Chapter 3322 In the market

Spabanios.

Colonel Ephias Dillon was in a good mood.

After occupying Spabanios, MacArthur immediately ordered the attack to stop, which once made Colonel Dillon extremely frustrated.

It is a shame for a soldier to fail to make meritorious deeds.

But the conflict between his patron General Patton and MacArthur left him helpless.

After spending a few days in Spabanos, he felt something different.

It's far away from war here.

A large number of vehicles pass here every day.

He was always able to seize large quantities of contraband.

No one cares how the contraband is disposed of.

Colonel Dillon handed everything over to Captain Ajit, who was in charge of logistics of the 19th Cavalry Regiment.

Captain Ajit is not so much a competent soldier as he is a shrewd businessman.

Yes, he always has a way to turn the materials in his hands into cash.

Before a batch of contraband is processed, Captain Ajit will hand over half of it to Colonel Dillon.

Then the remaining half is evenly distributed among the people involved in these things.

This is not corruption.

This is confiscated stolen property.

No one will care about them.

I heard that in the European battlefield, American soldiers have done more similar things.

Colonel Dillon even found a local woman named Sarni to be his lover.

Sarny was only twenty years old and managed to survive the war.

Her family are all dead.

She wanted to keep herself alive.

So, she has no choice.

This kind of life made Colonel Dillon feel very comfortable and comfortable.

He found that he had fallen in love with this place.

Early in the morning, he got up from Sardo, who was still sleeping, shaved his beard, put on his military uniform with the help of the orderly, and took a special look in the mirror.

In his opinion, soldiers must pay attention to their appearance and appearance and must be meticulous.

Every day after breakfast, he would start patrolling Spabanios.

This inspection will continue until 12 noon.

"Hey, Colonel, Colonel."

Colonel Dillon stopped the car.

The person who stopped his car was Major Ohm.

"Colonel, I was just going to find you." Major Ohm came over and said, "Just now, we stopped another truck, which was full of contraband."

Colonel Dillon was very dissatisfied.

What do you tell yourself to do with this kind of thing?

Major Ohm continued: "The person following the car said he wanted to see you."

"See me?" Colonel Dillon was startled.

"Yes, Colonel, he said he knew you."

"Know me?" Colonel Dillon became even more curious: "Bring him to see me."

…

Sarni woke up.

In fact, she had already woken up.

But she just pretended not to wake up.

Because she knew that as soon as she woke up, the American colonel would do something to her.

She hates Dillon.

Because this American colonel is not only rude, but also has a very unpleasant smell.

But she had no choice.

She wants to live.

She always waited until Dillon was out before getting up.

Don't worry about food.

After breakfast, she will walk around.

Although the war is still going on, and although the vast majority of Filipinos are still struggling on the verge of death, some vitality has gradually returned to Spabanos.

Even, a small market has formed.

Wherever there are people, there will be transactions. When there are more transactions, a market will naturally form.

The emergence of this market is related to the 19th Cavalry Regiment.

There are quite a lot of things on sale in the market, and the most popular one is canned luncheon meat.

American soldiers hated eating canned luncheon meat, but for others, it was a rare delicacy.

Therefore, the American soldiers who discovered this took out canned luncheon meat and sold it to the locals in different ways.

There are many different things to trade.

Someone exchanged a headscarf that his grandma had left behind.

American soldiers readily accepted it.

Because they like the pattern of headscarves.

Anyway, they have a lot of canned lunch meat.

Some people will exchange the jewelry that they have worked hard to keep.

After all, jewelry is nothing compared to starving to death.

There are also people who would trade their own bodies.

A pretty woman in her twenties or thirties can exchange for two cans of luncheon meat by accompanying an American soldier once.

cheap?

No, the word cheap depends on the occasion.

In the eyes of these women, not only is it not cheap at all, but it is also extremely precious.

As long as you can survive, the rest is nothing.

In this market, currencies are rarely seen.

Now the only currency that can be circulated and recognized in the Philippines is the U.S. dollar, but where can these Filipinos find U.S. dollars?

Sarni also has no money.

Colonel Dillon would not give her any money or allow her to take anything.

The colonel impassionedly told Sarni that everything here belonged to the United States, including the colonel himself.

Therefore, Sarni cannot take anything.

Sarni could only turn around.

Sometimes when she sees something she likes, she will stop for a long time, look at it quietly, and then leave quietly.

Yesterday, she saw a handmade hairpin and she really liked it.

She watched it for a long time, and when she left, she was still reluctant to leave.

Today, she is here again.

The old woman who was selling things still had the card, and she still said nothing.

"this."

While Sarni was watching in concentration, a voice sounded from beside her.

Sarni turned around and saw an enviable young man.
To be continued...