Expedition to Europe

Speaking of "confinement", the feeling of helplessness of crying to the sky and shouting to the ground in a small space is really impressive.

Compared with some physical injuries, the harm of "confinement" is more psychological. The quiet space will make people reflect and feel fear. No matter which reaction it is, generally speaking, no one wants to experience that feeling again after being imprisoned once.

There is no need to be polite to these British people. Since the period of the Foreign Legion, the Lan Fang army has killed more than one or two Westerners, which can be measured in "ten thousand". Therefore, the Lan Fang people really have little fear of Westerners. They are all mortals, so they will do whatever they want.

But in the eyes of those Indians and Burmese who are used to being "slaves", this behavior becomes bold and unscrupulous. It is understandable to think about it. In the process of fighting between the Chiang Mai Freedom Army and the British, thousands of British were killed. Now it is quite merciful to be locked up in a "small black room".

Facing such arrogant and unreasonable people, it is better to be honest.

So when all the British were locked up in the small dark room, the Indians and Burmese were all silent. It was not necessarily that they had given up completely, but they could still obey orders.

Thanks to the basic training the British gave them, it saved the Chiang Mai Free Army a lot of trouble.

"Don't be polite to these British. Don't give them food or drink during the confinement. Keep them for two days first. If they are still not honest, keep them. If they are honest, they will go to work on the construction site." Zhang Chengye had no mercy and confirmed with Zha Peng the treatment of these British. There was no preferential treatment at all.

"Two British were injured." Zha Peng spoke in a low voice. This was not because he was weak, but to avoid other troubles in the future.

"Treat those who are injured. If they are cured, it is their good fortune. If they are not cured, it is their bad luck." Zhang Chengye's attitude was casual.

In this day and age, it is normal for someone to die in the midst of chaos and disorder. The Chiang Mai Freedom Army is not indifferent to the dying, but the Chiang Mai Freedom Army's rescue capacity is limited. It cannot even guarantee the needs of its own family, and it is impossible to give the British much preferential treatment.

After thinking about it, Zhang Chengye said before leaving: "Be careful, don't kill them." Then he left.

It is true that they cannot be killed. This is a bargaining chip in future negotiations with the British. One death means one less bargaining chip.

They have to treat the disease and save people, but they cannot give them food, and they cannot be killed. There are really many requirements - so Zha Peng was a little weak when he answered "yes".

After leaving the prisoner-of-war camp, Zhang Chengye and Xu Zhongqing did not rush back, but went to the city wall construction site to take a look.

In the previous battle, the Chiang Mai city wall was damaged. Although the city wall was not of much significance in the hot weapon battle, the Chiang Mai Freedom Army still organized the prisoners to repair the damaged parts of the city wall.

This involves the management of prisoners of war. Generally speaking, people will have wild thoughts when they have nothing to do, especially these prisoners of war. They are in an unfamiliar environment, facing an uncertain future, enduring emptiness and panic. If they are not given something to do, they will find something to do themselves.

In this case, it is better to let these prisoners of war consume their energy in heavy physical labor, at least to exhaust them every day, so that they have no time to think wildly.

Nearly a thousand prisoners of war are working on the city wall, and a platoon of Chiang Mai Freedom Army soldiers is responsible for monitoring them.

It sounds a bit arrogant to manage thousands of people with dozens of people, but it is actually no problem at all. The courage of these prisoners of war has been exhausted in the war. Those who are courageous and courageous have died in the war. Since the remaining people have given up resistance and surrendered obediently, they have also given up the dignity of being a soldier. Let alone a platoon, even if there is only one squad, these prisoners of war have no courage to resist.

Of course, Indians, they can not resist, but they can express their protest in their own way.

So when Zhang Chengye and Xu Zhongqing came to the construction site, they saw a slow and weak scene, as if everyone was an old man who was about to die, and there was no youthful vigor at all.

Zhang Chengye couldn't tolerate any sand in his eyes. He let these prisoners of war go to the construction site not for retirement, but for work, so he was immediately furious when he saw this scene.

"What's going on? It's just a broken wall. How many years do you plan to repair it? Don't you see that these people are slacking off? What you have in your hand is a fire stick--" Calling the person in charge over, Zhang Chengye immediately scolded him.

The platoon leader didn't dare to defend himself, and he was so dejected that he didn't say a word, waiting for Zhang Chengye to spit out the heavenly sound of "Get lost!"

The platoon leader immediately jumped up and returned to the construction site, waving the whip in his hand desperately: "Everyone, move for me - move -"

There is still a difference between Siamese and English. The language barrier is the key, but some things are universal, such as the action of waving a whip. Even if you don't understand what the scolding is, you can tell that the supervisors are in a bad mood, so the prisoners of war suddenly speed up their movements, and the atmosphere on the construction site disappears instantly.

