Reborn as a police officer in South Africa

While MacArthur and Patton were worrying about the Changi Naval Base, more than a thousand mercenaries recruited from around the Strait of Malacca were training on Pulau Tekong at the Changi Naval Base.

Early Umbrella Company mercenaries were all southern Africans, and later they were gradually joined by Gurkhas, Africans, Ottomans, Persians, and now Southeast Asians.

Compared with southern African mercenaries, the salaries of other mercenaries are very low. Calculated from a mercenary's annual salary, it is not as expensive as the materials and ammunition they consume. Currently, more than 90% of mercenaries are under the umbrella of protection.

They are all recruited from outside.

Although the salary is low, the combat effectiveness is not low. Life is usually very cheap in economically underdeveloped areas. The mercenaries currently recruited by the Umbrella Company have obedience to the colonists that has penetrated into their bones. They will not resist any orders from their superiors. They are brave in combat and are not afraid of sacrifice.

, because they have not received any education and have no reflection on human nature and war, they are really the best source of soldiers.

After joining Umbrella, these mercenaries can receive a salary of at least 3 rand per month. If they go on a mission, they will receive corresponding subsidies and allowances. All normal weapons, equipment, food and ammunition are provided by Umbrella Company.

  3 rand is quite a lot for Southeast Asians, and when leaving the training camp, if you perform well in the assessment, your salary will be increased, up to 5 rand.

 With such good welfare benefits, the requirements for mercenaries are naturally very high. The daily schedule is similar to that of Hengshui Middle School, and the training schedule is full.

The construction of Pulau Tekong has not yet been completed. According to the plan of the Indian Ocean Fleet, Pulau Tekong will become the logistics center of Changi Naval Base, and a recruit training camp will be set up on the island. The camp is still under construction.

So every morning, workers in the construction camp would see groups of recruits wearing training uniforms running back and forth on the beach carrying large logs. They certainly did not understand the role of this project in teamwork, but this did not prevent them from seeing

It was lively, and some of the guys who were not selected were also very sore. Carrying wood was a physical job, more arduous than the work of a construction worker. Some recruits who could not keep up with their physical fitness would be severely reprimanded by the instructors, and corporal punishment was common.

  There are no human rights organizations on the island anyway.

 When it was time to eat, the construction workers were envious of the recruits' food.

People in the 21st century cannot understand the food cravings of people in 1925.

 Southeast Asia is actually similar to Africa, with quite abundant products. As long as you work hard, it is actually very easy to obtain food.

The problem is that private lands are everywhere in Southeast Asia. Just like royal gardens, civilians are prohibited from entering and exiting. There are a lot of fruits on the trees, but the plantation owners would rather watch the fruits rot on the trees than give them to the poor. They want to go fishing even more

Impossible, if you have a boat, you are no longer poor.

The recruits' three meals usually consist of sun-dried salted fish, pickled eggs, and some local fruits from Southeast Asia. This kind of breakfast is common in the eyes of southern Africans, but it is a rare delicacy in the eyes of the locals.

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In 1925, there were still many people in Asia who were suffering from severe hunger. A severe drought could kill millions of people. Population was very important to southern Africa, but in Asia, life was really like nothing. The poor

It's good to have food to eat, and three meals a day, and those who can afford three meals a day are wealthy landowners.

The instructors for the new recruits are all senior mercenaries from the Umbrella Company. These instructors were unable to fight on the front line for some reason and did not want to leave the umbrella, so they were transferred to the logistics department.

 Language is the biggest problem. Most of the recruits do not know Chinese or English, so every day after the day's training, the recruits have to work overtime at night to learn the language.

In order to increase the enthusiasm of the recruits to learn, language has become an important part of the assessment. Each recruit must learn at least ten Chinese characters every day. The consequences of failing to learn it are serious. The food standard for the second day is halved, but the training tasks are not reduced, so

Many recruits would hide in the toilet with their writing books and study hard under the dim light in the middle of the night. Their seriousness was comparable to that of their senior year in high school.

 Among all the recruits, an 18-year-old recruit named David attracted a lot of attention because he was the only Chinese in the boot camp with pure blood.

"This little guy is very smart. He has excellent scores in armed cross-country and shooting. He will definitely be rated as a first-class soldier when he graduates." Wu Xing, deputy director of the training camp, is optimistic about David. The monthly salary of a first-class soldier can be R5.

The highest military rank achievable.

“Why did he come to work as a mercenary?” The supervisor, William, is of German descent. He came to southern Africa a long time ago and participated in the World War. However, he never went to Europe and only participated in the battle against the Ottoman Empire.

