Chapter 340 Surrender

After receiving the warning of the patrol attack, Lieutenant Harai strengthened the defense of the periphery of the entire prisoner-of-war camp. He doesn't have the belief that Tanaka Nakasa will die for the emperor, nor does he have the foolishness of Inoue Cao Chang, who can only obey orders and act without thinking. He knows how important the prisoners of war here are. Although he usually abuses them, it is much better than the treatment of prisoners of war in Shenyang's prisoner-of-war camp. At least there is no forced labor.

A truck stopped at the gate of the prisoner-of-war camp. Under the searchlight, a Japanese colonel came down from the cab. His face was very calm. Under the loud questioning of the Japanese military sentry, he raised his head, avoided the light of the searchlight, and said majestically, "I am the commander of the Fengtian prisoner-of-war camp. Colonel Matsuda, I need to see your commander, Lieutenant Harai, now.

Lieutenant Harai was completely disturbed by this uninvited guest. When he heard about the arrival of Colonel Matsuda, he knew that the Americans were going to take action here. So far, the people who asked for help from Tanaka Nakazo, the captain of the nearby prisoner-of-war camp, have not come back, but the fierce gunfire and explosions from a few miles away can show that the wing has been dragged down and they can't come to rescue here!

"I'm Colonel Matsuda!" The man in the colonel's uniform stood at the door of the sentry and shouted loudly inside. Lieutenant Harai has come out. Of course, he can hear and see that the man under the searchlight is Colonel Matsuda, the commander of the whole prisoner-of-war camp. It's just that Lieutenant Harai got the news that the Shenyang prisoner-of-war camp was nested by the U.S. military, and the whereabouts of Colonel Matsuda were unknown, and the rest of the people were all killed in battle. Don't even think about it, the final result of Colonel Matsuda's unknown whereabouts is the U.S. military prisoners. But now he is here.

"Open the door quickly. Is Lieutenant Harai here? I want to talk to him!" Colonel Matsuda's voice was full of dissatisfaction. Obviously, he was blocked here for a long time and felt angry. "I need to understand to see him!" Under the illumination of the searchlight, Matsuda's every move was clearly displayed in front of these subordinates, which gave him a sense of naked humiliation that was peeped by everyone.

With a bang, the iron gate was opened, and a group of Japanese soldiers rushed out of the gate. They surrounded the truck, as if they were wrapped up, and dragged Colonel Matsuda into the prisoner-of-war camp, and then the iron gate was tightly closed.

"You only have ten minutes to make a decision!" After Colonel Matsuda was taken to the prisoner-of-war camp, he was led directly into his office by Lieutenant Harai, a well-decorated large room. This exquisite small room that Matsuda liked was obviously in violation, and he couldn't help frowning slightly. But Harai didn't feel Matsuda's expression at all. He only cared about why Colonel Matsuda suddenly appeared here.

"Ten minutes?" Harai looked at Colonel Matsuda, who had just sat down on the throne, in surprise, "Do you mean those Americans?" He straightened his body, and then said to Colonel Matsuda.

"Yes, I'm not a lobbyor!" Colonel Matsuda's face was a little gloomy at this time. After all, this was his disgraceful side, which made him a little ashamed to face his subordinate. "This is the most elite army I have ever seen. If you want to fight, you must show the courage to be loyal to the empire and die for His Majesty the Emperor! If you want to avoid war, then just like me. Then wait for the end of the war, so that we still have a chance to go back to Japan!"

Lieutenant Harai was silent. This decision was very difficult. He was defeated. Emotionally, it was difficult for him to accept it, but in fact, he had to accept it. He knelt down quietly and bowed his head. He thought about many results, doing his best for the emperor, or died in battle, but no result would be what he hoped for. After more than a minute, he looked up at Colonel Matsuda and said seriously, "Your Excellency, I want to know how you were caught by the Americans." This question was very unreasonable, especially when a subordinate asked his former superior. But Lieutenant Harai, who needs to make a decision, must ask. And he believes that Colonel Matsuda will tell him truthfully.

