Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1061 Humanism

Since the launch of the counter-offensive on June 6, the British Expeditionary Force has accommodated about 1 German prisoners of war within a week, and they were evenly placed in 12 prisoner-of-war camps between Arras and Reims.

Initially, the Indian Legion was responsible for managing these prisoners of war, but soon, great conflicts broke out between the prisoners and the Indian guards, and the Southern African Expeditionary Force was forced to take over.

Major Shen Shenxing of the 13th Division of the Southern African Expeditionary Force, who was in charge of Camp No. [-], still remembers the first day he came to the camp.

It was the afternoon of June 11. According to the regulations of the Expeditionary Army, these prisoners of war had to rely on labor in exchange for food to maintain the most basic life. Most of the work is basic work such as repairing roads or repairing bridges, and there are no strict requirements for the prisoner-of-war camp. The main purpose is to find something for these prisoners to do, so that they can start busy, so that they have no energy to think about some strange things.

In the afternoon, Major Shen Shenxing took a platoon and escorted about 1000 prisoners of war to the Scheldt River near Cambrai to repair the embankment of the Scheldt River.

There has been a lot of rain in the recent period. In order to prevent the river from flooding, the Expeditionary Force Command will maintain the embankment as the most important job for prisoners of war. This work is very normal in southern Africa. The conscripts in southern Africa have to maintain the river every year. , Repair dikes and dams in rainy seasons, and dredge rivers in dry seasons.

Not long after leaving the camp, the sky began to drizzle. The soldiers of the expeditionary force were wearing raincoats. In order to prevent the American flu, many people were wearing masks. They were all walking on both sides of the road, and there was a queue of four in the middle of the road. For the captives, the team of 1000 people is actually not very long. It looks more than 200 meters, and a platoon of soldiers can completely complete the task.

"Major, it's raining. Today's mission may not be completed. If we can't, let's go back and come out to work tomorrow." Platoon leader Houston is half British and half French. He is proficient in English, French and German. A bank clerk, he was enlisted in the army only in the third year after the outbreak of the World War, otherwise he would not be a second lieutenant platoon leader now.

"Okay, go back the same way, damn the weather, I just changed my shoes yesterday—" Shen Shenxing was unhappy, the expeditionary army only distributes four pairs of shoes a year, two pairs of single leather shoes and two pairs of leather padded shoes, Shen Shen's guild Only wear one pair, and then send the other pair home for my younger brother to wear.

Shen Shenxing has three younger brothers. Last year's single leather shoes were given to the second child, and this year's single leather shoes were given to the third child. The fourth child has no objection. He is too young to feel anything about shoes. He is only interested in Shen Shenxing's hat.

Compared with military boots, curved-brimmed hats are much cheaper, so Shen Shenxing sent back two hats to the fourth child, and let the fourth child wear them interchangeably.

"Stand at attention—turn right——" Houston began to form a team, preparing to turn around and return to the camp. Even if these prisoners returned to the camp, they would not even want to rest. Find lots of work to do.

At this time, the rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the trees and buildings in the distance began to be unclear, and a layer of water mist appeared on the ground. The soldiers of the expeditionary army were better wearing raincoats, but the thinly clad prisoners felt very uncomfortable.

In addition, when Houston was in full formation, the surrounding expeditionary soldiers began to subconsciously be on guard, which gave the prisoners a very bad feeling.

"What are you going to do?" a prisoner boldly asked.

"Shut up! Don't talk!" Houston's voice was stern. Although the rifle was still on his shoulder, one hand was already holding the pistol holster on his waist.

"Are you trying to kill us? We didn't do anything wrong—" A German prisoner's body was trembling, and his voice was trembling. He didn't know why these expeditionary soldiers took them to the wilderness, especially in the In such bad weather, no matter how you look at it, there seems to be a conspiracy.

"What? Are you going to kill us?"

"Why? Please don't do this—"

"God, please let us go, I want to go home—"

The unidentified German prisoners of war immediately became agitated, and the orderly team began to become chaotic. Many prisoners of war were emotional, and danger was imminent.

"To shut up!"

"Quiet!"

"Don't talk, go back to your position!"

The surrounding expeditionary soldiers also realized the urgency of the situation, and when someone picked up the rifle, they pulled the bolt, which made the German prisoners of war even more nervous.

"Shut the fuck up!" Shen Shenxing said loudly, and while yelling, he took out his pistol and fired a warning shot.

Bah!

For a moment, soldiers and prisoners of war were a little dazed.

"No one is going to kill you. Today's labor task is cancelled. Go back and tidy up the housework and clean up—" Shen Shenxing comforted in time. If more than 1000 prisoners of war rioted, it would be difficult for a platoon of soldiers to control them.

Of course, even if these prisoners of war escaped in the chaos, they would not be able to escape very far. There were tens of thousands of expeditionary troops stationed around the prisoner-of-war camp on a rotating basis. As long as an investigation report was issued, the escaped prisoners of war would be captured in minutes.

