Chapter 333: Spiritual Indians and Spiritual Britons (Asking for Subscriptions, Asking for Monthly Passes)
If you want to say what is the difference in thinking between ordinary Chinese on the timeline where Zhuge Weidao is located and ordinary Chinese on another timeline, in Zhuge Weidao's view, the first one is, of course, self-confidence!
In their eyes, the Great Ming Dynasty is the first in the world as a matter of course, the chosen country, and the city on the top of the mountain! What Britain, the United States, all are barbarian states, not worth mentioning!
And the second difference is...... It seems a little silly and sweet! At least the people in the middle and lower classes are a little silly and sweet, they don't know much about the sinister rivers and lakes, and the people's hearts are not ancient.
And the country of Daming seems to be a little silly and sweet, they are all fighting a world war, and they are still fantasizing about a graceful gentleman's war, and they also take the "Vienna Prisoners of War Convention" signed by Zhuge Weijiu and foreigners at the Vienna Conference after the end of the Napoleonic Wars seriously, and implement it very seriously.
Just look at the current situation in the Malacca prisoner of war camp, how Daming, a "stupid white sweet", treats the enemy. First of all, the location of this prisoner of war camp is very humane, and it was chosen in a large barracks of the British and Indian armies - many prisoners of war have been stationed there in the first place, and they are familiar with the way, and entering the prisoner of war camp is like going home.
Secondly, the food in the prisoner of war camp was very good. Even if the population has increased to 400 million (including various feudal states), the per capita cultivated land area is also 10 acres, which is not 10 acres per capita under natural agriculture, but 10 acres per capita in industrialized countries!
The Malay Peninsula is also very close to Siam and Annam, the grain-producing vassal states of the Great Ming Dynasty, and Java, which is full of Chinese farms. In addition, this war was the first real national war in the Ming Dynasty in more than 100 years - Japan's time was not a national war, at most it was to help the Japanese court and shogunate quell the "traitorous civil strife." Therefore, attention has been paid to it from top to bottom, and logistical support has reached the point of surplus...... Even the prisoners of war were wiped out!
Third, the prisoners of war in the Flacca prisoner of war camp can actually be autonomous! The captured British prisoners of war managed the prisoner of war camp themselves with the help of a group of "high seals...... If it weren't for the fact that watchtowers had been erected at all four corners of the courtyard of the prisoner of war camp, water-cooled machine guns had been erected, and there were Ming troops standing guard at the entrance and exit gates, from time to time officers of the Ming army's military law and military intelligence system would enter the prisoner of war camp to ask people for questioning. The prisoners of war who live here almost forget that they have been captured, and think that they are still living before the war!
And Zhuge Weidao also changed into the uniform of a major officer of the Daming Army Judge Advocate General's Department, carrying a briefcase, together with Guo Xiaobao, who was his chief staff officer and also changed into the uniform of a major of the Army Judge Advocate General's Department. With the documents issued to them by Zheng Guoxian and some "good things" prepared by the intelligence department of the Nanyang Legion, they walked quickly into this prisoner of war camp with the smell of curry wafting everywhere.
"Curry? Do you still give curry to prisoners of war? Zhuge asked a major in charge of the prisoner of war camp who received him and Guo Xiaobao.
The major smiled and replied, "When the Japanese captured Malacca, they grabbed a lot of curry leaves, and they didn't eat them, so they threw them at us." And our people won't do that, so they will send it to the Indians in the prisoner of war camps. ”
As he spoke, Zhuge Weidao, Guo Xiaobao, and the major in charge of the prisoner of war camp had already walked into the playground of the prisoner of war camp together, and found that there were some prisoners of war going out to exercise, the number of which was about two or three thousand, and all kinds of Indians formed a neat phalanx, and under the command of several white officers, they went to the right for a while, left for a while, moved forward for a while, and retreated for a while.
The major pointed to the tropical uniform of the British army wearing short sleeves and shorts, and the medium-sized British soldier said to Zhuge Weidao and Guo Xiaobao: "Major Ge, Major Guo, that person is Colonel Humphrey, he is the highest rank among the prisoners. ”
"Okay, that's him!" Zhuge nodded for Dao, "Call him the interrogation room." ”
"Okay." The major said to the two guards beside him, "Go and bring Colonel Humphrey to Interrogation Room 1." ”
"Yes, sir!"
