"So that's why you went looking for Stalin's Hammer?"

"Yuri, you said the opposite."

Big Ivan corrected proudly, "I worked hard to convince the rich man to agree to this deal. He was not interested in Stalin's hammer at all at first."

"Although I think you are talking nonsense, in any case, it is all your credit for finding the 176 naval gun. I will call Mr. Hu and see you in the conference room later. Lei Zi, go and put the map in my car.

Bring it up." Before he finished speaking, Shi Quan had already left the sauna and ran back to his room.

After looking at the time in China, he estimated that it would not affect Lao Hu's rest. Shi Quan couldn't wait to call and inform the other party of the adjustment of the reserved space on the ship. Don't underestimate the difference between the two types of naval guns. The weight difference of 70 tons is already big.

Enough to affect the layout of the entire ship.

After hanging up the phone, Shi Quan put on a casual outfit and walked into the conference room facing Lake Baikal. At this time, the heavy snow outside the window still did not stop, and the breathtaking blue ice of Lake Baikal was covered with thick snow.

It is no longer as bright as it used to be.

This silver-covered world seems particularly peaceful. If it weren't for the club's growing snowball, and if it weren't for Lao Hu's huge debt, he would really be willing to spend a few more leisurely days here.

"Which one should I say first?"

Big Ivan stepped on a chair and asked. At this time, there were more than just the three brothers in the conference room. Nasha and the other three had also changed their clothes and rushed over to watch the fun, each wearing a mask.

"Navy gun!" It's not necessary to think about it, let's start with the reliable one.

"This naval gun is currently in Odessa, Ukraine."

Big Ivan explained its origin in detail, "The rich man introduced by Mr. Andre runs a coastal sanatorium locally. The naval gun is currently gathering dust in the warehouse of the sanatorium. We can go and take a look at it at any time."

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"Ivan, what if we can't find Stalin's Hammer?" Shi Quan asked the key question.

"If you can't find it, the naval gun is sold for $650,000. No matter which transaction method we choose, the other party promises to help transport this naval gun and the rest of our finds out of Ukraine."

"So cheap?" Elena couldn't help exclaiming, and the mask on her face wrinkled.

"To that person, this is just idle scrap metal. The price of 650,000 yuan is already quite high." Although He Tianlei didn't say much, he saw clearly.

"Tell me about your plan."

"After the snow stops, let's go to Odessa to see the naval gun in person. At the same time, we will send the expedition vehicle to Belgorod by rail. After entering Ukraine from there, the rich man will help

Simply hang the local license plate, which can save a lot of trouble."

"How long can we stay in Ukraine?"

Shi Quan calmly flipped through several maps about the Battle of Kharkov in the atlas. Just these few maps in his hand already provided no less than ten arrows, which was an extremely rare situation.

"Technically speaking, we smuggled in, so as long as we don't cause any trouble, we can stay there as long as we want."

"I'm afraid we are one of the few excavation gangs who smuggled across the country to excavate war relics, right?"

"Anyway, I haven't heard of it." Big Ivan didn't care about Shi Quan's joke. "Although there is a certain danger, it is generally within the acceptable range."

"In this case, after we have been to Odessa, we will simply go to Kharkov. Let's rent a large enough closed warehouse there as a temporary camp, and then dig there for a few more months. Now let's talk

Let’s talk about the specific situation of the three Stalin Hammers.”

Shi Quan made the final decision. Just like Ivan the Great said at the beginning, Ukraine is definitely a geomantic treasure land for the Diggers. The German troops who retreated all the way back to their home base from here discarded a lot of good things, even chasing after them.

The same was true for the Soviet Red Army that the Germans had driven away.

And the most important aspect is that Ukraine’s legal restrictions on the Diggers are simply ineffective. After all, they are so busy with business, how can they have time to pay attention to the unpopular group of Diggers?

"Let Nasha do it. She found the clue this time." Big Ivan held Lasha in his arms and sat on the chair.

"These three huge cannons were lost in the First Battle of Kharkov."

Nasha leaned over and searched around the old map on the table, "In the final stage of the German Operation Barbarossa in 1941, the Soviet 38th Army was ordered to hold on to Kharkov and fight for the transfer of the city's industrial equipment to the rear.

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These three huge cannons and the corresponding artillery defenders were stationed on the Kovyagi Highlands and Skordiv Highlands, 45 kilometers southwest of Kharkov. Their range of up to 17 kilometers was enough to cover the main German forces in the southwest."

After Shi Quan circled the area on the map with a marker, Nasha continued, "We all know the result of the first Battle of Kharkov. The Soviet army lost miserably. It can even be said that the first three battles were miserable.

The German troops advanced much faster than expected, and these three huge cannons hardly played a big role. However, according to the information we found in the German archives, although they are indeed included in the German capture records, for some reason they are not at all

There are no subsequent records.”

"What do you mean there is no follow-up record?" Elena couldn't help but ask.