"We can't stop them at all. They move quickly and have a very strong ability to fight alone. More than 300 people were quickly defeated by one of their companies, and I was the only one alive. This is the result. I think if you are ready to guard this prisoner of war camp, in less than half an hour, I think you will be the same as my result, or you will kill people, so that you will not bear the same humiliation as me and wait for the war to end. With that, he sighed for a long time, and his face became very decaden. After all, as a senior commander, choosing humiliating surrender in order to save his life is not something to show off, let alone under the pressure of a subordinate of his own.

There was another silence. Colonel Matsuda looked at the changing look on his subordinate's face and knew that he was also struggling in his heart. It was not difficult to make this decision, but it was a rare problem after fighting or surrendering.

Outside the prisoner-of-war camp, searchlights kept shooting around again. Except for the faint sound of gunfire around, it is difficult to hear other sounds. The sentries of the Japanese army looked around with rifles in front of the enemy. With the light column of the searchlight, their nerves were very tight, and the rifles were sideways and ready to shoot at any time.

"Ten minutes is coming. Is it effective for the boss to do this?" Grenari whispered to Hevran, who was lying beside him, in a depressed voice, "If I choose to surrender, of course it's good, otherwise we will send off a senior prisoner of the Japanese army!"

"They can't run away anyway!" Hevran winked at Gernelly and then stopped talking. The company has begun to operate. After Colonel Matsuda drove a truck and appeared at the gate of the prisoner-of-war camp, which attracted the searchlights and attention of all the military sentries, Parks had led two platoons to operate from the flanks, while Hailig's first platoon remained to take on the frontal offensive task and continued. Lurking in the grass in front of the gate of the prisoner-of-war camp.

"It's almost time!" Colonel Matsuda glanced at Lieutenant Harai, and then said nothing more. He has been captured once and doesn't care about being captured by the U.S. military again. He simply closed his eyes and stopped looking at the original well. He just wants to sit here and wait for the end of the battle. Although there are more than 200 troops here, with the U.S. troops outside, these two hundred people are no longer in their eyes at all. Colonel Matsuda also knows that the soldiers here are just second-line troops, and the individual combat effectiveness is not even as good as the individual soldiers of Tanaka's coalition, who was dragged outside.

Lieutenant Harai suddenly stood up, bowed to Colonel Matsuda, and then resolutely turned around and left. Colonel Matsuda knew that he had made a decision, and his closed eyes and eyelashes trembled slightly. Obviously, this is not what he is willing to do. But now he has to do it again. When he was fully engaged with China, he was also full of confidence that he had his own ideals and wanted to fight for them. But now he feels more and more overwhelmed, and even feels seriously tired of the war, which is why he was transferred to the commander of Fengtian Prisoner's Camp. I just didn't expect that I tried my best to escape the battle, but I couldn't escape in the end.

Suddenly, a sharp whistle sounded in the prisoner-of-war camp, and the soldiers raised their heads in astonishment and wanted to look at something. This is the order to gather, but now when preparing for the U.S. military attack, they remember how unreasonable such a whistle is. Although everyone has doubts in their hearts, they still obey the order, which is their instinct.

The sharp whistle broke the tranquility of the prisoner-of-war camp and woke up the captured generals living in the prisoner-of-war camp. Then they soon felt that the atmosphere was unusual today. The sound of guns can also be heard here, which is very intense and lasts for a long time, although it is intermittent.

"What are they going to do?" A thin American officer stood by the window of the prisoner-of-war prison room and couldn't help frowning at the Japanese army who was urgently joining on the field not far away. He used to be Major General Parker, the commander of the U.S. Lucena Force. After being captured, he has been suffering from various tortures in the prisoner-of-war camp and has been as thin as a bamboo pole.

