The same thing, which is normal operation in southern Africa, has become a special treatment in France, which has confused many expeditionary officers and soldiers, many Europeans think that Europe is the center of world civilization, and now it seems that Europeans have a different understanding of "civilization" than southern Africans.

Like the expeditionary officers, many of the coalition officers and men were confused about the conduct of the officers and men of the Southern African Expeditionary Force.

For example, canned luncheon meat, although the canned luncheon meat has a bit of starch, it is called "meat" but the meat cannot be found at all, and it is a little greasy to eat too much palm oil, but in the case of the world war, for many allied officers and soldiers, luncheon meat is still a rare delicacy, and canned luncheon meat in France and Belgium has become a general reference equivalent to currency.

Next to the camp of the expeditionary force, there are many women engaged in special industries, and sometimes a can of luncheon meat can be a romantic affair with a woman.

Unlike the allied officers and soldiers who sought for luncheon meat, the officers and men of the Southern African Expeditionary Expedition avoided luncheon meat, and many of them preferred to eat canned fruit that tasted a little strange rather than eat luncheon meat, which was considered delicious by the officers and men of the coalition forces.

"There's no meat in it at all, it's made from animal offal and starch—" explained the expeditionary officers and men whenever they were asked why they didn't eat luncheon meat.

"Animal offal is also meat—" The officers and men of the coalition really couldn't figure it out, who said that white people don't eat animal offal, and foie gras is also animal offal.

"Well, since you like luncheon meat so much, then I'll give you my luncheon meat, and you give me your canned peas—" Most of the time the discussion ended with an exchange, and the Coalition officers and soldiers who got the luncheon meat thought they had made a big bargain, and the expeditionary soldiers who exchanged the luncheon meat for peas did not think they had suffered.

On Christmas Eve, the Allied Expeditionary Force prepared Christmas gifts for the officers and soldiers, the Allied Forces prepared apples and a hearty potato goulash, and the Expeditionary Force soldiers received a "gift bag" containing wine, cigarettes, chocolate pralines, instant coffee, and a fruit set.

The 11th Division is an integrated division of Chinese soldiers and white soldiers, this unit is only used for defensive positions, never engaged in offensive combat, and they get the most abundant "gift package", in addition to the standard configuration, there are also New Year's gifts prepared by the Nyasa government for the children of soldiers thousands of miles away

The New Year's gift consists of a belt, a purse, and a lighter.

The belt and wallet were made by the Nyasalan government in Itno and are made of expensive crocodile leather, but this is not expensive for Europe, and crocodile leather products in southern Africa.

The lighters are also windproof lighters produced by Itno, each lighter is engraved with a close-up image of a soldier wearing a steel helmet and a bayonet, and a few lines of words are engraved in English and Chinese under the image

Before Southern Africa sent an expeditionary force to Europe, some people thought that Europe was too far away from southern Africa, and the war had nothing to do with southern Africa.

Independent!

How can it not matter, the international situation and national interests are too far away from ordinary people, and the soldiers did not come to Europe with the mentality of "savior" charity, but left their homeland to participate in the war in a foreign country thousands of miles away in order to uphold justice, and from the moment the Southern African Expeditionary Force arrived in France, no matter how the psychologically shady guys speculated, the Southern African Expeditionary Force had already occupied the moral high ground.

"Wow, this belt is so beautiful, the lines on it - is this crocodile skin? What does a crocodile look like? "At the junction of the positions of the 11th Division and the 35th French Army, several French soldiers and several soldiers of the 11th Division were having dinner together.

It was Christmas Eve dinner, the position entered an unprecedented state of calm, everyone was reluctant to shoot at this moment, a huge and continuous bonfire was lit in front of the position, which lasted until the end of the view, if you look down from the air, you will find that two bonfires have appeared in Flanders, with the Allied positions on one side and the German positions on the other.

The Germans also had to celebrate Christmas Eve, and in the past week, the coalition forces and the Germans had a tacit understanding that they had not organized any offensive, and a soldier of the 11th Division put a wildflower in the muzzle of his rifle and leaned against the wall of the trench, and the cold wall suddenly became warm.

"I've seen such a belt in a shop in Paris, it costs 1,200 francs with a wallet, and I can't afford it anyway, so I just looked through the window, and I was impressed by the salesman's eyes, as if to say, let's go, poor worm, this is not the place for you—" A French soldier had seen crocodile belts, and Itno also had a store in Paris, and the customer base was for everyone, and ordinary soldiers could not afford crocodile belts, and there were also low-priced but equally beautifully made and durable cowhide belts to choose from.

