Dalton and Mallory are too familiar with the situation of not wearing clothes, many officers and soldiers of the northern division of Rhodesia will also wear old uniforms all year round, save the new uniforms and give them to family or friends, the situation of the clothes is actually better, the shoes are even more excessive, the military boots issued in southern Africa are beautiful and durable, sometimes the new ones are really not as good as the old ones, each soldier has four pairs of military boots a year, and some people can wear a pair of military boots for four years, and the Ministry of Defense also knows about this situation, but it has not lowered the standard and issued it, Just think of this as a special benefit for military personnel.

The troops from southern Africa came to Egypt and were issued with khaki shorts and military shirts, although some of the clothes did not even have time to be cleaned up because of the hasty production, but the style was beautiful, simple and convenient, and the texture was excellent, and these Egyptian workers were indeed reluctant to wear them.

Interestingly, the raw material used in these uniforms is long-staple cotton from Egypt, which is one of the few cash crops in Egypt.

Franklin slept soundly that night, as in Cairo, unaware that El Alamein was a war zone.

While the soldiers were eating breakfast, the Egyptian workers who had been busy all night had to rest, but they had to take a shower before they rested, which immediately caused many workers to complain.

"You have to eat when you take a bath, and you don't have anything to eat if you don't take a bath-" Dalton simply made the workers willing to take a bath, and the southern Africa has implemented this very well, and the workers will not be blindly squeezed, and the work assigned to the workers is indeed very hard, but the pay is also acceptable, and after a hard night's work, each worker can get a canned luncheon meat.

"You guys are really too extravagant, the Royal Navy is still eating bread with worms, but you give this to the workers, I saw that many soldiers still don't want to eat it last night, no wonder your military expenses are so high." Franklin now finally understands why more than 20 million soldiers are spent on military expenses every year by more than a dozen soldiers in southern Africa.

"Hehe, we also want the Royal Navy to eat canned food, so the Royal Navy must be willing to purchase it." Dalton hehehehe

Franklin was speechless, the Royal Navy has been a self-contained system for hundreds of years, and the procurement work is fat and poor no matter where it is, and there are a lot of cats in it, and it is really not a good thing to buy, which is also a chain of interests, and Winston can't do anything about it.

On the contrary, southern Africa is much better, the northern division of Rhodesia was originally a unit formed in the name of Xiao Si, and it is natural to purchase materials from South African companies, and South African companies will not cut corners on the issue of arms procurement, the strict requirements of the Ministry of Defense are on the one hand, and the self-discipline of South African companies is also an important reason.

To put it mildly, the interests of Rhodesia also depend on the protection of the Wehrmacht, so making black money on this issue is a short circuit in the head, and Xiao Si is not one of the procurement directors of the Admiralty who make money from various gray incomes, there are many ways to make money, why offend hundreds of thousands of soldiers on this issue.

The breakfast was still hearty, and the salted duck eggs were finally freshly cooked, which was much more popular than canned food, but the broken ones were still not eaten, and they were all poured into large vats to be distributed to the bathing workers later.

This made Franklin frown, Egyptian poultry eggs are also very expensive, about one penny for an egg, three pence for a duck egg for a larger one, and about five pence after pickling.

The situation is similar to that in southern Africa, where the price of anything is at least doubled if it is processed manually.

Franklin frowned because during the time that the southern African army was in Egypt, all the expenses had to be paid by the Egyptian government, so he must frown when he saw this situation.

When southern Africa sent troops to Egypt, Egypt was originally needed to supply various materials, but because many of the materials needed by the southern African army could not be supplied in Egypt, they were finally converted into cash and paid to the Ministry of Defense of Southern Africa, so that the Ministry of Defense could purchase them in a unified manner and then transport them to Egypt.

The two regiments in southern Africa have to pay according to the troops of one division, and the cost is as high as 300,000 pounds per month, and when the Ministry of Defense of Southern Africa quoted this price, the Ministry of War was taken aback, and those who do not know the situation will think that the Ministry of Defense of Southern Africa is taking advantage of the opportunity to blackmail, and now it seems that 300,000 per month is understandable.

Before Franklin could speak, gunshots suddenly rang out from the sand dunes not far from the camp.

Franklin was startled, and then looked at the soldiers around him, most of them were like they hadn't heard that they should eat, drink, and drink coffee, and they were almost unaffected.

Look at the psychological quality of others, tsk, 300,000 is also worth the money.

