Chapter 2528: I would rather surrender than an oarsman!

According to the general practice of the South China Army’s treatment of captives, it is to sell, but this group of white-skinned prisoners has a new way out and that is to participate in the Imperial Union Army, Comrade Frank Mickey, under the jurisdiction of the Southern China Empire, and the First Division of the European Imperial Union Army. The status of the division commander recruits the captives, and there is no need to talk nonsense. The roads opened by the captives branch off. On the side of the road, you can see white bread, beef on tableware, beer, guns and sabers, and many things. ! On the side of a road, thick and long oars were placed.

Oars?

The young Baipi didn't know why, but the older Baipi realized what, all his face changed color, and he couldn't help but shudder!

The whiteskins who joined the South China Army with Frank Mickey yelled vigorously, telling the prisoners there are two paths, one is delicious and spicy, with dignity and freedom, that is to join the Imperial Army, and the other is to behave. Oarsman, choose!

"As long as you swear to God, you are willing to be loyal to the noble Baron Frank Mickey of Prerov, and join the Imperial Army, you can live freely, otherwise you will go rowing in the end!" They looked at each other and became oarsmen on the scratching boat, they were oars slaves!

In ancient times, when internal combustion engines and steam engines were not used, the power that ships relied on was wind, animal power, and manpower, and that was the oarsman.

Since the birth of the oars boat, the profession of oarsman has been feared by everyone, because this work is too hard and too tiring. It is not a last resort and there is no work to do, and it is so poor that it is shivering, or because of the war. It is necessary, and no one wants to be a rower on a sailboat!

You must know that for a long time, oarsmen have only the following sources: the poor, prisoners of war, slaves, and criminals.

Except for the poor, the following three options can actually be replaced by the term slave. In ancient times, paddle slaves were always the most miserable category of people! No different from livestock.

In order to reduce the cost of use, various countries around the Mediterranean used criminals, slaves and prisoners of war in large quantities to act as oarsmen, because then they would not have to pay wages, and the poor were paid.

Under the ancient guiding ideology of "slaves are not humans, but only talking tools", people can cruelly squeeze slaves at will, and there will be no psychological burden until they are completely squeezed out.

In order to obtain cheap enough oarsmen, people turned their eyes to the prisoners of war, especially the pagan prisoners of war.

In the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries, the green world and the Christian world had a long-term confrontation in the Mediterranean. I do not know how many fierce naval battles were. Both sides captured a huge number of pagan prisoners of war. With the guiding ideology of “no fortune telling”, both parties invariably locked the captured prisoners into the oars and used them as oars slaves, making them gradually the main force of oars.

Whether it is the green religion or the white-skinned captain, they only provide a small amount of stinking drinking water and a pitiful black bread belly to the slaves every day, and then lock the rowing slaves in groups of 3 to 8 people with a chain to a length of less than 0.5 meters. He was sitting on the bench for several months, eating, drinking, and sleeping. He was curled up in this narrow space, which caused the stench in the cabin of the sailboat and the epidemic to be rampant.

As long as the oars slaves survive for a while, in addition to paddling, they are rowing every day. It is common for them to work more than 12 hours a day. If they are negligent, they will be beaten by the supervisor, exhausted and unable to rest. They will not be relieved until death. People at that time recorded the tragedy of paddling slaves like this:

"Lines of poor, hungry, tanned, lean people, chained to wooden boards, sometimes unable to leave for months... the bare flesh was brutally and continuously beaten, Urging to paddle hard, even beyond the range that humans can bear..."

Death is not far from the oars slaves. Many oars slaves died on their first sailing journey, and even a strong-age man may not be able to live on the oars for three years. Most people don’t If you are driven mad, you will often die from exhaustion, illness, or be beaten to death by the supervisor before the end of the year. In addition to these three methods of death, paddle slaves may also starve to death or drown during sea battles. Died, was hit by an enemy ship.

Often a paddle boat was hit by an enemy ship or sunk in bad weather during naval battles, and then hundreds of paddling slaves on the boat were unable to swim because they were tightly bound by chains, and eventually all drowned.

Now that the South China Army is preparing to take prisoners as oarsmen, a terrible fate awaits them. If they really act as oars slaves, it is tantamount to going to hell!

As a result, more than 20,000 people have moved on to a road with many things. Most of them are elderly, most of them in the prime of life, who have been beaten up in their lives and know the situation of rowing slaves.

In the name of God, they swore allegiance to Baron Frank Mickey and joined the Imperial Army.

There are more than 20,000 people who walked down the paddling road. Most of them are young people, ignorant of the heights of the sky and the dangers of the world.

Others are steadfast believers. They will not abandon their beliefs to take refuge in heretics. Their actions shine with brilliance and make the surrendering Baipi feel ashamed.

Among them, there are many friends who cut their robes and cut righteousness, and there are young guys who, regardless of the detention of their elders, walked towards the road of paddling without hesitation.

The South China Army gave Baipi a step. His Royal Highness Baron Frank Mickey of Prerov was still playing the banner of Christ. Therefore, many Baipi deceived themselves, saying that they were not surrendering to the pagans but to the barons of the European whiteskins. His Highness Allegiance. UU reading www.uukanshu.com

Those paddlers were closely guarded and sent to slaves.

They do not include officers, and those who refuse to surrender are under separate supervision. The South China Army is prepared to spend some energy and time to persuade them to surrender in order to have a greater impact.

The captives joined the Imperial Army and were immediately required to submit a certificate: Attack on Vienna!

In fact, when the South China Army was attacking the wings and rear of the city of Vienna, Marshal Raimondo Montecuccoli felt bad and tried to send troops out of the city to save the defeat, but he did not expect that the troops outside the city would lose so quickly. After the Chinese army had settled the periphery of Vienna, how old their generals were, and immediately strengthened their offensive against Vienna, thus frustrating Baipi's hopes of resuming the previous fighting situation.

The artillery fire continued, and the sound of guns and explosions from all around made the hearts of the Vienna defenders sink. The situation with a back road and embarrassment on all sides had completely different effects on morale.

What made the Vienna defenders more angry and uneasy was that the prisoners attacked the city of Vienna. The former brothers on the battlefield became enemies. It was really a tragedy on earth!