643 Executions
The paratroopers fell in the air, and the Japanese troops and rebels on the ground could see clearly, and the Japanese still couldn't figure out the intentions of the allies, but the rebels generally had a spectrum in their hearts. They knew very well that it was the evil white people who had come to take revenge. Such a mobilization was unnecessary, and they would never allow the blacks to resist anything, and in a way this rebellion was more acceptable to the whites than the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, but at this moment, they still had a large number of jeeps in their hands, and they ran faster than the paratroopers, so when Davis died, Lieutenant Boener, who took over the command, made up his mind to run with his brothers. On the map of Japan they obtained, only to the west there was a road through the forest to the mining area, which led to the outlying Japanese army garrisons. So the lieutenant decided to run there.
Xu Chong searched around the jungle for the tire tracks of the jeep, he could not wait for the results of the reconnaissance of the aircraft in the sky, and the jeep convoy could easily avoid the reconnaissance of the aircraft with a little camouflage. He soon spotted the jeeps off the road and turned west on the jungle path. Trying to slip between the two paratroopers, they must have seen the approximate area where the paratroopers in the sky had landed before making such a risky decision. He immediately told the tanks not to go to the former rebel garrison, but to cross the forest to an old mining area, where a small Japanese army was stationed. The destination of this rebel army was his guess, but he felt that eight or nine were not far from ten, and when he got there, the jeep fuel was probably about the same.
Lieutenant Boehner, who led his brethren desperately through the forest, saw the area where two paratroopers had fallen, with a gap in between. But there were no ready-made roads in the forest at all, and the roads drawn on the maps of the Japanese were somewhat different from those understood by these engineers. The Japanese believe that bicycles and mules and horses can travel through the road. Moreover, after a few months, the restoration capacity of the primeval forest has gradually restored the road that the entire division had walked and stepped on.
Soon a Willys jeep drove too fast and crashed down a steep slope into a tree, killing one and injuring two. Lieutenant Boehner decided to take the risk and stopped, climbed down the cliff himself, rescued the wounded brother soldier, and continued on his way. In his view, the significance of this rebellion is not about personal life and death, and giving up a black brother is equivalent to giving up the road to self-redemption.
In the end, they still preempted the Allied paratroopers and tanks, picked out the encirclement, and rushed all the way to the mine, only to find that there was only a small group of Japanese troops stationed here. But the place was once remodeled by the British, with very strong bunkers and fortifications, and on the top of the hill, there is a 17th-century Portuguese Church of Our Lady. Seemingly a fateful place, they were determined not to run.
The Allied paratroopers then chased after the trail, far beyond the rebels, thinking that if they escaped the encirclement, the paratroopers would give up the pursuit. When six tanks appeared and ran over the barbed wire, most of the rebels were praying in the Church of Our Lady on the hill, thanking God for leading them to freedom once again.
The crowd heard the sound of a nearby exchange of fire between Japan and the United States, followed by the roar of tanks. Most people thought that it was the Japanese tanks that came to their rescue. But soon the sentry outside the door came to report that it was a tank of the American army. At this moment, time seemed to freeze, and everyone fell into a panic.
Lieutenant Boehner jumped on a chair in the center of the crowd. He knew that at this time, if he didn't stand up and raise his arms and shout, his morale would collapse.
"Black brethren, the chains of fate have bound us together, and God has led us to this place. We should rush to the honor, those whites did not hesitate to send thousands of troops and tanks for us. This has never been done before in the history of the United States......"
The attention of everyone around him gradually returned to the lieutenant, who deliberately exaggerated the enemy's situation, not to frighten his own countrymen, but because he knew that it was necessary, and sure enough, a sense of noble mission came to everyone.
"Never before have blacks been so valued by them, but I still have to say that even if the motherland, which deserves to be spurned and cursed, has lost all its conscience, and sends all its troops, they can only take our lives, but not our freedom."
Everyone cheered together.
"Freedom or Death!"
"Long live the Emperor!"
Shouting slogans, the soldiers rushed out of the church, and they removed heavy weapons, including machine guns and some newly issued bazookas, from the back seat of the jeep. After Chu Tingchang's troops were the first to try out these weapons, because of the good results, the American home arsenal rushed to build several thousand, all of which were distributed to the allies in Burma and India first; As an engineer unit, they also got some, and when they originally surrendered with these new weapons, they thought that the Japanese would be interested, but they didn't expect that the Japanese were not very interested in this kind of thing, and only took some ammunition for research.
About 90 rebel shouters rushed into battle. It happened that only six tanks were crushing the Japanese positions, and the Japanese were powerless. The rebels watched as the soldiers rushed directly to the tank with bazookas. The action was too sudden, and the tanks did not detect it.
A shooter fired * at the Cicada tank at a distance of 20 meters from the side, and the ammunition jet easily penetrated the armor, detonating the ammunition and fuel inside the crowded tank. The black soldiers cheered as the burning tankers climbed out of the tanks.
