mixed in the war

Chapter 548 Philippine Treasury

It was a dark day, all the lights of the cars were turned off, the battle was not intense, and there were not many flashes of rifle fire, but Li Hong still saw the shining golden light at a glance, and confirmed the transport he was transporting in the shortest possible time. It's all something.No wonder Du Yuming personally told him so many times... The bombed car looks like a Buddha statue, and it's not too small, so how many good things does the whole convoy, with a total of 24 cars, have to be?

For a moment, Li Hong threw everything away, grabbed the car and drove as far as he could, planning to leave this war-torn country forever.But fortunately, years of battlefield baptism made his mind extremely firm, and his greed was suppressed in a flash.

"Clang!"

He stepped forward to pick up the bergamot, and threw it directly into the carriage.

"What are you looking at? Haven't you seen a Buddha statue?" Seeing a soldier next to him staring at him, Li Hong's face turned cold, and he scolded.

"Company commander, this is Huang, Huang..."

"Huang you bastard!" Li Hong slapped the soldier on the head, "I don't know how to look forward in battle, do you want to die? Charge later and you will be at the forefront. If you dare to slow down, I will kill you."

"……Yes."

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The attack did not last too long, because there have been many attacks along the way, and this kind of attack is relatively common in the "Chinese-occupied area", so Li Hong and others responded properly.Not only did there not be any major losses, but they also wiped out the guerrillas who attacked the Vietnamese.However, due to the need to vent their emotions, this hapless Vietnamese guerrilla failed to leave a living.

After this small-scale encounter, the convoy continued on the road.Li Hong faithfully performed his task, drove the convoy to the scheduled location on time, and delivered all the items to the person in charge who came to receive them.Counting from the end of this mission, Li Hong continued until the last few years of his life.After the incident had been basically leaked, he mentioned it to his descendants.However, although he knew that what he was transporting was a batch of gold, he did not know how much he had transported... At that time, and in the future, only four people knew the exact amount of this batch of gold. These four people are: Mr. Jiang, Qin Wei, Yu Hongjun, Minister of Finance, and Shen Zui, the head of the Burmese military command station.And the origin of gold.However, only three people are fully aware of it, and even Yu Hongjun only knows a rough idea.

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"The young man is courageous and energetic, but it is a pity that this matter must be kept secret, and he cannot be rewarded for promotion. I am really sorry for him."

A week after Li Hong and others arrived in Guangxi, the gold transported in several batches safely entered the Chongqing treasury.The total is more than sixty tons.besides.There are more than 200 tons of silver.and U.S. Treasury bonds totaling $2700 million.For China as a whole, this is an unspeakably huge sum of money.Before Lao Jiang got the news that the treasure had been put into the treasury, he didn't even want to say anything. He just worried all day long, fearing that something might happen on the way.And after getting the exact news, he seemed to be relieved of a heavy burden.That feeling, if you want to be the same as someone who doesn't know the truth, you think the Japanese have been defeated.

"Chairman, you just keep it in your mind. Speaking of which, that kid is still young. He is already a major general now. If he is promoted again, will it be possible to put Dai Li down?" Qin Wei sat casually in front of Lao Jiang, hearing the words laughed.

"Hehe, Yu Nong's subordinates are able to gather so many elite soldiers and strong generals, and their vision is really good." Lao Jiang smiled all over his face, "But tell him for me, I will never forget his achievements, and neither will the country. ... When the limelight passes, it should be his credit, and it will never be less."

"Then I'll thank you for your promotion first on behalf of Shen Zui." Qin Weichao cupped his hands and said with a smile.

"It should be." Lao Jiang smiled and sighed again, "It's up to you, I think of those people in Zhou Fohai and Ding Mo Village...they are all the same people, why is there such a big difference? Dare to swallow most of the property belonging to the country. But what about you? Faced with even greater wealth, you are still unmoved... This person is really incomparable with others."

"Hehe, chairman, you'd better not praise me. I don't lack these, but it's not because of my high level of thought. So if you want to praise you, just praise them." Qin Wei laughed: "To be honest, I really don't Thinking of how this guy could resist the temptation to hand over such a large amount of wealth... I thought he would have to get by."

"The wind knows the strength of the grass, and the toughness knows the loyal ministers! You have been reused by Yu Nong at a young age, and you have valued it. I think this intoxication is worth cultivating." Lao Jiang praised a few words, and then put away his smile, " But this time the action is no small matter after all, have the Philippines and the Americans noticed it?"

"Don't worry about this, Shen Zui they took several hands in succession, basically erasing all the traces. What's more, it was the local armed forces in the Philippines who were their own people. Now these people have been silenced, even if the Laomei and the Philippine government It's useless to go crazy." Qin Wei smiled: "Besides, they are not sure whether the treasure is lost or not. Even if they are sure, they must only think that the Japanese took it... After all, at that time The Japanese launched an attack on the Philippines from several directions. They were afraid that the national treasury would be lost, and they were eager to transport it away. But they didn't think about it. Hundreds of thousands of troops were scattered on a small island, and they encountered their fate. How likely is the treasure team? Thinking that if you are familiar with the path and know a few paths, you can escape? This kind of wealth that is delivered to your door, it would be against my conscience not to take it."

