Xixia dead book

Chapter 187 The KGB and the CIA (24)
"Three, Koznov's route is exactly the same as ours. This reminds me of a few questions. We refer to Misha's route, so how did Misha and the others determine this route?"

Liang Yuan's eyes lit up, "I see, Misha and the expedition team probably referred to Koznov's road map back then."

"Yes, although Koznov did not mention his adventure in the public information, it does not mean that he did not leave any written information. Before, we already knew that the joint scientific expedition team half a century ago should be The Soviet side requested it to be established, and the Soviet side proposed the scientific examination under the advice of Sinologists such as Misha and his teacher Arik. Do you still remember the seven top-secret letters of the KGB? The famous Sinologist Menglev wrote in one of them The letter said that he and Misha discovered the jade screen in the vast storeroom of the Winter Palace, so they must have searched through the archives of the Winter Palace and the Institute of Oriental Studies for this scientific expedition. All the archives of Kozlov are stored in these two places, so it is entirely possible for Misha and the others to have discovered Koznov’s records about this unsuccessful expedition. The test team acted rashly when they didn't find all the jade screens!" Tang Feng's thoughts suddenly widened.

"It's a pity that they all stopped here." Han Jiang sighed.

"This is exactly the fourth point I want to say. The two expeditions of the Sino-Soviet joint scientific expedition team and Kozlov ended here. The difference is that the scientific expedition team was almost wiped out. And retreat, at least he himself is fine. This makes me shudder!" Tang Feng showed embarrassment.

"Chilling! Why?" Liang Yuan still didn't understand.

Han Jiang explained, "Don't you understand what Tang Feng means? We stopped here the previous two times, and we have reached this place now. Can we continue to move forward? We can beat Koznov and the joint scientific expedition team." Are you lucky?"

"Yes! Maybe there is a huge threat waiting for us..."

"Cut! Are you two big men scared now? I'm not scared yet?" Liang Yuan didn't care.

"Okay, there is one last point, which is the fifth point. Look at it." Tang Feng pointed to the "place with Populus euphratica and water sources" on the trunk, and said, "From the name of this place, Koznov came to When we came here, there was a source of water here, and according to the memories of Makarov and Misha, the scientific expedition team thought there was a source of water here, but when they went out to search, they found no source of water."

"It seems that Koznov misled the expedition team!" Han Jiang said.

"This is not the most important thing, the most important thing is this." As he said, Tang Feng pointed to the west side of "the place with Populus euphratica and water sources", where a sign appeared faintly, and there was also a Russian word next to the sign, but The font of this list is very small, smaller than the others. If you don’t look carefully, it is easy to be ignored. "See? Koznov marked another place name on the west side of the Populus euphratica forest. This Russian word is translated It's a terrible name—Devil City."

"Devil City? What is this stuff? It sounds scary!" Liang Yuan was not only not afraid, but was very interested.

"Devil City? Could it be the Hanhaimi City we are looking for?" Han Jiang suddenly made a bold guess.

"This..." Tang Feng hesitated.

Han Jiang said again: "You are looking in the right direction!"

"I also thought about what you said just now, but it is too early to draw conclusions. It seems that we need to continue to explore west." As he said, Tang Feng looked at the continuous sand dunes west of Populus euphratica forest. go.

【No.13 Devil City】

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The new discovery disturbed the hearts of the three of them. Where is the daunting-sounding "Devil City"?Is it the Micheng city they are looking for so hard?Or something else scary?
In the end, it was Liang Yuan who made up her mind, "Isn't it just a city? Our town of Qianhu, which is full of mummified corpses, has come here. Why are we afraid of a 'devil city'? I don't believe there are real devils there!"

"It's better to be careful. The deformed rivet was picked up in the east of Populus euphratica forest just now. What does this mean? It means that the huge force that finally attacked the scientific expedition team came from the west!" Han Jiang warned.

"That's right! In my nightmare last night, the weird music also came from the west of Populus euphratica forest." When Tang Feng thought of the nightmare last night, his whole body trembled. Everything was so clear, as if it had really happened. Same.

"You two cowards, are you still going?" Liang Yuan urged.

Han Jiang and Tang Feng looked at each other, "Now we can only find this Devil City first."

The three of them got in the car, got out of the Populus euphratica forest, and continued to go northwest. Han Jiang circled the Populus euphratica forest. No traces of water sources were found, and Han Jiang couldn't help scolding: "Damn! There is no water, and it is still called 'Yueerquan'? How can such a beautiful name belong to this place!"

"That's right, even if the water dries up, there should be traces left?" Liang Yuan didn't understand.

"Perhaps the scope of our search is not large enough!" Tang Feng said without any pain.

"But...but what about that 'fate'?" Han Jiang still couldn't forget the strange Russian word on the tree trunk.

"According to my judgment, this word was inscribed by another person, but I'm not sure whether it was inscribed by Koznov's people or the joint scientific expedition team?" Tang Feng said truthfully.

Han Jiang thought for a while, "Are there any other Russians in Koznov's team besides him?"

