At Hamburg Airport in Germany, when a tired-looking Wei Ran slowly walked out with his bag, he immediately saw a strong man wearing a suit and leather shoes, but with a full beard, holding up a sign with his name written on it. Standing at the pick-up gate with your name on the pick-up sign, you looked around.
Seeing Wei Ran walking towards him, the strong man immediately threw the pick-up sign on the chair behind him and enthusiastically extended his hand to Wei Ran, "It's Victor, a history scholar from Volgograd. Sir?"
"It should be me, what do you call me?"
Wei Ran shook hands with the other party. The bearded man's hand was surprisingly strong. There is also a large obvious callus on the palm of my hand.
"Sauron, just call me Sauron." This strong man was particularly enthusiastic. After briefly introducing himself, he took Weiran outside the airport. As for the basement, But he didn't even mention it.
Under the leadership of this strong man named Solon, the two first took a car from the airport to the train station, and then took a two-hour train ride before arriving in Kiel.
This is not over yet. After leaving the train station, Solan took Weiran and got into an old-looking Mercedes-Benz sedan and left the city straight away, driving northwest for more than an hour. , and finally stopped in front of an old house in the suburbs against the coastline.
“The scenery here is so beautiful,” Wei Ran said in admiration as he looked at the beach in the distance.
“It will be more beautiful in the summer.”
Solon pointed to Kiel Bay in the distance and introduced, “Especially in June, there will be sailing competitions and lively festivals here. Carnival. Of course, the most important thing is that there will be many beautiful girls in bikinis on that beach." "Sounds like a man's paradise?" Wei Ran asked jokingly.
“Of course!” Sauron tugged at his long beard, “No man can refuse Kiel City in the summer!”
“The scenery in winter is also beautiful” Wei Ran withdrew his gaze and looked at the house not far away again, "The basement is in that house?"
"Yes"
While speaking, Sauron turned his head from the collar He took out a shiny silver cross and kissed it, then crossed himself devoutly on his chest, "That basement is so scary. You must be mentally prepared when you go in."
Looking at Sauron with a strange look on his face, Wei Ran nodded but did not rush in. Instead, he walked around the house which was only two or three hundred meters away from the seaside.
Overall, the location of this house is quite good. First of all, the terrain is much higher. Standing in front of the door, you can not only clearly see the beach in the distance, but also the beach in the distance. You can have an unobstructed view of the pier, seafood market, etc., and behind this house, in addition to a large lawn, there is a lake further away.
In addition to the good location, the building itself is also exceptionally beautiful. There is an old-looking cast iron mailbox on the left arm in front of the door. A little further on the rightOn the lawn, there is an anchor that is as tall as a person. Looking at the faint green rust stains on the anchor, it turns out that the anchor is made of copper.
Just this anchor reminds Weiran of the German civilian ships smuggling pure copper from the United States during World War II.
Taking out his cell phone and taking a photo of the anchor, Wei Ran focused on the building itself. This long house facing the beach was at least over 40 meters long. Although there are only three floors, the stone foundation stone below the first floor is almost one meter high. There are many carvings of marine elements on this circle of foundation stones, from anchors to sea fish to sailboats, and even one with a big mouth. sea monsters and various hollowed out European mythological patterns.
On the roof of the building, in addition to several tall chimneys standing in a row, there is a griffon-shaped weathervane swaying in the wind on top of the chimney on the far left.
In addition to these objects that appear to be of the same style, there is also a new-looking sign fixed on the roof of the second floor.
Soren came up and explained, "This place has been abandoned for at least forty or fifty years. It was not until some time ago that I planned to use this place to run a diving, surfing and sailing club, and I accidentally discovered the basement. "
Wei Ran nodded silently, "Let's go in and take a look."
Hearing this, Sauron immediately took out a bunch of keys from his pocket and opened one first. The roller blinds that were obviously newly installed on all the windows in the building allowed sunlight to shine into the room, and then the locked door was finally opened.
Stepping into the spacious hall on the first floor, Wei Ran looked at the wooden floor under his feet that seemed to have been recently laid, and then looked at Sauron with a questioning look, "Tell me about your plan to re-open this place. Let's make some changes later."
"In fact, there aren't many changes."
Solan spread his hands, "I just repaired the leaking roof and the rotten wooden floor. With the addition of the rolling shutters and the sign you just saw, the rest is basically the same as before."
Wei Ran looked at the wooden bar facing the door and the one behind the bar. The wooden wine rack, then looked up at the crystal chandelier hanging overhead, and then turned his attention to the small stage on the right with a remaining curtain and an old-fashioned microphone in the center, as well as the dining table and matching chairs covered with velvet tablecloths around the stage. . Looking to the left side of the bar, there are only four pool tables and an old-fashioned record player on the table against the wall.
