Chapter 1361: 1361. Huhuhuhu (5/5)

Chapter 1361 1361. Huhuhuhu (55)

Li Du didn't pay much attention to the matter of the brats becoming Internet celebrities, because he couldn't show up, and everyone else couldn't come out. Sophie's photos were all about the six brats.

He felt very baffled. Sophie said that the brats were on fire, and it was inexplicable.

At the end of June, Li Du took Lu Guan and others on the road south to Tucson, and he was going to participate in this joint auction.

In the past, when he went to other places to participate in auctions, Sophie would follow him. First, she was bored, and second, she hadn't traveled around the United States very much. She was still quite interested in this vast world.

But this time she didn't follow, she left a few bear children at home, and kept watching them with a camera and a video recorder.

The brats didn't want to do this, and tried every means to get into the car and run away. Sophie had been teasing them for more than ten days. After a short period of novelty, they got tired of it.

Li Du threw them out of the car window mercilessly, and as the car drove away, the brats howled and yelled, and then Sophie came out with a video recorder...

Lu Guan on the road introduced him to the situation of this auction: "It was jointly organized by three warehouse companies. One of the warehouse companies was liquidated after bankruptcy, and the other two companies cooperated. There are a total of forty-five warehouses for sale."

"So many?" Li Du subconsciously asked.

Lu Guan shrugged and said, "Yes, because a storage company went bankrupt, and all unowned warehouses there will be auctioned off. This company alone has thirty-one warehouses."

"What's worth it?"

"According to my information, the valuable warehouses are among these thirty-one warehouses. There is a veteran warehouse in it, which belongs to a veteran who participated in World War II. You know the boss, these bosses always like to collect some valuable things." Lu Guan said excitedly.

Li Du asked lazily: "Yes, veterans like to collect good things, but their things may not be put in the warehouse."

The World War II veterans who can live to the present are at least ninety years old. To live to this age must be affluent. They have money to maintain their health and have money to collect.

Lu Guan said: "This time the veteran's goods must be stored in the warehouse, because according to my information, there are tanks in his collection!"

Hearing this, Li Du immediately sat up: "Tank? You said he has a tank in his collection?! A tank from World War II?!"

"Yes, Tiger tank!"

Li Du asked in surprise: "Is there anyone else who has such a big guy in private collections? I mean the Tiger tank, right, the Tiger tank! How many are there in the world?"

"Six, two are in France, two are in Russia, and two are in the UK. Among them, only one can be driven, and it is left in the British military museum." Lu Guan has done his homework in advance.

Li Du said: "Then you still told me that there is one hidden in the warehouse? Damn it, there are only six in total, and none of them are in the United States."

Luguan laughed and said: "No, boss, there is one in the United States. This one has not been officially counted before. I only know of its existence from private information. As long as you find it, there will be seven Tiger tank!"

Li Du didn't quite believe such gossip, and Lu Guan continued to introduce him: "What I said is true, boss, as you know, all Tiger tanks have serial numbers, and the Tiger tank that the UK can operate is No. 131, the number of this station is 141!"

"It is said that this tank was abandoned by the German tank soldiers due to mechanical failure during the Kharkov counterattack, and then captured by the Soviet First Guards. Of course, it is better to say that it was missed than captured. In that battle, the Soviet Union Got beaten up badly by the Germans."

The Kharkov counterattack was a large-scale battle in the Soviet-German battlefield of World War II. The Tiger tank became famous. The SS Second Panzer Army equipped with this steel beast almost wiped out the Popov Mobile Corps alone!

According to historical records, in one battle, two Tiger tanks fired violently at a Soviet tank group two kilometers away, destroying 16 T-34/76 tanks on the spot, and destroying another 18 Soviet tanks during the pursuit.

After realizing the power of the Tiger tank, the Soviet army wanted to capture one for research at all costs. They used aircraft to deal with the tank, and finally gained an advantage and got two relatively complete tanks.

"The two tanks were sent to Moscow, where Stalin personally visited them and asked to study them. One of the two tanks was disassembled and studied, and the other was preserved."

"The preserved one is No. 141?" Li Du asked.

Luguan grinned: "No, on the contrary, the No. 141 tank was dismantled, and the No. 98 tank was preserved. They were later sent to the Russian Kubinka Tank Museum for exhibition."

"After many years, the Soviet Union disintegrated. Due to the shortage of funds, the Kubinka Tank Museum put aside the repair and maintenance of some old World War II tanks."

"The museum wants to generate income, and then decides to sell some irrelevant old-fashioned tanks. The No. 98 tank is a star and cannot be sold. However, the disassembled No. 141 tank was not paid attention to, and it was finally put on the shelf."

"In the end, this tank was bought by a mysterious person. At that time, not many people paid attention to the news. I did everything I could to find out recently. The mysterious person who bought this tank is the owner of the Veteran's Warehouse, Weissman-Tren pause."

"According to what I know, Weisman-Trenton successfully assembled this old tank. He bought the original stock Maybach engine from Germany, replaced it with a new torsion bar and some transmission gears and batteries. Except Besides, everything else is the original goods when 141 was seized!"

Listening to Lu Guan's introduction, Li Du touched his chin and said, "How much is such a tank worth now?"

"When tank No. 131 was on tour in Europe, Germany made an offer. That was five years ago, and Germany was willing to pay four million euros to buy it!" Lu Guan immediately said.

Li Du nodded appreciatively: "You did your homework well."

The four million euros five years ago, plus inflation, is worth six million dollars now, and the most advanced M1A2 main battle tank of the US military is only this money!

With anticipation for this tank, Li Du happily went to Tucson.

He is no stranger to Tucson, and is more familiar with the Tucson Gang.

In the past, there were such auctions, and the Tucson Gang must have found a way to block the channel and used various methods to prevent foreign treasure hunters from entering.

But now it is different from the past, the Tucson gang was dismantled by Li Du and turned into a few small gangs. The relationship between them and the head of state is in a state of insecurity, and they are no longer able to threaten the treasure hunters from other places.

As a result, when Li Du went to Tucson, he saw many license plates from other states.