Indiana Jones

Chapter 122 Masao Kawaguchi (02)

A few days before Kawaguchi entered the jungle, he was completely in a state of no direction. He didn't know where the US military transport plane crashed. It's too big, and a rough range is hundreds of square kilometers. It's still in a large area of ​​virgin jungle. It's not so easy to find a crashed plane.

In the telegrams with his superiors, he learned that a U.S. military pilot was captured, but he was not interrogated in time because of language barriers. Knowing where to start, he had no choice but to lead the team to search the area, and this was the beginning of their nightmare. The dangerous jungle made them suffer a lot. They lost six people in the first night. They all disappeared in their sleep, without leaving any traces. These people seemed to have evaporated out of thin air without a trace, but this was the most peaceful night they spent after entering the jungle.

During the search, they encountered a lot of troubles. Beasts were only one aspect. Judging from the gunshots from the woods, the other teams seemed to be in no less trouble than them. The next morning, a soldier died of poisoning for unknown reasons. In the afternoon, two soldiers were killed by a large group of jackals that suddenly appeared. In order to prevent another inexplicable disappearance at night, Kawaguchi ordered to double the number of guards at night, and lit bonfires everywhere. As a result, they only lost three people this time. It also disappeared quietly in sleep, and they still failed to find out the reason.

Although Kawaguchi has become more cautious, he still has troubles. He encountered a forest fire inexplicably during the search. If it wasn’t for a timely rain, they might have been burned to ashes. It rains for two or three days. They can only hide in temporary In the tree house built with rainproof cloth, their conditions were much better than Si Xuanyi's to be honest, at least they wouldn't be short of everything, because there were airdrops and supplies were replenished in a relatively timely manner.

Kawaguchi is a top student at the Japanese Army Sergeant Academy, specializing in tropical jungle warfare, which is the main reason why he was transferred to complete this mission. However, everything in Savage Mountain completely overturned what he learned in school.

On the first night of sheltering from the rain in the tree, Kawaguchi finally figured out what was stealing his soldiers one by one. It was a few huge tree pythons, their huge bodies crawled over the treetops silently Swallowed by a sleeping soldier, a tree python was shot to death in a scuffle, a soldier was bitten into a sieve by the dense teeth of the tree python, and died of excessive blood loss, and a dozen soldiers were knocked down by the python during the battle Shu, one was killed and six were injured. So far, Kawaguchi's fighters have lost more than one-third, and they have been in for less than three days. This loss really makes Kawaguchi a headache, but what can he do?After assessing the losses of each team, the higher-ups decided to increase the number of troops, and ordered the leaders of each team to continue to expand the search area and make sure to find the lost No. [-] item.

To mention item No. [-], we have to start from the beginning. Just as Hitler, the head of state of Germany, was obsessed with black magic, the senior military officers who returned from Germany also developed similar hobbies. They were obsessed with the Germans’ achievements in Europe and believed that Hitler obtained it through some supernatural power. I don’t know if these senior officers have seen something in Germany, as if they were enchanted by Hitler, these senior officers admired it very much. After returning, they tried their best to lobby the top of the headquarters. After several times After the secret talks, the upper management had direct contact with a certain organization in Germany, and specially sent people to do a half-year investigation. Finally, the upper management agreed to establish a similar supernatural research institution - the New Strategic Research Department, and gave full support, directly under the headquarters. Directly controlled by the chief of staff, the power is beyond imagination. In addition to researching various supernatural weapons, this organization also seeks inspiration from ancient books in some major strategic areas, takes into account the collection of cultural relics and artworks, and also participates in espionage and infiltration. , even to the point of pervasiveness, maybe this organization was established for other purposes, of course, these people below don't know.

Kawaguchi has seen the photo of item No. [-], but the photo of the imitation is the imperial possession of the Chinese emperor and the symbol of the identity of the only ruler in the Central Plains—the jade seal. What makes this jade seal unique is that it belongs to China. The first emperor Qin Shihuang used the Jade Seal of the Kingdom. It is said that if you get this thing, you can control the country. This is the Chinese History Research Center of the Tokyo National Museum, which has joined the New Strategic Research Department, and the Chinese affairs consultant of the headquarters. After reading a lot The conclusions drawn after ancient Chinese books.

Chuan Guoxi, also known as Chuan Guo Yuxi or Chuan Guo Treasure, is a seal handed down by Chinese emperors in successive dynasties. It was engraved at the order of Qin Shihuang and is regarded as a symbol of dynastic orthodoxy.

According to ancient records, in the 19th year of Qin Wangzheng, Qin defeated Zhao and obtained the treasures handed down from generation to generation and the clan.In order to show that his identity was different from that of the previous emperors, the first emperor handed over Heshibi to Prime Minister Li Si and ordered him to make a seal as a symbol of the emperor's identity.

