2638 People from the peninsula have become popular
Of the 500,000 prisoners of war, 440,000 successfully returned to Japan alive. This ratio is not low.
The number of Japanese prisoners of war is well documented. Neither Russia nor Japan has concealed it. The credibility is relatively high.
The number of German prisoners of war is confusing.
In the late period of the Great Patriotic War, Russia could capture at least 100,000 prisoners of war in each battle. No one knows the specific number.
Last month, Russia released a set of figures, saying that during the world war, Russia captured a total of approximately 4.3 million Axis prisoners of war.
This number is inaccurate. If all the prisoner numbers published by Russia in all previous battles are added up, then there are tens of millions of Germans captured by Russia.
In order to emphasize the glory of the Russian army, the Russian government often deliberately exaggerates its achievements and minimizes its own losses, so the numbers announced by the Russian government are also unreliable.
The Axis prisoners of war previously captured by Russia had a very high death rate due to the harsh working environment and poor living conditions.
Once Russia realized the true value of prisoners through Japanese prisoners of war, the situation began to improve, and the treatment of Axis prisoners of war also improved.
Angie can't control Russia. If the 7 million Japanese prisoners of war are used properly, they can produce huge value. Australians are not very qualified as managers compared with Russians.
"We are greatly improving the working and living environment of the prisoners. They now have warm houses to live in and will not starve or freeze to death. Their work has become easier and their efficiency has improved rapidly." Horton's words left Angel speechless.
In winter, the lowest temperature can reach more than ten degrees. Under what circumstances will someone freeze to death?
food--
When the Japanese army was fighting, a rice ball could last a day, and their material requirements were very low. There was no shortage of food in Australia. A rice ball a day was exchanged for a hard-working labor force that did not require a salary. Even if the Australians were not good at math, they would not be able to do it.
I can settle this account.
As for work efficiency being simpler, under the management of Australian supervisors, prisoners who did not work hard were treated as consumables. The Japanese have a strong ability to adapt to the environment.
"You go to Tom, he will give you a reasonable solution." Angel is still very generous, Australians need to be reassured.
During the war, Australia faced a huge threat from Japan, so Australians abandoned Britain and moved closer to southern Africa, because only southern Africa could give Australia a sufficient sense of security.
Now that the war is over and the threat has disappeared, the relationship between southern Africa and Australia will enter a new era.
Don't forget that the United States is watching closely.
If southern Africa continues to harass Australians as it did before, the Americans will take advantage of it.
Major General Tom is responsible for the management of prisoners of war in Southern Africa. There are 7 million prisoners of war, excluding the old, weak, sick and disabled, and there are not many real strong laborers. There are not enough people in Southern Africa.
"Pretoria sent a telegram. A new round of large-scale infrastructure upgrades is about to begin. A large number of construction workers are needed. The more the better -" Tom's assistant Lieutenant Colonel House looked helpless. Local needs must be given priority.
satisfy.
Although southern Africa has superior natural conditions, the environment is very complex, with mountains, lakes, rivers, swamps, deserts, and the Gobi. It has very high requirements for infrastructure.
The construction of Southern Africa is inseparable from the selfless contributions of foreign workers. In the past, Southern Africa was able to obtain the required labor force from neighboring countries at low prices. Now that it is available for free, it is no longer a waste.
There is no upper limit to infrastructure construction. The level of railways and roads in Southern Africa is already very high, but the construction of highways has not kept up. When the Southern African Expeditionary Force fought in Germany, the German highways were left behind by the expeditionary officers and soldiers.
deep impression.
Even Germany can build highways on a large scale, and there is no reason for southern Africa to lag behind.
This time Southern Africa is not prepared to attract private capital into the highway sector, and the federal government is fully capable of doing it alone.
Of course, that must be based on the premise that there are enough cheap workers.
Tom did not immediately comply with Pretoria's request, but began to figure out where to squeeze people out.
Although the number of prisoners of war was large, the demand was also high, and a lot of them were taken away by the Americans. During this period, Tom's eyes were green with worry, and he wished he could go to Japan to capture them himself.
The Russians can treat Axis civilians as soldiers and bring them to work in Russia. If they are also Allied forces, why can't the Southern African Expeditionary Force?
