Redemption of WWII

Hearing Liu Qi say that he would report what happened today to Hitler, Zered almost peed in his pants at that time. 【】Zered did not expect that the young principal in front of him would be so serious that he would ask Hitler to report this matter for a Russian prisoner of war.

Zered couldn't help but said, "Why am I so unlucky to meet such a kid who likes to show off everywhere. Is there something wrong with this kid? He's just a Russian prisoner of war. I need to tell the head of state and his old man." But Zered still Very clever, he quickly smiled and said to Liu Qi, "Lieutenant Andri, you don't know, these Russian prisoners of war are not within the military regulations that our soldiers abide by. Because Russia has not signed the Geneva Treaty. I think our soldiers are After being captured by Russia, they must be treated much worse than here.”

Regarding Zered's statement, Liu Qi just snorted, and then continued to walk along the road towards the quarry.Only then did Zered realize that the man in front of him was here to give him eye drops.Zered could not help but become more cautious, but Zered was not very afraid, because now the entire Austrian and even the entire German concentration camps in Europe are like this. If there is a lawsuit, his immediate superior Nor will he really punish himself for a small Russian prisoner of war.

After walking the gravel road through the thin snow, Liu Qi stood at the highest point of the quarry.Unlike other quarries, the Mauthausen quarry is quarried in a deep valley.The quarrying was done by hand by the prisoners of war. One prisoner of war held a sledgehammer, while the other prisoner of war held a steel brand to dig out the hard rock on the rock walls.However, these quarrying prisoners of war all had heavy iron chains on their feet, and there were many German soldiers with rifles around them, constantly urging them.

At this point, Liu Qi also knows it well.These quarrying prisoners of war will definitely be exhausted to death in this quarry.But Liu Qi didn't pick any faults this time.Instead, he said to Zered, "I have no objection to letting prisoners of war do labor, but I don't want our soldiers to violate our military discipline and kill these prisoners of war casually. After all, they also have their own parents. They were captured by us after a brutal battle. In addition, I want you to ensure that these prisoners of war are provided with food that can ensure that they can engage in such heavy physical labor."

Zered said, "Colonel Andri, you don't know. We have always been paid according to our work. Those prisoners of war who quarry stones can get the equivalent of fifteen ounces of food after daily labor. This is in our It’s already a very generous treatment here.”

Fifteen ounces equals less than a pound.Liu Qi deeply knew that it was impossible to truly meet the daily calorie needs of an adult.Not to mention the high-intensity physical labor involved in quarrying stones.But Liu Qi didn't say anything more, because Liu Qi knew that it was a time of war, and the prisoner-of-war camps in various countries probably would not treat prisoners of war very preferentially.And those German soldiers captured by Russia are expected to be treated worse than here.

Liu Qi sighed secretly in his heart and said, "Okay, Major Zered. I am no longer interested in the quarry, now you can take me to your main camp."

Zered longed for Liu Qi to leave here, and immediately took Liu Qi back to the stone castle in the Mauthausen concentration camp.While walking, Zered continued to explain the history and current structure of the entire camp to Liu Qi.

Only through Zered's introduction did Liu Qi get a rough idea of ​​the camp.It turned out that the concentration camp was only a small prison at the beginning, in which less than 800 ordinary criminals were detained. In 1938, Hitler went back to his hometown to visit his parents' graves. He felt very displeased when he saw the dilapidated buildings of his childhood.So under the auspices of Martin, Bormann and Himmler, Linz began large-scale civil engineering.Hitler's favorite houses were of course castle-like buildings made of primitive stones, and these things could not be hidden from Martin and Bormann, the roundworms in Hitler's stomach.

So the houses near Linz began to use the granite stones produced from the nearby quarries as the main raw material for building houses.Later, Hitler was very satisfied after seeing it, and he repeatedly praised Martin and Bowman for their ability to do things, almost praising Martin and Bowman's bones.Others were of course very jealous of Martin and Bowman when they saw it, and immediately began to imitate the example, and built a large-scale stone house together, and even for a period of time, the entire department in charge of approving the construction of houses in Linz simply gave Issuing permits for other building materials to build houses.Later, this trend in Linz spread to the whole of Austria, and even Austria had a trend of building houses with granite.

