"They even killed their own people!" Cui Lizhu stuck out her tongue. "In order to keep the secret, the Japanese really went all out!"
"But, I'm curious …" Zhao Yu frowned and said, "Your dad has never been abroad. How did he find out about this? Could it be … that he wasn't fighting alone? Or … Is this all gossip? "
"My dad has always been a lone wolf, and his friends are all in the business of selling stolen goods. Cui Lizhu said, "As for the gossip … It's quite possible that someone would kill someone to keep their mouth shut, right?
After all, it's related to the fate of the country. Even if they killed a few generals, it would be worth it, right? A secret is a secret, after all. The more people who know about it, the easier it is to expose it! What's more, they buried not only those treasures, but also a batch of valuable gold! "
"Speaking of gold …" Zhao Yu looked at the notes and said, "Why do I feel like it's so mysterious? I still don't understand how the Russians' gold ended up in the hands of the Japanese. Also, what does 600 tons of gold mean? How much is it worth now? If it really exists, how many people are looking for it? Isn't this a bit too much of a joke? "
Cui Lizhu said, "Boss, this may seem very mysterious, but the 600 tons of gold really did exist! This was not fabricated by unofficial history, but recorded in historical records! I can find it on the Internet now … "
Cui Lizhu quickly found the information about the 600 tons of gold.
Unexpectedly, the origin of the 600 tons of gold could be traced back to an earlier period. At that time, the First World War had just broken out. At that time, Russia was not called Russia or the Soviet Union, but Tsarist Russia.
At that time, because the Germans were approaching the capital of Tsarist Russia, the Tsar ordered the transfer of the country's gold reserves to the rear for safety reasons. About 600 tons of gold bars and coins were transferred to the Kazan area in the east.
Unexpectedly, a few years later, when Soviet Russia was established, there was a large-scale division in the country. One of the White Bandits seized the opportunity and occupied the gold reserves first.
What happened next was even more dramatic. When the Red Army learned that the gold had been stolen by the White Bandits, they attacked the White Bandits. The White Bandits could not resist and were forced to retreat to the borders of China.
Later on, a fight broke out among the Bai Bandits, and the gold was split into two by two groups of Bai Bandits!
One of the White Bandits had no choice but to seek refuge with the Japanese army stationed in Manchuria at that time. The Japanese were not easy to deal with either. Not only did they confiscate the gold, but they also sent troops to raid another group of white bandits and took back the other half of the gold.
At this point, the Japanese took the 600 tons of gold as their own and completely owned the gold. It was said that the total value of this batch of gold was twice the national revenue of Japan at that time.
As for the whereabouts of the gold, it became an unsolved mystery. Some people said that the Japanese army in Manchuria was selfish and did not report to the Japanese government. Instead, they casually wrote a report and took the gold for themselves. A portion of it was divided among the officers in the command post, while the rest of the gold was hidden by them.
Some said that the Japanese army in Manchuria handed over the gold to the government, and all of it was transported back to Japan.
Some people even said that the gold was divided into several batches by the Japanese. Some were stored in the Northeast, some were shipped back to Japan, and some were sent to the battlefield in Southeast Asia.
In short, there were many versions of the legend about the whereabouts of the gold. Later, the whereabouts of the gold became more and more unclear. Not only were the Soviets looking for it, but even the Japanese were looking for it.
It was said that after the collapse of the Soviet Union, they took Japan to the International Court of Justice for compensation because of the gold incident. However, because of the lack of vital witnesses and material evidence, the Japanese government refused to admit it.
According to experts' estimates, the total value of the gold today was close to 100 billion US dollars. It was a shocking wealth that could rival a country!
Who would have thought that such a batch of shocking gold treasures would appear in Liu Dianchen's handwritten notes? This really surprised Zhao Yu and Cui Lizhu!
No wonder the word "gold" repeatedly appeared in Liu Dianchen's interrogation notes.
According to Liu Dianchen's confession, when he was the director of the Japanese puppet Ministry of Construction, he had heard many rumors about the gold.
In fact, among the Japanese, there had always been a lot of different opinions. Almost no one knew the truth about the gold.
They even spread the rumor that even the Prime Minister of Japan at that time relied on the gold to run for office, and that some people were assassinated because of the gold.
Therefore, for a long time, Liu Dianchen thought that the gold was very far away from him. However, at the high-level meeting on the eve of the defeat of Japan, he accidentally overheard some clues.
He heard with his own ears that the high-level Japanese repeatedly mentioned the words Russia and gold, and even mentioned the Awa Maru that had sunk in the South China Sea. Therefore, he suspected that the gold was likely to be related to the final treasure plan of the Japanese Army.
Liu Dianchen said that he thought that there should be a part of the Russian gold left in the Northeast.
At that time, the Japanese might have wanted to smuggle the remaining gold back to their country. However, the war had collapsed too quickly, and the sea, land, and air had been blocked. They were worried that the gold would suffer the same fate as the Awa Maru, so they decided to include the gold and other treasures in the treasure plan and hide them in the secret fortress.
Later, through Liu Dianchen's inquiries, he also got a more accurate piece of news. Someone saw that the guards of the Japanese Kwantung Army Headquarters had appeared at the train station and secretly transported 18 boxes.
Liu Dianchen suspected that there was a high possibility that the 18 boxes contained the gold from Tsarist Russia. The gold had been tossed around for many years, and now there was less than a third of it left.
Therefore, he thought that the 18 boxes of gold were very likely to be hidden by the Japanese, along with other treasures, in the secret fortress.
Later, when the Japanese announced their surrender, Liu Dianchen wanted to follow the Japanese back to China to receive protection like other traitors.
However, the Japanese could not even take care of themselves. Who would care about his life or death?
Therefore, when the Republic of China government took over, Liu Dianchen was quickly captured by the military. Liu Dianchen knew that he was going to die, so he quickly told them about the treasure plan, wanting to exchange it for his life.
After the Republic of China government learned about this, it naturally attracted great attention. They imprisoned Liu Dianchen alone, and then sent many experts to find the whereabouts of the treasure.
However, even though they had spent a huge amount of manpower and resources, they had not found anything after searching for three whole years. Finally, when the Liaoshen War broke out, they could not stay any longer, so they had to give up the search plan and secretly execute Liu Dianchen.
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