Major Robin saw that the soldiers had opened the abandoned mine and began to move wooden boxes out one by one. Looking at the government seals on the seals of the wooden boxes, his anxiety could not help but become eager.
He quickly rushed into the mine and observed it for a while. After he and a soldier carried a sealed ammunition box onto the truck, he found Leo again and said:
"There aren't many things here! There's no need to prepare five trucks. Three trucks are enough."
Robin's military rank is higher than Leo's, so now Leo can only obey Robin's command and can only answer his questions.
"What Chief Leon means is that we need to transport these supplies to Switzerland for cash. After heading south into the mountains, the road conditions are poor, so the vehicles should not be overloaded."
"Switzerland? You mean we have to escort this shipment to Switzerland now?"
"That's right! This is not cash. We can't use it in Germany! It can only be shipped to Switzerland and cashed before it can be used as military expenses!"
After hearing Leo's words, Robin also felt that it made sense. Fortunately, he did not take action directly. After gently shaking his head at a few of his trusted subordinates who looked at him, Robin asked:
"Where exactly will it be transported? Does Commander Leon have any arrangements?"
"Sir, please rest assured. The reason why Sir Leon was injured in the car accident is because he personally went to Switzerland two days ago and has purchased a small farm in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. We just need to ensure that the goods can be transported safely. Just arrive.
For the rest, after the officer regains his physical ability, he will use the channels that have been opened to cash in the goods. "
After hearing what Leo said, Robin didn't say anything more, just rolled his eyes, nodded and continued to join the moving procession.
Because there was not much cargo, the entire excavation ended in only one hour.
The French occupying forces who had been monitoring their actions had no choice but to chase them on bicycles in order not to let them discover that they were being followed. When they just arrived at the treasure excavation site, they found that the German rebels had already reboarded their vehicles and were preparing to leave.
This made them anxious, leaving the two of them waiting there while the others continued to ride their bicycles and ran all the way in the dark.
Fortunately, the support did not come slowly. More than 20 minutes later, Colonel Chatham sat on the jeep and hurriedly hurriedly finally met a few of his men who had stayed and waited at the intersection. He learned that the other party had brought a lot of harvest. Headed south.
In this way, Colonel Chatham's convoy chased all the way behind. At first, he did not want to notify the garrison in other places. After all, this mission was no different from other missions. The other party's convoy contained several carts of treasures.
If other local garrisons are involved, there will be no chance of tampering with these treasures.
However, because the chase was at night, the other party was all riding in trucks. If there was no interception in front, there was really no way to catch up just by chasing behind.
After two hours of pursuit, Colonel Chatham had no choice but to report the situation and at the same time notify the southern garrison.
Major Robin led the convoy all the way south without any pause. Everyone knew what they were transporting in the convoy, so everyone was very nervous.
Fortunately, they didn't encounter anything unusual along the way. When they arrived near Dittingen, Major Robin, who was sitting in the lead car, looked at the white fish belly in the sky and was thinking about how to take possession of these cars of wealth.
He didn't bring many people this time, but everyone was his confidant, so it wasn't difficult to take possession of these treasures. Originally, he planned to kill Leon and others at the treasure excavation site. Leo's.
Unfortunately, things went awry from what he planned. Leon had a car accident at the critical moment and did not show up at the treasure excavation site. This made him a little worried. After all, he knew that this Gestapo named Leon was a cruel and cunning person. Role.
What's more important is that what Leo said to him at the scene made sense to him. If he took out these treasures directly in Germany, it might attract the attention of interested people.
The consequences of this were something he was unwilling to bear.
Thinking about the more than 20 people under his command, it would not be too late to take action even if he arrives in Switzerland, because in his opinion, his numerical advantage is absolutely dominant no matter what the situation, which guarantees that he has absolute initiative. right.
Or when the time comes, you can take this wealth and become a small landowner in Switzerland, which is also a good choice! As I thought about it, a smile involuntarily began to appear on my lips.
But at this moment, he was surprised to find that a French checkpoint appeared on the road ahead.
The soldier driving next to him also noticed the situation ahead, quickly braked, stopped the car, looked at Major Robin and said:
"Sir? What about the French checkpoint?"
Major Robin, who was sitting in the passenger seat, was almost thrown off the table and chair by the sudden kick. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and put his foot against the front instrument panel to prevent him from sliding down.
The driver's overreaction obviously attracted the attention of the checkpoint ahead, which made Robin very angry.
"Aren't you stupid? Let's just drive the car ahead and launch a surprise attack. If you stop the car suddenly, even a fool will see that we have a problem."
"Ah! What should we do now?"
The driver also realized that he seemed to have done something wrong and said nervously.
"Others have discovered our abnormality, what else can we do? It's too late to turn around, so of course we have to rush straight over!"
