Thunderous applause erupted in the command post. This was the first time the commander-in-chief publicly stated his position on the development of this war.

If you drag it on, if you drag the war on, you will win.

This is Li Xiao’s message to everyone!

This is indeed the case. The equipment advantage made it very easy for the Ming Dynasty to kill hundreds of thousands of people in the central coalition group at a very low cost.

So far, the coalition forces in the Battle of Kursk have:

4,761 people died!

Twenty-seven thousand one hundred and twenty-one people were injured!

Eight hundred and three people were missing or captured!

This number of casualties is really nothing compared to the losses of hundreds of thousands of coalition troops.

As of yesterday, the Ming and Russian armies had captured and annihilated more than 300,000 coalition troops.

This shows that there are at most less than 200,000 coalition troops in the encirclement.

The encirclement and annihilation battle has been going on for six days, and the coalition forces have reached the end of their strength without supplies.

Without food and fodder supplies, we can still carry it for a day or two by tightening our belts, but without ammunition supplies, it cannot be solved by tightening our belts.

It is estimated that in a day or two at most, those who have not surrendered will be wiped out.

When I walked out of the headquarters, I felt my lungs hurt a little when I took a breath.

It's so cold!

There is a saying in Liaodong: If it snows, it does not get cold, but the snow turns cold.

It snowed heavily for three consecutive days more than ten days ago, and now even though the sun is shining brightly, the temperature is enough to freeze crows to death.

There is a frozen crow under the tree in the distance!

Farther away, foxes were wandering on the dazzling white snow looking for food.

There are many things for foxes to eat, and there are many corpses under the snow that are as hard as rocks.

Even though it's frozen hard, it's not a problem to bite your fingers or something.

This resulted in the corpse having defects on its face and fingers.

The winter in Russia is very cold, and the winter in Ming Dynasty is equally cold.

The train heading east along the Central Asia Railway finally stopped at Baotou Station.

The canister compartment opened and everyone covered their noses.

Smelly!

It really stinks!

The two people leaning against the door had turned into zombies and fell to the ground as the door opened.

Prisoners of war wearing blue and white striped prison uniforms skillfully used hooks to pull the bodies up from under the roadbed, and then loaded them on the carts.

"Get off!" No one understands Hungarian, and no one understands Austrian.

A prisoner of war who knew English stood at the door of the carriage and shouted while covering his nose.

Zuckerberg jumped out of the car, his feet numb with cold and painful.

"Do you know English?" A guy who looked like a Ming Dynasty officer looked at him suspiciously.

"Yes!

I understand English, German, Hebrew and Austrian, and a little bit of Hungarian, but not fluently!”

Zuckerberg tried to straighten his spine and stand up straighter.

"A good talent, you will be the captain.

Get the living bastard out of the car!”

After the officer finished speaking, a guy wearing a blue and white prison uniform handed Zuckerberg a tin speaker.

The officer took a look inside and was soon vomited by the smell inside.

For five days and five nights, all the prisoners of war ate, drank, and defecated in the carriage.

The two steamed buns issued by Uralsk were their entire ration.

There was no water, so two large buckets of frozen snow were placed on both sides of the carriage, which was their only way to meet their water needs.

God knows what happened in the carriage during these five days.

Anyway, almost 30% of the people died, and the rest were so cold that they didn't even recognize their mother. There were still a few who had a fever and were helped down by their companions.

Looking at the feverish prisoners of war, the Ming Dynasty military doctor wearing a mask waved his hand, and these people were dragged aside by the guys in prison uniforms.

"Tell your subordinates to obey orders, and those who disobey management will be released directly.

Shooting you is a waste of bullets.

If you want to escape, do it yourself!

Anyway, next spring, those who escape will become a pile of skeletons on the grassland.

Turning it into fertilizer is also a good choice."

The officer's words were translated into English by the speaker, and then converted into Austrian by Zuckerberg, who was holding a tin speaker.

Many people think they heard it wrong and will be released if they disobey orders. Is this true or false?

But taking a look at the station deep in the wasteland, everyone understood.

If a person walks in the ice and snow on the grassland, he will freeze to death in a short time, or he will become a delicious meal for the prairie wolves.

As if to heighten the atmosphere, the wild wolves in the distance howled in cooperation.

Carloads of corpses were hauled away on carts, along with those suffering from fever.

Not far away, there was a huge chimney, spewing thick smoke outwards.

A large group of guys wearing prison uniforms climbed into the carriage. They also cleaned out the bodies inside and wiped the floor of the carriage vigorously with water.

"Take them to take a bath, it stinks like hell." The leading officer gave the order, and the prisoners of war lined up in rows and followed the officer on horseback towards the place where the black smoke was coming out.

It's said to be a bath, but it's really just a bath.

But before taking a bath, they saw with their own eyes the corpse of their companion, which was dumped into the boiler along with the cinders.

What is even more shocking is that those who are sick and have fever are also thrown into the boiler.

The screams of those people only stopped after a short sound.

Soaking in the water where Paoze's body was boiled, everyone felt like they were soaking in human flesh soup.

"Tell them to be obedient here and don't talk to the Ming people. They won't understand what you say anyway.

Don't look at them with hostile eyes, otherwise they will think you are dangerous.

You won't be killed, you'll just be kicked out of the prison camp.

Believe me, no one who was kicked out of a prisoner of war camp would survive more than two days.

Either they were eaten by wild wolves or they were frozen to death.

This is the Mongolian grassland. If you go in any direction, you won't see anyone within three days."

The speaker is a British Jew. For the sake of being a Jew, he kindly reminded Zuckerberg.

"Then what do we usually do?" Zuckerberg said quickly. He wanted to inquire with this "senior" about the situation here.

“Dig coal!

There are large coal mines here, which require a lot of labor to dig coal.

This boiler is the core of the coal mine, and over there is the barracks of the Ming people.

The small building over there is the residence of the Ming Dynasty officers.

The row of red brick houses over there is where you live.

If you don't see the soldiers on the watchtower, no one will care if you go out alone.

If more than two people go outside, they will let their dogs bite you.

If there are more than three people, they will shoot."

"Why don't they care if we go out alone? Could it be that they think the grassland can trap us?"

"Haha! The heavy snow can't trap you, but if you don't come back at night.

The two people sleeping on your left, the two people on your right, and the captain in charge of you will all be thrown into the boiler.

If you dare to run away alone, the people of Ming Dynasty will not beat you. However, you will be beaten to death by your own people."

"The Ming people don't care about fights between prisoners of war?"

"As long as you put the people you beat to death into the boiler, the people of Ming Dynasty will not care."
To be continued...