"They are all cheap bones. They don't know how to work without being whipped." Zhang Chengye scolded a lot of people, and when he scolded the prisoners of war, he also took the supervisors with him.

"These Indians are also weird. They are willing to be ruled by a nation with a much smaller population than them. They really have a style of being dogs. Tsk tsk -" Xu Zhongqing was amazed.

"What's so strange about this? It was the same when we conquered Goryeo. At that time, the total population of Lanfang was just over 10 million, and the Goryeo people were over 20 million, but they still behaved well." Zhang Chengye didn't feel it was so strange. This could be regarded as a conquest of a lower civilization by a higher civilization.

If the Indians acted like dogs and showed their style, the Goryeo people were even worse. After Goryeo was naturalized in Lanfang, the Goryeo people naturally became Lanfang citizens, which made many Goryeo people ecstatic. They now live in every corner of Lanfang and never mention their origins. If someone dares to expose their Goryeo background, they can fight with them.

If this situation is simply attributed to the strength of Lanfang, it is not entirely true. What is more important is the cultural identity.

The culture of the Chinese world has a long history. As far as the whole of Asia is concerned, there is a strong sense of identity with Chinese culture. Not to mention the Koreans, even the Japanese, who once had a huge psychological advantage over the Chinese, had to bow their heads and surrender in front of the splendid Chinese culture. Many Japanese joined the Lan Fang nationality without hesitation, which is a clear proof. For those Japanese who joined the Lan Fang nationality, joining the Lan Fang nationality is not an expedient measure, but a true recognition of their ancestors, and they have truly found a sense of cultural belonging, and then burst out with a strong sense of ownership. Although strictly speaking, Lan Fang is not the orthodox descendant of Chinese culture, living in a country where Chinese and Chinese characters are used everywhere, those naturalized Lan Fang people still abandon all kinds of Katakana characters. Many Japanese are no less inferior to the pure Chinese in protecting the interests of Lan Fang.

The original text is in Liu # 9 @book/bar!

Perhaps for Qin Zhiyuan, he had a deep-seated hatred for the Japanese, but for ordinary people like Zhang Chengye, they really didn't have much hatred for the Japanese. After all, in this time and space, the "Lugouqiao Incident" and "Nanjing Massacre" had not yet happened. The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 also broke out between the Qing Empire and Japan, and had little to do with Lan Fang.

So Lan Fang's acceptance of the Japanese was quite high, which was also the fundamental reason why those naturalized Japanese could quickly integrate into Lan Fang.

If Lan Fang's conquest of Goryeo and Britain's conquest of India were regarded as the conquest of nations of different levels, then between nations of the same level, more often it was compromise and verbal attacks, and there were not many times when war was truly developed to solve problems. For example, in Syria today, Britain and France are fighting each other for the newly discovered oil fields.

The Middle East was originally a land without a master, and there was no clear dividing line between countries. In many places, there was no concept of a country at all. After the World War, the Ottoman Empire, which once spanned Asia, Africa and Europe, fell apart, and countless countries appeared in the Middle East overnight, and began to exercise real control over this land.

This includes Iraq and Palestine supported by the British, and Syria and Lebanon supported by the French.

The oil field discovered this time is located at the junction of northeastern Syria and Iraq. In Qin Zhiyuan's memory, the scale of this oil field is not large, at least not as large as the New Baku Oil Field and the Gharyan Oil Field, but only Qin Zhiyuan knows this news, and the British and French are not aware of it, even the exploration team sent by United Petroleum is not aware of it.

Since asymmetric information is mastered, there is a lot of room for operation.

After United Petroleum discovered this oil field, the French government did want to nationalize the oil field, but United Petroleum is a giant with the dual background of Qin Zhiyuan and Old Renault. It is not easy to take food from United Petroleum. The French government does not want to take away United Petroleum, and the compensation should be paid.

It was Old Renault who was responsible for negotiating with the French government. Although Old Renault still had some incense with the French government, he did not care about the feelings when it was time to slaughter. The price offered was unacceptable to the French government, so the negotiations were deadlocked.

While the French were negotiating with old Renault, the British had already started to build oil rigs on the British-controlled Iraqi side, preparing to strike first.

No matter how much oil there is underground, the total amount is fixed. If you start one day earlier, you can get a profit earlier. The British have calculated this very clearly.

The French were very angry about the British's behavior of taking advantage of the situation, so during this period, the border between Iraq and Syria was very uneasy.