Expedition to Europe

It was not until mid-January that Qin Zhiyuan was shocked to find that it was already 1920.

In Penglai Island, the temperature is really warm like spring all year round, and there is no obvious separation of the four seasons, so Qin Zhiyuan is not sensitive to the transition of seasons.

Just like now, although it is almost the Great Cold according to the lunar calendar, the weather is really not cold at all with a minimum of 22 degrees Celsius and a maximum of 31 degrees Celsius every day.

However, this feeling only exists in Penglai Island. If you leave Penglai Island and head north, across Yingzhou, Ryukyu, and Goryeo all the way to Vladivostok, this is a world frozen by ice and snow.

"This damn weather is too cold. Now I understand why our ancestors didn't want this damn place. If you stay here for too long, your heart and eyes will be frozen into ice." Former scout Liu Jialan muttered as she entered the house. As soon as she entered the house, she hurriedly began to shake off the ice on her body. In just a short time, Liu Jialan's eyelashes were already covered with frost.

"You dare to say such a rebellious thing? There will be a meeting tonight. I will give you ten minutes to say enough." Liu Bin huddled on the kang and played cards with Yuan Shengji without raising his eyes.

Cold or not is really relative.

The room where Yuan Shengji and his team stayed had an earthen kang, a ground heating coil on the ground, and heat could be passed through the cracks in the walls. The coal shipped from Benxi via the Far East Railway generated a lot of heat, and Yuan Shengji and his team were never stingy when burning coal, so it was indeed more than 30 degrees below zero outside the house, but inside the room, Yuan Shengji was only wearing a shirt, but he was not cold at all.

This is much better than the collective heating in the 21st century. Staying in such a house, you can't feel the temperature at all.

In fact, even when Liu Jialan just entered the house, she didn't feel how cold it was. Liu Jialan wore a mink hat, a sheepskin coat and sheepskin pants. The vest inside the sheepskin coat was mink again, and the trouser legs of the sheepskin pants were even connected to the boots on her feet. With such layers of protection, it was not cold at all.

"You two don't know if you stay in the house. I just came out of the prisoner-of-war camp of the little Japanese and the old Russians. It was like an ice cellar. I was so cold that I couldn't stand. Some of the old Russians and the little Japanese were probably frozen silly. They were staying in the ice and snow with their butts naked and taking a bath in the snow. They were really like savages." Liu Jialan muttered while taking off her clothes.

"Don't be embarrassed if you don't understand. That's called will training, don't you understand? That's how they trained their fearlessness and Bushido spirit. Our new recruits camp also uses that. That's called science, don't you understand?" Liu Bin resisted for less than 3 minutes and raised his hand to admit defeat.

Liu Bin and Yuan Shengji played a very popular "leaf card" among Chinese people. The gameplay is probably similar to mahjong. This is one of the few indoor entertainment activities here in Yuan Shengji's place.

In fact, things like "paijiu and mahjong" are not popular in the northern border area, or in the whole of Lanfang.

Sports are more popular in Lanfang. Even in the snowy northern border area, as long as there are a dozen or twenty people, you can start a rugby game or a passionate football game in minutes, which are both very good choices.

Even if the outdoor conditions are not very good, playing squash and billiards in an indoor environment is also good. If you really can't find a sport, you can also go out to ski with a few people on your back. In fact, there are many more sports that can be engaged in than other places in Lanfang.

The reason why Liu Bin and Yuan Shengji stayed in the house to play "Leaf Cards" was because Liu Bin sprained his foot a few days ago and could not do outdoor activities, so they stayed in the house to play cards.

"Ice cellar? Are you sure?" Yuan Shengji, who won the money, did not look very happy.

There are indeed prisoner-of-war camps in Vladivostok, where Russians captured during the Russian Civil War and Japanese captured during the war against Japan were detained.

The task of these prisoners of war is to build a new Vladivostok. In the middle of last year, these people worked for a year but did not complete the task. They will continue to work until spring comes and a complete Vladivostok is built, and then they will be released.

Of course, in this process, it is inevitable that there will be reductions in personnel. The total number of this group of people was originally around 350,000, of which about 230,000 were Japanese. Up to now, the total number of this group of people is less than 300,000, of which less than 190,000 are Japanese.

Because Vladivostok has not been fully built, the Northern Xinjiang Region still values ​​these laborers. So when Yuan Shengji heard the description of the prisoner-of-war camp as an "ice cellar", he was a little unconvinced.

"It's almost the same. Anyway, these people are eating and sleeping now. There is no point in keeping them." Liu Jialan's words did not show much sympathy.

"No, we have to go and see. These are all our property. If there is a large-scale reduction in personnel, are we going to work by ourselves?" Yuan Shengji didn't want to get away with it vaguely, so he stood up and started to put on his clothes.

"Bah, my stinky mouth..." Liu Jialan wailed and followed Yuan Shengji to start dressing.

