These soldiers from the colonies were even inferior to the armies of the vassal nations in terms of military discipline. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info At least the army of the vassal state knows to be afraid, and knows that violating the military discipline of the Ming Dynasty will be punished. However, these soldiers from the colonies relied on their identity as Ming people to act recklessly and committed many crimes in the city of Berlin.

Although it is normal to say that any kind of behavior in wartime is normal. After all, this is a war, a war in which the winner has everything and the loser loses everything. All sorts of things happen in war. But these troops from the Ming colonies organized themselves in Berlin and carried out large-scale crimes against ordinary citizens, which is a very serious matter.

The resistance within Berlin did not last long. After all, the defenders did not have any powerful heavy weapons and equipment in their hands, and most of the defenders were old and weak soldiers who were not strong in combat. With the support of millions of superior Ming troops, sky fighters, ground tanks, armored vehicles, and powerful artillery fire in the rear, the Berlin defenders only held out for half a month.

By the 14th of July, after the Ming army finally captured the Charlotten Palace, the whole of Berlin fell into the hands of the Ming army.

Most of the approximately 700,000 German defenders became prisoners of war for the Ming army. The Ming army also captured hundreds of artillery pieces and a large amount of military supplies. At the same time, the capture of Berlin became a very important propaganda point.

However, in the Berlin Battle Report sent by the General Staff, what caught Zhang Cheng's greatest attention was not the fact that the German Emperor had successfully escaped the capture of the guards sent by the German Chancellor to 'persuade' him loyal to the country, and then surrendered to the Ming army. Rather, it was a thick report on the criminal behavior of the Ming army in Berlin.

Criminal behavior of military personnel in wartime is a very normal thing. This kind of thing is inevitable in any era, and the front-line commanders are basically unwilling to strictly control it. In ancient times, soldiers were often promised to slaughter cities for days to encourage them to fight bravely.

The so-called massacre of the city is to allow the soldiers to ignore any rules and military discipline laws, and can do anything arbitrarily. And usually when there is a promise to slaughter the city, it will inspire the soldiers' will to fight.

In modern society, such brutal things as the massacre of cities have disappeared due to the rapid development of information technology. However, it is still forbidden for soldiers to carry out illegal and criminal activities during wartime.

But those were basically the spontaneous actions of a small number of soldiers. However, the combat report that Zhang Cheng was holding at this time clearly said that there had been large-scale collective crimes during the Battle of Berlin.

The strength of the Ming army is not because of its large number, and it is not afraid of death when fighting. Rather, the Ming army has strong military discipline and unified operational beliefs, which unites the army into a powerful combat force.

No matter what kind of military technology, it is used by professional armies in the true sense of the word, so that it can exert its true strength. The difference between the professional army and the stragglers lies in the difference in military discipline between the two sides.

This operational report submitted by the military police headquarters of the Ming Army clearly stated that a large number of officers and soldiers of the colonial army had committed serious crimes such as robbery, arson, wanton killing, forcible annihilation and even mass murder in Berlin. And in the vast majority of cases, these serious crimes are clearly organized and planned. And it has a clear leadership class.

And, most importantly, there were even confrontations and attacks on the law enforcement gendarmes during the Battle of Berlin. This is no different from a rebellion in the army. In its report, the Gendarmerie Command expressed the hope that the matter would be dealt with in depth.

"Really, the forest is big, and there are all kinds of birds." Zhang Cheng put down the document in his hand with a little headache, raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows vigorously. There are all kinds of people in the military, but this kind of organized crime is still rare. The emergence of such a situation in the army was intolerable to Zhang Cheng.

Zhang Cheng will not pursue ordinary incidents, because this is human nature. But a situation like this one makes Zhang Cheng very important. Because it's like a contagion, and if these people don't get any punishment this time, it will soon spread throughout the army.

A unit without strict military discipline is incapable of fighting effectiveness. This kind of thing can ruin an entire army. Military discipline is very difficult to establish, but it is very easy to break.

Zhang Cheng soon gave a new order, and the Daming Army Military Police Command sent a special disciplinary force to the Berlin area to arrest all the soldiers they believed had committed unforgivable crimes. Regardless of his military rank or position, whether he has made military merits or not. None of them will be pardoned in this investigation.

Zhang Cheng wants to send a clear signal to everyone that there is no way out of doing this kind of thing.

