Chapter 389 I only need gold

"It's gone, Captain."

In the cruiser Sikkim, Captain Mill followed his big fingers and saw the freighter with the French flag moored here for two days slowly leaving, and he was finally relieved.

The Boers have fallen into a desperate situation. Maybe they can win the war in just a few months. He doesn't want to make mistakes at this time and enter the coast of South Africa with weapons, ammunition and supplies by other countries. So after seeing him leave, the big stone in his heart finally let go, but he didn't know that there was a blue in the distance. The white pipes suddenly stretched out of the water.

"Are you gone?"

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

"I'm leaving."

The second mate is reluctant to let go of the periscope. As the second batch of gray shark-class submarines, there is no doubt that it is more advanced than the first batch of partners. Not only has the endurance increased by 500 nautical miles, but the battery pack is also much larger than the previous ones. It has also improved the living environment, and the diving depth has also been improved a lot. In addition, it is the first Once I came to the distant coast of Africa, let alone him, I'm afraid every submarine soldier wants to feel what Africa looks like in the periscope.

"Keep the depth, raise the sway, 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 of the intelligence department here as soon as possible, so he began to assign tasks immediately. When everyone was ready, he looked at the table: "Remote the communication buoy, contact the support ship, and ask them to determine the location and mission location."

With his voice, there was a soft sound from the end of the boat. A bubble suddenly appeared on the sea. A white buoy in the bubble suddenly came out, and a thin metal needle at the top of the buoy fluctuated in the waves--

"How long will it take to get to the communication time?"

"Three hours." Hearing Duan Fei's inquiry, the intelligence officer immediately looked at the table and said, "Your Excellency, do you want to tell them a few hours later?"

Duan Fei shook his head and said, "No, if that guy doesn't come, it's useless to tell them. You'd better contact him on time."

After the intelligence officer answered, he pushed open the window for Duan Fei. The beautiful scenery of the Burfeet River outside did not make the intelligence minister who personally ran to far away from South Africa feel at all. Just as he was about to ask about the situation outside, a sudden footsteps suddenly came from the outside. Looking back, he only saw a young law. The young man suddenly pushed the door and came in. He tried his best in the standard Minnan language and said, "Your Excellency, he's coming!"

Hearing this voice, Duan Fei was very relieved. He had been in this damn place for almost half a year for this guy, and finally invited him out!

Duan Fei immediately took out a robe, wrapped himself tightly with the help of the intelligence officer, and then inserted two revolvers outside the long run. From the outside, he looked like the bodyguard of an Arab chief.

After dressing up quickly, the intelligence officer and the French boy looked at it repeatedly and did not find the flaws. After the latter took him to a small reading house in the middle of the farm, he pasted it and whispered, "Don't worry, snipers are arranged around, and there is absolutely no problem in terms of safety."

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

The French boy also immediately left the wooden house and ran out of the farm. After a moment, a dark-faced man walked to the wooden house under the protection of dozens of Boer soldiers. Looking at the people, Duan Fei's eyes flashed.

This dark-skinned man is very famous. Since the beginning of the Anglo-Poland War, he has been sticking to the front line. He fought bravely as a soldier and was sent to Piet Kronye, nicknamed "Black General". In fact, this man not only fought fiercely, but also Roberts, the former commander of the British South African Expeditionary Force, was very I have a headache. In fact, I have a deep mind.

With the progress of the war, Britain's huge numerical advantage gradually forced the Boer guerrillas into a desperate situation, especially the British's barbaric scorched earth policy and the implementation of the concentration camp system, which caused a large number of deaths of Boers, the destruction of countless farms, the occupation of fields, and the guerrilla advantage on which Boor's survival is disappearing.

In this situation, peace talks are undoubtedly the only way out, but Pete doesn't want to talk about peace, because his hands are stained with too much British blood, so the British army is offering rewards to catch him everywhere. Seeing that Boole has no hope of winning, in order to get the chips and leave a way out for himself, he actually leads the department. The gold and diamonds secretly hidden after the war between Devasland and Orange were taken away and hid in the mountains.

According to the intelligence, it is more than 200 tons of gold and valuable diamonds. Naturally, such a large amount of wealth cannot disappear in the mountains with this guy in vain, let alone obtained by the British.

So Duan Fei rushed here from China immediately after getting the news. However, due to problems such as time, language and skin color, the infiltration of the Ministry of Intelligence in Africa was not successful. It took a long time to find this guy and get in touch with him. It was agreed that he would go through the formalities early this morning. Unexpectedly, this guy didn't come until the afternoon. It can be seen that he is very careful.

