my bright sword career

Mandalay

As the second largest city in Myanmar, its importance is naturally beyond doubt.

This is not only an important stronghold of the Japanese army in Myanmar, but also the headquarters of the 33rd Army of the Japanese Burma Front Army.

At the same time, the largest Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in Burma and Southeast Asia was also in Mandalay.

Originally, the largest prisoner-of-war camp in Myanmar in history should have been located in Yangon, but the history of this time and space was deviated due to the existence of Gao Hongming.

However, although the place has changed, the people in this prisoner-of-war camp have not changed. In this place covering hundreds of acres, the Japanese held tens of thousands of prisoners from the United States, Australia, Britain, and the Chinese Expeditionary Force.

"Please... please! Let me go!"

In a prisoner-of-war camp surrounded by jungle two or three kilometers outside Mandalay City, a British soldier kneeling on the ground with blood on his mouth, his face was covered with dust, and his messy blond hair was covered with weeds.

He looked in horror at the grim-faced Japanese soldiers in khaki uniforms and dust caps, and begged, these barbarians shot and killed the prisoners of war.

"put!"

"Bang, bang, bang..."

Following the order of the Japanese major commander holding a saber, a row of Japanese soldiers holding [-]-style rifles were executing dozens of prisoners who were trying to escape.

After more than a dozen prisoners in the first row were executed, the Japanese major held a saber in his hand and carefully checked whether the prisoners who were already lying in a pool of blood were dead. If they were not dead, they would be given another knife.

Hearing a gunshot a few meters away, the British soldier with a childish face couldn't help but tremble all over. He really didn't want to die here, he wanted to go home.

"Whoa!"

The Japanese senior soldier who had just executed a prisoner looked at the young British soldier with a bloodthirsty look in his eyes while holding a gun with a grin on his face.

"what!"

The young captive, who couldn't bear the pressure, suddenly let out a heart-piercing scream, and then felt his legs get wet, while the grinning Japanese soldiers around him immediately laughed loudly when they saw the British soldiers who peed their pants.

"You cowardly coward, I really don't understand how a country like yours dares to claim the empire on which the sun never sets?"

At this time, the major officer came over and looked at the nearly collapsed British prisoner in front of him and said with a blank expression, and then spat at him. The Japanese who were deeply poisoned by Bushido looked down on cowards the most.

Although the young British prisoner kept begging for mercy, he still followed in the footsteps of his former companions, until after he was shot dead, there was still fear in his eyes that were dying.

And not far away stood a row of densely packed prisoners, looking at the executed comrades, they were all dumbfounded.

Among these captives, there are those from the United States, Australia, Britain, China, and the Philippines, but no matter which country the captives are from, they all have a common characteristic.

That is, the clothes are ragged, the face is haggard, each of them is haggard, and they walk unsteadily, and they look like they have been malnourished for a long time.

After confirming that all the prisoners of war were dead, the Japanese major waved his hand, and then a group of prisoners of war came to carry the bodies not far away for burial.

I saw that the Japanese army major was holding the saber in his hand, with a bloodthirsty look in his small eyes.

I saw him sternly said: "You have all seen it, this is the end of trying to escape.

I warn you again, if one of you escapes, we will shoot ten of you as a warning, whether you succeed or not.

I don't want anyone else to make such a stupid mistake, and next time, don't blame me for being rude. "

After all, the Shao Zuo gave the order to disband and then left. After the Shao Zuo left, the captives gathered together in twos and threes.

And if someone with a heart observes carefully, they will find that these prisoners of war are vaguely divided into two parts.

Some of these two groups were mainly prisoners of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, and the other part were mainly British and American prisoners.

And the prisoners of the Expeditionary Army were vaguely headed by a middle-aged man in his forties, wearing a woolen military uniform, with a slightly fat body and wearing a pair of glasses. This person was the highest rank among the prisoners of the Expeditionary Army. One, he is Major General Qi Xueqi, deputy commander of the new 38th Division.

The British and American prisoners were headed by Colonel Royce Hatton, the staff officer of the British First Division.

As for the deeds of General Qi Xueqi, the author will not say much here, and interested readers can search for it by themselves.

The emaciated Colonel Royce walked up to General Qi Xueqi pretending to be inadvertent, and whispered in English: "General Qi, the situation doesn't look good. The Japanese have become more and more anxious during this time."

"I found out too." Qi Xueqi, who graduated from Tsinghua University and then studied at the Norwich Military Academy in the United States, immediately said in American English.

"I also found out. From this, it can be seen that the battle situation on the front line must have undergone major changes, otherwise the Japanese would not be so mad and restless, shooting and killing prisoners at every turn.

And I estimate that nine times out of ten the battle is definitely going in a direction that is beneficial to us. "

"You think so too?" Royce showed joy on his face, "So we will be rescued soon?"

Qi Xueqi nodded: "It is possible."

"Great." Royce couldn't hide the joy on his face anymore, "I don't want to stay in this damn prisoner-of-war camp for even one more minute."

"Colonel Royce, don't be too happy." Qi Xueqi was not as optimistic as Royce.

"Don't forget, it is the Japanese who control our life and death now. Once the Japanese find that the situation is unfavorable and want to execute us all, we still cannot wait for the day of victory."

"Are they crazy?"

Royce looked unbelievable, "Shooting prisoners of war is a violation of international conventions, not to mention that we have more than 1 prisoners here. If the Japanese really dare to do this, the whole world will be a sensation."

Looking at the British colonel who was still harboring fantasies, Qi Xueqi sighed softly, pointing to the newly buried grave not far away.

"Tell me, what's there?"

"But...but..."

Royce said contemptuously: "Those prisoners were executed because they angered the Japanese by escaping.

We... as long as we give up our escape plan, the Japanese will surely not do anything to us. "

"you……"

Facing this "naive" Englishman who still had illusions about the Japanese, Qi Xueqi shook his head helplessly and stopped talking.

Just when the two of them were about to part due to differences of opinion, there was a sudden buzzing sound in the sky.