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Xia Zhiping's injury was a penetrating wound. After the military doctor's examination, she did not hurt her internal organs. It was a blessing among misfortunes. After the bandages were completed, there was no serious problem. After that, she needed to recuperate and prevent infection.Li Shiqun finally felt relieved, and ordered the two medical soldiers and the military doctor to take care of him, and then he came to Xia Haoming and Xie Yunchao to discuss the next plan.

Huang Jingzhai's death in Wuxi broke Li Shiqun's arms, and the 2-strong army was also defeated in a short period of time, which made Li Shiqun and others feel bleak about their future for the first time.

The top priority is to retreat to Hangzhou immediately, but since Li Shiqun and the Nanjing puppet government began to confront each other, security forces from all over the country, under the arrangement of Tang Shengming, began to consciously clamp down on all the main roads entering Zhejiang.What's more, now that Li Shiqun is being defeated, and the local forces everywhere are holding the mentality of beating the dog in the water, the difficulty of returning to Zhejiang can be imagined.Besides, the defeated soldiers and black shirts gathered by Li Shiqun are only about [-] people at present, how to get through the roads and checkpoints is the key to returning to Hangzhou.

Li Shiqun looked at the map and gestured for a while, but couldn't see why, so he asked Xia Haoming and Xie Yunchao what suggestions they had.

Xia Haoming pondered for a while, "Water and land routes, don't worry, there are already people blocking them at this time. If we forcefully break through, it will be very difficult. In addition, supplies and ammunition are also problems."

Xie Yunchao has been in Jiangsu and Zhejiang for many years, and is familiar with the topography here. "There is a route that is relatively safer, but the distance is a bit far."

"Which route?" Li Shiqun asked impatiently.

Xie Yunchao pointed to the map, "The hills along the Taihu Lake go straight to Huzhou, and from Huzhou to Tianmu Mountain, as long as you come out of Tianmu Mountain and arrive at Lin'an, you will be considered to have entered our own territory. This road is full of lofty mountains, so please ask the pursuers , the only way to bypass the interception."

Xia Haoming nodded, "I think it's feasible! The distance is a bit far, but it's relatively safer!"

Seeing that both of them agreed with this suggestion, Li Shiqun didn't say anything else, and immediately ordered his subordinates to pack their bags and set off on the road as soon as possible.

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At the same time, Scarlett, Wang Xianqing and others had arrived in Lin'an.Scarlett had stayed in Tianmu Mountain for half a year, and she was very familiar with the situation here, including being proficient in Chinese during that time.This time, Scarlett organized a small team composed of various professionals, with the purpose of finding the batch of gold that Wang Xianqing said was missing from the Nationalist Government.

On the second day after arriving in Lin'an, Scarlett ordered her subordinates to collect all kinds of supplies needed in the city. Since she had already used the identity of the Italian business group to greet the local case handling force and gendarmerie, the matter went very smoothly. smoothly.

Rose hurriedly found Scarlett and told her the news that Wuxi had been captured.When Scarlett heard this, she couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.The U.S. government and the military are very interested in Li Shiqun's cooperation plan. Of course, this is based on Li Shiqun's own strong strength and control of the territory. But now, in less than a few days, Li Shiqun's painstakingly managed Wuxi and Hangzhou echoed each other. The current situation is rapidly disintegrating, which makes the future situation more complicated and confusing.

The loss of Wuxi means that the territory of Jiangsu will fall into the hands of the Japanese. It is still unknown whether Li Shiqun's only remaining Zhejiang province can be defended. Once Li Shiqun is defeated, the American plan will come to nothing. A major defeat for the Americans on their China policy bet.But now the American tentacles can't extend to the inland areas of China, and they can't even touch the coast of China, so they can't talk about giving any support to the Li Shiqun Group.

Thinking of this, Scarlett couldn't help being a little upset.This time, she managed to avoid Lin Xiaotang's eyes and ears to show her strength. Unexpectedly, she encountered such a setback before the plan was launched, which made Scarlett wonder whether she could succeed without Lin Xiaotang's help.

Scarlett tried her best not to think about the man she loved and hated, and discarded the messy thoughts in her mind, and said to Rose: "Order everyone, get ready to pack, and go into the mountains this afternoon!"

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Since entering the mountain, the team has been slowly moving forward under the leadership of Scarlett.The team members originally had doubts about Scarlett's practice of not hiring locals as guides, but along the way, seeing Scarlett's familiarity with the local environment, they gradually dispelled their previous doubts.

On the morning of the third day after entering the mountain, Scarlett led the team to the base where Lei Zhen and the rescuers used to be.Pushing away a boulder straddling the cliffs of the valley, revealing the familiar narrow path, looking at the scene in memory, Scarlett recalled every bit of the time spent here with Lin Xiaotang, and thought of the competition between the two , and the scene after falling off the cliff, Scarlett couldn't help but flushed.

After walking for a few miles, the sight suddenly opened up. The evacuation of the rescuers made the trees grow more prosperous here, almost covering the hole that was originally built on the mountain wall.The squad waved the machetes in their hands and finally opened a path.

