Last night, no problems occurred.

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

That murderer will probably not appear again for some time.

On March 2, 1945, 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 10.

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 on the Pacific Ocean, and it was also Japan's only hope for transporting materials and people on the Pacific Ocean.

At this time, Singapore, Jakarta and other Japanese-controlled areas were besieged from all sides. Therefore, 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 2,009 people on board.

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Among them are Japan's top official in Myanmar, Kogo Hikoichiro, Japan's chief of staff in Southeast Asia, Chief of General Staff Iwahashi Kazuo, and other important officials and their families.

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

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

Early this morning, it started to rain in Manila.

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 twenty 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 gathered wealth here in Southeast Asia.

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

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

Meng Shaoyuan said "hmm": "How can I let the Japanese implement the plan so smoothly? During this time in the Philippines, I got too much. I estimate that there is so much gold alone."

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 knows that I am 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 Yamayuri Association, I seized the gold 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 stole wealth from the Japanese. In just one tunnel of the Japanese army, they hid eight tons of gold, and these were later

It all becomes 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 treasures hidden in the Philippines.

Points. And I, trying my best, can only get this."

After the war, the United States unearthed and transported at least more than $40 billion worth of gold, silver and other treasures from the Philippines.

According to declassified information, the largest amount of gold obtained by the US military was from a cave in Santa Romana, Philippines. At least one hundred tons of gold were dug out 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.

In the three years from 1945 to 1948, the US military transported at least US$40 billion worth of treasures buried by Japan in the Philippines and deposited them in 176 banks in 42 countries.

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 $30,000.

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, he could not 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 of no use to me.

It becomes much more difficult.”

"Master, you can find 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 changed to 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 defeat them.

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Meng Shaoyuan had some sober days for himself.
Chapter completed!