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spn In Yunnan, the Kunming-Ruili line, an extension of the Chengdu-Kunming Railway, is one of the larger railway projects in the southwest in recent years. The railway extends from the Chengdu-Kunming line to the Myanmar border. According to the design plan, the railway will lead all the way to

Ruili. Although this railway seems to be a branch line, the terrain is very complex and the construction standards are very high. After all, it will serve as the main railway line in China of the China-Myanmar Railway in the future. Its importance is self-evident.

It will undertake extremely important cargo transportation tasks.

Due to the late start of construction of this railway, there is also a large Japanese prisoner of war camp left on this line. This prisoner of war camp, composed of 80% Japanese military officers and soldiers and 20% Japanese armed expatriates, bears a very heavy workload.

But the character of the Japanese is very tenacious. After the Japanese government officially announced the terms of surrender on the terms of defeat, those who were whipped in the prisoner-of-war camp were unwilling to work and had to hold guns to their heads before leaving the construction site.

The Japanese prisoners of war suddenly seemed to have lost their backbone and began to perform hard labor after the war in accordance with the orders of the distant local "government".

The Japanese people have been living a more promising life recently. According to the news that the prisoners of war received from unknown sources, the Japanese "government" will send people to solve the last prisoner of war-labor exchange issue in the near future.

"Dangdangdang..."[

When the assembly bell rang in the prisoner of war camp, the Japanese prisoners of war quickly jumped out of bed, put on their clothes, and grabbed the hoes, steel drills and picks that were neatly stacked against the wall, just like they maintained in the army.

I went downstairs to gather.

The sound of the bell represents assembly, and assembly is for work. This has been the Chinese-style prisoner-of-war camp life that the Japanese have been accustomed to for several years. They know one thing very well. As long as they do not break the rules, the Chinese will rarely take the initiative to beat them, let alone wantonly

Shoot people. But once there are violations of regulations, or sabotage of work, or attempts to escape, it will be serious.

The punishment for violating the basic regulations of the prisoner of war camp ranged from the simplest confinement for 1 to 3 days without even providing water, to being hung up and exposed to the sun. Various methods made the Japanese understand that the Chinese were becoming more and more powerful.

And they have no shortage of ways to torture people, and are even more ruthless than themselves. However, although these middle-aged people are ruthless and equally cruel, they mostly act according to regulations, while back then, our army acted according to animal nature.

』Instinct and temptation from the top are trying to do evil.

If slacking off is discovered, it will be even easier. For one consecutive month, the food portion will be halved. If it is discovered again, the portion will be halved again. Once the worker faints from hunger, he can be dealt with.

As for escaping, it is the heaviest punishment. In this prisoner of war camp, someone once escaped, but was caught before he could escape from the barracks. Then all ten Japanese in a dormitory were shot.

For the Japanese, although they have fully experienced the cruelty of the Chinese during their years as Chinese prisoner-of-war laborers, their lives have been pretty good. They are used to the Chinese's efficient and pragmatic work style. The Japanese choose to bow their heads completely and work seriously.

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However, the atmosphere at today's gathering was a little different.

When the Japanese prisoners of war arrived at the bumpy assembly camp, they found that there were twice as many soldiers on guard in the camp, and the Chinese military officers who were usually in charge had extremely serious expressions, and they were by no means ordinary workers.

What made the Japanese even more worried was that there was an endless row of large trucks parked on the road outside the prisoner-of-war camp. Such trucks weighed ten tons, and they had never seen such trucks in Japan.

Such modern large trucks are not common in the southwest. The Chinese even use these precious cars to transport building materials. This is not good news for most Japanese people. It means that the Chinese, at least in terms of cars,

The number far exceeds that of Japan.

For the army, cars mean mobility and the large number of semi-motorized infantry units.

"stand at attention!!"

A prisoner-of-war camp major on duty stood on the stage and shouted loudly: Chinese officers and soldiers never use translators and Japanese when communicating with the Japanese. The Japanese must remember these simple Chinese words themselves, otherwise, once they understand them, they will make a mistake.

, will be punished.

Tens of thousands of Japanese prisoners of war fully crowded the open space of this huge prisoner of war camp converted from a stone factory. It was surrounded by anti-aircraft machine guns, power grids, and alarm devices. There was once a small group of Japanese prisoners of war who did not understand technology.

