1825 My New Daming

If you want to talk about the difference in thinking between ordinary Chinese on the timeline where Zhuge Weidao lives and ordinary Chinese in another timeline, in Zhuge Weidao's view, the first one is of course self-confidence!

In their view, the Great Tomorrow Dynasty is the number one in the world as a matter of course, the country chosen by heaven, and the city on top of a hill!The United Kingdom and the United States are all barbarian states, not worth mentioning!
And the second difference is that it seems a bit silly and sweet!At least the people in the middle and lower classes are a bit silly and sweet, they don't know much about the dangers of the world, and their hearts are not ancient.

And the country of Ming Dynasty seems to be a bit silly and sweet. They are fighting a world war, and they are still fantasizing about the battle of elegant gentlemen. The Vienna Prisoners of War Convention is taken seriously and is being implemented very seriously.

Just look at the current situation in the Malacca prisoner-of-war camp and you will know how this "silly white sweet" Daming treats the enemy.First of all, the location of this prisoner-of-war camp is very humane. It was chosen in a large barracks of the British and Indian troops-many prisoners of war had been stationed there before, and they were familiar with the way, and entering the prisoner-of-war camp was like going home.

Secondly, the food in the prisoner-of-war camp is very good.The new Ming Dynasty has been a country where few people starve since "Wu Zhong Wang Juntian". Even now that the population has increased to [-] million (including various vassal states), the per capita arable land area is still less than [-] mu. This is not the average per capita under natural agriculture. [-] acres, but [-] acres per capita in industrialized countries!

The Malay Peninsula is also very close to Siam and Annam, the vassal states that are rich in food under the Great Ming Dynasty, and very close to Java, where Chinese farms are everywhere.In addition, this battle was the first real national war in the Ming Dynasty for more than a hundred years-the Japanese war was not considered a national war, at most it was to help the Japanese court and the shogunate to put down the civil strife of "traitors. So , the top and bottom are very important, and the logistics support has reached the point of excess. Even the prisoners of war have been wiped out!
Third, the prisoners of war in the Malacca POW camp can actually be self-governing!The captured British prisoners of war managed the camp by themselves with the help of a group of "Gao Yin". The army stood guard, and from time to time, officers from the military law and military intelligence system of the Ming army would enter the prisoner-of-war camp to ask people for questioning.The prisoners of war living here almost forgot that they had been captured, and thought they were still living in the peaceful years before the war!
And Zhuge Weidao also changed into the uniform of a major officer of the Army Judicial Department of the Ming Dynasty today, carrying a briefcase, together with his chief staff officer, Guo Xiaobao, who also changed into the uniform of a major officer of the Army Judicial Department.Holding the certificates Zheng Guoxian issued to them and some "good things" prepared by the intelligence office of the Nanyang Army, they walked quickly into this prisoner-of-war camp filled with the smell of curry.

"Curry? Do you still give curry to prisoners of war?" Zhuge Weidao asked a major in charge of the prisoner-of-war camp who received him and Guo Xiaobao.

The major replied with a smile: "When the Japanese captured Malacca, they grabbed a lot of curry leaves. They didn't know how to eat them, so they threw them to us. And our people didn't know how to make them, so they distributed them to the prisoner-of-war camps." Indians inside."

While speaking, Zhuge Weidao, Guo Xiaobao, and the major in charge of the prisoner-of-war camp had walked into the playground of the prisoner-of-war camp together, and found some prisoners of war were exercising inside. There were about two to three thousand people, composed of various Indians. Formed a neat phalanx, in the sound of several white officers' passwords, they turned to the right, to the left, forward, and back.

The major pointed to the lead British army tropical uniform wearing short sleeves and shorts. The British soldier of medium build said to Zhuge Weidao and Guo Xiaobao: "Major Ge, Major Guo, that man is Colonel Humphrey, he is a captured person." The highest rank in the army."