With Shen Shenxing's promise, the prisoners of war finally calmed down. If they were executed by shooting, the expeditionary force would not only send out such a small number of people, and the soldiers would not only carry rifles and automatic rifles, but at least a heavy machine gun or something. .

There was no danger along the way, and after returning to the prisoner-of-war camp, Shen Shenxing felt that his shirt was soaked.

"Wow, what's the matter with you, didn't you bring a raincoat when you went out?" Shen Shenxing's colleague noticed Shen Shenxing's shirt.

"No, today is really dangerous. Those prisoners thought we were going to shoot them, and there was almost no riot. We only had more than 40 people at that time, facing [-] German troops—" Shen Shenxing was terrified.

Shen Shenxing's colleague didn't speak, and looked at Shen Shenxing with a strange expression.

"What's wrong?" Shen Shenxing didn't know what happened yet.

Shen Shenxing's colleagues handed Shen Shenxing the newspaper just issued. The headlines on the front page of the newspaper were very eye-catching - a riot broke out in a German prisoner-of-war camp in Verdun, the French army was dispatched urgently, and nearly 4000 German prisoners of war were killed!

"How did this happen—" Shen Shenxing was surprised.

"Who knows, maybe there was a real riot, maybe the French deliberately retaliated, everything is possible." This kind of thing is common on the Western Front, and laying down weapons does not mean a write-off.

Shen Shenxing was in a heavy heart. When eating at night, Shen Shenxing deliberately came to a large warehouse where prisoners of war lived.

This kind of temporary warehouse is very simple. The walls are made of wooden boards, the roof is thin canvas, and there are two rows of wooden boards when you enter the door. There are 100 people living in such a warehouse.

The prisoners of war who had just returned to the warehouse were cleaning up their housework. Many of them did not change their clothes. After the clothes were wet by the rain, they had to take off their clothes and dry them.

Fortunately, there are all men in the warehouse, so there is nothing to be ashamed of. Someone even made a basin of water to take a bath in the corner of the warehouse. He directly used the basin to block in front of him, his face was so embarrassed that he almost cried.

"Okay, relax, don't be so nervous—" Shen Shenxing tried to ease the atmosphere, but it was useless. The German prisoners all looked at Shen Shenxing with vigilant eyes. Some people's eyes are full of provocation.

"I hope you can understand one thing. Here, no one will hurt you for no reason. As long as you cooperate with our work, you should know that the lords above are negotiating. Maybe soon, you I can go home now, I hope you will not miss the coffee in the prisoner-of-war camp—"Shen Shenxing is not talking nonsense, the British Empire is indeed rich, and the prisoners can also drink coffee.

Of course, there must be a lot of water mixed in. The concentration of coffee is incomparable with the coffee drunk by soldiers of the expeditionary army, and there is no sugar or milk.

Even so, the coffee was enough to surprise the POWs.

In addition to coffee, prisoners of war can also eat a piece of bacon, an apple or two bananas, and five cigarettes per person per day. It can be said that the treatment of prisoners of war is better than that of the German troops on the western front.

"Sorry sir, we misunderstood you this afternoon." A German prisoner of war apologized to Shen Shenxing.

"It doesn't matter, I didn't think carefully. I didn't expect it to rain today. You can rest today, and the food will be served according to the highest standard." The reaction was more intense than that of these German prisoners of war.

The highest standard of food is a nutritious meal for wounded soldiers.

Since the British government wanted to support the Germans to stand up again after the war, Roque simply improved the treatment for these German prisoners of war. The German wounded also had milk and eggs to supplement their nutrition every day. The provision of medical services, medicines are still a big problem, and the expeditionary force's own medicines are not enough.

A little later, another group of German prisoners of war was sent to the prison camp.

It happened to be dinner time at this time, and the German prisoners of war took the tableware distributed by the expeditionary force and lined up in a neat line to receive food.

These tableware are all stainless steel tableware produced by Fawalt Steel Company, a cup for drinking soup, and a stainless steel dinner plate divided into four compartments. For safety reasons, the tableware does not include a knife, only one end is a fork, and the other end is a Dining with spoons and tableware seems to be commonplace in southern Africa, but in the eyes of the Germans who lack steel, being able to distribute high-priced tableware that can be called "luxury" to captives is indeed a testament to the generosity and humanity of southern Africa doctrine.

Just when the newly assigned prisoners of war walked into the prisoner of war camp with apprehension.

The German prisoners of war who were queuing up to receive food suddenly broke out in cheers and applause.

This is to welcome these new prisoners of war.

ps: A new round of crackdown has begun, and the editor in charge reminded me that Fujiatianxia may also be blocked. I have been busy modifying these two days, hoping to escape the catastrophe. Please forgive me for the lack of communication with my brothers—more than 300 I have to read the ten thousand words from the beginning, I really hate why I wrote so many words in the first place——

(End of this chapter)