Chapter 1375 Painter's Dream

Khedira returned to the question, recounting it with a familiarity. "How could I not know that? He was a Field Marshal of the Nazi Reich during World War II. He came from a bureaucratic family and joined the army in 1912. He was awarded the rank of Air Marshal on February 4, 1938, and the Imperial Marshal on July 19, 1940. He graduated from the Karlsruhe Military Academy and the Lichfeld Military Academy. He served as President of the Nazi Reichstag, Chancellor and Minister of the Interior of Prussia, Minister of Aviation, Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe, and Chairman of the National Defense Council. He founded the Gestapo and participated in both World Wars I and II. After the defeat, he was declared a war criminal and committed suicide two hours before his death."

Hua Chong sighed, "As expected of a German, he really understands this matter."

Khedira said, "Although he held a high position, by the middle of World War II, Göring had been marginalized from all aspects of military, politics, and power. Although he was a Grand Marshal, he couldn't even attend military meetings. Having lost the trust of the Germans, Göring spent a long time doing nothing. When he had nothing to do, he would command his troops to plunder foreign property in occupied territories or collect art. There are many movies now about Göring's plundered wealth, such as George Clooney's The Heist and Arthur Penn's Battle Train."

Xiao Peng pointed at the screen and said, "How unrealistic is watching a movie? Look at this submarine. If Albrecht's information is correct, you can see some of the wealth Goering plundered back then!"

"What?" everyone exclaimed.

Xiao Peng stretched and stood up: "Alright, it will take at least a hundred man-hours. You guys can watch here if you want. I'm going to go play games!"

Kaxin's eyes rolled: "Boss, I'll go play games with you."

His purpose was certainly not to play games with Xiao Peng. Now in the game room, a group of people were "watching Xiao Peng play games."

"Hey, what's going on? Didn't you guys say a few days ago that I was wasting too much time playing games and was losing my mind? Why are you all gathered around me playing games today?"

"Boss, what's going on here? You're being so secretive this time that we don't know anything. Tell us about it." Chen Cheng asked the question everyone wanted to ask.

Kaxin even brought a glass of champagne: "Boss, come, take a sip to moisten your throat!"

After hearing this, Xiao Peng put down the game controller, took the champagne glass and said, "Do you know what the mustache leader's dream is?"

"Conquer the world?" Kasim replied.

Xiao Peng took a sip of champagne. "Actually, that's not the case. His dream was to become a painter. He went to Vienna to study at a young age, but failed twice at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts."

Kasim whistled: "Doesn't this mean he has no talent for painting?"

Xiao Peng shook his head and said, "No, no, no, don't say that. The Vienna Academy of Fine Arts prefers students who like to paint the human body, and that's something that Little Mustache isn't good at. I've seen Little Mustache's paintings in museums. Although Little Mustache's paintings have always been criticized, you have to understand: he was a painter without a formal art education. Even so, he relied on selling paintings to make a living for a long time. This was not an easy thing to do! People now criticize his paintings because they are painted by Little Mustache. From a purely artistic perspective, Little Mustache is quite talented in painting. Not to mention his strong architectural paintings, even his weak portraits have a unique style. If he had continued to paint, I would believe that he would develop his own school. Those who say Hitler's paintings are worthless just say that he was not accepted into the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts. But from another perspective: even without being accepted, he could still paint like this. Doesn't this show how talented he was? Here, let me show you a few of Little Mustache's paintings."

After Xiao Peng finished speaking, he directly played a few paintings he found online on the big screen: "These are all paintings by Xiao Huzi."

After looking at them, Hua Chong said, "Many of them are architectural landscapes."

Xiao Peng nodded and said, "Back then, he applied to the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, but they told him to apply to the School of Architecture instead. It would have been easy for him to get in, but he didn't want to. Many people now underestimate Xiao Hu's artistic abilities, but what's the truth? He personally designed many buildings in Germany at the time, including the Memorial Hall, the Nazi uniforms, and even the German main battle tanks. Those who constantly claim Hitler's skills are comparable to their own might not even be able to design a room properly if asked to do so."

Hua Chong asked curiously, "Boss, aren't we talking about Goering? How did it get involved with the mustache?"

Xiao Peng said, "As for the man with the mustache, his love for painting comes from the heart. Even when he was the Führer, he would paint whenever he had free time. Just now, Khedira mentioned what Göring had been doing since he was marginalized. He was constantly leading people to plunder the occupied countries, right? They looted a vast amount of wealth and artwork from other countries."

Khedira said: "Boss, as far as I know, a lot of wealth has been recovered."

Xiao Peng said: "Those that were recovered were those that had not been transferred."

"Transfer?" Everyone looked at Xiao Peng.

Xiao Peng explained, "There's always been rumors that Germany has a secret base, right? A few years ago, the Russians discovered a secret German base built seventy years ago on Alexander Land in the Franz Josef Land archipelago. It was a large underground fortification, supposedly built for meteorological purposes, but the German army hastily evacuated and abandoned it."

Kasin frowned and said, "What kind of meteorological work? It must be for military purposes, but what are the Germans doing? Building underground fortifications here is not easy. This is permafrost. How can they just abandon it? And how many troops can be stationed in such a harsh environment? Building a base here, what's the purpose?"

Hua Chong answered this question: "I have money and I can do whatever I want!"

Xiao Peng shook his head: "That's not the case. It's because they found another, better location for the secret base, which is this George Island."

Khedira was shocked after hearing this and said, "Boss, are you saying there is a secret German base on this island?"

Xiao Peng nodded: "If Albrecht's information is correct, that should be the case."

"Where?" Khedira asked hurriedly.

Xiao Peng shook his head. "I don't know. It's too hard to find here. Take Alexander Island, for example, where the German secret base was discovered. It's probably as big as Berlin. The Russians have been stationed on the island for over seventy years, and they only recently discovered the German secret base. George Land is even bigger than Alexander Land, and the bay is covered by many glaciers, which covers a wider area. With the current climate change, the base might have been covered by glaciers. It won't be found in the short term. Don't be foolish and come here looking for treasure! It will cost you several lives!"