Zhu Tian: Beginning to Cross the Changjin Lake

Chapter 135 Latest Mission!
Yu Congrong frowned and said with an embarrassed look: "There are too many prisoners. The situation is chaotic now. We must keep an eye on them to avoid any chaos."

"Let's gather them together first!"

"The company commander and his men are in the back, and they have captured quite a few prisoners."

Li Guotao said thoughtfully: "The enemy has been completely defeated and is scrambling to escape. I guess other friendly troops are also capturing prisoners all over the mountains."

"The enemy is unable to form an organized resistance. I estimate that the main force will soon catch up with us."

"We were lucky this time, and our position was also advantageous. We penetrated all the way here, which was equivalent to barging into the enemy's lair, so we captured so many enemies."

"You're right. We should gather them together and keep watch over them. This will save manpower."

Yu Congrong nodded and said, "There are no enemies on this road anymore. Let's take them back first and meet up with the company commander and the others."

"As for the enemy who has already run ahead?"

Yu Congrong raised his head and looked into the distance. When they came over just now, a group of fast-running enemies took the opportunity to escape.

But now it is dark and the situation is chaotic, so it is unclear how many enemies have escaped ahead.

Moreover, the enemies behind are not fools. Knowing that they are being blocked in front, they will definitely take a detour and continue to escape.

The surrounding area is mountainous and has complex terrain, with crisscrossing paths. The enemy was in a panic and ran around in all directions, just wanting to escape back to Xingnan Port as soon as possible.

However, the enemy was unfamiliar with the terrain, and with the ice and snow, these mountain paths were difficult to travel on and full of dangers.

Some enemies lost their way in the chaos and plunged into the depths of the mountains, wandering around for days without being able to get out. Some slipped and rolled down the cliff. Even if they did not die from the fall, they would freeze to death if no one rescued them.

In view of this situation, some enemies who were tired of running and saw that their future was bleak even took the initiative to seek out the volunteers to surrender.

Because they were not sure they could reach Hungnan Port alive, although surrendering and becoming prisoners also had bleak prospects, at least they could save their lives. The Volunteer Army treated prisoners well, unlike the Japanese slaves who slaughtered prisoners of war at will, and the enemy was aware of this.

Li Guotao glanced ahead and sneered, "They can't run away. Without the wheels of the car, how far can they run?"

"We are known as iron-footed. Shouldn't it be easy to catch up with them?"

Now that victory is certain, the Volunteer Army Command has ordered all units to pursue the enemy with all their might and eliminate as many enemies as possible.

After all, if these defeated soldiers escape back, they can quickly re-arm themselves. After all, the enemy has no shortage of weapons and ammunition, and their logistical support capabilities are also very strong.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so we must naturally go all out to eliminate more enemies.

Yu Congrong smiled and said, "That's true. Come on, stop standing there. Quickly take them all to the back and meet up with the company commander and the others first."

So Li Guotao and Yu Congrong took the soldiers and escorted the prisoners back.

Soon Li Guotao and his men met up with Wu Qianli and others, and they also captured a lot of prisoners.

Wu Qianli couldn't help but feel a headache when he looked at the large group of captives.

Of course, for the Volunteer Army, capturing so many prisoners was naturally a good thing.

However, having too many captives would also be a burden. After all, we couldn't just kill them directly; we had to provide them with food and water.

This is different from fighting Chiang Kai-shek's bandit army. No matter how many prisoners we capture, we don't have to worry because they are all at home and we can get replenishment on the spot.

Now in the Changjin Lake area, which was originally sparsely populated, due to the outbreak of war, some local residents, even if they did not die in the war, basically all fled. The Ninth Corps could not get any supplies here, and all supplies had to be transported from the country. Now, due to the enemy's continuous increase in the intensity of bombing in the rear, it was quite difficult for the volunteers to supply.

Moreover, there was another advantage of capturing Chiang Kai-shek's troops back then: it was very easy to deal with them.

After being sent to the prisoner-of-war camp, there will be special political workers to carry out ideological education for them and publicize our policies. In the end, it is all voluntary. Those who are willing to stay will directly change into military uniforms and become our comrades-in-arms. Those who do not want to continue to serve in the army will be given travel expenses and sent home directly. There is no big trouble at all to deal with it.

Because at that time we were all brothers, but these foreign devils are different. Those who are not of our race must have different hearts.

We can neither release them nor recruit them.

I can only support them and worry that they might get depressed or cause trouble. I also have to organize sports games for them and cheer them up.

Of course, these guys are not completely useless. These prisoners of war will be bargaining chips in future negotiations.

Li Guotao smiled and said, "It seems that we have to be prepared to raise pigs for a long time. I guess other troops have caught a lot of pigs. I have some experience in raising pigs. We have to make the pigs happy to prevent them from losing weight."

"Of course, the most important thing is to prevent them from causing trouble. It's best to castrate them all so that they can grow well and quickly!"

"Castration?"

Wu Qianli couldn't help but rolled his eyes and said, "How could you think of that."

Li Guotao chuckled and said, "I just said it casually, can you really kill them?"

"We are a combat unit. We should leave the management of prisoners of war to the relevant departments."

Wu Qianli nodded and said, "We have to hand them over as soon as possible. It will be troublesome to guard so many prisoners of war."

"Gather them all and drive them to the valley next to it. I saw that there is only one exit surrounded by mountains on three sides. They can't escape."

Li Guotao shouted loudly: "Quick, drive all these white-skinned pigs and black-skinned pigs over there."

At this time, Meisheng came over and said, "Li Guotao, stop talking nonsense. It has a bad influence."

"Yes!"

Mei Sheng walked up to Wu Qianli and said, "I just contacted my superiors. Now all the troops are trying their best to chase and destroy the enemy. The main force of the enemy has been completely defeated."

"The instructions from the superiors are simple: do everything possible to eliminate more enemies."

The prisoners were also considered eliminated.

Wu Qianli nodded slightly and watched the prisoners line up and walk towards the valley.

Mei Sheng continued, "The follow-up troops should catch up soon. Our superiors asked us to hand over the prisoners to our brother troops."

"Because we have a new mission?"

Wu Qianli's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he quickly asked, "What new task?"

Mei Sheng said: "The superiors ordered our third battalion to immediately advance in the direction of Wulaoli and reach Wulaoli as soon as possible."

"Wulaoli?"

(End of this chapter)