Volume 1: The Battleship Yitian Changes into the Sino-Japanese War of 1894 Chapter 58: The Feeling of Gold Falling from the Sky
It was still early, and they did not encounter any more Japanese soldiers along the way. Lao Ma carefully looked at the topographic map of the Han River, compared it with the "feng shui maps", and led them to move.
After seeing off the Korean guide, the group began to move towards the Han River according to the map. Sun Gang looked at Lao Ma's focused expression on the surrounding terrain and began to doubt his identity.
An old man who possesses unique skills and understands Feng Shui, what is his true identity?
It definitely wasn’t the bandit my beloved wife had mentioned.
But no matter what, from the old man's expressive concern for him and Ma Yue, he felt that he had no reason to doubt the old man now.
As for his identity, as long as it doesn't pose a threat to me, who cares!
"Look there." Su Xin said, pointing not far from the river mouth.
Sun Gang looked in the direction he pointed, and the scene before him still surprised him.
Among the mountains along the river, on the flat land facing the river mouth, the tall spire-like thing appears particularly dazzling in the sun.
Because it was far away, he couldn't tell whether it was a man-made structure or a natural formation. However, when Sun Gang saw it standing there like a sharp knife, he felt uncomfortable for no reason.
"It's right there." Lao Ma said after careful proofreading.
Zhan Shuxiao waved his hand, and the Beiyang guards carefully protected them in the middle and walked towards there.
Only when he got closer did Sun Gang see clearly what was in front of him.
This is a monument-like spire about 10 meters high, standing upward in the shape of a pyramid, with a huge slope on each side and a round hole on the top of the tower, facing the direction of the sun. The shape is very strange, and its surface is the same color as the surrounding rocks. Those who don’t know might think it was formed naturally, but Sun Gang was still sure that this was definitely a man-made building.
This thing can ruin the fortune of the Koreans? I won't believe it even if you kill me. Sun Gang watched Lao Ma wave his hand to stop everyone, and walked forward alone to "walk around" there solemnly. For no reason, he felt like laughing.
"This is it." Lao Ma waved to everyone, indicating that it was safe.
Everyone gathered around, and Sun Gang reached out and touched this "strange tower", and immediately determined that it was cast with cement.
"Look at its direction." Old Ma said to everyone, "When the Azure Dragon blade enters, the gold dries up and the water stops. The round hole above lets in the sunlight, forming a 'fish belly white on a dry day'. This layout is like using a sharp knife to pick up the belly of a fish and placing it on the seashore. The fish will not be roasted to death, but it will also be unable to return to the water. Once the belly of the fish is broken, it will surely die. I don't know who created such a clever and sinister method. This is the first time I've seen it today."
"Is the gold sealed here?" Sun Gang asked.
Lao Ma nodded. "The inside is made of gold in the shape of two swords, and the outside is made of cement in the shape of rocks. Ordinary people will not find it." He said, "If my guess is correct, someone must have been suffocated to death in there."
Sun Gang was secretly surprised and couldn't help asking, "What do you mean?"
"To set up this game, we need to ward off evil spirits." Lao Ma said, "Usually, living things are used, and the best effect is human beings."
"I've heard of this." Su Xin interjected, "Once I went to my classmate's house and saw that they had a very large goldfish tank. I went to play with the fish, but when the old man saw it, he not only wouldn't let me touch it, but also got furious and asked me to apologize to the goldfish. I was so depressed at the time. Why should I, a living person, apologize to a goldfish? Later I learned that it was a 'feng shui fish', which was specially used to ward off evil spirits at home and should not be offended."
Sun Gang laughed out loud, "What happened next?"
"I was afraid that the old man would be angry, so I spent a full hour apologizing to the goldfish. I didn't even take it so seriously when I reviewed my mistakes at the training office." Su Xin said angrily, "Later I heard that after the old man passed away, he buried all those fish in his grave."
"The principle is the same." Old Ma said solemnly after Sun Gang and the others had laughed enough.
"This cement is so solid, it can't be opened at all." Zhan Shuxiao asked everyone to move aside, fired two shots at it, looked at the bullet holes, and said with some depression.
