Chapter 517： down, can't get up

On March 28, 1945, the Japanese army requisitioned an ocean-going oil tanker named Awa Maru, took more than 2,000 rb people in Singapore, and sailed to rb. At midnight on April 1, the Awa Maru was sailing to the Taiwan Strait , when it was close to the waters of Niushan Island in Pingtan, FJ Province, China, it was discovered by the cruising American submarine Queenfish. Under the attack of several torpedoes, it took only three minutes for the Awa Maru to sink to the bottom of the sea.

The vast majority of people in the world have heard of the name of the Awa Maru. The reason why it is so famous is naturally not because it sank to the bottom of the sea with more than 2,000 rb people, but because it represents a huge amount of wealth.

The Awa Maru was filled with Japan's aggression from China and Southeast Asian countries, including 40 tons of gold, 12 tons of platinum, 40 boxes of jewelry and cultural relics, and so on. In addition, according to the memories of the personnel who participated in the loading work of the Awa Maru, there should be a priceless treasure from China on the Awa Maru.

According to statistics, the value of gold, platinum and jewelry alone has reached about 5 billion US dollars, not to mention that there are many cultural relics whose specific value cannot be determined?

When the cargo ship belonging to RB Ocean Co., Ltd. was about to arrive at the sinking site of Awa Maru, everyone on board couldn't help but get excited.

Oda Oda looked at the endless sea under the starlight, took a deep breath of the wet smell of sea water, and said excitedly: "The wealth that belongs to our big rb empire will return from our hands to the big rb empire. Naoki-kun , how do you feel now?"

I am now worried that Huaxia's warship will bombard and sink my freighter!

President Naoki showed excitement, and said: "I feel a great sense of honor, and I am proud that I can get the opportunity to perform this mission."

Mr. Oda nodded in satisfaction, and said, "Then, I will leave it to you now, thanks for your hard work."

Naoki got the order, and immediately began to arrange according to the previously set plan.

When there was still some distance from the sinking site of the Awa Maru, five One Piece robots full of energy splashed water one after another. When Wutai One Piece started heading towards the sinking site of the Awamaru below sea level, Oda Oda and President Naoki hurried back to the captain's room.

Looking at the instant picture uploaded on the screen, both of them were a little excited.

President Naoki said to his subordinates seriously: "If people from Huaxia find out before we finish salvaging, you will immediately destroy part of the equipment on the ship. The excuse is that we have a problem, understand?"

Hearing President Naoki ordering his subordinates, Oda-kun also conveyed orders to his subordinates again.

"From now on until we safely return to the territory of the Great Rb Empire, you must forget your official identities. Remember, you are the crew members of this cargo ship, do you understand?"

"clear!"

After the arrangement was made, Oda Oda took the initiative to ask President Naoki: "Naoki-kun, I didn't know much about this information before. After receiving the task, I only understood part of the information. So I I really don't understand why Huaxia has already salvaged the Awamaru once, and there are so many treasures sunk in the bottom of the sea?"

President Naoki said: "I have done relevant research on the salvage operations in various countries. I have consulted a lot of information on the salvage operation of the Awa Maru by Huaxia."

"From 1977 to 1980, the Chinese government, which was incapable of economy and technology, carried out a long-term salvage work on the Awa Maru. It also salvaged more than 300 remains of our great rb empire martyrs, as well as more than five Items worth tens of millions of Huaxia coins. However, because the Awa Maru was broken into two pieces from the bridge position, one section is in the southeast direction, and the other section is in the northwest direction. Therefore, a large number of treasures were left on the seabed, making the salvage work difficult. The improvement of geometric multiples."

"After a long time of salvage investment, the harvest is not proportional at all. The Huaxia government can only give up the work of continuing to salvage. And now, although the economy and technological level of the Huaxia government have improved by leaps and bounds, it is simply not worth looking at. It’s not worth the wealth on the Awa Maru. In addition, they think that this place belongs to China’s territorial waters, and no one from other countries dares to come and salvage it, so they put it on hold.”

After hearing this, Mr. Oda said: "According to our military records, the ship on the Awa Maru does have wealth worth more than five billion U.S. dollars. The Huaxia government only salvaged wealth worth more than 50 million Huaxia coins. It’s equivalent to no salvage.”

President Naoki sighed: "China has a vast land and abundant resources, and its resources are endless, but the people of China still don't know how to cherish them."

Oda Oda also said with regret: "If our Great RB Empire could successfully establish the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, then all the resources of China would not be wasted. It's a pity..."

When Naoki-kun heard these words, he was stunned for a moment. He had no idea that Mr. Oda was an extreme right-winger. For money-oriented businessmen like them, peace is the most important thing.

At this moment, the technician reported that the engineering robot had arrived at the predetermined sea area and began to explore.

Compared with the Chinese government, which had no knowledge of the situation when the Awa Maru sank, the Japanese military was much clearer about the situation when the Awa Maru sank. Moreover, scholars of related majors in Japan have already conducted many analyzes. Relying on the parameters of the Awa Maru they owned and the number of items they carried, they made a distribution map of the sunken items with the highest salvage success rate.

If it weren't for the fact that Awa Maru sank in Huaxia's territorial waters, and it was in waters close to the mainland, they would have salvaged it long ago. But now, with the One Piece robot, it can save them a lot of time, so naturally they won't be too scrupulous.

Four hours later, it was the early morning of the next day, and the people on the freighter had begun to lose patience.

Mr. Oda asked puzzledly: "It's been four hours, One Piece has replaced the energy source twice, and now we need to replace the energy source again, but we haven't found anything?"

President Naoki's eyes were already red at this time, he was more nervous than Mr Oda, and said: "We...found a lot of boxes."

Mr. Oda slapped the table, then pointed at the rusty boxes that had been moved to the captain's cabin, and shouted, "Are these boxes antiques? What do we need them for?"

President Naoki wiped the cold sweat that came out of his forehead suddenly, and said: "These boxes prove that the inferences of our domestic experts are correct. There is no big problem with the location distribution map of the scattered treasures. I think it is very possible It is because of the long-term sinking that these boxes were destroyed, and the gold inside flowed to the bottom of the sea, or was carried away by ocean currents."

Oda Oda's face was extremely gloomy, and he also knew that President Naoki and his subordinates could not be blamed for this matter. President Naoki was just used by them to disguise their identities. Although a part of the salvage experience was also provided as support, it was their people who were mainly responsible for the salvage.

President Naoki said cautiously: "Master Oda, it's time for us to leave. If we continue to stay, we may be discovered by Huaxia."

Oda Dazuo said unwillingly: "But, we didn't salvage anything, how do we go?"

President Naoki said: "According to the backup plan, we will go to Taiwan to rest first, and then come to salvage."

Oda gritted his teeth and said, "Huaxia's response has always been very slow. Let's salvage for a while, and we will leave when the energy of the One Piece robot is exhausted."

President Naoki really wanted to refuse Oda's request. He didn't want to take risks, but after seeing Oda's gloomy face, he could only inform him to continue the salvage operation.

After waiting anxiously for a while, the captain's room they were in sounded an alarm.

A crew member yelled in horror: "It's the high-speed patrol boat of Huaxia Coast Guard. They found us."

President Naoki panicked for a moment, feeling a little overwhelmed. Oda Oda's psychological quality is relatively high, and he said: "Let those operators hide with One Piece's operating equipment, and your people will immediately start destroying some of the equipment on the ship."

Oda's subordinates said: "However, One Piece's energy is about to run out now. If they are not allowed to come up, they may not be able to come up."

When Oda heard these words, he became panicked in an instant.

"Can't come up?"