bookcurios Chapter 836 2nd Army Reunion
Chapter 836 2nd Army Reunion
836 The two armies met
"Come on!"
Rumble!
A day later, the Japanese prisoner-of-war camp west of Singapore was attacked fiercely by the New 1st Division commanded by Lu Dahai.
There are only a few hundred Japanese soldiers stationed here, plus two thousand vassal soldiers.
Therefore, before the New 1st Division arrived, the hundreds of Japanese soldiers here knew that this place should be abandoned.
Otherwise, if they don't leave now, they may never have the chance to leave.
Therefore, the Japanese in the prisoner-of-war camp prepared to evacuate in advance.
But before evacuating, they did not intend to let go of the more than 17,000 British prisoners of war who were still held in the prisoner-of-war camp.
The Japanese commander was still thinking about how to get rid of these prisoners of war as quickly as possible.
In the end, the Japanese commander ordered his soldiers to bury a lot of explosives around the walls of the prisoner-of-war camp.
They planned to bury these British prisoners of war by blowing up the prisoner-of-war camp.
However, the British prisoners of war, who had received the news in advance, were obviously secretly preparing for a counterattack.
When the gunfire of the New 1st Division sounded outside the prisoner-of-war camp.
The anxious Japanese immediately detonated the buried explosives and then fled in panic.
The rumbling sound of the explosion lasted for half a minute.
More than half of the buildings in the entire prisoner-of-war camp collapsed.
Fortunately, some British prisoners of war took action in advance and killed the Japanese soldiers, preventing the explosion of some of the explosives buried by the Japanese.
He also escaped with some British prisoners of war before the explosion.
Just like that, after the prisoner-of-war camp was captured by the New 1st Division.
Lu Dahai ordered a count of the rescued British prisoners of war, and found that there were only 10,000 of them.
Among these 10,000 people, there were many more who were dug out from the collapsed buildings.
The remaining 7,000 British prisoners of war were buried under the building piles.
"Damn it, the Japs are so cruel.
They actually buried so many explosives in advance.
This shows that they are determined to send these British prisoners of war to meet their God."
Lu Dahai looked at the collapsed prisoner-of-war camp buildings around him and was also shocked by the cruelty of the Japanese devils.
"Yes.
Fortunately, our division attacked in time.
Otherwise, the British prisoners in this prisoner-of-war camp would have to face such brutal devils.
There might not even be 10,000 people left in the end.”
"Now the English owe us a favor."
"That's right, Master.
We have just received a new telegram from the Commander-in-Chief regarding how to deal with the 10,000 British prisoners of war.
The commander had no intention of returning these veterans to the British easily.
According to the headquarters' order, these British prisoners of war will temporarily follow our logistics troops."
After hearing this, Lu Dahai said with disdain: "I have just seen these British prisoners of war.
In more than two months, they had been tortured beyond recognition by the Japanese.
They are all skinny and bony, what's the point of keeping them in our hands?"
It’s no wonder that Lu Dahai looked down on these 10,000 British prisoners.
The truth is, they really don't have much fighting power.
The chief of staff beside him smiled and explained to Lu Dahai, "My division commander.
This is the commander-in-chief's order, we just have to carry it out."
"Besides, these are 10,000 British soldiers.
They may be of little use now.
But wait a month or two to give them time to recover.
After these people recover, they may be able to serve as reinforcements for our division and reduce the logistical pressure on our division.
No matter how you look at it, we won’t lose anything.”
“Okay, okay.
Just follow the command of the headquarters."
Lu Dahai was really too lazy to bother with dealing with the British prisoners of war.
He waved his hands impatiently.
At this time, the New 1st Division rested for a day in the prisoner-of-war camp.
Only after incorporating all 10,000 British prisoners of war into their division's logistics and supply units did the New 1st Division set out again towards the north.
Two days later, the entire division arrived at a location thirty or forty miles southeast of Long City.
It was also here that the New 1st Division finally encountered an ambush from the Japanese.
"The Chinese army has arrived?"
The British army has not yet received the news of the arrival of the New 1st Division.
Instead, the commander of the Japanese 18th Division, Mutaguchi Ren'ya, received the news in advance through the Japanese reconnaissance troops.
At this moment, the old devil stared at the defensive positions he had built around Long City on the map in front of him, with confidence on his face.
"Humph, with only one division of the Chinese Army, I don't believe they can reverse the situation even if they join forces with the British Army."
But that's what the old devil said.
But then he asked the Japanese chief of staff beside him: "What about the tactical guidance we applied to the headquarters?
What was the headquarters' response?
"Your Excellency, Commander, has already dispatched half of the 56th Division and two vassal divisions south.
It is expected to arrive in a week.
Of course, this is assuming they don't encounter any Allied troops along the way."
“There are still eight to nine thousand men left in the 56th Division.
Only half of them were sent to us?"
Mutaguchi Ren'ya was obviously dissatisfied when he heard the chief of staff's answer.
They are fighting a war with 200,000 to 300,000 people. What use can it be for the headquarters to send a few thousand reinforcements and two vassal divisions?
"Hey, Your Excellency, the Division Commander.
With the headquarters in that state, it is really impossible to withdraw any other troops.
The Imperial Guards Division and the Fifth Division are now both tied down in the western mountainous areas of Siam by Ye Qingshan's main expeditionary force.
There is no room for manpower at all.
Commander, please send the entire 56th Division to us.
There aren't many of our troops left in Siam, and that would be a big problem."
The Japanese chief of staff sighed and said.
They also didn't expect that one day the shortage of troops would become their disadvantage.
"Baga, this thief Ye Qingshan, why doesn't he just stay in China?
They had to come south to cause trouble for us."
Mutaguchi Ren'ya now gets a headache when he hears Ye Qingshan's name.