Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 948 The Soldier Wearing Iron Gray Uniform

If the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force fought the battle like this, Rock would have no shame in saying that he won the victory.

The French media still believed it. Perhaps they had no choice. Even if they knew that Joffre was lying, they could only publicize the so-called "victory" of the British and French coalition forces in the newspapers. This is also politically correct.

Rock did not deceive himself. When the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force advanced in an orderly manner on the Asia Minor peninsula, a company of the 11th Division came to a barracks on the outskirts of Istanbul. Ruiz, who had been promoted to captain after occupying Constantinople, was still the company commander. .

The condition of the barracks is not good. The Ottoman Empire is not in southern Africa. The conditions of the barracks are a bit poor. During the capture of Constantinople by the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, there was a fierce battle in the barracks, and most of the houses were blown up or burned. The remaining houses are almost uninhabitable, there is not a complete piece of glass on the windows, the dark and damp barracks are filled with an unbearable stench, there are corpses that have not been cleaned up everywhere, and the black flies buzz when people approach There was a large group of them flying at once. Ruiz and Wilson pinched their noses and walked around the barracks, then led the troops directly to the beach.

"It's so uninhabitable at all, we may have to stay here for a long time, we have to find a better place--" Ruiz frowned, after the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force handed over the Bosporus Strait to the Russian Empire, It is still necessary to ensure that British and French ships can navigate smoothly in the strait, so stationing troops is one of the conditions for handing over the strait.

It is just a company, and it will not have a fundamental impact on the ownership of the strait. The Russian Empire lost 30 people and did not take Constantinople. The Sea of ​​Marmara and the Dardanelles are in the bag, and they don't care about Rock's little things at all.

Roque didn't want to cause trouble for the Russian Empire, but in two years, the Russian Empire will fall into civil strife, and the great Comrade Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov will tear up the current treaty and voluntarily abandon it. The mouth of the Black Sea.

The Black Sea estuary was won by the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force through bloody battles. Roque will definitely not leave the Black Sea estuary to the Ottomans, so these garrisons still in the Balkan Peninsula will play a huge role by then.

At this time, no one must have thought that Rock was still planning to get out of the Black Sea under such circumstances.

The current Constantinople has been evacuated by the three-foot-high Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. The forward troops who first invaded Constantinople gained the most. They took away all kinds of exquisite gold and silver ornaments. and precious porcelain, leaving only unattended handmade carpets and various bulky furniture to the follow-up troops.

Nobody cares?

Learn about the ring velvet. It is said that a shawl can pass through the ring, and the price is comparable to gold.

Bulky furniture?

The furniture made of ordinary wood is indeed a bit bulky, but if it is huanghuali, if it is golden silk sandalwood, if it is chicken wings, iron plow and black boxwood, so there is no harm in learning more things, and there are many people who pick up junk to make a fortune.

When the attack on Constantinople was first launched, Rock mobilized 12 troops. The rest is devastated, and the marble in many temples has been removed and sent to Cyprus to build a sanatorium for the officers and soldiers of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, so it is really difficult to find a complete building in Constantinople.

Difficult does not mean that there is no such thing. Constantinople straddles the Bosporus Strait. Within tens of square kilometers, there will always be pearls that are overlooked. In a place less than two kilometers away from the Strait, Ruiz A large-scale castle was found. The owner of the castle probably fled before the fall of Constantinople, and the servants and staff also fled. disappeared.

However, this is not a problem for the officers and soldiers. The officers and soldiers carry bedding and blankets with them, and they can easily obtain supplies for daily necessities through the strait. Not far from the castle is a private pier. Of course, this pier is also used by Ruy Sri Lanka expropriation.

"The area of ​​this castle is quite large. There are more than 100 rooms on the upper and lower floors. The brothers finally have the treatment of living in a single room, but there is basically no furniture. I don't know who moved it so clean. ——" Lieutenant Wilson breathed out a sweet breath, the "doggy" in his mouth was a friendly army, and it must be a friendly army from southern Africa.

Only southern Africa has the ability to remove large objects from Constantinople. The 29th Division of the British Army also participated in the attack on Constantinople, but the officers and soldiers of the 29th Division lacked means of transportation. But there are ocean-going transport ships to cooperate.

These days, the ocean-going ships traveling between Constantinople and Cyprus are very busy, with more than a dozen ships every day.

"Send the brothers into the city to look for it, at least we have a place to sleep before we talk—" Ruiz didn't worry, Constantinople is so big, it's not easy to get some furniture.

