If we want to talk about the difference in thinking between ordinary Chinese in Zhuge Weidao's timeline and ordinary Chinese in another timeline, in Zhuge Weidao's view, the first one is of course self-confidence!
In their view, the Ming Dynasty is naturally the number one in the world, the chosen country, and the city on the mountain! Britain and the United States are both barbarian countries, not worth mentioning!
And the second difference is...it seems a bit silly and sweet! At least the people in the middle and lower classes are a bit stupid and don't know much about the dangers of the world and the old people's hearts.
And the country of Ming Dynasty seems to be a bit silly and sweet. It is already fighting a world war. It is still fantasizing about some elegant gentleman's war. It also thinks that Zhuge Weijiu signed with the foreigners at the Vienna Conference after the Napoleonic War. The Vienna Prisoners of War Convention is taken seriously and implemented very seriously.
If you look at the current situation in the Malacca prisoner-of-war camp, you will know how Daming, the "silly white sweet", treats the enemy. First of all, the location of this prisoner-of-war camp was very humane. It was chosen in a large barracks of the British and Indian Army - many prisoners of war had been stationed there before, and they were familiar with the roads. Entering the prisoner-of-war camp was like going home.
Secondly, the food in the prison camp was very good. The New Ming Dynasty has been a country where few people have gone hungry since "Wuzhong Wang Juntian". Even now that the population has increased to 400 million (including various vassal states), the per capita cultivated land area is still only 10 acres. This is not the per capita average under natural agriculture. 10 acres, but 10 acres per capita in industrialized countries!
The Malay Peninsula is very close to Siam and Annan, the food-rich vassal states under the Ming Dynasty, and also very close to Java where Chinese farms are everywhere. In addition, this war was the first real national war in the Ming Dynasty in more than a hundred years - Japan's war was not considered a national war. At most, it was to help the Japanese court and shogunate quell the civil strife of the "traitors of Asia." So , top and bottom attach great importance to it, and the logistics support has reached the point of excess...even the prisoners of war are benefiting from it!
Third, the prisoners of war in the Malacca prisoner of war camp can actually govern themselves! The captured British prisoners of war managed the prisoner of war camp themselves with the help of a group of "high seals"... If it were not for the fact that watchtowers and water-cooled machine guns were erected at the four corners of the prisoner of war camp's yard, there would be no access to the prisoner of war camp. There were Ming troops armed with live ammunition standing guard at the door, and from time to time officers from the Ming army's military law and military intelligence systems would enter the prisoner-of-war camp to question people. The prisoners of war living here almost forget that they have been captured, and think that they are still living in the peaceful days before the war!
Today, Zhuge Weidao also changed into the uniform of a major officer of the Ming Army's Military Justice Department, carrying a briefcase, and his chief staff officer Guo Xiaobao, who also changed into the uniform of a major officer of the Army's Military Justice Department. Taking the certificates issued to them by Zheng Guoxian and some "good things" prepared by the Nanyang Army Intelligence Office, they quickly walked into this prisoner-of-war camp with the smell of curry everywhere.
"Curry? Do you still feed curry to prisoners of war?" Zhuge Weidao asked an army 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 couldn't eat them, so they threw them to us. And our people couldn't make them, so they gave them to the prisoner of war camps. There are Indians in there.”
While they were talking, Zhuge Weidao, Guo Xiaobao and the major in charge of the prisoner-of-war camp had already walked into the exercise ground of the prisoner-of-war camp and found that there were some prisoners of war doing exercises inside. There were about two to three thousand people, composed of various Indians. They formed a neat square formation, and under the commands of several white officers, they turned right, left, advanced, and retreated.
The major pointed at the leading British soldier wearing short-sleeved and shorts tropical uniform. The medium-sized British soldier said to Zhuge Weidao and Guo Xiaobao: "Major Ge, Major Guo, that man is Colonel Humphrey, he is a captured person." The highest ranking among them."
"Okay, that's him!" Zhuge Weidao nodded, "Call him into the interrogation room."
"Okay." The major said to the two guards beside him, "Go and take Colonel Humphrey to Interrogation Room 1."
"Yes, sir!"
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Zhuge Weidao and Guo Xiaobao did not watch Colonel Humphrey being "arrested" on the playground, but went to an interrogation room in the office building of the prisoner of war camp with Major So... It was just a first trial, Once you train, there will be no other programs.
Colonel Humphrey, who came from London, came from a military family, and participated in the Napoleonic Wars in his early years, was certainly not panicked at all... He was just a little panicked when he was caught by the Japanese during the breakout from Gotha Baruha, those The Japanese dwarf was very vicious. When escorting them to Kota Baruha, he would kill people if they disagreed! But it would be great if he 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. He knows how to manage Indian prisoners and can serve the Ming Empire, which is very valuable - Indian prisoners, they are all Indians, but In fact, they are all kinds of people, some of whom cannot be considered human beings. There must be appropriate methods for dealing with different people or humanoids. The Chinese who like "one size fits all" simply don't understand this... Those Chinese are used to setting unified standards for everything. If they don't do this, everyone will feel it's wrong, so they can't manage India and Indians at all.
Under the leadership of the "Malacca Prisoner of War Camp Autonomous Committee" headed by Colonel Humphrey, everything in the prisoner of war camp was so orderly...
Because he felt that he was very useful, Humphrey thought that he could live quietly until the end of the war, and then go back to India to work or return to the UK to enjoy his retirement life. As for where to go, it all depends on how the war is going.
Of course, from Humphrey's point of view, it is still possible for the British Empire to achieve final victory. Although the Ming Dynasty's navy and Japan's army did perform very well! But this is a long and drawn-out war. Tactical victory cannot change strategic mistakes! The Ming Dynasty's strategic mistake was that they always wanted to liberate India and took it for granted that Indians would welcome liberation...
"Colonel Humphrey?" A standard Oxford 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 walls. , he only recognized the words "frank and obey" and "resist... and obey".
"Yes, sir, I am Humphrey." Humphrey stood at attention. As he spoke, his small, squinty eyes turned and he immediately saw two Ming Army majors wearing green short-sleeved military uniforms and large caps sitting behind a long table.
These two majors were, of course, Zhuge Weidao and Guo Xiaobao who were invited to help by Zheng Guoxian.
"Humphrey," Zhuge Weidao said as he took out a red-covered book from a briefcase with pictures of a crown, a lion and a unicorn on it. Then he opened the book and pointed to a picture inside. Photo asked, "Is this your (photo)?"
Humphrey squinted 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 stunned. "Major, what did you say? How did I become a British Overseas National?"
Zhuge Weidao pretended to pick up the fake passport and looked at it, "Yes, it's you... Are you a British Overseas National?"
Humphrey blurted out: "Why am I an overseas national? I am an Englishman, I am a real Englishman!"
"Really?" Zhuge Weidao smiled, and then said seriously, "Humphrey... I am military prosecutor Ge Qingyun. Every word you say now will be legally responsible! In view of the fact that you As a non-Indian, we will treat you as a mercenary and deprive you of your status and treatment as a prisoner of war in accordance with the Vienna Convention. Later, we will also prosecute you for war crimes! If convicted, you will face a maximum penalty of The punishment of death!
Humphrey, let me ask you again, are you British or Indian? Is this British National (Overseas) passport yours? Please answer truthfully! "