"Who knows?" The person asked was a fifty or sixty-year-old man lying by the window. Judging from his shabby but tidy military uniform, he was a lieutenant general, the main target of Pax's rescue this time - General Wwright. He sighed, and then staggered to the bedside. In fact, it was just a hard board covered with dilapidated cotton wool, and sat down, "I hope this is good news!" After saying this, he leaned against the bed and closed his eyes slightly. This room is a very dark warehouse. They are imprisoned with other prisoners of war, which is full of all kinds of pungent smells.

This warehouse includes not only Lieutenant General Winwright and Major Parker, but also other guys who seem to be big shots. Commander-in-Chief of Malaysia, Lieutenant General Arthur of the British Army? Percival, British Lieutenant General Lewis? Heath, Lieutenant General Hain of the Royal Indian Army? Special? Bowton, Lieutenant General T? of the Royal East Indian Army Buck et al.; Mark, Governor-General of Hong Kong? Sir Yang, the governor of the Dutch East Indies, Stashawal, and five other governors, and Edward, the commander of the U.S. Army's Bataan Garrison? Major General Jin and four other major generals and two chief justices. It can be said that this is a prisoner-of-war camp for the upper-class people, and it is also one of the chips of post-war negotiations that the Japanese army attaches great importance to.

"Pang bang" was a trembling running sound. Listening to the neat sound of a leather boot stepping on the ground, you don't need to guess that it was made by the unique leather boots of the Japanese army. Then with a "bang", the door of the warehouse was opened. A pair of Japanese soldiers rushed in from outside the warehouse and shouted at them with a rifle. Shout. One of the translators shouted loudly in English: "Gather, gather!"

"God bless!" Lieutenant General Lewis of the British Army in the middle? Heath quickly drew a cross on his chest, and then whispered that he didn't want to die here. He wanted to wait to go out from here. In England and his home, he did not miss his wife and children far away from the ocean for a moment.

The other prisoners, who were a little pale like him, walked slowly with some dejected heads. If they walked so slowly at ordinary times, the soldiers would have kicked over with big scalp shoes, but now, they didn't do it, just urged them in their mouths.

"Regone!" On the field, Cao Chang, a Japanese soldier, shouted hoarsely and gave orders to these prisoners of war. Teams of Japanese soldiers kept gathering towards the field. More than 200 Japanese soldiers stepped on neat footsteps and stood in a neat formation. The weapons in their hands were not aimed at these prisoners, but were close to their side.

The searchlight suddenly shot at the field, illuminating the prisoners of war and the soldiers of the Japanese army. Major General Parker subconsciously raised his hand to block the dazzling light, and Governor Stashawal, the governor of the Dutch East Indies beside him, couldn't help reminding him: "Be careful, Americans, don't do it. Be careful to say that I will beat off your teeth like this!"

"Shut up!" Parker couldn't help staring at him, but he still had to put down his hand, because he knew that this guy was right, and he said that I couldn't tolerate these little actions to them. Although Governor Stashawal reminded himself, he still couldn't stand the guy's gloating face.

At this moment, Lieutenant Yuanjing, the supreme commander of the prisoner-of-war camp, suddenly appeared on the field. He held a saber in his hand and did not wear the white gloves he usually liked. His face is as pale as these prisoners of war!

"What does he want to do? Do you want to shoot us?" General Heath couldn't help trembling slightly. He couldn't help reaching out to grab something, and then grabbed a warm hand. When he couldn't help looking sideways, it was General Wenwright. He stretched out his hand and took Heath's hand and said, "Don't worry, don't worry, we'll be fine. We've been through it for so long. Even if we die, it's the end of the nightmare, isn't it?"

Heath didn't say anything, but nodded slightly. In fact, he was unwilling to leave like this, but Wenwright's hand was very steady, which gradually calmed his heart. Perhaps this ending once appeared in his mind, but now it is in reality. He gradually stabilized his body and mind, took a deep breath, and was ready to accept the result, even if he had too much concern in his heart.