No one expected that Hitler's personal preferences would affect the architectural style of a whole country.But all the houses were built from quarried stone, which created a tension on the raw material.No one expected that there would be a shortage of stones that are usually worthless.The imbalance between supply and demand has naturally brought about an increase in prices. In less than half a year, the price of stones in the whole of Austria has risen by nearly five times.

But quarrying, a dangerous industry that requires a lot of manpower, is not affordable for everyone, so Himmler took the opportunity to set up a concentration camp in Mauthausen. The prisoners of war earn a lot of money as mining tools, and on the other hand, this camp is used to detain political prisoners.Of course, there are still a large number of Jews detained here.

But what Himmler didn't expect was that in the next few years, Hitler never returned to his hometown again.And the stone business in Austria is losing money more and more. Naturally, fewer and fewer people build stone houses that have never been imprisoned by the head of state.The stones mined by Himmler gradually became uninterested.This is also because Himmler's luck seems to be not very good, and he always pays for what he does.If it weren't for the continuous sending of Jews to Mauthausen and the confiscation of the property of those Jews as a source of income, Mauthausen, which had already been ordered by the SS headquarters to be responsible for its own profits and losses, would have closed down a long time ago.

Hearing what Zered said, Liu Qi smiled and said, "That's thanks to you, Major Zered. Compared with other places, your place is really not that good."

When Zered heard Liu Qi's words, it seemed that he no longer pursued the matter of shooting the prisoners of war just now, so he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said, "Isn't it? Compared with other camp commanders, I'm just poor Ghost. Last time I went to Berlin for a meeting, the guys from the Polish battalion all drove good cars, drank good wine, and even smoked authentic Cuban cigars. I was almost depressed."

Hearing this, Liu Qiyi couldn't help but smiled again and said, "That's because they have factories that process military supplies in their hands, and they got benefits from the businessmen who contracted the factories. If you want to open one, I can find it for you too. A few big companies are here to help you."

"What, you can stop those businessmen from coming to me. Colonel Andri, you didn't lie to me, did you?" Zered said with some doubts.

"Why am I lying to you? I can make decisions in companies such as Krupp, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Siemens, Opel, Daimler, and Mercedes. Let them get tens of millions of marks to come and run a small business with you." Isn't the factory easy to grab?" Liu Qi said.

When Liu Qi said that it was still a small factory with tens of millions, Zered almost fell to the ground.Zered thought, "What is the background of this kid? What he said is so mysterious. Is it a small factory with tens of millions? At the beginning, Himmler borrowed 800 million from the German Bank to do stone business here. This kid actually said that tens of millions are pocket money, so how much should it be if it is big money."

Zered didn't expect that this money was really nothing to Liu Qi, not to mention tens of millions of marks, even billions of German marks were just a drop in the ocean for Liu Qi and his mother's family property.Coupled with the [-] tons of gold lying in Liu Qi's ring, Liu Qi will not be fooled by the wind because of his big words.

Zered hurriedly said, "If you, Colonel Andri, can get us a factory, then I will... just..." Zered thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't figure out what is there to catch people's eyes. .Mauthausen really couldn't find anything decent other than a lot of stones.

Liu Qi chuckled and said, "Nothing else, Major Zered. I just want you to do one thing."

"Okay, okay. Don't say one thing. I can do ten things for you." Zered didn't know what to say at this time.

"Let's go to your office first, and we'll discuss these matters carefully when we get there," Liu Qi said.

"Okay, let's go right now. Colonel Andri, please slow down. It has just snowed and the ground is slippery. It will be safer for me to help you." Zered said.

"No, no. This road is not difficult for me."

The group quickly returned to the stone castle of the Mauthausen concentration camp.

As soon as Liu Qi entered the gate, the open space that was empty just now was full of people, all of whom were women and children.These people were all wearing the unique white and black prison clothes. The clothes on their bodies were very thin, and everyone was shivering from the cold.A circle of German soldiers with guns stood around them, and several men in khaki police uniforms walked among the women and children.