Chapter 316 Occupy the Eagle's Nest
The soldiers of the 2nd Battalion occupied the SS barracks. The barracks here are a group of Alpine-style apartment buildings that have only been built for a short time. They are quite modernly designed, with pipes laid and decorated interiors. Officers and non-commissioned officers lived in luxurious rooms overlooking the whole Berchtesgaden, which belonged to former Nazi officers.
Winters chose a Nazi official's mansion as the battalion, which was built on a steep cliff in Berchtesgaden. On the spacious balcony, you can overlook the clear and green King's Lake. No one was ashamed of seizing the Germans' homes. Even Winters thought that they slept in the deserted pits in Normandy, fought in the ice and snow, watched their brothers injured and even die, and those tragic concentration camps. No one would feel pity for these German original residents.
Parks lived with Captain Wales at the residence of German Nazi No. 2 Goring during a tour. This discovery made them ecstatic. And Parks has long planned to collect those precious works of art, and now is a good opportunity.
With a bang, the door was opened. Two people walked into the room with weapons. The room was very big, as if they had been robbed. Most of them are empty, except for some unmovable furniture, and the rest are almost swept away. This made the two excited guys feel depressed again. It didn't look good to get it here.
"Damn it, someone has swept this place before us!" Captain Wales looked very frustrated. He walked around the empty hall with a pistol, and then put the pistol into the holster. Get ready to get out of here.
"No, wait!" Parks said to him, "Maybe we should find something!" After the destruction here, it is full of dust. It can be judged that we didn't do it!" At least Parks also knows that there is a wine cellar here, which contains tens of thousands of bottles of champagne, wine, brandy, etc. collected from all over the world. He walked out of the house and walked towards the back of the house. He said to Wales, "There should be a basement behind. Let's go there and have a look. I hope those bastards can leave some for us."
Parks was right. When the basement was opened, when the light came on, Captain Wales's mouth was not close. In front of him was a huge wine cellar. He couldn't help whistling, and then turned his head excitedly and hugged Parks and laughed, "I think this is the wealth we have found. God, your nose is so smart that you can always find good wine!" With that, he rushed up and looked around. He didn't know which bottle of wine to take off, because it was the best wine in the world!
And Parks began to look around, trying to find something else here, and then returned empty-handed in the residence of Nazi No. 2, which made him very unwilling! Yes, in the home of the No. 2 Nazi in Germany, it is impossible for anything to move out in a hurry. So he soon found a dark door at the back of the wine cellar.
"Harry!" Parks shouted, "Come here, there's a secret door!"
"I hope it won't let us down." Captain Wales came over, and then he walked to Parks with a submachine gun, looked at the dark door, shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, Les. This door can't be opened!" The lock used here is obviously the kind of safe used, which is extremely difficult to open.
"No, what other door can stop us?" With that, Parks motioned Captain Wales to step back, and then took out his pistol and fired a wild shot at the lock. The bullet hit the door with a "puff" sound, but it did not penetrate the door.
"God, what kind of door is this?" Captain Wales exclaimed, then raised the submachine gun and shot at the door until the bullet was shot, but it still did not penetrate the door, let alone the lock was broken.
Parks clicked his mouth and smiled at Wales, "Harry, the deeper the hidden things are, the more precious they are. It seems that the rest of our lives are here. Give me this!" With that, he took a grenade hanging from Captain Welsh's shoulder, then tied it to the door lock, and finally opened the safety. The two ran away quickly and then lay down.
"Boom--" There was a loud noise, and the door was no longer supported, and it arrived down with a bang. The two got up and walked carefully towards it. They covered their noses with their hands and went deeper into the secret room step by step in the dust. Then the two of them were stunned and their eyes widened.
In the dark, there is a ray of light from the wine cellar, where the golden light is faintly projected. Parks took out the flashlight and shone it in, and then the two of them were shocked by the dazzling reflection.
"Pap!" With a sound, Parks touched the light switch in the secret room, and then the two of them were surprised again and speechless. This was simply a treasure, an unimaginable treasure. Even if Parks has seen enough people in his past and present life, people who do not have a strong concept of money can't help but take a breath of cold air.
"Reese--" Captain Wales muttered, "You'd better slap me in the face. Hurry up, Les!"