Even if Japan has no one left to capture, you can go to the peninsula or not to capture them. These places have been colonized by Japan for more than half a century. In order to reduce the impact of colonization, it is necessary to conduct a thorough cleanup.
Not to mention other things, those mixed-race people who have a relationship with the Japanese, those Japanese who took the initiative to give themselves a Japanese name during the war and joined the servant army to fight overseas, and those who received Japanese education since childhood, were deeply influenced by Japan, and their three views
Those who have been stereotyped need to be completely transformed, otherwise they will cause endless harm.
"100,000 people, only 100,000 people at most, give priority to the people who are going to be sent to Rhodesia Company and Nyasaland Company -" Tom demolished the east wall to make up for the west wall, and the Rhodesia Company was in conflict with the federal government.
More important than the federal government.
Every foreign war is a feast for southern African capital, and the Rhodesian Company is never absent.
During the Second Boer War, South Africa Company, the predecessor of Rhodesia Company, was deeply involved. After Stoudemire took over the family business, he restructured South Africa Company and Rhodesia Company became one of the largest food companies in southern Africa.
In southern Africa, only the Nyasaland Company under the name of Rock is as famous as the Rhodesian Company.
"Nyaasaland——" Lieutenant Colonel House was deeply worried. It would be fine if he offended the Rhodesian Company, but if he offended the Nyasaland Company——
Maybe my military career will come to an abrupt end.
"Do you think Mr. Gavin would pay attention to this kind of thing?" Based on Tom's understanding of Gavin, Gavin probably doesn't know about this.
Rock has long ago hired professional managers to manage the companies under his name. Because there are too many assets under his name, letting Rock do everything by hand would tire him to death. Therefore, Rock's delegation of power is not because he does not know that human nature is sinister, but
It is a last resort.
After the decentralization of power, as long as the right professional managers are selected, the company will not have major problems. After all, Roque is not completely indifferent. The general direction still depends on Roque.
In a few months, Roque will retire completely. Not only will he no longer serve as the Prime Minister of Southern Africa, but the companies under Roque's name will also be managed by the two brothers Gavin and Alvin.
Gavin has no interest in doing business; money is less attractive to him than embryos in the laboratory.
So now it is Alvin who is really in charge. Fortunately, the two brothers have a good relationship and have no intention of separating.
If the family business under Rock's name is divided, it will be a disaster. It is better to hand it over to someone to manage. Anyway, members of the Rock family can receive living expenses from Nyasaland Bank every month without having to pay for money at all.
Worry.
Holden barged in at this moment and asked for someone under the guise of An Qi.
"No, not one, not even one with missing arms or legs." Tom refused simply.
"I want people to build Darwin Port. Who is Darwin Port built for?" Holden said confidently.
Darwin Port was built during the war to meet the needs of the Indian Ocean Fleet. There were inevitably flaws in the design. As time went by, the flaws were gradually magnified and it also faced transformation and upgrading.
Expanding the port is hard work. In order to continue to receive protection from the Indian Ocean Fleet, Australia is responsible for the expansion of Darwin Port.
Compared with another time and space, Australia's losses in this war were not heavy, at least the war did not spread to the Australian mainland.
But who can have too much free labor? Australians are never willing to lag behind others when it comes to striving for benefits.
Even East India can use the dividends of the war to carry out a wave of infrastructure upgrades, and Australia does not want to miss this opportunity.
When he mentioned Darwin Port, Tom was speechless.
Tom himself served in the Indian Ocean Fleet.
"There are still a group of prisoners who have not been brought back to the peninsula. You can take them to the peninsula. Whatever you can get back will be yours." Tom didn't have any prisoners for Holden, so he could help find a way.
Holden was overjoyed.
Everyone knows that the price of captives is rising rapidly. Holden didn't have much hope in coming to find Angel, but now it is an unexpected blessing. Japan has worked hard on the peninsula for half a century, and there are many benefits.
Horton was too happy too early. Now the peninsula has been divided between the Americans and the Russians, and it is as distinct as Germany.
After Japan surrendered, the Russians and Americans entered the peninsula almost at the same time. Since Russia was held back by the Kwantung Army, the territory occupied by the US military was larger.
Following the results of the Potsdam Conference, Japan's overseas colonies will establish independent countries after the war. The peninsula will bear the brunt, and the establishment of a country is imminent.
