Tang Nianzu was still young after all, so after listening to Scester's questioning, he didn't deny it at the first time, but fell into silence, and his silence, in a certain way, was actually a tacit acquiescence.

"It seems to be true." Skerst's face was calm, and the tone of his voice was still unhurried, but for some reason, Tang Nianzu felt more uncomfortable when he heard it than when he heard an angry scolding.

"How can you do this!" Wales suddenly stood up and scolded Tang Nianzu beside him, "Although we were defeated, we are still glorious American soldiers, how can you treat us like this?" How is this different from treating livestock? Have you ever wondered if you treat us like this today, and the next time your people are caught by us, can you treat us the same? ”

"You!" Hearing Wales say this, Tang Nianzu, who was still a little guilty, suddenly rose into flames and sneered at each other, "Our people were caught by you? You have to be able to do that. Moreover, not to mention how you treated the Indians, even for us, when our country was poor and weak in the past, when did you Americans look at us Chinese and sell us like piglets? Why, if you are only allowed to be harsh on us, we are not allowed to give up on you for survival?

What's more, we didn't give up on them completely, and also gave some cotton clothes to protect against the cold, but the quantity was not enough, but in the case of insufficient materials, this is also a helpless thing, right? It's better than your government, and you don't even give you cotton clothes, right?

As for the matter of priority, there is nothing wrong with it, if you are not enough, you must protect your own people first, and then take care of the prisoners, can you just set fire, we can't light a candle? To be like this. That's really bandit logic!

Hmph, to put it mildly, if we hadn't defeated you here in time and captured you, but continued to confront you here, what do you think would have happened in this kind of snowstorm with your lack of food and clothing at that time? I'm afraid it must be sad now, right?

What's the matter, now that we dislike what we give? Do you know, if we really don't care about you, or don't care about you. There's no need to be so troublesome about any priorities, just let you go without giving anything, and you'll all have to freeze to death on the road when you turn back, believe it or not? ”

"You!"

Wales was about to retort something more, but Skerst quickly stopped him: "Enough, stop arguing, Wales, sit down." ”

When Wales sat down indignantly, Skerst continued to ask Tang Nianzu calmly: "Tang, I am not dissatisfied with your policy. As you said, in the case of insufficient supplies, this is also no way, replace me. I'll do the same. It's just that I've heard that a lot of your winter supplies are actually in surplus, and one person has at least two or more sets of cotton clothes, and even one that can be built quickly. The new-style prefabricated house that can resist the wind and cold is just like the sentry box...... So, if it's possible. Can you give us a little more of the supplies you don't need for the time being? Or maybe a little more of our food and a little more hot soup and liquor for our soldiers? Just like you Commander Li said, our captives are also precious resources, and we can't waste them at will, right? ”

"This, okay." Tang Nianzu nodded, "I'll reflect your opinion to the top when I go back." ”

"It's just that if you react, I'm afraid the strength is not enough." "So I'd like to see your commander, and it might be better for me to ask him personally." ”

Speaking of this, Skerst grabbed Tang Nianzu's hand and said in a sincere tone: "Tang, I know that you are a good young man, you must not bear to see so many people frozen to death, right?" Especially since many of them are your age, and they have parents and relatives waiting for him to come home...... So, here, I sincerely ask you to do what you can to save those poor young people. ”

"It's, hey, okay." Tang Nianzu sighed, "I understand, I will ask for it for you, but don't have too much hope, whether the commander can see you, I don't dare to guarantee." ”

"It's okay, as long as you're willing to help and arrange for me to meet your commander again, that's enough." Skerst tightened Tang Nianzu's hand, his eyes were full of tears, and he said in a choked tone, "Now, the lives of nearly 50,000 of us are in your hands, and you are our last hope, so please really please, please be sure to help." ”

Hearing Skerst say this, Tang Nianzu suddenly felt a hot breath surging in his chest, as if there was really a thousand heavy burdens on his body, and it seemed that the life and death of the 50,000 American prisoners were really controlled by his own hands.

