Lost and Spy

Krista is also here today.

She originally had no interest in these prisoners of war, but Colonel Charles found her personally.

Meng Shaoyuan told Krista that if there were no American reporters present, it would be bad for the face of the United States.

What's more, Krista is his good friend. Good friends always have to help good friends, otherwise, how can they be considered good friends?

I don’t know if Krista believed this or was confused by this tongue twister. Anyway, she agreed.

But she still felt in her heart, what is worth reporting about this?

Fortunately, the weather today is pretty good, and this is a rare place where people feel happy.

Krista also formally interviewed Lieutenant Terr and Director Varnado.

Wait until the prisoners of war arrive and take a few more photos, then the mission is completed.

If any Japanese prisoner of war was willing to be interviewed by me, preferably an officer, that would be perfect.

"I'm coming."

At this time, such a voice came from the crowd.

Although the people of Manila are accustomed to prisoners of war, there are always people who like to watch the fun.

A long queue was walking slowly towards Manila.

These are more than 500 Japanese prisoners of war.

Several jeeps and two armed armored vehicles were responsible for escorting the US military.

Since these Japanese soldiers were captured, they have actually lost their determination to resist.

Even if some people still thought about escaping or even killing US troops when they were captured, they would give up such ideas after one day.

Quite simply, due to the severe shortage of food, these Japanese soldiers have been living a life of starvation since the U.S. troops landed in Luzon.

Especially when the Japanese army was desperately resisting in Baguio, the Japanese army had already been cut off from food.

Eating grass roots and chewing tree bark is not bad.

The most tragic and cruel thing is to eat the corpse of your companion.

What's more, those Japanese soldiers who were seriously injured but not dead would be killed alive and their bodies eaten.

And what about becoming a prisoner of war?

At least they finally saw something to eat.

Bread, as well as luncheon meat, which was regarded as garbage by the US military, has become a delicacy that the Japanese army could not even imagine before.

Now that everything is like this, who else is thinking of escaping?

The prisoner of war team arrived in Manila and stopped advancing under the order of the US military.

A second lieutenant got off the jeep, walked up to Lieutenant Turl, and saluted: "Lieutenant, there are a total of 515 prisoners of war, bring them all."

Lieutenant Terr took the roster and looked at it: "Who is that Colonel?"

The second lieutenant immediately ordered his men to call Colonel Shidu Palace over.

Lieutenant Terr looked at the roster. Colonel Ishiwadomiya was only thirty-seven years old, but the Japanese officer in front of him looked old and haggard, as if he were seventy years old.

"You haven't seen what they looked like when they were first captured."

Seemingly reading Lieutenant Ter's thoughts, the second lieutenant said with a smile: "They are dirty, each one is so thin that they are completely inhuman, and they also exude an unpleasant smell. Our commander immediately said Let them take a bath, otherwise, I don’t think we can even eat dinner.”

Lieutenant Terl smiled: "Thank you for your hard work, Second Lieutenant, we have prepared a sumptuous lunch for you."

"Great." The ensign muttered immediately, "As long as we don't let us see that disgusting lunch meat."

Although Colonel Ishiwatari tried his best to maintain the image of an officer and maintain the majesty of that bullshit so-called empire, in the current situation, they were nothing.

Colonel Ishiwatari walked at the front of the team. When the Japanese prisoners of war began to enter the city, the Filipinos who were watching burst out with boos, and a lot of garbage and even stones were thrown at the prisoners of war.

All the prisoners of war could do was to avoid numbly.

What else could they do?

As for the police responsible for maintaining order, they only shouted a few symbolic words.

Since people like to vent, let them vent.

Krista's spotlight kept flashing, recording this.

She thought about interviewing the Japanese colonel later.

But at this moment, an accident suddenly happened.

"boom"!

A terrible gunshot rang out, and Colonel Ishiwatari, who was walking at the forefront of the team, fell head first into a pool of blood.

……

"The incident happened very suddenly, and the people were in chaos. We rushed Colonel Ishiwata to the hospital, but we still couldn't save him and he died."

Listening to Lieutenant Ter's report, Meng Shaoyuan frowned.

Lieutenant Turl continued: "At that time, all the police officers were frightened. In order to prevent the prisoners of war from rioting, I immediately controlled the scene with the US troops escorting them. Therefore, I was not able to arrest the murderer immediately."

"After I got the news, I rushed to the scene as soon as possible."

Li Zhifeng said: "The angle chosen by the killer is very ideal. At that position, he can clearly control the direction of the prisoner's entry into the city, and he can escape smoothly after killing him."

Meng Shaoyuan remained silent.

The death of a Japanese prisoner of war was not a big deal.

The problem is, it was a Japanese military commander who died.

And he was the only Japanese commander captured by the US military in the Philippine battlefield.

Now, he is dead.

Died in Manila, his own defense zone.

This made Meng Shaoyuan feel ashamed.

In this assassination incident, the police in Manila not only did nothing, but also had the opposite effect.

Lieutenant Terr was still concerned about Varnado's face and did not tell the true situation at that time.

The real scene is that after the gunshots were fired, the Manila police ran faster than the ordinary people.

Witnessing the shooting of Colonel Ishido Palace with his own eyes caused confusion among the Japanese prisoners of war.

A riot was about to break out.

It was Lieutenant Terre who was decisive and immediately controlled several of the most agitated prisoners of war, and then managed to control the situation.

Varnado said cautiously: "I have ordered arrests to be launched throughout the city. The murderer will not be able to escape far."

Meng Shaoyuan asked, "Tell me, why did the murderer choose to assassinate at this time?"

Varnado thought for a moment: "My initial judgment is that it was done by Filipinos who had been persecuted by the Japanese. From some source, they learned that there was a colonel among the prisoners of war. Therefore, the murderer came to take revenge."

"Really?" Meng Shaoyuan looked a little distracted.

"I have the same view." Li Zhifeng said on the side: "The Filipinos hate the Japanese to the extreme. Similar things have happened before, but this time it was a colonel who died. The situation is somewhat different."

Meng Shaoyuan just said a faint "Oh", and then he fell into deep thought.