Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 940

In the previous battles, the Anzacs suffered the heaviest casualties, accounting for almost 60.00%. In the Anzac Bay alone, [-] Anzac officers and soldiers shed blood on the battlefield.

After the Battle of the Dardanelles, the lightly wounded have been transferred to Cyprus, where the conditions are better, for recuperation, and the seriously wounded have been sent back to their hometowns. Many seriously wounded chose to go to southern Africa. They may not be immigrants, maybe they just want to see Look, add some insight into Southern Africa.

Rock believed that as long as they arrived in southern Africa, they might change their minds. After the outbreak of the world war, more and more people actively immigrated to southern Africa. Farm prices in almost all states in southern Africa have risen significantly, and no one cared about them before. Natal has also become a sweet pastry. Tanganyika, which was just occupied after the outbreak of the World War, is the most popular, but new immigrants are not eligible to buy farms in Tanganyika. The war is not over yet. Farms have already been carved up, and Nyasaland and South Africa are once again the big winners, with more than 1000 million hectares of land owned by the two companies.

In Dar es Salaam, which has been renamed "St. George", immigrant boats arrive almost every day. The new immigrants have to be quarantined on Zanzibar Island for 14 days before being allowed to go ashore. The required standard is getting higher and higher, and the risk of infectious diseases is decreasing. Last year, there was an outbreak of plague in the Republic of Congo and the Kingdom of Congo during the rainy season. Nyasaland and Rhodesia, which are the closest to the Kingdom of Congo and the Republic of Congo, were not affected, thanks to In line with the strict requirements of the Ministry of Health.

When the federal government was established, the Ministry of Health was established, even earlier than the Ministry of National Defense. Under the strong propaganda of governments at all levels, it has become the consensus of people not to drink unboiled water, to wash hands frequently, to bathe frequently, and to change clothes frequently. No one likes a sloppy guy, and they can’t even find a partner. The beards common to European men are becoming less and less in southern Africa, and white faces have gradually become the aesthetic standard in southern Africa.

The "white" here is not the white that is close to the sickness of the white people. In fact, there was no concept of "yellow race" at first. Western works before the Qing Dynasty always used "white" to describe the Chinese. After the dynasties, "yellow" gradually became the skin color of the Chinese.

The main reason is economic. If the economy of the Qing Dynasty is still the same as that of the previous dynasties, accounting for more than half of the world's economic scale, then even if the Chinese are yellow, "yellow" is the mainstream aesthetic standard in the world.

Southern Africa does not engage in the "honorary whites" thing. Why is it honor to be associated with whites? In southern Africa, let alone ethnicity, there is no distinction between races. "Afrikaans" is what all southern Africans call themselves.

Of course, this certainly does not include Africans.

As time entered August, a group of special guests came to Cyprus Island. They were Chinese laborers from the Far East.

Chinese workers were a special group during the World War. The work they were engaged in was very complicated. Whether it was industrial production or logistical support, there were Chinese workers. Some Chinese workers even participated in the war deeply. It is not taken seriously, so no one pays attention to the contribution of Chinese laborers.

In fact, when the Anglo-French coalition forces were at their most critical last year, there were voices of recruiting Chinese laborers to participate in the war. The Chinese in the southern African expeditionary force had already proved that they were no worse than the whites, or even better than the whites. The overall status of the Chinese in Europe is slowly improving. At least in France, no one dares to use the derogatory term "yellow pig". On the contrary, many French imitate monkey calls to African soldiers, throw bananas to African soldiers, and hire African soldiers. Man picks cotton.

When it comes to discrimination, Europeans are really racially gifted, with a lot of tricks.

The Chinese laborers who came to Cyprus were not discriminated against. Although many of them still wore braids, no one dared to discriminate against them. They were different from Indian, Persian, and African laborers from other regions. Their work intensity was low, but their technical content A slightly higher job, of course, earns more money.

"Conscripting Chinese laborers to form troops to join the war, this, this is not good—" Ian Hamilton questioned Rock's decision for the first time. These Chinese laborers came to Europe as workers, and they are not suitable sources of soldiers. They are not in line with the British and French coalition forces. requirements.

"Why not? They are all young people between the ages of 18 and 25. Before coming to Europe, they have undergone at least half a year of physical recuperation in the Far East. After a little training, they are qualified soldiers. How outstanding are the Chinese soldiers in the Mediterranean Expeditionary Army? It is obvious to all that they do not lack fighting enthusiasm and have superb combat skills. Give them a rifle and they will at least do better than the Italians. You must know that there will be 35 laborers coming to Europe one after another. They are all of the right age to meet the requirements As for the source of troops, we can definitely deploy tens of thousands of people, or 10 people to join the war, which will make them more valuable.” Rock has bad intentions, 35 young and middle-aged people, representing more than one million people behind him, if these labor wars In the end, instead of returning to the Far East, they immigrated to southern Africa, and the strength of the Chinese in southern Africa will be further strengthened.

