Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2401 The Hardest Road

Although the war is not over yet, reconstruction work has begun, and this work has nothing to do with the British.

Including the Lion City, throughout Southeast Asia, since the outbreak of the war, the antipathy towards the British Empire has intensified. Because of the special status of the Straits Settlements, the relationship with the United Kingdom can continue to be maintained, and the colonial rule of the Malay Peninsula has collapsed. In the middle of the war, the locals contacted the Changi Naval Base one after another, hoping that the Changi Naval Base would help them rebuild after the war.

This job is actually not difficult. The Japanese invasion broke the old colonial order of the Malay Peninsula. The former colonial officials, landlords, mine owners, feudal princes and other ruling classes fled one after another during the Japanese invasion. During the war, the losses were heavy, and the room was empty. You only need to pay a very small price to reap huge benefits.

The place where the 79th Division works is in Tanjung Sepat, not far from Kuala Lumpur. There are the best and most mature plantations in Malaya. The natural rubber and palm oil produced are exported to Europe and the United States. They are important industrial raw materials. .

Before the war broke out, the Tanjung Sepat plantations were monopolized by the British, and the locals could not intervene.

After the war broke out, all the British fled, and Tanjung Sepat was occupied by the Japanese army and later recovered by the Allied forces.

A few months ago, the fighting in the Malay Peninsula was basically over. The plantation owners who fled during the war returned to the Malay Peninsula one after another. At this time, the Malay Peninsula was under military control. They gathered in the Lion City, hoping to resume the operation of the plantations as soon as possible. .

This request was opposed by the local armed forces in the Malay Peninsula. The Kingdom of Johor directly characterized the fleeing behavior during the war as voluntarily giving up all property including plantations, and unilaterally applied for the auction of unowned plantations.

The Umbrella Corporation became the big winner. In just one month, the Umbrella Corporation purchased about 100 million hectares of plantations. These plantations will be rewarded as prizes to those mercenaries who fought bravely during the war.

"We are fighting bravely on the front line, and you follow behind to pick up bargains. Is this appropriate?" Lieutenant Colonel Qin Jun stood on a hillside, watching the Indian soldiers who had begun to work, and intentionally or unintentionally teased Liu Han, an executive of the umbrella company beside him.

"We are only here. We are only eligible to bid if you pick the ones that are left. The best plantations will never flow into the market." Liu Han is not angry, as much as he pays, he will get as much as he wants, which is very fair .

Umbrella is the big winner, but not the biggest, the real big winner is the Changi Naval Base, or the Southern African military.

After the last world war, southern Africa got Tanganyika and Southwest Africa, and millions of southern African soldiers were resettled, and their interests were guaranteed. Tanganyika and Southwest Africa were also developed at the fastest speed, and now they have become an important part of Southern Africa.

The places that can be robbed around southern Africa have been robbed, and the southern African military has to look further away in North Africa and Southeast Asia. These high-quality plantations are the best rewards. They are more qualified to be part of this area than the British master of the land.

Not only in the Malay Peninsula, but also in the northern Indochina Peninsula, a gluttonous feast to share the fruits of victory is also going on, including Siam, which joined the Axis powers during the war, and suffered the same fate.

Southern Africans are still very fond of Siamese rice.

"I heard from Sammy, how much did you pay for an island in East India?" Qin Jun is a soldier, bound by military law, and cannot do whatever he wants.

"It doesn't cost much. If you want to buy it, I can contact you." Liu Han was full of complacency. East India is known as the country of ten thousand islands, and some are located in remote deserted islands. The cheap ones are like free gifts.

The island purchased by Liu Han is very small, only about [-] to [-] hectares. Liu Han plans to go to the island to retire after retirement.

This is actually not a good choice. The cost of developing a deserted island is too high for individuals, and the supporting living facilities are even more unnecessary. It seems that being an island owner is free and at ease, but in fact it is isolated from the world.

"No, no, my family has a farm in Los Angeles." Qin Jun is the second generation of farmers, the kind of invisible rich man.

"Is it Nyasaranlo City?" Liu Han was full of envy. There are several Los Angeles cities in southern Africa.

Qin Jun smiled and nodded.

"Then you are really lucky!" Liu Han sighed, reincarnation is really a technical job.

