The officer didn't know if he would be the first to die in such a shady deal, but it was certain that he wouldn't be the last. Colonel Wee Gino was hanged under the flag by the SS pickets for carrying smuggled diamonds. But before he arrived as a replacement, he was asked to continue the deal.

He had sworn an oath under the national flag, and he had thought that he would devote his life to following the great head of his country. But now the situation is that instead of going to the battlefield according to his original ideals and staining the land with blood for the sake of his homeland, he became an officer in charge of liaison with North Africa, and was forced to bring precious diamonds or gold from Africa back to Germany for the wives of countless dignitaries.

He was not allowed to refuse at all, most of the people who came to him were some small minions, and these people were represented in the country and there were higher big people behind them, and there were big people above the big people, in short, behind these people, there were almost the nobles of the entire empire, and those who often shouted loudly on the radio Long live the motherland were included.

Not to mention that he is such a small colonel, even if it is Heydrich of the SS or Brauchitsch of the Wehrmacht, it is inevitable that he will have a trace of cowardice in the face of these behemoths, and as for the Führer whom he swore allegiance, it is estimated that he will not turn his face with so many people because of such a trivial matter.

In fact, many of these transactions were not carried out on the books, as long as the North African army changed the number slightly when counting the captured enemy equipment, then a few dice-sized diamonds would enter the pockets of the dignitaries, which would have little loss of imperial interests, but could give countless people gifts for their mistresses.

No one will ever remember the hapless Colonel Wei Gino because he was not involved in diamond smuggling, but because he tried to intercept and monopolize diamonds after being involved in them. No one will acquiesce to this kind of thing, and the big guys can tolerate their subordinates being greedy, but they will not allow their own subordinates to threaten their greedy channels.

It was precisely because of this that Colonel Wei Gino died, and he was able to take over such a tempting property. And he Colonel Kielville is not a role for nothing, his backstage is the German-Italian coalition in North Africa, the commander-in-chief of the Afrika Korps, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel.

That's why he dared to be unscrupulous, that's why he dared to be so blatant, that's why he was so impatient, that's why he said straightforwardly: "I want 20 of those worthless little crafts you said!"

Because he knew that these 20 diamonds were not something that some little person or minion was asking for. Among them was a birthday gift from Field Marshal Erwin Rommel for the Führer's wife, the First Lady of the Reich, Mercedes Cassia, a gift from Gustav Krupp for his wife's wedding anniversary, and an ornament for the Reich Chancellor Augustus to set on his cane.

"No problem! Mr. Colonel! I will gladly exchange these things for the friendship of your country! God bless you! May our friendship last forever. General Furcumman said with a smile as he motioned for his men to bring the diamonds to the German colonel.

With the order, countless blacks began to carry large bundles of crude rubber onto the German trucks, these materials are consumables waiting for use in Germany, cars, ships, airplanes, almost no modern industrial products can leave the substance of rubber, and in 1939, when the production of this artificial rubber was insufficient, the reserve of natural rubber was still a very important industrial link.

Although Germany began to mass-produce synthetic rubber in cooperation with the chemical giant before 1927, due to limited production capacity and certain defects in quality due to technical reasons, it has not been able to completely replace natural rubber.

Because the German Navy has a strong position in the Atlantic, Germany can import a large amount of rubber from distant South America, but because of the interference of the US Navy and the British Navy, the German Navy is not capable of using the aircraft carrier fleet for long-distance escort, so this rubber supply line cannot fully meet Germany's needs.

Because of this, Germany began to seek to replenish its much-needed rubber in Africa, which was the fundamental reason for supporting the African agent, General Fricumman. Germany, on the other hand, wanted to use Africans to fight or produce for itself, but it seems that the success of such efforts was very limited.

The Germans hired or directly trafficked 20,000 black Africans, hoping to make up for the shortage of labor and create a precedent for mercenary combat, but after a series of experiments, the German army and the German government found that these ancient African continent natives were really unusable.

