Chapter 1329: 1330Build your own house
The refugee camp built by the Qin army was actually very good, because the Tang Empire required them to build the refugee camp very solidly.
For the Tang State, this was a large-scale infrastructure construction: the prisoner-of-war camps built by the prisoners of war were small villages. Once the prisoners of war left, the remaining facilities could be put into use immediately.
Even the five small facilities of the Tang Empire have been arranged: small factories such as power plants, repair shops, chemical plants, and manufacturing plants have been put into use. The workers of the Tang Empire are responsible for teaching these Qin soldiers how to use these machines. , how to learn a skill.
No joke at all, these Qin prisoners of war were frightened by the treatment in front of them. They were fed better than before, and lived in houses built by themselves. The surrounding walls were not actually high, but there were no People are willing to "escape" from the place where they are imprisoned.
At the beginning, some of them would go to the canteen to steal things. Later, after receiving education, or discovering that they could actually eat enough, thefts almost disappeared.
We are all ordinary people. In fact, most people have a certain bottom line and sense of shame. When they find that they can live a comfortable life through labor, they immediately enter a familiar state.
The young soldiers did not eat the veteran's chocolate bar. When they arrived at a prisoner of war camp, they found that it was already very hot inside.
The people who arrived first are working hard to add bricks and tiles to their houses. The Qin soldiers next to the temporary tents are helping to build larger tents to serve as hospitals and canteens.
The soldiers in the distance each hold an engineering shovel - these shovels are standard equipment for the Qin army, and they are still in their hands for digging the foundations of houses.
The foundation of the entire camp was dug by prisoners of war, and the guards of the Tang Empire did not even worry about these people leaving a tunnel for themselves to escape.
Because someone had done this before, and the weather became colder and colder, the Qin soldiers in the barracks felt that the half-dug tunnel was too affecting the indoor temperature, so they filled it in themselves...
There are also some Qin people digging a ditch. This ditch is used to connect sewers and electric wires. This place will be built into a village in the future, and a cement manufacturing plant and brick kiln will be opened next to it, so the scale seems to be quite large. big.
The transport convoys of the Tang Army drove past in a steady stream on the road not far away. Occasionally, tanks and tracked trailer repair vehicles could be seen. The entire army was so large that there was no end in sight.
All the Qin prisoners here know clearly that just by looking at the size and equipment level, as well as the level of logistics support and the quality of the soldiers, they know that these Tang troops are not opponents that they can defeat at all.
The young Qin soldier followed the team forward, and when he reached the end, he discovered that the first thing he did when he arrived was to take a shower and then change his clothes.
Qin's military uniforms were too dirty and could easily breed infectious diseases, so they had to be replaced. Tang Jun prepared a batch of work clothes for them.
This is also a material that has been stockpiled for a long time. In fact, these work clothes are prepared for orc workers. The total number of orc workers entering the country has been reduced due to the war, so the stocked work clothes are transported to the front line to be used as "prisoner of war camp uniforms" Came to use.
In order to facilitate management, all prisoners of war must be cut into a "ball head", which is the legendary prison labor hairstyle. This made it easier to track down escaped prisoners of war and also made the prison camp more sanitary. In this regard, the resistance of the prisoners of war of the Qin Army was not too great, because their hair could not be too long after joining the army. This was also one of the advanced achievements of the Qin State in learning from the Tang Army.
Immediately afterwards, they were taken to the open-air prisoner-of-war camp canteen, where Qin prisoners of war were responsible for preparing meals for the new arrivals. The chefs were all deployed by the Tang army, and many were even Dahua cooks.
To be honest, the food here is definitely not up to par with the Tang Army’s standard field dining car, but for the Qin Army, the treatment is already very good.
Unexpectedly, he had a delicious meal at the front line and started eating again after walking for a long time. The young Qin soldier himself could not believe that prisoners of war could receive such treatment.
To put it bluntly, if the Qin State treated Dahua prisoners of war like this, they now estimate that they could recruit Dahua's surrendered troops and re-arm them three times faster.
The veteran of the Qin Kingdom did not expect that he could have a good meal again. He sat at the long wooden table with the young Qin Bing and watched the rice bowl in front of him being filled with hot fried rice.
This kind of dish is not available in the Qin army camp. After all, the seemingly simple fried rice actually requires quite a lot of ingredients: carrots, eggs, onions, and oil. It is definitely quite a meal on the front line. Luxurious.
The steaming rice immediately dispelled the cold, and the two people and all the surrounding prisoners ate enthusiastically. They were indeed hungry, and the meal was indeed delicious.
"Slow down! If you are not full, you can add another bowl! We have enough! Don't grab it! Don't waste it!" The prisoner of the Qin State who was cooking the food shouted loudly and knew that he had been doing this job for a while. .
“In a few days, the house over the canteen will be built, and the conditions will be better, so it won’t be so cold.” After the shouting, the Qin prisoner who was fetching food also explained.
From his point of view, it is no longer a good thing to let people eat in cold conditions. After all, the conditions in the prisoner of war camp where he was trained were quite good. But for these Qin soldiers who were accustomed to squatting in trenches and eating under field conditions, this condition was already very good.
Because they took in about 1 million prisoners at once, the Tang army actually had some problems with the supplies they prepared for the prisoners. However, the Tang army had too much transportation redundancy. They could temporarily allocate transportation capacity to ensure front-line consumption, while the Qin army The military cannot...
A group of newly arrived prisoners of the Qin army nervously asked about the hardships they would face, but the answers they received were surprising. They were responsible for building their own prison camp, as well as building nearby pipelines, building water systems, and digging canals to prepare for next year's farming.
In addition, they also had to build roads, cooperate with the Tang Army's engineering troops to build some infrastructure, and also learn some skills: including simple lathes, fitters, millers, and some manual skills.
In short, there were no idlers in the prisoner-of-war camps of the Tang Empire. Everyone must prove the value of their existence and contribute to the construction of the Tang Empire.