Chapter 1375 Coins and Syringes(1/2)
In the violent snowstorm, three crawler transport vehicles lined up in a long line, piercing the darkness with the dazzling searchlights around them, slowly approaching their destination like comets with long tails.
Although this was the 11th hour since they landed on the Antarctic continent, less than three hours had passed since their last rest. At this time, they were still some distance away from the location where Major Fabian Schubert died.
A distance of about 170 kilometers.
"Victor, so according to you, the Germans landed in Antarctica just for whale blubber? How is this possible?"
On the public radio channel, Tassie asked in an unbelievable tone, "Just for fat, they came from far away Europe to this hellish place?"
"certainly"
In the first car, Wei Ran, who was pointed at by a high-definition camera, held his microphone and said, "Even the Germans started World War II, in part, just to ease their increasingly tight domestic material supply."
"I thought the Austrian started World War II just to vent his dissatisfaction about failing the exam."
Tassie, who was also facing the camera, said in a joking tone, "But this is too uneconomical. Traveling such a long distance just for whale oil?
No, I still don't believe it.
Victor, although you are a historian, I still insist that those Germans must have hidden some big secret in Antarctica."
"Like Nascent clocks and flying saucers?" Wei Ran asked with a smile.
"That's the only reason for the past." Taxi insisted on his guess straightforwardly.
"Taxi, look at the right side of our car, what do you see?"
Following Wei Ran's guidance, the girls in the second car and the last Soviet transport car in charge of filming also focused their cameras on the right side of the convoy.
At the same time, including Lu Xinda, there was someone in each car controlling the searchlight on the right side of the car to extend the beam of light that could penetrate the wind and snow into the distance. Soon, whether through the lens or directly visually, everyone was aware of the situation.
I saw emperor penguins walking side by side in the wind and snow.
"A group of gentlemen in tuxedos," Ta said in a suit, "Victor, do you want to change the subject?"
"Change the subject? No, no, no"
Wei Ran said over the radio, "Taxi, what do you think if those gentlemen had a flying saucer? I'm talking about the kind of UFO in our conventional understanding that cannot be tracked, captured, or even photographed clearly.
If those penguins had that kind of flying machine, do you think they could take over Argentina?"
"Argentina? Ha!"
Tassie laughed and said, "If they have flying saucers, not to mention Argentina, I'm afraid even the United States will be theirs."
"If penguins can occupy the United States by flying saucers, do you think the Germans will be willing to continue hiding here?"
Wei Ran's follow-up question immediately made Taxi whine and didn't know how to continue this topic.
"What about the Antarctic base?"
After a brief silence, Tasi asked again, "An Antarctic base should always exist, right? Although you just said that the Germans came to Antarctica just for whale blubber, but Antarctica is so close to Argentina, they have every reason to build a naval base in Antarctica.
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As long as Argentina is captured, we can control the Drake Strait, and we can also go all the way north to occupy the entire South America and North America..."
"The Penguins may want to occupy Argentina, but Germany probably has little interest in Argentina."
Wei Ran smiled and replied, "They are not recruiters who have taken too many drugs, and they will not open up another battlefield like the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor.
In other words, if they still have the energy to allocate part of their power to build a base here and then occupy Argentina, they might as well use this power to find a way to block the English Channel and land in the UK."
After finishing speaking, Wei Ran continued without waiting for Taxi to speak, "Or we can assume that there is such a Nazi army that is ready to occupy Argentina or control the Drake Strait. Taxi, how many soldiers do you think are needed?
use?"
"I'm not a general, how do I know?" Taxi replied subconsciously.
"Do you think a thousand people are enough?" Wei Ran asked with a smile.
"Although I am neither a general nor a historian, I am neither a fool. If a thousand men could control the Drake Passage and occupy Argentina, I would probably have to stretch out my right hand and communicate in German when I meet you now."
"Let's just assume that one thousand people is enough."
Wei Ran paused for a moment, took the box of tropical fruits that Lu Xinda handed to his mouth, and slowly put a piece of mango into his mouth, and then continued, "Well, Mr. Taxi, may I ask these thousand people who have
What can Superman eat who has the ability to control the Drake Passage and occupy Argentina?”
"Whale meat?" Tassie replied subconsciously.
"Mr. Tassie, I need to remind you from a doctor's perspective that if you only have whale meat, without vegetables and necessary carbohydrate intake, people will not live long."
Marta, who was driving the car, reminded with a smile after Weiran put the microphone of the radio to her mouth, "Even if the 1,000 supermen under your command can live on eating only whale meat, then I guess they don't have time.
Go control the Drake Passage, they have to be busy hunting whales every day, otherwise they will starve to death."
