At night, the mountains are cold and the stars are shining

The campfire in the camp by the clear stream was blazing, and the restless neighing of the eight big green mules spread far away, accompanied by the heavy smell of meat wafting in the wind, which soon attracted the hungry wolves.

The wolves came out of the dark mountain forest, their eyes reflecting a cruel turquoise light in the night, and they let out a terrible howl, approaching step by step, and stopped at a distance of forty or fifty meters outside the campsite.

There were 14 wild wolves in total, and they hid outside the campfire, watching the camp through the night, and intimidating the big green mule with the wolf howls one after another, which made the big green mule even more restless and hissed.

The wolves were very patient, and after a long time of observation, the first wolf finally let out an attacking howl, and the wolves began to enter the range of the campfire from all directions.

Thirty meters, twenty meters......

The wolves before the attack no longer howled, but cautiously sneaked in, but unfortunately it was all in vain, and under the light of the bright bonfire, it became the best target.

"Fire!"

Order

The sound of the dense platoon of guns resounded through the valley, and the wild wolves hit by the powerful impact of the bullets flew upside down, and the blood shot out, and a large piece fell in a blink of an eye, followed by the second round of guns and the third round of guns, which knocked all the wolves that slipped through the net to the ground, and the strong smell of blood spread.

At this time, from behind the tent, many soldiers came out of the shadow of the rocks, and some began to check the results of the hunt.

"Everyone, take out the magazine and unload the rifle bullet from the chamber." The command sounded, and the soldiers took off the magazines one after another, and withdrew the bullets from the chambers of their guns to avoid misfire and injury.

It was a small episode in the night camp, and none of the 14 wild wolves ran away, and all of them died.

The soldiers, all of whom were hot-blooded young men between the ages of eighteen and nineteen and in their twenties, were so excited to fight so many wild wolves that they ran to the stream and lit a bonfire, and then peeled the wolf's skin by the stream, removed the internal organs and other things to prepare for roasting wolf meat to eat.

It has been more than a month since I started from Port Moresby, and when I was at sea, I ate fish every day until I vomited, and after entering the mountains, I ate dry food every day until I vomited, and I didn't have fragrant fish soup to drink every day, and it was rare to have a lot of fresh meat to improve, and this good opportunity was really hard to find.

Zheng Yuan, a young expert, was also helping out on the side, and he introduced with great interest; "Brothers, wolf meat is a great tonic, especially in the cold season, after eating it, it is a rare warm tonic, don't lose the wolf heart, this thing tastes crispy and chewy."

"Expert Zheng, have you ever eaten wolf meat before?"

"I've eaten it, there are a lot of thylacines in Australia, but I haven't eaten this kind of wolf meat, in fact, wolf meat and dog meat should taste similar, but the fishy smell is heavier, and it is very fragrant to eat when grilled."

"Expert Zheng, don't say it again, my saliva is going to flow down."

"Hahaha...... You foodies! ”

The 14 wild wolves were 1230 catties in size, and the 70 or 80 catties in the small ones were removed, and after removing the fur, wolf heads, claws and internal organs, they got 7 or 800 catties of fresh meat, which was enough for so many people to eat for a week.

The soldiers chopped the wolf meat into large pieces, took it to the bonfire and roasted it, and soon it was charred on the outside and tender on the inside, and the strong aroma of the meat spread after sprinkling it with fine salt, which attracted the salivation of the young men.

Duan Qirui came over with a large piece of roast wolf meat with great interest, this was a piece of roasted brown and crispy front leg meat, he sat next to Li Xuanzhu and tore the wolf meat in half, his hands were hot;

"Wow, it's hot...... Come on, how about tasting this roast wolf meat. ”

Li Xuanzhu took the steaming wolf meat, opened his mouth and tore off a large piece and chewed it, the crispy skin mixed with the tender meat full of juice filled the mouth, bringing a different pleasant feeling.

In the end, the meat is grilled, and the taste is fragrant!

Li Xuanzhu opened the kettle and took a sip, tore the wolf meat and ate it fragrantly, and then quietly handed the kettle to Duan Qirui.

Duan Qirui took the kettle as if he was aware of it, put it under his nose and smelled it, with such a smile on his face, he poured a sip of wine in a panic, and then hugged the fragrant roast wolf meat and ate it......

Next

The expedition of more than 30 people, leaving a few frail soldiers to guard the camp, divided into three routes, and marched towards the northeast, north and northwest respectively, and began a week-long expedition.

Each expedition team consisted of nine men, carrying three German-made Mauser 187 magazine-type rifles, three revolvers, two tents and blankets and other tools, and set off with enough dry food for a week.

Their task was first to find the Crescent Lake, and then to locate the deposit based on the Crescent Lake.

Two days later, in the evening

The small detachment led by Li Xuanzhu set up camp on the hillside, lit a bonfire and was about to have dinner, when he suddenly found a red signal flare rising high in the northern sky, which was particularly conspicuous in the vast twilight.