MacArthur was still very concerned about the peninsula. Before Operation August Storm was over, MacArthur sent a telegram to Vasilevsky, hoping that the Russian troops would withdraw from the peninsula.
Vasilevsky quickly called back, hoping that the U.S. military would withdraw and establish a country on the peninsula based on the Russian model.
This request was unacceptable to MacArthur. His purpose was to improve his political performance. In the face of any retreat from the Russians, MacArthur's competitors would attack MacArthur's weaknesses in the future. Therefore, MacArthur not only did not order the US military to withdraw, but instead relied on the Japanese servant army. Expanding the scale, an army of up to 100,000 troops was formed in a short period of time.
During the war, Japan conscripted as many as 600,000 people from the peninsula to join the army and fight overseas, and as many as 860,000 people went to work overseas as laborers. At that time, the total population of the peninsula was about 25 million.
India has 460 million people, and Britain only recruited less than 3 million during World War II.
The peninsula, with a total population of only 25 million, was recruited by Japan with nearly 1.5 million people. The loyalty of the peninsula people to Japan was second only to Australia during World War I.
After the war, as many as one million people from the peninsula returned to their hometowns, and a considerable number of them were taken in by the Americans.
The Americans formed an army, and the Russians immediately felt threatened.
So the Russians also began to form an army to respond to pressure from the United States.
It was under these circumstances that the Australians came to the peninsula.
Busan is named after the "cauldron"-shaped mountain. It is the largest port on the peninsula and has a large population. During the Japanese occupation, countless resources plundered overseas by the Japanese army were transported back to Japan through Busan. Japan attaches great importance to Busan.
Japan does not have a colonial mentality towards the peninsula, but really manages the peninsula as Japanese territory. It has spent huge amounts of money and effort, and the results are of course very good.
Since East Asians generally marry early, half a century is almost three generations for Peninsular people.
At least the last two generations of Peninsular people have grown up in Japan's enslavement education. Their feelings towards Japan are naturally very complicated. Many people even hate the Allies and believe that the Allied offensive has broken their peaceful lives.
Australian Second Lieutenant Laite, the first Australian he met in Busan was Grant, who worked for the Umbrella Company.
Meeting an old friend in a foreign country, both fellow Australians, Laite and Grant were very enthusiastic. After briefly introducing themselves, Grant invited Laite for a drink at the Umbrella Company's Busan office.
"Does Umbrella Company also have business in Busan?" Laite didn't know enough about Umbrella Company, he only knew that it was a mercenary company.
"It didn't happen before, but it will definitely happen in the future. My current job is to recruit people from the Peninsula to work as police officers in Japan, and each person is given ten rands for protection." Grant was not prepared for Laite, and he didn't even know that there was competition for jobs between them.
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"My mission is to arrest people. Do you have any good advice for me?" Laite doesn't know how to beat around the bush, and soldiers are very straightforward.
Grant laughed after learning about Laite's mission: "The people you want are all in the army and are being trained by the Americans."
Laite was very angry.
Australia was the country most active in pursuing accountability after the war, and Japan was busy catching war criminals. Not only was there no movement on the peninsula, but the slave troops also turned into friendly forces, which made Laite furious.
Although the Peninsular Army acts in the name of a servant army, its performance in combat is not inferior to that of the real Japanese army. This is fundamentally different from the British and Indian troops.
They are all servant armies, and the British and Indian troops will only hold them back. The brutality of the Peninsular army is comparable to that of the Japanese army, and there must be a lot of war criminals. MacArthur wants to win over the Japanese, so he insists on not including Hirohito on the list of war criminals. Is there anyone in the Peninsula who deserves it?
MacArthur win over?
The answer is no. After Japan annexed the peninsula, all the peninsula royal families moved to live in Japan.
The members of the peninsula's royal family are not up to par either. Some became infertile after drinking poisonous tea, some took Japanese names and married Japanese wives and completely became Japanese, and some fell in love with Japanese special workers. Each one has a lower limit than the last.
The most ridiculous one is Li Xi, the concubine of the last king Li Xi. In order to raise money for gambling, he even sold his biological mother's grave to a businessman for 2,000 yen, which left people speechless.