Of course, George was not yet completely free, and he was now in a prisoner of war camp in a woodland in Poland, and it was impossible for him to get out of it on his own.

Having gathered enough for a car of prisoners of war, the German driver counted the number of prisoners of war and drove away from the main entrance of the prisoner of war camp, moving slowly on the boulevard.

For the first time, George was in a free mood to look at these familiar trees, the side walls of the POW camp were barbed wire, and inside the POW camp they could also see the woods in the distance.

However, looking at these trees from inside the POW camp is completely different from the feeling of looking at them from the outside, really different, completely different!

Bumpy cars didn't drive fast on the roads, which were built by prisoners of war from other POW camps.

When this road was built, Germany and the Soviet Union had not yet started a war, so it was definitely built by prisoners of war from Britain, France, Poland and other countries.

The quality of the road is not good, because this is a C-level road connecting the prisoner of war camps, and the requirements are very low, as long as it is a road.

Soon, the truck was on the B-class road, which was much flatter and much wider.

Transport trucks drove on, and one after another trucks transported the production materials to the various labor camps and distributed them as means of production.

These trucks are then quickly transporting large quantities of finished products and driving them back to various locations in Germany.

A wide variety of items are produced here, including clothes, shoes, hats, socks...... And, of course, shells, parachutes, tank parts!

"Hey! Look! Sitting next to George was the prisoner of war named Owen, pointing to the factory building on the side of the road where the truck passed, and shouted loudly.

It was a huge factory, with a dozen chimneys tumbling and emitting black smoke high into the sky.

This scene in front of you can be said to be a common thing in the Ruhr industrial area of Germany, but in Poland, such a factory can definitely be regarded as a fairly good factory.

George also saw the factory, and on the huge gate of the factory in front of him hung an equally large German sign.

They didn't know much German, so they didn't know what was written here. If they knew German, they would see that there was a sign that said Mercedes-Benz Factory 12.

In fact, Germany has already entered the construction phase of Poland, which is full of German-invested factories.

And many of these factories do not produce military supplies. They are recruited as apprentices who have just completed their training, and they produce some products such as auto parts.

For example, the factory of the Mercedes-Benz automobile company in front of me is a branch factory that produces spare parts for civilian cars.

With the continuous improvement of Germany's industrial level, the number of cars in Germany is also gradually increasing. Germany now has millions of automobiles, both in the occupied territories and on the mainland.

These automobiles carried the goods of the Third Reich like blood flowing, and they swam on the veins of roads and railways.

"Another factory...... Are the Germans crazy? Soon after the two men saw the Mercedes-Benz branch, they saw a huge textile factory.

Poland has been transformed into a production base for many materials by Germany, and because of the abundance of cheap labor and the proximity to the front line, the construction here is even faster than in Germany.

German factories were built one after another along these roads, and around these factories, residential areas sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.

Building after building, if it weren't for the German troops who had been withdrawn from the front line to recuperate, and the frequent passing of Poland by the reserve troops who were going to fight on the front line, the impact of the war might not have been seen here.

When they arrived at the train station, George, Owen and others, who were released, needed to rely on their own money to pay for their train tickets.

On the civilian platform, there is a ticket window for prisoners of war, where British prisoners of war who know German are responsible for translating for their compatriots.

From here on, George and Owen, the prisoners of war, had to rely on their own money to return to their homeland.

This money was provided to all British prisoners of war by the British government in the north, and was paid for by means of munitions and ship repairs.

Britain repaired warships and transports for Germany, shipyards produced new ships for Germany, and military factories produced artillery shells for Germany in exchange for Deutsche marks to provide prisoners of war with their way home.

Interestingly, in the end, the money remained in Germany for travel expenses and food consumption - which means that Germany basically did not pay any price, and received the arms and maintenance services provided by the British.

But the British government had to spend this money because it had to ransom the prisoners of war in order to appease the population and consolidate its rule.

"I advise you to take the train to East Prussia first, then get on the ship there and go straight back to England...... Ferry tickets are much cheaper than train tickets, just slower. The British prisoner of war, sitting behind the window, said to George.

His suggestion would have allowed George to save about 100 German marks, which he could buy some scarce supplies such as canned goods in East Prussia and bring them back to England.

If he didn't eat the canned food on the way, he could bring it back to England in exchange for a sum of money that would allow the prisoners of war to solve some of their living problems.

George was pleased with the suggestion, so he nodded and said, "Thank you, just do as you say." ”

It made him feel comfortable communicating in English, especially with the people behind the window, which gave him a sense of coming home.

"I'm just like you! We can walk together. Owen was also pleased with the suggestion, and said after George.

In fact, their choice was also the choice of most of the British prisoners of war who had been released before. They are willing to bring some money back to improve their family's finances.

In the same way, traveling in a group could save a lot of trouble, since they had to operate in the German-occupied territories and could easily find themselves alone.

At the very least, a lot of trouble can be avoided when there are many people, who buy train tickets and wait on the platform for the arrival of the train marked with the number 11-7.

This train will take them to East Prussia, where they will buy a ticket back to their homeland in England with a German note provided by the British prisoners of war behind the ticket window.

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