Yang Jing brought out a large-scale map. This map was a large-scale map of the Krasnoyarsk Krai of Russia, which clearly marked many places that could not be seen on ordinary maps.
In the upper left corner of this map, that is, the upper right corner of the Yenisei Bay where the Yenisei River flows into the sea, the name of a city called "Dixon" is prominently listed.
Yang Jing pointed to where Dixon was and asked Gege, "Are you talking about here?"
"Yes, it is here. Although this place is a small city, indigenous people have lived here for a long time. In 1915, Russia set up a weather station here, and later Russians moved here one after another. Now, it has developed into a small port city with a population of more than 2,500 people."
Yang Jing asked in confusion: "What is the connection between this city and Antonov's treasure transport ship?"
"Of course it matters. Put yourself in Antonov's shoes. If you were Antonov, shouldering the heavy responsibility entrusted by General Kolchak, and carrying two carts of priceless treasures, and at a time when the Red Army was sweeping across Russia, would you be extremely careful? Would you try to avoid everyone?"
Yang Jing touched his chin and nodded, "Well, if I were Antonov, I would definitely do this."
"That's it! Antonov was entrusted with an important mission, and the two cars behind him were carrying priceless treasures. It could even be said that they were the capital for General Kolchak to make a comeback. Of course, Antonov had to be careful. So it is certain that during his journey north, he had no choice but to contact some residents in the north except in winter. Even when they safely passed the winter and continued their journey, they would kill all the residents they had contact with to ensure the secrecy of their journey. But as long as Antonov and his men took a boat north along the Yenisei River, they had to avoid Dixon, because that place was right at the exit of the Yenisei River."
After a pause, Gege continued, "And if Antonov goes north along the Yenisei River, he will definitely use the inland ships looted from the settlements in the Tunguska area. Such ships cannot stray too far from the coastline, so if they want to avoid Dixon, they will definitely not hide the things on an island too far from the coastline."
"I understand what you mean." Yang Jing said, marking it on the map with a ruler, and after a quick calculation, he said, "It is unlikely that Antonov hid the treasure in the Nordenskiöld Islands. It is more than 500 kilometers away from the exit of the Yenisei Bay, and inland ships cannot have such a long range in the ocean. So, the most likely place to hide the treasure is not on Rastorguyev Island, but in the Plavnikovye Islands not far to the east of the Yenisei Bay. It is only more than 200 kilometers away from the Yenisei Bay. If Antonov is careful, he can still sail this far along the coastline. However, I think we can't just ignore this place."
As he spoke, Yang Jing patted his forehead and said in distress: "Such a large area, so many islands, it would really take my life to find them all."
Gege smiled and said, "It's okay, I'll go with you to look for it."
But this treasure hunt was destined to be a journey full of hardships. When Yang Jing, Gege, and five or six bodyguards boarded the Antarctic Tern and prepared to start searching for nearby islands, a thick fog suddenly rose from the sea...
This made Yang Jing very depressed, but there was nothing he could do about it. In the coastal areas of Siberia in summer, this kind of thick fog would often rise, and sometimes it would last for several days once it appeared.
This sudden heavy fog delayed Yang Jing and his team for four full days. It was not until the fifth day that the fog dissipated and visibility improved again.
Now that we are here, we cannot let go of the surrounding islands. After all, on the treasure map drawn by Antonov, Rastorguyev Island is the first target.
But it was obvious that Gege's judgment was very correct. There was no red light coming out on this island with an area of more than 100 square kilometers. In other words, the black dot marked by Antonov on the treasure map was a decoy.
In fact, there is no need to search the island to determine that it is not the place where the treasure is hidden. The island is too flat, and there is not even a hill higher than 50 meters. How could there be treasure hidden there?
Antonov wouldn't be stupid enough to dig holes in the permafrost to hide treasure, would he? That would be really stupid.
Digging a hole in this kind of permafrost is not an easy job even now with machinery, let alone a hundred years ago. If you use a shovel to dig a hole here, it is not much easier than walking here from Krasnoyarsk.
Since Rastorguyev Island was not the treasure location, Yang Jing immediately expanded the search range. He searched the larger Nansen Island, Taimyr Island, and the Russian Island further north. But unfortunately, Antonov's treasure convoy apparently did not arrive in this area.
Even though Yang Jing possessed the skill of the Sky Eye, it still took him more than three days to search these dozens of islands. Now nothing was found, so everyone had to move again.
Originally, the Blue Whale planned to turn back west to the Plavnikoviye Islands to continue the search, but unfortunately the helicopter had some problems again.
Although Chris and his crew were good at flying helicopters, they didn't know how to repair them. The maintenance personnel on the ship were helpless about this kind of failure, so the Blue Whale could only prepare to dock in Dixon.
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