Major Robin watched as the soldiers opened the abandoned mine and began to carry out wooden boxes. Looking at the Nazi seals on the seals of the wooden boxes, his uneasy mood could not help but become eager.
He rushed into the mine and observed for a while. Then he and a soldier lifted a sealed ammunition box onto the truck and found Leo again.
"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 answer all his questions.
"Captain Leon means that we need to transport these supplies to Switzerland for cash. As we head south into the mountains, the road conditions are poor, so don't overload the vehicles."
"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! We can only use it as military expenditure after it is shipped to Switzerland and converted into cash!"
After hearing what Leo said, Robin also felt that it made sense. Fortunately, he did not take action directly. After gently shaking his head at several trusted subordinates who were looking at him, Robin asked:
"Then where exactly should it be shipped to? Has Chief Leon made any arrangements?"
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“Don’t worry, sir. The reason why Commander Leon was injured in the car accident was because he went to Switzerland in person two days ago and bought a small farm in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. We just need to make sure that the goods can be transported safely.
As for the rest, once the commander regains his mobility, he will use the channels he has already established to convert the goods into cash."
After listening to Leo's words, Robin didn't say much. He just rolled his eyes, nodded, and continued to join the moving team.
Because there was not much cargo, the entire excavation lasted only an hour.
The French occupation forces, who had been monitoring their movements, had to chase them on bicycles in order to prevent them from noticing that they were being followed. When they just arrived at the treasure excavation site, they found that the German resistance forces had already gotten back on their bikes and were ready to leave.
This made them very anxious, so they left two people waiting there while the others continued to ride their bicycles and rushed all the way in the dark.
Fortunately, the support came not slow. More than 20 minutes later, Colonel Chatham, sitting in a jeep, finally met several of his men who had stayed behind to wait at the intersection. He learned that the other side had already moved south with a lot of spoils.
In this way, Colonel Chatham's convoy chased all the way behind. At first, he did not want to notify the garrisons in other places. After all, this mission was no different from other tasks. There were several cars of Nazi treasures in the opponent's convoy.
If garrisons from other places were allowed to get involved, there would be no chance for the treasure to be tampered with.
However, because the chase was at night, the other party was all riding in trucks. If there was no interception ahead, it would be impossible to catch up by chasing them alone.
After two hours of pursuit, Colonel Chatham had no choice but to report the situation and inform the Southern garrison at the same time.
Major Robin led the convoy all the way south, not daring to stop at all. Everyone knew what was being transported in their convoy, so everyone was very nervous.
Fortunately, they did not encounter any unusual situations along the way. When they arrived near Dittingen, Major Robin, who was sitting in the lead car, was looking at the pale sky and thinking about how to take these cars of wealth for himself.
He didn't bring many people this time, but each of them was his trusted subordinate, so it was not difficult to take the treasure for himself. He originally planned to kill Leon and Leo at the treasure excavation site.
Unfortunately, things went as he planned. Leon had a car accident at the critical moment and did not appear at the treasure excavation site. This made him feel a little worried. After all, he knew that this Gestapo named Leon was a vicious and cunning character.
More importantly, he felt that what Leo said to him at the scene made a lot of sense. If he took out these treasures directly in Germany, it might attract the attention of someone with ulterior motives.
He was unwilling to bear the consequences of this.
Thinking about the more than 20 men under his command, it would not be too late to take action even after arriving in Switzerland, because in his opinion, no matter what the circumstances, his numerical advantage was absolutely dominant, which ensured that he had absolute initiative.
Or maybe I could take this wealth and become a small landowner in Switzerland, which would be a good option! Thinking about it, a smile appeared on the corner of my mouth.
But at this moment, he was surprised to find that a French checkpoint appeared on the road ahead.
The soldier driving beside him also noticed the situation ahead, and quickly braked to stop the car, looking at Major Robin and said:
"Sir? French checkpoint, what to do?"
Major Robin, who was sitting in the co-pilot seat, was almost thrown off the table and chair by the sudden brake. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and used his foot to support the front dashboard to prevent himself from sliding down.
The driver's overreaction obviously attracted the attention of the checkpoint ahead, which made Robin very angry.
"Are you fucking stupid? We could have just driven the car to the front and launched a surprise attack. But you suddenly stopped the car. Even a fool could see that something was wrong with us."
"Ah! What shall we do now?"
The driver also reacted and felt that he seemed to have done something wrong, and said nervously.
"Others have already noticed our abnormality, what else can we do? It's too late to turn around, so of course we should just rush forward!"