After so many years of development in Nyasaland, every inch of land is expensive, especially around Los Angeles, where it is hard to find money.

Regarding the farms in southern Africa, there is a saying in the market: the farms in Southwest Africa, you can have them if you work hard; the farms in Cape State, you may have them if you work hard; The ones that don't.

"Aren't you from Elizabeth?" Liu Han knew something about Qin Jun, but he didn't know very clearly. Qin Jun also worked in the umbrella company.

"I am a Nyasalandian first, and then an Elizabethan—" Qin Jun didn't explain much.

Qin Jun's father is the first generation of immigrants from Nyasaland. After Rock bought Port Elizabeth, Qin Jun's father went to work in Port Elizabeth. With the rich income in Port Elizabeth, he was able to buy a farm in Nyasaland.

After understanding the whole story, Liu Han smiled wryly and shook his head, then looked at the Indian soldiers who were working hard, and Liu Han suddenly felt relieved.

Different people have different fates. Compared with Qin Jun, Liu Han is indeed hard-working.

But compared with these Indian soldiers, Liu Han is extremely lucky.

Not far from Qin Jun and Liu Han, Cottard, wearing an officer uniform, was urging his subordinates to work.

The task of the Indian soldiers is to repair the road, which connects Kuala Lumpur and Tanjung Sepat. The above means to extend this road to the Lion City, and build a coastal road in full compliance with southern African standards.

The requirements for coastal roads are very high, the roads must be hardened, and green belts must be arranged on both sides of the roads, with at least two-way four-lane roads.

Considering that the coastal road also has a sightseeing function, it is required to take it to a higher level, which was never considered by the previous colonial government.

The task is still very heavy. The Allied forces used heavy artillery and heavy bombs in the battle to regain Kuala Lumpur. Those heavy artillery with a caliber of more than 200 mm and fired shells weighing more than 100 kg can casually create all kinds of terror on the ground. craters.

Even more frightening were the shells that did not explode.

Although the quality of military products in southern Africa is reliable, there are still some dud bombs. These dud bombs just did not explode, not that they will not explode. They are in an extremely unstable state. Once they explode, the soldiers of a company will be reimbursed directly.

Not long after the work started, Indian soldiers found an unexploded shell.

Cottard immediately evacuated the soldiers and sent someone to report. This work must be handled by professional engineers.

"Good job, but this is beyond the scope of your work." Paul, wearing a Gurkha scimitar on his chest, squatted beside Kottal with lingering fear. At that time, he was less than 50 meters away from the shell.

It is unclear whether this is a 203 shell or a 152 shell.

Even if it is only 152, the effective killing radius is more than 50 meters. If it explodes, Paul will either die or be injured.

"What will the engineers do?" Cottard took out a cigarette case and approached it. This is a high-end product that only officers are eligible to distribute, and Cottard himself is not willing to smoke it.

"Probably detonate it, the engineers won't take a huge risk to move it away." Paul was terrified, and his flesh and blood had no ability to resist when encountering such a big killer.

"Sir, why did you spend so much to build this road?" Sumit was polite. The British in his impression were not as fond of building roads as southern Africans.

Not just road construction, the British are not interested in all kinds of infrastructure construction, unless it is the kind of project that has to be established for profit.

The key point is that the efficiency of the British is extremely low. Even if the project is established, it is impossible to start work every three to two years. The work method in southern Africa, where the project is established today and started tomorrow, is too casual for the British.

"Is the price high?" Paul was at a loss. You people don't even have a salary. What is the price?
For things like road construction, the biggest cost is labor costs. If workers don't need to be paid, the cost is really low.

In addition to Indian soldiers, the workers who built this road were prisoners sent from the Philippines.

These captives were not Japanese, but Filipinos who joined the Japanese servant army.

The Americans originally wanted to shoot all the captives of the Filipino slave army, which numbered in the hundreds of thousands. Later, Angie paid for these captives from MacArthur, and both of them were very happy.

An Qi is happy because there are hundreds of thousands of free labor.

MacArthur was happy because he had windfall income, and he didn't need to bear the psychological burden of morality.

After all, shooting and killing prisoners will have a certain impact on MacArthur's reputation.

