Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 909

The war is going on, and there are a lot of souvenirs. It is normal for the coalition to exchange souvenirs. Ypres has formed a market dedicated to exchanging souvenirs. The officers and soldiers on rotation will bring their trophies to the market to set up stalls. Many residents around Ypres will also be involved.

It has to be said that the accumulation of the old European colonization of the world for hundreds of years is indeed strong. An inconspicuous country like Belgium once had a colony of more than 200 million square kilometers in Africa, so the various spoils on the market are There are various categories, gold products from the Amazon forest, diamonds from Africa, and gemstones from Ceylon are very popular.

For the southern African expeditionary forces, ceramics from the East and ink paintings that white people cannot understand are more popular. Caucasian paintings are mainly realistic oil paintings. They cannot understand the freehand style of oriental ink and wash, nor can they feel square characters The core information that I want to convey is that since the Opium War, the oriental cultural relics have been lost to Europe. The southern African expeditionary force, from top to bottom, began to pay attention to this information after they came to France.

This kind of conscious collection can be guided. The price of oriental cultural relics purchased by military service agencies is higher than the price of gold jewelry, so there are really a lot of things sent back to southern Africa during this period, and they are used to build two or three museums. Both are more than enough.

On Christmas Day, the 11th Division's position suddenly heard the singing of "Silent Night" from the direction of the German positions. 100 years ago, the Austrian village pastor Joseph Mach and organist Franz Cooper jointly composed this song , last night, the Anglo-French and German radio stations played this song, one version was sung by the Austrian opera star Olise Schumann, her two sons were on the battlefield, one in the Allied Army and one in the German Army .

"Christmas Eve, holy night, when peace and radiance envelop the Virgin and Child—"

The singer was a baritone with a deep voice, obviously trained professionally.

This is not surprising. The backgrounds of soldiers during the World Wars are very complicated. There are Olympic champions, university professors, and opera singers. They are all fighting for what they think is right now, just like ordinary soldiers.

"How kind, how sweet, the Holy Child sleeps peacefully in God's peace—"

There are also talents on the coalition side, and someone will continue to sing immediately.

"I want to see who is singing—" Staff Sergeant Ruiz of the Los Angeles 11nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, [-]th Division suddenly stood up.

"You're crazy, the Germans will shoot you—" Corporal Wilson grabbed Ruiz.

"No, today is like our new year for Europeans. No one wants to shoot on this day." Ruiz insisted. He also knew it was risky, but he was willing to give it a try.

"You have to think about it, if the Germans shoot—" Wilson disapproved, winking at Private Tommy next to him.

Tommy is a supplementary soldier who just came to France before Christmas. He, Ruiz and Wilson form a combat team together.

Before Tommy could find the company commander, Ruiz put down his rifle and jumped out of the trench.

This is really a very risky move. When Ruiz just jumped out of the trench, Wilson heard the singing on the opposite German position stagnate for a moment, and then the voice became louder. Overcoats, also without rifles, German soldiers with raised hands walked up from the German trenches.

After suffering so many losses, the Germans have finally learned how to behave, and the trenches are not bad at all compared with the expeditionary forces.

This is to blame the Anglo-French coalition forces who lost their positions. If they hadn't lost their positions, the German army would not have known the trench structure of the Southern African Expeditionary Force.

Well now, realizing the benefits of trenches, the pragmatic Germans quickly absorbed and improved them. The casualties of the attacking troops will be greater in the future, and it will be more difficult for the British and French allied forces to win.

In the current position, in order to facilitate the troops to attack, there are no barbed wire or minefields in front of the trench. Wilson and Tommy watched Louis walk out of the trench, then put down their rifles and raised their hands and walked out.

He was still singing "Silent Night", although he was a little out of tune because of his guilty conscience, the message he conveyed was still very definite.

More soldiers also came out from the German positions.

Soon, the two troops that were still at war met in the center of the battlefield.

Ruiz finally saw living German soldiers up close.

The German who sang was a tall, bearded man with blood and dirt on his military overcoat, obviously having fought bloody battles before.

The bearded German soldier still had bruises and frostbite on his face, and it seemed that the German army's heat preservation measures were not very good.

While Ruiz was observing the bearded German soldiers, the German soldiers were also observing Ruiz with cautious curiosity.

Soon the distance between them was only about two meters, Ruiz scratched his head, and stretched his right hand to his chest pocket with slow movements.

The body of the bearded German soldier visibly trembled, and his voice also began to tremble.

Ruiz pulled out a pack of cigarettes issued by the Southern African Expeditionary Force.

A large group of German soldiers breathed out at the same time, and the appearance of a dozen of them spraying out white air at the same time was simply comical.

Ruiz tosses cigarettes to bearded German soldiers from a distance.

The bearded German soldiers caught it in a hurry, and then a large group of German soldiers began to carve up.

