Lost and Spy

The battle on Knighting Street gave the Japanese troops hope at the beginning, but now they are in despair.

Whether it was Hiromi Kawauchi in the west or Masaichi Suzuki in the east, there was no chance at all.

All they paid was the lives of their soldiers.

There is simply no way to make up for the gap in weapons and equipment.

Only starting in the afternoon, the Japanese troops on the east line of Knighting Street suddenly stopped attacking.

It was thought that they would realign their forces or conduct a surprise attack at night.

However, both Meng Shaoyuan and Lieutenant William guessed wrong.

The Japanese troops on the Western Front made no movement at all from afternoon to dawn the next day.

"Did you run away?"

Lieutenant William said casually.

"It's not like that."

Meng Shaoyuan was also there watching carefully.

The Western Front does seem to have reduced its troops a lot, but it has no intention of withdrawing.

Not only that, it seems that the defenses have also been strengthened.

"its not right."

Meng Shaoyuan's brows knitted together: "Why do we need to strengthen our defense?"

Yes, the most urgent task for the Japanese army at the moment is to capture Knighting Street.

Even if they couldn't complete the mission, they would just retreat.

But even though they don't have enough troops, they still want to strengthen their positions. Why is this?
Preparing for a U.S. counterattack?

Not right either.

Currently, there are only a few U.S. troops on Knighting Street. Although there is no problem in defense with strong force, it is still too weak to counterattack!
Defensive positions are completely unnecessary.

No matter how smart Meng Shaoyuan is, he still can't figure it out this time.

But soon, he, Lieutenant William, and all the American troops knew why.

12 o'clock noon.

While the U.S. troops were having lunch there, movement began to appear in the Japanese position opposite.

A group of Japanese troops appeared, and they didn't seem to be trying to dodge enemy bullets.

The US military responsible for surveillance quickly raised their guns.

"Don't worry!"

Meng Shaoyuan and Lieutenant William rushed over immediately after hearing the news and stopped the US military.

"You won't be so arrogant."

Meng Shaoyuan murmured.

Then, ten civilians were tied up and pushed to the front of the position.

"I am Cao!"

Meng Shaoyuan couldn't help but curse.

He immediately guessed what the Japanese army was going to do!

Lieutenant William seemed to have vaguely guessed: "No, no."

He seemed to be able to speak only a few words.

Judging from the appearance of these ten civilians, they are all Indians.

Just like public rentals in Shanghai, Europeans and Americans in the Philippines especially like to hire Indians as security guards.

It's just that people in Shanghai call these security guards "Ah San", but they are called differently in the Philippines.

A sergeant standing next to the hostage raised his hand.

The Japanese army immediately raised their bayonets.

As soon as the sergeant dropped his hand, the bayonet penetrated deeply into the backs of these hostages.

Amid the miserable cries, ten living lives instantly turned into ten corpses.

The US military position was originally silent.

After this tragedy happened, there was still silence on the battlefield.

Immediately, bursts of angry curses broke out in an instant!

It was constantly mixed with rude and dirty words.

"Damn it, damn it!" "Let them go to hell."

"Attack, Major, attack!"

A piece of voice sounded.

"Calm down!"

Meng Shaoyuan roared violently.

His face was also pale, and his voice even became a little deeper: "More than these ten, more than these ten."

Sure enough, there was movement again in the Japanese position opposite.

A Japanese second lieutenant appeared accompanied by a priest.

The priest was not tied up.

But, he held a white flag in his hand.

The second lieutenant and the chaplain came to the American position.

Meng Shaoyuan and Lieutenant William also came out.

"I am Reverend Milot Sheridan of the Manila Red Cross."

Milot's priest's uniform was dirty, his face was clearly injured, and there was deep sadness in his voice: "Not long ago, the Japanese army broke into the Red Cross headquarters in Manila. They broke into the room. Killing one by one, including two babies who were only ten days old."

The angry shouts around him suddenly became quiet again.

When anger reaches its peak, it's time to take advantage.

And what follows will inevitably be an outburst of anger!

Milot had no tears. His tears had long since dried up. He tried to keep himself calm: "They killed hundreds of people, and then they took care of all the remaining people. I understand English and Japanese, so, they found me.”

Meng Shaoyuan only asked: "How many hostages are there?"

"More than 500 people." As soon as Milot said this number, everyone was shocked.

Milot continued: "After the Battle of Manila broke out, a large number of civilians took refuge in the Red Cross. Before, the Japanese army had not taken action against the Red Cross. Although we lacked food, medicine, and everything, at least we Still able to survive.

The Japanese army often harassed and even rushed in to rape women, but in order to survive, we could endure any humiliation.

But just now, a large number of Japanese troops rushed into the Red Cross, and you know what happened next. "

As soon as he said this, the second lieutenant of the Japanese army on the side had already interrupted his words loudly, and said a series of murmurs in his mouth.

Meng Shaoyuan understood Japanese, but he said nothing.

Milot translated:

"The Japanese commander requires that you all exit Knighting Street before 6 p.m. Otherwise, they will kill a hundred hostages every minute.

It's 12 o'clock now, you still have 6 hours, the soldiers of the Empire of Japan keep their word. "

Except for Meng Shaoyuan, everyone did not expect that the Japanese could be so despicable and shameless.

As soon as the Japanese second lieutenant finished speaking, he pushed Milot and left.

Before Milot left, he looked at the US military with eyes full of despair and hope.

These two completely different looks appeared in a pair of eyes at the same time.

It was despair about the situation of himself and the hostages, and hope for the US military.

"How to do?"

Lieutenant William was also desperate and looked at his watch.

12 points.

The order they received was that they must stay on Knighting Street until the main force of the US military arrived.

Retreat is absolutely impossible.

But if you continue to hold on, what about the [-] hostages?
The Japanese army will definitely carry out a brutal massacre.

Thirty-five hundred lives!

Could it be that he really watched [-] hostages die in front of him?

"Major, what should we do?" Lieutenant William once again placed all his hopes on Meng Shaoyuan.

"I don't know, I don't know." Meng Shaoyuan was also desperate at this moment.

There are some things you can do effortlessly with your own brain.

But this scene in front of me?
This cannot be solved by relying on the brain.

what to do?There was no way, Meng Shaoyuan searched his brain and couldn't find a solution!