Tang Feng pondered for a while, then shook his head, "I don't think so, because Koznov hired a large number of locals. Of course, it doesn't rule out that there are Russians whose names we don't know in Koznov's team."

"What if it's from the scientific expedition team?" Han Jiang asked back.

"Scientific expedition team? At first I thought it was carved by someone in the scientific expedition team, but now this issue is complicated. According to the memories of Makarov and Misha, coupled with our field investigation, the scientific expedition team When I came to Yueerquan, I camped in the Populus euphratica forest, mainly in the east of the Populus euphratica forest, and the Populus euphratica tree with Russian words on the west side of the Populus euphratica forest, so from this point of view, I don’t look like a member of the scientific expedition team. engraved." Tang Feng also didn't understand what was going on with that "fate".

The car fell silent, Han Jiang slammed on the accelerator, and rushed straight to the sand dunes in the northwest direction.

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The donkey drove for about five or six kilometers, the continuous sand dunes disappeared, and some huge mounds suddenly appeared on the Gobi Desert ahead, Liang Yuan shouted excitedly, "Castle, so many castles, this is the devil city! "

Tang Feng stared nervously ahead, the car continued to drive forward, and there were more and more mounds in front of them, with strange shapes and grotesque shapes, and Liang Yuan stopped calling "castle" because she found that they were just some huge mounds shaped like castles. Qiu, there is no trace of artificial carving and construction at all, "How come there are so many big mounds suddenly?" Liang Yuan was puzzled.

"This is Devil City." Tang Feng said with certainty.

"Oh, this is Devil City?"

"Yes, these huge mounds with strange shapes and grotesque shapes are geographically called 'Yardang Landforms'. They are not carved by man, but formed by nature's uncanny handicraft." Tang Feng explained.

Han Jiang parked the car among several huge mounds, and the three of them got out of the car, "According to what you say, this place can't be Hanhai Micheng?" Liang Yuan asked.

"I can now say with certainty that Devil City is not the Hanhaimi City we are looking for." Tang Feng replied with certainty.

"The Yadan landform... I seem to have heard of it before." Han Jiang seemed to remember something, "The common people seem to call this landform 'Devil City', right?"

Tang Feng nodded, "That's right, Yadan landforms generally appear in the tuyere areas in the Gobi desert, which means that the wind here is particularly strong, the huge wind force, and sometimes the erosion and erosion of water, making the originally huge mounds, It has become the picture we see now. Sometimes, the uncanny workmanship of nature can carve these mounds into various shapes, some are like animals, some are like people, and there are many other shapes. It looks like a monster and ghost!"

"Nature's creation is really ever-changing!" Liang Yuan exclaimed.

"Just imagine, when people walk in here, the desolate Gobi Desert is already scary, let alone here? As long as there is a gust of wind, all kinds of strange sounds will be produced because of the special geological structure here, plus Being in this strange mound, people are naturally afraid of this place, and they naturally associate this place with the 'Devil City'." Tang Feng explained for a long time.

Liang Yuan didn't seem to be afraid, she shouted towards the mound: "Ah—the devil, here I come—"

There was an echo from the Devil City, and Han Jiang yelled at her dissatisfiedly, "Don't yell, what if someone is hiding here? If you yell, we will all be exposed."

Han Jiang's reminder made Liang Yuan also feel scared for a while, "Maybe there are ghosts and ghosts?"

"Tang Feng, you just said that the wind here is very strong, but why is there no wind at the moment?" Han Jiang walked to the middle of two rows of huge mounds, and the passage in the middle looked like a wide and flat highway.

Tang Feng looked up at the sky. The sky that had been gloomy yesterday had completely cleared away the haze. The sky was blue and there was no wind. "Maybe there is no wind today."

"Whether there is wind or not, Tang Feng, what you said just now reminded me that when the strong wind blows over here, because of the special geological structure here, all kinds of strange wind noises will be produced. I suddenly thought of the scientific expedition team back then. Both Karov and Misha recalled that they heard a terrible strange sound in the Populus euphratica forest at night, could this strange sound be the sound of strong wind blowing through the Devil City?" Han Jiang boldly speculated.

Han Jiang's speculation made Tang Feng's heart tremble, "It's not impossible, but the Populus euphratica forest is five or six kilometers away from here. No matter how loud the strange noise is here, it shouldn't be too loud when it reaches the Populus euphratica forest!"

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The three of them walked around for a while, then got in the car and turned around in the Devil City. Han Jiang was afraid of getting lost in the Devil City, so he followed a square route. When they turned to the east of the Devil City, a circle shaped like a circle The mound of the castle attracted everyone's attention, because the castle is completely a standard circle, Liang Yuan couldn't help wondering: "This mound is so round, is it artificially built? Otherwise, how could it be so round?"

"That's right, you need tools to make such a round castle." Han Jiang was also puzzled.

"I've said it before, nature's uncanny workmanship, any miracle will happen. If you don't believe me, go down and have a look to see if there are any traces of man-made on this mound."

