1361. Tiger Tiger Tiger (5/5)
Li Du didn't pay much attention to the fact that naughty kids are internet celebrities because he couldn't come forward and everyone couldn't come forward. Sophie photographed all the things between six naughty kids.
He felt it was inexplicable, and Sophie said that the naughty children were popular, and they were inexplicable.
At the end of June, Li Du led the Lu Guan and others to set foot on the road to Tucson, and he was going to participate in this joint auction.
In the past, when he went to other places to attend auctions, Sophie would follow him. One reason was that she was bored, and the other reason was that she had not visited many places in the United States. She was still quite interested in this vast world.
But this time she stopped following, she left a few naughty kids at home, staring at them all the time with her camera and video recorder.
The naughty kids don't want to do this and try every means to get into the car and run away. Sophie has been teasing them for more than ten days. After a short-term novelty, they are tired of it.
Li Du threw them out of the car window without mercy. The car went away, the naughty children howled and screamed, and then Sophie came out with a video recorder...
The lord on the road introduced him to the situation of the auction: "It was jointly organized by three hasty companies, one of which was a warehousing company that went bankrupt and cleared, and the other two companies cooperated to sell a total of forty-five warehouses."
"So much?" Li Du asked subconsciously.
The lord shrugged and said, "Yes, because a warehouse company went bankrupt, all the ownerless warehouses there are going to be auctioned, and this company alone has thirty-one warehouses."
“What about valuable?”
"According to my news, the valuable warehouse is among these thirty-one warehouses. There is a veteran warehouse belonging to a veteran who participated in World War II. The bosses you know, these bosses have always liked to collect some valuable things." The Lu Guan said excitedly.
Li Du asked lazily: "Yes, veterans like to collect good things, but their things may not be kept in the warehouse."
The veterans of World War II who can survive until now are at least ninety years old. If they can survive until this age, they must be rich in life. They have money to maintain their health and also have money to collect.
Lu Guan said: "This time the veteran's goods must be stored in the warehouse, because according to my news, there are tanks in his collection!"
Upon hearing this, Li Du immediately sat up: "Tank? Do you think he has a tank?! Tanks from World War II?!"
"Yes, Tiger tank!"
Li Du asked in surprise: "There are people who have such big guys in the folk collection? I mean Tiger tanks, right, Tiger tanks! How many are there in the world?"
"Six vehicles, two in France, two in Russia, and two in the UK, and only one can be driven, stayed in the British military museum." The official did his homework in advance.
Li Du said: "Then you told me that there is one hidden in the warehouse? Damn it, there are only six cars left in total, but none of them stay in the United States."
The official laughed and said, "No, boss, there is one in the United States. This one has not been officially counted before. I only knew its existence from private messages. As long as you find it, there will be seven Tiger tanks!"
Li Du didn't believe such rumors, so the official continued to introduce him: "What I said is true, boss, you know, all Tiger tanks have numbers. The Tiger tank that can be driven in the UK is No. 131, and this one is No. 141!"
"It is said that this tank was abandoned by German tank soldiers due to mechanical failure during the Kharkov counterattack, and was captured by the Soviet First Guards. Of course, it is better to say that it is a trap than to say that it is a capture. In that battle, the Soviet Union was beaten up by the Germans very badly."
Kharkov counterattack was a large-scale battle in the Soviet-German battlefield in World War II. Tiger tanks became famous. The Second SS Panzer Army, equipped with such steel beasts, almost wiped out the **fu mobile army!
According to historical records, during a battle, two Tiger tanks opened fire violently at a Soviet tank cluster two kilometers away, destroying 16 T-34/76 tanks on the spot, and 18 Soviet tanks were destroyed during the pursuit.
After realizing the power of the Tiger tank, the Soviet army tried to capture one for research at all costs. They used aircraft to deal with the tanks and finally gained an advantage and obtained two relatively complete tanks.
"These two tanks were sent to Moscow, and Stalin visited them in person and asked to study them. One of the two tanks was decomposed and studied, while the other was preserved."
"The one that has been preserved is No. 141?" Li Du asked.
The lord grinned: "No, on the contrary, No. 141 was demolished, and the ones that were preserved were tanks No. 98, which were later sent to the Kubinka Tank Museum in Russia for exhibition."
"After many years, the Soviet Union collapsed, and the Kubinka Tank Museum once put aside the repair and maintenance of some old World War II tanks due to shortage of funds."
"The museum wants to generate revenue, and then decides to sell some irrelevant old-fashioned tanks to the outside world. Tank No. 98 is a star and cannot be sold, but the disassembled No. 141 tank was ignored and it was eventually put on the shelves."
"In the end, this tank was bought by the mysterious man. Not many people were following the news at that time. I tried every means to find out recently. The mysterious man who bought this tank was the owner of the veteran warehouse, Wiesman Trenton."
"According to what I know, Wiesman Trenton successfully assembled this old tank. He purchased the original stock Maybach engine from Germany, replaced the new torsion bar and some variable gears and batteries. In addition, the rest were all original goods when the 141 was seized!"
Listening to the introduction of the Lu Guan, Li Du touched his chin and said, "How much is this tank worth now?"
"When the No. 131 tank was on a European tour, Germany once offered a price. It was five years ago, and Germany was willing to buy it for 4 million euros!" said the official immediately.
Li Du nodded in appreciation: "The homework is done well."
The four million euros five years ago, plus inflation, are worth six million dollars now, and the most advanced m1a2 main battle tank of the US military is just that money!
With expectations for this tank, Li Du happily went to Tucson City.
He is no stranger to Tucson and is more familiar with Tucson Gang.
In the past, there were such auctions, and the Tucson Gang would definitely find a way to block the channels and use various methods to prevent treasure-picking people from entering from outside the country.
But now, unlike in the past, the Tucson Gang was demolished by Li Du and turned into several small gangs. Their power and the head of state were as powerful as fire and were no longer able to threaten the treasure-picking people from other places.
The result is that Li Du went to Tucson and saw many license plates from other states.rw
Chapter completed!