"Can I stroll around and take some photos?" Wei Ran asked Sauron who was standing at the door.
"Of course," Sauron responded happily.
Hearing this, Wei Ran took out his mobile phone and took photos of the retro layout of the lobby on the first floor of the house, and then walked around each room carefully.
On the right side of the bar, next to the small stage, the room still maintains the appearance of the kitchen and supporting warehouse. In the warehouse, there is a separate wooden room outside the small door passage. , except for an old-looking mining machine insideBeyond the stove, you can still see the remaining cinders on the ground and a rusty kerosene lamp hanging overhead.
Go back to the lobby on the first floor and enter the small door on the side of the bar. This small windowless house has a circle of shelves lined up against the wall, and there are even some dusty wine bottles on them.
As for the left side of the bar, there is a large fireplace built on the wall next to the billiard tables. Through the wooden door beside the fireplace, there is also a slightly smaller fireplace in this house. It seemed that it was only separated from the large fireplace outside by a wall.
In contrast, this house is much warmer. Not only does it have a large enough double bed, there is also a writing desk by the window, and there are even different shapes on the windowsill. flowerpot.
Going back to the lobby on the first floor, Wei Ran walked along the wooden stairs on the side of the bar to the second floor, and looked at each room along the corridor. The rooms are all furnished with a double bed, an old-fashioned dressing table, a wooden wardrobe and a set of radiators.
Climb up the stairs at the end of the corridor to the third floor. This place is slightly better than the second floor. Next to the stairs is a room similar to a living room. The furnishings inside look much more modern. At least you can see Things like TVs and refrigerators.
Next to this huge living room, in addition to the normal kitchen, two bathrooms and even a storage room, there are five or six bedrooms and two studies that are farthest from the living room.
After visiting the house carefully, Wei Ran asked Sauron, who was following behind him, "Will you take me to see the basement now?"
"Let's go On the first floor, this house has two basements. "
"Two basements?"
"Let's look at the first one first, at least it looks normal." After Lun returned to the lobby on the first floor, he took Wei Ran into the room behind the bar, pressed the old-fashioned power switch, and waited for the light bulb above his head to light up dimly. Then he took off an iron hook hanging on the wall and hooked it. A wooden board about one meter square was lifted up, revealing a hole with an aluminum alloy ladder.
"It turns out there is a wooden ladder here, but I stepped on it and almost broke my waist." While speaking, Solan picked up a flashlight from the shelf and turned it on, climbing the ladder. As he walked down, he reminded, "There are no lights down here, be careful when you come down."
Following Sauron, Wei Ran stepped on the creaking aluminum alloy ladder into the basement, and then Then I saw that this not-so-large basement was filled with sundries, ranging from some expired cans to various fishing gear. There were even several sets of wetsuits that had already been opened and two pieces of fishing gear hung on one wall. There were deformed surfboards and several spearguns. In a box in the corner, there were also many rusty gas bottles and an air compressor.
Bent down, he picked up a rusty gas bottle wrench and knocked on the surrounding walls made of stone and concrete as well as the stone floor under his feet.The solid knocking sound proved that there was no hole on the other side, it was just a strong and overly strong basement.
"Where's the other basement?" Wei Ran asked as he put the wrench back in place.
"In the room with the fireplace" Sauron had already climbed up on the ladder while speaking.
"Can't you just take me to that basement..."
Wei Ran muttered to himself, followed him patiently out of the basement, and got into the one on the left side of the bar. In a very warmly decorated room.
To Wei Ran's surprise, this time Sauron actually lifted a metal plate less than one meter square and covered with rust from the fireplace. Under the metal plate, metal handrails can be seen next to each other in the dark holes.
"How did you discover this place?" Wei Ran asked curiously.
"Accident"
Solan put the metal plate aside and explained while patting the dust on his hands, "When the floor was being re-layed, I was going to put this I also cleaned the fireplace, and then I found the metal plate buried in the charcoal ash. You can definitely guess what happened next. After I lifted the metal plate, I found the hole underneath. Please wait a moment." p>
Before he finished speaking, Sauron had already climbed in with difficulty along the entrance of the cave. Soon after, bright lights lit up in the entrance of the cave, and then Wei Ran heard the former calling him to go down and have a look.
Drilled through the hole, and when his feet touched the floor, his eyes widened in surprise. The area of this basement is slightly smaller than what you see in the photo, but even so it is more than 20 square meters, and even the height is more than two meters. The metal handrail he stepped on just now was fixed on a red brick chimney.