After many investigations, Li Si handed over He's Bi to Sun Shou, the king of jade workers in Xianyang. Sun Shou did not dare to neglect. "The horoscope was carved on it, and since then it has been passed on to the national jade seal.It is said that when the project was completed, there was a natural phenomenon, the wind was strong, and five colorful dragons fell into the seal one after another, and the whole room was illuminated by golden lights in an instant.
In order to cater to the first emperor, Li Si slaughtered dozens of members of the jade worker king Sunshou's family overnight, and killed more than [-] people including one person who participated in the incident, and then reported the whole story to the first emperor, and made suggestions to the world. It is the seal of Tianshou, which is a god-given artifact, only the true man can carry it, and it is a token of imperial power and orthodox law.

Dayue, the first emperor, proclaimed it to the world according to his words. Since then, the seal has become an artifact of the country, passed down from generation to generation, and has become a symbol of legal status.

Documents record that the Jade Seal of the Chuan Kingdom is four inches in diameter, with five dragons intersected in Shanghai, and on the front are the eight seal characters of "Designed from Heaven, long life and eternal prosperity". The emperors of all subsequent dynasties took this seal as a symbol, enshrining it as a rare treasure, and it is an important weapon of the country. and also.Getting it symbolizes that it is "destined by the sky", and losing it means that it is "exhausted".Those who ascended to great positions without this seal were ridiculed as "white emperors", and were despised by the world for their lack of confidence.As a result, those who want to seek great treasures are scrambling for it, and the jade seal of the handed down country has changed its owner many times. It has been in China for more than 2000 years, flickering, and finally disappearing.

Since the rulers of all dynasties tried their best to publicize that obtaining the Chuan Guoxie is "destiny's destiny" and "a sign of auspiciousness", since the Song Dynasty, the true and false Chuanguo Seals have been discovered many times.For example, Duan Yi, a Xianyang native of Song Shaosheng, said that when he was repairing the house, he dug out the jade seals "green as blue, warm and lustrous" and "five plates with buttons on the back", which were "textualized" by 13 officials including Cai Jing, a scholar of Hanlin. It is identified as the jade seal of "True Qin Chuan Guoxie".However, according to the research of later generations, this is a trick played by Cai Jing and others to deceive the emperor.

This legendary Jade Seal of Chuanguo appears and disappears in the long river of Chinese history as if unwilling to be depraved. There are rumors related to it in various dynasties. When the Song Dynasty was destroyed, it was said that it was kidnapped and fell into the hands of gold. The Mongol and Yuan Empire took the lead in destroying gold in order to obtain this fetish. However, a large number of treasures were lost during the war, and it was rumored that they were stolen by the Han people and fled to Dali. In the end, there was still nothing to conquer Dali. According to unofficial records, one of the reasons for the expansion of the Mongolian Yuan Empire was to find the lost Jade Seal of the Kingdom. It has not been confirmed whether this is the case. There is no evidence to check the object, but later generations have inferred that the Mongols did not find it, because if they found it, they would not have less than a hundred years of luck.

In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang also sent people to find the whereabouts of the Chuanguo Yuxi, trying to make his position more stable, showing the world that he rebelled against God's will and applauded the hearts of the people. In the second year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang obtained the Record of the Thirteen Dynasties of the Yuan Dynasty. Many clues were found in it. Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Li Shanchang, the prime minister of the left, to tamper with the real record to hide a lot of content, and sent his confidant general Xu Da to enter Shaanxi to search for the whereabouts of Chuanguo Yuxi. At the same time, he continued to order Li Shan to search for clues through ancient books. A Jade Seal was handed down to the country, but on the way back to the capital, there was a fire at the post station, and the entire escort team and the Jade Seal were destroyed in the fire. At this time, it was quite strange. Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Li Shan to investigate strictly, but in the end no clues were found. The killing of Xu Da and Li Shan was also related to it. The killing of Zhu Yuanzhang suspected that they had obtained the Jade Seal of the Chuan Kingdom and kept it as their own, with the intention of rebelling against and becoming self-reliant.

There were similar rumors during the Qing Dynasty, but all found were found to be fakes, and no one knows where the real Jade Seal of the Chuan Kingdom was lost.

In short, there have been many rumors about the whereabouts of the jade seal for thousands of years. The emperors of all dynasties have tried to find this symbol of identity and status, but they all ended in failure. There are many versions of various rumors, whether it is official history or unofficial history. There are many records ,

And the new strategic research department has obtained some clues from a large number of ancient documents collected in the Chinese theater. This is undoubtedly exciting news for the chief of staff and other high-level officials who believe in mysterious power. They have invested more than expected in the Chinese battlefield. There are too many troops and supplies, but from the beginning to the end, they have not achieved even one result that their superiors really wanted. In other theaters, luck seems to be slowly moving away from their troops. If there is such a miraculous thing that can change the fate and turn the world around, it must belong to the empire, so they named it "Tianfu Project" and vowed to find and seize the Jade Seal of Chuanguo.

As a result, a large number of expeditions, archaeological teams, and task forces were established, and they began to rob ancient tombs and excavate historical sites in vast areas of China, openly or secretly, and finally even reached the point of brazen and unscrupulous, so a large number of cultural relics, rare treasures, and precious ancient books were seized. , continuously shipped to Japan.