"Okay, it's him!" Zhuge Weidao nodded, "Call him to the interrogation room."

"Okay." The major said to the two guards beside him, "Go and take Colonel Humphrey to interrogation room No. [-]."

"Yes, sir!"

Zhuge Weidao and Guo Xiaobao did not watch Colonel Humphrey "arrested" on the playground, but went to an interrogation room in the office building of the prisoner of war camp with the major. other shows.

Colonel Humphrey, who came from London, came from a military family, and participated in the Napoleonic Wars in his early years, was of course not panicked at all. He was just a little panicked when he was captured by the Japanese when he broke out from Kota Bharuha. Those Japanese dwarfs were so fierce Very, when they were escorted to Godabaluha, they would kill people if they disagreed!But it will be fine if it is in the hands of the Chinese. He is a high-level prisoner of war and can receive preferential treatment according to the "Vienna Convention".

Moreover, he has served in the East India Company and the Indian Empire for many years, and has been engaged in mercenary management. Knowing how to manage Indian captives is very valuable for the Ming Empire. In fact, there are all kinds of people, and some of them can’t even be counted as human beings.There must be an appropriate approach to dealing with different people or humanoids.Chinese who like "one size fits all" don't understand this at all. Those Chinese are used to setting a unified standard for everything. If they don't do it, everyone thinks it's wrong, so they can't manage India and Indians at all.

And under the leadership of the "Melaka Prisoner of War Camp Self-Government Committee" headed by Colonel Humphrey, everything in the prisoner of war camp is so orderly
Because he thought he was useful, this Humphrey thought he could hang out until the end of the war, and then go back to India to work or to England to enjoy his retirement.As for where to go, it depends on how the war is going.

Of course, in Humphrey's view, it is still possible for the British Empire to win the final victory.Although Ming's navy and Japan's army did perform very well!But this is a long, long war.A tactical victory cannot change a strategic mistake!And Ming's strategic mistake was that they always wanted to liberate India and took it for granted that the Indians would welcome the liberation.
"Colonel Humphrey?" A standard Oxford English accent suddenly interrupted Humphrey's train of thought. Only then did he realize that he had been led into a large empty room with a few Chinese characters written on the white wall. , he only recognizes the words "confessed and obedient" and "resisting obedience".

"Yes, sir, I am Humphrey." Humphrey stood at attention.When he was talking, he turned his sneaky little eyes and immediately saw two majors of the Ming Army in green short-sleeved military uniforms and big caps sitting behind a long table.

The two majors were of course Zhuge Weidao and Guo Xiaobao who were invited by Zheng Guoxian to help.

"Humphrey," Zhuge Weidao said as he took out a red cover from a briefcase with patterns of crowns, lions and unicorns on it. Then he opened the book and pointed to a photo inside. Ask, "Is this your (photo)?"

Humphrey squinted his eyes and saw that the person in the photo was himself, "Yes, this is me."

"Write it down!" Zhuge Weidao ordered, and the recorder in the interrogation room immediately began to write, Zhuge Weidao said, "Write it down, the owner of this British National (Overseas) passport is Colonel Humphrey .”

"What?" Humphrey was taken aback, "Major, what are you talking about? How did I become a British Overseas National?"

Zhuge Weidao pretended to pick up the fake passport again and looked at it, "That's right, it's you. Are you a British overseas national?"

Humphrey blurted out: "Why am I an overseas national? I am an Englishman, and I am a real Englishman!"

"Really?" Zhuge Weidao smiled, and then said solemnly, "Humphrey, I am the military inspector Ge Qingyun. Every word you say now must be held legally responsible! In view of your non-Indian status, We will treat you as a mercenary and deprive you of your prisoner-of-war status and treatment in accordance with the Vienna Convention. Later, we will also prosecute you for war crimes! If convicted, you will face the death penalty!

Humphrey, let me ask you again, are you British or Indian?Is this British National (Overseas) passport really yours?Please answer truthfully! "