The rut marks came from these wagons, and it was foreseeable how laborious it would be to transport them away when they were all loaded with heavy ore. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The sulphur ore will be sent to the village of Catfish and the village of the blacksmith, respectively, and both collective farms will be able to process it. Sulfur is easily separated from limestone, and in Catfish Village, where the chemistry laboratory is located, those chemists can not only quickly prepare black powder, but also make sulfur into concentrated sulfuric acid.

The group waited, and when the prisoners had brought all the ore, they left. It's just that it's getting late, and the convoy will spend the night in this wood.

Current prisoners of war are armed with tools of labor, and by ancient standards, such prisoners of war can already be counted as "militiamen". The members of the convoy were not at all worried about any danger to themselves, and a company of female soldiers was there to supervise them at the moment they were under the supervision of the mine......

At present, every company is overstaffed, and there are nearly 200 people in one company of the women's barracks. So in fact, the number of prisoners of war supervised is very close to the total number of prisoners of war, so it is reasonable for this group of bearded people to play cards so leisurely.

Yang Mingzhi didn't stay much in the camp in the forest, he urgently needed to see the prisoners of war.

Following the path in the forest, looking for the growing smell of sulfur, the woods finally disappeared, and a large, steaming area appeared in front of him.

Truth be told, the landscape here is like a tiny version of Yellowstone.

In the interval between the many trees, a yellow-white landscape suddenly appears in the green sea. The hot springs gushed into streams that flowed south, disappearing into the swamp's water network.

Knocking on it closely, the environment of the landform is closer to golden, as if a large piece of gold is tiled on the ground.

They're certainly not gold! Yang Mingzhi estimates that there may be surface activity more than ten kilometers underground, and it is more likely that there was volcanic activity here a long time ago. After all, a lot of sulfur and lime were pushed up. The two substances "fight" when they meet, so the chemical reaction is going on all the time, and those pungent smells are the sulfur dioxide produced by the reaction, which produces a large amount of heat, which further heats the already warm spring water, so that the whole earth is transpired and shrouded in thin water vapor.

It may be that a small wind has been blowing, and the stench in the air is not particularly strong. Yang Mingzhi couldn't help but cover his nose and looked sideways at the buildings not far from the mining area, which must be a prisoner of war camp.

Yang Mingzhi's perspective returned to the mining area, and the distance was really a little far, and he snapped his fingers: "Abram, take off your telescope." ”

The smoke interfered with the vision, and Yang Mingzhi barely looked out with a telescope. As Joshua said, in the mining area of Huang Chengcheng, a large group of people worked.

Judging by the size of these people, it can be proven that they are men. They were obviously clutching their pickaxes and slamming the ground hard, while others picked up the hewn rocks and struggled to move them to the rattan baskets.

Seeing that the commander was watching with relish, Qiao Shuya immediately explained: "Sir, what you see now is the scene of prisoners of war work. We did train these people as miners at the request of the divisional headquarters. ”

"You're doing a great job!" Yang Mingzhi replied meaningfully: "Look at this scene, like a dream, these prisoners of war are working in the clouds, will they feel that what they have chiseled is not sulfur, but gold." ”

Joshua was amused by the chief's joke, and she smiled and replied, "Gold, it really doesn't mean much now. The POWs were well aware that as long as they worked hard to mine, each team was ranked according to the total weight of the excavation, in order to receive a food ration of the corresponding grade. For them, only food is the most important thing, so we deliberately came up with this system. ”

Yang Mingzhi's eyes lit up, and he slowly put down the binoculars. "Joshua, are you going to let them compete with each other again, and this idea was also taught to you by Yerentina?"

"Of course not!" Joshua shook her finger.

She is proud of this, the first battalion of female soldiers has been transferred to the hot spring area for nearly two months, especially Joshua herself is very familiar with the geography of this area, and is also very familiar with the prisoners of war.

She continued: "The Germans don't seem to have much sense of resistance anymore, and we made a pact with them that as long as they work hard, they can get food, and we have a bottom line, that is, we will not let any prisoners of war starve to death." After all, we are forcing them to work, completely depriving them of their value and surplus value, so that they can still have the idea of hard work, and I am afraid that the only way to use food as bait is to use food as bait. ”

Yang Mingzhi nodded, judging from Qiao Shuya's careful expression, what she did must have achieved good results.

There is still a distance of more than 500 meters from his observation point to the miner's excavation site, and Yang Mingzhi is very interested, and the so-called faint smell that permeates the air.

He raised his right arm and pointed his index finger straight ahead: "Let's go!" Comrades! Let's take a closer look at the work of the prisoners of war. ”

"That's not good!" Abram's nerves immediately tensed, and he objected: "For the safety of the chief, we can just look at it from a distance, why do we have to go over?" ”

Yang Mingzhi immediately shook his face and criticized: "So is it dangerous ahead?" Isn't the firearm in your hand a burning stick? Or do you think I'm a weak person? ”

"Yes! Be! If the commander insists, we will be 100 per cent vigilant. ”

Yang Mingzhi smiled: "Alas, that's right! Since Joshua has said that the will to resist of those prisoners of war has been very eroded, what am I afraid of? ”

At this moment, Qiao Shuya's expression was a little complicated, and when she heard the deputy division commander talk about herself, she still stood up and stopped Yang Mingzhi, who had already taken the first step.

"What's going on? Are you worried about me too? ”

"Yes, sir! I'm worried! Qiao Shuya resolutely said: "But I have never doubted the commander's combat ability, but there is one thing we should also pay attention to, which is these pungent smells. Although its smell is relatively light, it is also poisonous gas after all. If the Commander is exposed to the mine for a long time, you will have a headache. ”

"Oh? And this kind of thing? Yang Mingzhi was inexplicable at first, and after thinking about it for a while, this is really the truth.

There are many open-pit sulfur mines like this, especially in the vicinity of active craters. The sulfur produced in this environment is very good, but the miners have to risk poisoning to dig it.

Thinking of this, Yang Mingzhi suddenly realized a big problem.

"Joshua! Your reminder is important, but how can I see that the miners are exposed to the smoke and digging without even wearing simple masks? Aren't they very dangerous? ”

Joshua was a little puzzled, "Sir, are you still very worried about the safety of those prisoners of war?" We will guarantee that the prisoners of war will not starve to death, but this unprotected excavation was an order given to me by the comrade political commissar of the division himself! Those prisoners of war were not allowed to use gas masks. ”

"You still have gas masks?" When Yang Mingzhi heard her talk about Yelenkina's decision, he really wanted to immediately refute her excavation, which forced the prisoners of war to ignore the poisoning, but he actually heard such a word from Joshua. These female soldiers still have gas masks?

Joshua agreed very happily, and even played a little naughty. She smiled and asked, "Sir?" Don't you know that there is a strange cylinder in the equipment of the German soldiers? ”