As a result, after being clever and coincidentally cutting off the high-voltage wires, he tripped on the alarm line while climbing over the wall, and was easily torn apart by the heavy machine guns of the security forces who had already discovered the abnormality.

Hearing the orders from the Chinese officers, I realized that there were no longer any Japanese soldiers who dared to fight against the Chinese. I could only sigh in my heart that this is a magical country, and they are undergoing great changes almost every day. And their soldiers,

But they are more professional and more bloody than the Imperial Guards. Once they carry out orders from their superiors, they will be more terrifying than the Imperial Guards.

However, 99% of Japanese soldiers do not think there is anything wrong with bowing to the Chinese. What they have seen and heard in the southwest over the years, as well as the Chinese officers and soldiers they have daily contact with, all prove this fact.

The Japanese Imperial Army, which was one step ahead of modernization, was overtaken by the Chinese Army before the armistice. Instead of resisting, they were very obedient.

"From today on, you will officially end your life in the prisoner of war camp. According to the orders from your superiors, you will be sent directly to your destination and released on the spot. Your 'government' representatives will be waiting for you at your destination."

The major officer of the People's Army shouted the order in a dignified manner. He didn't care whether the Japanese could understand it or not, but he knew that a considerable number of Japanese had learned a lot of Chinese in the past few years. For him, it was not so much that this

It is telling the Japanese that they will be sent to the China-Myanmar border without the consent of the Japanese "government". It is better to say that it is announcing a new order, and the Japanese need to understand.

"Get on board!!"[

The major waved his hand, and all the large baskets that had been prepared at the entrance of the camp were brought out. In them were ordinary-looking but very large steamed buns, Chinese pickles, pickles and even lettuce, which the Japanese like very much.

food

After all, the Chinese *** troops are not beasts, and they also need Japanese help to work as thugs, and they still need to eat enough to keep people satisfied.

Drinking water has been put on each truck. The rear of the truck is wide open, and there are two People's Army soldiers standing with guns. The Japanese prisoners of war quickly rushed to the gate of the camp at a jogging speed and picked up their own share of steamed buns.

After eating some food, I rushed onto one truck after another without looking back. Because I had to frequently move with the construction team, I was used to the rules of riding in trucks.

"Although these Japanese were defeated by us, they are still wolves."

On the only small building in the camp, Lieutenant Colonel Zhan Wei, the person in charge of the prisoner of war camp, watched the Japanese boarding the train in an orderly manner and couldn't help but sigh to a staff officer from the Southwest Security Command next to him.

"Yes, several years in the prisoner of war camp have not worn down the military style of these people. Putting aside their national sentiments, they are still excellent soldiers." The major staff officer nodded, agreeing with the lieutenant colonel's statement.

"Major Wang, are they going south?"

However, Major Wang had a tigerish face and said seriously: "Lieutenant Colonel, this is a military secret." He then picked up the document bag and quickly went out. He would follow the team to the front of Ruili.

"Kanggu-kun, where are we going?"

It was not until a long time after the car drove out that the bumpy car and the sound of the engine finally made the Japanese in the car relax. A Japanese soldier in his early twenties asked about an elder next to him. He was very close to him.

The other Japanese soldiers also looked at him, because Hase Shinzo was the best Chinese speaker in their small work team. No one thought that it was wrong for him to learn Chinese. On the contrary, because Hase's Chinese was fluent, he became the leader of the small work team.

Teammates save a lot of trouble.

Called an elder, he was only in his twenties. When he was captured, he was not older than the boy in front of him who was enlisting in the army from the countryside of Nagoya.

"According to the Chinese, they sent us to a certain destination and waited for the imperial 'government' to send someone to take over." Hase Shinzo said with a frown. Even he didn't believe this statement because the truck was heading south.

Walking. Judging from the place where they did hard labor, going further south is Myanmar. However, the Chinese approach will never be to send prisoners of war to the mountains to be shot all, so it is worth thinking about.

Moreover, in such a prisoner-of-war camp with tens of thousands of people, the Chinese did not wait for Japanese officials to hand over the prisoners, but directly sent them to their destination and released them on the spot, which is a bit suspicious.

"It's the same everywhere I go. I used to think it was hard to be a soldier and there were casualties. Later I thought it was hard to work for the Chinese. Now, I'm used to it. If I go back and continue to be a soldier or a coolie, it'll be no problem." said a figure.