"Okay, okay Dr. Marta, thank you for your advice."
Taxi said helplessly and disappointedly, "So there isn't even a secret base? Then why are we here?"
"Of course it's to reveal the historical truth." The person who answered this question became Weiran again, "Maybe we can really discover some secret base?"
"Didn't you just prove that the secret base does not exist?" Taxi said helplessly.
"Those just mentioned are just speculations based on hypothetical conditions."
Wei Ran said in a more serious tone, "But the kidnapping that happened before is real, and the threats we encountered in the hotel are also real, especially the word 'base' marked on the incomplete map. These are enough for us to go
Find the body and find out what secrets he has."
"Are you doing it for the one million euro commission?" Taxi asked helplessly but straightforwardly.
"I am a historian," Wei Ran replied matter-of-factly, as if this sentence was enough to explain his attitude.
"Gentlemen, can we talk about history later?"
Marta, who was in charge of driving, joined the conversation again, and lowered her speed slightly and said, "What's going on with those penguins? Why are they walking in the direction we came from?"
"To be precise, it should be 'them'"
This time, it was Tassie who explained, "These are female penguins who have just finished laying eggs. They are rushing to the coastline to eat to replenish their body's consumption."
"Where did the male penguins go?" Marta asked curiously. As she spoke, she simply stopped the car and personally controlled the searchlight to shine on the winding "Penguin Highway" in front of her on the right.
"They are busy hatching eggs in their breeding grounds."
Tassie stopped the car he was driving and continued to explain, "They have to wait until the full female penguins return to take over their work before they have time to eat. This period usually takes several months."
"So now comes our first trouble"
Marta turned to look at Wei Ran, who was eating fruit in the passenger seat, "So what should we do? Disrupt their queue and rush over, take a detour, or just wait here?"
"It's no big deal. Of course we'll have to wait. We're not in a hurry anyway."
Wei Ran said without thinking, then took the microphone that the other party had returned and pressed the transmit button and said, "Although we have just set off not long ago, let's take a rest now and wait for those gentlemen in tuxedos to pass by before continuing.
Set off."
Before he could finish his words, the DT10 transport truck driven by April also moved across the windward side amid the rumbling noise of the engine, helping these two little guys block the manic wind and snow.
"Want to play Landlords?"
While Wei Ran was speaking, he had already turned around, took out a box of playing cards from his pocket and shook it.
While Weiran was enjoying the "Beautiful Landlords", Taxi in another car also acted as a volunteer commentator, proudly showing off his "penguin knowledge" in front of the camera.
At the same time, April also left the cab, used a snow shovel to break up the thick snow layer, then used an electric drill to drill a hole in the ice layer, and then poked a hollow metal tube for sampling into it.
He intercepted some ice samples and put them into a stainless steel thermos flask he brought, and then put them into the tool box of the transport vehicle.
Has this old guy not given up yet? Or has it become his excuse to live?
Wei Ran glanced at the old guy who was busy outside alone, and absentmindedly threw out a pair of king bombs.
Also busy were the seniors from the film crew and the two "students-in-law" who came with them. In addition to filming the harsh environment of Antarctica, they also had to edit some clips and post them online.
However, unlike the chit-chat chat between Weiran and Taxi along the way, these clips are all full of suspense and conspiracy, as if they are really about to discover the secret base of Najib hidden in Antarctica.
After staying for more than an hour, the penguin team 100 meters away finally completely disappeared within the scope of the searchlight. The three vehicles also set off again, continuing to face the strong wind and the snowflakes flying in the wind, slowly heading towards the destination.
Moving forward.
Although it is said to be slow, this steel machine is ultimately much faster and more comfortable than a dog sled if it has sufficient fuel.
Even so, the three vehicles were under the deliberate control of Wei Ran and others, and it took nearly four days to finally complete the straight-line distance of only 200 kilometers.
In the past four days, the camera crew of the on-board operation shot a large amount of video material and uploaded a large number of conspiracy-filled video clips through Time Studio's social account.
Driven by Hela, a considerable number of people under those video clips began to believe that the well-known historian really discovered some great secrets in Antarctica.
Just when they were using public opinion to make the conspiracy almost come true, Wei Ran and others finally found the historic ice crevice.
“This is it”
Covered by the blind-angle lens, Taxi pointed at the ice crevice that had just been cleared and said excitedly, "The body is down here."
“Then it’s time to reveal the truth.”
Wei Ran allowed the boyfriend of one of the seniors to help him fasten his rappel safety belt while inviting him, "Taxi, do you want to go down together?"
"Of course! Of course I want to go down!"
As Taxi said, he had already taken the action camera handed over by the members of the film crew and fixed it on his wrist and forehead.
To be continued...