Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2233 Japanese way of apologizing
When Franco was in exile in France, Japanese patrols began to appear on the streets of Saigon.

Saigon is an ancient city. In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Empire sent Zheng He to the Western Ocean. Countries in East and West Asia, the Middle East, and East Africa made tribute or trade with the Ming Dynasty. Here it is called "Saigon".

In 1698, Nam Nguyen directly controlled Saigon, set up Jiading Mansion in Saigon, and at the same time recruited refugees to Jiading to reclaim wasteland, and compiled the local Ming Dynasty adherents into "Ming Xiangshe", so that Nam Nguyen controlled Jiading through the hands of Ming Dynasty adherents .

After the establishment of French Indochina, "Jiading" was changed back to the name "Saigon" as the center of French rule in Indochina.

In Saigon now, the management is still in the hands of the French, but the garrison has all been replaced by the Japanese.

The Japanese were dissatisfied with the management of the French. The French’s tolerance for the whites led to the deployment of the Japanese army in Saigon without any secrets. The Japanese made more demands on the French, so the Japanese army began to take over the security of the streets of Saigon. Patrol work.

The city of Saigon has a large number of western-style buildings, and the Red Church is one of them.

The Red Church, formerly known as the Notre-Dame Church of the Prince of Saigon, got its name because it was built with red bricks, and all the red bricks used in the construction were shipped from France.

The cathedral imitates the design of the Notre Dame de Paris bell tower. It is well-proportioned and majestic. The two towers are 40 meters high. There is a four-ton statue of the Virgin Mary in front of the church.

The Rand Bank, which is not far from the Red Church, was one of the key targets of the Japanese army.

Saigon, as the colonial center of France in Asia, Rand Bank opened its first branch as early as 1910, which is also the second branch of Rand Bank in Asia, second only to the Lion City branch.

The headquarters of Rand Bank in French Indochina is more magnificent than the Red Church. This 60-meter-high building is made of reinforced concrete, and the exterior walls are decorated with stone flakes. Only the eight pillars at the entrance are Real marble, behind a huge floor-to-ceiling window above the colonnade, Qian Ya, the general manager of the branch, is discussing the final evacuation with Manan, the security director.

As early as two months ago, the Rand Bank emptied all the underground vaults and sent them to the Rand Bank in Coconut City for storage. Many staff members have also withdrawn, and only the necessary personnel left behind remain at the Rand Bank in Saigon.

This part of the staff is now about to leave.

The Japanese have obviously paid attention to this for a long time.

For the Rand Bank, the Japanese hated it.

As early as the end of World War I, southern African capital led by the Rand Bank frequently attacked Japan, and even Japan bought scrap ships from the United States to dismantle steel, a business practice that was not profitable for southern African companies. African capital must intervene.

Southern African companies control countless strategic resources, such as iron ore in Australia and Brazil, oil in the Persian Gulf and East India, and natural rubber that is abundant in Southeast Asia but difficult for Japan to obtain, all of which make the Japanese intolerable.

The hateful thing is that no matter how much the Japanese pay, southern Africa does not sell it.

What's even more hateful is that even if southern African companies sell resources to the Americans and Germans, the Americans and Germans are prohibited from reselling these resources to the Japanese.

This completely blocked all possibilities for Japan to obtain strategic resources from southern Africa.

Therefore, after the Japanese army entered Saigon, they took the Rand Bank as a key guardianship object. Now there is an armored vehicle made in southern Africa parked across the street from the Rand Bank, with five Japanese soldiers sitting on it.

This is the Alligator armored car given to France by Rand Bank.

Although it is a product of the previous generation, the 12.7mm heavy machine gun is still very powerful, and its combat effectiveness is much higher than that of the Japanese Douding tank.

"Damn French, it's okay for them to surrender to Germany, but they also surrendered to Japan. It's really shameless—" Qian Ya was very angry. These armored vehicles were sent to French Indochina before France stopped resisting. It was the donation ceremony hosted by Qian Ya.

The armored vehicles were donated to French Indochina in the hope that the French colonial government would become stronger and resist the Japanese invasion.