After speaking, he turned around, patted the backboard behind him and shouted:
"There is an enemy checkpoint, notify the vehicles behind and prepare to rush over."
Soon there was a reply and the sound of pulling the gun bolt from the cargo box.
Robin glared at the driver and said:
"What are you doing standing still? Let's rush over! Don't stop, do you understand?"
The driver shrank his neck, gritted his teeth and said:
"Yes, sir! Sit tight!"
After saying that, he kicked the floor and rushed towards the checkpoint ahead.
Robin stared at the idiot next to him in shock. Are you afraid that the enemy won't know that you are going to break through?
But it was too late for him to curse the driver beside him, because he saw the French soldiers at the checkpoint seeing the stopped truck and starting to rush towards them with heavy fuel.
Without the commander's orders, everyone knew that there was a problem with this convoy, and they all raised their weapons and pointed them at their trucks.
Robin cocked the MP40 submachine gun in his hand and was ready to fire at any time.
However, he will not fire immediately, because the distance between the two sides is not close enough now, and the distance must be further shortened, otherwise the heavy machine gun next to the checkpoint will definitely teach him how to behave.
Now they were all German civilians in plain clothes. The French did not dare to open fire on them for no reason. They still had a chance to approach the checkpoint.
Unfortunately, what he didn't know was that the checkpoint had received notification from his superiors that a group of armed German rebels were driving five trucks toward their checkpoint.
After looking at the number of trucks and the unusual behavior of the trucks just now, the French platoon leader at the checkpoint had determined that this was the target mentioned by his superiors.
The French platoon leader said to the soldiers behind the heavy machine guns:
"Warning shot!"
"yes!"
Then a heavy machine gun hit about ten meters in front of the truck. At this time, the truck was only about a hundred meters away from the checkpoint.
The driver next to Major Robin clenched his back molars, stared at the road ahead, held the steering wheel tightly with both hands, ignored the warning shots that were close at hand, and continued to rush forward.
When the French platoon leader saw that the car had no intention of stopping, he no longer hesitated and shouted:
"Fire!"
In an instant, the weapons on both sides shot out scorching tongues of fire. Major Robin shouted, stretched his MP40 out of the window and started to fire at the checkpoint.
An MG42 on the roof of the truck trunk also opened fire at the same time.
At that time, within thirty seconds, the cab of the leading car was hit by hundreds of bullets.
When shot, Major Robin didn't even have a chance to open the box to see the treasure he was transporting before he was shot into a hornet's nest by a heavy machine gun.
The driver in the driver's seat was also shot several times, but the vehicle still followed the inertia and rushed straight through the checkpoint and crashed into the checkpoint's machine gun position.
As for whether the driver did it intentionally or unintentionally, there is no way to judge, after all, the man died on the spot.
But his behavior opened a way out for the comrades behind him. As the heavy machine gun firepower failed, the other four trucks that followed him rushed through the checkpoint.
There was a fierce exchange of fire between French soldiers at the checkpoint and trucks passing by at high speed, causing casualties on both sides.
Although the rebel convoy successfully broke through the first checkpoint, this also exposed their position, and their commander, Major Robin, also died.
The leaderless rebel convoy could only continue to advance forward according to the original plan.
But this behavior is tantamount to committing suicide, because the heavy French troops in the front have begun to gather, and the pursuers in the rear are getting closer and closer to them.
Their trip to Switzerland was doomed to be a self-defeating struggle.
Because they were bait thrown out by their commanders from the beginning to attract firepower, their actions had no chance of success. It was precisely because of their actions that the French occupying forces in Stuttgart and even the entire state focused their attention on them. on the body.
But at this time, Leon used the French's own transport company to transport the treasure out of Stuttgart, without arousing anyone's suspicion at all.
At noon, this rebel team was eliminated near the highway checkpoint south of Dittingen by the French army who attacked from both sides.
When Colonel Chatham gathered all the goods on the five trucks and inspected them one by one, he found that there were only five ammunition boxes of gold bricks and eight crates of artwork.
The rest of the cargo was munitions and weapons, much to the dismay of all those involved in the war.
Because the intelligence they received showed that these German rebels took out the treasure hidden in Stuttgart, but judging from the actual situation now, it cannot be said that these have nothing to do with the treasure.
However, it is not up to the level of a big treasure.
Colonel Chatham's emotions seemed very complicated. Fortunately, he notified the garrison in the south to act together, otherwise only his subordinates would have acted.
The superiors knew that he had discovered the treasure, but in the end he only handed over this little bit. If the rest were weapons and ammunition, the superiors would probably doubt how much he had pocketed.
Now, there are other people testifying to him that the actual amount of the treasure is indeed only this. If the officer suspects there is something wrong, he can't just doubt him.
