The air is filled with the smell of burnt smoke, and from time to time you will see some dust floating down from the top of your head like rain.●⌒,

These are not caused by war, but because Rabaul is located in the center of an active volcano... Rabaul volcano is only a few dozen miles away from the port, and this volcano just erupted six years ago in 1937. It is said that the eruption claimed more than 500 lives.

The casualties of more than 500 people did not sound big, but this was the result of the timely evacuation of the people. The entire Rabaul City was destroyed in that volcanic eruption.

Now, the military fortress that the Japanese built.

The soldiers of the New First Groupe had heard of the Rabaul Volcano when they were in Guado, but they had never seen the volcano and they still looked at the volcano not far away, which was still emitting black smoke.

This made Zhang Chi curse in his heart: "These guys are about to fight and still have the heart to see the scenery!"

However, Zhang Chi didn't stop them, because this would make them more relaxed, or the performance of "North Korean Engineer" was more similar to that... If the "North Korean Engineer" came to this island for the first time, he would probably look at this smokey mountain curiously!

"Cluster! Look..." Just as Zhang Chi was thinking, General Liang beside him lowered his voice to remind Zhang Chi.

Zhang Chi followed the eyes of Staff Liang, and then couldn't help but be stunned... He saw two long lines of coolies queuing on both sides of the road that were widening the road.

It is not surprising to widen the highway. As the war becomes more and more intense, the Japanese army needs to transport more fuel, supplies or parts for fighter repair to the airport, so wider roads are completely necessary.

The problem is that those coolies... They are obviously not Korean engineers, because they are not wearing Japanese uniforms, and of course they are not Japanese, because they work under the supervision of Japanese bayonets.

"Chinese!" Zhang Chi quickly came to this conclusion: "And he is still a Chinese!"

Because Zhang Chi noticed that their tattered military uniforms had signs that were only available in China, but they looked at the fabrics and styles of their military uniforms, and the common point was... without exception, they all looked at the "Japanese army" marching on the highway.

Zhang Chi guessed correctly, these coolies are the most important people.

To be precise, they were prisoners of war... The Japanese built a lot of labor in Rabaul, which not only came from North Korea, but also part of it came from China.

In fact, because at this time, North Korea was a more obedient "submissive" to the Japanese.

This is mainly because Japan has ruled Korea for 33 years, that is, since the Japanese ruled Korea, the newly born child with a full Japanese education has been 33 years old. (Note: Japan annexed North Korea in 1910)

Therefore, a considerable number of Koreans took it for granted that they should be enslaved by the Japanese because they knew it when they were born, and coupled with the Japanese brainwashing education, they were willing to work hard for the Japanese.

This is also one of the reasons why Zhang Chi had previously been skeptical about Park Jung Hyung and others participating in this mission, but now it seems that this worry seems to be redundant.

But the Chinese are not "obedient to the people". They will pick up weapons to fight against the Japanese as soon as they have the chance.

Therefore, in this case, North Korean laborers often get more freedom, such as "North Korean engineers", who can even possess weapons and be sent to the battlefield to fight in concert with the Japanese army.

And Chinese people will naturally be strictly guarded and threatened to work with bayonets.

Especially these Chinese were prisoners of war who had been soldiers... Some of these prisoners of war came from the Kuomintang army, and some came from the New Fourth Army. The Japanese did not care which army these soldiers belonged to, but they were all fighting with them and were defeated and captured.

Some of the prisoners of war were part of the famous "Sihang Warehouse" battle of 800 magnificent soil from the famous "Sihang Warehouse" in history.

After 800 people repelled several times their Japanese troops in the "Sihang Warehouse" battle, they finally retreated to public loans. However, public loans could not protect them... Before the Japanese army launched the Pacific War, they did not dare to provoke countries such as Britain and France. Once they turned against each other, they occupied the public concessions without any scruples and captured some of the 800 heroes.

(Note: The Japanese army sneaked into Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and occupied the public concession on December 8 the day after the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor)

When Zhang Chi looked at these Chinese coolies, he couldn't help but feel very moved. He really didn't expect to see his fellow villagers in this faraway place, and they met in this way. What's even more uncomfortable is that they can't recognize each other at this time, and not only can they recognize each other, but they will be hated by each other.

The soldiers of the New First Regiment obviously recognized the coolie on the roadside as a Chinese. In an instant, a small commotion occurred in the army, which caused the Japanese army holding a bayonet to monitor the Chinese coolie's work with a puzzled look.

Zhang Chi hurriedly ordered in Japanese: "Snatch the time to hurry up and go, and I want to seek revenge on the Chinese people, there is time!"

On the one hand, this statement reminded the soldiers of the New Regiment of the present mission, and on the other hand, it dispelled the Japanese army's doubts. They would take it for granted that the "Korean engineer" in front of them may have suffered the losses of the Chinese team, so when they saw the Chinese coolies composed of Chinese prisoners of war, they couldn't help it.

While the soldiers of the New Couplet were watching the Chinese coolies, there were also several people in the Chinese coolies quietly observing the New Couplet.

"Room!" A short coolie quietly approached a beard and said, "The Japanese seem to have increased their troops!"

"Yeah!" The beard frowned and said, "There is about a brigade, and it looks very good in quality! But the equipment is very poor, strange!"

The bearded man is Wu Yan, who is a lieutenant colonel, and the shortest one is Chen Guoliang, the commander of the New Fourth Army.

Because they heard the news that the Allied forces besieged Rabaul, they felt that Rabaul would be liberated and were worried that the Japanese would kill prisoners at the last moment... This is something the Japanese often do. So they organized more than a thousand Chinese people on the island to form the "Chinese Brothers Group" and organize an uprising whenever they have the opportunity.

The leader of this "Chinese Brothers Group" is Wu Yan, and the deputy leader is Chen Guoliang.

Hearing Wu Yan's words, Chen Guoliang couldn't help but nodded secretly. He had the same idea as Wu Yan just now.
Chapter completed!