When Tang Feng said this, Han Jiang and Liang Yuan got excited. They got out of the car and actually climbed to the circular mound to investigate. Tang Feng stood beside the car, squinting his eyes, waiting for the results of their investigation. Five minutes later, the two came back. Sure enough, there was no trace of artificial construction. "Could it be that nature really has such a miracle?"

Han Jiang was still a little dissatisfied, and he climbed to the top of the circular mound to check. Suddenly, Han Jiang shouted from the mound, "Come up quickly, we found something here."

Tang Feng and Liang Yuan were startled, and hurriedly climbed up the circular mound. The top of the circular mound was shaped like a watchtower of a castle. Sure enough, in the soil here, Han Jiang pulled out some silk fabrics that had not completely rotted. Said, it was some clothes, followed by a human skeleton, "Damn it, why do we see corpses everywhere now, not mummified corpses, but bones!" They found two skeletons, two AK-47 rifles, and some bullets.

Tang Feng and Han Jiang quickly identified the silk fabrics that had rotted into rags, which were Type 55 military uniforms. Han Jiang also classified the different rags and judged that these were three sets of military uniforms. This is the major's uniform, and the other two are the lieutenant's uniform.When these rags, rifles and bullets were presented in front of the three of them, they immediately understood all this.

"This is the two officers who disappeared the night before the scientific expedition team's accident!" Han Jiang said slowly.

"Unexpectedly, they have been here for so many years!" Tang Feng sighed.

"Makarov mentioned the three missing officers in his recollection, and Misha's letter also mentioned that he did not see the person in charge of the night watch that night. Misha was worried about the Chinese, so he was not sure about the three missing officers. Was he killed, or did he join forces with Ma Changguo and the others? Now it seems that Misha's worries are unnecessary!" Han Jiang said.

"They appeared so far away from the camp, and they were consciously buried here collectively. No need to ask, I'm sure it was done by Ma Changguo and his gang!" Tang Feng said firmly.

"Obviously Ma Changguo and the others did it. If these three officers were still on duty at the camp that night, it would be difficult for Ma Changguo and the others to sneak into the camp." Liang Yuan also echoed.

"But how did Ma Changguo and the others get these three heavily armed officers here and kill them?" Tang Feng couldn't figure it out.

Han Jiang looked around and said: "It's not difficult. I checked the terrain here. According to my guess, when the scientific expedition team camped in the Populus euphratica forest, this was the base camp of Ma Changguo and the others. Don't forget that Ma Changguo is The locals are more familiar with the situation here and have stronger adaptability. It is convenient to monitor every move of the scientific expedition team, and it is also convenient to hide them. When they are discovered by the scientific expedition team, they can completely escape here. I guess these three officers discovered Ma Changguo and the others, so Ma Changguo deliberately lured the three officers here, and then killed all three officers here."

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The relics and bones of the three generals were reburied in the circular mound. Han Jiang also tried the two AK-47s on purpose, but the two guns were damaged and could not be used. , the tip of the gun rushed down, the butt of the gun was facing up, and it was deeply buried in the soil, which should be the tombstones of these three officers.

"This is the best tombstone for soldiers!" Han Jiang walked down the circular mound, then turned around and saluted the rifle standing tall on the circular mound with a standard military salute.

But at this moment, Liang Yuan found another piece of clothing under the circular mound, "Come and see, I found a leather jacket!"

Tang Feng and Han Jiang saw that Liang Yuan was indeed carrying a dusty black leather jacket, and they immediately thought of the man in the leather jacket and sunglasses mentioned in Misha's letter—"Ma Changguo leather jacket." The two were surprised at the same time.

Tang Feng flipped through the leather jacket. Although he didn't find any valuable clues on the leather jacket, he clearly smelled Ma Changguo's scent on it. "Why would he abandon his leather jacket?"

"The old and cunning Ma Changguo probably wanted to escape. Don't forget that the scientific expedition team was wiped out, and they were not much better, but in the end Ma Changguo escaped unharmed." Han Jiang deduced.

Throwing away Ma Changguo's leather jacket, the three of them quickly returned to the middle of the two rows of huge mounds they saw at the beginning. Han Jiang adjusted his direction and drove along this straight passage to the end of Devil City. After a while, they came to the edge of Devil City. Tang Feng saw two unusually huge mounds here. These two mounds seemed to be a bit special. Almost all the mounds are tall and majestic. Tang Feng walked under these two huge mounds and inspected them carefully. He was a little puzzled because he seemed to see some traces of rammed earth on the mounds, but it was very Not obvious, could it be formed by a special geological structure?Tang Feng was not sure.

Tang Feng walked around the two giant mounds, but still did not find direct traces of artificial ramming. Tang Feng shook his head in disappointment, "It seems that these two giant mounds are also a miracle of nature."

At this time, Han Jiang checked the direction and pointed to the vast Gobi behind the two giant mounds, "It's due north, and Hanhaimi City should be in the sand sea not far from here."

Tang Feng stood between two giant mounds, looking to the north, maybe Han Jiang was right!They are not far from Han Hai Mi City!
(End of this chapter)