Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 832 Inadvertently Pretending Again

The efficiency of Egypt is like this. Probably the colonial officials responsible for building the camp did not expect the army from southern Africa to come so quickly. Under normal circumstances, it is normal to complete this series of procedures within half a year from the order of transfer to the arrival of the troops in Egypt. .

Mallory is also angry, and he can complain, but returning to Alexandria is disobedience to military orders, and no one can afford this responsibility.

"Please wait a moment. I'll ask Richard. Maybe we haven't arrived in Alamein yet. There must be some misunderstanding." Franklin didn't understand the situation either, and Richard was the person in charge here.

The result is surprising. This is indeed Alamein, but Richard is not here, but in Alexandria's residence. It is said that Richard only came to Alamein once after the start of construction, and never came again.

Mallory and Dalton finally had a first-hand experience of the administrative efficiency of Egypt, which, if it had happened in southern Africa, would have put those in charge in prison.

"We can't do anything, the difficulties are beyond imagination, the funds are seriously insufficient, our workers don't have enough food, and the number of workers is also seriously insufficient. The weather is hot recently, and construction can only be done in the morning and evening, and the working hours per day cannot exceed four. Hours, or someone will suffer from heat stroke—" The temporary person in charge poured out bitter water, and at this time, a hundred or so sparse workers finally came out of the stone house in twos and threes under the scolding of the supervisor. They were ragged, yellow and thin, and looked Severely malnourished, some people's bodies are crumbling, and they feel that they can be blown away by a gust of wind. It's no wonder that such workers are highly efficient.

"Sorry, I didn't know it would be like this. I will report to Mr. Colonel and the boss. The person in charge here will definitely be punished." Franklin was also very helpless. Egypt is not southern Africa, and the people here are accustomed to such efficiency.

"I'll talk about the accountability later. The problem now is where do we live? You can't let my soldiers sleep in the wilderness. That will seriously affect the combat effectiveness of the troops." No matter how Dalton handles the person in charge, the key is how to solve the current situation. question.

"Let the workers vacate the room and let them live outside." Franklin could only choose to sacrifice the workers.

The workers' rooms are those stone rooms. These rooms are low and low, and they have no windows. They look very low on the surface, but they are actually very spacious after entering.

The crux of the problem is that the hygienic condition inside the room is very bad. There is no basic living furniture, not even a camp bed. The workers have no awareness of hygiene at all. Some people even defecate anywhere in the room. The situation is appalling. , Dalton randomly found a house to check the situation, and then immediately came out holding his nose, preferring to live in a wilderness than to live in such a house.

"Cheng, ask the soldiers to set up tents in the open space outside, the houses here are not inhabited at all!" Dalton gave up communicating with Franklin, after all, he still had to rely on himself.

"You can let the workers do it—" Franklin wanted to help.

Dalton looked at the numb eyes and expressions of the workers around him, looked at their clothes whose colors were no longer distinguishable, and their dark skin. He didn't want them to help at all. The people in the camp will not have any sense of accomplishment, and the tents they have touched, it is estimated that the soldiers will not live in them.

According to the epidemic prevention standards required by the Ministry of National Defense of Southern Africa, such a hygienic situation requires complete isolation. Miners in southern Africa have to take a shower before eating even after a day's work. Judging by the appearance of these workers, it is estimated that they have been working for a long time No shower.

"Let's do it ourselves, drive all these people to the beach, wash ourselves first, and then clean all the rooms. All the work must be completed before dawn tomorrow." Dalton said seriously, if he dared to delay Procrastination, Dalton would kill.

"It's impossible before dawn tomorrow—" Franklin was not optimistic, and the Egyptian workers in his eyes were also hopeless.

"Hehe, nothing is impossible. There is no word 'impossible' in our southern African dictionary." Dalton was decisive, and he didn't have any hope for these supervisors. He turned around and asked a sergeant major to tell him The Master Sergeant is in charge of enforcement.

Sergeant majors can only be served by senior soldiers who have served for a long time, have excellent personal qualities, and have strong individual combat effectiveness, but do not have the qualifications to become officers. Sergeant majors in the Southern African Army have at least ten years of service. The salary is about the same as that of an officer at the second lieutenant level, and the company commander in the grassroots company must seek the opinion of the sergeant major when he wants to make a decision.

The sergeant major was also familiar with handling this kind of thing, so he randomly called a platoon of soldiers and led the interpreter like ducks, driving the workers who were watching the excitement to take a bath.

Don't care about whether the sea water can be used for bathing. At this time, there are not so many particulars. Some soldiers even brought clippers for haircuts, obviously preparing to clean these workers thoroughly.