There is no way to be inefficient. In addition to the fact that Africa is not the main target, it is also because the intelligence department lacks white intelligence personnel who can freely enter and exit Africa, and it can't draw people from the rare European and American intelligence stations. In the end, it can only rely on the French guy just now, the mixed blood of the Chinese in Europe and the United States, Britain, France and other countries. The businessman's name is stationed, but this situation is about to change, because thousands of European and American orphans adopted by the intelligence department a few years ago are growing up little by little, and these brainwashed orphans will become the biggest weapon of the intelligence department to infiltrate Europe and the United States.

As Pete got closer and closer, Duan Fei became more and more nervous. He had not come to carry out the task in person for a long time, especially the other party was still a famous guy, and he had to cheer up.

Just as he was looking at Pete, a big-bellied blonde white man came over under the escort of several bodyguards dressed like him. When the man saw Pete, he immediately smiled and gave him a hug, and then the two walked into the room with a smile.

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

Pierte didn't seem to be surprised by this kind of protection, but just smiled and said, "Mr. Adu, your bodyguard is really conscientious."

"Ha ha, are you talking about them? They were all hired by the Ottoman Empire, but they cost a lot of money. After the big-bellied man finished speaking, he looked around and scolded, "Damn it, salute Mr. Pitt!"

Several intelligence agents, including Duan Fei, immediately saluted Pierre, but did not put down their hands. Instead, they continued to put on a nervous look. But the more they did this, the more relaxed Pierre became. He smiled and said, "Mr. Adu, don't be angry. Let's talk about business."

Hearing the business, Mr. Adu's eyes suddenly lit up and he rubbed his hands and said anxiously, "Mr. Pete, have you brought the gold?" But Pete seemed to take out a cigar from his pocket slowly, and then clicked on it before his face condensed: "Mr. Adu, do you think I look like I'm carrying gold?"

His words made Duan Fei, disguised as a bodyguard, see a fierceness in his eyes. Even Adu's face suddenly changed, and he remembered that the general seemed to be bare-handed. He quickly said, "Mr. Pete, with all due respect, we have negotiated a deal before."

"And now the British have sealed off the whole of South Africa, and their troops are all over the streets and alleys. Maybe you can leave, but those gold is absolutely impossible!" Mr. Adu continued: "Hundreds of tons of things, if you want to leave South Africa, you must use a ship. Has it been found a way to avoid the British naval blockade? Or are you going to give the gold to the British? Don't forget that even if they receive gold, they will not necessarily guarantee the lives of you and these devout subordinates!"

Piet pressed forward: "Mr. Adu, you're right. If you want to leave South Africa, you must have those warships that avoid Britain! I don't know you." At this point, he deliberately paused and said with a smile, "Maybe the French fleet has arrived?"

It turned out that this was the reason. Duan Fei was immediately relieved and gave a look at Adu, who immediately said, "Mr. Pete, I can guarantee that you and your family's subordinates will leave South Africa to avoid the blockade, but this requires sincerity!"

"Swiss Mawson Bank, Bank of America, National Bank of Australia, and Bank of France! There are four copies in total, each with a cash deposit of 6 million pounds. I only need gold and diamonds. As long as the transaction is successful, I will keep my promise to help you and your family, and these brave soldiers get out of here!" When Mr. Adu hooked the corners of his mouth and took out a few documents from his pocket and threw them in front of several people, he laughed secretly in his heart. The first three families are now all Young Master Li. You can check it out. Only the Bank of France is really rich, but you have to enjoy it!

Looking at the documents, not to mention Pete, even the soldiers behind him couldn't help swallowing. They robbed gold before. In addition to trying to get some money to leave after the despair of the war, they actually had the idea of using this batch of gold to defend themselves and bargain with the British at the last moment, but after getting the gold, they found that How hard it is to run around with 250 tons of things. They can't take so much gold out of South Africa.

But I didn't expect that at this time, someone wanted to buy the gold in their hands. At first, they didn't believe it, but the documents in front of them were enough to make them jealous. Compared with the heavy gold, these things are too light, so light that they can leave as long as they are in their arms. But the question is how to ensure that it is true?

There are banks and telegraph stations nearby. You can check whether the money exists through Europeans, but the problem is that it takes a few days, and it is full of British people outside, which is impossible to achieve.

And God knows whether this Frenchman will really take him away, even if these are true, but if that guy gets the gold and doesn't take his own people away, in case the British are all over?!

"With all due respect, Mr. Adu, I need a guarantee that I can leave and where I can contact Europe to inquire!" Pete picked up the document, and the scorching flashed through his eyes.

Mr. Adu seemed to see the popularity. He didn't care that the wealth worth 30 million was pinched by the other party at all. He smiled and said, "After the transaction is completed, you can naturally get these opportunities, but I don't have much time. I'm going to leave Durban by boat tomorrow morning."

"Leave by boat?" Piet's eyes lit up: "Mr. Adu, do you really have a boat?"

