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- Chapter 1,115 Prisoners of War Riot Incident
Regarding this prisoner of war riot incident, Chang Feng's careful thinking found that the matter was not that simple. During the battle of the direct-affiliated corps to capture Myitkyina, the Japanese troops defending Myitkyina resisted fiercely and it took only one day to break through the outer positions. It took a lot of time, but the fierce street fighting lasted for two full days and one night. There were more than 40,000 Japanese soldiers, and the number of injured and captured was only more than 4,000.
In other words, more than 35,600 Japanese soldiers were killed in battles with the Directly Affiliated Corps. In order to conquer Myitkyina, the five brigades of the Directly Affiliated Corps that participated in the Battle of Myitkyina sacrificed more than 7,000 soldiers. There were more than 3,000 casualties among them. The biggest casualties were Liu Hongzhang's First Brigade and Chu Ziye's Sixth Brigade.
The Sixth Brigade happened to be the unit that guarded Japanese prisoners of war, which had to make Chang Feng extremely suspicious. He mentioned this matter to the division commander Tang Qiuli in order to attract the division commander's attention. Now, the troops have a tendency to It can also be said that it is the predecessor of the Japanese Army. It is the consistent tradition of the Blood Hand Regiment that no prisoners of war will be kept for the Japanese.
When fighting the Japanese army at home, Chang Feng did not feel much resistance or resentment against the practice of taking no prisoners. He witnessed with his own eyes the wanton massacre of Chinese civilians by the Japanese army, including the Sucheng Massacre in Shanxi and the Anyang in Henan. Chang Feng has personally experienced massacres such as the Nangong Massacre in Hebei and the Xuwen Massacre in Leizhou Peninsula.
Regarding the brutality and bloodthirsty of the Japanese soldiers and the heinous crimes they committed against ordinary Chinese people, Chang Feng often had the urge to retaliate in his heart, and he did not have so many mental obstacles. When dealing with the invaders, as long as he waved the drops Bloody bayonets, the moment they set foot on Chinese territory, they should be made to pay the price with blood. No matter how they treat those Japanese beasts, they should not be treated too harshly.
But since he left the country and went to fight in Myanmar, Chang Feng's heart has undergone great changes. This land is not the motherland, and the people here are not his compatriots. Deep in Chang Feng's heart, even I have thought about it, our ** division went abroad to fight, according to the division commander's strategic vision, to replace the British position in Indochina. In a sense, in the eyes of the local people, are we invaders?
These thoughts gnawed at his heart very painfully. Chang Feng was a college student and an ordinary soldier, and his talent was discovered by Tang Qiuli. He first worked in the Army Staff Office, and then served as a staff officer. Division Chief, and then served as the Chief of Staff of the Sulu Mobile Corps, and was entrusted by Tang Qiuli with the important task of serving as Chief of Staff of the **Division and Chief of Staff of the Directly Affiliated Corps, and eventually became one of the core senior leaders of the **Division. It can be said that he He is Tang Qiuli's right-hand man.
Chang Feng still has the Chinese literati's spirit of helping the world in his heart, which is different from generals like Liu Tiehan and Feng Jiwu who were born in the former Northeast Army, and different from generals like Li Honggang and Han Tie who were born in Japan, and different from Tang Qiusheng, Generals such as Tang Qiuquan and Shan Hu who were born in the Blood Hand Regiment are also different. In a certain respect, Chang Feng is a maverick in the command system of the Army Division.
Despite many brutal wars of blood and fire, the literary spirit in his bones not only did not fade away, but became even more ingrained. Just after the direct corps captured Myitkyina, he went to the battlefield to learn about the situation and saw it with his own eyes. The division commander ordered the first brigade to bombard He used only eight words to describe his feelings at that time: "Shocking and terrible."
The entire residential area, with thousands of houses, was razed to the ground by Japanese rocket launchers and heavy artillery. Northern Myitkyina is full of ruins. What about the residents here? No one knows, maybe he escaped beforehand, maybe he was buried in the fierce artillery fire. Such a scene shocked Chang Feng greatly. For the first time, he looked at the division commander he had always admired and admired with unfamiliar eyes. Tang Qiuli.
And asked himself in his heart, "Could it be that the division commander I know is a bloodthirsty and murderous person at heart? It is right to eliminate the Japanese army, but shouldn't he issue an order for devastating bombardment of residential areas?" This thought tortured him very much. , and tried his best to convince himself that this was a war and civilian casualties were inevitable. The division commander did this to reduce the casualties of the troops and end the battle as soon as possible.
But Chang Feng himself knew very well and failed to convince himself that there was an actual situation. Chang Feng did not know that most of the young and middle-aged residents of Myitkyina had been bribed and induced by Juichi Temple to become auxiliary soldiers of the Japanese army and accepted basic During the military training, when the troops of the *** Division attacked Myitkyina, these residents had already picked up their guns and fought with our soldiers.
In the street fighting, most of the casualties of the 1st and 6th brigades were caused by these armed residents who were familiar with the local conditions. However, Tang Qiuli, who had lived for two generations, was well aware of this history. When the Pacific War broke out, when the Japanese army When they entered the Indochina Peninsula and Southeast Asia under the banner of plaster, the local residents actually lined the streets to welcome them, treating the Japanese as if they were descended from Europeans.Under domination, rescued liberator.