Looking at the dots of holes on the mountain wall, everyone was amazed. They didn't know how Scarlett found such a wonderful place. Looking at the situation, this place used to be a secret gathering place, and many people had lived here for a long time. , Traces of previous people can be seen everywhere in the cave.In particular, there are facilities that are very suitable for military use, such as fortifications, machine gun holes, warehouses, and so on.

Although everyone was curious, no one dared to ask Scarlett.Scarlett didn't explain either, but directly chose two caves with good ventilation and lighting and close to the water source as camping sites.Ross took a few men with better marksmanship to hunt in the woods outside the valley, planning to taste the wild game in the mountains at night.

Scarlett took Wang Xianqing to the largest cave on the top of the mountain, which used to be Lei Zhen's headquarters. From here overlooking the forest, one could see the surrounding scenery at a glance.

"How far is this place from the place you mentioned?" Scarlett looked into the distance with a telescope in her hand.

Wang Xianqing looked at the map, "We should be in the hinterland of Tianmu Mountain now, about five kilometers to the east, there is a dangerous place called Yixiantian."

Wang Xianqing frantically took out his notebook again and checked his records, "After I joined No. 76, I used Xia Haoming to check some archived materials of the Nanjing government. At that time, the Nanjing National Government sent [-] gendarmes to escort this batch of gold. Entering Tianmu Mountain, the original intention was to use the complex terrain of Tianmu Mountain to avoid the bombing of Japanese aircraft, bypass into Hunan, and then send the train to Chongqing, the capital of Hunan. However, due to the reason of the Battle of Songhu, this batch of gold was hidden in the mountain for safety reasons. It took three days. After that, they went on the road again. The last contact between the gold escort and the headquarters was: We are preparing to enter the first line of sky. After that, the contact was interrupted."

"It can be seen from this that after the troops entered the first-line sky, something must have happened to cause the disappearance of this batch of gold."

"But this doesn't prove that the gold is still near Yixiantian, maybe it was robbed and hidden in another secret place?" Scarlett asked,

Wang Xianqing smiled: "That's right, there is such a possibility. But there are still many doubts about this matter, and I haven't been able to explain it clearly. First, at that time, the Tianmu Mountain area was still under the jurisdiction of the Nationalist Government, and there were no Japanese troops or * *Traces of the guerrillas. If it is said that the bandits in the mountains did it, the possibility is not high, because the troops escorting the gold were drawn from the Nanjing Gendarmerie, and they belonged to the first-class elite in the Communist Party at that time. Bandits It is unlikely that they can take advantage of them, and besides, the people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang are rich, and there is no trace of bandits in Tianmu Mountain."

"Secondly, the two directors of the gold project were escorted. Zhou Chaojian, a person in charge of the central treasury at that time, and his subordinate Lin Xiaojun. These two people were the planners of the entire operation, and the military police only cooperated in the operation. Zhou Chaojian once followed the escort into Tianmu Mountain After the escort operation failed, the Nanjing government planned to thoroughly investigate the matter, but the Japanese army had already approached Nanjing, so they let it go. Later, Zhou Chaojian returned to Nanjing unexpectedly, but the [-] escort troops seemed to be Vaporized in the world."

"After Zhou Chaojian returned to Nanjing, Nanjing was besieged. Within two days, Zhou Chaojian was assassinated at the junction of Nanjing. Afterwards, Lin Xiaojun, the only remaining insider of the operation, died in the chaos after the fall of Nanjing. But we There is also intelligence, at that time, Chongqing and the Japanese both looked for Lin Xiaojun, obviously wanting to find out the whereabouts of the gold from him, but what is certain is that Lin Xiaojun did not confide a word until his death!"

"We can boldly speculate that Zhou Chaojian and Lin Xiaojun planned the gold escort operation. I, the two of them, stole the gold from Tianmu Mountain. The amount of gold was huge. They couldn't transfer the gold quickly due to their ability, so they took the gold It was buried on the spot somewhere in Tianmu Mountain. This is also the reason why the Japanese and Chongqing came to Lin Xiaojun after Zhou Chaojian was killed!"

After hearing this, Scarlett smiled faintly. "But you still can't determine the exact location of the gold! You know, we don't have enough time."

Wang Xianqing said confidently: "I can be sure that Yixiantian will definitely have the clues we want. What happened to the 500-member escort team in Yixiantian back then? Where did they marry? Even if they were all killed, they must stay. Leave some clues, these are our clues. Moreover, the weight of the gold is there, and the person who robbed the gold does not have a lot of manpower or heavy equipment, so it is impossible to take it away, so it must be near a line of sky! "

Scarlett nodded approvingly, but her heart was rather heavy.When she was in Tianmu Mountain before, she had heard Lin Xiaotang say a few words about his elder brother Lin Xiaojun, but she did not expect that today she would reveal the deepest secret buried in Lin Xiaojun. The result behind the secret was unknown, which made Scarlett Li felt uneasy.