ALL NOVEL Chapter 48 Clues
"It's not an easy task to determine which direction the opponent is running, but it's not completely traceable either." Liang En said, pointing to the road they just came from not far away.
"Back then, the Soviet army was deployed on the front line of that road and kept firing in this direction. So even if our war reporter was really fainted, he would try his best to run in the opposite direction."
"But the problem is that the retreat road has been thoroughly searched by five or six search teams before. I don't think that the two of us can find anything that the teams of No. 70 and 80 have not found."
Looking at Liang En walking towards the north after completing the investigation of the first location, Pierce put forward his own opinion.
"Of course I know this, so of course the place we are going to next is not the Finnish army's retreat route that the group of people have been searching for several times, but another location." Liang En said, waving his hand for Pierce to follow.
15 minutes later, the two people came to a hilly area. Obviously, the group of Finnish troops also observed the retreat direction before attacking the Soviet army, so they retreated from this area.
According to the previous information, after entering the hilly area, the Soviet artillery and machine guns could not attack them, so they had time to count the number of people. And it was at this time that they realized that they had accidentally lost the reporter.
"In other words, if the other party really lost his way, he lost it within a few hundred meters." Pierce looked back on the path he had just walked and showed a confused look. "But this road is not difficult to walk."
"Of course it's not difficult for us to leave now." Liang En called up a map from his mobile phone and compared it with the surrounding environment, and said at the same time. "But it's a different story when you're under strafing and shelling at night."
"According to the soldiers who finally returned to their positions, the reporter was still following them at the beginning, but soon he fell behind due to physical fitness and later disappeared."
After briefly checking the map stored in his phone, Liang En showed a clear expression. "So there are not many paths that the other party can choose, and I discovered a place that the previous searchers had ignored."
"A place that the previous group of guys ignored?" After hearing this sentence, Pierce's eyes widened. "I don't think any place with such a small scope will be ignored."
"No, there is indeed a place." Liang En said and Pierce walked up to a small mound of two or three meters nearby, and then pointed to the swamp on the east side of the road they just came from. "They forgot Explore over there.”
"I remember they explored it." Pierce frowned first, then took out his phone from his pocket and flipped through a few pictures. "Look, here's their exploration of the swamp."
"According to the documents, they used a rubber boat to detect the approximately two-acre swamp with a metal detector, but found nothing."
"Of course he didn't fall into the swamp, but ran through the swamp to the other side." Liang En revealed the mystery at this time.
"Maybe it's because the count's power is limited to Western Europe, or maybe the other party doesn't trust the Russians at all. So the people he brought to search were all from Western Europe like us."
"And because of a certain stereotype of Russia and the tradition of the local digging party, they often only choose when the climate is warmer when they come here to search."
"That's right!" Pierce looked confused after hearing what Liang En said. "After all, once winter comes, the land here will be completely frozen, so even the digging party here will basically not be active in winter."
"So those people didn't even realize that the swamp over there would be frozen harder than stone in winter. Therefore, the war reporter could have escaped through the frozen water." Liang En said helplessly. .
"By the way, the season when the war broke out was winter. The swamp should have been frozen by then." After being reminded by Liang En, Pierce also reacted.
This can be said to be a blind spot in thinking. Compared with those treasure hunters in Russia or the United States who are good at digging in the wild, those treasure hunters who are active in Europe, especially Western Europe in a broad sense, are not very suitable for this kind of field work.
Because they work in areas with dense human settlements, they tend to be better at finding treasures in dusty attics, warehouses, and even backyard auctions.
It's a pity that the treasure hunters that the count found before were all urban treasure hunters of this type, so when he saw this swamp in the summer, he never thought about the conditions here in winter.
Soon, Liang En and Pierce bypassed the swamp and came to the other side of the swamp. Then we started searching eastward using the east bank of the swamp as our starting point.
While the two men were searching for about half an hour, Pierce first found something with the metal detector in his hand.
"What did you find?" After being startled by Pierce's scream on the intercom, Liang En hurried towards the other party's location and asked loudly at the same time.
"A pen cap." Pierce opened his hand at this time, revealing the thing he had held in his hand before. "A silver-gilt cap. This is not something that should appear in the woods."
"You're right." Liang En nodded seriously after looking at the precious metal pen cap that had been wiped clean of dirt. No matter in which era, only a small part of the people can use precious metals as daily utensils.
What's more important is that the list the housekeeper gave Liang En before he came included the things that the elder of their family had with him when he disappeared, including a gold pen.
"Yes, it should be this thing." After comparing it with the photo, Liang En confirmed that the pen cap was indeed the same model as the pen that the man who disappeared at the time was carrying.
Considering that this area is remote enough, and that pen is a relatively rare species. Therefore, this pen cap can basically be determined to be something left by the missing reporter.
According to the requirements explained by the previous housekeeper, this thing is actually enough to be used for business. But for Liang En, this thing is not just an ordinary relic, it can also help him find his ultimate goal.
Thinking of this, he used a [Detection (R)] card on the pen cap, and soon, a place appeared in his mind.
"It's actually in Viborg!" Liang En frowned after seeing the last location marked on the map in his mind. Because this situation was completely different from what he had imagined before.
Because according to normal reasoning, there is a small probability that the young master Dulis will be killed or captured by the Soviets at the time after he escapes, and there is a high probability that he will die on this chaotic battlefield.
But the problem is that the target Liang En found using Goldfinger is inconsistent with these two conjectures, because until the end of that war, Viborg was under the control of the Finns.