Although the war is not over yet, reconstruction work has begun, and this work has nothing to do with the British.
Including the Lion City, throughout Southeast Asia, antipathy towards the British Empire has increased since the outbreak of the war. Due to the special status of the Straits Settlements, the relationship with the United Kingdom can continue to be maintained, while the colonial rule in the Malay Peninsula has been in de facto collapse.
, local people have contacted Changi Naval Base one after another, hoping that Changi Naval Base can help them rebuild after the war.
This job is actually not difficult. The Japanese invasion broke the old colonial order of the Malay Peninsula. The former colonial officials, landlords, mine owners, feudal princes and other ruling classes fled one after another during the Japanese invasion. The locals
During the war, we suffered heavy losses, and only a small price was paid to reap huge benefits.
The 79th Division works in Tanjung Sepat, not far from Kuala Lumpur. It has the best location and most mature plantation in Malaya. The natural rubber and palm oil produced are exported to Europe and the United States and are important industrial raw materials.
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Before the war broke out, the plantations in Tanjung Sepat were monopolized by the British and the locals could not interfere.
After the war broke out, all the British fled and Tanjung Sepat was occupied by the Japanese army and later recovered by the Allied forces.
A few months ago, the fighting in the Malay Peninsula basically ended. The plantation owners who fled during the war returned to the Malay Peninsula. At this time, the Malay Peninsula was under military control. They gathered in the Lion City, hoping to resume plantation operations as soon as possible.
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This request was opposed by the local armed forces in the Malay Peninsula. The Kingdom of Johor directly characterized the behavior of fleeing during the war as the voluntary abandonment of all properties, including plantations, and unilaterally applied for the auction of ownerless plantations.
The Umbrella Company became the big winner. In just one month, the Umbrella Company purchased approximately 1 million hectares of plantations. These plantations will be used as prizes to reward mercenaries who fought bravely during the war.
"We are fighting bravely on the front line, and you are following behind to take advantage. Is this appropriate?" Lieutenant Colonel Qin Jun stood on a hillside, looking at the Indian soldiers who had begun to get into work, and intentionally or unintentionally teased Liu Han, an executive of the umbrella company next to him.
"Where are we now? Only if you pick the rest, will we be eligible to bid. The really best plantations will not flow into the market at all." Liu Han is not angry. He will get as much as he pays. It's fair.
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Umbrella is the big winner, but not the biggest. The real big winner is the Changi Naval Base, or the Southern African military.
After the last world war, Southern Africa got Tanganyika and Southwest Africa. Millions of Southern African soldiers were resettled and their interests were guaranteed. Tanganyika and Southwest Africa were also developed at the fastest speed. Now they have
Become an important part of southern Africa.
All available land around Southern Africa has been snatched up. The Southern African military has to turn its attention to more distant North Africa and Southeast Asia. These high-quality plantations are the best reward. They are more qualified than the British to become this area.
The owner of the land.
Not only in the Malay Peninsula, but also in the Indochina Peninsula to the north, a gluttonous feast to divide the fruits of victory was also going on, including Siam, which joined the Axis powers during the war, and suffered the same fate.
Southern Africans are still very happy with Siamese rice.
"I heard from Sami, how much did you spend on an island in East India?" Qin Jun is a soldier and is bound by military law and cannot do whatever he wants.
"It doesn't cost much. If you want to buy it, I can help you contact me." Liu Han looked proud. East India is known as the country of ten thousand islands. Some remote and deserted islands are so cheap that it's like giving them away for free.
The island Liu Han purchased is very small, only about 40 to 50 hectares. Liu Han plans to go to the island to retire.
This is actually not a good choice. The cost of developing a desert island is too high for an individual, and the supporting living facilities are even more unthinkable. It seems that the owner of the island is free, but in fact he is isolated from the world.
"No, no, no, my family has a farm in Luo City." Qin Jun is a second-generation farmer, the kind of invisible rich man.
"Nyasaland Luo City?" Liu Han looked envious. There are several Luo City in southern Africa.
Qin Jun smiled and nodded.
"Then you are so lucky!" Liu Han sighed, reincarnation is really a technical job.
After so many years of development in Nyasaland, every inch of land is at a premium, especially around Los Angeles, where tens of thousands of dollars are hard to come by.
