With the help of the tall and fat captain Martin, two gasoline barrels with a capacity of 200 liters were lifted onto the sled.
By the way, the captain, who didn't seem to like talking much, also put a few big crabs frozen into ice cubes and some fruits and vegetables on their sleigh. Even the four reindeer each got some fodder.
and grains and beans.
While the reindeer buried most of their heads in the iron buckets to eat, Leo and Captain Martin each lit a cigarette and used an iron brush to clean the snow on the reindeer's body on the cold and windy pier, while using a Norwegian
They were chatting about something. Wei Ran also made a peeing gesture and got into the warm cabin.
Seeing that Leo and Martin behind him had no intention of stopping him, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief and went into the small bathroom to urinate. At the same time, he took a look at each of the only cabins, and then slowly walked out.
Walked out.
After the reindeer had finished eating the fodder in the tin bucket, Leo put a few more skis on the sleigh, and then the two of them called to the reindeer and pulled the overloaded sleigh to turn around and run back. And in front of them
Behind him, the fat captain Martin spat disdainfully, turned around and got into the warm cabin.
Because of the heavy fuel on the sleigh, their speed was much slower on the way back. Every now and then, they even had to gather four reindeer on one sled and wait until they were dragged out of the snow nest before they could continue their slow pace.
go ahead.
Therefore, when they rushed back to the easternmost valley of Bear Island after walking more than 20 kilometers, more than three hours had passed since they set out.
Jonas, who had been standing next to the tent, waited until the three young men worked together to lift the two heavy oil drums off the sled. Then he secretly put away a pistol in his pocket and helped them set up.
Tent, while looking for Wei Ran and asking about the situation on the fishing boat.
Wei Ran naturally knew what the old man was worried about, and he happily briefly described the situation on the ship.
At this point, Professor Jonas breathed a sigh of relief. After the two tents were set up, he immediately led them to the rock wall that might hide the entrance to the warehouse. "If nothing else happens, there will be a snow-covered cave at the foot of this mountain."
The entrance to the cave is buried, all we have to do is find the entrance."
After listening to what Professor Jonas said, Eric picked up the snow shovel without thinking, and vigorously threw a large piece of snow behind him. With such a stupid and hard-working leader, this time even Jonas
Professor Si also waved the snow shovel.
Under the busy work of the four people, the heavy snow was thrown behind them, and the foot of the mountain that was originally buried was also illuminated by the kerosene lamp behind the four people.
Panting, Eric poked the shovel into the thick snow, sat down and complained, "If I had known this, we should have brought a small bulldozer over. How long will it take to dig? I'm afraid we can find those meteorological data
I already missed the graduation ceremony."
"Why didn't you say bring a snowplow?"
Professor Jonas, who was also sweating profusely, sat down next to him and joked while unbuttoning his heavy winter clothes, "You can get precious polar meteorological data just by digging some snow. Eric, you should be satisfied."
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"Look at Victor"
Eric raised his hand and pointed at Wei Ran, "Isn't he tired? How come he has such good physical strength like my cousin?"
"It's because our physical strength is too low." Professor Jonas shook his head helplessly, "Let Leo and Victor also take a rest. Later we will dig in groups in two directions. Maybe we can go faster this way."
When Eric heard this, he quickly shouted a few words to his cousin Leo in Norwegian, and then changed to German and shouted to stop Weiran.
When the two strongest people stopped, Eric walked to the kerosene lamp, poured everyone a cup of scalding coffee from the thermos, and took advantage of the break to tell Professor Jonas's arrangement.
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Leo naturally had no objections, and Wei Ran, who was already paddling, had no objections. Everyone finished a cup of coffee, and Eric took the initiative to divide into a group with his cousin Leo and chose the left-hand side.
direction, while chatting in Norwegian that only the two brothers could understand, they continued to dig.
Seeing this, Professor Jonas opened his mouth, but did not say anything after all. He called Wei Ran to go in another direction and continue digging close to the foot of the mountain.
After two or three hours of busy digging, even Wei Ran, who had been slacking off, was already sweating on his tired forehead, when an exclamation came from the direction of Eric and the others.
Wei Ran and Professor Jonas, who looked behind him from time to time, looked at each other, turned around, picked up the kerosene lamp, and ran in the direction where Eric and Leo were responsible.
"Have you found it?" Professor Jonas shouted as he ran.
"did not find"
Eric said as he kicked a black stone next to his feet, "But we dug out coking coal, and there seems to be a lot of coking coal buried in the snow in front of us."
"Coking coal?"
Professor Jonas moved the kerosene gas lamp in his hand closer and said in surprise, "It seems that the entrance to the warehouse should be nearby."
Before anyone could say anything else, Leo, who had not stopped, suddenly pointed at the rock wall with the shovel in his hand and said something.
Everyone approached again and randomly discovered a rusty piton, but it was still firmly fixed on the mountain wall. There was even a small piece of wire left on the piton.
This small discovery was more useful than any encouragement. Even Wei Ran stopped being lazy and followed the exhausted people as they continued to wave their snow shovels and quickly moved forward to clear away the seemingly endless amount of snow.
