After China and Britain reached a consensus on the release of the prisoners, the Ministry of Defense quickly informed India that preparations were made in advance for the release of the British troops.Qiao Zhiqing handed over the task of transporting prisoners to the North Sea Fleet, and he was preparing to form an ocean-going fleet and wanted Deng Shichang to be the commander, so this time let him become proficient in advance.After receiving the order, the North Sea Fleet immediately dispatched 20 ships of 1,000 tons to carry out this mission.Lawrence almost dropped his eyes in surprise when he saw these ships.He thought to himself that Qiao Zhiqing was too generous, these twenty battleships were all cruisers of more than 5,000 tons.All of them went around the UK, and it would cost at least a hundred thousand taels of silver.The total number of British prisoners was only more than 40,000, 4,000 on each ship, and ten ships were enough.Lawrence had already brought five, which was more than half of the ships.He thought about it before and after, and only felt that Qiao Zhiqing wanted to let his fleet show off his might in China.At the beginning, Britain bullied New China so badly, but now that New China is strong, it is normal to do so.Thinking of this, Lawrence didn't say much.There were more ships, the people were looser, and the British prisoners were more comfortable.After setting sail, the fleet soon arrived in India through the Strait of Malacca.Hindi: New China has already established radio telegraph technology, and the order of the Ministry of National Defense in Beijing has long been issued to the Huaxing Army stationed in the Indian Military Region.The British prisoners finally lived a comfortable life these days, and the Huaxing army gave them leave half a month in advance, and gathered all of them in Calcutta to stand by.Lawrence once again landed on the soil of India, and his heart was full of emotion, thinking of his comrades who died here, and the muddy tears in his eyes immediately flowed out.India has not changed much from before, and Lawrence can see that the new China still treats it as a colony, and all its policies are similar to those of the British when they ruled India.Along the way, however, Lawrence found that the situation here was far more stable than before.Although the lower-class people in India are not as rich as New China, everyone has a peaceful smile on their faces, and they have not been troubled by war for more than ten years.After Lawrence and his party arrived at the prisoner of war camp, they quickly got in touch with Zhou Long, the governor of the Huaxing Army in India.Zhou Long was the commander of the special operations brigade responsible for the security of Wu Xuming's headquarters, Wu Xuming had already been promoted to the Ministry of National Defense, and Zhou Long was also promoted by Wu Xuming to be the governor of India.Qiao Zhiqing originally wanted to let the literati take charge of the army, but now that the war is over, he can only let the warriors serve as the governor for the time being.Zhou Long's personality is still as big as before, but he is always tainted with some civility, and he still receives Lawrence very politely.The British prisoners of war had been waiting for this day for more than ten years.The young and strong guys at the beginning are now almost all old people over half a hundred years old.At this time, the average human life expectancy was only in their forties, and as soon as they reached forty, they looked very old.Each of them had changed into clean clothes, and when they saw the former governor, they all looked at Lawrence in a daze, not knowing what to say."
Sorry kids, I'm late," Lawrence looked at the dark faces of the captives, and knew without thinking that they had suffered a lot.On the body of each captive, there was hardly a complete piece of clothing.All of them were patched, and many of them were worn out like strips of rags."
Governor, can we really go home" One of the generals in the captives was stunned for a long time before recognizing Lawrence, and their appearance had changed greatly after not seeing them for more than ten years.Lawrence, in particular, is more concave than the wrinkles on his forehead before, and he is completely a gray-haired old man."
That's right, kids, you can go home.Britain has established diplomatic relations with New China, you can go home now" Lawrence nodded vigorously in an old voice, his heart was like a knife at this moment, and tears could no longer hold back their tears."
God, we can go home" "Brothers, we can go home" "God willing, the queen has not forgotten us, we can finally go home" "When the soldiers heard the affirmative answer, everyone raised their arms and shouted one after another.They roared wildly, some rolled down, some jumped, and some cried bitterly, all venting their sullen anger at the loss of freedom for more than ten years.They had to work hard almost every day, and they were forced to learn Chinese at night.For them for more than ten years, it was like falling into hell.They don't want to escape from here all the time, they want to tell themselves that it's a dream.But wake up and sleep day after day until they have become numb.Who knew that now that the news of freedom was heard, all the excitement of everyone can be imagined.Hua Xingjun looked at their appearance and was really happy for them.After getting along for more than ten years, when the British army laid down their arms, the two sides did not have so much hatred for each other.Hua Xingjun was also raised by his parents, and he understands their feelings very well at this moment.After the last lunch in India, the prisoners of war were escorted to the port by the Huaxing Army and boarded the ship.All the captives were eager to return to England at once.Some soldiers were chanting the names of his parents, some of them were of his wife, and some of them were of his girlfriend.After they calmed down, their anxious hearts were filled with worry again.I don't know if their parents are still there, if the children have grown up, and the girlfriend should have married a long time ago."
India, bastard, we're finally leaving you" "Asia, demon, I swear I'll never set foot in here again" "Home, home, home" "When the Indian continent disappeared far away from everyone's eyes, everyone collapsed on the deck almost hoarsely.Lawrence looked at them with sadness, but fortunately it was not too late.It's just that when he heard these captives scolding in Chinese, he frowned slightly, and there was always an indescribable weirdness in his heart.Qiao Zhiqing instilled not only Chinese in the British prisoners over the years, but also told them the idea of class struggle.After more than ten years of repeated brainwashing, these British prisoners have long become staunch anti-war activists.They all felt that they had been persecuted by the British government, and that they had wasted more than ten years of their youth for the domestic bourgeoisie.Most of the captives in the country were from civilian backgrounds, some peasants, some workers, all of whom were at the bottom of society.Qiao Zhiqing's theory of exploiting classes was slightly instilled, and they were immediately completely brainwashed, and all of them transferred their grievances to the capitalists, and none of them had hatred for New China.Before Hua Xingjun started the meal, he forced them to repeat a sentence every time, "It's all the capitalists, let me fight."
If there is no war, I am still at home.I suffered the hardships of war, suffered the crime of war, and defeated the capitalists, and I firmly remembered it. ”Twenty ships and five cargo ships had been at sea for four months, and soon the British mainland was in front of all.The port was already crowded with people, and all the families gathered here to welcome their children's return
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