Unexpectedly, Vichy France actually opened its borders to the Japanese army, and these armored vehicles became the spoils of war for the Japanese army.

"Don't worry, if there is a fight, I can guarantee that no Japanese can enter the Rand Bank." Manan is a senior mercenary from the umbrella company and has confidence in his men.

Rand Bank still has fewer than a hundred staff members left in Saigon, but there are more than 120 mercenaries.

In the room next to Manan and Qianya, two twin-mounted 20mm machine guns have locked on to the alligator on the opposite side of the road. As long as the armored vehicle moves, it can be torn to pieces at any time.

There are six such machine guns in this building, four of which are distributed on the top of the building. If the Japanese army dispatched bombers, it would be difficult to pose a threat to the building.

"The 'Ping An' has entered Saigon Port. We can evacuate at any time without any complications." Qian Ya took a deep breath, and he will come back.

However, it is not easy to evacuate all. The French do not want the Rand Bank to evacuate, fearing that it will cause panic.

Depositors also don't want to see Rand Bank withdraw. Although the bank has promised that they can withdraw cash at Rand Bank in Coconut City with proof of deposit, depositors are still worried that their years of hard work will be wiped out.

But what about worrying?

Backed by the Rand Gold Mine, Rand Bank is the most reputable bank in the world. Even if all the banks in the world go bankrupt, Rand Bank will definitely be the last one to go bankrupt. Compared with the deposits in the bank, the French bank in Saigon People, or white people in Saigon, need to worry more about whether they can survive the war.

The Times of French Indochina kept an eye on the ongoing war.

The Katyn forest tragedy was too far from Saigon. After the Japanese army invaded the capital of the ancient northern empire, they created a horrific massacre there, and it is said that 30 people were killed.

Now the Japanese army in Saigon is still restrained.

But no one can guarantee that these beast-like savages will not become savage one day in the future.

If you look at it this way, it is indeed correct for Western countries not to accept Japan for so many years.

This country should not be accepted by any organization.

If the level of civilization of all countries in the world is divided, Japan is absolutely unique.

the lowest one.

So while the Rand Bank was evacuating the underground vault, smart people had left Saigon one after another, heading for the Lion City or the safer Coconut City, or even further away Australia or southern Africa.

Although in southern Africa, white people lose some privileges.

But privilege is not so important compared with life.

What's more, the conditions in southern Africa are more attractive, more modern and more developed than Saigon.

Those who were capable fled one after another, and naturally there were also those who were incapable or unwilling to leave Saigon.

In the lobby, many people are queuing up to withdraw cash, almost all of them are white or Chinese, natives of French Indochina, and rarely have the qualifications to enter the Rand Bank.

"Do you want to withdraw all?" Behind the counter, Louis has been busy since the morning, and he hasn't even had time to take a sip of water.

Opening the passbook and seeing the customer's name, Louis looked up and smiled.

"No, just take 1000 rand, which is enough for our whole family to go to Yecheng." Hu Hanlin, who was born in Tsing Hua and grew up in Saigon, also smiled. Going to Yecheng is the best choice for Chinese people in Saigon nowadays.

Saigon is deeply influenced by Han culture, and there are many Chinese living there. The history of the Hu Hanlin family in Saigon can be traced back to the Ming Dynasty.

The Hu Hanlin family has great influence in Saigon. In the early years, they were involved in the timber business. After the establishment of the Southern African Federal Government, the Hu Hanlin family relied on exporting jadeite to southern Africa and accumulated a lot of wealth.

That's why Hu Hanlin's family needed so much to go to Yecheng. If it was just a normal fare, it would only cost one-tenth of it.

"It's a wise choice. I hope you and your family have a happy life in Coconut City." Louis took out ten Rands with a denomination of [-], and put them on the counter one by one. He had just started working, and he couldn't count the money fast enough. .

"thanks--"

"Next person--"

The next one was an old white man. He slammed the certificate of deposit in his hand on the counter, and he was still chattering.

"Why did you move to Coconut City? This is a shameful escape. You are southern Africans. Are southern Africans also afraid of the Japanese?" no respect.

Of course, this may also be a deliberate venting of grievances.

