Although the Japanese are narrow-minded and prone to extremes, their obedience to orders is commendable.

After the first wave of 4,000 Japanese laborers came to Panama, Ford Benjamin selected nearly 2,000 people from the laborers to join the Panamanian company as cannon fodder mercenaries, in the war against the Colombian government army, the American staff officers of the Panama company used these Japanese mercenaries in a cruel way, whether it was to block the eyes or act as death squads, they were always in the most dangerous places, you must know that the Japanese mercenaries at that time had not even received complete military training, they were sent to the battlefield, facing artillery fire and death.

The performance of the Japanese mercenaries is simply a shame to the "pampered" American mercenaries, they fight bravely, not afraid of life and death, even for some tasks that are clearly the same as sending death, the performance of the Japanese mercenaries is also commendable, the whole battle, including the Japanese mercenaries who joined the Panamanian company later, a total of 6,000 Japanese mercenaries suffered nearly half of the casualties, they used bloody numbers to win respect for themselves, especially in the eyes of the Panamanian government, even the first president of Panama, Martinez · Silva wanted to form a Panamanian army, made up entirely of Japanese, in order to guarantee Panama's independence.

This request was rejected by Ford Benjamin as a matter of course, Li Mu brought the Japanese into the Panamanian company to save money, but not to improve the social status of the Japanese, after all, in the Panamanian company, if the American employee is disabled or even killed in the battle, the Panamanian company will have to pay the corresponding pension, which can reach the salary level of up to two years, and the average salary of the Panamanian company excluding the Japanese employees is about 3000 US dollars, and if the Japanese mercenary is killed, The Panamanian company hardly needs to pay any pension to the families of the mercenaries, which is no longer war damage, it is simply income generation, because the pensions paid by the Panamanian company to the employees are all paid by the Panamanian government, and if this part of the money is not paid to the families of the mercenaries, then it becomes an additional profit for the Panamanian company.

The same is true of the Bahamian company, a force of 1,000 people, with more than 400 Japanese, in addition to more than 300 mercenaries from Caribbean neighboring countries, and the rest are American mercenaries, of which nearly half of the American mercenaries are Chinese.

In the Bahamian company, the status of American mercenaries is the highest, they are generally engaged in technical arms, or as officers, the status of mercenaries of Caribbean neighboring countries is slightly lower, they are more suitable to describe as auxiliaries, neither super combat effectiveness, nor excellent obedience, can only be responsible for some unimportant auxiliary tasks, Japanese mercenaries have the lowest status, but undertake the most important, but also the most dangerous tasks.

Relatively speaking, the most important thing in the army is strength, after all, Japan has not had time to become the notorious "Great Japanese Empire", it was restored by the shogunate, the Japanese have not even had time to show their fangs, many people have not felt the pain, so many employees of the Bahamian company, even including the Chinese, do not treat the Japanese with the same hatred as Li Mu, and the Japanese did show enough patience and humiliation, which won them respect to a certain extent.

In the Bahamian company, although the Japanese mercenaries did not have a good salary because of the contract signed between the Panamanian company and the Japanese shogunate, they enjoyed a lot of benefits, and even many officers would take proper care of the Japanese mercenaries for the sake of the Japanese mercenaries' "short life".

Matsushita Lang is now enjoying such care, after the mercenaries came to the Bahamas, the first thing they did was to change their clothes, because the time was urgent, there was no time to make new ones, so all the Bahamian companies got were old clothes that were turned out of the warehouse of the Cuban military department, Matsushita Lang was lucky, and he was assigned a set of clothes that fit better, and there were no holes, which made Matsushita Lang very happy.

"Matsushita-kun, your uniform is the best fit, it looks newer than Martin's, it seems that what you said really makes sense, and the company's top management will not turn a blind eye to our efforts." Furuisugi, who was in the same squad as Matsushita Lang, looked at Matsushita Lang's new uniform and was very envious.

Furuisugi's luck is not good, there is a hole in the back of his uniform, which will be holding a needle and thread to sew the hole, and Martin from Panama is even worse, his uniform is not a set at all, his shirt is fat, his pants are narrow, and now Martin is begging next to the squad leader Roger, hoping that Roger can help him change his set.