These blacks were loose and had strange beliefs, ugly and barbaric, and most of them did not even understand the language, so the German upper class was reluctant to accept these Africans into domestic jobs and other professions. And because they had limited knowledge and could not engage in industrial production, the Germans could not involve them in industrial production.

For all these reasons, these blacks could only work as porters and coolies in Germany, and were either distributed as consumables to work on the front lines, or served in the port docks, which were not serious laborers at all, and many Germans had to be assigned to detain these strangely behaved blacks.

The Germans' attempt to compensate for human resources failed completely, but they were unexpectedly rewarded in terms of rubber and natural resources, which were not as valuable to the locals as advanced weapons, because with weapons and advanced tactics they could plunder more useful things.

Because of different beliefs or some trivial things that happened on a certain day, the invasion between various tribes has not stopped since the birth of civilization, and the great powers, because of their own needs, did not interfere excessively with these ancient African tribes, and they did not have the modern economic plunder system of Germany, so they did not let these ancient lands shine as they should be.

Germany's new capitalists, on the other hand, were more accustomed and adapted to the brutal plundering of capital in the shadow of economic aid, taking away the oil and rubber, and gold and precious stones, leaving behind the railways, the booming cities, and a huge dumping market.

Compared with the plundering of red fruits in the colonies, this economic development model from 50 years later has its unparalleled advantages. It aims to help revitalize the local economy, create a market and obtain raw materials, and then put the produced back into the market it has created to gain profit or international prestige.

The difference is that after 2000 everyone became much more savvy, and at the same time, the advanced countries had to provide loans and other conditions to buy people's hearts and minds in order to get the support of the local government, whereas in 1939, Accardo came up with a model that immediately made the local natives regard the Germans as their best friends.

Mauser rifles, MG42 machine guns, and even tanks and armored vehicles in the hands of the invincible army of the Third German Reich can be provided! They want daily necessities? All kinds of daily necessities are available, which is enough for General Fercummen in Africa to raise the living standards of his tribes! What is there to be dissatisfied with? Not enough money? It is easy to do! Oil, rubber, timber, minerals, precious stones, gold, and ...... These can all be used as exchange items! Germany and Africa are a family, there is wood, Germany smashes pots and sells iron to help African friends, there is wood?

Hundreds of tons of rubber were handed over to the SS without even a signed contract, and the Germans left their guns and ammunition, as well as some gasoline, as they had come. Many people saw the heads erected on the side of the road and felt that there was a strange smell of plague in the air.

"We'll provide you with all the tanks and armored vehicles you want, along with five of our field observers, and if they deem it necessary, we can even provide more munitions, or even planes to help you destroy your enemies. Before returning to his car, Colonel Kilville spoke to the black general across from him, "Thank you for the local produce, I think my superiors will like it." ”

"My men will be waiting here, and more than 400 of the tribe's most valiant warriors will defend this trading post. General Vercumman said with a smile, then took a diamond about a carat in size from his assistant and shoved it into Colonel Kilville's hand: "We are friends! ”

Who knows whether it is right or wrong for me to come here? Who knows if I will live until the next time I come here to exchange goods with these negroes? Colonel Kilville smiled helplessly, dispelled the strange thoughts in his heart, and said goodbye with a smile: "Goodbye, then, my friend, if you are interested in coming to Cairo, I will invite you to drink, and drink the best wine in Cairo." ”

Looking at the cars in the distance, a black man leaned up behind General Vercumman and asked in a low voice, "General, why don't we cooperate with the Americans?" As long as this convoy is annihilated, the Americans will provide us with more arms and supplies. ”

General Vercumman did not speak, but sneered, and then his assistant shot and killed the man who had come up to persuade him. Just as General Vercumman was killing his men, behind the dense forest not far away, three German Odin gunships began to climb slowly.

He opened his mouth to the corpse on the ground who could no longer hear him, and there was a hint of mockery in his tone: "The Americans give more, but they have to take their lives." ”