When Liu Zhong and the others were resting, the grain warehouse had already been unloaded, and after inspection, it was confirmed that there was no fire source left, and the doors had been closed one by one and rested.

Just about half an hour after the gate was closed, a fire suddenly appeared in the cave, and then the fire rose vigorously, spreading along the airflow blown out of the ventilation duct, and in just ten minutes, the fire spread out along the fluff on the sack and went hundreds of meters, from the fork hole to the main cave.

As the fire grew, the smoke in the cave became thicker and the temperature became higher and higher, but the flames became less and less, and in less than half an hour, there was no flame in the cave except for the increase in temperature.

Outside the cave, the three-story gate, the guards outside have not yet sensed the abnormality. The air pumped in from the gate was not noticed by the sentries standing on duty more than ten meters away.

Inside the cave, the temperature is getting higher and higher, and there is no open flame, but the grain is still burning. Smoke drifted out slowly along the vents at the top of the mountain.

At this time, there was no wind on the mountain, but the smoke drifted down the hillside, like mist, to the bottom of the mountain.

"What does it smell like?"

"What's on fire?"

The first to smell the smoke were the patrolmen, who stopped and sniffed vigorously in the air, and then notified the patrols to search for the location of the fire on the mountain.

A patrol kept climbing down the hill to the top, and the higher they went, the heavier the smell of smoke.

They vaguely felt that it was not good, but they did not expect that there was something wrong with the granary in the belly of the mountain.

When they reached the vent and saw that the vent was emitting thick smoke like a chimney, they immediately panicked.

In less than two minutes, the camp was brightly lit, with groups of people in disheveled clothes, carrying buckets and other fire-fighting tools and dragging water pipes. Go straight to the cave gate.

"Open it up! There's a fire inside!! ”

With the shouting, the sentry standing guard at the door hurriedly opened the door.

As soon as the first big iron gate opened, a wave of heat rushed in. Inside, the second gate has been roasted.

"Hurry!!"

The soldiers didn't care about the heat, but endured the heat and opened the second big iron gate. When the crowd pushed open the door with the tools in their hands, they were a little dumbfounded. The third gate is already red. Although it doesn't look like a stove, it's not far off.

"Cool down, open the door!!"

One of the majors in charge shouted with a dead face.

As his voice rang out, the fog filled in an instant, and steam swept out with a rolling heat wave, making visibility instantly zero.

But everyone went crazy, and splashed buckets on the door, and then someone fumbled and smashed the lock. Pushed open the door.

As soon as the door opened, a scorching wave rushed out of the cave with a whining sound, and the soldiers who had no time to dodge screamed one by one, and immediately burst into flames, and they didn't even have time to run.

"Water it!!"

"Hurry!!"

People at a distance were hit by the heat wave, but they didn't catch fire. They were all tired and shouted. Splash water into the hole.

But the temperature in the cave was already the same as that of the furnace, and the water they splashed at the entrance of the cave only extinguished the flames on the bodies of those who were on fire, but it had little effect on the cave.

At this time, the Russian soldiers were already mad, and the water pipes were pumping under the pumping of the water pump, and the water flowed towards the mouth of the cave.

"Bring the sandbags!!"

See the water flowing backwards. The people shouted, quickly building a dam at the doorway for anyone to flow through the hole.

But the water flows in, except for the boiling steam coming out, the temperature does not decrease at all. Even if the steam is hot, if you get close, you can't breathe, and it's scalded.

Finished......

Everyone looked at the pipes flowing continuously, and the steam in the cave tumbling out and couldn't get close, and they all lamented in their hearts. Even if the temperature at the entrance of the cave drops, people will not be able to enter the cave.

With the warning, the troops stationed around arrived, and truckloads of people rushed over and rushed straight to the grain warehouse. On the road, lights tore through the darkness, and groups of warriors ran wildly on foot. The silence of the mountains and forests also became noisy.

A lieutenant colonel squeezed to the entrance of the cave, looked at the cave and couldn't get close, and after inquiring about the situation, shouted, "Throw a grenade to extinguish the fire!!" ”

As soon as everyone heard that it made sense, they extinguished the flames with a shock wave, and the power of the grenade could not blow up the cave.

As a result, the grenades were thrown into the hole by the soldiers.

In the roaring explosion, thick steam surged. The temperature of the steam caused the crowd to retreat again, and it had completely averted the position of the hole.

This trick seems to be useful, and it is indeed good to deal with open flames, but the grain inside has no open flame, it vomits like cotton, burns without oxygen, and the grenade cannot explode the source of fire at all.

Dozens of explosions continued to sound without weakening the temperature at the entrance of the cave.

"Increase the pump!!"

A voice rang out again.

Consciously, the soldiers who had lost their minds crossed the Su to find the pumping machine, and one by one the pipes reached into the well, and then, the plumes of water came out and quickly flowed into the hole.

They looked at the stream-like water, and they had reason to believe that the fire would soon be extinguished.

