The mountains at night are cold and the stars are sparse and the moon is bright

The campfire was burning brightly in the campground beside the clear stream, and the uneasy roar of eight big green mules was heard far away. As the strong smell of meat drifted away in the wind, it soon attracted a hungry wild wolf pack.

The wild wolves emerged from the dark forest, and their eyes reflected a cruel green light in the night, making a creepy howling sound approaching step by step, and stopped forty or fifty meters outside the campsite.

There were 14 wild wolves in total. They hid outside the bonfire and looked at the movements in the camp with the help of the night. They threatened the big green mule through the sound of wolf howlings one after another, which made the big green mule even more anxious and roaring.

The wild wolves were very patient. After observing for a long time, the head wolf finally howled an attack, and the wolves began to enter the range of the bonfire from all directions.

Thirty meters, twenty meters...

The wolves before the attack no longer howled, but sneaked in carefully. Unfortunately, all this was futile and turned into the best target under the illumination of the bright bonfire.

"Open fire!"

A command

The dense sound of gunfire sounds rang through the valley, and the powerful impact of bullets hit the wild wolf flying backwards, blood shot out, and a large area fell down in a blink of an eye. Then the sound of gunfire in the second round and gunfire sounded densely, knocking all the wolves that escaped the net to the ground, and a strong smell of blood spread.

At this time, many soldiers walked out of the shadow of the rocks from behind the tent, and began to check the results of the hunting, talking and laughing.

"Everyone is careful, take out the magazine and exit the rifle bullets from the chamber." The command sound came, and the soldiers took off the magazines and pulled out the bullets from the chamber to avoid fire and injuring people.

This is a small episode in the night camping. None of the 14 wild wolves ran away and all died here.

The soldiers were all passionate young men aged 18 or 19 to 20. They were so excited that they beat so many wild wolves. They ran to the stream and lit a bonfire. They peeled the wolf skin by the stream, removed the internal organs and other items to prepare to roast the wolf meat.

It has been more than a month since I left Port Moresby. I ate fish every day and vomited when I was at sea. After entering the mountain, I ate dry food every day and vomited. I don’t have the fragrant fish soup every day. It’s rare to have a lot of fresh meat to improve. This good opportunity is really hard to come by.

Young expert Zheng Yuan was also helping around, and he introduced enthusiastically, "Brothers, wolf meat is a great nourishing body, especially after eating it in the cold season. It is a rare warm and tonic thing. Don't lose your wolf heart. This thing tastes crispy and chewy."

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

"I have eaten it. There are quite a few thyrups in Australia, but I haven't eaten this kind of wolf meat. In fact, the taste of wolf meat and dog meat should be similar, but the fishy smell is a bit heavy, and it tastes very delicious when roasted."

"Expert Zheng, stop talking, my saliva is about to flow down."

"Hahaha...you foodies!"

The 14 wild wolves are 120 to thirty kilograms, and the smaller ones are 70 to 80 to kilograms. Remove the fur, wolf head, wolf claws and internal organs, and the slightest amount of fresh meat is enough for so many people to eat for a week.

The soldiers chopped the wolf meat into large pieces and took it to the bonfire to roast it. It was soon roasted and tender on the outside and tender on the inside, and oil was sizzling. After sprinkling with fine salt, the strong meat fragrance spread, which made the young men salivate.

Duan Qirui came over with a large piece of roasted wolf meat with enthusiasm. This was a piece of roasted brown and crispy front leg meat. He sat next to Li Shuanzhu and tore the wolf meat in half, and his hands were so hot that it was screaming;

"Wow, it's so hot... Come on, try how this roasted wolf meat tastes."

Li Shuanzhu took the steaming wolf meat and opened his mouth to tear off a large piece of it and chewed it. The crispy skin mixed with tender flesh filled his mouth with juice, bringing a different feeling of pleasure.

After all, it is roasted with fresh meat, and the taste is fragrant!

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

Duan Qirui took the kettle as if he had some sense, put it under his nose and smelled it. He showed such a smile on his face. He took a sip of wine in panic, and then ate it with the fragrant roasted wolf meat...

The next day

The expedition team of more than 30 people left several weak soldiers to guard the camp, and the troops were divided into three groups to lightly fight, heading towards the northeast, north and northwest respectively, and began a week-long adventure.

Each expedition team consists of nine people, carrying three German Mauser 187 ammunition guns, three revolvers, two tents and blankets, and set off for a week with dry food.

Their task is first to find Crescent Lake, and then they can locate the deposits based on Crescent Lake.