"It's so simple. My family is poor and I am Malayan. I have no chance to study. Being a mercenary is also a good choice." Wu Xing is also helpless. There are nearly ten million Chinese in Southeast Asia. The situation of the Chinese in British Malaya is

The toughest.

What embarrasses Wu Xing is that the people who bullied the Chinese the most in Southeast Asia were not the British or the Americans, but the Chinese who came to Southeast Asia in the early days.

 In East India, this situation has been reduced a lot now. Most Chinese can enter school and work in a promising job after graduation. However, in British Malaya, the situation has not improved much.

 “Then why does he know English?” William was curious.

The Chinese have deep-rooted clan ideas. Most of the Chinese who went to Southeast Asia worked on plantations run by Chinese. Most of the people they came into contact with were Chinese or local indigenous people, and few of them spoke English.

“I don’t know either, everyone has their own secret.” Wu Xing was also curious, so he focused on David.

The next day was payday. Each recruit received a salary of three rands and three days of leave to move around freely. They could go out for entertainment or go home to visit relatives. As long as they returned to the team on time, they would be fine after they got the money.

The consequences of running away are very serious, and the umbrella company has a special department responsible for this type of matter.

 David got four rands, which made him a little overwhelmed.

 “Take it, you deserve it.” Wu Xing said in a friendly manner. David also took on a translation job in the training camp. It is normal for the salary to be higher.

 “Thank you, sir——” David bowed to Wu Xing politely, and then left happily.

The smile on Wu Xing's face slowly faded. Sometimes being too outstanding is not a good thing. When things go wrong, there will be monsters. David, who can speak Chinese and English, if he doesn't come to be a mercenary, he can find an easier job.

And a more lucrative job.

Umbrella companies often undertake some very special tasks, and there are many moles in the company. Wu Xing felt a little sorry. If David was also a mole, then Wu Xing would have no choice but to kill him.

 After returning to the barracks, David couldn't wait to find his companions, hoping to get their worn-out clothes and shoes.

The Umbrella Company is very generous in this regard. Due to the heavy training work and the heavy wear and tear on the recruits' clothing, each recruit will be issued two sets of clothing per month.

 “What do you want these things for?” Captain Fox is a Gurkha and has become a Southern African citizen.

“I have a lot of younger brothers and sisters in my family. These clothes can actually be worn after being repaired.” David didn’t mind. Children from poor families are not so particular. It is normal for clothes to be mended and mended three years after they are old and new.

"Then you will probably be disappointed. Others have similar needs -" Fox was not attacking David. The people who came to be mercenaries were not from wealthy families. They would only do so unless their clothes were so rotten that they could no longer be worn.

 “I can give you money——” David is willing to pay for it.

 “How much can you give?” Fox became curious.

“Twenty cents a suit.” David is quite good at business, and the price is not high, but there are also people who are willing to exchange their unwanted clothes for money.

Human nature is complex. Some people are very sensible at a young age, and some people are still confused when they are seventy or eighty years old. The natives of Southeast Asia are actually not much better than Africans. Many people are drunk one day and get drunk the next. They can spend all their salary in three days.

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 Otherwise, the training camp would only have three days off.

 Fox still likes David very much.

With Fox's help, David spent a whole morning getting a dozen sets of clothes, wrapped them in a sheet and left the training camp.

 The big package looked bigger than his small body.

 Wu Xing and Fox also left the training camp with David. They wanted to see what David was going to do.

 After leaving Dexing Island, David took a boat directly to Batam Island.

Batam Island is an island in the Riau Islands. The main island covers an area of ​​415 square kilometers and is about 20 kilometers away from Dexing Island. The island has a population of less than 10,000 people.

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The current Batam Island is not the "Little Bali Island" in the future. Tourism resources have not yet been developed. The scenery on the island is very beautiful, with sunshine, beaches, and coconut trees. The waves are as crystal clear as crystals, and the beaches are white and delicate.

, the sea water is crystal clear, and the sea breeze is gentle like a lover's hand.

Compared with the bustling Lion City, in the sparsely populated Batam Island, Wu Xing and Fox simply had no place to hide, so Wu Xing simply walked over to say hello to David.

“Sir, why are you here?” David had not yet realized that Wu Xing and Fox were following him.

"The scenery here is really nice. Fox and I came to see if there is a possibility of buying this island." Wu Xing found a suitable reason. The current land price in Southeast Asia is not high, and many people in southern Africa cannot afford to buy a farm.

Mercenaries simply set up their homes in Southeast Asia. Some smaller islands can be bought for only one or two hundred rand.

However, this one is a bit too big, and David's expression is very strange. Forget about those 100-hectare islands, if you want to buy Batam Island with an area of ​​415 square kilometers, Wu Xing probably can't afford it.