"It would be better if you brought some explosives." Wen Junfeng said.
Sun Gang looked around, his eyes fell on the beautiful Han River, and suddenly a spark flashed in his mind!
"There is a way." Sun Gang said to Zhan Shuxiao: "Master Zhan, arrange a few people to go to Captain Wang and ask him to find a way to bring the warship here."
"Yes! There could be explosives on a warship, right?" Zhan Shuxiao said with sudden realization.
"No need to go to such trouble." Sun Gang patted his shoulder, looked at the astonished eyes of the people around him, and said with a smile: "Wouldn't it be enough to let Lord Wang fire two shots?"
"It's a good thing you could think of that." Su Xin glanced at him and said.
Zhan Shuxiao arranged for several people to quickly return to find the "Ningyuan" ship. He led the Beiyang guards to guard the surroundings and not let anyone approach. Sun Gang, Su Xin and a few others brought some soldiers to the top of the "strange tower", piled firewood and poured lamp oil on it, preparing to mark the target for the warship.
Wen Junfeng and some other soldiers set up the signal rockets.
The boring waiting was very uncomfortable. Ling'er couldn't sit still, so she jumped into the river with several submarine soldiers and caught a lot of big fish. She stewed a delicious pot of fish soup for everyone, which everyone praised. All the soldiers were in a rare cheerful atmosphere, which made Sun Gang feel as if he had brought more than a hundred people out for a camping outing.
War is actually cruel to everyone.
After lunch, with the sound of a whistle on the river, Sun Gang saw the outline of the "Ningyuan" ship through the telescope.
I wonder what happened to the Korean beauty with two swords on the ship? Sun Gang thought of her for some reason, and immediately felt guilty for his beloved wife, so he quickly suppressed his beautiful face.
Sun Gang waved his hand, and the soldiers lit the signal rockets, which shot up into the sky with a "chi". Sun Gang saw the warship and immediately adjusted its direction and headed towards this side.
As the warship approached little by little, a signalman stood on a high place and waved flags to the warship, and the signalman on the warship also began to respond with flags.
"Sir, they said they are ready." The signalman said to Sun Gang.
Sun Gang thought about it and asked everyone to stay away and hide around the "strange tower". After all, he was well aware of the power of naval guns, and being hit by flying rocks was no joke.
After repeatedly confirming that everyone was safe, Sun Gang and his men hid far behind a cliff and said to the signalman, "Tell them that wherever they see a fire, that's the target."
After the signalman gave the flag signal, he immediately hid himself.
Zhan Shuxiao clapped his hands, and the three selected "sharpshooters" raised their rifles and started shooting at the top of the tower almost at the same time. The top of the tower piled with oily firewood immediately caught fire. The three "sharpshooters" immediately rushed to the hiding places that had been prepared long ago and hid.
Sun Gang held up a telescope and looked at the warship on the river. He saw that the 150mm naval gun on the port side earpiece began to rotate slowly.
Why did that stupid captain from Shandong start using the main gun?
Sun Gang took another look at the sinister monument that the Japanese had built for the Koreans , and felt a sense of foreboding.
His eyes returned to the warship again. Sun Gang saw that the main gun had stopped rotating. Suddenly, a flash of fire flashed from the muzzle. There was a loud "bang". Before Sun Gang had time to look at the target of the ship's gun, he heard the sound of a huge building being hit and collapsing.
There was another ominous sound.
Several golden lights flashed before his eyes, followed by Su Xin's loud shout: "Damn!"
Sun Gang leaned forward slightly and was immediately stunned by the scene in front of him.
It was as if a golden rain was falling, and countless tiny gold nuggets fell down along with the rubble. He watched helplessly as a ray of golden light flew into Su Xin's arms and knocked him to the ground!
Wen Junfeng and Zhan Shuxiao hugged their heads tightly, not daring to breathe.
There were screams all around at once, and many Beiyang Guard soldiers must have experienced how "terrible" it was to have gold falling from the sky.
After waiting for a long time for the "golden rain" to stop, Sun Gang looked at the mess around him and felt a deep sense of powerlessness.
Is this what it feels like to be rich?