Regarding the farms in southern Africa, there is a popular saying: Farms in Southwest Africa can be built with hard work; farms in Cape State can be built with hard work; farms in Nyasaland are something that you are born with, and those that are born without are something you will have.
There is no such thing.
"Aren't you from Elizabeth?" Liu Han knew something about Qin Jun, but he didn't know much about it. Qin Jun also used to work in an umbrella company.
"I am a Nyasalandian first, and then an Elizabethan -" Qin Jun did not explain much.
Qin Jun's father was the first generation immigrant to Nyasaland. After Rock bought Port Elizabeth, Qin Jun's father went to work in Port Elizabeth. With the huge income in Port Elizabeth, he was able to buy a farm in Nyasaland.
After understanding the whole story, Liu Han smiled bitterly and shook his head. Then he looked at the Indian soldiers who were working hard. Liu Han suddenly felt relieved.
Same people but different fates. Compared with Qin Jun, Liu Han is indeed a hard worker.
But compared with these Indian soldiers, Liu Han was extremely lucky.
Not far from Qin Jun and Liu Han, Cotar, wearing an officer's uniform, was supervising the work of his men.
The task of the Indian soldiers is to repair the road, which connects Kuala Lumpur and Tanjung Sepat. The above means to extend this road to the Lion City and build a coastal road in full compliance with southern African standards.
The requirements for coastal highways are very high. The roads must be hardened, green belts must be arranged on both sides of the roads, and there must be at least four lanes in both directions.
Considering that the coastal road also has a tourist function, the previous colonial government had never considered it.
The task was still very arduous. The Allied forces used heavy artillery and heavy bombs in the battle to recapture Kuala Lumpur. Those heavy artillery with a caliber exceeding 200 mm fired shells weighing more than 100 kilograms, which could create all kinds of terror on the ground.
of craters.
What's even more terrifying are the shells that didn't explode.
Although the quality of military products in southern Africa is reliable, there are still some dumb bombs. These dumb bombs just did not explode, not that they will not explode. They are in an extremely unstable state. Once they explode, a company of soldiers will be wiped out.
Not long after the work began, Indian soldiers discovered an unexploded artillery shell.
Cotal immediately evacuated the soldiers and sent someone to report. This work must be handled by professional engineers.
"Well done, but this is beyond the scope of your work." Paul, who was wearing a Gurkha scimitar on his chest, squatted beside Cottard with lingering fear. At that time, he was less than fifty meters away from the shell.
It is unclear whether this is a 203 shell or a 152 shell.
Even if it is only 152, the effective killing radius is more than 50 meters. If it explodes, Paul will either die or be injured.
"What will the engineers do?" Cottard took the initiative to take out a cigarette holder. This was a high-end product that only officers were qualified to distribute. Cottard himself was not willing to smoke it.
"It was probably detonated. The engineers wouldn't take huge risks to move it." Paul was frightened. His flesh and blood body had no ability to resist when encountering such a powerful weapon.
"Sir, why does it cost so much to build this road?" Sumit was polite. In his impression, the British were not as fond of building roads as the southern Africans.
Not only road construction, but also all kinds of infrastructure construction, the British have no interest, unless it is the kind of project that has to be established for profit.
The key point is that the British are extremely inefficient. Even if they set up a project, they never start construction every three or two years. The way of working in southern Africa, where a project is set up today and started tomorrow, is too casual for the British.
"Is the price high?" Paul was confused. You people don't even get a salary, so what's the price?
When it comes to building roads, the biggest cost is labor cost. If workers don't need wages, then the cost is really very low.
In addition to Indian soldiers, the workers who built this road were prisoners sent from the Philippines.
These prisoners were not Japanese, but Filipinos who had joined the Japanese servant army.
The Americans originally wanted to shoot all the hundreds of thousands of captives of the Philippine Servant Army. Later, Angie paid for them and bought these prisoners from MacArthur. Both of them were very happy.
An Qi is happy because she has hundreds of thousands more free labor.
MacArthur was happy because he had unexpected income and did not need to bear the psychological burden of morality.
After all, shooting prisoners would have a certain impact on MacArthur's reputation.
MacArthur had lofty ideals.
