Chapter 998 Nanyang’s kindness is not over yet (fourth update, please subscribe)
New Guinea, as the second largest island in the world, looks like a tropical paradise from the air, with lush green mountains and coastal areas. Dense woods and colorful coral reefs. In fact, it is a wild place - strange peaks, bald hills, dense jungle, birds and beasts, ubiquitous malaria mosquitoes; biting downpours, unbearable heat; and dusty plains. The island is full of crocodiles, large lizards, poisonous mushrooms, poisonous spiders, locusts and venomous snakes.
High mountains with an altitude of four to five thousand meters wind up and down like a backbone throughout the island. Only a narrow strip of land between a small number of plains on the northern coast is suitable for human activities. Even this area is crisscrossed by rivers. , the mountains are continuous, and there are patches of weeds as sharp as blades, making it difficult to enter.
This island belongs to two countries - Dongning City under Nanyang rule and Papua New Guinea under Australian mandate.
In the past, there was almost no modern civilization here, whether it was West Irian under the Dutch rule or Papua New Guinea under the Australian rule.
But in the past few years, earth-shaking changes have taken place here. The tropical rainforest that has remained unchanged for thousands of years has turned into a large plantation. In the past few years, 2 million Japanese prisoners of war are like worker ants, working hard at this time. With their hard work and hard work, the green land turned into a mulberry leaf, and the green land was gradually cleared away, and the seaside plains turned into farmland and plantations.
At the same time, a modern city also appeared on the north shore of the island, Dongning City. As the youngest metropolis in Nanyang, although it has only been established for seven years, it has already developed into a city. A metropolis with a population of 5 million. As the east gate of Nanyang, many companies gather here, including even the largest steel company in Nanyang.
But the prisoners of war in all these labor camps have nothing to do with each other. Like all labor camps, the current thatched huts in the current No. 52 Labor Camp have disappeared, and simple wooden houses are neatly arranged. Prisoners of war lived here.
A heavy rain in the early morning made Songdao and his friends laugh. To a certain extent, they liked rain, which meant they could rest, at least until the heavy rain stopped.
Actually, this is something that has only happened in the past two years. The labor camps in the past were not like this.
Seize the sunny days and catch the cloudy days, a drizzle is a good day, the moon is under the daytime, a sunny day is enough for two days, the light rain is heavy, the heavy rain is hard, the heavy rain is empty, and there is no rain.
Do it! Dry! Dry!
For Songdao, who has been detained in a prisoner of war camp for ten years, this sentence is no stranger to him. He has even memorized it by heart. They did this in the early years.
Of course, a heavy price was paid - of the 2.43 million prisoners of war, only more than 1.8 million are left.
Most of the people who died died from tropical diseases such as malaria.
Just because of the disease, there is no hope of freedom. Although the Prisoner of War Administration established a "points system" as early as six years ago, as long as you complete the points, you will be free. Moreover, there are people completing points every year, but for most people, freedom is still elusive.
The most deadly thing is never disease, but despair. When they desperately find that it is difficult to get 15,000 points, and when hope is shattered, people will not live long!
Like everyone else, Songdao gave up long ago.
Standing under the corridor, Matsushima took out some tobacco leaves from the bag, rolled a cigarette with a newspaper, and started smoking silently.
Tobacco leaves were exchanged for them from nearby natives. As for newspapers, they were old newspapers sent by the chiefs. These newspapers were not only the materials for rolling cigarettes, but also the only channel to understand the outside world.
"War criminal trial..."
Thinking of the news in the newspaper, Matsushima muttered.
“Finally there is news related to us.”
In the past ten years, they seemed to have disappeared from the world, Although they receive condolences from the Red Cross every month, they have lost contact with their families.
Why are they not allowed to correspond with their families?