In the evening two days later

The team led by Li Shuanzhu camped on the hillside, raised a bonfire and was about to have supper when suddenly I found a red signal flare rising from the northern sky, which looked particularly conspicuous under the vast twilight.

"Captain, look... they have found Crescent Lake." The team members shouted excitedly, and the fatigue of the past few days disappeared.

This is the agreed signal. The expedition team that first found Crescent Lake will fire the signal flare in the evening, and then make another round to determine the location after half an hour.

While everyone was anxiously waiting, it felt that the time was particularly long.

Half an hour later, another red signal flare rose to the sky. Now it was certain that Crescent Lake had been found.

The soldiers all jumped up excitedly, and Li Fushou also smiled on his face. He looked at Borgkamp with a happy face and said, "Sir Captain, it seems that the information you provide is accurate."

After spending more than half a month in the mountains, Borgkamp has been under tremendous pressure. This adventure may not be anything to others, but it is life-related to Borgkamp and cannot be missed.

Removing the huge pressure on his body, Borgkamp rushed to Li Chuanzhu with excitement, waved his arms and shouted loudly, "God testifies that you damn pagans always don't believe my words, there is no need to hypocritical and cheap sympathy. I can see distrust in your eyes. Now it turns out that I am right, it is there, and this huge treasure house is there."

Borgkamp's sudden attack immediately made the soldiers alert, and quietly took off the rifle from his shoulders and pointed the black muzzle at Borgkamp.

Li Shuanzhu gently waved his hand to stop the soldiers and said in a deep voice, "Sir Captain, as long as you take us to find the mine, you will receive generous rewards and everything we promised, as long as you do your part, and never forget your identity as a prisoner of war. This time, I will see you sincerely regret, otherwise, I will not mind breaking your mouth full of teeth with a butt."

Borgkamp was half a head taller than Li Shuanzhu, but in front of Li Shuanzhu's tough attitude, his arrogance immediately disappeared and collapsed; "Oh my god, please forgive my misconduct. I was so confused by the moment of joy that I didn't know what I was doing? This is really terrible. Please allow me to express my deep apology."

After saying that, Borgkamp took a step back and placed his right hand on his chest and bowed deeply.

Li Shuanzhu stared at him coldly without saying a word. Borgkamp's body stiffened significantly, and then he knelt down on one knee slowly. "God testifies, I humbly ask for your forgiveness and confess all the rude behaviors I just did. I promise that similar things will never happen again, and swear in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit."

"Okay, even if you pass this time, remember... never forget your identity."

"Thank you, the battalion commander, for your kindness, I know I'm wrong."

You can't be polite to these Dutch ghosts. These bastards are afraid of power and do not have good deeds. They will be arrogant when they give a little sunshine and must be suppressed severely.

"Get up." Li Shuanzhu waved his hand lightly, turned around and ordered the soldiers; "Look at the distance of this signal flare, there are at least five or six hills. We will have to walk half a day to arrive tomorrow. Everyone will have to rest early after they are full. We will get up early tomorrow and strive to meet as soon as possible."

"As for the order, battalion commander." The soldiers agreed.

The next day, three teams gathered one after another and immediately sent several soldiers to the left-behind camp to lead them to meet.

Professor Patery and geological expert Zheng Yuan determined his current location through professional instruments, located in the Octidi area of ​​the Forbiland Mountains (the eighth largest copper mining area in the world). It is about 179 kilometers away from the nameless valley where the expedition abandoned the boat, and it is even further away from the coastline.

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

Oktedi belongs to the Cenozoic porphyry-skarn-type copper and gold mine, which is a geological deposit formed by volcanic eruption lava. The proven copper ore body is about 5 to 20 meters away from the surface, the ore body is about 60 to 300 meters thick, and about 13.7 kilometers long. When cutting the valley, it goes deeper below the iron ore cap.

Are there any copper ore extension belts below the iron ore cap that contain more copper and gold deposits?

According to Professor Patery's rich geological experience, there should be more copper and gold deposits waiting to be discovered, because judging from the geological conditions, the volcanic lava formed by copper and gold bodies erupted longer than before, and there is no reason to be interrupted halfway.

The existing copper ore body is only 13.7 kilometers long, showing a natural flow from top to bottom. The lower half is covered by later erupting lava, forming a huge thick iron ore cap, pressed down like a thousand-layer cake.

It is impossible to survey with the existing simple means, so you must drill holes and samples in the ore body. Perhaps dozens of mines with a depth of 100 meters must be drilled to obtain accurate geological deposit information.

These things can be done slowly in the future. The existing geological data obtained is enough for the Red River Valley to vigorously develop this mineral vein.
Chapter completed!