"It's too much, even if you can't afford it, don't you even have the right to see it?" A soldier in southern Africa is incredible, and the goods sold in Itno in southern Africa are also expensive, so the waiter will not be arrogant, even in the face of ordinary people in ordinary clothes.

This is also related to the habits of southern Africans, the upper class in France is all in suits and leather shoes, and when he goes out, he will bring his entourage, so that others may not know that he is a member of high society.

Southern Africa is not so pompous, Roque and Anton usually wear jackets and jeans, and the old man who takes his granddaughter shopping alone without his entourage may be a state legislature, so the salesperson will be kind to everyone.

"What's the use of seeing, we can't afford a year's salary combined." The French soldiers smiled bitterly, their salaries were indeed low, only about 1,200 francs a year, which was less than fifty pounds sterling.

British soldiers, if not serving in the colonies and without overseas allowances and combat allowances, were likewise paid less than £50 a year.

Relatively speaking, the salaries of officers and soldiers in southern Africa are much higher, when the federal government of southern Africa was established, professional soldiers are on the basis of the basic salary plus overseas allowance, the annual salary is basically more than 100 rand, although the annual salary of conscripts is low, after the outbreak of the world war, the combat allowance and overseas allowance are also added, the annual salary is also more than 100 rand.

Many young soldiers' salaries are their own pocket money, or they have saved up, but French soldiers do not have so many benefits, and many family soldiers' salaries are the only source of income, and life is naturally quite tight.

Reflecting the individual soldiers, the soldiers of the 11th Division were basically equipped with pistols for self-defense, and some were extravagantly equipped with two, while the French soldiers only had daggers for self-defense, not even shovels, and the gap was not ordinarily large.

"I hope we can win the victory as soon as possible, and when we invade Germany, we may get rich-" A French soldier thought to himself, in France and Belgium, the coalition forces should be more restrained, not to go too far, and when they invade Germany, the opportunity for the coalition officers and soldiers to make a fortune will come.

Some time ago, when the German army invaded France, all large and small towns were spared, and the trains that sent war spoils to Germany were endless, and some soldiers were wrapped in robberies or carpets when they fought, and the wealth accumulated by the French Industrial Revolution for hundreds of years was looted.

Although Germany was reunified not long ago, Germany's industrial strength was still above France's, and the losses and humiliations brought to France by the Franco-Prussian War were remembered by everyone in France.

"Is there any loot to exchange? I have a pipe here, would any of you want it? "A soldier of the 11th Division pulls out a pipe encrusted with emerald gemstones, which is collectible but not popular in southern Africa.

"Oh oh oh, this pipe is so beautiful, I have a gold-plated pocket watch, can I exchange it?" A French soldier took out a pocket watch that was not in good condition, and there were obvious scratches on the crystal mirror, but this was not a problem, and some people liked the feeling of time.

"The gold-plated ones aren't worth much, and it's not enough to change the pipes." The soldiers of the 11th Division are not stupid, the pure gold ones can also be considered, and the gold-plated ones are forgotten.

"And this ring, which is pure gold, and is set with precious stones, I took it from the hand of a German officer, who was not dead at the time, and looked at me with pleading eyes, and did not want me to snatch his ring, so I kindly helped him." The French soldier pulled out another ring that was still stained with blood.

The soldiers of the 11th Division took the ring and rubbed it on their clothes, and the inside of the ring was engraved in very small font "Give me my favorite Marlowe".

Not German, but French.

It was not known whether this Marlowe was German or French, but he must have been some girl, or some lady's dream girl.

"Although I still feel a little bit of a loss, I'll give it to you—" The soldiers of the 11th Division agreed to the exchange, which was normal on the front line.

"If you want, I can exchange this pocket watch for your lighter." The French soldier was quite a chicken thief, and pulled out a pocket watch that was obviously in much better condition.

"How many are you there?" Everyone was drawn in.

The French soldiers were embarrassed to unbutton their coats, and there was a whole row of them hanging in their coats, just like the special watch sellers.

"The lighters distributed this time are very commemorative, I don't want to exchange them, but I have another one-" The soldiers of the 11th Division also have killer features, and there is only one responsibility for the rise and fall of the world, but there is also a spare, and the spare one is still the kind of boutique inlaid with diamonds.

The price seems to be a bit more expensive.

"The rise and fall of the world, the husband is responsible" has no diamonds, only a simple sentence.