Why, this pack of cigarettes was smoked by Ruiz, and it wasn't enough, and the German soldiers who didn't get a share looked at Ruiz with very sad eyes.

Immediately there were more cigarettes tossed.

The bearded German soldier threw Ruiz a bar of chocolate, took out a bottle of wine and took a sip before handing it to Ruiz.

Ruiz reached out to take it, probably because the bottle was always in his arms, the body of the bottle was not cold, but it felt very warm.

Ruiz opened the wine bottle and took a big gulp, gritted his teeth and quickly took a bite of chocolate, then handed the bottle to Wilson beside him, took out a can of peas from Tommy's backpack, thought about it, and put the can of peas Put it back and replace it with a box of luncheon meat.

Spam was obviously more popular with German soldiers. It was not enough for a dozen people to share a box of lunch meat. Soon more lunch meat was handed over, in exchange for more ham and bacon. A thin and small German soldier The soldier actually handed Tommy a bottle of beer. Drinking beer in winter, he deserved to be skinny.

"Hello—" the bearded German soldier suddenly spoke English.

It would be great to be able to speak English, and the atmosphere immediately became enthusiastic. I don’t know which bastard with a strange brain circuit even brought a football, so a friendly match began immediately.

It must be Germany against the Anglo-French forces.

As a result, the British and French allied forces, who were not cooperating smoothly and were not skilled in technology, were kicked ten to zero by the Germans.

When it was [-]-[-], Ruiz asked to be replaced by a team from the Southern African Expeditionary Force. The British-French coalition team disagreed. Only when it was [-]-[-] did they realize that there was no way to recover, so they gave the ball to Southern Africa. An expeditionary force.

Alas, I don't forget to shake the pot at such a time, it's hopeless!

The team formed by the Southern African Expeditionary Force refused to admit defeat, and soon returned a ten-to-zero score to the Germans.

Thanks to Roque for his emphasis on training. Football and rugby are very popular in the southern African army. While entertaining and entertaining, they can also strengthen the physique of officers and soldiers and cultivate the team awareness of officers and soldiers. When Roque was still in the Johannesburg Police Station , the Johannesburg Police Department has a football team.

They played songs, exchanged food, and played a game of football. When the bearded German soldiers left, they gave Ruiz a big hug.

Ruiz knew what this hug meant, and after today, it was still until death.

"My name is Ruiz, and I'm from the city of Los Angeles in Nyasaland. If you have the opportunity to come to Nyasaland, don't forget to come and find me. When the time comes, I will invite you to drink in the best tavern in Nyasaland— —” Ruiz didn’t say the detailed address, and there is a high probability that everyone here will not survive the war.

"My name is Hoffinkins, a Hamburger. If you go to Hamburg, go to Hank from Cooks, and I will treat you to the most authentic burger—" Hoffinkins had sad eyes, and he thought for a while , took off a silver cross from his neck and handed it to Ruiz, with Hoffinkins' body temperature on it.

Ruiz took the cross and put it around his neck, took out a lighter engraved with "Rise and Fall, Everyone is Responsible" from the inner pocket of his coat, and handed it over, then hugged Hofkins heavily, and then didn't look back Go to the position of the British and French coalition forces.

Back in the trench, waiting for Ruiz was the anxious company commander and the indifferent military police.

The matter was quickly reported to Rock. Xia Fei and Frenzi did not make a fuss, but emphasized that similar incidents are not allowed to happen in the future.

Haig was the most vehement, demanding the harshest punishment for any soldiers who walked out of the trenches on Christmas Day.

On Christmas Day, this kind of thing was not an exception, but happened several times, in different positions.

Rock firmly disagrees with punishing soldiers. Soldiers are human beings, and they have the right to rest between wars. Even if the war is cruel, it cannot cover up the brilliance of humanity.

Rock doesn't want war machines that only have killing in their minds. Soldiers will eventually have to leave the battlefield and return to their hometowns to return to a peaceful life. The wounds left by the war may be with them forever, but Rock hopes that the world war will leave a lasting impression on soldiers. The memories left behind are not just the bloody and bloody positions, and the cold and dirty trenches.

"This is collaborating with the enemy and must be resolutely put an end to it. All soldiers must be punished!" Haig insisted, howling echoed back and forth in the headquarters, like a lone wolf abandoned by a pack of wolves.

Joffre and Frenzi are quiet, and they will not express their opinions easily on this kind of matter.

In the headquarters, there were also staff officers and aides such as Angie and Patton. These people looked at Haig with undisguised hatred.

"You are such an inhuman butcher. In your eyes, soldiers are just victims that can be consumed at will. You can deal with your soldiers whatever you want, but don't even think about touching a hair on my people. If you force me, I will die." Beat you, believe it or not!" Rock's voice was not soft at all, and the ball is more important, and it is worth going on the line?

(End of this chapter)