Chapter 336: The Reborn Team

"Captain, we must make a decision now, we will go to the nearby airfield later, but we can't fly all of you back by plane, we can only take a small number of people this time, but sixty, you have sixty personnel who can return to the Yorktown aircraft carrier with our third platoon, and the rest must follow us, and also take up arms to fight, because we still have a mission to complete, we need to go to the Liaoyuan area more than 23o kilometers away, where there are still our captured generals" Parks said, looking at his watch, "I'll give you ten minutes, and then we'll get moving." 【】Collection ~ Top * Point * Book City Book Friends Whole ~ Li Ti ~ For"

"Sixty?" Captain Gagliano looked at Parks in surprise and said, "Didn't you come to rescue us?" Why can you only take so few people with you? God, how is this possible? ”

"Nine minutes to go, Captain," Parks said, frowning, "I don't know if you're the highest-ranking prisoner of war here, but I need you to consult with them before making a decision." The Japanese will soon be in for reinforcements. It is impossible for our plane to stay here for a long time, there are some things, I'll tell you later"

Captain Gagliano saw that Major Parks was resolute, so he had no choice but to nod, what he had to do now was not to argue the reasons here, but to make a decision. Ten minutes is really hard to come up with. Parks decided not to interfere with them. It's a decision they make on their own, and it's not about them. He told the team to stand far away.

After Captain Gagliano communicated this decision, the prisoners of war were in an uproar, as if they had exploded. Obviously, they suddenly saw hope in their despair, but the hope did not last long, and they will fall into disappointment, and this kind of up-and-down mentality is difficult for many people to accept.

"You have seven minutes left," Sergeant Lip had to remind the POWs again, who looked a little caught in Hún1uan. His voice was loud enough for most of the POWs to hear, and the noise gradually fell silent by this reminder.

If they choose to leave, then this is enough for them to leave the prisoner of war camp alive, and if they choose to stay, they face an unpredictable future, uncertain life and death, and a difficult road.

As the minutes ticked by, the POWs began to gather together again and whisper, this time they were not loud, there were differences and approvals, and some even shouted "hún eggs", but this did not change anything. Ten minutes, Parks won't give them an extra second, because one more minute of stay here is one more minute of danger.

Parks stood with his back to them, he knew that in the face of the test of life and death, people will have many attitudes, either righteous or ugly, and he doesn't want to face them, because he can't be the master, he can't save everyone, and he doesn't have the right to decide who stays and who shouldn't.

"Shangguan, I think they have a result" At this time, the voice of Sergeant Major Lipp came from behind Parks.

"Hello, Mr. Major" As Parks turned around, Captain Gagliano walked over with a thin and somewhat short middle-aged man, and the sign of the mission position was not visible from his shabby military uniform, he greeted Parks very politely, and then gave a military salute.

"This is Colonel Lange, the highest-ranking U.S. officer here, Mr. Major," Captain Gagliano introduced to Parks.

Parks looked at the middle-aged man expressionlessly, then nodded and said, "Hello, Mr. Colonel, do you have any results?" ”

Colonel Langer nodded, his face was solemn and said to Parks: "I know it's hard to decide, we all have the right to live, but this right is only stuck in the absence of war, I think our result is that we need to stay and fight with you." And we also have more than 40 extremely frail patients who have the right to choose to leave. That's our decision, Mr. Major. ”

Major Parks pursed his lips, he didn't expect such a result, he looked at the colonel with some admiration and said, "Mr. Colonel, I respect your choice" and then he turned his head and shouted loudly: "Harry, you and Lieutenant Thomas take the airfield with the third platoon, Captain Renehan, you take the second platoon to transport these wounded to the airfield with Japanese trucks, and assist the third platoon in the attack." Remember, the most important thing is to be measured and surprised. And resolutely sniped the Japanese army, buying time for the planes. As he spoke, he took out the map from his pocket, beckoned a few people to come up, and said, "There is a railway to the northwest from here, and there is a station nearby, where we are waiting for you to meet." His finger tapped at two places on the map, "This is our chance, the Japanese train is likely to stop running because of the bombing of our planes, all we have to do is seize the train and go directly to the Liaoyuan prisoner of war camp."

