There were many camps like the Ninth Prisoner of War Camp on the Western Front, some of which were managed by French troops, some by American troops, and some by the British Expeditionary Force.

Generally speaking, the prisoner of war camps managed by the British Expeditionary Force were in the best condition, not only because the wounded soldiers could be effectively treated, but also because the food supply in the camps was relatively sufficient, and compared with the prisoner of war camps managed by the French army and the prisoner of war camps managed by the American army, the prisoners of war in the prisoner of war camps managed by the British Expeditionary Force could keep a part of their personal belongings, which was also a manifestation of humanitarianism.

After all, it is 1917, so the soldiers of the British Expeditionary Force cannot be required to use too high moral standards, and the prisoners of war will also be required to hand over all their belongings when they enter the prisoner of war camp managed by the British Expeditionary Force, but they can be kept if they have special commemorative significance, such as wedding rings, family photos, etc.

This leaves some people with a loophole, such as Corporal Schneider from Hanover, who has a gold ring, which Schneider claims is his wedding ring, but those who know Schneider know that Schneider is not married at all.

"I'm not cheating on anyone, after the war, I'll go back to my hometown and use this ring to propose to my beloved Jessamine, so it's my wedding ring." Whenever someone questioned Schneider's character, Schneider explained it this way.

However, such an explanation will make more people hate Schneider, lying is a very bad habit, and some people always talk about it, and they don't seem to notice that lying habits can seriously affect people's perception of him.

I don't know how that jasmine (Jassamine) took a fancy to Schneider.

Oh, considering Schneider's character, maybe there is no such person as Jasmin.

"Propose to a girl with a stolen ring, Schneider, you can figure it out." Schneider's fellow countryman Fisher hated Schneider very much, and every time Schneider said this, Fisher would ruthlessly expose his lies.

"So what, this is the spoils I deserve, and you're totally jealous." Schneider is not ashamed, there are actually many people like Schneider in the prisoner of war camp, but others will more or less restrained, and there are really very few people who are not ashamed but proud of Schneider.

"Second squadron assemble, assemble immediately-" The voice of the guards came from afar, Schneider and Fisher acted quickly, the management of the prisoner of war camp is very strict, procrastination is punished, and if you don't work seriously, you will also be punished, under normal circumstances, the punishment is confinement, or the food is halved or even canceled.

The work of the 2nd Squadron today is to clean up a village destroyed by the war, there are only a dozen families in the small village, the people in the village are running to death, now uninhabited, all the houses have become ruins, and perhaps there are corpses buried in the rubble, the task of the 2nd Squadron is to clean up all the rubble, if there are corpses in the rubble, bury the corpses.

The size of the prisoner of war camp is not fixed, a brigade of about 1,000 people, a squadron of about 100 people, and there is no such establishment as a squad.

100 people cleaned more than a dozen houses, which was still very efficient, and although Schneider and Fisher did not like each other, they were in the same group, and their team was responsible for cleaning a half-collapsed house.

Walk up the scorched staircase to the second floor, open the collapsed door, and enter the only room that is still intact, where Schneider and Fisher find a corpse in the corner of the room.

In the process of removing the body, Fisher found a ring on the corpse's finger.

A gold ring set with a precious stone, the gemstone looked beautiful, it was the favorite emerald of the Germans, the size of a thumbnail, and for a moment, both Fisher and Schneider's breath began to rapid.

"Brother, let's negotiate—" Schneider took off the ring from his finger and wanted to exchange it with Fisher.

"What do you mean?" Fisher is not stupid, a ring with gems is certainly worth more than a ring without gemstones, but the key problem is that this ring does not belong to Fisher and Schneider, according to the rules of the expeditionary force prisoner of war camp, any property found in the course of work must be handed over in time, otherwise there will be trouble.

"Brother, you see, there are only two of us here, but there is only one ring, so I give you this gold ring of mine, you give me this ring, one for each of us, what do you think of this suggestion?" Schneider's suggestion sounded reasonable, but it always felt like something was wrong.

"Schneider, aren't you going to propose to Jasmine with your ring? Changed your mind so quickly? Fisher sneered.

"Wouldn't it be more sincere to propose with a ring set with gemstones!" Schneider couldn't wait, shoved his ring into Fisher's hand with one hand, and was about to grab it with the other.