Therefore, this part of the work of Indian soldiers is far from the most dangerous and arduous. The truly dangerous and arduous work is done by the prisoners.
"Why isn't it high? There are so many people here who need food every day, and they still get sick. The logistics standards are still so high -" Sumit had already entered the state and considered the problem from the perspective of Changi Naval Base.
"This is all normal, you don't have to worry -" Paul laughed. This price is really nothing to Changi Naval Base.
Logistics standards are indeed high.
The engineers hadn't arrived for a while, but the dining car arrived.
The lunch was still very sumptuous, including fish and luncheon meat, the vegetables were carrots and cabbage, and the staple food was rice. The broth was rich and fragrant. Cottard and Sumit ate deliciously, but Paul looked uncomfortable and kept burping.
"Aren't you going to eat?" Sumit was curious. For some reason, Paul looked very full.
"Thank you. If you had eaten luncheon meat for a month, you would have been very full." Paul took a piece of durian and pressed it. Sumit's face changed drastically.
The durian production in the Malay Peninsula is very high. In order to save costs, the Southern African military will also purchase fruits locally from the Malay Peninsula.
Durian is something that those who like it will love it to death, and those who don’t like it can’t even smell it.
"I think I can eat it for the rest of my life." Cottard used his hands to form balls of rice filled with broth. It was very fragrant.
Paul frowned slightly, unable to accept the way the Indian soldiers ate.
Indian soldiers did not use utensils when eating. Instead, they kneaded the food into balls or strips with their hands and ate directly.
Not to mention that this method is hygienic and unhygienic, the key point is that Indian soldiers do not use toilet paper when going to the toilet——
This is very disgusting.
Although Paul knew that the hands used by Indian soldiers to go to the toilet were not the same as the hands used to eat, he still felt uncontrollable nausea. This was a physiological reaction.
"Uh-huh--" Ashik squatted next to him and nodded. He couldn't get enough of such delicious food.
Paul didn't explain the ingredients of the lunch meat. Seeing that Ashik ate it so deliciously, he simply handed his portion to Ashik.
"Thank you, thank you very much, God will bless you -" Ashik thanked him hurriedly.
"Your treatment is so good. If possible, I hope to work for you forever." Sumit finished eating and filled another pot of coffee.
Although there was no milk or sugar, and the coffee tasted a bit bland because too much water was added, Sumit still felt happy from the bottom of his heart.
"Everything we have is not dependent on charity from others. If we want to have a happy life, we can only get it with our own hands." Paul is serious, and everyone in southern Africa knows this.
Federal governments at all levels in Southern Africa have been emphasizing this point and cultivating the independent spirit of Southern Africans. Newspapers and schools are also pervasive, seizing every opportunity to instill this truth into Southern Africans.
"What should we do?" Cottard became more energetic and finally talked about the issue he was most concerned about.
"I don't know what you should do. I'm just a little scimitar, but if you refer to the history of southern Africa, I think you will find the answer." Paul couldn't give the correct answer, but he could provide a way.
Cottard was a little distracted from the rest of the work.
After returning to the camp in the evening, Cottard went to the camp library to borrow books. Libraries only existed after southern Africa took over the camp.
"Want to know the history of Southern Africa - let me see -" The library staff looked confused. Southern Africa has only been established for a few decades. What history does it have?
Of course, there are still some. Kotal borrowed a copy of "Economic Development - Looking at the Relationship between Southern Africa and the United Kingdom" written by Joseph Michelson, a professor at the Department of Economics at the University of Nyasaland.
This decision is correct.
Southern Africa and India have many similarities. For example, both were once British colonies, such as——
Gone.
Back in the tent, Cottard stayed up late reading.
Sumit came over to take a look and gave up completely. He had never gone to school. Even if you gave him the book, he couldn't understand it.
In fact, Cottard only knows a little about it, and he doesn’t understand many economic terms.
But Cottard had a good teacher, and Paul gave Cottard the greatest help.
"So, if we want to live the same happy life as people in southern Africa, we must first get rid of the colonial rule of the British Empire. Only in this way can we truly be the masters of our own country--" Kotal kept following Sumit and Ashikkopp
, he must not have imagined now how difficult this road will be.
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