Going around to the side of the chimney, there is a fireplace still piled with firewood. Looking around, the layout here is exactly what he saw in the photo. The surrounding walls, the floor under his feet, Even the ceiling above the head was wrapped with wooden boards. Against the wall in the distance, a coffin was quietly placed on two chairs.
Not far from the coffin, there is a single bed and dresser, as well as a wardrobe that seems to be exaggeratedly large. There is even a toilet and bathroom with a bathtub on the other side of the fireplace. Wanting to give it a try, I turned on the faucet in the bathroom, and water still came out!
Back near the fireplace, Wei Ran walked over to a solid wood table with a lamp and looked at it carefully. On this table were stacks of blank manuscript paper, various outdated calculation tools, and Two bottles of different colored ink and several pens.
On the shelves against the wall behind it, there are two radio stations with no calendar and model, as well as wooden boxes filled with blank manuscripts.
But what surprised him was that these two sets of radio stations seemed to be only used for receiving, and he did not find matching transmitting equipment.
Looked up at the two fireplace chimneys sticking to the sky.The ceiling extended over and was finally connected to the wires on the radio station antenna. Wei Ran tried to open the drawer of the table.
In the only three large drawers, classified paper boxes contain various vulnerable parts that may be used by radio stations. In addition, there were two iron boxes filled with pistol bullets and a pistol that looked like a hybrid.
Looking at Sauron standing aside, Wei Ran took out a pair of rubber gloves from his bag and put them on, then picked up a bullet from one of the boxes and looked at it. .
There is no doubt that this bullet is a 9X19mm pistol bullet. Not only can the sidearm he put in the metal book be used, but during World War II, there were even many weapons using this bullet from Berlin to the Kremlin. Gong still has to get out of the circle.
Putting the bullet back into the tin box, he picked up a bullet from another box. This bullet was also a common commodity at the time. Not to mention, Mustache used his pistol back then. When he committed suicide, he used the same bullet.
Putting down the bullet again, he picked up the pistol that glowed blue under the light.
Carefully remove the magazine, and then gently pull the slide. With a clang, a 9mm pistol bullet bounces and hits the dusty table.
"I didn't notice there were bullets in it last time," Soran said in fear.
"You're lucky." Wei Ran picked up the magazine full of bullets and looked at it, then focused on the weapon held in his other hand.
Although this pistol looks like a hybrid, we have to admit that the manufacturing quality is quite good, and with the help of the inscriptions and brands on it, Weiran quickly determined its identity. It turned out to be an early Radom pistol produced in Poland before it was invaded by Germany.
Could it be that the person hiding here was a Pole? If not, how could such a pistol appear here?
Wei Ran suddenly felt that this basement was full of malice. If it was as he guessed, then the danger here would be too great. Poles, those are Poles! He would rather be sent back to Stalingrad than hide in a basement with the Poles.
"Victor, what's wrong?" Sauron asked nervously when he saw something was wrong on Wei Ran's face.
"Nothing." Wei Ran turned the handle of the pistol and handed it to the other party, "Take it, this is a good gun."
Solan took the pistol without knowing why. He threw it on the table and said, "I have no interest in such old antiques. Victor, do you want to go and see the body?"
"No rush yet" Wei Ran shook his head, " Let’s take a look at the other things first.”
Hearing this, Sauron bent over and picked up a plastic storage box and put it behind him. He opened the lid and pointed at the things inside and said, “These are mine. The things I found when I first discovered this place basically came from this table or the comb in the distance.Dresser drawers. ”
I picked up a certificate at random and looked at it. There was a young woman who looked very elegant. I picked up another certificate and it turned into a gentle man.< /p>
Looking through the documents one by one, the photos in these various documents are basically the photos of the two people changing back and forth in various costumes. Of course, they changed with them, and he could understand them. Or incomprehensible names, as well as various information including age.
After flipping through the thick pile of documents, there were only five or six left in this small plastic box. There are gold bars with no markings and even slightly strange weights, as well as some World War II-era German marks, Soviet rubles, and even British pounds and U.S. dollars.
This is a standard spy reserve...
Wei Ran muttered to himself, put all the documents in his hand back into the plastic box, and carefully observed the items stored on other shelves against the wall.
There is nothing here. What’s special is that in addition to a set of German chain dog uniforms and a heavily equipped German MP40 submachine gun, there are also several barrels of well-preserved kerosene, a medical kit, as well as various tin cans and red wine without wrapping paper. < /p>
At the back of the shelves, there seemed to be several vents diagonally upwards. However, most of these vents, which were as thick as buckets, were completely nailed shut by wooden boards wrapped with iron sheets. Some of them can be opened, and there are a lot of dirt and even rat carcasses and eggshells left by unknown animals.