"After these three huge cannons were captured, there was no record of them being transported to the rear, nor of participating in the battle on the front line. It was as if they disappeared out of thin air after being captured.

You know, the German army at that time was not like the late war. The records of various logistics officers in the first Battle of Kharkov are very clear, but there is no whereabouts of these three huge cannons, which is very strange."

"What about the Soviet army? Didn't the Soviet army keep any records?" Shi Quan asked while recording.

"No"

Nasha shook her head, "Because of the disastrous defeat in the Battle of Kharkov, there are not many records that can be found. We only found the records of the fourth and last Battle of Kharkov.

After recapturing Kharkov, the Soviet army continued to advance southward and confronted the German troops retreating in Polva Tower, so the battlefield was cleaned up very hastily.

The German troops who also fled towards Polva Tower from the battlefield were not much better off. According to records at the time, Soviet soldiers often chased tanks, but when they were halfway through, the German armored troops turned into infantry."

"If we had been born 70 years earlier, I wonder how many treasures we would have picked up?" Shi Quan couldn't help but laugh, this armored mutiny infantry is not bad.

"It didn't take 70 years. In the 1980s, we could still see the wreckage that had been abandoned or blown up by the German army."

Big Ivan also expressed regret, "Who would have thought that scrap metal that no one wanted when it was left on the roadside would now be collected by more and more people."

"Let's not talk about the past." Shi Quan pointed to the ellipse just drawn on the map, "Can we still find the original artillery position now?"

"We can only go to the scene and search slowly." Big Ivan's tone was full of uncertainty. "It was a fluke that we were able to find the records of these three Stalin hammers in the German archives. The Soviet army wanted to cover up the failure of the war.

There are very few corresponding historical materials.”

"In that case, let's make preparations."

Shi Quan stood up and said, "We'll set off when the snow stops. Let's go take a look at the naval cannon first. Before that, continue to look through historical materials to see if there is any way to find any clues about these three cannons!"

He Tianlei and Liu Xiaoye couldn't help much when it came to looking up historical data, but they were not idle at all. At least they could do cooking and other things.

Two days later, the sky finally cleared up, and more than 30 centimeters of snow accumulated on the platform halfway up the mountain. As the explosion-proof iron door opened again, four Tatras ready to go left two long series of ruts.

Yin left the silver-covered radar station.

This rare heavy snow has brought rare tranquility to the small town at the foot of the mountain. Except for a few tourists who are still enjoying the snow scene carelessly, there are only those old but still powerful snow blowers on the road.

Busy cleaning the snow on the road.

After passing through the town, it took the four cars nearly two hours to arrive at the urban train station.

"Ivan and I will go to Odessa first, and you will wait for news from us in Belgorod." Shi Quan told He Tianlei.

"Don't worry!" He Tianlei took over Shi Quan's car keys, "We will contact you when we get to Belgorod."

After waving goodbye to He Tianlei and others, brothers Shi Quan and Da Yiwan got into a taxi and went straight to the airport. It only took them two to inspect the naval guns. This was not a trip, and there was no point in having too many people.

After a long transfer and flight, it was still noon when the brothers landed in Odessa. Following the receptionist of the nursing home who was responsible for picking up the plane, they got into the commercial vehicle. Big Ivan took the two plastic gun cases handed over to them.

He asked Shi Quan, and specifically said in Chinese, "The security in Ukraine is not very good, but all kinds of NATO weapons can be found here."

Shi Quan took the gun case and opened it, "Is this a Glock?"

"Glock 19" Big Ivan added, "Plastic toy small pistol"

Indeed, just as Big Ivan said, Shi Quan played with the plastic lump in his hand. This small pistol always felt light and uncomfortable to him. There was nothing he could do about it, no matter it was his old SIG

Most of the Russian-style pistols that you can usually come into contact with are traditional steel pistols, but there is a big difference in weight.

Although they knew that the one in their hands was much better in terms of firepower sustainability and other aspects, the two brothers really didn't like it because of its square head and square brain, especially the short handle.

It was definitely not comfortable. After checking the magazine, Shi Quan stuffed it into the vacant armpit holster. This thing was just for self-defense. It was only good or bad and there was nothing to choose from.

“Actually it’s of no use at all”

Big Ivan casually threw the gun case at his feet, "Since Ukraine started fighting with pro-Russian armed forces, gun management has become a joke. Even the soldiers on the front line are secretly selling grenades. A grenade costs 15 US dollars."

The high price is definitely a temptation compared to their annual income of only a few thousand dollars. And grenades are much easier to use than pistols."

"Isn't selling weapons an old tradition in Ukraine?" Shi Quan said with a smile.

"certainly!"

Big Ivan couldn't help but laugh out loud, "As long as there is an explosion in an arms depot in Ukraine on the news, you don't have to think about it. It must be that all the valuable weapons in it have been sold."

"This means that Ukraine has not joined NATO. If it had joined, it would have been another mini-Soviet disintegration. By then, there is no telling how much national property would have flowed into individual pockets."
Chapter completed!