"Captain, you see...... They found Crescent Lake. The team members shouted excitedly, and the fatigue of the past few days suddenly disappeared.

This is the agreed signal, and the expedition team that first finds Crescent Lake will fire a flare in the evening, followed by another shot half an hour apart to determine the location.

In the anxious waiting of everyone, it feels like a long time.

Half an hour later, another red flare rose into the air, and now it was certain that Crescent Lake had been found.

The soldiers all jumped up excitedly, and Li Fushou also had a smile on his face, he looked at Bergkamp with a happy face and said; "Mr. Captain, it seems that the information you provided is still accurate."

Bergkamp has been under tremendous pressure for more than half a month in the mountains, and this expedition may not be a big deal for others, but for Bergkamp, life is at stake.

Unloading the huge pressure on his body, Bergkamp rushed to Li Chuanzhu with an excited expression, waving his arms and shouting loudly; "God testifies, you damned heretics always don't believe my words, and there is no need to show cheap sympathy, I can see distrust in your eyes, and now it turns out that I am right, it is there, this great treasure trove is there."

Bergkamp's sudden attack immediately alerted the soldiers, quietly removed the rifle from his shoulder, and aimed the muzzle of the black hole at Bergkamp.

Li Xuanzhu gently waved his hand to stop the soldiers, and said in a deep voice; "Mr. Captain, as long as you take us to the mine, you will be rewarded handsomely and everything we promised, provided that you do your part obediently, and never forget your status as a prisoner of war, this time it is a serious offense, I want to see your sincere remorse, otherwise, I don't mind breaking your mouth full of teeth with the butt of my gun."

Bergkamp was half a head taller than Li Zhuzhu, but in the face of Li Zhuzhu's tough attitude, his arrogance immediately disintegrated; "Oh my God, forgive me for my faux pas, I was so carried away by the joy of the moment that I didn't know what I was doing? This is terrible, and allow me to express my deep apologies. ”

With that, Bergkamp took a step back, placed his right hand on his chest and bowed deeply.

Li Xuanzhu stared at him coldly and said nothing, Bergkamp's body stiffened obviously, and then knelt down on one knee with slow movements; "God bears witness, I humbly ask for your forgiveness and repentance of all the impudence you have just done, and I promise that nothing like this will never happen again, in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit."

"Okay, even if you pass the test this time, remember...... Never forget who you are. ”

"Thank you Camp Commander for your kindness, I know it's wrong."

You can't be polite to these Dutch ghosts, these bastards are afraid of power and not virtuous, and they will kick their noses in the face if they give a little sunshine, and they must be severely suppressed.

"Get up." Li Xuanzhu waved his hand lightly, turned to the soldiers and commanded; "Look at the distance of this signal flare, at least five or six mountains apart, tomorrow we will have to walk for more than half a day to arrive, everyone is full of stomach and rest early, tomorrow we will get up early and hurry, and strive to meet as soon as possible."

"Yes, Battalion Commander." The soldiers roared into their promises.

The next day, the three detachments converged one after another, and immediately sent several soldiers to the left-behind camp to lead them to rendezvous.

Professor Patye and geologist Zheng Yuan have used specialized instruments to determine their current location, which is located in the Octedi region of the Fubilan Mountains (the eighth largest copper mining area in the world), about 179 kilometers from the unnamed valley where the expedition abandoned their boats, and even further from the coastline.

After half a month of preliminary exploration, it was confirmed that the Oktedi area is a copper-gold-iron-silver mixed vein, with copper reserves of more than 2.5 million tons, gold deposits of more than 82 tons, iron ore of more than 10 million tons, and silver deposits of more than 2,000 tons.

Oktedi belongs to the Cenozoic porphyry-skarn type copper-gold deposit, is a geological deposit formed by volcanic eruption lava, the copper ore body has been proved to be about 5~20 meters away from the surface, the thickness of the ore body is about 60 meters ~ 300 meters, about 13.7 kilometers long, and then cut down the valley when it goes deep below the iron ore cap.

Is there a copper extension below the iron ore cap that contains more copper-gold deposits?

Based on Professor Patye's extensive geological experience, there should be more copper-gold deposits waiting to be discovered, because judging from the geological conditions, the volcanic lava eruption formed by the copper-gold ore body is much older, and there is no reason to interrupt it halfway.

The existing copper-gold ore body is only 13.7 kilometres long and flows naturally from top to bottom, with the lower half covered by late-eruptive lava, forming a huge thick iron ore cap that is pressed down like a mille-feuille.

It is impossible to carry out the survey with the existing rudimentary means, and it is necessary to drill holes in the ore body for sampling, and it may take dozens of holes to dig up to 100 meters deep in order to obtain accurate geological and mineral deposit information.

These things can be done slowly later, and the geological data available is enough for the Red River Valley to vigorously develop this vein.

The thorny issues that need to be addressed today are transport and electricity, which are the two major obstacles to the development of the Octetti copper-gold mine and must be addressed.