"Oh, God - I don't want to die!" Suddenly, a person around him cried loudly, and he quickly collapsed and kept twitching on the ground. Is it Mark, Governor-General of Hong Kong? Sir Yang, he covered his chest with his hand and kept crying in despair. He lay on the ground and rolled his body. Soon, under the sign of Captain Yuanjing, the two Japanese soldiers came forward and general Mark? Yang dragged away from the team and then stood aside like a dead dog. The only thing that was not as usual, he was not beaten by the Japanese soldiers. But even so, it makes the prisoners who are about to collapse not dare to do anything extreme.

When the prisoners were in shock, suddenly a group of soldiers kept emerging on the field. They rushed in disguised in turf and automatic weapons. Then suddenly emerged from around the field, and they all followed the cover of the building. He raised his gun and aimed at every soldier on the field. Not far away, there are snipers aiming at every target that wants to move.

"Ah--" A prisoner shouted, surprised and shocked, and then the voice cheered everyone up. Obviously, this army is not a Japanese military uniform, but a U.S. military uniform that can be faintly seen through the turf. Two of them pulled off their turf camouflage, revealing the military uniforms of the U.S. military that the prisoners of war were looking forward to in their dreams, as well as the military's military's military caps. Although their faces were painted with oil paint, they could see their European physique. Obviously, this was a group of U.S. soldiers. And the man who lifted the turf was a major in the U.S. military.

"Please accept this command knife, which represents the testimony of my surrender to you and my soldiers!" Lieutenant Harai solemnly handed the command knife to the major in front of him. He didn't say anything, but a little sad and helpless. In the end, the decision he made might save the lives of more than 200 soldiers of the Japanese army. He could see this, because the U.S. soldiers who emerged from around the field made him a little glad that his choice was right. Because these people have sneaked in silently. If there is a sudden attack, he and these soldiers will not be spared. At this moment, he has believed Colonel Matsuda's words. If he is a little hesitant before that.

"Try your people to put down their weapons!" Parks didn't talk nonsense with him, but ordered directly.

Lieutenant Yuanjing bowed to Parks, and then began to give orders to the Japanese army gathered on the field. Soon, the Japanese soldiers finally realized that they had been captured by the U.S. military in a burst of astonishment and depression. Handing over weapons means that you will become a prisoner, not a winner of prisoners. Many Japanese soldiers understood this, but they still obeyed the order.

"Fack!" Suddenly, a Japanese soldier lost control when handing over his weapon. He picked up a rifle and was about to shoot at Major Parks. Suddenly, he heard a "bang" sound of gun. Before the soldier's gun was raised, a bullet hit him on the head. Suddenly, blood splashed out and splashed several Japanese soldiers around him. On the face.

The body fell down like a wooden stake, making a "puff" sound. Almost all the soldiers were stunned, and at the same time, they understood that they had no chance to resist, and the surrender process went more smoothly after this episode. The Japanese army's weapons were confiscated and piled up in front of the field.

Parks said to Lieutenant Harai, "Very good, Lieutenant. I promise that you will leave China alive," he crossed the original well and walked towards the prisoners of war. When he crossed the original well, he added, "I need the material here. Can you lead your soldiers to find it for us?"

Harai bowed to Pax's back again, and then began to order the bare-handed Japanese soldiers to search for all the materials in the prisoner-of-war camp, and then piled them on the field one by one.

"Hello, everyone!" Major Parks went to the prisoners of war and said loudly, "You are free now!"

"God--" Someone suddenly began to burst into tears. At this moment, they finally waited. In fact, when they saw this strange scene, they had realized that they might be rescued this time. Now the major told them himself, so that many people suddenly felt the same in a dream. .

"I need to find General Wwright, who can tell me, or he can stand up in person!" Parks continued to shout at the excited generals and governors.

An old man in the old military uniform of the U.S. Army squeezed out of the crowd. He looked at Major Parks excitedly and nodded to him, "I am Jonathan, the commander-in-chief of the U.S. military in the Philippines? Hello, Winlet, Major, I'm very lucky to wait for your arrival!" With that, he stepped forward and gave Parks a tight hug.

(to be continued)