After saying that, he turned around, patted the backboard behind him and shouted:
"There is an enemy checkpoint. Notify the vehicles behind and prepare to charge."
Soon there was a reply from the cargo box and the sound of a gun bolt being pulled.
Robin glared at the driver and said:
"What are you standing there for? Let's rush over! Don't stop, understand?"
The driver shrank his neck and gritted his teeth.
"Yes, sir! Sit tight!"
After saying that, he stepped on the gas and rushed towards the checkpoint ahead.
Robin stared at the idiot beside him in amazement. Are you afraid that the enemy doesn't know you are going to break through?
But he had no time to curse the driver beside him, because he saw the French soldiers at the checkpoint seeing the trucks stopped and then starting to accelerate and rush towards them again.
Without any orders from their superiors, everyone knew that there was something wrong with this convoy, and they all raised their weapons and pointed them at their trucks.
Robin loaded the MP40 submachine gun in his hand, ready to fire at any time.
However, he would not open fire immediately because the distance between the two sides was not close enough. He had to get closer, otherwise the heavy machine gun next to the checkpoint would definitely teach him a lesson.
Now they were all German civilians in plain clothes, and the French did not dare to fire at them without reason. They still had a chance to approach the checkpoint.
Unfortunately, what he didn't know was that the checkpoint had already received a notice from its superiors that a group of armed German rebels were driving five trucks towards their checkpoint.
After looking at the number of trucks and their unusual behavior just now, the French platoon leader at the checkpoint has determined that this is the target his superiors mentioned.
The French platoon leader said to the soldiers behind the heavy machine guns:
"Warning shot!"
"yes!"
Then a burst of heavy machine gun bullets hit the truck about ten meters in front of it. At this time, the truck was only about one hundred meters away from the checkpoint.
The driver next to Major Robin clenched his back teeth, stared at the road ahead, held the steering wheel tightly with both hands, and ignored the warning shots at close range, and continued to rush forward.
The French platoon leader saw that the car had no intention of stopping, so he stopped hesitating and shouted:
"Fire!"
In an instant, the weapons in the hands of both sides shot out hot flames. Major Robin shouted, stretched out his MP40 out of the window and started firing at the checkpoint.
An MG42 on the roof of the truck's trunk also opened fire at the same time.
In just thirty seconds, the cab of the lead vehicle was hit by hundreds of bullets. Major Robin didn't even have the chance to open the box to see the treasure he was transporting before he was shot into a hornet's nest by heavy machine guns.
The driver in the driving seat was also hit by several bullets, but the vehicle still rushed straight through the checkpoint due to inertia and crashed into the machine gun position at the checkpoint.
As to whether the driver did it intentionally or unintentionally, there is no way to tell, after all, the person had already died on the spot.
But his actions opened up a way of survival for his comrades behind him. As the heavy machine gun fire point fell silent, the other four trucks following closely behind him rushed through the checkpoint.
There was a fierce exchange of fire between the French soldiers at the checkpoint and the truck that was rushing through at high speed, resulting in casualties on both sides.
Although the rebel convoy successfully broke through the first checkpoint, it also exposed their position and their commander, Major Robin, was killed.
The leaderless rebel convoy could only continue to advance according to the original plan.
But this behavior is tantamount to suicide, because the heavy French troops in the front have begun to gather, and the pursuers behind are getting closer and closer to them.
Their move to Switzerland was destined to be a futile struggle that would lead them into a trap.
Because from the very beginning they were baits thrown out by their superiors to attract fire, their actions had no chance of success at all. It was precisely because of their actions that the French occupation forces in the entire Stuttgart and even the entire state focused their attention on them.
At this time, Leon used the French's own transport company to transport the treasure out of Stuttgart without arousing anyone's suspicion.
At noon, this group of rebels was wiped out near the highway checkpoint south of Dittingen by the French army that attacked from both sides.
When Colonel Chatham gathered all the cargo from the five trucks and examined them one by one, he found that there were only five ammunition boxes of gold bricks and eight crates of artworks among the supplies.
The rest of the cargo was arms and weapons, much to the dismay of all the combatants.
Because the intelligence they received showed that the German resistance forces had taken out the treasure hidden by the Nazis 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 great treasure.
Colonel Chatham's emotions were very complicated. Fortunately, he notified the southern garrison to act together, otherwise only his subordinates would have to act.
If his superiors knew that he had discovered Nazi treasure, but only handed over this little bit of treasure and the rest were weapons and ammunition, they would probably be suspicious of how much he had embezzled.
Now, there are other people who have testified for him that the actual amount of treasure is indeed just this much. If the commander suspects something is wrong, he can no longer just suspect him.
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