"Yes, and it's enough to take hundreds of tons of gold and hundreds of people! But." Adu took back the documents and sighed with regret: "I think our deal is over."

"Wait, the gold is in Durban, but I need to confirm the authenticity of these things!" Seeing that the documents were taken back, Piet could no longer calm down. Gold is good, but it was also a waste if it could not be taken out, and it was brought out in time. As long as so much gold was taken out for exchange, it would be late to arouse the suspicion of others, so it would be better to exchange it for enough cash!

"In Durban!" Adu and Duan Fei's eyes lit up at the same time. After thinking about it, the former suddenly stretched out his hand: "Mr. Piet, I think we can continue to trade!"

After arriving at the port of Durban, Piet first sent people to the local British bank to check the authenticity of the four bank documents. After a few days of telegrams to identify the authenticity, he took out 250 tons of gold and several small bags of crystal clear diamonds.

Seeing these, Duan Fei was finally relieved. From the perspective of value, these things were by no more than 30 million. If it hadn't been for Pete's desperate work, he would not have done this lossy business.

When he got the gold, Duan Fei summoned the Longtail Shark, which had been lurking near the port of Durban. When the submarine appeared in front of Pete and others, they still didn't believe it was true.

"This is France's latest masterpiece!" Mr. Adu proudly pointed to the submarine carrying gold and splashed a basin of dirty water on France.

However, 250 tons of gold could not be loaded at once. In the end, it had to be transported to the submarine support ship dozens of nautical miles away.

After the last gold nugget was carried into the submarine, Adu immediately invited Piet to leave as a submarine, but Piet was not stupid and did not want to board the other party's submarine. Finally, Adu pretended to be kind and gritted his teeth to send him a small British cargo ship docked nearby.

Originally, Piet wanted to find a way to leave by himself. Without the drag of gold, he could leave the land quietly with his ability, but it took enough time to arrange, not to mention that the crew left by the other party to escort him, dreamed a lot in the night, and believed that the other party was not With the thought of hurting his crew, he boarded the ship with nearly a hundred soldiers and his family.

However, he did not expect that shortly after the "French" submarine returned to the support ship with the last batch of gold, a huge hiss suddenly sounded in the bottom cabin of the small cargo ship, and the violent explosion completely tore the ship in an instant, and all 150 people, including 35 sailors, were buried. At the bottom of the sea, the speed was so fast that there was no trace of explosion when the British cruisers patrolling nearby arrived.

Piet would not have thought that the crew members who were called his best assistants by Adu were actually just sailors recruited from Australia a few months ago!

A total of 250 tons of gold, calculated as a blue coin worth 250 million, which simply made Li Enfu laugh, not to mention a few bags of diamonds! It eased the thirsty treasury at once. As for those deposits, I'm embarrassed to say it.

He fooled people with a fake bank list. The only real money was taken back when he died in the end. Only Master Li and the Intelligence Department would do such a thing.

Finally, when the submarine support ship arrived safely in Tianjin with Lin Yongxiang's fleet to exchange supplies from Africa with fake money 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 taking risks to cross the ocean for their motherland. Contribution of.

At the same time, Li Enfu also praised the outstanding contributions of the Intelligence Department for the first time. He not only went to Li Mo to ask for credit to Duan Fei and the Intelligence Department, but also finally asked the Prime Minister's wife to give a gift to thank Duan Yueer, which made Miss Duan confused and didn't know what had happened.

But Britain was not so good. Before the war, they knew that Devasland and Orange had reserves hundreds of tons of gold, but no matter how hard they tried, they did not find it. In the end, it was only found that the gold was handed over by Piet to a French banker. At this time, the Royal Navy cruiser Sikkim also reported that he We found a French cargo ship outside the port of Durban. Although it did not enter the port, it stopped at sea for three days before leaving.

This news made the British Empire extremely "angry". Unexpectedly, at the end of the Boer War, it was finally picked by the French. The Prime Minister of Salisbury and Parliament, who wanted to rely on this batch of gold to show off the fruits of the war and subsidize military expenses, were very angry, and the British Foreign Office even The matter specifically asked France to protest and demanded the return of the stolen gold.

In the face of "framing", the French quit and began to expose a large number of British crimes committed in Boer. Especially when the photos of the Boer concentration camp and more than 40% of the death data were released, the whole of Europe was shocked. The image of British gentlemen suddenly plummeted, not only in Europe, but also the United States. He joined the condemnation and even publicly said that Britain did not deserve to be the leader of the civilized world. In the end, even many people in Britain began to condemn the atrocities of the army and political axes.

Just as this war of words escalated infinitely and saw the spread to British colonies all over the world, the first Chinese-class battleship of the British Empire, the Dreadnought, finally slowly sailed out of the dock...

(to be continued)