Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2254 What should come will always come

The U.S.-Philippine coalition forces that surrendered on the Bataan Peninsula did not realize what fate they were about to face at this time.

A total of 7.8 US-Philippine coalition officers and soldiers surrendered. Before they surrendered, they had run out of ammunition and food, and even ate up snakes and lizards.

MacArthur recklessly ordered the U.S.-Philippine coalition forces to stick to the Bataan Peninsula, but did not prepare enough supplies on the Bataan Peninsula. The Southern African Air Force tried to airdrop aid to the Bataan Peninsula, but because of the unfamiliar terrain, they could not find the U.S.-Philippine coalition forces. where.

After the surrender, the U.S.-Philippines coalition forces were looted by the Japanese army. Their watches, wallets, rings, and even kettles were all taken away by the Japanese army. When they left the Bataan Peninsula, they didn’t know where their destination was or how far it was. A rice ball the size of a golf ball.

No one would have imagined that this golf ball-sized rice ball was the only food they got for the next eight days.

It doesn't matter if there is no food, humans can survive for seven days without food completely.

I couldn't last three days without water.

The Bataan Peninsula is located in the tropics, and the temperature is unbearably hot. Diseases are rampant among the prisoners of war. The wounded cannot receive medical treatment, and there is no means of transportation. The prisoners can only walk to the camp 120 kilometers away. . .

At this time, Americans did not know how cruel the Japanese were.

Hamilton, from Arizona, was one of those captives.

Hamilton joined the Marine Corps two years ago and was sent to fight in the Philippines.

In the Philippines, Hamilton experienced more than a year in paradise as a colonial army.

Like the Southern African Union forces, Hamilton was a highly skilled artilleryman, so he survived the surrender of the US-Philippines.

Hamilton himself did not expect that surrender was the beginning of tragedy.

On the morning of the 12th, the surrendered U.S.-Philippine coalition forces embarked on a death march in groups of 300.

At the time of departure, Hamilton and the other captives each received a rice ball. Many people ate the rice balls immediately, but Hamilton did not do this. He only took a small bite, probably only a few grains of rice. Prudence allowed Hamilton to make it to the POW camp.

In addition to rice balls, Hamilton also hid a kettle full of water in his clothes when he set off. Because there were too many surrenders, the Japanese army did not have time to search every prisoner of war carefully.

The road conditions are very poor. The United States has never seriously operated the Philippines since it acquired the Philippines after the Spanish-American War. There is not even a decent road in the Bataan Peninsula. Now the Americans are reaping the consequences.

Soon after departure, there was a water pool on the side of the road. A tall American soldier went to the Japanese escort, hoping to go to the water pool to drink water.

The American soldiers did not understand Japanese, and the escorted Japanese soldiers did not understand English either. The two could not communicate with each other and could only make gestures.

The Japanese soldier, who was less than 1.5 meters tall, stood with the tall American soldier like a minor child. The way the two gesticulated was quite funny, and several American prisoners even laughed happily.

Probably mocking the height of the Japanese soldiers.

Soon they stopped laughing.

With the permission of the Japanese soldiers, the American soldiers happily went to the pool to drink water. Several American soldiers who were also hungry and thirsty followed, there were six of them in total.

Just when the six of them were about to arrive at the pool, the Japanese soldier who had seemed quite friendly just now suddenly raised his gun.

Bah!
The tall American soldier was shot in the neck, and blood gushed out like an open faucet. His wide eyes were full of disbelief, and his hands tightly covered the wound on his neck, but it was difficult to stop the blood gushing out.

"God, what did you do?" The nearby prisoner of war tried to help the wounded American soldier.

The little Japanese soldier didn't waste any more bullets, and rushed over with his bayonet straight, and stabbed the American soldier who was being rescued in the chest.

Two American soldiers fell together, and they didn't drink a sip of water until they died.

What chilled Hamilton was that the remaining U.S. prisoners of war did not continue to rescue them, but fled directly back to the team of prisoners of war. One prisoner of war took a sip of water before escaping back, with a satisfied expression on his face.

Soon a Japanese officer came over and yelled a few times, as if he was reprimanding the violent Japanese soldiers.

"Gentlemen, you should abide by the "Prisoners of War Convention"—" A prisoner of war bravely reminded the Japanese military officer that prisoners of war also need to be treated according to their status.

