The soldiers really hadn't missed such an obvious target as the river, but it was also obvious that it was impossible to search so carefully, after all, it was impossible to jump into the river and touch it little by little.

At Shao An's insistence, the soldiers conducted a second search, this time focusing on the river, with dozens of soldiers pushing along both sides of the river little by little, and the grass on the bank was the focus of the search.

It turns out that too much vegetation is not a good thing, and the rivers of southern Africa, the grass and reeds on both sides of the river are the best umbrellas, and people hide in them, standing on the banks of the river and simply cannot see them.

Shao An was not in a hurry, he simply coordinated a marine police boat from the marine police, and resolutely did not let go of any suspicious points.

Before the Marine Police boat arrived, a crocodile floated down the river from upstream.

The first to find the crocodile was Corporal Sally, and the first time he found the crocodile, Sally raised his gun to aim, and an adult crocodile is still very valuable.

"Don't worry." Sergeant Fu Ze stopped Sally in time.

"Dozens of rand—" Sully's eyes were glowing, and a crocodile was about half a year's salary.

"Wait, maybe there's a windfall." Fu Ze followed the crocodile downstream on the shore, and Sally immediately understood Fu Ze's intentions.

Naturally formed rivers and rivers are all meandering, because the aquatic plants on the banks are too lush, and if you don't walk into the riverbank, you can't tell where the shore is and where is the water.

Less than fifty meters downstream, there was a sudden movement of a clump of aquatic grass on the shore.

Before Fu Ze and Sally could react, a figure covered in mud suddenly burst out of the grass and drilled into the woods next to them.

"Stop!" Sully raised his gun.

Fu Ze pressed the barrel of Sally's gun down, then let go of the military dog in his hand and gave the order to attack.

"Hea-"

The military dog immediately rushed out like an arrow from a string.

Bang!

Still, there were quick-eyed soldiers who fired.

The mud-covered figure staggered, got up, and ran forward.

Then he was directly pounced on by the military dogs that rushed over.

By the time Fu Ze and Sally caught up, the mud-covered figure had already struggled to get up again, trying to get rid of the bite of the military dog.

The military dog named "Huzi" must have made a meritorious service, and he bit his arm and dragged it backwards while biting, and the man covered in mud could not maintain his balance and was dragged to the ground again.

"Aldington, stop resisting, you can't escape!" Fu Ze is righteous.

The man who was bitten by a military dog was indeed Aldington.

When he heard Fu Ze's sharp scolding, Aldington suddenly stopped struggling.

More soldiers gathered from all sides, the roar of a dozen military dogs resounded throughout the woods, the faint sound of the engines of the police boats could be heard in the river, and there were people cheering in the distance, apparently knowing that Aldington had been found here.

"Throw the gun away and fight for the last chance." Fu Ze noticed that Aldington also had a pistol in his other hand.

It seems that Aldington still has feelings for the army, and even in this case, Aldington did not shoot at the tiger.

"Huzi, stop—" Fu Ze ordered Huzi to stop attacking.

Huzi also confirmed and found that Aldington had indeed stopped resisting, so he relented and ran back to Fu Ze.

"Throw the gun away, don't make a mistake again." Fu Ze continued to attack his heart, although the dead Aldington and the living Aldington were both 20,000, Fu Ze still hoped to send Aldington to court for trial.

That's why the law exists.

"Ho-ho-" Aldington lay on the ground, his eyes looking at the sky, and laughing worse than crying.

"Throw the gun away—" Fu Ze scolded again.

Aldington slowly raised his gun.

Woohoo Woo –

More than a dozen pistol rifles were fired almost simultaneously, and Aldington's body trembled violently a few times before he died.

Fu Ze later recalled that Aldington's raising of the gun was not necessarily a resistance, because it was obvious that Aldington did not aim at any of the soldiers around him, and it looked like he was about to raise his gun to kill himself.

However, the soldiers did not give Aldington a chance to kill himself, and the crocodile in the river did not drift too far, and finally became the prey of the Marine Police, and the 650 soldiers and civilians who participated in the hunt for Aldington shared the 20,000 rand prize for the killing of Aldington, although it was a windfall, but no one was happy.

"Oddington's case has exposed a lot of problems, we have not paid enough attention to veterans, especially the mental health of veterans, who have just returned home from the bloody battlefield, are accustomed to solving problems in a violent way, and show a certain degree of discomfort with a peaceful and quiet life, the difference is only whether it is serious or not, the University of Nyasaland Medical School and the Johannesburg Medical School have jointly started research in this area, and the Ministry of Defence is also preparing to set up a military affairs office to be responsible for recruitment, and the issue of the placement of veterans. "Roque did not report to Ade until a week after Aldington's death, and Aldington's actions had a very serious impact in the two states of Orange and the Transvaal, not only because of the large expenses incurred in pursuing Aldington, but also because the image of the military was particularly serious, that is, the media in this era was not developed enough, otherwise the impact of Aldington would have been even more serious.