"You...you know how to say such sarcastic remarks. But this is fine." Lao Jiang was relieved, "The entire treasury of the Philippines... Tsk tsk, I didn't expect that I, Jiang, would be a robber one day, hahaha! "

"Chairman, this is not just the treasury of the Philippines." Qin Wei laughed. "Before the Japanese invaded, the treasury of the Philippines was 51 tons of gold, more than 170 tons of silver, and the 2700 million U.S. treasury. The rest Those are 'tributes' from Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos."

"We rescued them from the French colonial rule, so they should pay a little reward." Lao Jiang snorted softly, "A few tons of gold and dozens of tons of silver, what is this?  … ...Sun Liren and Du Yuming have done a good job, and this should be commended."

"Chairman. I found that you are getting worse and worse." Qin Wei laughed.

"It's better to be bad. The worse people are, the more people will be afraid." Lao Jiang smiled, "I learned this from you, Chief Qin."

"Really? Then I'm really honored."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

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When Qin Wei left Lao Jiang's office with a smile, Lao Jiang was still grinning from ear to ear.No way, although he has been the leader of the country for more than ten or twenty years, he is really poor compared to the great powers, and even some small countries are much richer than him.Don't talk about anything else, just look at this Philippines... Don't say that you can earn dozens of tons of gold and more than 200 tons of silver at a time like this. Back then, Qin Wei gave him a treasure under the sea, which was just a few tons of gold and dozens of tons of silver. .After fish it out, isn't he so happy that he almost couldn't find Bei?What's more, gold and silver have been skyrocketing in the past few years. If this treasure is converted into US dollars, it may be worth one billion now, which is twice as much as the loan they asked for from the Yankees.How could he not be happy?And most importantly, the money is secret.Few people know.And those who know will definitely not leak the secret.Therefore, this is a huge sum of money that he can dispose of at his own discretion... He, Lao Jiang, relied on cannons with one hand and oceans with the other to lay down the country, and now he holds a "special sum" worth almost one billion US dollars, which is not good If you laugh a few times, you won't be a saint?

But then again.Dozens of tons of gold were given to Lao Jiang for free, and it was a lie to say that Qin Wei didn't feel sorry for him.But he could get the money, but he couldn't handle it, so he could only watch Lao Jiang get rich... because it wasn't him who did it.is intoxicated.

As mentioned earlier, the vast majority of this treasure comes from the Philippine treasury.Originally, after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and then the United States, considering that the Philippines might be attacked, the Philippine government planned to quickly transport the money away and hide it, or simply deposit it in a US bank.However, the Japanese stopped fighting for several months after that, and MacArthur and the U.S. government continued to pat their chests and said that they would definitely be able to hold the Philippines, so the Philippine government temporarily put this matter on hold.As a result, when the Japanese suddenly came over, MacArthur's line of defense was almost collapsed, and the Philippine government realized that something was wrong.But at this time, the Japanese were coming from all directions, not to mention transferring the treasury, it was difficult for people to escape.what to do?But if there is no way, we have to find a way to transport the money away.Because if the national treasury is not transferred quickly, the money will remain in Manila, and it will still be in the pockets of the Japanese.Try to transport it out, at least there is still a chance to escape the black hands of the Japanese.As the chief general of the Philippines, MacArthur didn't know where he heard the "gossip", and he was unwilling to let the Philippine treasury fall into the hands of the Japanese, forcing the Philippine government to transfer the treasury.In this way, things were settled, and a plan was quickly formed.But neither the Philippine government nor MacArthur knew. Before they formally confirmed the plan, someone already knew about it.

It is also unlucky for the Philippines.Originally, if Qin Wei hadn't intervened, their treasure transport team would have transported the gold and silver directly to the seashore. However, because they ran to the wrong place, the American submarine that hadn't been able to meet them had encountered the Japanese army, and then, In order to survive, the members of the Yunbao team handed over this huge amount of wealth, which triggered a 20-year international lawsuit between the two countries after the war.But such an eye-catching lawsuit happened to be known to Gu Changjun who was "studying" the history of World War II and modern Chinese history.Writer Gu just casually mentioned it to Qin Wei. In the end, he learned that the Yunbao team had successfully transported the treasure to the seaside, and then waited foolishly for a day and a night by the seaside. Qin Wei was tempted... According to his lobbying When Lao Jiang said:

"If God doesn't take it, you will be to blame!"

As a result, Lao Jiang couldn't bear the temptation, so he agreed. Then, Qin Wei made some arrangements through the overseas department of the military command, that is, the intoxicated Myanmar station. The treasure was "taken".And after this place was armed to take the treasure, another group of people took the opportunity to destroy them.However, due to the large quantity, this batch of treasures was not able to be transported out of the Philippines for the time being, but was directly sunk into the sea.The water is not deep, only a few meters, but it is enough to deceive many people.And then, Qin Wei arranged for the rescue of the U.S. troops and summoned a large number of ships, one of which happened to pass nearby... So, the treasures were sent to North Vietnam together with some U.S. troops, and to Du Yuming. In the name of transporting military supplies, they were transported back to China.

The whole process can be said to be ignorant, unnoticed.However, although getting such a large amount of wealth makes people happy, Qin Wei has something even more happy: the gift from the Germans has arrived. (to be continued..)

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