There was indeed no rock underneath, but a rusty iron plate.
Chris and his friends worked together and quickly cleared out the pit which was more than one meter deep. They also found out the thickness of the boulder, which turned out to be one and a half meters thick!
In other words, the weight of this boulder must be over thirteen tons! It is twice as heavy as Chris estimated before!
This stone is pressed on an iron plate. If the stone were not wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, the edge of the iron plate would not be visible.
Clark knocked on the iron plate with a shovel, and then said in surprise: "It's empty underneath!"
In fact, even if they didn't knock, a few people could understand what it meant when a piece of iron plate pressed down by a huge rock suddenly appeared in this primitive jungle where few people had ever been.
No one would be so idle as to press such a large stone on an iron plate, which means that there must be a man-made hole under the iron plate, and the large pile of earth next to the boulder is probably the soil dug out when the underground cave was excavated.
But the question is, who would be so idle as to dig such a big cave in such a barren place? Judging from the large pile of dirt, the space under the iron plate is obviously not small, otherwise it would be impossible to dig out so much dirt.
And the most important thing is, whether from the trees on the mound or the degree of rust on the iron plate, this place has been here for at least half a century. Who would have the time to dig such a cave here half a century ago? And the entrance of the cave is covered with iron plates and boulders?
Think about the coordinates recorded in Alfred's notebook. Although the location of this cave is a little different from the location marked in the notebook, Alfred wrote those things in the 1940s. In that era, being able to accurately determine the coordinates to an error of about 200 meters was already very accurate.
Alfred died in the fall of 1946. The fact that he was able to leave the location and coordinates of this cave in his notebook means that the cave must have been built earlier than 1946!
Given the laziness of the Filipinos, this project could not have been done by the Filipinos, and of course, it could not have been done by the American colonizers. So the only person who could have dug such a large cave in such a place is already obvious.
"The cave below was most likely dug by the Japanese who invaded Southeast Asia!" Yang Jing said softly but firmly.
"Did it get dug by the Japanese? The Japanese during World War II?" Clark asked in surprise.
"Well, there is a great possibility that it was dug by the Japanese during World War II." Yang Jing nodded heavily. "In the late stage of World War II, the United States gained absolute control of the sea in the Pacific War, and later dropped two atomic bombs directly on the Japanese mainland, which directly shocked the Japanese emperor, so Japan had to surrender unconditionally. However, this surrender came too suddenly, which made it impossible for the Japanese devils to safely transport the wealth they plundered in Southeast Asia to the Japanese mainland. So the Japanese hurriedly buried the looted wealth in various hidden places in the Philippines, ready to wait for it to be taken out later."
Chris also nodded and said, "I have heard of this matter. At that time, the federal army not only gained absolute control of the sea, but also launched a counterattack against the Philippines. With the help of a powerful navy and air force, the federal army defeated the Japanese in the Philippines. At that time, more than half of the wealth that the Japanese plundered from Southeast Asia was piled up in the Philippines, waiting to be transported to the Japanese mainland by ship. However, the loss of control of the sea and the successive victories of the federal army in the Philippines forced the Japanese to hide the plundered wealth in the Philippines. It is said that there are 175 hiding places in the Philippines alone. But Boss, most of these hiding places have been discovered. Even the federal government transported back tens of billions of dollars worth of gold and jewelry from the Philippines. Could this place be a hiding place that the federal government missed?"
Yang Jing nodded and said, "It's very likely. During World War II, Japan's iron hoof quickly trampled all over East Asia. During the process of aggression and expansion, Japanese dictators set up a secret organization specifically to plunder the property of Asian people - the 'Yamayuri' Association. Emperor Hirohito appointed Prince Takeda Tsunesuke, a member of the royal family, as the head of the organization in Asia. They transported a large amount of property and gold looted from China back to Japan."
"As Chris just said, most of the wealth looted by Japan during World War II was piled up in the Philippines. However, as Japan lost its control of the sea and was defeated on the battlefield in the Philippines, in order to protect the safety of the looted wealth, the Emperor ordered Yamayuri to quickly register the treasure and bury it in 175 "royal treasure sites" throughout the Philippines."
"On September 2, 1945, after Japan surrendered in the Philippines, the American officials in charge of the trial had learned from the CIA that Japan had buried treasure in the Philippines, so they tried every means to obtain the secrets during the trial. After finding more "royal treasure sites", the US intelligence agency sent people to secretly dig up gold bars, diamonds and platinum worth billions of dollars."
Hearing Yang Jing's words, Clark couldn't help but swallow his saliva and said, "How much wealth did these damn Japanese rob?"
Yang Jing shrugged and said, "How much wealth did the Japanese rob in Southeast Asia? It's probably hard for outsiders to know except for the Japanese leaders at that time. However, according to calculations, the Japanese robbed hundreds of billions of dollars in wealth in Southeast Asia during World War II. As far as I know, the largest amount of gold obtained by the United States after the war was in Santa Romana, Philippines. When the Japanese army was retreating in the Philippines, the Philippine guerrillas discovered that they transported a large number of heavy boxes into a cave and then sealed the exit with explosives. A major from the US Strategic Intelligence Agency was with the guerrillas at the time and memorized the treasure location. The agent reopened the cave after the war and found that the boxes were full of gold."
"Between 1945 and 1948, this batch of gold worth tens of billions of dollars was shipped to the United States. Instead of returning it to the victims in Southeast Asian countries, the United States deposited the gold in 176 banks in 42 countries. Among them, the Geneva branch of the Swiss Union Bank opened a gold account with tens of billions of dollars in the name of 'Lansdale'!"
"Hiss..." A uniform gasp of cold air was heard. It was obvious that the bodyguards were frightened by the hundreds of billions of dollars in gold.
This was tens of billions of dollars in the 1940s. If it were today, it would be hundreds of billions of dollars!
Afterwards, these guys' eyes fell on the boulder and the iron plate.
Chris swallowed hard and asked, "Boss, do you think there is still gold hidden down there by the Japanese?"
Yang Jing shook his head and said, "I don't know about that. We need to dig it up thoroughly before we can know whether there is gold inside!"
Clark spat on his hands and said, "What are we waiting for? Start digging! I hope to dig out a lot of gold..."
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