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Zhuge Weidao and Guo Xiaobao did not watch Colonel Humphrey "arrested" on the playground, but went with Major So to an interrogation room in the office building of the prisoner of war camp...... It's just a trial and a training, and there are no other programs.
Originally from London, from a military family, Colonel Humphrey, who also participated in the Napoleonic Wars in his early years, was certainly not panicked at all...... He was just a little panicked when he was caught by the Japanese when he broke through from Gothabaruha, those Japanese dwarfs were very fierce, and when they were escorted to Gothabaruha, they would cut people if they didn't agree with each other! But it would be nice to be in the hands of the Chinese, who were high-ranking prisoners of war and could be treated favorably under the Vienna Convention.
And he has served in the East India Company and the Indian Empire for many years, has been engaged in mercenary management, knows how to manage Indian prisoners, can do things for the Ming Empire, is very valuable - Indian prisoners, speaking of Indian, are all Indians, but in fact they are all kinds of people, some of them are not people. There must be an appropriate way to deal with different people or humanoids. Chinese who like "one size fits all" simply don't understand these ...... Those Chinese are accustomed to a unified standard for everything, and if they don't do this, everyone thinks it's wrong, so they can't manage India and Indians at all.
And under the leadership of the "Malacca Prisoner of War Camp Autonomous Committee" headed by Colonel Humphrey, everything in the prisoner of war camp was so orderly......
Feeling useful, the Humphlet thought he could stay in peace until the war was over, and then go back to India to work or England to retire. As for where to go, it depends on how the war went.
Of course, in Hanf's view, it was still possible for the British Empire to achieve ultimate victory. Although the navy of the Ming Dynasty and the army of Japan did show themselves strong! But this is a long and long war. A tactical victory can't change a strategic mistake! And the strategic mistake of the Ming Dynasty is that they always want to liberate India, and they take it for granted that the Indians will welcome the liberation......
"Colonel Humphrey?" A standard Oxford-accented English suddenly interrupted Humphrey's train of thought, and only then did he realize that he had been ushered into a large empty room, with a few Chinese characters written on the white walls, and he recognized only the words "confession" and "resistance..... From "these.
"Yes, sir, I'm Humphrey." Humphrey came to a stand. As he spoke, his little thief eyes turned and he immediately saw two Ming Army majors wearing green short-sleeved military uniforms and large caps sitting behind a long table.
These two majors, of course, are Zhuge Weidao and Guo Xiaobao, who were invited by Zheng Guoxian to help.
"Humphrey," Zhuge Weidao said, as he pulled out a red cover from a briefcase, with a copy of the crown, a lion, and a unicorn on it, and then he opened it, pointed to a photo inside, and asked, "Is this your (photo)?" ”
Humphrey squinted his eyes and saw that the person in the photo was himself, "Yes, this is me." ”
"Write it down!" Zhuge gave an order for Dao, and the recorder in the interrogation room immediately began to write, Zhuge Weidao had a way, "Write it down, the owner of this British National (Overseas) passport is Colonel Humphrey." ”
"What?" Humphrey was stunned for a moment, "Major, what did you say?" How did I become a British Overseas National? ”
Zhuge Weidao pretended to pick up the fake passport and looked at it, "That's right, it's you...... Are you a British Overseas National? ”
Humphrey blurted out, "How am I an overseas national?" I'm English, I'm really British! ”
"Really?" Zhuge smiled for the road, and then said seriously, "Hanfulai...... I am Ge Qingyun, a military prosecutor, and every word you say now must be held legally responsible! In view of your non-Indian status, we will treat you as a mercenary and deprive you of your prisoner of war status and treatment under the Vienna Convention. Later, we will also indict you for war crimes! If convicted, you face up to the death penalty!
Humphrey, let me ask you again, are you British or Indian? Is this British National (Overseas) passport yours or not? Please answer truthfully! ”