"Don't worry!" Tang Nianzu also nodded heavily, and said to Skerst, "I will definitely do my best to let the commander see you, and you will wait for my good news." ”

When Tang Nianzu left with a full sense of mission, Wales suddenly said to Scester, who had regained his composure: "General, you just ...... Is it really necessary to do that? This seems to be too low-sounding, right? You're a dignified general, after all, and that man, he's just a sergeant. ”

"What's this?" Skerst said lightly, "Isn't there a saying in the Chinese, people are under the roof, and they have to bow their heads." Now that we are their captives, and we still have to ask for them, any anger and complaining is useless, but will exacerbate the conflict and arouse their disgust. On the contrary, if we make a low profile and plead with all our might, with the characteristics of the good face of the Chinese, they will treat us well. ”

"But, despite this, it's too undignified for you to do this, isn't it?"

"Hmph, dignity is nothing compared to life." Skerst pouted disdainfully, "You know, my ancestor was a duke, why did he come to the United States?" Didn't you lose the family struggle and be forced to come to the United States? If my ancestors had chosen to fight their opponents for the sake of dignity, there would have been no such thing as ours. ”

"But you're not doing it for yourself, you're doing it for someone else." Wales frowned, "You sacrifice your dignity to beg for someone in a low voice, although your sentiments are very noble, but what can you get for yourself?" Even if those people get better because of you, will there be any good changes to your situation? After all, that Commander Li said it. I'm not going to let those people go, I'm going to send them to San Francisco, I'm going to build roads for them. In other words, when you return to the United States in the future, you will have nothing to do with those people, even if they think of you well, but what is the use of being far away in the Great West? ”

"Of course it works." With that, Scrutt paused and looked around again. Only then did he lower his voice and said, "Wales, for the sake of your surname Enfield, you are not an outsider, and I am not afraid to tell you some things." Well, in fact, I did it for ourselves, you know? ”

"For ourselves?" Wales asked, "How for ourselves?" ”

"I ask you. The Chinese want to send us captives to build roads, and no one else knows about it except you and me, right? ”

"Yes, of course I do." Wales nodded. "That's why they kept us in solitary confinement, just to prevent us from telling the story and causing a commotion among the captives."

"Looks like you're quite sensible." Scist nodded. "So, do you think we, who know about this, can still return to the United States normally? Or rather. Can they let us go back to the United States? ”

"This ......" seemed to be asked the question, after all, Wales had never thought about not being able to return to the United States before, "is it unlikely?" You're a general, and you're prominent, so you won't be let go, right? ”

"Wales, you have to remember one thing, it was the Chinese who defeated us and captured us, not the Southerners, nor the Europeans." Skerst shook his head, "Haven't you ever been to China, then you should know that the Chinese, even if the weapons are good and the combat effectiveness is strong, they are still a group of barbarians, and they are different from us after all." Do you still expect to reason with a bunch of savages? ”

"The Chinese are savages?" Wales was stunned, "No, these Chinese, well, although some people are indeed a little rude, but it is too much to say that they are barbarians, right?" Didn't we recognize them as great powers a long time ago? ”

"Great powers and civilized people are two different things." Scruther pouted, "The Ottomans are also great powers, but they are still a bunch of barbarians, aren't they?" Similarly, the Chinese are the same, they are just a group of barbarians who have just escaped the fate of enslavement, with a little developed muscles, and have begun to look for people to fight everywhere, even if they can fight again, they are still not close to civilized people. ”

"But ......"

"Well, Wales, we don't have to continue the discussion on this issue." Skerst waved his hand, "Let's talk about reality, the reality is that the Chinese will not let us go nine times out of ten, but will most likely send us to the place called Hollywood along with those captives." ”

"You mean that the Chinese will sell us like slaves? Not even you and I are immune? ”

"That's pretty much it." Skerst sighed, "However, due to language and customs, I'm afraid they'll still put us together separately, and at most they'll have a few people to guard us." In other words, if I'm right, we're going to be with those soldiers after all.

