Lost and Spy

As the US military advanced layer by layer, the Japanese army surrendered and more and more prisoners were captured.

Manila has undoubtedly become the "hardest hit area" for receiving these prisoners of war.

Meng Shaoyuan also had a headache about this matter.

There is a place, but aren't the concentration camps left by the Japanese ready-made?

The question is, what about the personnel?

Taking care of these prisoners of war requires the deployment of a large number of manpower.

Where to find so many people?

Manila is so big, and there is Malacañang Palace, the political center of the entire Philippines, that needs to be protected. It is really stretched with just the strength of Meng Shaoyuan's raider battalion.

The above also took this issue into consideration, so an additional platoon of troops was dispatched to Manila.

The wounded who were sent to Manila also stayed in Manila after recovering from their injuries.

The problem is, these people are still not enough.

This is not only a problem encountered in Manila, but also a situation encountered in various liberation areas in the Philippines.

Therefore, the police must be involved in management.

Police stations across the Philippines have just resumed operations and are also short of manpower.

The police station began to look at recruiting people, regardless of origin or background, as long as they were locals who were no more than forty years old.

As a result, this has resulted in a serious decline in the quality of the police, with a large number of people engaging in corruption and bribery, and even engaging in robbery and rape.

Anyway, the police report is for you, right?

This has serious consequences.

In the coming decades, Philippine police will be synonymous with low quality, amateurism, and incompetence in Asia.

Some people even claim that apart from being corrupt, the Philippine police are also synonymous with “mentally retarded”.

In a bus hostage kidnapping case that took place in the Philippines decades later, the police, special police, and negotiators demonstrated their incompetence in front of the whole world.

When faced with just one kidnapper, negotiators are used to provoke the kidnapper, the police are here to watch the show, and the most elite agents are a group of clowns from the circus.

The SWAT police actually didn't know how to effectively break the window, let alone how to break in through the window.

When the SWAT finally opened the bus's escape door, they tried to enter and began to attack. But before he could get in, he was shot by the kidnappers who had been ambushing him for a long time. The bullet hit the bulletproof shield. As a result, the special policeman was so frightened that he retreated screaming.

As for the police?

The police's response was too slow. They actually waited outside for at least 7 hours. Not only did they fail to come up with an effective attack plan, they didn't even know enough about the internal facilities of the bus! They actually used a rope to pull a door that opened inward. As long as you know a little bit about buses, you won't make such a stupid mistake.

The behavior of the negotiators was even more puzzling. They failed to stabilize the gangster and even forced him into a desperate situation. The situation of the hostages in the car was even more dangerous.

The whole world is watching the Philippine police joke.

The roots of these have been laid since the liberation of Manila and the reconstruction of the Philippine police system.

Of course the US knew what the Philippine police were doing, but they chose to ignore it.

First, the war in the Philippines is still going on, and the United States has no time to intervene.

Secondly, this is a matter for the Philippines. As long as it does not offend the interests of the Americans, what does it have to do with them?

Meng Shaoyuan also knew it well, but he also didn't want to care about it.

What's more, Meng Shaoyuan single-handedly supported the rising gangster "Heart of Darkness" in Manila.

He is not only Manila's former security chief, but also the master of Manila's underground order.

On the surface, although Varnado is only the deputy chief of the police station, he has already effectively controlled all the powers of the Manila Police Department with his back to the big tree of Meng Shaoyuan.

He also did the main work for the Japanese prisoners of war sent to Manila this time.

Meng Shaoyuan wasn't too worried.

This happened so often that a group of Japanese prisoners of war were sent to Manila every few days.

Although these Japanese prisoners of war behaved very fiercely on the battlefield, once captured, they were like deflated rubber balls. Resist?

The vast majority of prisoners of war would never have such thoughts.

There were more than five hundred prisoners of war who came this time, and the highest-ranking one was the Colonel of Ishito Palace.

This is a senior Japanese officer who was rarely captured alive on the battlefield.

Meng Shaoyuan was more or less attentive and told Varnado that once the prisoners of war entered Manila, Colonel Shidu Palace and other prisoners of war must be detained separately.

Moreover, in order to commemorate this historic moment, at Levi's suggestion, a group of reporters were specially organized to conduct filming and interviews when Japanese prisoners of war entered the city.

Of course, it is mainly the US military's responsibility to accept prisoners of war, and the police only play a supporting role.

Lieutenant Terr led a squad of U.S. troops to take on this task.

Varnado arrived early in the morning.

It's not that he attaches much importance to those Japanese prisoners of war, but Americans must not neglect them.

You can't let the Americans arrive earlier than you, right?

Several US military jeeps arrived.

"stand at attention!"

Deputy Director Varnado shouted something loudly.

But when he saw the staggering policemen under his command, Varna became extremely angry.

It's so embarrassing. There's no trace of a police officer in this place.

When the time comes, we must train them well.

Lieutenant Terre got out of the jeep, chewing gum in his mouth, also listless.

This is no big deal.

According to what the colonel said, if the "Geneva Convention" had not been taken into consideration, those Japanese soldiers should have been treated in kind and shot.

If we put it in Manila, we would not only have to send people to guard it, but we would also waste food.

Lieutenant Terr felt that what the colonel said made sense, but he only dared to talk about these complaints in private.

"Lieutenant, you're so early."

Varnado went up to him and said flatteringly.

A sycophant.

Lieutenant Terr cursed disdainfully in his heart, but still managed to put a smile on his face: "Are you all ready?"

"Yes, everything is ready."

Lieutenant Terre looked at it and frowned: "Why are there so few reporters?"

this?

Varnado didn't know how to answer.

If the entry of Japanese prisoners of war into Manila could cause a sensation before, then as the number of prisoners of war increases, everyone has become accustomed to it.

The same goes for those reporters.

Although there is a colonel among this group of prisoners of war, how can ordinary people know the actual situation?

"I think they may come later." Varnado said perfunctorily.

Lieutenant Terl shook his head and said: "Mr. Deputy Director, please let your people be more energetic!"