While Brenzino was talking to his comrades, the East African Defence Force's Border Patrol Unit in the "Wilderness" also made daily rounds here.

"Squad Leader Hans, that's the Portuguese soldiers over there?" As a new soldier, Peter asked, and this was the first time he had seen a Portuguese.

"That's right, you see there are a lot of black people in their ranks, and the outfit on them is even more ugly than the simplified version of our military uniform from more than ten years ago, all of them are earthy gray, and they look crumpled, and the costumes of the three officers look good, but they are also quite old." Hans said to the Portuguese patrol across the border.

The uniforms of the army of the Portuguese colony of Angola can be described as extremely ugly, and the high emotional intelligence can also be said to be "rudimentary", which looks a bit like the warlord armament in the era of the Republic of the Far Eastern Empire.

In fact, the Portuguese native army uniform can barely be seen at a glance, and it is a European "gorgeous" stream, with a variety of patterns, and it looks a little temperamental, but the colony naturally cannot be compared with the mainland.

This is also related to Portugal's financial difficulties, which in fact have declined significantly since the last blow in East Africa.

"I heard that Portugal used to be a big country and had a large number of colonies all over the world, but now it is really down, which shows that it is very difficult financially, and it is really a bit of a vicissitudes of life." Peter said with some emotion.

Peter received compulsory education in East Africa, so he knew a little about history and knew the position of Portugal in Europe, but he didn't know much about Portugal, after all, there were so many countries in the world, and it was impossible for East Africa to catch Portugal in the textbook and describe it in detail.

Of course, if it is the history of the Age of Discovery, then Portugal is quite glorious, but the glorious history of Portugal is also three or four hundred years ago.

"Portugal has a strong family background, they have never set the sun on the empire, they have declined to the present, and they can still occupy a place in the world, thanks to the pioneering of their ancestors, if they have no overseas colonies, then they are no different from those weak and poor countries in Eastern Europe." Hans said.

Hans and his men spoke German, which of course the Portuguese on the other side of the border could not understand, but they could probably know that there were no good words in the other side's mouth, because Peter and the others all had a "smile" on their faces, which obviously revealed some hostility and contempt.

As a young man, Peter naturally had a sense of pride after comparing the Portuguese soldiers opposite, mainly because the gap between the two sides was clear at a glance.

The new military uniforms in East Africa have long gotten rid of the dilemma of "cutting corners" in order to save costs, and are now completely developing towards: practicality, beauty, atmosphere, comfort and other aspects.

There is a significant difference in the contrast with the clothing of the Portuguese soldiers opposite, and clothing has always been one of the faces of the army, and a good-looking military uniform can significantly boost the morale of the army.

"This group of Germans, at a glance, you can know that the usual food is full of oil, and the material of the clothes looks very exquisite, but there are some differences with European aesthetics, it is really tyrannical, their military boots can be made of cowhide at a glance, and the belt is also like this, this kind of face project, and only this group of 'African natives' will fiddle." Brunzino said disdainfully to the East African army.

In Brenzino's opinion, the East African soldiers are not war materials at first glance, and they dress so well, do they think they are the nobles of Europe!

And because the food situation of the East African Army is relatively top-notch in the world, the average soldier in East Africa is also more robust than the Portuguese, which makes Brenzino even more psychologically unbalanced.

It was Peter and other recruits who had just joined the army, because of compulsory education and the standard of living in East Africa, they did not suffer from malnutrition, but had the elegant temperament of a soldier.

Let the Portuguese feel that the opposite side is the army, and their own side is more like those "dirt buns" in Asia, Africa and Latin America, which is in stark contrast to the glorious history of the Portuguese colonial empire, and the contrast is very strong.

In fact, when Portugal was financially rich in the past, the army was also well funded, especially hundreds of years ago, the Portuguese army wearing expensive plate armor left its footprints all over the world, and many Asian, African and Latin American natives were defeated, so it is understandable that the psychological imbalance is now unbalanced.

Hans was not as obvious as Peter, as a veteran had a wealth of experience in East Africa, having fought the Portuguese before.

The 411th Division to which he belonged was the main force that crossed hundreds of miles and attacked the Angolan colony, so he was proud enough for the Portuguese army, and even disdained to deal with the existence of such defeated generals.

In his opinion, the Portuguese army on the opposite side was even less effective than some of the hard-to-fight indigenous tribes, which was his personal experience.

So he said like Peter and a few other recruits: "Portugal must be the number one in the world if it is only from the colonies, after all, there are only a few countries with a colony area of one million, but the area and number of colonies cannot represent the combat effectiveness of the Portuguese, especially this kind of ragtag troops wearing Portuguese regular military uniforms and mixed with blacks." ”

"Squad leader, why is that? Shouldn't the regular army be more combative! Peter asked, in his opinion that the East African army was much stronger than the militia, whether in terms of professionalism, or psychological quality, or weaponry.

Hans was a good teacher: "The Portuguese colonies were taken by them when they were pirates, but after the regularization of the Portuguese army, they did nothing, after all, pirates pay more attention to more work, and are not afraid of death, dare to fight hard."

This was especially evident when our company commander led us to the private armies of the plantations in Angola, and the regular army was basically crushed with a single blow, after all, the Portuguese army was treated much worse than ours.

At the beginning, I saw their food, and to put it mildly, it was a little stronger than the pig food in East Africa, and in combination with their equipment, it was still at the level of ten years ago, and it had not grown for so many years, so at a glance, I knew that the army's management level was backward. ”

Hans's "pig food" caused Peter and others to laugh, East African pigs do eat "people" well, of course, this comparison looks at those countries, such as Japan, North Korea and other countries.

The laughter of the East African Wehrmacht was so piercing to the ears of the Portuguese such as Brunzino that it was not known what the Germans were talking about, but it still caused the Portuguese to look at them angrily.

Apparently, the East African Defence Forces also noticed this, and Peter whistled and glared back with some defiant eyes.

"Captain!" Laird, the deputy captain of the Portuguese patrol, gestured to Brenzino through gritted teeth.

It is clear that his emotions were stirred up by the Germans, so there was some impulsiveness.

Brunzino looked at Laird and knew what he meant, but he looked around again, and saw that except for the Portuguese, the other black soldiers were clearly in a trance, and had nothing to do with themselves.

sighed in my heart, how can this kind of army compare with others! Although the Germans on the other side are also yellow and white, they are as close as one.

And the black soldiers on their side are completely as lifeless as "dead corpses", how to fight in this case! And as the captain, he can't take the initiative to provoke because of a momentary anger, if it causes a military conflict, he can't afford it.

This can't be blamed on the "ghost" appearance of the black soldiers, after all, in the colonies, the black people are inferior, and there is no dignity at all, let alone acting as pawns for the Portuguese.

(End of chapter)