Don't get me wrong, Roger is Chinese, his name is Roger, so the English name is naturally called Roger, this way of naming is very common among Chinese, many Chinese even if they give themselves an English name, they will try their best to integrate their original surname into it, and they really can't find that even if they copy it, they can't forget their ancestors, such as Mike Zhang.

"Although we are in a bad situation now, as long as we make our own efforts, I believe that we will be able to change the image in the hearts of the company's top management, and I hope that one day I will be qualified to meet Mr. Li Mu, so that I can personally prove to Mr. Li Mu that we Japanese are no worse than anyone else, and what white people can do, we Japanese can also do." Matsushita Lang has ideals, but sadly, Matsushita Lang has no idea where Li Mu's bad feelings towards the Japanese come from, and this is not something that can be changed by the efforts of one or two Japanese.

Strange to say, according to the logic of many Japanese mercenaries, although it was the senior management of the Panama company who sent them to death, the responsibility for all this was not on the side of the Panama company, but on the Japanese shogunate who sold them to the Panama company, although the Panama company was hateful, after all, it was for them to spend money, and the shogun who sold them to the Panama company as "piglets" was their real enemy.

Therefore, many Japanese mercenaries do not hate Panama companies, do not hate the Chinese who single-handedly destroyed the Meiji Restoration, but hate those Japanese national thieves, if it were not for their collusion with outsiders, then the Meiji Restoration would definitely not have died.

As for the Chinese who blatantly interfered in Japan's revival plan - well, the current Japanese mercenaries have accepted this fact, and even if there is no Chinese interference, then there may be other forces intervening, and the result is probably the same.

"Hey, Peewee, please help me wash my clothes while you're doing the laundry, it's a little dirty—" Phoebe Johnson, an American in the squad, walked over and threw his uniform directly at Matsushita.

This is not the first time this has happened, in the eyes of Matsushita Lang and Furuii Shan, Phoebe Johnson is probably the most annoying white man, although Phoebe Johnson has a good riding hand and superb marksmanship, but this will not allow Phoebe Johnson to win any respect here in Matsushita Lang and Furuisugi.

Although the Japanese mercenaries have a low status in the Panamanian company, after all, they are all slashing meat for a living, and a hot personality is a must, otherwise it is impossible to survive in the murderous battlefield.

Relatively speaking, Matsushita Lang was much calmer, and he grabbed Furui Shan, who was about to sneer at him, and shook his head with a gloomy face.

"Phoebe, wash your own clothes, Matsushita and Furui will have to go on duty for a while, they probably don't have time to help you wash your clothes." Roger noticed the situation here and helped Matsushita Lang and Furuisugi from afar.

Roger is a second-generation Chinese in Cuba, his father was sold to South America as a "piglet" by the Qing government after the failure of the Taiping Rebellion, in fact, this is completely out of nowhere, Roger's father did not participate in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom at all, but unfortunately, no one is willing to listen to Roger's father's defense.

Roger's father has not had time to experience the "First Sino-Japanese War", let alone the memory of the "Eight-Year War of Resistance", and even because he is inland, Roger's father has not felt the abomination of "Japanese Invaders", and it is impossible for Roger to be affected by this aspect, so he treats Matsushita Lang and Furuisugi, who are always silent, but will strictly implement orders, Roger has some pity for them.

"I'll have something to do in a while, I've made an appointment with Tom of Team C, we're going to go shopping together later, and enjoy the enthusiasm of the Peach Girl-" Phoebe Johnson said strongly, but his voice slowly lowered under Roger's grim gaze.

"Can that be a reason? And I have to warn you, don't think of it as Panama, here, if you make a mistake, I'm not going to catch you. Roger's words were tinged with warning.

Taoyuan is a paradise created by the Chinese, and as a Chinese, Roger does not allow anyone to insult everything in Taoyuan, including Taoyuan Girl.

For the sake of his comrades-in-arms, Roger can't say too much, but the meaning conveyed is unmistakable, Taoyuan is not Panama, this is an orderly place, and Americans will not enjoy "super-national treatment" here.