In fact, it is to isolate them from the outside world, thereby psychologically defeating them. Of course, another effect is that women who have not heard from them will slowly adapt, remarry, adapt to a new life, and go to Southeast Asia. , will forget the past, and when they go back, they will find that they have lost everything. At that time, they will have hatred in their hearts!
That kind of hatred is not for Nanyang, but for Japan who recruited them into the army for just a few cents!
Because of Japan they lost everything, their wives, their youth, and then they had nothing!
Of course, this is all for later.
No one cares about this anymore, at least not here.
As in the past, Songdao was always cautious when smoking and chatting in the corridor, fearing that if he said something wrong, he would be reported or exposed. Although he would not be punished, points would be deducted.
Every time the points are reduced by one point, the hope of returning home is also reduced by one point. Those who were released were rewarded with points by betraying their comrades around them, and finally returned to Japan.
Who can be reported?
You can only struggle in despair, and then stare at others like a thief, and gain freedom by betraying your friends. This is the way of life in the labor camp. Even people who have given up hope will not give up the opportunity to report others, whether they are lazy at work, make inappropriate remarks, or expose their war crimes. In short, as long as you are willing to report, there are too many things that can be reported , and because of this, some people's hopes are constantly being dashed, but what about others?
But they can successfully leave here!
Betrayal and exposure are the way of life here. In order to survive and leave here alive, everyone is adapting and changing!
“Hey, speaking of it, Labor here is like paradise, you can eat white rice every day!”
“Yes, this is where paradise is talking about...”
As usual, everyone is saying false words there. Although they all know it is a lie, they are all used to it. This is the law of survival here. It’s like snitching vs. exposing!
Suddenly, the signal bugle sounded on the radio, and even though they were used to the disguise, some people were still indignant.
“Damn it, it’s raining so heavily, are there any people left alive!”
As soon as the words were spoken, those people regretted it, even though the people around them acted like they were not. They heard it, but they knew - it was over, they had been caught,
"That guy Koizumi is such a fool!"
Muttering this in his heart, Matsushima and Like everyone else, they have seen Koizumi as their ticket to freedom.
Soon, thousands of prisoners of war quickly gathered in the square. Although it was raining heavily, they still lined up neatly and stood there, waiting for instructions from their commanders.
Standing on the stage, Yu Songze glanced over the bodies of these prisoners of war, and then said.
"Okay, the reason why I called you guys out in the heavy rain today is not to rush some construction deadlines, but I have good news to tell you."
Good news?
When Songdao and others were confused, Yu Songze said.
"Considering your contribution to the construction of Nanyang in the past ten years, according to the official order, starting from this year, we will release some advanced elements who are actively transforming in batches. Yes, activist, even if the points are not enough, Will be released too!"
What!
When the prisoners in the audience heard this, they all opened their eyes in surprise, asking, are they going to be released?
But what is an activist?
Before they could react, Yu Songze said loudly.
"According to the direct order of the official residence, prisoners of war with more than 10,000 points will be the first batch of amnesty personnel. Well, congratulations, many of you can go home!"
Go home! !
For a moment, everyone was stunned, and Songdao even shed tears of surprise. His points were exactly... 10,000 points!
Originally, he thought that the remaining 5,000 points were far away. He didn’t know how many people would have to be betrayed in order to get the chance to leave. Although he was willing to expose and inform, the problem was that there were not so many secrets. You can sue, of course, you can also make false accusations, it doesn't matter, as long as you can find evidence of the false accusation.
Of course, when you falsely accuse others, others will also falsely accuse you. Amidst such false accusations and frame-ups, the hope of returning home becomes increasingly slim.
But now - he is free!
The sudden freedom made Songdao and everyone else fall into unprecedented joy. In the excitement, Songdao suddenly raised his arms and shouted.
“Long live Nanyang!”
Others also cheered when they saw this.
“Long live Nanyang!”
"Long live Nanyang!"
"Long live the Commander of Nanyang!"
"Long live the Commander of Nanyang!"
(End of this chapter)