Major General Wainwright kept coughing. He had been locked up in the Panay Island prisoner-of-war camp for almost two years. In the past two years, although the Japanese had "preferential treatment" to him as a general, this "preferential treatment" was only relative. Yes, I still have to participate in heavy physical labor, dig iron ore for fourteen hours a day, and eat the same mixed grains. This so-called mixed grains are just some grains mixed with soybean bran, which can barely make me tired. A person's full belly is the minimum amount of calories needed to maintain a person's survival.
The "preferential treatment" I can get is just one more cornmeal dry food per meal than others. Don't underestimate this small cornmeal dry food. It is they that have allowed me to survive these two long years. Prevent yourself from starving to death or dying of illness due to overwork.
However, after two years of inhuman torture, Wainwright has become skinny and skinny, and his body functions have seriously declined.
However, in the past few days, Wainwright found that the Japanese suddenly treated him much better. Not only did they no longer allow him to work in the mines, but their two meals a day became three, and each meal included an extra cornmeal. Dry food and even vegetables were served with rice from time to time, which made Wainwright feel flattered.
To be able to achieve the position of major general, one's IQ will naturally not be very low. Wainwright keenly felt that the situation must have changed, otherwise, the Japanese would not be so "kind" to improve their living conditions.
It was time to relax again, and Wainwright came near the power grid. Outside the power grid, there was a field in the Philippines, a lush cornfield. Wainwright would look at the cornfield from time to time. There was a secret hidden there. Occasionally, there were Filipino guerrillas. The team members would appear in the cornfield, sometimes throwing some food to the prisoners of war inside, and sometimes dropping some newspapers introducing current events into the prisoner of war camp. As a result, the cornfield also became the hope of the prisoners of war, and this secret was never discovered by the Japanese. .
Wainwright had good luck today. A steamed bun wrapped with newspapers was thrown in from the cornfield. Wainwright immediately put the bun in his arms, then pretended that nothing happened, and strolled back to where he was imprisoned. of separate cabins.
As soon as he entered the house, Wainwright immediately took out the newspaper, put the steamed bun in his mouth and chewed it. He ate most of the steamed bun in three mouthfuls. Wainwright discovered that the newspaper printed by the guerrillas themselves was clearly The words "Allied forces achieved victory at Mariana and occupied Guam" were written.
Wainwright was shocked and immediately put the remaining half of the bun on the table and read the newspaper eagerly.
For a long while, Wainwright stuffed the newspaper into his mouth as he always did, swallowed it hard, and then thought in his mind that after the Allied forces occupied Guam, the next target would be the Philippines. In this way, his The hard days are coming to an end.
Thinking of the recent changes in the Japanese's attitude towards him, Wainwright was convinced of the authenticity of the news, but he also thought of another possibility. If the Japanese jumped over the wall in a hurry, none of these prisoners of war would be able to return to the United States alive. Judging from my understanding of the Japanese, this is very possible.
Wainwright decided that he would never sit still and wait for death. He must take action and fight for his destiny...
In the dense jungle of Panay Island, mosquitoes are flying everywhere, and the black flower-legged mosquitoes are constantly flying around the ears. Although the climate is hot, everyone wears long clothes to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes and contracting contagious diseases such as malaria. disease.
"Damn, it's killing me, these damn bugs!" Sweet Potato yelled.
I heard Ergazi next to me say: "Diya, we have been walking for a day, but we still haven't found the Japanese prisoner of war camp. Do you think there are no Japanese prisoner of war camps on Panay Island?"
After taking a look at Ergazi, Digua said: "Ergazi, judging from the regimental commander's analysis beforehand, the prisoner of war camp is most likely to be built on Panay Island. If we look for it again, we may gain something."
At this moment, Leng Tiefeng in front made a silent gesture, and everyone seemed to have discovered something, and everyone squatted down.
This operation, led by Leng Tiefeng, brought a total of more than a dozen Wolf Fangs. The purpose was to find the prisoner-of-war camp where American prisoners of war were held on Panay Island, and then rescue them. Especially Wainwright among them, must be To bring him back alive.
However, along the way, no suspicious places were found. The environment of Panay Island is very harsh and there are not many residents, so there is no way to inquire.
At this moment, a dark-skinned native with bare upper body, wearing only a grass skirt, holding a rifle in his hand and a short bow on his back happened to pass in front of the Wolf Fang. The wolf fangs were all wearing camouflaged clothing and blended in seamlessly with the jungle. The native did not notice a few wolf fangs and kept walking forward.
Suddenly, the native turned around fiercely, his eyes gleaming with cold light, he raised the rifle in his hand and pointed it at Ergazi's position.