Lieutenant Carson was commanding the first tank, and he had been on the lookout for enemy anti-tank weapons and at the same time identifying the presence of blacks on the battlefield, and he had been suspecting that he had hit the wrong place, and it seemed that there were only Japanese here. Suddenly realizing the loss of a tank on the flank, he immediately ordered to retreat. When the tank reversed, the rebels fired several more rounds of bazooka, but the distance was so far away that the trajectory was erratic and did not hit. Carson finally saw the rebels' faces, and he ordered the tanks to block the positions with machine guns, while reporting the discovery of rebel positions.
The morale of the black soldiers on the positions was so boosted that they decided not to run away at the risk of being overtaken by tanks, but to stay and fight. This wrong decision cost them two hours, and the paratroopers were able to outflank them from several directions, and finally cut off the retreat of all these people, including dozens of hapless Japanese soldiers.
Far behind, Stilwell finally got the good news that the group of rebels had been surrounded. Commander Chu Ting, who had not yet arrived at the battlefield, sent a telegram to Stilwell, asking him to mobilize the air force and be ready to carry out battlefield interdiction operations at any time. He simply explained his idea: it was to isolate the enemy forces in this area with bomber fire and block the enemy in the rest of the directions.
Stilwell had never heard of the word battlefield blockade, and it was actually a word made up by Chu Tingchang himself to describe the concept of battlefield blockade. He knew that Stilwell's newly acquired B17 bomber could stay in the air for a long time with full machine-gun firepower, without relying on fighter jets. He had no interest in the race war among the Americans, and he did not think it was just to go out in a big rage to eliminate the 100 rebels. However, the information Xu Chong gave him showed that the 2nd Mixed Brigade had changed its previous cowering appearance and was very supportive. He hoped that this time he would be able to achieve the goal of encircling the point and sending reinforcements.
Commander Chu wanted to find the headquarters of the 2nd Mixed Brigade, but he still did not have any information on the personnel of the Japanese army, nor did he get the intelligence update of 419, thousands of kilometers away, so at this time it was still impossible to rule out the possibility that Kagesa Zhenzhao was still in this unit (although the possibility is very small). Judging from the way the unit acts, it is very strange and has the style of Shadow Zuo Zhenzhao.
Fighting in the mining area began, and under fire from four mortars and five tanks, several Japanese forts at the entrance were soon destroyed. The brave 502nd Regiment charged with the Chinese paratroopers and quickly resolved the outer trenches, but instead of attacking further, they began to shout in the hope of breaking up the rebels and allowing them to come out and surrender.
Major Sterray, who commanded the attack, also read several letters from his family, hoping that the rebels hiding in the pit would come out and surrender under the affection of his family, and at the same time guarantee that they would receive a fair trial. There is nothing more ridiculous than such a lie to black people who have never been treated fairly, and whose families are mostly illiterate, and whose origins are suspicious. So, the rebels hummed muffled black songs and indifferently refused to surrender.
While the Major was still reading the letter, Spurs led a platoon to creep around to the exit of the rebel flank. After getting the signal to attack, he suddenly attacked. Although the rebels regard death as home, after all, they are only engineers and have a very average ability to operate weapons. It was quickly broken through the flanks and cut off the retreat. Frontal tanks covered the way and blocked them in the pit.
The U.S. military in the rear had just found the British engineer who had built the mine fort a few months earlier, and had obtained the general structure of the pit. The US military began to throw in from the top vents *. After a few minutes, the people inside couldn't take it anymore, and most of them almost coughed up their lungs. So finally someone dropped his weapon, crawled out of the mine with a rolling belt, and was captured alive by the paratroopers outside. More and more people climbed out of the pits and surrendered, and the whole desperate resistance finally collapsed.
The U.S. Department of Defense film crew, which was waiting outside, captured the traitors surrendering in embarrassment. Major Synke, who had just arrived with Chu Tingchang's troops, got the latest information, the Japanese troops were approaching all around, and the situation was very critical, so he only needed to bring back the primary criminal, and the secondary prisoner would be resolved after the local military law judgment.
Lieutenant Boehner held out until the end, and he resisted with a pistol bullet completely unsightly, only to be caught by the assault force wearing gas masks. He was dragged outside in handcuffs. Efficient open-air military courts have begun to enforce the law. Each rebel was brought before several military judges, briefly answered by name and rank, and then taken aside.
Only those with the rank of second lieutenant and above, handcuffed and held on the other side, and most of them were driven to the other side. The sound of approaching gunfire indicated that the Japanese forces on the periphery were approaching. Some black soldiers were still secretly rejoicing, thinking that as long as the Japanese army came, they could take advantage of the chaos to escape. But they did not know that the fierce attack of the Japanese army could only hasten their deaths.
In the end, the court pronounced the death sentences of all 95 people, of whom 87 were immediately executed. The POWs were brought to the mine cliff face, where a firing squad of several machine-gun crews carried out a clean execution of their own compatriots. The body was dragged into the pit. Zink was going to blow up the hole and bury it on the spot, so that the Japanese would not find a fuss.
Chu Tingchang saw this scene from afar, and he felt that Zink was stupid to deal with the corpse like this, because he would definitely be seized by the Axis and used it fiercely.