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Chapter 832 Rescuing British Prisoners of War

832 Rescue of British prisoners of war

"Commander, the main force of the New 1st Division of the Expeditionary Force has left Singapore.

If the march goes smoothly, we expect to reach the southeast of Kuala Lumpur in two days."

The British Chief of Staff replied.

"Ah."

"Commander, there are two more good news.

The troops we sent captured two Japanese prisoner-of-war prisons in Bincheng and Longshi.

We rescued nearly 40,000 of our soldiers who were held captive there by the Japanese army."

"Oh?

Was the prisoner rescue operation successful?

Very good. "

Roberts was also very happy when he heard the news.

It turned out that Roberts and his men had not forgotten that their 100,000-strong army suffered a crushing defeat last time, and most of the British soldiers were captured by the Japanese.

However, during this period, the Japanese army forced these British prisoners of war to build fortifications.

Many British prisoners of war died of exhaustion and illness.

However, there were still 60,000 to 70,000 British prisoners of war held in the three major Japanese prisoner-of-war camps.

According to Roberts's plan, before the decisive battle with the Japanese 18th Division, they needed to rescue the British prisoners of war in these three prisoner-of-war camps.

In this way, they could absorb these British prisoners of war and greatly improve the combat effectiveness of their army.

You know, the 100,000 troops they sent south last time were the real elite of the British army.

That is the current batch of prisoners of war.

This time, most of the British army's second batch of 80,000 soldiers heading south were actually just the previous miscellaneous troops.

Although the British army did not gain much advantage over the Japanese in Long City this time.

The encirclement and annihilation of the Japanese 18th Division was also not completed.

The goal was achieved by rescuing the British soldiers in the two large prisoner-of-war prisons in the north.

This is one of the few good news that makes Roberts happy among the recent series of bad news.

“How are these soldiers doing?

Can they be immediately incorporated into existing units, or reorganized?"

Roberts asked the Chief of Staff.

He now urgently needs to strengthen the armed forces in his hands.

The existing 60,000 troops cannot give Roberts much sense of security.

To be honest, Roberts himself didn't quite believe in the combat effectiveness of the 60,000 troops in front of him.

But unfortunately, the chief of staff smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Commander, we were not able to eat enough during the time we were detained in the prisoner-of-war camp by the Japanese army.

They also have to do a lot of hard labor.

When they were rescued, they were so thin that they were just skin and bones and could not even stand steadily.

At this time, expecting them to take up guns and fight is simply a fantasy.

The doctor said they need at least one to two months of rest before they can return to normal."

After hearing this, Roberts was also a little disappointed.

But he also knew that this was normal.

Fortunately, these people were rescued by them, and one or two months is not very long.

With these people around, they won’t have to worry about consumption issues in their subsequent battles with the Japanese.

Even if we attack the Japanese army, the losses will be too great, and we can still use these 40,000 soldiers to replenish our forces.

Their chances of winning this battle are greater.

"Commander, you don't know.

Our rescue team arrived a little too late.

When we got there, the Japanese soldiers in the POW camp had already started slaughtering our soldiers.

At least nearly 20,000 people fell under the guns of the Japanese army.

These damn Japanese soldiers are not human beings at all. They actually disobeyed the Geneva Convention and openly killed prisoners of war."

The British Chief of Staff was so angry that his face twisted.

A full 20,000 people were gone just like that.

Now, the British Chief of Staff suddenly understood why Ye Qingshan and the generals of the Expeditionary Force hated the Japanese so much.

These little Japanese devils are simply beasts, not even human beings.

"Humph, sooner or later we will take revenge."

Roberts snorted coldly and was very angry about the Japanese army killing their prisoners of war.

But the next second, his face changed drastically, and he quickly asked the chief of staff, "What's the situation at the prisoner-of-war camp in Singapore?"

It turned out that of the three Japanese prisoner-of-war camps, only two were located in the northern part of Long City.

There is another one, which is located in the south, west of Singapore.

According to the British army's original plan, this prisoner-of-war camp should have been occupied by the 20,000 troops that had previously marched south.

They rescued Singapore while capturing it.

But now, their 20,000 troops heading south have been defeated by the Japanese.

Since Singapore was not rescued, the prisoner-of-war camp was naturally not rescued.

As expected, after listening to Roberts’ question, the British Chief of Staff sighed and said, “Commander.

The Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in Singapore is now out of our reach.

Now, the only thing to hope for.

That is to let the New 1st Division of the Expeditionary Force go there and help us capture this Japanese prisoner-of-war camp.

We rescued more than 10,000 of our prisoners of war."

“Commander, we have to tell Ye Qingshan about this as soon as possible.

If time delays any further.

I'm worried that the Japanese over there might kill our prisoners of war.

These devils are capable of doing anything.

According to previous intelligence, there are at least 16,000 to 17,000 of our troops still in that prisoner-of-war camp."

After hearing this, Roberts' face turned ugly and he instinctively didn't want to ask Ye Qingshan for help.

But according to what the chief of staff said, there were still 16,000 to 17,000 prisoners of war inside.

Roberts could only grit his teeth and say, "Go, in my name, send a message to Ye Qingshan.

Let him order their New 1st Division not to rush north to join us.

Go and help us rescue people first."