Lost and Spy

Last night, no problems occurred.

It seems that Meng Shaoyuan's intensified patrols have worked.

That murderer won't appear again for a while.

On March 1945, 3, the "Awa Maru", known as the "unsinkable ship", arrived in Singapore.

According to the plan, this large cargo ship will arrive at its destination in Sumatra on March 3.

While the "Awa Maru" moved south, the U.S. military launched a northward offensive.

Every day it sailed, it passed by American planes attacking the Japanese mainland.

With this promise, the "Awa Maru" became the only Japanese giant ship that could travel safely in the Pacific Ocean, and it was also Japan's only hope for transporting materials and personnel in the Pacific Ocean.

At this time, Japan-controlled areas such as Singapore and Jakarta were besieged from all sides, so senior Japanese officials and generals in Southeast Asia, wealthy businessmen, and their families were vying to board the ship. In the end, the cargo ship originally designed to carry 236 passengers actually packed 2009 people on board. !
Among them are important officials and their family members, including Japan's top official in Myanmar, Kogo Hikoichiro, and chief of staff of Japan's secret forces in Southeast Asia, Iwahashi Kazuo.

What is puzzling is that as soon as "Awa Maru" arrived in Southeast Asia, it entered a state of strict confidentiality.Only when night fell, under the surveillance of Japanese military police, was the cargo transported to the cabin.

"To put it into perspective, the 'Awa Maru' has begun its journey to Sumatra."

It started to rain in Manila early this morning.

It was light rain at first, but towards noon, the rain started to get heavier.

Meng Shaoyuan looked at the heavy rain outside: "Once they reach Sumatra, they will stay there for nearly 20 days."

Peng Bilan was a little curious.

Why did you have to stay so long?

"Luck, luck." Meng Shaoyuan smiled: "Do you know why I came to the Philippines? Manila is the largest port in Southeast Asia. The Japanese will gather their wealth here.

When the situation was seriously unfavorable to Japan, Japan began to look for hidden gold and transported a lot of materials to Sumatra. Then, they were all shipped to the "Awa Maru" and then transported to Japan. "

Peng Bilan understood immediately: "Master, are you thinking about this batch of supplies?"

Meng Shaoyuan said "hmm": "How could I let the Japanese implement the plan so smoothly? During my time in the Philippines, I gained too much. The initial estimate of gold alone is so much."

He raised a finger.

Peng Bilan was frightened: "Four tons?"

"Four tons?"

Meng Shaoyuan smiled: "Forty tons, maybe more. There is also close to ten tons of platinum."

Peng Bilan was really frightened.

He knew that I was very capable, but forty tons of gold?
This, how much is this?
"Actually, the Japanese helped me prepare all this gold." Meng Shaoyuan smiled lightly: "They hid gold on a large scale all over the Philippines and blew up tunnels when necessary. This is what Japan hopes to do after its defeat. The greatest wealth is to make a comeback.

However, in the name of the Mountain Lily Society, I seized these golds bit by bit, controlled the tunnels, and gradually transferred them.And as I became the head of the Japanese secret service in Manila, my rights became even greater.From the first moment I arrived in Manila, I continued to steal wealth from the Japanese.In just one tunnel of the Japanese army, they hid eight tons of gold, and all of this later became mine. "

Peng Bilan's eyes were filled with admiration.

If there is one person in this world who can do this, it must be the man in front of me.

"It's just that the time given to me is still too short." Meng Shaoyuan sighed: "What I got from the wealth that the Japanese collected in Southeast Asia is just the tip of the iceberg. They have at least 170 treasure sites in the Philippines. And I, try my best, can only get this."

After the war, the United States unearthed and removed at least more than $400 billion worth of gold, silver, and other treasures from the Philippines.

According to declassified information, the largest sum of gold obtained by the U.S. military was in a cave in Santa Romana, Philippines. At least [-] tons of gold were dug away by them.

In fact, whether it was MacArthur, Steyer, or Truman who was deeply involved, they knew the secret of the treasures hidden by the Japanese army in the Philippines long before Japan surrendered, and regarded the excavation of these treasures as top secret.

从1945年到1948年的3年里，美军运走了至少价值400亿美元、被日本埋藏在菲律宾的宝藏，并分别存入42个国家176个银行。

However, even though the U.S. military searched the entire Philippines, it was not able to dig out all 175 treasures.

Before Marcos became president of the Philippines, he only owned $3.

However, after 20 years in power, his personal property has reached tens of billions of dollars, equivalent to the country's fiscal revenue for three years.

In such a poor country, no matter how exploitative Marcos was, it was impossible to accumulate so much wealth.

The foundation of Marcos's fortune was the treasures hidden in various places in Japan, and since he came to power, his energy has been mainly focused on digging for treasures.

After Marcos was expelled by his own people, the U.S. military immediately used aircraft carriers to transport away his private collection of gold and U.S. dollars.

According to U.S. intelligence, a few years after Marcos was elected president, his agents began to frequently appear in London, Sydney and other trading markets, selling large amounts of gold, with the highest single count exceeding 10 tons.

The United States immediately paid close attention to this abnormal phenomenon and continued to monitor it.

In the following years, Marcos traded at least tens of billions of dollars in gold, and he also quietly used large sums of gold to purchase weapons and equipment.

After tracking and comparison, the United States confirmed that most of Marcos' wealth came from the excavation of treasures buried in Japan.

"I will stay in the Philippines for a while until the end of the war." Meng Shaoyuan said calmly: "I hope to dig out more gold. However, once the US military takes complete control of the Philippines, this job will be very difficult for me." It becomes a lot more difficult.”

"Master, you have a way." Peng Bilan said without hesitation.

"I'm a human being, and I can't do everything." Meng Shaoyuan smiled bitterly: "The reason why I was able to make waves in the Philippines was because the Japanese in the Philippines could not communicate with domestic intelligence, and coupled with the critical situation at the time, Only then can I feel like a fish in water.

But once this place is replaced by Americans, whatever I do will be monitored by them everywhere. You are facing a group of jackals who are also eyeing these treasures. It is difficult for me, a lone wolf, to beat them. "

Meng Shaoyuan had some sober days for himself.

After the Philippines was completely recovered, he could initially continue to fish in troubled waters, but as the United States intensified its control over the Philippines, the opportunity it could give itself to exert its influence would become very slim by then! (End of chapter)