But everyone forgot that under the grain are more than half a meter high wooden planks of each layer, and the bottom of the cave is not next to each other at all, the water flow is just to extinguish the charcoal of the wooden plank under the burning grain, so that the wooden board still plays the role of separating food and water, and the fire, but because of the air flow in the cave, from time to time there is an open flame, the temperature, only rises but does not fall.

The Russian soldiers near the entrance of the cave who felt that the temperature had not dropped had run out of ideas, they couldn't rush in at all, and they couldn't even do the action of grabbing the food.

But the news of their collapse came even more, and a well was drained.

Finished......

Everyone looked at the steaming hole, and they felt weak and cold.

At this time, it was already winter, the water level was dropping, so many pumping machines were pumping a well, and of course it was quickly drained. Although there are four wells here, it is impossible to withstand such a pumping method, after all, the wells at this time are only thirty or forty meters deep, far from reaching the level of underground rivers in later generations.

The major in charge of the area had already been burned to death, and he didn't have to worry about punishment. But the soldiers who closed the door at the end and the soldiers who watched the gate were not so lucky.

The lieutenant colonel who arrived later shouted at the moment when the well was drained: "Go find the river!! ”

After giving the order, he glared and shouted: "Give me all those who participated in unloading and transporting grain tonight, as well as those on duty, arrest them all!" If you resist, shoot on the spot!! ”

With his shouts, his guards moved quickly. Asked, the soldiers were controlled. These people are expected to be held responsible for the warehouse fire.

As soon as the water stopped, the steam coming out of the cave gradually decreased, and the heat wave was again wrapped in thick smoke, and it was obvious that the water that had been poured into it had evaporated, and the fire had increased again.

The fire here has been under control, the phone keeps ringing, and one by one the high-level officials are awakened from the bed, when they hear that the granary of Novokuznetsk is on fire. One by one, they were sleepy and frightened.

It is the largest two-room storage warehouse in Siberia, and the grain in it is not a little bit, there are tens of millions of tons of grain there, and if it is lost, the surrounding cities will be affected, and even the army of Lake Baikal will be in trouble, and even the spring will not be able to survive.

Telephone messages are frequently exchanged. In addition to looking for those responsible, they are also responsible for fighting fires. There was nothing to be done other than orders.

And in the warehouse, without waiting for the pumping machine to work under the ice, the well water, which is getting less and less, can no longer stop the temperature in the cave from rising, and the entrance of the cave is in just ten minutes. A tongue of fire erupted, whining and spewing out more than ten meters long.

Finished......

The soldiers stood there dumbfounded, looking at the rumbling tongues of fire, and although the temperature around them was already warm, their hearts were cold.

There is no salvation here. Liu Zhong, the initiator, fell asleep peacefully.

Suddenly, just a little spark was left, and the food was destroyed. And the cost of that thing was not very high, just a fist-sized piece of white phosphorus.

After Dong Ku's battle plan was decided, he asked the chemical plant to rush to produce white phosphorus. He already had a white phosphorus bomb, so it was naturally not difficult to make a portable white phosphorus.

The white phosphorus is packed in plastic bottles filled with oil and protected by iron drums to ensure that it will not burn. And destroying grain is not like a bomb depot, an oil depot, a grenade can solve the problem, the grain cannot be destroyed, at least, the explosion will not cause much damage.

The way to destroy it is to burn it, and the natural best choice for ignition is white phosphorus. White phosphorus has strong combustion power, burns when it comes into contact with air, and can burn in the depths of the grain, so that the grain starts to catch fire from the inside, and when the fire is found on the surface, it is no longer controllable inside.

These are still very unfamiliar to the Huya warriors, but Dong Ku knows a lot, and in a short period of time, he has taught everyone how to use white phosphorus, and there is no movement to ignite the food.

The fire, the moment the pipes were pulled back by the river, were no longer controllable, and the water was allowed to pour into the hole, only to make the flames at the mouth of the cave disappear and turn into rolling steam.

As the water flow increased, the steam could no longer be discharged from the cave entrance, so the vents at the top of the mountain were like volcanic eruptions, and streams of steam rose into the sky.

The steam quickly drifted away when it encountered the cold air, and gradually there was cold and hot convection, so that there was wind here.

In the valley, the Russian soldiers looked helplessly at the billowing fog at the entrance of the cave, although they could not see the top of the mountain, but this scene alone was already spectacular.

The interrogation ended in just half an hour. After the interrogation, everyone's confessions were put together, everyone was in danger, they could not have colluded with dozens of people to carry out sabotage, they were able to prove to each other that no one left alone to carry out sabotage, especially the last three-person group checked the operation area, and did not see a single spark. They are not allowed to carry fire when entering the cave, and they have to be searched. Besides, if someone sets a fire, it can't escape the eyes of others. After all, the cave is very dark, and the light of the fire will be very obvious.

Until dawn, after carefully searching the surroundings, the cave was still thick with fog and the temperature was scorching, and came to the conclusion that the cause of the fire was unknown...... (To be continued......)