After looking at almost all the inventory, Wei Ran walked to the list. He stood next to the bed and opened the closet to look at it. To his surprise, there was nothing in the closet, which was big enough to accommodate four or five people.
The one next to it was empty. On the dressing table, most of the expired cosmetics looked like they had never been used.
After thinking for a moment, Wei Ran quickly walked to the bathroom on the other side and picked it up from the edge of the sink. He took a look at the rusty teacher's razor and put it back in its place. Then he silently walked to the coffin and carefully opened it.
However, when he saw the corpse in the coffin for the first time, his doubts doubled again. The corpse was covered with a white dress, but under the skirt Below, there are clean and unusual bones. Most of these bones are intact, but there is a bullet hole the size of a peanut in the middle of the skull.
After Sauron nodded in agreement, Wei Ran gently picked up the skull and observed it carefully, and then saw some remaining soil between the teeth.
Putting down the skull in his hand, Wei Ran looked carefully again. After inspecting the pelvis of the corpse, and relying on the trivial knowledge I learned at the Hongqi Forest Farm, I was reluctant to confirm that this was indeed the remains of a woman. Moreover, based on the degree of wear and tear on the teeth, I could roughly tell that she was He was probably not too old when he died.
Obviously, this corpse was once buried directly in the soil, and was later dug out, cleaned, put into a coffin, and placed in this secret basement.
"Victor, can you find anything?" Soran asked expectantly.
Wei Ran covered the body with the white dress again, then closed the coffin lid and asked, "I have a question."
"What's the problem?" Sauron asked.
"Why do you want to know what happened here?"
Hearing this, Sauron was stunned and replied matter-of-factly, "There are so many strange things in the basement of my house. There is even a corpse. Isn’t this reason enough?”
“That’s right”
Wei Ran said as he walked towards the fireplace, “Sauron, How far do you want to check? This is related to the fee."
"My father can provide up to 300,000 euros." Soren simply gave a standard that is easy to understand for both parties. "The rest. It depends on whether the results you can find are worth the price."
"Willful rich people..."
Wei Ran muttered to himself and reached out to grab it. The steel handrail on the fireplace chimney, while climbing up, he said, "Let's go to the roof first."
"Go to the roof?" Sauron was stunned, and hurriedly followed behind Wei Ran Left the basement.
Climbing up to the roof with the help of the other party, Wei Ran got close to the griffin-shaped weathervane and inspected it carefully. Then he discovered that the weathervane was indeed a disguised pole as he had guessed. Good radio antenna.
Without being in a hurry to go down, Wei Ran used the cover of his backpack to take out a telescope from a metal book and pointed it at Kiel Bay in the distance.
Just like what he thought when he first saw this house, the view here was excellent due to the terrain, and the entire Keel Bay was easily included in his field of view through the telescope. Even without a telescope, you can easily see every merchant ship entering Kiel Port as long as you stand on the balcony of the room on the second floor.
If it were placed during World War II, this would be an excellent observation point. Any warship or even submarine docked at Kiel Port would probably not be able to escape the prying eyes here. Even the two in the basement A radio station of unknown model might be able to easily monitor the ship's radio communication information at that time. As for whether the monitored communication content can be deciphered, that is another matter.
Putting away the telescope, after Wei Ran came down from the roof, Sauron, who had been looking up at his neck, immediately asked again, "Any clues?"
"There are clues. Yes, but not many."
After learning some knife skills for slaughtering fat sheep with Suisui, Wei Ran asked with difficulty, "Mr. Sauron, what are the things in the basement? It takes time, do you have a deadline?”
“It’s best to complete it before May”
Soran pointed to the room.The billboard on top said, "My club will open in mid-May, and I hope to tell a good story to my customers by then."
"I'll probably have enough time, do you have any other requirements?" ?" Wei Ran asked while writing down the time on the memo.
"Confidential"
Soren said simply, "This is Germany, and everything related to the Nazis is illegal, so I don't want to know anything about this place before the investigation results come out. Any words, pictures or the like will be leaked out.”
Before Wei Ran could speak, Soran crossed himself on his chest and said, “My father was originally going to entrust this matter to a Frenchman. It was said that the gentleman had a very good reputation, but before we could contact him, he was imprisoned.
This incident made us hesitate for a long time, and in the end we hesitated. I just found you through the introduction of Mr. Hans. So Mr. Victor, please keep this matter secret."
"Um... don't worry, I have a good reputation and will definitely treat you. This matter is kept confidential."
Wei Ran glanced at Sauron, who seemed to be somewhat religious, with a strange expression. He had already roughly guessed who the other party wanted to contact initially to investigate the basement.
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