the temple.

As a result, the temple was dilapidated and risked becoming a dangerous structure, and the Indian government was required to take over the temple, which was later ordered by the Supreme Court of India to take over the temple.

When the local government took over the temple, it was necessary to take an inventory of the temple's assets, and as soon as the temple was opened, a large amount of treasure gold was found.

When the news was reported at that time, there were detailed picture materials, and Fang Lang could still vaguely remember the appearance of the temple, from the first glance after arriving here, although it was not very real because of the night.

But he was 80% sure that the building in front of him was the same as the building in his later impressions.

"If there is any treasure, I'll find out if I'll go in and see it myself tomorrow, don't worry. The Travangol royal family may have their own reasons for not taking this temple seriously, and we don't need to be particularly concerned.

If they really pay special attention, there will be no chance for us to do it. ”

With that, he pointed to the coastal location closest to the temple.

"Qingshan, tomorrow we will arrange for someone to disguise themselves as local fishermen and dive along the coastline to check if there is a passage in the sea that leads directly to the secret chamber of the temple."

Qi Qingshan and Zhuang Xintian glanced at each other, both of them didn't quite understand what Fang Lang meant, but they still habitually chose to obey orders.

"Yes, boss!"

As for whether the fighters of the Navy Guard Company were able to carry out diving operations, the two did not hesitate at all, after all, this was one of their regular training contents.

"Xintian, there seem to be a few more residents near this temple, have you reconnoitred out, how many people are there, can we directly control them?"

"Rest assured, boss, we have investigated clearly, there are less than ten households in the vicinity, all of whom are fishermen who fish nearby, and we are absolutely sure that they will completely shut up."

Fang Lang heard a hint of ruthlessness from the other party's words, but he didn't even frown, in this regard, he had long expected that the current Fang Lang was no longer the young man he was at the beginning, and those who became big things were not informal, and the loss of the Indians could not be regarded as a matter at all in his opinion.

Therefore, he did not show any discomfort in Zhuang Xintian's attitude.

"Very good, let's go to the hiding place tonight, and tomorrow you accompany me to visit the temple, and when I confirm the situation at the scene and confirm that there is no problem, we will start directly."

"Yes, boss!"

Then, Fang Lang, accompanied by Qi Qingshan and Zhuang Xintian, quietly left the woods. The soldiers of the guard company on the beach had already completed the landing under the leadership of other fighters of the Navy's special tactical research group, which was responsible for pathfinding.

The dinghys had been deflated and put away by the soldiers, leaving only a transport boat with no indication to be towed into the grove and hidden by trees.

In order to ensure absolute secrecy, the fighters of the special tactical research team who went ashore in the early stage did not enter the Indian gathering area, but lived in an abandoned house near the beach.

This is a shack area similar to a shack, the living environment is very bad, the original residents have disappeared, Fang Lang and the others have no dislike of it, and quietly hide with the soldiers.

Early the next morning, Fang Lang blackened his face, put on a big beard, changed into a slightly shabby Indian lantern suit, and wrapped a big turban around his head.

These basic camouflages are all minor problems for Fang Lang, the only thing that makes Fang Lang very uncomfortable is that these ordinary Indian civilians have no shoes to wear, so in order to disguise themselves, he had to go barefoot, and deliberately blackened his feet and stepped on the filthy dirt a few times.

Although, even if they don't do this, ordinary temple worshippers in Hindu temples and Hindus who go to worship in temples may not be able to detect anomalies.

But in order not to leave any hidden dangers, Fang Lang still chose to be as perfect as possible.

Under the leadership of Zhuang Xintian, Fang Lang, who had completed his disguise, blended into the disciples who went to the temple to worship, and quietly touched the temple.

Although Fang Lang had already determined that this was the temple they were looking for last night, when Fang Lang approached the periphery of the temple during the day today, he was even more sure of the identity of the temple, which was indeed the Padmanabswamy Temple he had seen from the news in later generations.

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The two of them slowly walked into the temple with the worshipping crowd, and the interior of the temple was indeed very old, as Zhuang Xintian said yesterday.

The stone floor has been stepped on with a thick slurry, and the carved sculptures of yellow sand and stone have been eroded by the sea breeze so that they cannot be seen in their original appearance.

Even more exaggerated is the fact that the outbuildings of two temples have already collapsed significantly, and now that this is the case, it is no wonder that some Hindus have complained to the Indian government that the royal family of Travangol has neglected the management of the temple.

As far as Fang Lang saw now, this temple had already begun to fall into disrepair, not to mention what this temple would become in a few decades.

Of course, none of this is about Fang Lang, the most important thing for him now is to find the location of the temple's secret room, so as to facilitate the excavation of the treasures behind, the two of them dressed as pious believers, mixed in the middle of the group of believers, and quietly looked at the rooms where the gods were placed.