"What's going on? Tell me." As soon as he went out, Yuan Shengji didn't rush to patrol the camp. He pulled Liu Jialan aside to cook for him.

The place where Yuan Shengji and his men lived was not far from the prisoner-of-war camp, about five or six kilometers.

In fact, in the current prisoner-of-war camp, except for a guard brigade composed of Koreans, there were not many additional troops to defend it.

In the northern Xinjiang region, there is actually no need for defense. The endless wasteland and the "General Winter" who does not recognize relatives are the best guards. If there is not enough fuel and food, even if those old Russians and little Japanese want to run, they can't run far.

"Hey, I just had nothing to do, so I followed Section Chief Chen of the Logistics Department to the prisoner-of-war camp for a tour. From what Section Chief Chen said, this group of Koreans are not good people. The old Russians and little Japanese have been very resentful recently. This group of Koreans seem to have withheld supplies and resold them privately. Not only did the old Russians and little Japanese not expose it, but someone was in collusion with this group of Koreans. Chen Ke and others seem to be collecting evidence." Liu Jialan really didn't want to care. As soon as this person got outside, he felt the cold air blowing like a steel knife when he opened his mouth, and he couldn't open his mouth at all.

"Go drive, let's go for a walk." Yuan Shengji wanted to see it for himself.

"Brother, can we go skiing instead of driving?" Liu Jialan wanted to do more exercise to resist the cold.

"Okay, I'll drive for a while, and then I'll pull you." Yuan Shengji didn't waste any words and turned to walk towards the garage.

Compared with half a year ago, the current situation is indeed much better. At least the gap in cars is not that big, and limited by the conditions in the Northern Xinjiang District, most of the cars equipped in the Northern Xinjiang District are diesel engine cars. This type of car is much more durable than gasoline-driven cars. When the engine can't heat up, it can be directly roasted with fire.

"I'll go, I'll go, isn't it okay for me to go." Liu Jialan didn't dare to let Yuan Shengji run errands, and she still had to be more attentive when she got the chance.

The cars equipped in the Northern Xinjiang District are different from the "Bulldog", and the main difference is the body steel plate.

The "Bulldog" series is outstanding for its lightness and convenience, strong off-road capability, and does not require much in other aspects.

The original text can be read in Liu # 9 @Book/Bar!

The Northern Xinjiang District is equipped with the "Polar Bear" series. This series of cars is stupid, big, rough and black. Not only does it require a certain body closure, but it also requires top damage resistance, and it can run fast even if it is overloaded three or five times.

Liu Jialan and Yuan Shengji used a "Polar Bear" that had just been delivered to the Northern Xinjiang District.

This type of car is actually not equipped in the troops, but the headquarters is now equipped with a small number of them. It may be spread to the grassroots in the future, but it is still a long way off.

So when the Polar Bear that Yuan Shengji was riding arrived at the gate of the prisoner-of-war camp, it was almost not checked at all, and the "Polar Bear" was let in.

Yuan Shengji still glanced at the guard room, but the Korean soldiers in charge of guarding the guard room not only did not mean to stand up to check, but also lacked the interest to perfunctorily, just lazily waved their hands and signaled to let them go.

"These damn Koreans are also slacking off..." Yuan Shengji silently gave a definition to the Koreans in his heart.

"They are just living a lazy life. You see them being as obedient as a grandson when facing us. In fact, as long as they turn their backs, these Koreans will immediately turn into ferocious monsters. The term 'Korean' is not wrong at all." Liu Jialan was not very happy when talking about the Koreans.

"Don't stop in a hurry, just turn around." Yuan Shengji didn't want to give the administrator of the prisoner-of-war camp a chance to get close to him. Just after entering the prisoner-of-war camp for a while, Yuan Shengji noticed that there were already four or five administrators and guards looking around, maybe looking for an opportunity.

"Okay, just wait and see." Liu Jialan's driving skills are not bad, and she started to circle around the prisoner-of-war camp casually.

This prisoner-of-war camp actually has basically all kinds of facilities. The area of ​​the prisoner-of-war camp is also quite large. It seems that the surrounding area is a large area, and it can probably accommodate about 50,000 to 60,000 people.

There are not many such prisoner-of-war camps in the entire northern Xinjiang region, so Yuan Shengji, who receives a special allowance from the National Security Bureau, is very sensitive.

It was actually noon now. There were not many people in the entire prisoner-of-war camp. There were only a dozen Koreans playing ball in the distance on the training ground. This was in stark contrast to the liveliness of the previous few months when Yuan Shengji and his team were in charge of this place.

Liu Jialan used to work here, so she drove around and around and finally got to the back of the cafeteria.

If you want to investigate economic issues, the cafeteria is the best entry point, after all, it can most directly reflect the treatment situation.

In fact, most of the people in this prisoner-of-war camp are Russians, which can be seen from the meals prepared in the cafeteria. Yuan Shengji and Liu Jialan looked over and saw that it was all potatoes.

Yes, potatoes, this is the national dish of Russia.