"Damn, I'm exposed!" Ergazi was about to shoot, but Leng Tiefeng on the side stopped him. The native was seen holding a gun in his hand and moving forward. Obviously, he did not find the sweet potato, but felt that there was something suspicious about the sweet potato.
Digua saw Leng Tiefeng wink at him, so he quickly walked around behind the native, rushed out, subdued the native and pinned him to the ground.
Digua saw the native struggling and looked back at himself. It seemed that the paint on his face had frightened the native. The native did not dare to struggle anymore and just kept saying something in Filipino.
Di Gua couldn't help scratching his head. Not to mention himself, even in the entire Langya brigade, no one knew Filipino dialect. At this time, the native seemed to realize that Di Gua couldn't understand his own language, so he said in stiff English: "You guys Who is he?"
"So you know English."
Digua was overjoyed. At this time, Leng Tiefeng came over and immediately talked skillfully with the natives in English.
From the conversation, Leng Tiefeng was surprised to find that this native was not an ordinary local aboriginal, but a member of the Philippine guerrillas.
Leng Tiefeng knew that the Philippine guerrillas took the restoration of national independence as their own mission. They originally thought that the Japanese were here to help them achieve national independence, but later they discovered that the Japanese just wanted to squeeze the Filipinos and occupy the Philippines for a long time. To give the Philippines freedom, they began to help the Americans and resist the Japanese. These Filipino guerrillas played a big role in the early US military reconnaissance of the Philippines.
As soon as he saw that the other party was a member of the Philippine guerrillas, Leng Tiefeng asked Digua to let him go, and then said: "We are Chinese in the Allied Forces. We have an important mission and need your help."
When the guerrillas heard that they were Allied forces, they said, "What do you need our help for?"
Leng Tiefeng said: "I want to know if there is a Japanese prisoner of war camp on Panay Island?"
The guerrilla replied: "There is a prisoner of war camp."
Leng Tiefeng breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the information was correct. There was indeed a prisoner of war camp on Panay Island, and Wainwright was probably in this prisoner of war camp.
Leng Tiefeng said: "Can you tell us about the situation in the prisoner of war camp?"
The guerrilla nodded and said: "This prisoner of war camp holds about five hundred prisoners of war and has nearly a hundred guards. It is located in the jungle on the left side of Panay Island. It is surrounded by power grids to intercept these prisoners of war every morning. I’ll go to the mine for mining at five o’clock and finish work at seven o’clock in the evening.”
"So that's it." Leng Tiefeng asked about the situation in the prisoner-of-war camp again. The guerrillas explained one by one, saying that they could take Leng Tiefeng and the others to find the prisoner-of-war camp.
So, under the leadership of the guerrillas, Leng Tiefeng and others found the prisoner of war camp, hid in the cornfield, and constantly observed the movements of the prisoner of war camp.
At this time, Leng Tiefeng heard the guerrilla say to himself: "If you attack the prison camp, I can ask our guerrillas to help. Our captain Arroyo is a very capable person."
Leng Tiefeng thought to himself that these guerrillas were all locals. With their help, it would be easier for him to succeed, so he nodded in agreement and saw the guerrilla immediately walking deep into the cornfield, presumably to find him. Guerrillas.
This is a log-colored building, with three rows of wooden houses in the middle, which should be rooms for prisoners of war. Opposite the wooden houses is a row of stone houses, which seem to be much more beautifully built. They must be a place for the Japanese to live. In front of the building complex are two lookout posts, with a Japanese soldier standing on each lookout post. The entire prisoner-of-war camp is surrounded by tall wire fences. Not far behind the prisoner-of-war camp is a mining field, not far from the camp. It looks like it should be It is an open-pit iron mine.
At this time, there were many people working in the iron mines. I think those people were prisoners of war. Surrounded by hundreds of Japanese soldiers, several machine guns were set up to watch these prisoners of war working.
Leng Tiefeng calculated that if he went to the mine to save people, he would definitely alert the surrounding Japanese soldiers. At that time, the Japanese would jump over the wall and shoot the prisoners of war. Therefore, it was not advisable to go to the mine to save people. In this case, the only way was to There is a way to rescue prisoners of war.
Leng Tiefeng narrowed his eyes slightly. After a while, he already had a good plan in mind, but he was short of manpower.
When he was in trouble, there was a noise behind him. Leng Tiefeng looked behind him, but it was the guerrilla who came over with a dozen guerrillas.
"Hello, my name is Arroyo." Leng Tiefeng saw a short, dark-skinned, sweet-looking girl greeting him in English.
Leng Tiefeng couldn't help but think, is this girl the captain who the guerrillas say is very capable? I really didn't expect it to be a woman.
"Hello, my name is Digua, and I am the vice-captain of Langya." Digua came over from behind and happily shook hands with Arroyo...