"What is the Prisoner of War Convention?" The Japanese military officer actually knew English, and he seemed to be able to communicate, but what he said was even more desperate.

What Hamilton and other American POWs did not know was that Japan had not signed the POW Convention at all, so Japanese POWs would not be protected by the POW Convention.

The Prisoners of War Convention was signed in 1929 and its full name is the Convention Relating to the Treatment of Prisoners of War.

Japan did not sign the treaty, because the Japanese government believes that the Japanese army should fight to the end in battle, and cannot surrender even if the entire army is wiped out. Since there are no prisoners of war, there is no need to sign the "Personnel of War Convention".

Before the start of the death march, the Japanese commander Masaharu Honma ordered the Japanese army in charge of the escort to wipe out all the prisoners who could not reach the prisoner-of-war camp.

The Japanese Army Staff also believed that the victorious soldiers should be transferred to other battlefields as soon as possible, so the prisoners must be killed.

So the U.S.-Philippine coalition forces that surrendered were a complete tragedy.

Not only did the Japanese not provide food and water for the captives, but the escorting Japanese soldiers kept urging the captives to speed up. Those who fell behind would be executed directly, as would those who resisted.

Someone tried to escape, but how could they outrun the bullets.

When an American officer tried to communicate with the Japanese army and was beheaded in public, all the prisoners fell silent.

It should be said that the physical fitness of the American soldiers is still good, at least Hamilton can keep up with the pace of escorting the Japanese army.

But the situation quickly reversed. When the Japanese soldiers in charge of the escort were sweating profusely and their footsteps began to be heavy, a group of Japanese soldiers who were full of energy and had just eaten and drank replaced all the exhausted Japanese soldiers. .

Nima, this is still a wheel battle!

Many prisoners realized that the situation was not good. They could not escape the Japanese who could rest and have sufficient supplies.

Just as the two batches of Japanese troops were handing over, several American prisoners noticed a puddle beside the road.

The water in the pool was not clean, the surface of the water was covered with green foam, and there was actually a dead body of a cow floating there. Under the hot sun, the pool gave off an unpleasant smell.

Even so, it couldn't stop the prisoners' thirst for water. They had reached their limit, and if they continued, they would die of thirst even if they were not shot to death by the Japanese army.

Taking advantage of the handover Japanese soldiers not paying attention, an American soldier rushed over, buried his head in the pool and drank his fill.

Some Japanese soldiers noticed his behavior, but did not stop him.

This gave courage to the other captives, and a large crowd rushed over to drink the water madly, not caring whether the water was clean or not.

The Japanese army moved very quickly, and the handover was completed very quickly. At this time, the prisoners who had just ran to drink water had returned to the team.

The Japanese officer who led the team was not in a hurry. With a strange smile on his face, he lined up the prisoners of war and ordered a prisoner with water marks on his clothes to be brought out.

This man Hamilton knew was Tom from New York State. He had a good family background and graduated from a prestigious school. It is said that he was also an excellent football player. He was very popular with girls when he was in school, and he dated different girls every week.

Tom was so terrified that he didn't dare to step out of the queue, and kept pleading with his hands clasped together: "Please don't do this, for God's sake, my family is rich, and I can give you a lot of money—"

The Japanese officer with the saber in his hand was unmoved, and he didn't know if it was because he didn't understand, or because of other reasons.

Tom was dragged out of the queue by two small but strong Japanese soldiers.

Hamilton's eyes filled with tears, but he did not dare to organize the Japanese soldiers.

Under the pressure of the bayonet, Tom knelt down facing the line of captives.

At this time Tom had realized that death was coming, so he didn't beg anymore, but prayed calmly.

The Japanese officer grinned grimly and drew out his saber, and put his hand on Tom's neck, as if looking for a suitable position.

Hamilton couldn't bear to watch, and closed his eyes in pain.

After a scream, everything returned to calm.

Then the massacre did not end, and then all the captives with water on their clothes were brought out and lined up, and four Japanese soldiers executed them with bullets and bayonets.

A Japanese soldier probably had just joined the army, and his hands were shaking when he raised his gun.

After shooting a prisoner and stabbing a prisoner to death with a bayonet, the hesitation and guilt in the eyes of the Japanese soldier disappeared, replaced by madness and cruelty, like a wild dog after tasting delicious food.