Then, now that we understand this, for the sake of our future, we must firmly grasp the hearts of this army and let them continue to listen to us, only in this way can we advance and retreat, and continue to live a better life, and even have further development. ”

"Live a better life and go further? General, what are you talking about? Wales doesn't know why, "What can happen to a group of captives who can't return home?" ”

"Who says that a captive who can't return home can't develop?" Skerst smiled, "We're not going to China, we're going to the west, the west, Wales, you know what that means?" ”

"What does that mean?"

"It means that the Chinese lack manpower." "I have inquired about the west before, and it is a vast and sparsely populated land, a barren land with no way out, and there are many native Indians, and it will definitely be difficult for the Chinese to develop. At this time, they must hope that there will be a group of pioneers to develop that land for them, and there is no doubt that we are the pioneers. ”

"General, the Chinese obviously let us build roads, why did they become pioneers again?" Wales asked.

"Build roads? No, no, no, as long as the Chinese still have brains, they will not let us build roads. Skerst said with a smile, "I know my subordinates too well, let them go to war, can they build roads, their level is not very good, if they don't want to riot, after all, they all hoped to return to their hometown after the war, the Chinese sent them to the west, they were already deceiving them, and then let them build roads, hehe, I believe they would rather choose to resist than obediently, after all, they are free Americans, not Chinese under imperial rule!" ”

"But the Chinese have guns in their hands." Wales said, "To disobey is to die, are our people really willing to choose confrontation for the sake of so-called freedom?" ”

"You're right, normally not." "However, if they really treat us as slaves, then they will have to send a large number of guards to prevent us from rioting, which will take up a lot of their manpower and will not be very efficient."

If it was really the emperor of China, maybe he didn't care about anything, but as far as I know, the so-called Chinese Expeditionary Force that defeated us was not the regular army of the Chinese Empire, but a mercenary army affiliated with the Eastern Bloc!

Mercenaries, do you know? That's the war for money, in other words, what they're doing here is essentially serving that Eastern bloc!

Since it is for a company, then they must consider the cost issue, in this case, they will definitely understand that a slaved white labor group must not be very efficient, rather than bothering to watch us go to work, and have to guard against all kinds of international moral condemnation, wouldn't it be better to catch more obedient and cheap Indians? Anyway, there are Indians everywhere in the west, and if you give some food, you can work for a day, which is the most useful. ”

"Well, that sounds like a lot of sense." Wales nodded, "But if that's the case, wouldn't we be useless, dealing with useless people......"

"Don't worry, how can it be useless." Scist said, "I've already decided, the next time I meet with that Commander Li, I'll take the initiative to surrender to him, well, it's probably more accurate to call him Surrender." ”

"Take the initiative to surrender? What do you mean? ”

"I mean, I want to join their Eastern bloc and be one of them." Skerst said lightly, "For this reason, it's okay for me to openly betray the United States of America." ”

"You, are you crazy?" Wales looked at him in surprise, "Betrayal of the United States? Join our enemies? Are you sure you're still in good spirits? ”

"I'm normal, Wales." Skerst tightened his coat and looked at Wales, "Can't you see it?" Now there is no hope for the United States, sooner or later it will be divided, and a large amount of territory will be cut off. Rather than staying in a country that has been divided, and has become weak, and has little hope, it may be better to join a new imperial state. ”

Speaking of this, Scist smiled bitterly: "Besides, we don't seem to have much choice now. Because if we don't take the initiative to surrender and express our intention to join them and become a member of them, do you think that with the current ghost weather, without the Chinese taking the initiative to help, when the wind and snow are over, how many of us can be left? And without these people, what am I, the commander of the legion, and what value is there? (To be continued......) R1292