Wilson personally brought a platoon into the city. Two soldiers "picked up" an ox cart on a farm on the way, so the number of ox carts and horse carts quickly increased, and dozens of large carts gathered together in a mighty manner. , If you pick a chicken on the bayonet, it will be too much like a homecoming mission.

At this time in Constantinople, there was not much furniture available. Beds, sofas, coffee tables, and wardrobes, as long as they were usable, were moved to the car. The soldiers did not have to do it themselves. The dignitaries could escape before the city fell, but a large number of civilians had nowhere to escape. The soldiers recruited hundreds of civilians casually.

It's not free labor, requisition is also paid, although the reward is worthless cans, but for civilians during the war, food is the best reward.

"Master Wei, does our army need logistics staff?" Tommy, who was still a recruit in Belgium, has become a warrant officer. This is a rank between a soldier and an officer. He is an officer in name, but he is still a soldier in fact. , but enjoy the treatment of officers.

It's a reserve officer.

"What support staff?" Wilson's reaction was half a beat slow.

Tommy snorted at an Ottoman girl who was helping to carry things. This girl should be under 18 years old, but she has a well-developed figure, with blond hair and fair skin, a few playful freckles next to her nose, and her face is covered with sweat and Hard-working smile.

Ottomans are actually white, and there are many who get married in their teens, and teenage girls look like adults.

That is to say, the Southern African Expeditionary Force has very strict requirements in certain aspects, otherwise the fate of such a girl during the war would be very miserable.

Before Wilson had time to speak, several officers and soldiers from the 29th Division of the British Army suddenly appeared on the corner of the street.

"Busy?" The officers and men of the 29th Division enthusiastically greeted the soldiers holding rifle supervisors.

"You've got a good harvest—" The soldier who was still holding a cigarette in his hand was also very enthusiastic. When he took out the cigarette, he began to disperse it. This thing is worthless in the southern African expeditionary force.

The leading second lieutenant of the 29th Division of the British Army noticed the hurried girl with her head down. Ever since the officers and soldiers of the 29th Division of the British Army appeared, the girl panicked. In just a few days, the people of Tandenberg were able to distinguish the differences between British soldiers in their uniforms.

In terms of greed for property alone, the soldiers were no different. They grabbed what should be robbed and picked up what should be picked up. The amulets on the necks of children and the gold earrings on the ears of old people were not spared.

However, in other respects, the British army in iron-gray uniforms is obviously different from the British army in dark brown uniforms. As is commonplace, they are not only interested in women, but men as well. You say it makes people desperate or not.

The officers and soldiers wearing iron gray uniforms are obviously different. Although they are equally greedy for property, they will not rise to the height of the lower three roads. In the past few days, none of the officers and soldiers of the Southern African Expeditionary Force wearing iron gray uniforms have made mistakes in this regard. Even if there is an occasional need to solve physiological needs, it is also a value exchange between you and me. After the work is done, you can either give money or something, anyway, you won’t lift your pants and leave.

So the girl is not afraid of officers and soldiers in iron gray uniforms, because she has no belongings on her.

But girls are afraid of officers and soldiers in dark brown uniforms. As a girl, in a chaotic city, she is full of danger.

"Girl, come here—" the second lieutenant of the 29th Division who found the girl waved to the girl.

The girl was obviously at a loss, she didn't dare to run, if she dared to run, the soldiers would shoot, and if she died, she would die in vain.

But he didn't dare to come here. A young girl with passable looks fell into the hands of these unscrupulous beasts, and the outcome can be imagined.

"Second Lieutenant, don't interfere with our workers' work. Are there any souvenirs that can be exchanged?" Tommy took the initiative to meet him and tried to change the topic. Exchanging souvenirs is normal within the expeditionary force.

"Don't worry about the warrant officer, let me communicate with your workers first—" The second lieutenant rubbed his hands with a lewd smile, his appearance was extremely low, Tommy wanted to punch the second lieutenant's face with a lewd smile.

Before Tommy could speak, two soldiers from the 29th Division hurried over to grab the bewildered girl and prepare to take her away.

"Gentlemen, please don't do this—" An Ottoman tried to stop him, and immediately got a bullet butt in the face.

The girl woke up like a dream and began to cry and struggle, but her small arms and legs really couldn't twist the soldiers who had just come off the battlefield.

Tommy didn't speak, and clenched his fists with a stern face. The soldiers in the iron-gray uniform had ugly expressions.

Facing the enemy, they are ruthless.

Facing the weak, pity is a gentleman's emotion.

(End of this chapter)