"Understood, Lacey," Captain Wales nodded, turning to Lieutenant Thomas, "let your men find the car here, we're going to transport people." Captain Renehan, take your men and carry the sick out of here at once."

Parks also looked at Colonel Langer at this time and said, "Mr. Colonel, I hope to understand one thing before acting, I am responsible for this here, and it is under my command, do you agree with this suggestion?" ”

"I agree, Major. I will obey your orders," Colonel Langer nodded solemnly.

"Very good," Parks nodded, "all right, Mr. Colonel, I now order you, take these prisoners of war, to the Japanese arsenal, and each one of them will try to get the weapons he needs." And we need mortarmen and machine gunners. Do you understand? ”

"Understood, sir," Colonel Langer smiled slightly, then saluted, and turned to walk towards the POWs.

"Captain Gagliano," Parks said, stopping the departing captain, "from now on, the POWs will be handed over to the Colonel and you." I want everything to be done as I am told. I don't care if I'm an American, a British, or an Australian, now they're no longer prisoners of war, they're soldiers. ”

"I see, sir," Captain Ghagliano saluted, his face glowing, it was clear that he was a little moved, from now on, they had finally gotten out of the damned POW camp and had become a soldier again, it didn't seem dishonorable to be a prisoner of war as a soldier, but it was enough to dampen Captain Gagliano's pride. Now he can finally go to war with the Japanese for his own honor.

The Captain of Wales was ready, and as he was leaving, he shook hands with Parks and said, "We'll see you at the train station, Lacey, good luck to you."

"Good luck to you, Harry," Major Parks nodded, and watched as Wales boarded the truck and drove into the dark night. There was still a platoon of Captain Haliger left, but that was enough, and even though the weakened POWs seemed to have little combat power, they would still be well-trained soldiers as long as they were regained their strength.

"Set fire to this place" Parks watched as the POWs packed their bags one by one, and they ransacked the place, taking all the food the Japanese had to eat and their uniforms. They had had enough of the torture, and after collecting it aggressively, they brought with them some sake that the Japanese were drinking. Even though it tasted very unpalatable to their taste, they were hungry and it was a delicious wine for them now. Wine that always smells of alcohol will do.

"Blow up the unfinished stuff from the arsenal," Parks said to Lipp as he watched the POWs leave the camp with their weapons on their backs, "and burn it again." We need to use this to attract the Japanese, delay their reinforcements at the airport and the pursuit of us" He said that he looked at the team of more than 1,000 people, and sighed slightly in his heart, it seems that the special operation dominated by the assault company has become a mobile operation of more than 1,000 regiment-level units.

"Boom-" There was a loud bang, followed by a continuous explosion behind the team. The flames reflected the sky of the prisoner of war camp, and the camps where more than 1,000 people were once held were also ablaze, and the fire was roaring into the sky.

Parks walked with a platoon of men next to the group of more than 1,000 prisoners of war. He stopped, then looked back at the skyrocketing fire of the prisoner of war camp, and couldn't help but lose his mind slightly. And many of the more than 1,000 prisoners of war kept looking back at the place where they had been held for more than two years as they walked, and couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion.

"We're finally out of here," Captain Gagliano paused, then looked at the place where the fire had started, and couldn't calm down for a long time. Many of the soldiers remained here forever because of torture and wounds, and when they first arrived in this prisoner of war camp in 1942, there were more than 2,000 people, but now there are only 1,537 prisoners of war who have left with more than 40 seriously wounded and sick. There were more than 800 people who couldn't leave here, his eyes were a little worried, and when he stretched out his hand to wipe it, it was indeed a handful of water stains

"Yes, we can leave, it may be difficult ahead, but it gives me a chance to die in honor." Colonel Langer also stopped and looked at the place, and could only see a faint red light, they were far away from that place, "If there is any more chance for the Japanese to fight, I think I would rather die than choose to surrender."

"That's exactly what I'm trying to say, Mr. Colonel," Captain Gagliano nodded, then turned his head and strode toward the darkness, surrounded by his brother who had been in trouble with him, and in front of him was darkness.

But everyone knows that the dawn will come when the darkest days will pass