The railroad was built to the fertilizer plant, and it could actually continue to be repaired south. Yang Mingzhi did not mention this to Peroniski, after all, the railway matter was studied at the meeting, and the workers completed their work smoothly, and there was no need to force anything.

Of course, there was a reason for the railway to continue to be built south, so that the sulphur ore from the mines, as well as limestone and alum as by-products, could be efficiently transported to the blacksmith village.

The meal had to be eaten bite, and the railway line had just been built, and the only train could not be expected to carry all the fertilizer and ore. The biggest problem is that there is only one locomotive, and the arsenal has no plans to build a small steam locomotive for the time being. In fact, the solution to rail transportation is also very simple - just use horses to pull rail cars.

Originally, the use of horses to pull the rail car was in line with the positioning of this railroad, and even in this era, the Soviet Union and even many countries used horse-drawn cars to pull out the ore in mineral mining. In order to better adapt to the needs of pulling carts, several short-legged ponies have also been bred.

The Romanians were defeated, and the more than 1,000 horses they left behind became an important strategic resource, and in the future, horses pulling a large number of tandem rail cars full of ore to advance on the railway, or it would become the norm for transportation.

These are all possible in the future, and today, the way to transport ore is still horse-drawn carts. It had not rained in the marshes during these days, and the dirt roads had been cleared without incident, not even a single horse or donkey had stumbled.

The fertilizer plant was very close to the barracks next to the mine, and Yang Mingzhi remembered clearly that Joshua's women's barracks had set off for their station on the 23rd, which was an extra day of hard work compared to other participating troops. It must have been late in the evening when they arrived at the mines on foot, and the hard-working women were given only two days off.

Yang Mingzhi was very interested in the battalion commander whose real name was Qiusha and became Joshua homonym in Belarusian, and he admired the female soldiers under her command even more. From that secret observation, he knew that these female soldiers were definitely female men, and they finally proved their high combat effectiveness with their terrifying achievements on the battlefield.

Therefore, Yang Mingzhi casually boasted to Yevlov: "The female soldiers who guard the mine and supervise the prisoners of war are as brave as men on the battlefield, and the Romanians were wiped out by them, and every female soldier has won the record of killing the enemy, which is unimaginable in other troops!" ”

"That's right! I've heard about it, it's incredible! ”

Yevlov was not a front-line witness of the battle, and what happened there, before the detailed report of the results was written, he had to listen to Yang Mingzhi's nonsense.

Through Yang Mingzhi's description, Yevlov was also impressed by the female soldiers.

"Alas, the road is still a bit bad, and there are deep rut marks here! The women soldiers had to guard the mines, supervise the prisoners of war, and prevent them from escaping, and no one doubted that they were not doing their jobs well. ”

Yang Mingzhi nodded: "So I thought of a word, blood rose." ”

"Huh! It's a fitting combination of blood and roses! Yevlov smiled helplessly, "However, it is really helpless to let women go to the battlefield!" After all, if we want to survive, we must mobilize all those who can fight, even women and children. ”

This was also the first time Yevlov had come to the mine, and the group was escorted by more than 20 guards, and they were safe and sound. Until the group was about to arrive at the barracks, they were found by the road checkpoint.

Under normal morale, the guard guard will inspect all wagons passing through the area, with the exception of some soldiers who are assigned to patrol the woods to prevent possible escape of prisoners of war.

The sudden arrival of the chief and deputy commander surprised the female soldiers at the sentry post, they were Qiao Shuya's soldiers, and they were also very clear about Yang Mingzhi's face. The news of the commander's sudden arrival quickly spread to the barracks, and when Joshua had just urgently assembled the remaining troops in the barracks, Yang Mingzhi and Yevlov quietly arrived.

"Report to Comrade Commander, Comrade Deputy Commander! The garrison of the 2nd Battalion of the 284th Battalion of the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the Guards Division has been assembled, please instruct! ”

This woman spoke sonorously and powerfully, Yang Mingzhi was still keenly aware of it, and she seemed to be a little tired. There were only more than 100 people gathered here, and although this battalion suffered more than 200 casualties in the battle, nearly 400 people in the whole battalion had to be safe and sound.

Yang Mingzhi immediately asked: "Comrade battalion commander! Where did the rest go? ”

"They supervise the work of prisoners of war in the mines! Comrade Commander. ”

"Oh? The order I issued the day before yesterday was that all the troops participating in the battle should take a three-day vacation, and you soldiers should rest in the barracks. I remember, didn't a group of armed overseers already be sent here? Could it be that even if they are older, they are trained in the military. How? Even so, you're still not at ease? ”

"This ......"

Joshua is a little hesitant, because things here are indeed a bit complicated, because the number of prisoners of war in the current mine is not simply the three hundred German prisoners of war.

Yevlov spoke on her behalf: "Berekov, I'll talk about this matter!" I think they were also worried that there would be too many prisoners of war, and that the armed overseers lacked real combat experience, so they gave up their vacations for fear that something would happen. ”

"That's right! Right! That's what we think! Joshua immediately added.

"Oh? And what's going on? I haven't had anything to do with the prisoners of war in the past two days, have they all been kicked to the mines? ”

Yevlov continued: "Actually, the group of Ukrainian traitors you brought back from the front line, their interrogation raids are over, some of them are sentenced to be shot, and most of them are sent to the mines to dig for sulfur. ”

Yang Mingzhi listened to the novelty, and he was even more surprised that Salinchin did not order all of them to be executed for treason in accordance with the law.

"I see, it seems that we are becoming more and more civilized. Fortunately, simply killing these traitors to the great motherland is a waste of labor and putting them in the most dangerous jobs, and it is also a severe punishment for their betrayal. ”

Yevlov agreed with Yang Mingzhi's remarks, as a soldier he knew too well the ideological dynamics of the grassroots soldiers, and he said: "The management of prisoners of war is mainly the responsibility of the Soviet of the Republic, and everyone is surprisingly unanimous, that is, we will not kill innocents indiscriminately, but we must completely extract the value of their labor to atone for their crimes." Even those traitors were not killed if they had not done particularly bad deeds. This is not just what Salinchkin means, but everyone means. ”

"Hehe, what do you mean." Yang Mingzhi glanced at the corner of his mouth and muttered, "Actually, it's not what he means by Salinchkin." ”

"Huh? Berekov, what do you say? ”

"Nothing? Let's go and see the work of these prisoners of war. By the way, Yevlov, you are also the first time you have come to our sulfur mine in your busy schedule, and I think you will be shocked by what you will see later. ”

"Alright! I wanted to be shocked. After a long stay in the command headquarters, it's time for my nerves to be stimulated. ”