my bright sword career

In just a few days, hundreds of prisoners of war who were forced to march by bayonets died.

When they surrendered, the Allied prisoners who thought the war was over for them felt extremely regretful. They would have known that they would suffer such treatment. They would rather die to the last person than surrender to these beasts.

Along the way, they were constantly beaten, insulted and killed by Japanese soldiers, and there were dead bodies in the jungle by the roadside.

The cold wind was blowing, and there were no supplies on the road along the way. The prisoners of war walked on the uneven dirt road. They did not get a drop of water or a mouthful of food, and their faces and bodies were covered with thick dust.

Qi Xueqi's military rank had been ripped off a long time ago. Japan did not abide by the Geneva Convention that prisoners could receive equal treatment to their military rank, but incorporated him into the ranks of ordinary prisoners of war.

The long-distance march in the past three days was a painful torture in Qi Xueqi's heart. Although he was so tired that he could barely move, Qi Xueqi had to keep moving forward. Falling behind here is death.

Anyone who is not ordered to rest or falls behind will be stabbed to death with bayonets by Japanese soldiers escorted on both sides.

Qi Xueqi had seen more than one prisoner who couldn't walk sit on the side of the road and was stabbed to death by Japanese soldiers without mercy. They used their actions to clearly tell the prisoners: If you want to live, you must die on the way. Rest is impossible.

The prisoner-of-war team looks like stragglers. People support each other and move forward with difficulty. Whenever they can’t hold on, Qi Xueqi will take a peek at his wife’s photo when the Japanese soldiers in custody are not paying attention. This is what he forced himself to stick to. emotional support.

As a senior general, Qi Xueqi's perspective on things is of course farther than that of ordinary soldiers and officers.

The experience of the death march in the past few days made him understand that the reason why the Japanese couldn't wait to transport more than 1 prisoners from the prisoner-of-war camp this time was to divert the attention of the expeditionary force.

There are many possibilities why the Japanese are so scared, but the biggest possibility is that the Japanese were frightened by the plane that suddenly appeared in China a few days ago.

Obviously, the reconnaissance plane that flew over the prisoner-of-war camp unintentionally that day had reported the location of the prisoner-of-war camp to the expeditionary force headquarters.

And for some unknown reason, the Expeditionary Force Command may have the idea of ​​rescuing them... No... They may have already started to act.

The Japanese, who realized this, had this death march in order to transfer this "time bomb" out in time.

If this continues, how many of them can reach their destination?Do the Japanese really want to torture them all to death before giving up?

The preoccupied Qi Xueqi staggered along with the numb progress of the team...

Just when Qi Xueqi was worried, Shaozuo Libayashiqiaolong, the supreme commander who escorted the prisoners of war, suddenly felt an inexplicable annoyance.

For some reason, he always felt like something bad was going to happen.

It stands to reason that all the places they walked along the way were under the actual control of the Japanese army, but along the way he felt terrified, as if there were a pair of malicious eyes staring at them and his group.

Just when Li Linqiaolong was suspicious, he suddenly found that the team had stopped.

Seeing this situation, Li Linqiaolong couldn't help being furious, and called the communication soldier: "Immediately ask the team in front why they stopped?

Go and tell Matsumoto Yukihiro right away that those prisoners of war who dare to make trouble will be executed on the spot, and no mercy will be allowed. "

"Hi!"

Not long after the messenger left, he ran back, "Report, sir, there is a group of Huangju in front of them. They claim to be from the 18th Division's Kurume ([-]th) Infantry Regiment, and they are ordered to escort us."

"Nani? Kurume United?"

Li Linqiaolong was slightly taken aback, "The Eighteenth Division is back? Aren't they in the Philippines?"

"Your Excellency, Captain, the Philippine campaign is over." The signal soldier reminded in a low voice.

"Of course I know the Philippine campaign is over."

Li Linqiaolong glared at the communication soldier a little bit angrily. Although he still couldn't figure it out, the other party had already arrived, so of course he couldn't pretend he didn't know.

Soon, Kuribayashi Hashiryu saw the other party.

This is a team of more than 800 people. The soldiers not only look rosy, but also look good.

They all wore khaki military uniforms with cropped trousers, leggings, steel helmets on combat caps, and standard jungle combat equipment.

"Yo Xi, it is indeed the Eighteenth Division known as the Tiger of the Jungle. You can tell how powerful they are just by looking at their mental outlook."

At some point, a squadron leader came over and looked at the well-equipped troops on the opposite side, and expressed his sincere admiration.

At this time, a major came out from the opposite team.

He came to Kuribayashiryu and said to him, "Kuribayashi-kun, I am Kensaku Sonoda, the captain of the first brigade of the Kurume United Regiment of the [-]th Division.

I have come to assist you in escorting these prisoners of war under the order of the captain, please take care of me! "

After all, Kensaku Sonoda bowed slightly to Hashiryu Kuribayashi.

On the surface, Major Sonoda Kensaku seemed to be fine, but the arrogance in his bones was fully revealed, especially the title Kuribayashi-kun was more like a senior or a superior's address to his subordinates and juniors.

Li Linqiaolong was furious in his heart. He never thought that the other party would be so rude, and he would just bow instead of a military salute.

Although they are at the same level, logically speaking, as the master, it should be the other party's first energy to him.

But this guy actually just bowed instead of a military salute. Isn't this a proper discrimination against him?
However, Kuribayashi Bridge Dragon did not explode on the spot. After all, there were so many pairs of eyes watching around, and there were also many prisoners of war.

He took a deep breath and said, "Major Kensaku Sonoda, it's been a long journey for you. But before that, I have to check your ID."

"of course can."

Sonoda Kensaku took out his ID and handed it to him.

Kuribayashi Qiaolong took the certificate, checked it carefully, and found no problem, so he returned the certificate to the other party.

Kensaku Sonoda took the certificate and stuffed it back into his jacket pocket, then said in a slightly arrogant tone:

"Your Excellency Kuribayashi Hashiryu, you have also read the documents, so let's discuss business matters next?"

"Business?" Li Linqiaolong frowned when he heard this, a sense of uneasiness came to his heart again.

He said with some displeasure: "Major Sonoda, as the person in charge of escorting the prisoners this time, he should follow my orders on military issues, right?"

"Of course!"

Sonoda Kensaku didn't seem to hear the displeasure in Kuribayashi Ryu's words, but nodded repeatedly.

Soon, Sonoda Kensaku's brigade began to spread out and began to join the team that escorted prisoners of war.