"What's wrong with you? "Harry!" Parks and Wales were talking, but their eyes stared at the treasures without blinking. The neat rectangular gold bricks made of pyramid-like gold, dazzling diamonds and necklaces hanging on the shelves, and all kinds of jewelry and jewelry made into artistic forms are neatly placed on different special tables and covered with glass covers. And there are many rare famous art paintings and sculptures hanging on the wall.
"God!" Major Parks exclaimed. The reason why this place was not found is that after Göring's death, the secret room became a secret. No one could find it, and no one could open it in this way. Or more understandablely, those who robbed the whole house did not have enough time to search all the places, so that they missed the most important places. But anyway, now these things are from Parks and Wales.
"God, you - you're right!" Wales felt that his voice trembled a little. Even if he wanted to try to control himself to appear normal, his voice was still shaking. "You're right. This is the second half of our life. We can enjoy the rest of our life safely without doing anything. God, God, God!" He seems incoherent and can only call God.
"Van? High! Oh my God!" Parks couldn't help opening his mouth when he looked at a painting hanging. He knew how valuable Van Gogh's paintings were. In the 21st century, his paintings were auctioned for tens of millions of dollars or even hundreds of millions of dollars.
"Harry!" Parks turned his head and saw that Captain Wales was busy with the jewelry in his pocket. "I don't think we can take so many things. Why don't we ask Dick and Nixon to help?"
Waston was stunned, then looked down and thought for a moment, and then said, "Good idea, okay, I'll call them over!" With that, he threw it out with a pocket full of jewelry. Parks made it clear that in fact, if only the two of them share so much wealth, it will definitely be envied. Not to mention Major Winters and Nixon, but what about the other officers? Or what about Colonel Sink? It's hard to guarantee that they won't use any means to make Parks and Wales spit out the jewelry, maybe they won't get a penni. The best way is to divide equally with several senior officers in the battalion headquarters.
Soon the Welsh captain came in a jeep with Major Winters and Captain Nixon. Just like Parks and others came in, when Nixon was in the wine cellar, he began to marvel at the good wines in the wine cellar and shocked them. After entering the secret room, they were completely stunned. Even rich people like Nixon, who had no concept of money, couldn't help but open their mouths and said no for a long time. Let's talk.
"God, you robbed the richest people!" Major Winters said to Parks, then stepped forward, walked to the other party's gold counter, stretched out his hand and picked up a piece of gold. The heavy feeling and the flashing golden light made him a little dizzy. "Rees, what are we going to do with these things?"
Nixon also walked towards a table where the gems were placed. He picked up a diamond, narrowed his eyes, looked at the huge gem, and couldn't help admiring: "I can't believe that we will find such a thing."
"Rees, I want to hear your opinion!" Winters suddenly turned his head to Parks and said, "You are the first to find these things. You have to tell a way to deal with them. You know, this is really a jealous thing. Obviously, Major Winters also realized that this wealth could not be shared by the four of them. Nixon and Wales nodded when they heard Major Winters' words, and now they all have this awareness.
"That's what I think, Dick!" Parks said to Second Lieutenant Winters at this time, and then looked at Nixon and Wales and said, "Guys, that's what I think. Let's pick the best thing first, then seal it up and leave it to Colonel Sink for disposal. Remember, no matter what we get, we must remember one thing. We didn't take anything!"
Major Winters nodded and said, "Very good, I agree! In this way, we won't have any trouble." With that, he picked up a piece of gold and smiled at them, and then put it in his pocket!
"Okay, okay, we're the best now!" Although Captain Wales was a little reluctant, he listened to Parks's advice and began to choose any of the most valuable treasures he favored here.
Parks did not let Van Gogh go. He took down the painting, then made a bag, and then chose a few small sculptures of great value for later generations, selected a few diamonds, and took a few pieces of gold. That's enough.
This was a meeting of the four closest people in the battalion, and then Göring's secret room was reported to the regimental headquarters. Parks also spread the news to let everyone know about it, which aroused the shock within the Allies. Colonel Sink was excited and painful. What excited was that he could choose gems in it. The pain was that he could not monopolize these things. The whole Allies knew it, and he had to report to the division truthfully. Of course, there is water in it. When the first level is reported, the wealth in the secret room is also shrinking. Of course, in the end, there was a conclusion within the Allies that the people who first found the treasure house would be rewarded again.
The reward part is that they can choose anything they like from the shrinking wealth, except for works of art. This is Eisenhower's decision.
Wealth, which is Parks's greatest wealth in Europe. And Winters, Nixon and Wales also lived a rich life because of Parks.
(to be continued)