"I want to drink red wine and eat steak, not this kind of 'garbage', and the conditions here are too simple, this bed doesn't even have a blanket, how can I sleep?" Igor, a Portuguese officer, called out from the room.

The meal, which Igor called "garbage", was actually the standard meal of the East African Army, and two additional cans of canned food were prepared for the senior Allied officer, namely stewed beef brisket with potatoes and mango, along with two bottles of beer and a pack of cigarettes, a treatment that even ordinary East African soldiers did not often encounter.

"Don't howl, Igor, it's already very good, I don't believe you haven't eaten anything worse than this, it tastes weird, but it's good." Igor's roommate, Lieutenant Mishil of England, said.

"And you're just cutting your throat, and the East Africans outside won't meet your demands, and you should be glad they didn't pull us out as coolies."

Hearing Mihir's words, Igor sat down at the table impatiently, but still complained: "Look at this environment, it's so dark and cramped, and there are two people living there, it's unimaginable, and there is not even a basic bed. ”

"It's December, it's hot like an oven, what else do you want? On the contrary, this kind of 'cellar' is cool to live in, and it is okay if East Africa does not let you live in collective dormitories, and it is estimated that there are no collective dormitories in East Africa, and other soldier captives may only use the ground as a bed and the sky as a quilt. Michiel retorted exaggeratedly.

Although the summer in the southern hemisphere is the winter in the northern hemisphere, the southern part of Mozambique is close to the subtropics, so it is not too hot.

But the effect is very good, Igor is indeed a lot more angry, for the behavior of this Portuguese nobleman, Mihir is quite scornful, now they have all lost the battle, and East Africa has not directly executed them It is considered merciful, not to mention that the treatment is good now.

"Look at this rice, why don't you prepare bread, we have to eat the same as the big soldiers in East Africa? And this dish looks like it is stewed in a big pot, the meat is pitiful, and there are so many wild vegetables. Igor still said critically, but his mouth was hard, but his tongue did not deceive people, Igor was not idle, he ate while talking, and quickly ate the meal.

As for Igor's complaints, in fact, it is not that the Guards Division is deliberately making things difficult, but it is really that things in Mozambique are not easy to handle, not to mention anything else, it is something like wild vegetables, and most of the East African soldiers are actually very satisfied.

The proportion of undeveloped land in Mozambique is even more exaggerated than that of East Africa, and Shaokui is inland, except for the farmland and plantations that have been reduced to the front line of the battlefield, there are no fruits and vegetables nearby.

The use of wild vegetables to improve food is also an operation of East African soldiers, because when they are on the mainland, there is no shortage of oil and water at all, and East African animal husbandry is not developed, but it is large-scale, and the army is especially well supplied.

It's just that in this cross-sea operation, the logistical supply of the Guards Division must also be transferred from the sea to the land, so many things are not easy to deliver, meat is good, melons, fruits and vegetables and other things that are not easy to preserve, it is even more difficult, so taking local materials is one of the important courses for East African cooks.

Moreover, the cooks of the Guards Division considered that these coalition officers should be accustomed to big fish and meat, and many of them had big bellies, afraid that they would not be used to eating, so they deliberately gave more wild vegetables.

And even if the food is not delicious, the taste of canned food is uniform, and it should be able to satisfy the tastes of the vast majority of people, but a "resentful woman" like Igor will never be satisfied.

And his roommate Michiel saw a lot, and he was very satisfied with the current environment, after all, he had suffered a lot, which could also see the difference between the British army and the Portuguese army, the British army was far less corrupt than the Portuguese army.

Although the British army also had huge greed, the rules and regulations of the army were better than those of Portugal, and the "suffering education" received by the British nobles was much stronger than that of the Portuguese nobles.

Especially Michil, who was born in a small aristocratic family and was born in the army of the times, although it was not as strict as Prussia, and the family education was also a lot stricter, especially military training is an indispensable item, and an important item in military training is to "bear hardships and stand hard work" in the battlefield environment.

And now that he was captured by East Africa, it was not an abuse at all, but a preferential treatment, and Mihir was even more satisfied.

As far as food is concerned, it is actually more difficult for him to accept it than Igor, Igor is a Portuguese, and rice is also grown in Portugal, and rice should at least be seen even if rice is not in the recipes of Portuguese nobles.

Mihil, on the other hand, had never even seen this crop in England, and it was probably more acceptable to the British, who were used to it in India.

……

After the meal, the East African soldiers put away the dishes, and at this time Igor lay like a dead pig on the bed to which he was very unaccustomed, while Mihir asked the East African soldiers for books.

"I'm so bored here, can you find a book for us?"

Although he could not understand Mihir's English, the East African soldiers reported Mihir's situation to their superiors, and soon an interpreter arrived.

"Hello, Mr. Mihir, what do you want!"

"I want you to find a book, I'm so bored right now, it's like a year."

Mihir's words made it difficult for the translator, after all, who fights with books!

However, after two hours, Mihir's request was resolved, and East Africa had found a book in English, which was quite rare.

If it is only German books, then many East African officers still have them in stock, that is, some soldiers may also carry books, and it is relatively common for many East African soldiers who have received compulsory education to read books.

However, English books are really rare in East Africa, especially in military camps, after all, English is not widely used in East Africa, and the printing industry in East Africa is not yet developed, so the limited resources are naturally more inclined to German products.

However, there are many people in East Africa who are bilingual or multilingual, such as Chinese immigrants who know Chinese and German, which is not in conflict, although most people do not know how to write and know Chinese characters, but you can't say that he can't.

Even in Germany, there may be people who emigrated from England or actively learned English, so there are many people in the East African army who can speak English, French, and Russian.

Of course, it wasn't too much to cover the Guards Division, but there was a soldier whose grandmother was British, so he knew English, and when he immigrated to East Africa from Europe, he brought a box of English books, and this time he also carried an English "Bible" on the battlefield.

So Mihir could only hold on to the Bible and read it, but this was also in line with Mihir's heart, and there was nothing more soothing about his heart than a Bible in this bad state.

After all, it is a product of religious culture, and it carries psychological hints in itself, and in this case, Mihir's nervous heart after being captured seems to have been baptized, which is not a test for Mihir that God has performed on him.

Of course, if your own roommate is not "Igor", it will be perfect.

(End of chapter)