After staying one night in the military camp, Qiao Xi led his people to Hanover early the next morning to meet Eisenhower.
The whole process went very smoothly.
If Qiao Xi only represented himself, then Eisenhower would definitely not agree to the large-scale transfer of prisoners from the Rhine Camp.
Because after World War II, he was the one who ordered the establishment of the Rhineland Camp and prohibited all prisoners of war from having contact with the outside world.
And with Eisenhower's status, there was no need to sell Josie's face.
But now that Josie is backed by the five largest consortiums in the United States, the situation is completely different.
Eisenhower was a soldier, but he was also a politician with high political sensitivity, otherwise he would not have become president later, so he knew very well what this meant.
Therefore, after confirming the authenticity of a series of authorization documents held by Qiao Xi, he decisively issued a series of documents and passes to Qiao Xi in the name of the Commander-in-Chief of the European Theater, and even gave Qiao Xi the ability to be transferred.
The rights of troops below the regiment level, and specially dispatched several officers from the logistics department to cooperate with Qiao Xi.
This is the charm of capital consortium.
Of course, that's because the commander-in-chief of the European theater was Eisenhower.
If it were Emperor Mai on the Pacific battlefield, the situation might be different. He was too conceited and arrogant. After winning a fight, he no longer knew what his last name was, and he didn't take anyone seriously.
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If not, he wouldn't have suffered such a severe setback in his later years.
After receiving the "imperial approval" from Eisenhower, the supreme commander of the European U.S. military, Joey was not polite. He immediately borrowed a transportation reinforcement battalion from Brigadier General Ross, and also specially requested several sets of field rain equipment, and transported clothes, food, and soap.
Go to the Rhine Camp to recruit people.
Although Josie has not yet gone to the Rhine Camp to see the situation there, Ophelia already knows about it.
The environment there is not generally bad. The prisoners who were imprisoned had no other clothes to change except the clothes they were wearing when they entered. Moreover, although the camp is close to the Rhine River, the US troops guarding it are absolutely prohibited from entering the camp.
The personnel went out of the barracks, so there was not enough water to drink in the camp, let alone changing and washing.
The only thing that is better than the situation in the original time and space is that the prisoners in the current Rhine camp still live in temporary houses instead of living directly in the open air.
Because the Rhine Camp in the original time and space was built in April, the weather in Germany was already very mild or even hot, so the US military did not even provide them with barracks.
But now, the war ended before winter came, and the temperature was very low. Naturally, it was impossible to let the prisoners live in the open air, otherwise they would all freeze to death.
But that's it, other aspects should be just as bad.
Since Qiao Xi wanted to lure people, he definitely couldn't just pull back a group of people who were as dirty as beggars.
And his first target is not the men's camp, but the women's camp.
Yes, the Rhine River Camp actually held not only male prisoners of war, nor even only soldiers.
They also include civilians who have voluntarily resisted the US military, government civilians, Nazis, female Wehrmacht assistants, hospital staff, and other various personnel, but their relative numbers are not as large as military prisoners of war.
The reason why she came to the women's camp first was not because Josie wanted to provide any special services. It was just that for the American personnel who were coming later, what they needed most was the guarantee of life.
Therefore, health, medical, and kitchen staff are the most important, and women are obviously more suitable for these jobs.
Moreover, women in this era are obedient and not prone to causing trouble.
As for the engineers, porters and other personnel needed in the later stage, just let the American employees come and pick them after the transportation team arrives. You can't just let Qiao Xi do everything, otherwise what will those employees do?
The transport battalion soon arrived at one of the large camps, which was also the only female camp among all the Rhine camps.
After all, all the captives are mainly men, with fewer women.
But this small number is only relative to the huge number of men. The actual number is still more than 100,000.
After verifying the documents, the transport team entered the camp.
Soon, the US military officers stationed in the camp came out with someone, a colonel.
"Excuse me, Colonel Ward. There are five cars of materials. They are for your group. I need you to arrange for people to move them and distribute them." Although Qiao Xi's status is extraordinary, he does not need to take a colonel seriously.
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But he understands very well what it means to be humane, so when dealing with others, even if the other party is just an ordinary soldier, Qiao Xi will be very approachable.
For things like this that require the cooperation of the other party, Qiao Xi will also prepare some small gifts.
It doesn’t cost much anyway, and you can still get the other person’s gratitude, so why not do it?
Colonel Ward was indeed a little dissatisfied with Qiao Xi coming to transport people at first.
As the garrison officer of the women's camp, during this period of time, he could be said to be more emperor than emperor.
As long as he thinks about it, any female prisoner will appear in his barracks at night.
If he wasn't worried about the impact, he would have no problem holding a big party in his barracks.
What Qiao Xi did was to steal food from his bowl.
It seems that the number of people Qiao Xi wants is not large, only 2,000.
But the requirements are not low.
Female prisoners aged 18-40 also require medical, clerical, and health personnel. In addition, they also need some cultural and educational personnel who can serve as translators.
These are the cream of the crop among female prisoners - after all, those who can do these jobs are mostly urban women.
However, Colonel Ward's dissatisfaction immediately disappeared when he heard that Qiao Xi had specially sent five trucks of condolence supplies to their regiment.
Colonel Ward was even more happy when he saw the fresh vegetables, fruits, cigarettes and even several boxes of wine that the soldiers had unloaded from those vehicles.
"Mr. Kahn is so polite. We will definitely help you screen and meet your needs!" Colonel Ward shook Josie's hand very enthusiastically.
It's winter now, and fresh vegetables and fruits are hard to come by even for the US military, which has plenty of supplies. Logistics usually only prepare more canned fruits for them.
Not to mention wine, the war has just ended and food is not abundant all over the world, so wine is a luxury product wherever it is placed.
As for cigarettes, although every soldier will have seven packs of them every week, in Germany today, cigarettes have become a hard currency that is more useful than money, and no one will have too much.
To the US troops stationed there, any of these supplies are more valuable than the female prisoners in the barracks.
"Ophelia, I leave it to you. After selecting the people, take them to the river to wash before giving out clothes!" Josie nodded, and then ordered Ophelia beside him.
In addition to the borrowed transportation reinforcement camp, Ophelia also brought a group of people, mainly doctors and nurses.
Even if it is free labor, Qiao Xi only needs to be healthy, so what would a sick person do?
It's not that Qiao Xi is cold-blooded, but that in this era, human life is so worthless.
Especially as a German from a defeated country, Qiao Xi had no position to sympathize with them, nor did he want to become that outlier.
Ophelia nodded, and then, with the cooperation of the camp garrison, she began to select people, and at the same time, she began to set up field shower equipment and began to boil water.
Josie and Colonel Ward sat down at the table under the eaves of the barracks not far away, chatting while drinking wine and smoking cigars, while watching this alternative "draft".
Especially when the selected female prisoners took off their clothes and walked into the shower tent, the scene... tsk tsk.
It was scenes like this that made Josie realize why prisons, prisoner-of-war camps and other places in various countries have been the most prone to scandals in history.
In such an environment where you can easily control everything about others, it is indeed not easy to grasp your own humanity.