Under equal conditions, the army of a backward small country like Bolivia had clearly found it difficult to contend with the East African Army. This was the gap between an industrial nation and an agricultural one, and Bolivians clearly did not possess the Soviet soldiers' resolve to fight the enemy to the bitter end.
It was not only the Bolivian army. The Paraguayan army was much the same, because these American countries were themselves dominated by immigrants and lacked a sense of homeland and nation.
Yet Bolivia was even more divided than Paraguay, especially in its attitude toward the indigenous Indian population. The two countries were worlds apart.
Bolivia's racial problems had existed for a long time, while Paraguay, after the great population decline of the previous century, had completely changed its attitude toward the Indian ethnic groups and actively advanced national integration.
It should be known that Indians made up no small proportion of the populations of both countries, and in Bolivia, they even accounted for seventy percent.
This led to two entirely different outcomes. When fighting, the Indians in the Paraguayan army gave more of themselves than the Indians in the Bolivian army. Or rather, the reverse was true.
Of course, after prolonged national integration, there were not many purely Indian people in Paraguay today. Most were instead of mixed Indian and white immigrant descent.
As a result, the security battalion placed within the Paraguayan army looked almost no different from Paraguayans, especially since East Africa itself was also largely made up of mixed-race people.
However, none of this was Gosell's concern. The security battalion had now run into a problem.
"Battalion Commander, how should we deal with these prisoners and wounded?" Security Battalion Company Commander Wilde asked. "After taking stock, we have one hundred seventy-seven Bolivian prisoners