It was not until more than half an hour later that they dug out a pile of coking coal that was as tall as a person and piled into graves against the rock wall. Next to the pile of coking coal, about one meter above the ground, there was
A cave entrance was blocked tightly by large pieces of coking coal and even had a thick layer of ice.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The diameter of this semicircular hole is only a little over one meter. Next to it, at about the height of the head, there is a small hole that is only the size of the mouth of a bowl, and a rusty iron sheet.
The chimney sticks out from this small hole.
Successfully discovering the entrance to the cave, the four of them rested against the snowdrift not far away for half an hour until their physical strength recovered. Leo then motioned for everyone to stay away, and then took out the pistol that had been on his waist.
, aimed at the hole and pulled the trigger repeatedly.
The .45-caliber bullet hit one of the pieces of coking coal with huge energy. Seeing this, Wei Yan simply took out the 1911 pistol he got on the ship and shot at the coking coal and ice blocking the hole.
Jonas never took out the pistol he carried with him.
By the time Wei Ran and Leo each emptied two magazines, the originally tightly blocked hole had been smashed by several pieces of coking coal, revealing an iron door with a vague white paint on the back.
Seeing this, Professor Jonas did not stop him. Instead, he waited until Wei Ran and Leo had emptied the last magazine, and then he slowly called out to them.
Leo glanced at the rusty padlock on the iron door, put away the pistol with some hesitation, then took out the ice pick that had been hanging on his belt, and smashed it open in two or two strokes.
He had just intentionally emptied the magazine. At this time, Wei Ran, who was watching with cold eyes, saw Jonas quickly put the key he had just taken out back into his pocket. He quickly turned around with a suppressed smile and stood calmly in the distance.
stand.
Leo, who had knocked off the padlock, didn't know whether it was out of caution or the professional ethics of a guide. Not only did he not push open the iron door with bullet holes, he even pulled his cousin Eric aside to look at him.
That means, obviously, the intention is to let Professor Jonas go in first and take a look.
Professor Jonas, on the other hand, didn't care. He pushed the iron door open, waited for a moment, and walked in with a kerosene lamp.
When Leo and Eric also walked into the iron gate, Wei Ran, who deliberately stayed at the end, picked up the kerosene gas lantern on the snowdrift next to him, and slowly bent down and got into the low hole.
Compared with the narrow entrance, the inside of this cave is spacious enough. Not only can you stand upright, but it is also fully two meters wide.
In addition, there are two consecutive 90-degree bends inside the cave. Each bend is equipped with a wooden door nailed with animal skins. And above each door, there are also hanging
A miner's lamp protected by a metal cover.
After passing through the two wooden doors, the first thing Wei Ran saw was a cast iron stove. The smoke pipe of this stove went all the way up, and after reaching the highest point, it bent at 90 degrees and extended outside.
Unfortunately, perhaps the melting snow in the summer flowed in along the chimney. Not only did the bottom of the astonishingly large cast iron stove turn into a lump of ice, but even the rocky ground around it was covered with a layer of ice.
Next to the cast iron stove, there is a small gasoline generator covered with dust. Looking further inside, there are tables placed side by side.
These tables were all covered with a layer of canvas. After Jonas, who was walking at the front, lifted the canvases one by one, Weiran discovered that in addition to two sets of different models of high-power machines used by Germany in World War II, Weiran discovered that
In addition to the radio station, there are two sets of Enigma cipher machines in wooden boxes.
On other tables, office supplies such as pencils, pens, papers, typewriters, and brass slide rules were neatly placed.
In addition, opposite the row of wooden tables placed against the wall, there is a row of iron shelves, which are filled with folders one after another. As for Jonas and Eric, this
Shi Zheng excitedly pulled out a folder from the shelf and quickly flipped through the contents.
As for Leo and Wei Ran, they focused on the drawers in the row of desks. These two people, no, perhaps more accurately, these four people were like thieves who sneaked into a rich man's home, rummaging through the boxes and cabinets.
Looking for things that interest each other.
"Oh ho ho!"
Leo suddenly let out a cheer, grinned and said something in Norwegian, while showing everyone the thick stack of erotic magazines he had just dug out of the drawer, as well as a pair of black women's underwear and stockings.
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"Professor, were there any women working here at that time?" Eric asked in surprise.
"Silly boy, if there were women here, what Leo would find wouldn't be erotic magazines." Professor Jonas shook his head helplessly, lowered his voice slightly and muttered, "I hope it wasn't left behind by my father."
"What should that be?" Eric asked confused.
"Rubber products and birth control pills, maybe."
Wei Ran threw back a few World War II German marks that he had just pulled out of the drawer, "Maybe there are also things like weapons used in duels when competing with other male colleagues over female colleagues."
"Can you be more serious?" Eric reluctantly put the folder in his hand back to its original position.
"What Victor said is probably true," Professor Jonas agreed with a smile, walked a few steps inside with a kerosene lamp and said, "You two, come here quickly, we seem to have something unexpected.
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Hearing this, Wei Ran and Eric hurriedly took a few steps forward, and then saw that at the innermost side of the cave, in addition to a locked iron door, there was also something on the last table against the wall.
There is a crate box similar in size to a later 24-inch suitcase.
What’s even more special is that there is a seal on this wooden box indicating that it is the property of the German Navy during World War II!