Ordinary officers and soldiers were not affected, because they had not yet issued an order to fight, but the sound of gunfire was an order, and many officers and soldiers also began to speed up, Dalton immediately sent people to investigate the situation, and immediately news came back, it was the sentry who found an unknown armed man approaching in the distance, so he fired a warning shot.

El Alamein had been attacked by guerrillas before, so the identities of the fighters were revealed.

Dalton was not in a hurry, he tore the bread into strips and soaked it in coffee and drank it together, this kind of behavior would not be known if it was placed on the Egyptians, but it would be a strong personality if it was put on Dalton, and after hearing the report, Dalton just said "oh", and then continued to slow down, which made Franklin anxious.

The sentinels have already fired warning shots, shouldn't they take the initiative to attack?

"Don't worry, you can't run away-" Dalton is really not in a hurry, B Company and D Company have just arrived at El Alamein, and they haven't even had time to familiarize themselves with the terrain, at this time rashly attacking is looking for death, what if they are ambushed by the guerrillas, what if they get lost in the desert? What if I am transferred away from the mountain?

The two companies, occupying favorable terrain and relying on fortifications, were not afraid to confront the enemy ten times their size, and even if they took the initiative to attack, they could not afford to fight and lose.

"They've already run away—" Franklin was dissatisfied with Dalton's conservatism, obviously well-equipped, well-trained, and well-organized, but so conservative in the face of the enemy, he did not have the momentum of invincibility in the world at all.

"That's not right, we don't have any losses, their labor expedition consumes not only physical strength and materials, but also the soldiers' will to fight." Dalton received an order to defend El Alamein, not including an active attack, and then troops would gradually occupy other coastal areas, gradually reduce the space for the guerrillas to operate, and eventually drive the guerrillas out of Egypt.

In the middle of this process, the armies of southern Africa will try to avoid fighting, and even if they do, they must do so in their own way, and cannot be taken by the guerrillas.

"Well, you have a point." Although Franklin was not satisfied, he did not dare to say more, Franklin was a layman in the military aspect, and he had to respect the command of Dalton and Mallory.

"We need more workers and construction supplies to repair the port, otherwise we wouldn't be able to resupply through the port." Mallory has a request, and that's the scope of Franklin's job.

One thing is very frustrating, many cities in this era have poor infrastructure, including Alexandria, the largest port in Egypt, and there are many unreasonable places by the standards of southern Africa.

Egypt is not southern Africa after all, Alexandria has nothing to do with the military in southern Africa, El Alamein is different, B Company and D Company do not know how long they will be stationed in El Alamein, and the port should be repaired as soon as possible so that it can be replenished through the port.

It is said that it is a port, but in fact, it is not much stronger than a fishing village, and the whole of Egypt, and Alexandria and Cairo have relatively large docks.

"Workers can go to the village to requisition, and construction materials need time to be dispatched." Franklin's rights as a liaison officer are big or small, and money and materials are involved, no matter how big or small, they must be reported, and the workers don't care, the El Alamein locals can be requisitioned at will, it doesn't matter whether they are paid or not, they just don't have to starve to death.

This can also explain why the workers in Egypt did not work hard, and let the horses run, and let the horses not eat grass, how could there be such a good thing.

Then report it.

While Mallory and Dalton were preparing for a long-term camp at El Alamein, McMahon was hunting with Roque.

Roque also finally realized the so-called "aristocratic life", hunting is an important activity of the aristocracy, just like the ladies and ladies are keen to participate in banquets, Roque was very curious about why there are hunting grounds in Egypt, a place full of deserts, before leaving Cairo, only to know that there is a hunting ground covering an area of more than 1,000 square kilometers in the suburbs not far from Cairo, which is also an amusement park for Cairo's high society.

The entire Nile Delta is only 24,000 square kilometers, and the land near Cairo is even more valuable, and more than 1,000 square kilometers of fertile land are wasted just for a few people to hunt for entertainment for a limited number of days a year.

Nyasaland also has hunting grounds, but they are all wilderness that cannot be cultivated and utilized, and almost all of the surrounding areas of Little Rock have been exploited except for Eagle Mountain, where Eagle Fort is located.

In fact, it will also be punished in Egypt, but the surface of the flowers covers up all kinds of fire, and now the British can be powerful in Egypt, and in a few years, when the Egyptians' national consciousness awakens, Britain will be in trouble.

In fact, the so-called "Egyptians" here are mostly the descendants of British immigrants, and they are also standard British, just like the United States now, they no longer want to accept the leadership of London, so they demand more power in the name of "colonies".

At this time, if there are any more forces fanning the flames, it will be a hit.

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