"We're just going shopping—" The class consciousness in the military was so ingrained that Phoebe Johnson didn't dare to go toe with Roger, and instead turned her attention to a sad-faced Martin: "Martin, help me do my laundry, and I'll bring you a Havana cigar when I get back." ”

That's the difference, if it's Matsushita Lang and Furuii Shan, Phoebe Johnson doesn't have to pay anything.

"Okay, but Phoebe, can we both change our clothes, my clothes don't fit." Martin is submissive and has his own little ideas.

"Shut up, it won't fit even better if I'm wearing it." Phoebe Johnson threw down the sentence and slipped out of the barracks with smoke on the soles of her feet.

Phoebe Johnson has a figure of more than 1.8 meters, which is the tallest in the squad, and Martin is only 1.6 meters tall, and the two are not of the same grade at all.

After Phoebe Johnson left, Matsushita Lang and Furui Sugi got up and gave Roger a standard ninety-degree bow: "Captain, thank you very much-"

"Thank you, Captain—"

It's not the first time this kind of thing has happened, at first Roger didn't care at all, after the Battle of Panama, Matsushita Lang and Furuii Sugi finally won Roger's righteous words with their own hard work, in other words, Roger was finally willing to take them as teammates, not the original cannon fodder.

In order to get all this, Matsushita Lang and Furuisugi paid a heavy price, there were a total of six Japanese mercenaries in Roger's team, but only Matsushita Lang and Furuisugi survived, and the others were all buried in the Highlands Cemetery in Panama City, where all the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for Panama's independence were buried, with a total number of 5,235 people, more than half of whom were Japanese mercenaries.

"You're welcome, do your thing, and then you and Paul will patrol the streets with me, put on your uniforms, and don't let the residents of Taoyuan see our Bahamian company clearly." Roger didn't care, he couldn't expect all his men to obey orders and not be afraid of death, and two of them were already very lucky.

Although in this matter, Roger stands in the perspective of Matsushita Lang and Furuisugi, but in fact, once he is on the battlefield, if it is time to fight hard, Roger will still let Matsushita Lang and Furuisugi charge forward, this is a matter of principle, and it has nothing to do with personal preference.

"Yes! Rest assured. Matsushita Lang and Furuisugi said in unison, they will definitely show their best side in front of the residents of Taoyuan.

In fact, there is no problem with the security of Taoyuan City, there is no need for mercenaries to patrol at all, and there is also a police station in Taoyuan City, and the police will be responsible.

The patrol of mercenaries is mainly aimed at the criminal behavior of mercenaries, similar to that of the gendarmerie, mainly because there is no agreement between the Taoyuan police and the mercenaries on the responsibility and power, so the patrol is only a short-term behavior.

Compared with Panama, the mercenaries have a rich lunch, there are veal steaks from Cuba, there are after-dinner fruits from Miami, and the richest variety is the local seafood of the Bahamas, the seafood of Panama is already quite good, but the seafood of the Bahamas is even better, and it is simply amazing after the careful cooking of the Chinese chefs accompanying the army.

The basic order of the meal is still there, the mercenaries are in squads, each squad has a table, the implementation of a set meal system, lunch includes a steak, a not too fresh butter bread, a piece of local salmon, and a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice, and an apple as an after-dinner fruit.

As the captain, the amount of food on Roger's plate was exactly the same as that of Matsushita Lang and Furui Shan, and after eating lunch silently and quickly, Matsushita Lang and Furui Sugi sorted out their uniforms and weapons one last time, and then put on the white armband symbolizing the gendarmerie, lined up in a neat line, and walked out of the temporary camp on the outskirts of Taoyuan in turn.

Overlooking Taoyuan City, the wide asphalt road is like a jade belt passing through the city, and the houses along the road are scattered, with harmonious colors, blue roofs, white walls, and large gardens and meadows in front of and behind the houses, which are full of vitality.

Such a city is simply paradise, and for Matsushita Lang and Furuii Sugi, it is as beautiful as a dream, just like her name.