Later, when the Chinese Expeditionary Force entered Myanmar to fight, the local people not only refused to assist, but also provided the Japanese with intelligence on the Chinese troops and even hunted and killed lone Chinese. This was a painful history. The local residents have absolutely no favorable impressions. In addition, in the memory of later generations, the wave of separatism and anti-Chinese in Southeast Asian countries has never stopped.
Especially the Indonesian monkey in that archipelago country and Luzon, the loyal servant of the Americans, took pleasure in killing Chinese people. To the Europeans and Japanese, they were very submissive and submissive. Not only did they not resist at all, they thought they Taking pride in his service, Tang Qiuli once wondered why the Chinese people were so kind and gentle in dealing with things, so why did they lead to the same disaster again and again?
Finally, he figured out that it was because the mother country of these Chinese people was not strong enough and fierce enough, coupled with a century of extremely weak European and American demonizing propaganda, that this result was achieved. Therefore, he ordered the Japanese division troops to enter Southeast Asia. One of the principles pursued in combat is that local people and local forces have only two choices, one is to surrender, and the other is to perish.
There is no goodwill, no preaching and inspiration, it is neither necessary nor a waste of time. You can choose either stick or carrot. Later generations of Americans were more successful in this regard. Tang Qiuli picked it up for his own use. Saved a lot of time.
Chang Feng didn't know this. He only saw the appearance of the residents being destroyed by the troops under his command. The riot in the Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in Myitkyina made Chang Feng very worried. He was worried that the troops of the Japanese Army were outside the country. During the battle, they would become as brutal and bloodthirsty as the Japanese. This was not the result he wanted to see.
Only then did he get the order to dispatch the Military Law Office to investigate the riot in the Japanese prisoner-of-war camp. In his opinion, this was a bad sign and must be stopped. However, Tang Qiuli's attitude surprised Chang Feng and made him very disappointed. Could it be that Can¡¯t the teacher see the truth and crisis behind this incident? There may have been riots among the Japanese prisoners, but with more than 4,000 prisoners of war participating in them, one cannot help but raise suspicions. Chu Ziye, the commander of the Sixth Brigade, cannot escape the blame.
Therefore, after listening to Tang Qiuli's careless words, Chang Feng's long-simmering emotions suddenly burst out. He stared at Tang Qiuli and asked word by word: "Commander, what happened to the Japanese prisoners of war riot in Myitkyina? It¡¯s not as simple as you think. More than four thousand prisoners of war were all killed within a few hours, and no one was spared. Isn¡¯t there some purpose in this? "
"Therefore, I insist on my order. The Military Justice Department must intervene in this incident. If the Sixth Brigade actually shoots the prisoners of war under the pretext of the Japanese prisoners of war rioting, Brigadier Chu Ziye must obey the law! In order to prevent the troops from shooting the Japanese prisoners of war, Otherwise, what is the difference between our soldiers and Japanese soldiers? Commander, you are condoning this atrocity!"
Chang Feng finished these words in one breath and gasped with excitement. This was the first and only time that he disobeyed the command of his division commander Tang Qiuli. It was also the first time that he used this questioning tone. He had always respected himself. The division commander raised questions. This was not just a matter of disobeying orders, but also expressing strong dissatisfaction with the actions of Tang Qiuli, the top commander of the ** division.
Tang Qiuli looked at the chief of staff in surprise. He thought he knew the chief of staff very well. He was not surprised that Chang Feng questioned and doubted him, but felt that he did not know this young chief of staff very well. Moreover, from Chang Feng Ever since he had doubts about his ordering the First Brigade to bombard residential areas occupied by Japanese troops in northern Myitkyina, he felt that something must have changed in Chang Feng's heart.
However, at that time, he was busy commanding the battles of Myitkyina and Hukang Valley and did not have time to talk with Chang Feng in detail. Tang Qiuli even thought, "People will change. Maybe Chang Feng is no longer suitable to serve as his chief of staff." , However, he should be given a chance to confess himself." In his heart, he still valued Chang Feng very much.
Now, Chang Feng's attitude made Tang Qiuli understand that it was necessary to talk. He suddenly smiled and said to Chang Feng: "Chief of Staff Chang, you first give the order to the troops to assemble in the Gangao Mountains. Then, I¡¯ll ask the cooking team to prepare some food and wine. Let¡¯s talk about the wine in detail and tell them all your inner thoughts. Go ahead!
Chang Feng suddenly felt nervous. In informal situations, the teacher always called him by his first name, but today, he called his position very formally. Could this be the beginning of alienation? Maybe it was the beginning of his departure from the military division. Anyway, his words today had already created a crack in the harmonious relationship with his division commander. He suddenly regretted that he was too impulsive.
Looking at Chang Feng¡¯s somewhat desolate back, Tang Qiuli muttered to himself, ¡°It depends on his luck as to whether the scholar¡¯s ??talent can be put to great use after being polished!¡±
??(To be continued)
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