By the time the workers went to take a shower, the soldiers were already busy.

At this time, you can see the role of occupation. Hundreds of soldiers work together. It is actually very simple to build a camp. As long as the nails are deep enough, the tent will not run away when the wind blows. Armored vehicles play a huge role, and the lights are turned on. Afterwards, it was as bright as daylight, and a dozen oil barrels were set up in the middle of the tent. After the firewood was doused with gasoline, the bonfire was lit immediately, playing the role of lighting, and at the same time, the cooking team began to work.

The main job is still to boil water, and dinner can only be done later.

"Cheng, find some of our clothes and send them to Wolfe, and change them into those workers later, and then bring them some canned food, let them work after they are full, wear my clothes, and eat my clothes. If I don’t work hard for me, I’m going to kill someone.” Dalton was murderous, but he was still very thoughtful, and if he wants to get what he wants, he must give it first. This thinking is very southern African.

Franklin looked at the busy Dalton and Mallory without talking. When Dalton led the people to build a temporary camp, Mallory was busy setting up defensive positions.

It is very easy to set up a defensive position in the desert. Sandbags are built up with machine guns to form a position. The top is reinforced with steel plates, and a layer of sandbags is covered on the steel plate. Such simple fortifications are difficult to destroy unless they are directly hit by large-caliber shells.

There are also fixed sentries and sniper points on the sand dunes not far from the camp. Light machine guns are very useful. Two shooters in a group will disappear into the darkness with guns, blankets and backpacks on their backs. These sentries are equivalent to ancient night soldiers. Don't take them in, let them out, don't worry about that at all, they have all received strict field survival training, and they are also very familiar with desert areas.

Southern Africa also has deserts. Although it is not the desert in North Africa, it can also play a training role.

Franklin randomly found a fortification and looked at it. On the surface, the fortification looks quite large. In fact, the internal space is very small. There is only one shooting hole in the front. The fortification can only accommodate two people, one shooter, one deputy shooter, and two shooters. They were busy assembling heavy machine guns. Although the lighting conditions were not good, their movements were very skilled. After a while, the assembly was completed smoothly, and then the two shooters entered the combat state, looking at Franklin rather unkindly.

It is estimated that he does not like the feeling of being observed.

Franklin looked around and saw at least ten similar fortifications intertwined. These fortifications were not in a line, and the openings of the firing holes were not in a fixed direction. Although Franklin did not know that this was to form crossfire, Franklin was still very smart and did not ask. .

To Franklin's surprise, a fully functioning temporary camp was built in less than an hour. At this time, the workers who went to take a shower hadn't even returned. This efficiency almost terrified Franklin, who was used to a slow-paced life.

Such an army, there are said to be 10 people in southern Africa——

"Mr. Franklin, the captain invites you to dinner." Dalton's orderly came to inform Franklin that eating together is a good opportunity to enhance their relationship.

On the way to Dalton's tent, Franklin still paid attention to the dinner of the officers and soldiers in Lower South Africa.

It can be seen that the treatment of the southern African army is very good. Even if it is a hasty dinner, each soldier has an average of two cans, one is beans, and the other is unknown meat. I don’t know how it tastes. It still smells delicious.

It probably didn't taste very good, because when the cooks distributed the cans, many soldiers complained that some soldiers would rather have two cans of vegetables than cans of meat.

"Don't be so picky, we are in Egypt, not in Nyasaland, we like to eat or not, now we only have this—" The cook has a bad temper, the box is full of canned food, and the tin bucket contains hot A cup of coffee was not enough for many soldiers, so they filled up the kettle they carried with them.

Southern Africa is indeed rich and rich. The number of cans is limited, and there is enough coffee, as much as you want!

You must know that the price of coffee is not cheap, but it seems that East India, which is rich in coffee, has a very good relationship with southern Africa, which makes Franklin think about it, and then feel lost.

As officers, Dalton and Mallory had richer dinners, and the staple food must also be canned food, but there were also ham and bacon, which were still rare in the desert.

In fact, canned food is already hard to come by.

"Please sit down, Mr. Franklin. I'm sorry that our dinner is a bit crude. If you have the opportunity, you can go to Nyasaland. Then I will treat you to a real feast, a mysterious food from the Far East. I guarantee you will be full of praise." Dalton smiled very attentively. Combined with the impression Dalton gave Franklin along the way, Franklin suddenly had a bad feeling.

There is nothing to be courteous, and it is either a traitor or a thief.

(End of this chapter)