MacArthur had lofty ideals.

Therefore, this part of the work of Indian soldiers is far from the most dangerous and arduous. The truly dangerous and arduous work is performed by captives.

"Why is it not high? There are so many people here, they need food every day, they still get sick, and the logistical standard is still so high—" Sumit has already entered the state, thinking about the problem from the standpoint of Changi Naval Base.

"This is all normal, you don't have to worry—" Paul laughed, this price is really nothing to Changi Naval Base.

The logistical standard is really high.

The engineers didn't arrive for a while, but the dining car did.

Lunch was still very rich, with fish and luncheon meat, carrots and cabbage as vegetables, and rice as the staple food, which was full of aroma after being poured in broth. Cottard and Sumit ate heartily, but Paul looked uncomfortable and kept hiccupping.

"Aren't you going to eat?" Sumit was very curious. For some reason, Paul looked full.

"Thank you, if you ate luncheon meat for a month, you would be full—" Paul took a piece of durian and pressed it, Sumit's face changed drastically.

The production of durian in the Malay Peninsula is very high. In order to save costs, the southern African military will also purchase fruits from the Malay Peninsula.

Durian is something, if you like it, you will love it, and if you don't like it, you can't even smell it.

"I think I can eat it for a lifetime." Cottard rolled the rice with broth into balls with his hands, and it was very fragrant.

Paul frowned slightly, unable to accept this way of eating by Indian soldiers.

Indian soldiers don't use cutlery to eat, but knead food into balls or strips with their hands and eat directly.

This method is unhygienic and unhygienic. The key point is that Indian soldiers don’t use toilet paper when they go to the toilet——

That's disgusting.

Although Paul knew that the hand used by Indian soldiers to go to the bathroom was different from the hand used to eat, he still felt uncontrollable nausea, which was a physiological reaction.

"Mmmmmm——" Ashike squatted beside him and nodded his head, no matter how much he could eat such a delicious thing, he couldn't get enough of it.

Paul didn't explain the ingredients of the luncheon meat. Seeing how delicious Ashke's food was, he simply handed his share to Ashke.

"Thank you, thank you very much, God will bless you—" Ashke hurriedly thanked.

"Your treatment is really good. If I can, I hope to work for you forever." Sumit finished eating and filled another pot of coffee.

Although there is no milk and sugar, and the coffee tastes a bit bland due to the addition of too much water, Sumit still feels happy from the bottom of his heart.

"Everything we have is not dependent on other people's charity. If we want to have a happy life, we can only get it with our own hands." Paul is serious, which is well known in southern Africa.

Governments at all levels of the Southern African Federation have been emphasizing this point to cultivate the independent spirit of the southern Africans. Newspapers and schools are also pervasive, seizing every opportunity to instill this truth in the southern Africans.

"What should we do?" Cottard cheered up, and finally talked about his most concerned issue.

"I don't know what you should do, I'm just a little machete, but if you refer to the history of southern Africa, I think you will find the answer." Paul couldn't give the correct answer, but he could provide a way.

For the rest of the work, Cottard was a little absent-minded.

After returning to the camp at night, Cottard went to the camp library to borrow books. The library only existed after Southern Africa took over the camp.

"Want to learn about the history of Southern Africa—let me see—" The library staff looked blank. Southern Africa has only been established for a few decades. What is the history?
Of course there are still some, and Cottard borrowed a copy of "Economic Development-Looking at the Relationship between Southern Africa and the United Kingdom" written by Joseph Mitchelson, a professor of economics at Nyasaland University.

This decision is correct.

Southern Africa and India have too many similarities, for example, both were once British colonies, such as——

Gone.

Back in the tent, Cottard lit the lamp to read.

Su Mit came to take a look and gave up completely. He has never been to school, even if he was given a book, he would not understand it.

In fact, Cottard is also ignorant, and Cottard does not understand many economic terms.

But Cottard had a good teacher, and Paul helped Cottard to the greatest extent.

"So, if we want to live a happy life like the southern Africans, we must first get rid of the colonial rule of the British Empire. Only in this way can we truly be the masters of our own country—" Kottal told Sumit and Ashikkopp at any time , he certainly can't imagine now how difficult this road will be.

(End of this chapter)