The Japanese didn't even deal with the corpses, and Hamilton and his companions continued on the road.

At this time, the team has been reduced from 300 people at the beginning to less than 200.
The only function of these corpses is probably to remind the captives who pass by here not to act rashly.

A prisoner who had just drank water was lucky enough not to be singled out by the Japanese officers because there were no green water marks on his clothes.

But his luck ended here. The water in which the corpse was soaked was polluted and he couldn't drink it at all. Not long after this unlucky and lucky guy set off again, his expression gradually became ugly.

"Please God, give me a toilet—" Hamilton heard the captive pray.

It is a pity that it has no effect. Even if there is a toilet, the Japanese soldiers in charge of escorting will not give the prisoners a chance to use the toilet.

Soon he couldn't help it, and sent a request to the Japanese soldiers in charge of escorting.

Then he was taken out of the queue.

This time the Japanese officer did not draw his sword directly, but called two prisoners of war who were equally tall, gave each of them a shovel, and ordered them to dig a hole.

"Sir, please see that the United States and Japan have maintained friendly relations for many years, don't treat us like this." A prisoner's hand holding a shovel was shaking, and he must be madly cursing senior officials in Washington and big businessmen in New York , It is precisely because they help the evildoers, that there is today's tragedy.

Until the outbreak of the Pearl Harbor incident, the United States maintained close trade relations with Japan, and more than 80.00% of the raw materials Japan needed to develop its military industry were provided by the United States.

Now the Americans are reaping the consequences, and raising tigers will eventually become a problem. I don’t know if the senior officials in Washington and the big businessmen in New York have any regrets.

Most of them will not regret it, and they have no chance to regret it. Tom, who was beheaded, is said to have made a fortune by reselling steel to Japan.

"Are you friendly? Do you think that our Great Japanese Empire didn't pay for the scrap copper and iron that we bought from you in the United States? The old ships that you sold to our Great Japanese Empire that are about to be dismantled are more expensive than new ships. Everything you have suffered now is retribution, you deserve it, you American ghosts should die like pigs and dogs, God will not forgive you--" Japanese military officers laughed wildly, Americans thought that the Japanese would die because of the United States and Japan Grateful for your trade, which is hilarious.

"You nasty little dwarfs, go to hell—" The prisoner holding the shovel was no longer unarmed, and rushed towards the Japanese officer frantically with the shovel up.

Several Japanese soldiers raised their guns at the same time.

Bah, bah bah——

The captives who tried to resist were shot dead directly.

The Japanese officer picked out another prisoner, who was also taller.

It is estimated that most of the Japanese military officers have resentment towards all tall people.

This is too inappropriate. If you are not tall, you should not blame other tall people. You should review the genes inherited from your parents.

Probably because the previous act of resistance was delayed for too long, the hole on the ground was only dug a foot deep, and the cruel Japanese officer threw the sick prisoner into it, and then ordered the two prisoners to bury him alive.

The sick captives were struggling frantically in the pit, screaming loudly and shrillly.

This is a living person, not the kind who is sick and dying.

Neither captive made a move.

Bah!
The Japanese officer fired directly, killing a prisoner who disobeyed the order.

Another prisoner finally picked up a shovel of soil and threw it on the still struggling prisoner.

The Japanese officer rushed over and snatched the shovel away, and slapped the desperate prisoner on the head, blood gushing out immediately.

The Japanese officer did not stop, and slapped down with shovel after shovel, and the prisoner finally remained motionless.

Hamilton did not close his eyes this time, and watched the whole process with his eyes, deeply remembering every detail in his mind, and prepared to write a book to expose the atrocities committed by the Japanese army after the war was over.

It's a good idea.

But it seems that it is better to vent the hatred of the Japanese army directly on the Japanese army.

Southern African armies did just that.

Coincidentally, since Japan did not sign the "Convention on the Treatment of Prisoners of War", Japanese prisoners of war will naturally not be protected by the "Convention on Prisoners of War".

What's more, the Japanese officers and soldiers have extremely tenacious will to fight. They usually fight to the last moment and never choose to surrender.

It was the Fifth Division before, and now it is the turn of the No.18 Division and the Guards Division.

Take your time, there will be no one missing, what should come will always come.

(End of this chapter)