Chapter 57: The Transfer of Captives

Ren Laifeng made a gesture of please, and Winwright straightened his collar and sat down elegantly. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 The only thing that doesn't match his graceful posture is that there is no fork next to the plate, and the cutlery is a sharp dagger and a pair of chopsticks.

Wainwright was not opposed to the use of chopsticks, but the sharp dagger was a little different from the table knife he was used to. Fortunately, more than two years of camp life had taught him how to adapt to all kinds of unexpected accidents and changes, and General Wainwright did not show much surprise at this dagger knife, which was more like a murder weapon than a cutlery.

The orderly put the sliced canned beef on a plate and brought it to Wainwright, and the lieutenant general skillfully picked up a piece with chopsticks and put it in his mouth, and frowned as he chewed it. At this time, a Japanese soldier walked to the table, and it was the Japanese soldier who was not yet 16 years old.

"Ren, what is this?" Wainwright munched heavily, pointing at the remaining so-called beef on the plate with his chopsticks. This is still a good habit that he has developed in the nutrition of prisoners of war, as long as it is food in front of him, he must definitely eat it first.

"This is a seized canned Japanese beef. Wainwright, what do you think it tastes like? Weird? I think it's a little weird, too. No, I found this Japanese kid you saved, we can ask him. Hey, what's going on with this can? Is this thing beef? ”

"Yes!" The young Japanese soldier did not hesitate to confirm the identity of the contents of the plate. However, looking at the disbelieving looks of these people at the meal, the Japanese soldier hesitated for a moment and made a simple explanation based on what he knew.

It turned out that with the gradual deepening of the Pacific War, the situation of the Japanese army on various battlefields became more and more passive, and Japan almost exhausted all its national strength in order to fight this war.

The amount of money required to support a large army to fight, especially across the sea, is enormous. In order to support the Southern Army's operations in the Pacific Theater, Japan not only mobilized all its citizens to support the army at home, but even other general armies used various forms to reduce expenditures, including food.

In this context, it is understandable that canned military beef has been replaced by fake and shoddy fake beef. According to the young Japanese soldier, the canned beef rationed in their prisoner of war camp has been this kind of thing since last year. Even this kind of low-quality beef is rationed by grade, and not everyone can eat it, so it has to be according to the grade. A recruit like him, who has only been in the army for less than half a year, is not usually qualified to eat canned beef.

After enlisting in the army for a few months, the only time he ate this kind of canned beef was when he came back from buying wine for the squad leader and broke his knee when he fell, and when the squad leader drank in the evening, he rewarded him with the leftover small half can of canned beef as a consolation. He hasn't eaten meat for a few months, and he doesn't care what kind of meat it is? At that time, there was only one word left for him, incense!

Therefore, although he had heard officers talk about topics such as the decline in the quality of canned beef, he did not take it seriously. What does it have to do with him whether the quality of something that is easily eaten is good or not?

It's just that life in the usual prisoner of war camp is too boring, and the soldiers discussed topics related to canned beef when they chatted with each other. The recruits were idle and bored, so they wrote down these things, and I didn't think that today would come in handy.

Unexpectedly, a small canned beef would involve so many international events, and Ren Laifeng was secretly speechless after listening to it. But Wainwright didn't look at it simply, he told Ren Laifeng: "Ren, you should report the matter of canned beef to the chairman, so that the decision-makers of the allies know that Japan has exhausted its national resources, and they won't be able to support it for long!" ”

Wainwright must have a point, but Ren Laifeng didn't intend to do so. He is a general on the battlefield, not a spy who asks for information. Naturally, there are special people and departments to do this kind of thing. Ren Laifeng sent scouts to contact the military commander Feng Zicai, and this kind of work should be done by the military commander. That's what they did.

After receiving Ren Laifeng's notice, Feng Zicai personally brought two of his subordinates over. As soon as the two met, Ren Laifeng talked about canned Japanese beef. At the same time, he told Stationmaster Feng that I was the first to tell you about this, and I didn't say anything about anyone else. Sure enough, Feng Zicai was shocked after hearing this, and he was even more grateful to Ren Laifeng for handing over such important information to him.

To be a good person is to do it to the end, and to do good deeds is to make it a pair. Ren Laifeng quietly told Feng Zicai: I still have a little devil's captive here, do you want it? If you want it, you take it, and if you don't, you take it back. If this person is useless, you can find a place to deal with it, won't it be over!

Feng Zicai was immediately interested when he heard that there was a devil captive. The military commander has a way to make people confess everything about the three-year-old urine kang, and having a devil captured is equivalent to having a series of first-hand information about the Japanese army!

And you can also let this devil join the anti-war league or something like that. Let the Japanese people of the Anti-War League convince and move him, maybe he will be another anti-combatant!

"As the commander-in-chief, people have misses and horses have stumbled, and young people have gone the wrong way, we should give him a chance to mend his ways."

Unintentional mistakes can be forgiven, not to mention that this devil is likely to have great value hidden in him, and Feng Zicai is certainly impossible to kill him. In this way, it is equivalent to a disguised exchange of resources between the two sides. In return, the military commander will report to the military commander tomorrow, and all this information was obtained by Ren Laifeng, commander-in-chief of the 49th Group Army.

"Commander-in-chief," in order to thank Ren Laifeng for this great gift, Feng Zicai revealed a top-secret telegram: The commander of the Third Front Army of the Japanese Kwantung Army, General Harem Chen, planned to completely annihilate Ren Laifeng's military group around Mukden. For this reason, the commander of the harem has mobilized five divisions in the early stage, and four divisions in the later stage are being assembled.

None of this is the point, the point is the harem. The harem general sits in Mukden and directs the dispatch. It can be said that it is in the midst of strategizing and winning thousands of miles away.

"Commander-in-Chief, although the Third Front is not known for its strong combat effectiveness, they are numerous. The third aspect has two armies, nine infantry divisions, three independent mixed brigades, and two independent tank brigades. More than 200,000 people! With such a large number of troops, Commander-in-Chief, you have to pay attention to tactics and strategy. ”

Tactical strategy? Of course. Otherwise, what would he do to fight with the 200,000 Kwantung Army?