In the past few years, southern Africa has been actively immigrating. The Far East is the most important source of immigrants. Southern Africa has been focusing on promoting southern Africa among the Chinese. There are more and more Chinese in southern Africa. Rock believes that as long as southern Africa shows sincerity , 35 Chinese laborers do not say that all of them immigrated to southern Africa, and it is still possible to get half of them.

In another time and space, about 14 Chinese laborers came to France. Most of them returned to the Far East after the war, and many stayed in France to settle. It is said that there were more than 5000 transnational marriages at that time.

There are more Chinese laborers coming to France in this time and space, not just Chinese laborers. The Anglo-French coalition forces make full use of every force. The British Overseas Dominions have all sent combat troops to France, and the French East India has sent as many as 66, and India sent 200 million troops and laborers to Europe.

"Their physical conditions meet the requirements, but we have a contract with their government and cannot use them for front-line combat." Ian Hamilton still has concerns.

This routine sounds a bit familiar, and it is also the case with many Africans working in southern Africa.

"Contracts are not important. If workers are willing to join the army, they must voluntarily give up the contract. This has nothing to do with the agreement." Rock doesn't care about the contract. The salary of the workers is settled by the government, and it will definitely be exploited layer by layer when it is sent to the workers.

Compared with laborers, the salaries of soldiers are higher, and they will be paid directly to individuals without going through layers of pumping, and they also have better benefits, which are all temptations that laborers cannot refuse.

It seems that the contract is still a bit binding, but as the war progresses, the binding force of the contract is gradually decreasing.

Take the laborers in the French East Indies as an example. At first, the French government promised not to send laborers to join the army.

As a result, after the East Indian workers came to France, they had to work 11 hours a day in the factory and could only rest one day a month. The heavy work made the workers exhausted. In order to get rid of the factory environment, many East Indian workers voluntarily joined the army. Three percent of the East Indian population died during the war.

Ian Hamilton's opposition could not change Roque's decision. From the first day he set foot on Cyprus, the fate of these laborers was changed.

The laborers are indeed new to everything in Cyprus.

Although the price of goods in Europe was soaring during the World War, in Cyprus, the materials were relatively abundant, and the dietary standards of the workers were not bad. Potato tubes were the basis. Every meal of the workers also included bread, fruit and meat. It doesn't have to be beef, it could be chicken, pork or other meat, no matter what kind of meat, it is unbelievable for laborers.

The Chinese in the East are in an unprecedented difficult time. Overthrowing the Qing government did not make their lives better. On the contrary, because of the warlords’ melee and the people’s livelihood, the common people couldn’t even eat enough. There was a severe famine in the Far East last year. The inland Tens of thousands of people died of hunger and disease in the region. Changing children to eat is not a literary exaggeration, but an ongoing tragedy, which is difficult to describe in words.

On the first night when Chinese laborers came to Cyprus, the staple food for dinner was unlimited beef and stewed potatoes. The fruit after the meal was an apple and two bananas. If someone was willing to shave their braids, they would get a new suit of clothes as a reward. The texture of the clothes is not good, the most common denim or canvas, but the workmanship is not bad, and durable, very popular in southern Africa.

As for boredom?

Sorry, this is a question that is only eligible to be considered when there is a choice.

Among the first batch of 4000 workers who arrived in Cyprus, nearly [-] chose to cut off their braids that night, and the remaining workers did the same in the following days. They were arranged to work in the port and Niconia as construction workers. The workers built hospitals and barracks for the wounded soldiers of the Expeditionary Army. The high standards of the Expeditionary Army's housing requirements also surprised the Chinese workers.

Many Chinese workers do not even have a house of their own in their hometown. Even if there is, it is a thatched house made of adobe walls and a thatched roof. After Roque placed the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force Command in Cyprus, Nico The old towns of Niah have all been bulldozed, and the newly built houses are the most popular wooden houses in southern Africa in the past few years. The main structure of these houses is made of wood, and fire prevention is a big problem, so in southern Africa, more and more The wooden houses are replaced by permanent buildings with masonry structure, but in Cyprus, various wooden houses with simple structures, chic shapes, bright colors have become the best choice.

Regardless of how many years these wooden houses can be used, take up the space first.

(End of this chapter)