"Here, Pagolie School." Meng Shaoyuan clicked on the map. This is a school in Manila that was donated by Spanish businessman Pagori during the Spanish colonial period.
At that time, it mainly served the local Spanish people. After the Americans colonized Manila, in order to win over people, the Americans opened the Pergolier School to the locals.
However, those who can go to school here are basically Manila’s local upper class. After the Japanese drove the Americans away, the school was under tight control.
Although school can still start, every teacher and student in the school lives in terror all the time.
Not long after the Japanese army occupied Manila, two drunken Japanese soldiers broke into the Pagorie School, raped and killed a female employee in broad daylight.
Afterwards, the Japanese authorities turned a blind eye and the two Japanese soldiers were not punished in any way. After Iwabuchi decided to defend Manila three times, he began to seize a large number of hostages to threaten the incoming U.S. military.
There are many similar detention facilities in Manila. For example, at the University of Santo Tomas, more than five thousand prisoners of war and civilians were imprisoned.
In the Baigolie School, more than 3,000 civilians were imprisoned. Among them, at least 2,000 were Americans.
Among these civilians, there are also a large number of children.
"Tian Qi, tell me." As soon as Meng Shaoyuan finished speaking, Tian Qi said: "The US military has basically grasped the situation of the University of Santo Tomas and the Pagorie School, and ordered that when the US military launches an attack on Manila, , to do everything possible to ensure the safety of the hostages in these two buildings. In the Pagorie School, there are hundreds of children. The US military command ordered that the situation in the school and the location of the hostages must be quickly understood to prepare for future US military attacks. Provide accurate intelligence and, if possible, rescue hostages in the school."
"Are you kidding?" Li Zhifeng said immediately: "How to rescue? There are only a few of us? The only thing we can do is to provide the US military with specific information about the school." After saying that, he turned his attention to Meng Shaoyuan.
Meng Shaoyuan only said one sentence: "What else?" Tian Qi smiled: "I can't hide anything from you. Yes, it is simply impossible to rescue so many hostages with the help of us. Things. Among these hostages, there was a man named Almu Cady Yanez. He and his wife and children encountered an accident before Japan occupied the Philippines and failed to evacuate in time, so they became prisoners of the Japanese. Meng Shaoyuan said: "Is this person very important?"
"Yes." Tian Qi nodded: "He is the assistant of Philippine President Quezon's close comrade-in-arms Osmina. At the same time, he is also a relative of Osmina and has the trust of Osmina. Osmina He went to the United States in 1933, while Yanez was left in the Philippines to serve as an important contact between him and Quezon. At the same time, when the Japanese army attacked the Philippines, Yanez also gave MacArthur a great deal of support. Help, but when MacArthur made an emergency evacuation, ah, under my cover, MacArthur actually missed Yanes." Meng Shaoyuan smiled.
Not an omission. But MacArthur didn't take Yanez seriously at all. Osmina? Well, is it the later President of the Philippines?
"Osmina in the United States was very angry when she learned about it." Tian Qi continued: "But no one paid attention to Osmina at the time. But after Philippine President Quezon became seriously ill, Osmina's status dropped. Became important. It is generally believed that after the liberation of the Philippines, Osmina was the most popular candidate for the new president of the Philippines. Therefore, the Americans valued him to a new level. Osmina made a request, They tried every means to find the whereabouts of Yanez. After hard work, the intelligence agency got a clue. At that time, a Filipino who had worked with Yanez had a lucky escape. He told the United States with certainty that in the Ministry of Interior of the Philippine puppet government, I met a low-level official named Carlberg, who was Yanes.”
"That's wrong." Meng Shaoyuan murmured: "If this Carlberg is Yanes, then how can he remain anonymous? Even if the lower-level officials don't know his identity, the higher-ups must know him. Especially Laurel, the pseudo-president of the Philippines, was also Quezon's 'close comrade-in-arms' before the fall of the Philippines, so it is impossible not to know Yanez." Is there perhaps some hidden secret in this?
Before the US military counterattacked the Philippines, the pseudo-President Laurel sneaked from Manila to the mainland under the protection of the Japanese.
After the US military landed on Luzon Island, Yamashita Fengfumi sent someone to secretly escort him to Nara, Japan.
He's gone, but the officials in his pseudo-government are out of luck. All middle- and lower-level officials were held hostage by the Japanese.
How could these officials of the pseudo-government imagine that they would actually end up as hostages?
"I investigated." Tian Qi didn't know what Meng Shaoyuan was thinking: "Yanes, whose pseudonym was Pseudo Carlberg, was detained at the Pagorie School with his family. Because he could speak Japanese, the Japanese army He is also needed to act as a translator when necessary, and is currently safe. But after the Americans land on Luzon Island, massacres may occur at any time. After Osmina learned of Yanez's whereabouts, he strongly demanded that the U.S. military must Rescue him. This task falls to me, Peter Lin."
"How many people are in their family?" Meng Shaoyuan asked.
"Five people, he, his wife, and three children. The oldest is seven years old and the youngest is three years old." Meng Shaoyuan frowned when he heard this.
If he only rescued the Yanes couple, he could still find a way. But three kids? The youngest is only three years old?
This undoubtedly increases the difficulty of rescue. What's even more terrible is that the Marine Corps is in charge of the Pagorie School because of its high defensive value.
Meng Shao was originally the commander of the security forces, and his influence was completely useless to the Marine Corps.
"Find a way to go to Baigaolie first to find out the situation." Meng Shaoyuan thought for a while and said: "I, the top commander of the security force, am nothing in the eyes of those navy. The only one I can rely on is probably Yan Yan." After saying that, he paused and said: "No, I still have to go to Iwabuchi Sanji first. If he can give me some privileges, I may still be able to find a way." This is only his best. It's just an idea. Even if Iwabuchi really gave him privileges three times, you can imagine how difficult it would be to bring a family of five out.
Maybe, because of this, the situation you create will change!
