The photo was taken very clearly. Although it was only a black and white photo, the scale of the prisoner of war camp, the surrounding environment and even the expressions on the faces of the prisoners of war could be clearly seen.
After looking at several photos, Du Yuming took out one of the photos and said: "Look, this prisoner of war camp is very large, covering an area of at least hundreds of acres, and the buildings are densely packed.
Judging from the scale, this prisoner of war camp can accommodate at least 15,000 people, but the actual number is difficult to say."
"The actual number of people is at least no less than 10,000."
Luo Zhuoying spoke, "Look at this photo."
He picked out a photo, pointed at it and said: "This photo was taken from an altitude of several hundred meters. From here, you can see that the open space of the prisoner of war camp is full of prisoners of war.
There are at least six to seven thousand people here alone, and if we include those in the buildings, I think the number of prisoners of war is definitely not less than 10,000."
Listening to Luo Zhuoying's analysis, Gao Hongming and Du Yuming nodded in agreement.
The Japanese are not stupid. Since they built a prisoner-of-war camp that can accommodate more than 10,000 people, they will not only detain a few thousand people.
After looking at the photos, a new problem posed in front of the three of them, that is, what should they do?
It was fine if they didn't know before, but now that they know the situation, they can't remain indifferent.
But how to do it will test their ability.
Gao Hongming put the photo on the table and looked at the two of them: "Chief Luo, Sir Du, what do you two think about this matter?"
"This is where it gets really annoying."
Luo Zhuoying reached out and pinched the bridge of her nose, showing a tired look.
"Such a thing cannot be hidden. It must be reported to the Military Commission and General Stilwell and the British will be notified. But I am afraid that Britain and the United States will get into trouble if they find out."
"Are they making trouble?" Gao Hongming asked curiously, "How can they make trouble?"
"What's causing the trouble?" Du Yuming took over the topic, "They must be putting pressure on the committee members to let us send troops to rescue those prisoners of war."
"Rescued, are you kidding me?" Gao Hongming was stunned for a while.
At first glance, there seems to be nothing wrong with rescuing prisoners of war.
But throughout the history of World War II, it is rare to hear of any country taking the initiative to send troops to rescue its own prisoners of war.
why is that?
Could it be said that all countries do not care about the life and death of their own prisoners of war?
In fact, this is not the case, because rescuing prisoners of war is an extremely uneconomical and dangerous operation. Generally speaking, it does far more harm than good.
Reason 1: Most countries in the world have signed the Geneva Convention.
Although we cannot expect everyone to strictly abide by this agreement, under normal circumstances, large-scale massacres of prisoners of war rarely occur.
Of course, except for a beastly country like Japan.
Second: Prisoner of war camps are generally set up in the rear, which poses a high risk to the operation of rescuing prisoners of war. The opponent's army is not a fool and will watch the enemy rescue prisoners of war.
Once they discover that the enemy is rescuing prisoners of war, they will certainly not hesitate to carry out a large-scale massacre of unarmed prisoners of war, causing a large number of casualties.
Therefore, rather than risking a rescue, it is better to stay in the prisoner of war camp and wait for the end of the war.
Then the question arises. In this case, why is Luo Zhuoying still worried that Britain and the United States will put pressure on Chongqing and let the Chinese government find ways to rescue prisoners of war?
The reason lies in the photos, because in these photos, there are several photos that clearly captured the Japanese army shooting prisoners of war. The rows of corpses lying in a pool of blood on the ground will definitely make the United Kingdom and the United States jump to their feet.
The facts are indeed as Luo Zhuoying feared.
After they handed over the information and photos, Stilwell broke into the expeditionary force's headquarters early on the third day.
The old man looks very different today than in the past. Today he has an unshaven beard and a haggard look. Even his usually permed and straight military uniform is wrinkled.
The arrival of Stilwell also surprised the three of them. You must know that since the last stalemate with the Expeditionary Force and the Chairman, Stilwell has rarely come to the Expeditionary Force headquarters.
It is said that the Chairman of the Generalissimo in Chongqing was extremely dissatisfied with him. Not only did he ignore the U.S. government's threat to stop military aid, he even bluntly told the U.S. government that once the U.S. government stopped military aid to China, China would very likely unilaterally withdraw from the Allies.
Faced with the Chongqing government's rare tough attitude, Americans were immediately stunned.
Today is a critical period of war between the Allies and the Axis Powers. Although the United States won the Battle of Midway and began to launch a counterattack in the Pacific.
But the Japanese are not vegetarians. So far, the Allied territory in Southeast Asia has basically been completely lost.
Singapore, the Philippines, Malacca, Kuala Lumpur, and Luzon were all captured by the Japanese.
In Africa, the US-British coalition forces had just landed in North Africa and were fighting fiercely with the Germans.
On the Soviet-German battlefield, the German and Soviet armies were fighting in Stalingrad, one of the most brutal battles in history.
In this battle, a total of 5 million troops were deployed by both sides, and Stalin's battle was bloody, with an average of more than 10,000 casualties every day.
It can be said that the outcome of this battle can even affect the direction of World War II.
At such a critical moment, any power is precious. How dare the Americans let China leave?
All fools know that once China falls into the arms of the Axis Powers, the Axis Powers will immediately increase their population by 450 million, and the number of troops they can mobilize will directly number in the tens of millions.
Roosevelt and his staff immediately made the decision to call Stilwell back home without having to think about it.
Seeing the sudden appearance of Stilwell, the three of them looked at each other, and Luo Zhuoying took the lead to greet him and extended his hand to Stilwell.
"General Stilwell, you haven't been here for a while. You are welcome to come."
The haggard Stilwell looked at the three of them with a somewhat complicated expression, and said calmly: "General Luo, to use your Chinese proverb, let's keep the story short.
I came here today for two things. The first is to hand over to you. I have been recalled to the country by Washington. From today on, General Wedemeyer will take over my job.
The second thing is what officials said a few days ago about the prisoner-of-war camp of our compatriots. But this matter is not my responsibility. You can talk to General Wedemeyer yourself.
I won’t disturb you anymore and take my leave!”
After saying that, Stilwell actually walked away without looking back, leaving only the stunned people.
After Stilwell left, everyone turned their attention to a lieutenant general wearing a US military uniform not far away. It seemed that this was the Wedemeyer that Stilwell mentioned.
"Hello, gentlemen!"
Before anyone had time to react, Wedemeyer took the lead and walked over to greet everyone.