"Schneider, don't be impulsive, think about the consequences of doing this—" Fisher didn't want to be implicated in Schneider's greed.

"What are the consequences? As long as we don't tell it, no one will know, think about it, such a ring may sell for twenty pounds, if you don't want to, let's sell the ring, and then divide the money, what do you think? "Schneider is actively trying to find a way, if it is peacetime, Schneider must be a good hand in business.

"Don't daydream Schneider, I don't want to get in trouble—" Fisher decisively refused, taking the ring and walking up the stairs.

Fisher didn't notice that Schneider behind him was holding a wooden stick in his hand, and when Fisher turned around, Schneider's expression was unusually hideous.

But Schneider didn't do anything after all.

Walking down the street in the center of the village, Fisher was about to hand over the ring to the soldiers guarding them, only to find the soldiers interrogating a German prisoner of war named Bayer.

"Where did you get this pocket watch?" The soldier held a golden pocket watch in his hand, the dial of the pocket watch was inlaid with many diamonds, shining in the sun, this kind of pocket watch is actually not very valuable, diamond consumption has not yet formed a trend, compared with diamonds, Europeans are still more sought after all kinds of gemstones, but compared to ordinary pocket watches, pocket watches inlaid with diamonds are still expensive.

"Yes, it's mine, it's from my father—" Bayer's face turned pale, he forced himself to compose, his eyes wandered, and his body trembled slightly.

"Oh, what's your name?"

"Bayer—Bayer Fox—"

"Where are you from?"

"Bayers—"

"So can you explain why a German from Bayer owns a pocket watch made in southern Africa and sold in France?" The soldiers are not in a hurry, and it is actually very simple to debunk the lie these days, the vast majority of Germans, before the outbreak of the world war, may never have been to France.

"My father fought in the Franco-Prussian War," Bayer Fox voluntarily admitted, which is a very reasonable explanation.

"Alright then, I'll keep it for you, and when I get back to camp, if it turns out to be yours, then I'll give it back to you—" The soldier casually put his pocket watch in his pocket.

"I've proven it?" Bayer Fox was dumbfounded.

"What have you proved? You didn't prove that this pocket watch is yours, you don't think that we haven't recorded your belongings, and when you return to the camp, you only need to check the information to know what you were carrying when you came to the prisoner of war camp-" The soldier showed his killer weapon, these prisoners of war when they came to the prisoner of war camp, I don't know how many times they have been searched, and they have few belongings, such a pocket watch, most likely has been searched by the soldiers who captured Bayer, and it is impossible for Bayer to destroy the prisoner of war camp.

Although Roque is reluctant to admit that although the British Expeditionary Force prides itself on being "humanitarian" at every turn, some problems within the British Expeditionary Force are still unavoidable.

A question that no one asks, but which many people care about, is: France is not England, so as an Englishman, why did you come to France and fight for the French?

Don't talk to the soldiers about democracy and freedom, most of the soldiers are lay people who have never received any education, they don't understand what democracy and freedom are, and they don't want to understand, they only have the most simple outlook on life and values, since we have come all the way to France, then we have to get something.

As commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force, Roque had to understand what his soldiers were thinking and protect their interests.

Bayer Fox really didn't think that much, or maybe Bayer Fox was fascinated by the diamond-studded pocket watch, confused his heart, and his greed eventually harmed him.

"Do you still want this ring now?" Fisher asked Schneider maliciously.

Schneider was sweating profusely, his eyes were straight and he shook his head.

Fisher didn't talk nonsense, and directly handed the ring to the guard soldier, and received a word of praise from the guard soldier, as well as a half-smoked pack of cigarettes.

Fisher returned to his group with a cigarette, just one each.

"Thank you Fisher, I almost made a mistake just now—" Schneider offered to thank Fisher.

"You're welcome, we all have to be careful, don't think that these Englishmen are good to us, we can deceive them casually, people are not stupid, look at Bayer Fox, this guy will definitely be unlucky when he goes back, maybe he will be locked up." Fisher seized the opportunity to educate Schneider that if the British were fools, then what were the Germans defeated by the British?

Big fool?!!

Thinking of those who were locked up and had to be carried out of the confinement room, Schneider was in a trance again, no matter how powerful a person was, he would grin when he mentioned confinement, and some people would even be incontinent when they were carried out of the confinement, the expeditionary force did not beat or curse, but they had more effective means of punishment.

(End of chapter)