A French volunteer army is stationed in the endless wilderness of East Africa. Here is their colony, sunshine, sea, wasteland. Lieutenant Groppquietly listens to music and makes a cup of coffee. On this day, the Legion welcomed a group of new soldiers with white, yellow, and black skins, all of whom would receive boring training in this place. One of them is called Santein, handsome and powerful figure is particularly outstanding. Shirtless in the declining desert, they stretched out their arms and practiced military exercises; or crawled under steel wires, jumped into pits, climbed barrier walls, and climbed over wooden stakes; sometimes they were still empty. In the building, the assault exercises, accompanied by Grop's leadership, pretending to be vigilant; digging out rubble and chaotic sand, and then sitting on it chewing lunch. The soldiers dried and ironed their clothes after a day of training. The scorching sun scorched the dull mood. They still have to be inspected by the chief at this time. When diving training, they showed some fun. They were playing in the water, and their young bodies were full of vitality. This makes Commander Bruno Forestierlook atwondering whether it is envy or jealousy.
Santain was injured that day, and others told him that Gropp didn't like him and asked him to be careful. There are more dangerous times. That day, Gropp heard a loud noise. A plane crashed and fell into the sea. Santain rescued a comrade-in-arms, but still did not avoid the death of another comrade-in-arms. Gropp also seemed to have seen his own death. Santain's heroic behavior was appreciated by Bruno. But Gropp felt very unhappy. For some reason, he was full of jealousy towards this soldier. Is this because of love? In his spare time, Gropp would come to sit at the market in the small town and buy a gift for the girl in the town; or stroll around in the dance hall and watch others dance silently.
Gropp saw that Santain was getting more and more unhappy. One day they had a fight, and they stared at each other's eyes. Bruno consoled Santine when he was on guard at night. In a separate conversation, he learned that the young man was an orphan picked up by others on the stairs. Bruno felt sympathy for Santine's life experience. This made Gropp feel more jealous. Finally, he decided to set a trap. Grop punishes a hacked soldier who left his duty without permission and asks him to dig soil until the palm of his hand bleeds. This kind of overcorrection really caused the dissatisfaction of Santain, who was full of justice. When he gave the soldier water to drink, Grop slapped him, which really angered Santain's counterattack. Gropp finally grasped the handle and drove Santine out of the army and exiled in the desert of Africa. Soon, the compass used by Santain appeared on the market where local people traded. He lay forever on the salt bed by the sea and slept forever. Bruno announced that Grop was expelled from the army as a result
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