The so-called "archaeological team" led by Koizumi Daichi Shaozuo is the treasure hunting team. They have robbed dozens of ancient tombs in China. According to the clues provided by the New Strategy Research Department, they found the Chuanguo Yuxi in an ancient tomb of the Northern Song Dynasty. Among the large number of ancient books buried with them, they finally confirmed the authenticity of this imperial jade seal. The army was wiped out, and Yuxi changed hands in a short time.

How can the New Strategic Research Department, which has high hopes for Chuanguo Yuxi, let it go?After many investigations, the clues that the US military wanted to secretly transport it to the Indian base were finally grasped, and then a series of things happened, such as the James plane attack and the acquaintance with Si Xuanyi.

This is a chain reaction, an incident in which no one involved can control the direction of development. Too many people are involved in this incident. Of course, Masao Kawaguchi only has a general understanding of the whole incident. As for the details, he has no idea. He didn't know at all, he only knew that the generals of the New Strategic Research Department hoped to find this thing as soon as possible, as for whether it had the legendary ability, he didn't know, but he found that the sniper Miyamoto specially dispatched from above believed in it , In fact, like Miyamoto, he was temporarily transferred to complete this task, so they don't know each other well, it's just that their official positions are higher.

After going through an unprecedented dangerous march, Kawaguchi lost a lot of troops. Although he recruited many soldiers who were lost in other teams along the way, it was far from being able to make up for the lost number. His troops were still slowly decreasing. Fortunately, the above several times Airborne surges had replenished his men, so that by now he still had twenty soldiers available.

He learned from those recruited stragglers that besides the U.S. army, there is a Chinese army unit active in this area. He was very surprised why there was a Chinese army here. They should be in the theater. Could it be because of No. [-]? thing?There is a possibility, but after thinking about it, it is nothing. The combat effectiveness of the Chinese army is really nothing. Compared with the heavily armed imperial soldiers, it is simply incomparable. A mere small team is nothing to fear.

In this way, Kawaguchi's team has been active in the forest for more than ten days and still has nothing to gain. The jungle is too big. Finding a plane is really no different from finding a needle in a haystack. Not only their other teams have not found any valuable discoveries. If so, they would not continue to search here.

Kawaguchi really didn't understand why the higher-ups had to pay such a huge price to find a legendary thing. Is it really necessary?He wasn't sure, but as a soldier he knew what he had to do, and he had to do it whether it was right or not.

Things turned around just a few days ago. They finally found the crashed plane in the dense forest. After boarding the plane, they found that everything else was there, except for the Jade Seal of Chuanguo. After reporting the news The superior was furious and ordered him to take back the jade seal at all costs.

At the crash site, they found traces left by the activities of the Chinese army, which became a clue for them to follow up. From various clues, it can be seen that this Chinese army should be the same as the stragglers mentioned before. According to Kawaguchi's judgment, it should be this Chinese army that took Yuxi away, because no one else has appeared in this jungle, and there are no traces of other human activity teams, so this may be the only possibility.

Therefore, the search range of the Japanese army in the entire jungle was adjusted, and all the teams that could be contacted began to gather in this area. At the same time, the higher-ups sent troops to airborne to replenish soldiers and expand the search range. It seemed that the higher-ups really planned to spare no effort. At the cost of finding this legendary Jade Seal of Heirloom.

Kawaguchi led people to follow the clues left by Si Xuanyi and the others, but this journey was even more difficult than the previous encounters. A Gui who was injured.

I don’t know how Agui got rid of the tree python, but at that time he was covered in blood and was in a coma. If it weren’t for this, Kawaguchi’s people couldn’t have captured him so easily. Agui doesn’t understand Japanese, and Kawaguchi doesn’t understand Chinese. Fortunately, that The sniper Miyamoto has been an authentic China hand in China for many years, so he interrogated Agui. Agui is timid but not weak. No matter what Miyamoto asks, he ignores it. Yes, he is afraid of devils. But he also hates devils, he is afraid of death, but he is willing to fight at this time, anyway, he will die anyway, no matter what these devils want to do, they can't let them go too well, this is his idea, simple and firm.

But when he was tortured and comatose, Agui was induced by Miyamoto to tell the truth. By the time he knew it, it was too late, so what could he do?He was so tired from running around in the woods, he almost uttered what he knew in his sleep.

After knowing the truth, Kawaguchi lamented that the empire sent so many soldiers here to go through untold hardships and failed to find something, but it was taken away by a few Chinese soldiers in a daze. It seems that these people don't know how important this thing is to the empire How important it is, but now I finally have a clue, knowing where to find this Jade Seal, it is always good to have a direction, and what makes him happy is that after calculation, the few Chinese soldiers should not be far away from them. Looking far away, it seems that God favored me, and I have to complete this difficult task in the end. Compared with other colleagues who are searching here, I am quite lucky.

But in the communication, I learned that another team met those Chinese soldiers in a canyon, but they were eventually run away by them. Just when Kawaguchi felt that he was too optimistic before and was about to give up, things finally turned around. They were searching At that time, he discovered the traces left by Chinese soldiers again. This is undoubtedly God guiding him.

This makes Kawaguchi even more convinced that finding Yuxi is only a matter of time...

　It's on the shelves, after all, I rely on this to eat, thank you for your support as always!
　　
　
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