Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

"What? There is a prisoner of war who wants to go home to visit his critically ill father?" Yannick received an interesting report, saying that it was a British prisoner of war in the prisoner of war camp who received a letter from his family saying that his elderly father was critically ill and hoped that Being able to go home and see my father for the last time. "Why is this plot so familiar?"

Annie reminded. "Your Highness, this happened once during the last war, and the prisoner of war really came back."

"Aha." Yannick suddenly realized. "I remembered, there really is such a person."

During the last war, 29-year-old British Army Captain Robert Campbell was captured by the Germans in a battle. Seriously wounded, he was treated at a military hospital and then sent to the Magdeburg prisoner of war camp in Germany.

After two years in the prison camp, Campbell received a letter from his family saying his mother was dying of cancer.

The dutiful prisoner did something bold: he wrote a letter to the German Emperor Wilhelm II, asking to be allowed to go home to see his mother for the last time.

As a prisoner, he didn't expect much from the letter, but to his surprise, Wilhelm II actually agreed and granted him a two-week "parole" period, with only one condition: after visiting his mother, he must Report back to the POW camp.

On November 7, 1916, Captain Campbell embarked on the journey home that countless prisoners of war dreamed of. He returned to his hometown in Kent, met his dying mother and stayed with her for a week. Then, he kept his promise and returned all the way to the prisoner of war. Camp, exactly two weeks before and after. His mother died three months later.

To be honest, not many people here in Germany believe that he will come back, including Wilhelm II himself. Who would be free and then go back to being a prisoner? If he doesn't come back, or even makes an excuse that he's sick and can't travel, there won't be any problems.

However, the British captain returned on time.

Don't think that Campbell was willing to be a prisoner. After returning to the prisoner of war camp, Campbell and several prisoners secretly dug an escape tunnel outside the camp and escaped in one night.

They fled all the way to the German-Dutch border, but were unfortunately caught by the Germans and sent back to the camp. Campbell stayed in a prisoner of war camp until the end of the war before returning home. He later participated in World War II and lived to the age of 81.

He could be free, but he returned obediently; he returned, but he was busy escaping from prison. What does this British person think?

After Campbell returned, he told his fellow prisoners in the prisoner of war camp that if he did not come back, he would have no sense of responsibility and honor, which would be more painful than death. Similarly, losing freedom and being a prisoner is more painful than death - so for the sake of honor, he first kept his promise and came back, and then escaped from prison for the sake of honor.

This story was discovered by the later British historian Van Emden when he was looking through diplomatic documents. He was amazed at the compassion of the German emperor and the trustworthiness of the British captain. He couldn't help but admire: Even a century ago, this kind of Chivalry among enemies was also rare.

Yannick said with some disdain. "The last war has wiped out all the so-called knights and gentlemen. I don't believe this guy can come back after he goes home."

Some people say that World War I was a gentleman's war; it was indeed a gentleman's war before the Battle of the Marne. According to the Schlieffen Plan, after the general mobilization of the right wing, the Liege Passage was opened in 12 days, Brussels was captured in 19 days, and France was invaded in 22 days. Later he arrived at Thionville-Saint-Quentin and captured Paris in thirty-nine days.

The core of this plan is to be able to bypass the defensive line at the junction of Defali and Rui as quickly as possible without dragging in the opponent's troublemaker. So before the trench war of the Marne, everyone was relatively gentleman. The purpose is to fight mobile warfare and annihilate effective forces as soon as possible to achieve tactical goals.

From the Marne to Verdun, the Somme, and during the Brusilov offensive, everyone began to try to be ungentlemanly. On William II's side, the battle lines were in a stalemate, so his generals began to use chemical and biological weapons one after another to expand their results. Because the Battle of Jutland did not break the maritime hegemony of the Stirrup, the navy could only start a submarine war as an existing fleet to cut off Britain's lifeline. Britain and France also took countermeasures because of the stalemate on the front and a wave of chemical and biological weapons. The navy was not a gentleman because it had a precedent of defrauding the German army by pretending to be merchant ships.

Entering the Somme, the beginning of the summer offensive, everyone has completely stopped being human.

Because Moltke could no longer carry out follow-up operations in accordance with the Schlieffen Plan, the right wing of the Western Front was severely weakened, resulting in excessive dispersion of troops. Due to their relatively backward tactical thinking, the Allies found it difficult to tear apart the opponent's position, so they could only simply absorb the damage. Due to their own reasons on both sides, in order to expand the results and achieve decisive results, the two major battles of Verden and the Somme turned directly into a meat grinder, with huge artillery, tanks, poison gas, biochemicals, and aircraft all dragged up. At this time, as long as I can win, I don't care about trading my soul with Satan.

In the later stage, no matter what, if the opponent dies, I will win.

After thinking for a while, Yannick asked. "What level of prison camp is this guy from?"

Under Yannick's orders, the German prisoner-of-war camps were divided into three standards. Level A is the most comfortable, with one hour of ideological education every morning and evening, and 12 hours of low-intensity labor a day. An hour and a half of entertainment activities, and a half-day break during holidays. Not only do they have enough food three times a day, they can eat meat two days a week; they even receive a salary.

It can be said that except for the fact that they cannot leave the prisoner of war camp freely, the lives of these people are not much different from those outside. The food conditions are even richer than in most areas. After all, eating meat every now and then is not something that every family can achieve.

Those who can enter such prisoner-of-war camps are all talented. Yannick hopes to "influence" them and continue to serve the empire after the war. Of course, he will not treat them badly.

The conditions in the Class B prisoner-of-war camp are slightly worse. Prisoners of war who will be released later are held here. Every meal is full, and you can eat several meals of meat every month. There are two hours of ideological education every morning and evening. The labor intensity is a little more intense than Class A, but it is not exhausting.

Class C can be called a hell on earth. It was originally used to hold various unnamed prisoners in Germany; after the war, those disobedient and trouble-making prisoners of war were also thrown in. Even ideological education is omitted here, and the food can only be described as eating chaff and drinking water. The work they do is not only high-intensity, but also full of dangers. They are often beaten, scolded and punished by the supervisors.

Anne looked at the report and replied. "A-level prisoner of war camp, it seems that this person usually behaves quite well."

Yannick thought about it for a while and then made a decision. "Let's do this. Ten prisoners of war will be selected from each A-level prisoner of war camp and allowed to return home to visit relatives for two weeks. If they all return on time, the rest of the prisoners of war can also take turns to 'visit relatives' in the future. If someone does not return, even one person, Then there will be no such good thing. Let Dr. Goebbels take charge of this matter, find more reporters from neutral countries, and let them see what a true gentleman is."