Master Meng was surprised, stunned, helpless, desperate, frustrated and angry!
Because, among the fucking one hundred and twenty-seven rangers, not one of them has a cigarette on him!
What the hell kind of army is this?
No organization and no discipline!
Your logistics support is so good.
Such huge supplies of materials are constantly transported to you every day.
The cigarettes are literally stacking up!
But none of you bring a cigarette?
Are any of you addicts?
Master Meng cursed in his stomach.
But what can be done?
"No, no, this is a conspiracy, a conspiracy, you are not Americans, no!"
At this moment, a voice shouted loudly.
That's Major Street.
Not only the major, but many prisoners of war also believed this was a conspiracy.
They thought it was a trap designed by the Japanese to give them an excuse to kill them.
There were even some prisoners of war who desperately resisted, because the uniforms and equipment of the US military were now very different from those before they were captured.
Many of them hid, and the rescuers had to pull people from barracks one by one. The prisoners asked the rangers which unit they belonged to.
In order to save time, many Rangers had to force the prisoners to leave by pulling and dragging them.
This chaotic scene continued until Colonel Sander appeared and stopped his men with a majestic tone.
He told the prisoners unequivocally:
These people are their companions, and they are here to rescue them!
After a brief moment of astonishment, the prisoners of war immediately burst into loud cheers.
Saved, finally saved!
After exiting the barracks they were told to leave through the "Gate".
However, among the concepts of these prisoners of war who had been tortured for more than three years, the "gate" referred to the door of the US military prisoner of war camp, so there was confusion for a while. But in the end, they were able to evacuate in an orderly manner under the guidance of the Rangers.
"Check carefully, check carefully, don't miss anyone!"
Lieutenant Price shouted.
At this moment, an accident suddenly happened.
A bare-chested Japanese officer, covered in blood, rushed out with a command knife and screamed "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa".
Nearly every American prisoner of war recognized this man.
This is their nightmare for three years:
Tsukasa Uemura!
In an instant, most of the prisoners of war stopped.
Three years!
The fear of this man has been deeply rooted in the hearts of these American troops!
In their opinion, this is an unbearable evil in their lives!
"boom"!
Gunfire rang out.
Tsukasa Uemura also stopped running.
He lowered his head and saw blood pouring from his heart.
He reluctantly took another step forward, and then fell heavily to the ground.
The muzzle of the gun in Meng Shaoyuan's hand was still emitting green smoke.
Then, he cursed:
"Neuropathy!"
In fact, the moment Tsukasa Uemura rushed out, he was equally desperate in his heart.
He knew that facing so many enemies alone would be a suicide.
But he decided to do it.
He was a prisoner of war camp guard.
He can't leave here.
US military prisoners of war are prisoners, but from another perspective, isn't Tsukasa Uemura a prisoner?
The US military's raid gave him the best excuse to end his sinful and crazy life of killing!
"Ward Zero, and Ward Zero!"
While shouting, Meng Shaoyuan came to the body of Tsukasa Uemura and took a look in his pants pocket.
Damn it, there’s still no smoke!
Ward Zero!
The Japanese army actually left seriously ill prisoners of war there to die.
Since the prisoners among them were all seriously ill, the rescuers had to carry them out. The prisoners were already so skinny that the Rangers could even carry two prisoners per person.
By 8:15 p.m., all prisoners of war had been evacuated, and Captain Prince fired a signal flare to signal the end of the operation.
The Rangers marched with the weak and exhausted prisoners toward the Pampanga River, a rendezvous point a mile away. The Alamo spearheads stayed behind to cover the retreat.
Meanwhile Pargata's guerrillas continued to resist until they could retreat.
Thirty minutes later, the rangers arrived at the river. On the river bank, there were already villagers sent by Pagata who had organized in advance to meet them and a convoy of more than a dozen buffalo carts to meet them.
The rescue was a great success, and 712 prisoners of war were rescued.
Three Americans died, and one prisoner of war died of malaria after being rescued.
Another person, military doctor James Fisher, was more unlucky.
When the Rangers launched a surprise attack, a Japanese soldier took advantage of the chaos and fired three mortar shells in the direction of the gate, and was immediately wiped out by F Company taxi soldiers.
Several prisoners of war and the medic, Captain James Fisher, were wounded.
Later, Captain James Fisher died from his injuries.
Before leaving, Captain Price carefully inspected all the cells.
He believed that he had successfully rescued every prisoner of war.
But he still missed one prisoner of war.
It was a deaf soldier:
Edwin Lowes!
He was in a public restroom.
Edwin Lose woke up the next day to find that the prisoners of war were gone and he was alone. He realized they had been rescued and the Japanese were gone.
He shaved calmly and put on the best clothes he had reserved for when he was free.
He then walked out of the prison camp in the hope that someone would find him and lead him to freedom.
Soon he was discovered and taken away by passing guerrillas.
This guy is pretty lucky.
…
At this moment, Iwamori Yuyuki was sitting alone in his headquarters.
The gunfire stopped.
The report he received was that the Japanese troops suffered heavy losses in the American raid.
All Americans in the prison camp were rescued.
It failed.
Iwamori Yuyuki smiled bitterly.
He stayed here for three years.
Cabanatue and those American prisoners of war have become a part of his life.
And now, what's the point of him continuing to stay here?
Now that the US commando team has appeared, the large US military force must not be far from here.
"Evacuate."
Iwamori Yuyuki reluctantly gave the order.
…
After the war, Yuki Iwamori managed to escape punishment.
In 1946, Iwamori Yuyuki was found dead in his home in Fukushima Prefecture.
He was strangled to death.
Beside his body, there was a note with a place name written on it:
Kabanatu!
On the back of the note, there is also a line of words written:
"That damn cigarette. That year, why didn't there be a single cigarette in Cabanatua?"
It is generally believed that Iwamori Yuyuki died at the hands of the American prisoners of war who were originally imprisoned.
Just because Iwamori Yuyuki escaped punishment, some prisoners of war came back to take revenge.
As for what the words on the back of the note mean?
The Japanese police couldn't figure it out.
But at that time, the US military had occupied Japan, and Americans became the fathers of the Japanese.
It was nothing more than a trivial matter for a father to kill a member of his son's family.
Therefore, Iwamori Yuyuki's death has since become an unsolved case that does not require deliberate investigation!