"It is necessary to strengthen the management of veterans and strictly prevent similar incidents from happening in the future." Ade was still tolerant of Roque and did not blame Roque for this.

Relatively speaking, Roque has done a very good job, after the world war, almost all the participating countries are facing the problem of veterans' placement, just like Roque said, soldiers have become accustomed to using violent means to solve problems, back to normal society, many people who have been severely traumatized physically and mentally will have all kinds of problems, Britain, France and Germany are particularly serious in this regard.

In Southern Africa, after the end of the world war, fewer than 500,000 people returned to Southern Africa, of whom less than 300,000 were discharged from military uniforms.

Britain, France and Germany both mobilized millions of people to fight during the world war, and after the war, millions of soldiers also retired, ordinary soldiers were better, and many soldiers who were disabled and killed in the war have not even received pensions until now, and their lives are extremely difficult.

The Relief and Reconstruction Agency, led by Xiao Si, mainly worked with these soldiers who were living in difficulty, and their lives should have been borne by the state, but Britain, France and Germany suffered heavy losses during the world war, and the governments of various governments were extremely financially difficult, and they really could not afford these expenses.

This is also the reason why the Entente forced Germany to pay more reparations, and there was no need to worry that the German government could not afford to pay it, and the consortium of southern Africa and the United States was ready to receive a large loan as soon as the German delegation finally signed the Peace Agreement.

Of course, these loans come with harsh terms and high interest rates, but the German government has no choice either.

"We are now spending more than R3 million a month on veterans, requiring a special appropriation from Congress." Another purpose for Roque to ask for money is that the federal government is now financially healthy and fully capable of making additional appropriations.

Compared with Britain, France and Germany, the federal government of Southern Africa is in a healthy financial position, with timely payment of resettlement costs for veterans, and pensions for disabled and war-dead servicemen paid in full.

It is precisely because of the relatively good economic situation in southern Africa that a complete welfare system was established for soldiers during the world war in order to motivate soldiers to fight bravely.

Now the time has come for the welfare system to be cashed in, and those who received military merit medals during the world war will receive an additional allowance every month, disabled soldiers will have to continue treatment, and the pension paid to the families of the soldiers killed in the war will also be a heavy burden, and this cost will last for a long time.

For servicemen who died in battle during the World War, if they have children under the age of 18, the Ministry of Defense pays a certain amount of pension each year until the child reaches adulthood.

The Ministry of Defense also pays a certain amount of monthly alimony to the parents of war-dead soldiers, regardless of whether they have other children, and this fee will continue until the death of the parents of the war-dead soldiers.

"Don't even think about it, the federal government has no money right now." Ade refused very simply, even if the federal government has money, it does not dare to spend it indiscriminately, Roque reminded Ade at the end of the world war that an economic crisis will break out within two or three years after the end of the world war, and the federal government is now ready for the economic crisis.

"There's no money to borrow, the RAND Bank has money." Roque is not afraid to lend money to the federal government, and the interest given by the federal government is quite good.

Ade didn't speak, and looked at Roque with mocking eyes and sneered, who in southern Africa didn't know that Roque was the majority shareholder of the RAND Bank-

"Don't look at me like that, you look at which country in the world is not in debt, debt is the norm." Compared with Britain, France and Germany, which owe tens of billions of dollars at every turn, the federal government's support for the banking industry is really insufficient.

Looking at the government of Nyasaland and the government of Los Angeles, which together owe more than 200 million rand to the RAND Bank, Anton is still happy every day.

If there are more lice, it will not itch, and if there are more debts, it will not be worried.

"You go to Philip, as long as Philip agrees, I have no problem." Ade asks Roque to go to his father-in-law, and it doesn't make sense to put too many obstacles in the way for Roque on this issue.

Satisfied, Roque turned around and went to the Capitol to find Philip.

Instead of working at the Parliament building, Philip met at the Liberal Party headquarters to prepare for next year's election for prime minister.

When they met Roque, both Philip and Owen were surprised, and Roque, as the founder of the Liberal Party, really rarely appeared at the Liberal Party headquarters.

No, the founder of the Liberal Party is Owen, and Roque just came up with some ideas, and by the way, he took a higher-numbered party membership card.

"Locke, I need your help now—" Philip's first words to Roque gave Roque a headache.

ps: When I typed the name of this chapter, my mood suddenly complicated inexplicably-