"Sir, please be quiet. Rand Bank is a bank, and we are not an army." Louis didn't care about the old man's mood, and he felt uncomfortable.

According to the national strength of southern Africa, the Rand Bank does not need to withdraw in such a panic, which will have a huge impact on the reputation of the Rand Bank.

However, the top management of the Rand Bank will definitely not use the lives of the staff to verify whether the Japanese are as cruel as described in the newspapers.

By the way, the branch of The Times in Saigon was evacuated when French Indochina opened its frontiers to the Japanese, but the paper is still being published and the news is following the facts. Saigon, and even the whole of French Indochina, had special channels of news.

Although for the arrangement of Rand Bank, Louis expressed his gratitude.

But that didn't mean Louis was happy.

On the contrary, Louis prefers to see the southern African army fighting the Japanese in Saigon.

Then beat the shit out of the Japanese.

Just like the southern African army is in full swing in Spain.

"Banks are the richest. You Rand Bank has countless money. You can buy advanced planes and tanks, and hire mercenaries to protect the company. Isn't that what you always advertise?" The old man insisted, Rand Bank The relationship with southern African military enterprises and umbrella companies is indeed good, and it is even a shareholder of these enterprises, but Rand Bank cannot do that.

"Withdraw all, or part of it?" Louis didn't talk nonsense with the old man, there were still many people queuing up behind him.

"All——" the old man was still angry, and he was still chattering: "—you have so many troops in Changi Naval Base in southern Africa, dozens of aircraft carriers, and tens of thousands of fighter jets. No one would have thought of you You are actually a softie, if the Japanese hit the Changi Naval Base, will you also give up resistance—"

"Sir, please take your cash—" Louis counted the money much faster than before.

Before the old man picked up the money, Louis had already started to call the next one, obviously impatient.

This attitude made the old man dissatisfied. Just as the old man was about to get angry, the lady behind him was also impatient.

"Please leave when you get the money, don't continue to entangle, at least they are still working hard, you French men are the real softies!" Madam said righteously, winning sporadic applause.

There were quite a few people doing business in the lobby, and the old man's words had unknowingly caused public outrage.

What is even more infuriating is the performance of France in this war.

Madame was right in at least one sentence: French men are the real softies.

"What did you say? Damn us French men are not, we are forced to make the choice to stop resisting in order to protect you women." The old man insisted on reasoning and successfully won more boos.

Nima's reason, Louis couldn't stand it.

At this moment, a child across the street, probably out of curiosity, suddenly approached the alligator armored vehicle parked there.

The appearance of the natives of French Indochina is actually similar to that of the Chinese, and it is difficult to tell them apart at a glance.

The child came to the armored vehicle and reached out to touch the body of the armored vehicle curiously.

"Go away!" A Japanese soldier pushed open the car door, yelled at him sharply, and kicked the child to the ground.

The child burst into tears immediately.

Immediately, a group of people gathered around.

"Go away, no onlookers are allowed—" the vicious little dwarf had a domineering expression on his face.

"Look what you have done, he is still a child!" A white lady said righteously, white people are not afraid of the Japanese.

"Please leave, this has nothing to do with you." The Japanese military officer sitting in the back seat of the car got out of the car. He seemed to have been educated, at least he knew how to use "please" when speaking.

"Your soldiers shouldn't be so violent, you should restrain them better." The lady was very angry, but it was a pity that they were all talking to each other.

The lady doesn't speak Japanese.

Among the Japanese, there are not many people who can speak English, at least the few Japanese soldiers present can't.

So it's a mess.

At this time, the child's mother finally appeared. She quickly ran over to pick up the child, and looked at the Japanese officer with fear in her eyes.

"You guys should apologize to this kid!" the white lady tried to ask the Japanese soldier in a civilized way.

The officer was already very impatient at this moment, and his white-gloved hand tightly held the saber in his hand.

"I'm sorry—" the child's mother apologized in a low voice.

"You shouldn't apologize to him, he should apologize to you." The white lady upholds justice.

"Hehe—" the Japanese officer grinned grinningly, and suddenly drew out his saber.

The bright red blood was extremely bright under the pale sunlight.

(End of this chapter)