Some rickety Japanese said that despite his small stature, he had developed a lot of strength in the prisoner of war camp.

"Yes, I thought I was going to die on the battlefield, but I didn't. Then I thought I was going to be massacred by the Chinese, but I didn't. As for the future, whether I go to the battlefield or return to the countryside of Shikoku, it won't be a problem." Hase Makoto

San nodded, they were used to ups and downs, and they got used to it.

In this way, amidst the doubts and various discussions of the Japanese, this huge convoy finally arrived at its destination: a border defense camp in Ruili.

"Get off the bus! Get off the bus!!"

When the truck stopped, there was the familiar sound of Chinese soldiers banging their fists on the car outside. After the door opened, the Japanese prisoners of war jumped out quickly. They formed a team, called their own names, and reported their numbers to the Chinese soldiers on duty. Only

They are safe only if they confirm that there are no missing people. Otherwise, even if they are about to be released, they firmly believe that once they find someone escaping or there are missing people, the Chinese will definitely shoot the entire truckload of Japanese.

It’s not that the Chinese are too cruel, it’s that they have such regulations in advance!

"Huh? Why is it a military camp again?"

When the Japanese got off the bus, they found that they were in a huge and heavily guarded border military camp. On the empty camp playground, tens of thousands of people stood and only half of the space was filled, while the guarded center of the military camp

There are even more teams.

"There is actually a tank!!"[

When Hase Shinzo followed the team to the assembly point, he saw that there were nearly twenty large Chinese tanks lined up in front of the military camp, and he couldn't help but feel a chill running down his spine. They had only seen them in these years.

The Chinese tanks once, it was a riot in the prisoner of war camp in the early years. As a result, more than a dozen Chinese tanks rushed in and crushed the leading Japanese war criminals who were "fearless" in trying to attack the cordon like watermelons.

After his death, all the more than 60,000 people in the entire prison camp became honest.

Just looking at the thick black muzzle on the tank, the large-caliber machine gun, and the huge body that was larger than the three Imperial tanks, Hase Shinzo couldn't help but secretly swallowed his saliva. He prayed in his heart.

, don’t let any labor team make a mistake and anger the Chinese people.

Other Japanese people had the same idea. Seeing that release was imminent, they were trembling with fear.

The same prisoner-of-war camp major who led the team south came to the stage and loudly said, "Since your 'government' officials have not yet arrived, this will be your final destination. All regulations will be implemented in accordance with the prisoner-of-war camp policy. Once violated, you will be completely punished."

Loss of chance of release."

Another week has passed, and everyone in Japan has been eating and sleeping all day long. When every Japanese feels uneasy because of this sudden and inexplicable state of leisure, a piece of good news comes: someone from Japan has arrived.

However, they did not wait for the "government" officials from the Prisoners of War Commission. Instead, they waited for a chief of operations wearing the insignia of a major general of the Japanese military department, and an army general Akira Muto who was captured during the Northeast War.

Next, Japan's more than 60,000 prisoners of war heard a top order from the country that shocked them extremely.

What arrived with the top order was a full division of Myanmar People's Army troops in the distance in the direction of Myanmar, just across the line from the military camp.

“...From today on, you will not have a number, but you will step onto the land of Burma as volunteers to fight against the British. You will make important contributions to the rise of the empire through your own sacrifice...

...It is particularly important to note that this time you have only one identity, that is, Japanese volunteers hired by the Burmese, not Japanese soldiers, let alone the imperial expeditionary force...

...All you need to do is obey the order. General Takutada of the Burmese People's Army has expressed his willingness to cooperate deeply with the German leader Hitler and His Majesty the Emperor. Once you disobey the order, you will violate the order of the Imperial Ministry and the Emperor.

Will. The Imperial Ministry has secretly granted General Tuozhong full command..."

In this way, just a week after leaving the prisoner-of-war camp, the Japanese officers and soldiers entered Myanmar and finally picked up the weapons they had been unfamiliar with for several years again and began recovery training.

When a Japanese soldier held a brand-new 38 cap in his hand and saw the familiar fine workmanship that was different from traditional Japanese weapons, he couldn't help but sigh to Shinzo Hase next to him, "We need to fight in Myanmar and the United Kingdom."
To be continued...