A large-scale rectification storm soon began among the Ming army in the Berlin area. Many Ming officers and soldiers with conclusive evidence were arrested one after another. The vast majority of these people were from the colonies, and a small number were from the Ming Dynasty and vassal states.

Comparatively speaking, the armies of the vassal states were extremely disciplined at this time. It's not that they don't want to do it, but the prestige that Daming has accumulated over the years is deterring the soldiers of these vassal countries, making it very clear that they will inevitably be punished by Daming for doing these things that violate military discipline. This inadvertently rescued them.

The gendarmes went on a rampage to arrest the officers and soldiers who committed the crime, but these Ming officers and soldiers from the colonies were different from those from the mainland. They are more aggressive and aggressive, and they are more lawless.

Many Ming officers and soldiers from the colonies put up armed resistance when they were captured by the gendarmes. Because most of the troops from the colonies came to the same place, they carried out large-scale cover-up acts. It's like an infantry division from India, where 99 percent of the officers and soldiers in its army are from the same princely states, and only a small number of officers are transferred from the mainland.

It is difficult for these people to have any sense of identity with Daming, and they are basically the lowest poor people who have nothing but their lives. They don't have much fear of Da Ming.

Most of these people's lives and knowledge are spent in the vicinity of their own villages. Moreover, these people are basically illiterate, and it is not easy for them to be obediently taken away by the gendarmes when they have guns in their hands.

After a series of vicious incidents of attacks on the gendarmerie, Zhang Cheng, who was furious, directly ordered the deputy chief of the army staff to go to Berlin to take charge of the matter. All the troops from the mainland near Berlin were mobilized to surround the colonial forces, and then the army was used to eliminate many of the colonial forces that dared to resist.

Zhang Cheng didn't expect that the armies of these colonies would be so bold and dare to confront the army. Later, after listening to Wang Yan's analysis, I realized that this is the real ignorant fearless. These poor people did not understand the strength of the Ming Dynasty, they only believed in the guns in their hands, and thought that with weapons they could do anything. Because they were conquered by the Ming people with this weapon before.

Of course, these people were very honest when they were in their hometowns before, but after they came to the battlefield where life was like a mustard, they immediately let go of themselves and made irreparable mistakes.

In this large-scale operation, at least 6,000 captured officers and soldiers were executed. The number of officers and soldiers sent to exile in Siberia was also in the thousands. The number of officers and soldiers implicated in this incident is as high as tens of thousands.

All those who knew about it were given gag orders, and any news about it was kept tightly sealed. After all, it's not a glorious thing.

After the incident gradually subsided, Zhang Cheng ordered the repatriation of a small number of colonial soldiers whose ancestors were Ming people to their hometowns. The rest of the troops were sent to the front lines, and Zhang Cheng's order was to consume as many people as possible.

Armies from colonies all over the world began to follow their path as cannon fodder. Originally, this role should belong to the armies of those vassal countries, Zhang Cheng has always thought that the army of the colony is also a member of the Ming Dynasty, and he still takes good care of them.

However, what happened in Berlin deeply made Zhang Cheng understand that the current colonial policy is a simple plunder, and the Ming Dynasty has never regarded the colony as its own land, and the people living in the colony do not have the slightest affection for the Ming Dynasty.

The information given by Wang Yan and Xiao Hongbao showed that there were anti-Ming forces in many colonies and operating in the shadows. Although because of the strength of the Ming Dynasty, it is difficult for them to form any climate. But these signs are already on the ground. And these people have been secretly developing all the time.

However, the task of transforming the colony will definitely have to wait until after the war. After all, the most important thing for Da Ming now is to win this war.

In order to strengthen their control over the colonies after the war ended, the colonial troops who had been on the battlefield and witnessed real wars could not let them go. Because once they return to their homeland alive, they will become the greatest unrest. Even after the war is over, these people may still take up their weapons.

Zhang Cheng secretly sent a telegram to the commanders at the front, suggesting that they would exhaust all the troops from the colonies. To leave these people behind is to leave behind the root causes of cholera.

Before, when the gendarmes arrested all officers and soldiers, these people had already expressed their hostile attitude towards the Ming Dynasty. Because these people are not well-organized and have no culture. They don't know how to hide their thoughts.

In this case, Zhang Cheng will not let go of these people no matter what! (To be continued.) )